EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1 released

Version 7.0, the start of EasyOS built with woofQ2 and Devuan Excalibur (Debian Trixie) packages, with underlying APT package management, was released on August 15, 2025:

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0 released — August 15, 2025

Since then, there have been many minor version updates, 7.0.x, the last being 7.0.34. We have had lots of issues, and there have been many improvements. Finally, it is solid enough to be bumped to 7.1.

To see everything that has happened since 7.0, see the accumulated release notes here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.1/release-notes.htm

The changes since 7.0.34:

• MSCW restore defaults — December 18, 2025
• SeaMonkey Composer via right-click menu — December 14, 2025
• Fix Screen Brightness in EasySetup — December 14, 2025
• LibreOffice Draw not in menu — December 10, 2025
• Linux kernel 6.12.62
• Chromium 143.0.7499.109

Download from here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.1/

...newcomers, there is also 'readme.htm' with getting started help.

Feedback welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=16128

If you want to read the feedback up to 7.0.34, see here:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=15572

Have fun! Oh yeah, also Merry Christmas!    

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