Slackware-based PorteuX 1.9 portable Linux launches with multiple fixes, CUPS support in GTK3, a new kernel, and more

Back in December 2024, PorteuX 1.8 arrived with the usual set of small changes. Now, the time has come for PorteuX 1.9 to take the spotlight, and while the list of changes is still not very long, there are a few highlights worth mentioning.

The seven desktop environments remain the same, namely Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce. The list of problems that were fixed in PorteuX 1.9 includes the x265 encoding issue, procps appls version display errors, several Xfce 4.20 issues, and others. Support improvements include several network devices, CUPS in GTK3, and Docker compatibility. GPT compatibility has been added to the Linux installer as well. When talking about optimizations, GCC build flags and 0050-multilib-lite stripping are in the list, alongside other tweaks.

The list of package changes includes the 6.13.1 kernel, the Nvidia driver 570.86.16, Cinnamon 6.4.6, GNOME 47.3, and KDE 6.10.0, as well as the removal of various deprecated packages such as fuse from 002-gui and mp4v2 from 002-xtra. The size of the ISO files remains the same, from 477 to 573 MB, so PorteuX 1.9 can be easily installed even on 1 GB USB drives.