14 DAY TRIAL // Today, December 29, 2016, the development team behind the Porteus (formerly Slax Remix) Linux-based operating system series proudly announced the final release of Porteus 3.2.2.
Until today, the Porteus 3.2 series was in development, with no less than five RC (Release Candidate) builds published. It comes a little over a year after the release of the Porteus 3.1 stable branch and promises great GNU/Linux technologies, including the recently released Linux 4.9 kernel.
Porteus 3.2.2 is also the first stable version of the 3.2 series and is distributed in four distinct flavors, with the KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, Cinnamon, and MATE desktop environments. Under the hood, it features the PulseAudio sound system, eudev device file manager, and ConsoleKit2 framework for defining/tracking users and login sessions.
"Four desktops are available at this point: Xfce4, MATE, Cinnamon and KDE Plasma 5. The base modules are a little larger than the previous release but contain a more complete set of packages for all round compatibility. For a lightweight locked down version you should try the Porteus Kiosk version," reads the release announcement.
Users can now update certain components from a console
Another interesting feature implemented in the Porteus 3.2.2 release is the ability for users to update certain components of the Linux-based operating system, which appears to be based on the latest Slackware release, directly from a console. These include Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Chromium, and Pale Moon browsers.
The popular LibreOffice and WPS Office office suites can also be updated that way by the user. For more details, you should check out the official release notes (link above). In the meantime, don't hesitate to download the Porteus 3.2.2 ISO images with your favorite flavor right now via our web portal.