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   Puppy Linux Version 1.0.7
      Puppy Linux 1.0.7 Versions:
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      Developer's Notes:
         31-Dec-05
         30-Dec-05
         24-Dec-05
         8-Dec-05

Puppy version 1.0.7
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Puppy Linux Version 1.0.7

Pet name: Tardis
Tardis is the Time Travel device of Dr. Who
A new series started in December 2005

Puppy Linux 1.0.7 Versions:
  • Final version - released 30 Dec 2005 (New Years present) - Forum Announcement∞
  • Beta version - released 24 Dec 2005 (Christmas present!)
  • Alpha version - released 8 Dec 2005

Download:
Main Download Site:
Download Mirrors:

Small test program∞ to ensure download is correct.

1.0.7 Service Pack: Forum topic∞

To compile your own Puppy applications:
Get the compiling support file, usr_devx.sfs∞

Torrent Info Our official torrent tracker∞

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Developer's Notes:

31-Dec-05

Puppy 1.0.7 live-CD iso file is mirrored at the following locations. You may want to try one of these, as the Ibiblio download can be slow:

Courtesy of Mark Ulrich:
http://dotpups.de/puppy-releases/1.0.7/ISO/∞

Courtesy of Ted Dog, Puptrix mirror:
www.puptrix.org/std/puppy-1.0.7-mozilla.iso (61M)
www.puptrix.org/std/puppy-1.0.7-mozilla.iso.txt (md5sum)
www.puptrix.org/std/puppy-multisession-1.0.7-mozilla.iso (63404032)
www.puptrix.org/std/puppy-multisession-1.0.7-mozilla.iso.txt (md5sum)
Torrent, courtesy of klhrevolutionist:
http://68.112.75.253:6969/∞

30-Dec-05

Puppy version 1.0.7 is released. The live-CD iso file is 60.46M. Release notes:

* The big news is the move from the Xvesa Kdrive X server to the sophisticated Xorg X server (v6.8.1). However, Xvesa is retained as a fallback.
* The Xorg Video Wizard has been written from scratch to give a very pleasant experience setting up and modifying Xorg.
* Gaim is upgraded from version 1.0.2 to 1.5.0. Puppy has the full set of plugins supplied with the source package.
* There is now a very nice little program to graphically view the sizes of directories and files, called Gdmap.
* Xarchive archiver replaces guiTar, and there is a desktop icon called PupZip that is a drag-and-drop frontend to Xarchive.
* Puppy now has a desktop icon so that one-click will lock the screen and bring up a pleasant animation. This uses Xlock.
* Morizot firewall is replaced by Linux Firewall, which has a very easy installation Wizard.
* Roaring Penguin PPPOE has been updated from version 3.5 to 3.7, patched slightly to work in Puppy.
* The DVD burner application TkDVD is upgraded from v3.8.3 to 3.9.0.
* Problems with XF-Prot, the virus scanner, have been fixed.
* There is a new little utility set-xftdpi, to globally set font size.
* The font viewer tkFont has been improved and is now in Puppy.
* mtPaint has been upgraded from version 2.03 to 2.10.
* Puppy now has tkGamma version 1.0, a GUI frontend to xgamma
* BusyBox has been upgraded from v0.60.5 to v1.01.
* Syslinux is upgraded from version 3.08 to 3.11.
* cdrtools has been upgraded to version 2.01.01a03.
* Puppy now has crond and crontab, and a GUI Gcrontab.
* ColorExplorer is a neat little Tcl/Tk GUI app for exploring colors.
* Fragger is a small utility application that let's you see graphically how fragmented a file is.
* Developers, please note, there is a new usr_devx.sfs file.
* There are a great many more little improvements and updates since the release of 1.0.6 -- read the notes below.

The live-CD iso file, puppy-1.0.7-mozilla.iso and the multisession CD/DVD iso file puppy-multisession-1.0.7-mozilla.iso, are available for download at ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/∞ .
puppy-unleashed-core-1.0.7.tar.gz and usr_devx.sfs will be uploaded shortly.

If upgrading from Puppy 1.0.6 or earlier and an Xorg DotPup package is installed, please uninstall it prior to booting the new version.
If you tested Puppy 1.0.7beta, I recommend executing the xorgwizard script again after booting the new version.

There is still room for improving Xorg Video Wizard, so please provide feedback on the Forum. I reported further down that xvidtune does not work, however I tested it on two other PCs and it does work, so it is a video-chip issue. So, I plan to incorporate xvidtune into the Wizard for fine-tuning the display. Xvidtune is in 1.0.7 and you can run it separately.

24-Dec-05

Okay, I've uploaded it. Puppy version 1.0.7beta is not an official release. It is for Puppy testers to evaluate and debug.

The size of the iso file is 61.5M. Get it from here:
http://www.pupweb.org/test/∞
or Mark Ulrich's fast server:
http://dotpups.de/puppy-releases/1.0.7-beta/∞
also mirrored at puptrix.org:
http://www.puptrix.org/beta/puppy-1.0.7beta-mozilla.iso∞
http://www.puptrix.org/beta/puppy-1.0.7beta-mozilla.iso.txt∞ (md5sum)
http://www.puptrix.org/beta/usr_devx.sfs∞
http://www.puptrix.org/beta/usr_devx.sfs.txt∞ (md5sum)

Read below to find out what is new, including the released notes for 1.0.7alpha (8th December). Some additional notes:

1. This iso uses pup001, so will update your current Puppy. Be aware that this causes a file "cleanup", and unregistered files in /usr will get moved to /root/tmp.
2. If you have a customised desktop, be aware that your desktop icon layout will be replaced, but backed up as /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/globicons.bak and PuppyPin.bak. Note that desktop icons are now sticky on the extreme right side of the screen. There is also a new "preferred layout" for system and drag-and-drop icons.
3. The PupGets directory on Ibiblio and mirrors has yet to be updated for 1.0.7. Some PupGets have changed and there are some new ones.
4. For developers, there is a new usr_devx.sfs, also at the above link.
5. Important things to test are the new Xorg Video Wizard, both xorgwizard from the commandline and from the Setup menu. Rarsa has updated the Ethernet/network Wizard. There is a new Roaring Penguin PPPOE. A new version of TkDVD. A new frontend to the DotPup installer. A global font-size-setter. Then there's Xdiskusage and tkFont. These can all be found in the menu.

8-Dec-05

Okay, I've uploaded it. Puppy version 1.0.7alpha is not an official release. It is for Puppy testers to evaluate and debug.
Get it from here:
http://www.pupweb.org/test/∞ (NB has now been removed from here since the beta release)
or from puptrix:
http://www.puptrix.org/alpha/puppy-1.0.7alpha-mozilla.iso∞
http://www.puptrix.org/alpha/puppy-1.0.7alpha-mozilla.iso.txt∞ (md5sum)

Read through the notes since the release of 1.0.6, to find out what is new. Note, libfreetype has been taken back to version 6.3.7, as supplied in the Xorg package. There are various things to evaluate, such as pupzip, xlock and Gaim, but the main thing is Xorg. Putting together all the issues that I currently have with Xorg:

1. Fonts are a bit small in some GTK apps, compared with running on Xvesa. I would like fonts to look the same when switch between Xvesa and Xorg. I have already fixed the default font in Xlib apps.
2. There was some discussion about this on the Forum, and I put MU's code into /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwmpoweroff, but this bug is happening after the "fix". The bug is that Xorg does not always exit, at least not properly. It doesn't happen consistently, just sometimes, I choose to shutdown, and the screen stays in some kind of graphics mode, but it still shuts down.
3. There is a bug, Xvidtune doesn't do anything -- that is, clicking the "Apply" or "Test" buttons is supposed to change to the new video settings, however the screen just flickers momentarily but there is no change. A problem with my SiS video chip, or Xorg?
4. It was reported recently in the Forum, that some of the settings in Gxset, namely DPMS and auto-repeat, do not work. These are deliberately disabled as they do not work with Xvesa. Gxset is invoked via a script gxsetshell, that does this. However, when Xorg is running these features should be available, so I have modified gxsetshell to detect if Xorg is running and not disable anything. -- haven't yet tested this under Xorg.
5. CTRL-ALT-+/- does not work.
6. I'm using an old 15-inch monitor, that should work for 800x600@72 and 1024x768@60. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if I specify more than one resolution, say this:

Modes "800x600" "1024x768"
X runs at 800x600 but with a "virtual screen" effect, that is at 1024x768 with a 800x600 viewport. Removing "ViewPort 0 0" makes no difference.
If the "Modes" line has only "800x600" on it, then okay.

7. The xkb stuff is removed. When Xorg starts, it outputs a message that it is falling back to the "pre-xkb layout". Linux has two separate keyboard layout systems, and I am trying to avoid duplication in Puppy. But, can we get the non-US keyboards to work properly? We managed with Xvesa, so should be able to with Xorg.

Note that the PupGets are not yet updated for 1.0.7 -- there will be some new ones. If you want to evaluate antialiasing for GTK1 applications, use PupGet package manager to install Amaya 8.8.1 (not 9.1) -- when you run this, it is setup to automatically have antialiased fonts -- you can examine /usr/local/bin/amaya script to see how this is done, and you can try Amaya with and without antialiasing to see the difference. Note, antialiasing of Rox, Beaver, Bluefish does not work properly.

So guys, you are invited to give this new Puppy a bash! Note that the iso is set to use pup004, to avoid a clash with your existing Puppy. Please be sure to delete any existing pup004 so that Puppy will start with a clean slate.

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