Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.7 Launches with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47.1, and More
Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 6.11 kernel series, PorteuX 1.7 introduces significant changes compared to version 1.6 released at the end of August 2024, including the GNOME 47.1 and KDE Plasma 6.2.1 desktop environments, and experimental build scripts for System76’s Rust-based COSMIC desktop, as well as the upcoming Xfce 4.20 desktop environment.
The Xfce edition of PorteuX 1.7 features the stable Xfce 4.18 desktop environment by default and received a bunch of improvements, such as a fix for a ‘sticky keys’ notification issue, the ability to show file sizes in binary, support for tiling windows when dragging them to the edge of the screen, a fix to prevent extractors from creating invalid folders, and new delay to show or hide the panel to 10ms.
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PorteuX Linux 1.7 released with smaller ISOs and performance optimizations
PorteuX 1.7 has been released, bringing various updates and optimizations to the lightweight Linux distribution. One of the key highlights of this release is the reduced size of the ISOs compared to previous versions, thanks to numerous optimizations that aim to enhance overall performance and stability.
Several fixes have been made, including addressing issues with the run-pipewire and gui-cheatcode-loader scripts, which previously ran indefinitely in the background. The release also resolves problems with LXDE freezing when dragging files from Engrampa over the file manager’s side panel and fixes a notification bug related to ‘sticky keys’ in Xfce 4.18.