Fatdog64-800 RC Release Notes

Fatdog64-800 RC was released 13 February 2019.

The Fatdog64 team is pleased to announce the final test release of the next generation Fatdog64 GNU/Linux system.

If this release is deemed good enough it will be renamed as 800 Final.

Compared to the previous beta release, this release has the following changes:

Changes from 800 Beta:

The following list of updates, new features and changes is only partial.

Updates:

• linux-4.19.20
• evince CVE-2017-1000083 fixed
• fatdog-updater fixed
• miscellaneous fixes for fatdog help documentation
• rox-filer-jun7 updated to latest, misc memory leak fixes, add -z option
• various hidden "install/get" scripts now visible in Control Panel "Updates"
• /etc/profile fixes to enable LibreOffice 6.2 to run
• qemu-3.1.0 (devx)
• flash-plugin-32.0.0.114
• vlc-3.0.6
• sven-2019.02, misc fixes
• New and faster Control Panel
• upx-3.95 (devx)
• libreoffice-6.1.4.2
• musl-libc-1.1.21 (devx)
• autochownd startup script fixes (prevent hogging CPU at startup)
• sane-backend /var/lock/sane fix
• Misc /usr/sbin/filemnt fixes
• Disable ROX video thumbnailing (can be re-enabled by editing etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-thumb/video_mp4)
• findnrun-4.0.2
• yad fixes
• zramctl support more algorithms
• bacon-3.8.1 (devx)
• xf86-video-intel to latest
• mesa-18.2.8.
• autochownd-2018.08
• fatdog-remaster supports "medium initrd" (kernel modules inside, basesfs outside)
• bsdriver-3.19
• glib bug fixed, GTK file chooser only shows mounted disks (instead of /tmpfs, etc)
• savedevice and basedevice are now bind-mounted to their proper /mnt/sdXY mountpoints
• refind-0.11.4
• gimp-2.8.22 fixes

Known Issues:

• Bluetooth applet is still missing. In the interim use CLI or check this out: http://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=115122