EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.2.3 released

Easy 5.2.2 was released on April 15, see announcement:

https://bkhome.org/news/202304/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-522-released.html

The biggest news item for 5.2.3 is the rationalization of the "apps" and "setup" desktop icons. They launch simple and more specific-purpose GUIs. This is what they look like on the desktop:

Click on "apps" icon:

Blog post explaining EasyApps:

https://bkhome.org/news/202304/easyapps-totally-rewritten.html

Click on "setup" icon:

Blog post explaining EasySetup:

https://bkhome.org/news/202304/new-easysetup.html

Also, EasyJWM is a simplification of JWMDesk, see blog post:

https://bkhome.org/news/202304/new-easyjwm.html

To read about other changes in 5.2.3, see the release notes:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.2.3/release-notes.htm

Download link:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.2.3/

There is a faster download if you live in Europe, courtesy of NLUUG:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.2.3/

And of course if you already have Easy running, just click the "update" icon. Update from 5.2.2 to 5.2.3 is just 6.4MB.

And if you are a newbie to Easy and don't know how to write a drive-image file to a drive, here is a good place to start reading:

https://easyos.org/install/how-to-write-easyos-to-a-flash-drive.html

Feedback is welcome in the EasyOS section of the Puppy Linux forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=87947#p87947

Have fun!

EDIT 2023-05-01:
Buglet fix required if update from an earlier version:

https://bkhome.org/news/202305/buglets-if-update-to-523-from-522.html      

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