Puppy Linux 5.2 Is Based on Ubuntu 10.04

Posted by hanuca on Jan 6, 2011 4:46 PM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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Barry Kauler, the father of Puppy Linux, announced earlier today, January 6th, the immediate availability of Puppy Linux 5.2, a major version that is based on the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system.

Puppy Linux 5.2 features lots of updated and improved applications, the new Quickset dialog to easily setup your system (language/locale and keyboard settings, timezone, video resolution), Browser Installer, Browser-Default, Quickpet, improved Puppy Package Manager, and a lot more for you to discover.

Lucid Puppy is dubbed Woof and it is fully compatible with the Ubuntu software repositories, allowing users to install any application or package that is available in the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system.

Users will also find a lot of PET packages compiled especially for Puppy Linux 5.2. These can be installed with the Puppy Package Manager tool.

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