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Both the Standard and Retro versions of Puppy Linux 4.2 (Final) are now available from ibiblio.org and will shortly be mirrored by our community servers. The standard version is 99.99Mb so it manages to uphold the Puppy tradition for standard releases being < 100Mb ... just!

Puppy 4.2 "Deep Thought" is the first Official non-CE version of Puppy without Barry Kauler making the final choices since its inception. The release has been a truly collaborative effort, as can been seen from the 4.2 Official Release Notes.

I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every person that made a positive contribution to the development and testing of Puppy 4.2 "Deep Thought". I think the end result justifies all of the hard work and sleepless nights that went into producing this landmark version of Puppy. Well done, gang!

ftp @ ibiblio.org:

Puppy 4.2 Standard Edition
Puppy 4.2 Retro Edition

md5sums:

Puppy 4.2 Standard md5 text file
Puppy 4.2 Retro md5 text file

Mirrors:
http://www.pkagfiles.net/puppy-official/4.20/ User=puppy Pwd=puppylinux
http://puppylinux.ca/puppyfiles/ User=puppy Pwd=linux
http://puppyisos.org/isos/2009-01-to-06/4.2/ User=puppy Pwd=linux

4.2 Icewm 'Sand' theme, with JQ8flat-lite icons and pet Lobster

Well done, gang!

add the Puppy desktop as your default webpage
tweak and poodle parlour to your own preferences
http://pupweb.org/desktop/
. . . and have fun . . .

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuQZRnTFZKw

Presentation
http://tmxxine.com/dt/42.swf

Well done Warren. I feel the success of this project was assured by your skilled efforts. Everyone worked well together

Dog biscuits all 'round . . .
Woof! Woof!

Wot no reviews yet?

Digg it here
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Puppy_Linux_ ... ng_of_Life

Take a deep breath . . .

. . . we can now start on the 5.xx series
http://pupweb.org/wikka/PuppyKennel
Forum thread
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 250#289250

well I wish the best for this release Its been fun guys
ttuuxxx

CONGRATS WARREN & ALL!!

Best wishes

Regards

If I may, I would like to make a quick observation or two here:

As I followed the discussions throughout the development threads, it became quite obvious just how much work and personal effort were spent by all involved to create this 4.2 Final edition for the public. A lot of tough decisions had to be made throughout the entire process, too... and I am thoroughly impressed by each and every member's contribution!

WhoDo, a special thanks goes to you for including a Retro version of 4.2 so quickly. I honestly didn't expect you to get that accomplished until much later. Thank you!

-Roy

Congratulations

To all the devs and testers.

Thank you Warren

Mick

Fantastic job everyone!Posting from 4.20 standard right now. I tried most of the alpha and beta releases and the progress was amazing.Great job and take a well deserved breather.

Reminds me of the Carpenters song 'We've Only Just Begun'
ttuuxxx

Huge thanks from me too. I am using 4.2RC4 just now, and about to download the final. You guys are really driving Puppy in to something special.

Impressive team job !
(sorry couldn't test much, computer broke, not much time...)

Outstanding!

Will be upgrading RC4 to the Final Release this morning.

Thank you to all involved.

Well done to the Deep Thought team. Great looking as well. A landmark version.

congratulations to everyone for your great efforts!
i'm really confused now
there are so many puppies to choose
it is not an easy choice.
downloading the iso now.
puppy is a very interesting game!

Hi,

In 4.2 Final..bcm43xx is still being a problem...for those of you who wants a workaround..just edit /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG (line 33) delete the red word

PREFLIST=' rt2500usb:rt73usb ath5k:ath_pci orinoco_nortel:hostap_plx orinoco_plx:hostap_plx orinoco_tmd:hostap_plx orinoco_pci:hostap_pci bcm43xx:wl b43:wl b43legacy:wl ssb:wl prism54:p54pci r8169:r8101 rtl8187:r8187 '

and reboot, then go to network wizard and bcm43xx won't be loaded

Cheers

Just downloading 4,2 standard Final now, Really looking forward to using it, My heartfelt thanks to all the team. Its getting me nearer to ditching Windows which I still occasionally have to use (my scanner does not work with Puppy)

Rgds Mike

Congrats guys! Good work!

4.2 is out, YAAAAAAAAYYYYY!

Dear All,

Not to blame anyone but when decided to use icewm's blinky and freememapplet 2 things happen:
1. blinky will not follow theme for background
2. the freememapplet still shows only part of what it supposed to show

so I made up a fix for any jwm users who wants it

thanks

Edit: changed freememapplet delay from 2 to 1 sec

The snapshot of the desktop looks beautiful -- that's going to create a very good first impression!

I'm downloading it right now.

trio wrote:Dear All,

Not to blame anyone but when decided to use icewm's blinky and freememapplet 2 things happen:
1. blinky will not follow theme for background
2. the freememapplet still shows only part of what it supposed to show

so I made up a fix for any jwm users who wants it

thanks

Thats what I've been doing for the past 3 hours, look below also I have it restart with 'refresh Menus' so if blinky or freememory applet jumps off the taskbar, one click of 'refresh Menus' and it jumps back on Does your version do that also?
ttuuxxx

BarryK wrote:The snapshot of the desktop looks beautiful -- that's going to create a very good first impression!

I'm downloading it right now.

Hi Barry Check out Seamonkey, I used 5 different Seamonkey themes to put that one together, plus some coding to make them work and then I made a custom throbber with the puppy logo, its basically 20 pictures in animated Gif format
ttuuxxx