BookwormPup64 & BookwormPup32 are Woof-CE builds of Puppy Linux based on Debian 12.x binaries.
BookwormPup64
The next stable version of Puppy Linux has been released.
Download from: here
Build recipes on Github Woof-CE
BookwormPup64 highlights
- Woof-CE build of Bookworm64 (with customized desktop presentation)
- GTK3 graphical interface (with GTK2 limited to a few legacy applications)
- X.org graphical server (rather than Xwayland)
- Overlay file system (rather than Aufs)
- Apt/Synaptic package management provided by the included bdrv. The original Puppy Package Manager (PPM) is also included but functionality is now constrained to minimize conflict with Apt/Synaptic. Even so, PPM retains compatibility with legacy pet packages.
- DKMS support (Debian's out-of-tree driver building infrastructure) which includes the kbuild.sfs (small builtin subset of the traditional kernel sources). See Note-1 below.
- Bluetooth support
- ConnMan network manager
- Pipewire audio
- Zstd rather than xz compression of SFS files (faster decompression and lower CPU consumption, but 8-15% increase in SFS size)
- Generous assortment of builtin applications available in each menu category (or use APT/Synaptic package management to install your choice of additional applications available in the comprehensive Debian repositories)
- Firefox-ESR browser included as the sole application in the optional adrv. Please note: the adrv is easily removed if a different internet browser is preferred. Additionally, in this release there is no default ydrv, so the user may optionally create and populate a supplemental ydrv with preferred applications.
- Desktop management by JWMdesk-3.7 and companion applications, plus the added convenience of the versatile Synapse Application/File Launcher. For Synapse usage guidelines, please go to Puppy Menu -> Help -> HOWTO use the Synapse Application Launcher.
BookwormPup32 highlights
The 32-bit version of BookwormPup - built from Debian 12 Bookworm components.
Download from: here
Build recipes on Github Woof-CE
Closely aligned to BookwormPup64 (BWP64) and uses the configs of BWP64 as developed by @radky from the original work by @dimkr (many thanks to both).
It is a full Woof-CE Github Actions build.
- Kernel is Debian config 6.1.x
- OverlayFS provides the layered filesystem
- GTK+3 apps are provided wherever possible
- apt / synaptic deb package management & PPM for other package types
- Sound control is by pipewire
- Connman provides connection management - with a switcher to NetWizard if needed
- Comprehensive firmware in the fdrv is provided. (large)
Some differences with BWP64:
- built-in browser is Light in the adrv rather than Firefox (Chromium, Firefox, Palemoon and SeaMonkey are available for download)
- xz sfs compression is used instead of zst
- celluloid is not included (gobject segfault issues)
- samba is provided in a separate sfs
An LXDE ydrv is also available.
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