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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