Deepthought2 - Puppy-4.2.1 ready for testing
Posted: Sun 17 May 2009, 03:01
I have posted Puppy-4.2.1RC3/Final in the /test directory at ibiblio.org so please feel free to download and test. If there are no true "showstopper" faults it will go final in 24 hours or so.
Some of the issues that have been resolved include printing, especially in Geany, Abiword .docx and font support, CUPS server access, updated MIME-types for ROX, RemaX update, Pwidgets update, and many other minor issues.
HPIJS dynamic support and Liberation fonts have been included in the repository to help resolve some of the issues, including Abiword font substitution in Word documents.
Note: Puppy is always a "work in progress" and no release will ever be "perfect", so please don't neglect testing because a new release is on the drawing board. That is still in Alpha, about to go Beta, and a long way from Final at the moment. The 4.x series will continue to be supported, as have 3.x and 2.x in various forms. At the moment there are new 2.x and 3.x CE versions in planning. It might be time for a 4.x CE version to arrive. Barry has refreshed the 4.x base with a complete T2 rebuild (ppup) and that could be the basis for a 4.x CE version. Just a thought on departing as Coordinator for Puppy 4.2x.
Some of the issues that have been resolved include printing, especially in Geany, Abiword .docx and font support, CUPS server access, updated MIME-types for ROX, RemaX update, Pwidgets update, and many other minor issues.
HPIJS dynamic support and Liberation fonts have been included in the repository to help resolve some of the issues, including Abiword font substitution in Word documents.
Note: Puppy is always a "work in progress" and no release will ever be "perfect", so please don't neglect testing because a new release is on the drawing board. That is still in Alpha, about to go Beta, and a long way from Final at the moment. The 4.x series will continue to be supported, as have 3.x and 2.x in various forms. At the moment there are new 2.x and 3.x CE versions in planning. It might be time for a 4.x CE version to arrive. Barry has refreshed the 4.x base with a complete T2 rebuild (ppup) and that could be the basis for a 4.x CE version. Just a thought on departing as Coordinator for Puppy 4.2x.