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EasyOS Kirkstone-series maintenance release 5.8.5

December 01, 2024 — BarryK

Maintenance release 5.8.4 was on August 14, 2024:

Version 5.8.5 is another maintenance release. Many fixes applied to EasyOS Scarthgap-series 6.4.5 are applied here also. Some "noarch" PET packages updated.

Download:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2024/5.8.5/

NOTICE:
The latest EasyOS is the Scarthap-series, version numbers 6.x. Minor fixes of the Kirkstone-series will be continued in 2024 and likely into 2025.

If you have Kirkstone-series installed, it can be transitioned to the Scarthgap-series as explained here:

https://bkhome.org/news/202406/how-to-update-kirkstone-to-scarthgap-60.html

The latest version in Scarthgap-series is 6.4.5:

...note that Easy Scarthgap version 6.5 is expected to be released before the end of 2024.

Monitor Barry's blog for announcements of later 6.x releases.

Questions about 5.8.5 may be posted to the forum here; however, as this is a superceded series, there may or may not be any support:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=11398   

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