EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.6.4 released

Another one! They are coming out fast; version 5.6.3 was released only 10 days ago:

https://bkhome.org/news/202311/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-563-released.html

Here are the release notes for 5.6.4:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.6.4/release-notes.htm

Extracting the highlights:

• NVIDIA SFS filtering fixed in SFSget — November 26, 2023
• Chromium hardware acceleration disabled — November 26, 2023
• Set Chromium default startup page — November 26, 2023
• New keyboard hardware profiling — November 25, 2023
• Trying to fix console keymap stuck on us — November 25, 2023
• Abort load NVIDIA SFS if GPU missing — November 24, 2023
• EasyOS frugal install tutorial page updated — November 22, 2023

Download the drive-image file, courtesy of ibiblio:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.6.4/

A fast mirror if you live in Europe, courtesy of NLUUG:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.6.4/

If you don't know what to do with a drive-image file, this page explains how to write it to a USB flash-drive:

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

Or, if you want to install direct to an internal hard drive:

https://easyos.org/install/easy-frugal-installation.html

Of course, if you already have EasyOS running, just click on the "update" icon on the desktop. Updating from 5.6.3 is only a 1.5MB download.

Feedback is welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=104456#p104456

For anyone interested in the technical side of things, here are the recent github commits:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commits/f51c356ce8a8d6c42d1360545b8fe9af0d4d60f1

Have fun!      

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