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Latest news

2010-08-29 plpbtrom 0.5 released

new: -compress parameter

2010-04-22 Plop Linux 4.0.6 released

2010-04-21 Boot manager 5.0.9 released

Small INT 13h/8 bugfix

2010-04-19 plpevtch 0.5.0-test

New version for the current Xorg sources

2010-04-17 plpevtch 0.4.1

SwapAxes added

2010-04-10 Plop Linux 4.0.5 released

update: kernel 2.6.33.2, cvs 1.12.13, fsarchiver 0.6.8, ntfs-3g 2010.3.6AR.4, partclone 0.2.8, parted 2.2, syslinux 3.86, lz utils 4.999.9, dhcp 4.1.1, bind 9.7.0-P1, samba 3.5.2, openssl 1.0.0, openssh 5.4p1, grub2 1.98, useavast script, usefprot script, usb zip file, splash screen

update opt.sqfs: firefox 3.6.3, gparted 0.5.2

2010-03-22 Plop Linux 4.0.4 is supported by universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3

2010-03-22 Plop Linux 4.0.4 is supported by the Linux Live USB Creator

2010-03-01 Plop Linux 4.0.4 released

update: kernel 2.6.33, e2fsprogs 1.41.10, partclone 0.2.0, ndiswrapper 1.56, busybox 1.16

if bootup fails, then busybox is started.

new boot option "busybox" added. if you use it, then busybox starts before the scan for the plop linux files starts.

2010-02-16 Plop Linux 4.0.3 released

added: ddrescue 1.11, testdisk photorec 6.11, lzip 1.8, rsync 3.0.6, dbus 1.2.14, netcat 1.10, LVM 2.2.02.58
update: kernel 2.6.32.8, usbutils 0.84, fsarchiver 0.6.7, ntfs-3g 2010.1.16AR.1, nmap 5.21, partimage 0.6.8, mutt 1.5.20, groff 1.20.1, findutils 4.4.2

opt.sqfs updated: Xorg 7.5, Gnome 2.28.2, Ogg 1.1.3, Alsa 1.0.17, Mplayer 1.0rc2, GQView 2.0.4, gFTP 2.0.18, gHex 2.22.0, gParted 0.5.1, rdekstop 1.0.6, tsclient 0.148, vncviewer, xchat 2.8.6, Firefox 3.6, Mono 2.6.1, Wine 1.1.38, Fluxbox 1.1.1

2010-01-23 Boot manager 5.0.8 released

Extended partition feature

2010-01-05 64bit Plop Linux 4.0.2 released

2009-12-22 Plop Linux 4.0.2 released

added: ext3grep, dialog, mkswap-uuid, sendEmail, grub2
update: kernel 2.26.32.2
docu updated for locale settings, perl and welcome text

2009-12-22 Boot manager 5.0.6 released

ROM hotkey feature

2009-12-12 plpbtrom 0.1 released

Create ISA/PCI option ROM

2009-12-05 Plop Linux 4.0.1 released

Software updates

2009-12-05 Boot manager 5.0.5 released

Bugfix

2009-11-29 Boot manager installer updated

2009-11-11 plpcfgbt update

2009-10-05 Plop Boot Manager v5.0.4 released

2009-09-30 Plop Linux v4.0.0

changed to squashfs 4.0

2009-09-30 Plop Linux v3.8.7

kernel update
new boot option force_hd, force_usb, media_reverse_scan
new boot option to set boot device "root=" added
fsarchiver update

2009-09-09 Plop Linux v3.8.6

update: kernel log, fsarchiver, ntfs-3g AR

2009-08-11 Plop Linux v3.8.4

update: pciutils
new: pciprobe

2009-08-04 plpgenbtldr v0.7 released

2009-08-02 Plop Linux v3.8.3

update: gparted problem fixed

2009-08-01 Plop Linux v3.8.2

update: kernel, openssh, openssl, nmap, copy2ram, lilo, iptables, parted, e2fsprogs
sometimes happens a problem with the shutdown/reboot script. its fixed now.
new: chntpw, reged
new scripts: autostartx, usefluxbox, usegnome, mountopt2
pluspacks: opt.sqfs updated, opt2.sqfs with mono and wine released.

2009-07-18 plpgenbtldr v0.6 released

2009-06-25 Plop Linux v3.8.1

added: screen, lzma
new: opt.sqfs gnome 2.26.2, gcc, more tools, vnc server, rdesktop, tsclient and more

2009-05-22 Plop Linux v3.8.0

update: glibc, busybox, e2fsprogs, nmap
added: perl, chkrootkit
new: opt.sqfs with gcc for development, livecd with gcc

2009-04-04 Plop Linux v3.7.19

update: kernel 2.6.29, ntfs-3g, mountopt, syslinux

2009-03-30 Plop Linux v3.7.18

update: ntfs-3g
new: opt.sqf with Gnome gparted, ...

2009-03-28 Plop Boot Manager v5.0.3 released

2009-03-01 Plop Linux v3.7.17

update: kernel, ntfs-3g, e2fsprogs, grub for ext4
new: harddisk installer, vmstat, systat package, fsarchiver, mbuffer, udpcast, multicast, partclone

2009-02-28 plpevtch v0.4 released

right click mode and touch filter added

2009-02-23 Plop Boot Manager v5.0.2 released

2009-01-20 Plop Boot Manager v5.0 - option ROM

Test 1 is available

2009-01-16 Plop Linux v3.7.16

kernel update to 2.6.28
ntfs-3g update
boot manager update
btrfs added

2009-01-15 Plop Boot Manager v5.0 released

2008-12-20 Boot Manager v5.0rc18 released

EHCI driver update

2008-12-18 plpgenbtldr 0.5 released

lcn parameter added

2008-12-07 plpgenbtldr 0.4 released

2008-11-27 plpcfgbt update

2008-11-25 Plop Linux v3.7.15

kernel update to 2.6.27-7
squashfs update 3.4
boot manager update

2008-11-24 Boot Manager v5.0rc17 released

Updates and new tools

2008-11-10 Boot Manager v5.0rc16 released

2 bugfixes

2008-11-03 GoblinX Micro for the Flybook v0.2 released

2008-10-24 Boot Manager v5.0rc15 released

with a bugfix and a new feature

2008-10-22 Boot Manager: plpgenbtldr

plpgenbtldr makes it possible to start the bootmanager with boot.ini from windows

2008-10-12 Plop Linux v3.7.14

kernel update to 2.6.27
ntfs-3g update
bash update
script to change font size 8x8 and 8x16
autologin script for tty1

2008-09-23 Plop Linux v3.7.13

ntfs-3g update
bootmanager update

2008-09-22 GoblinX Micro for the Flybook v0.1 released

2008-09-22 Flybook Linux Flybuntu v0.6 a mod of Ubuntu hardy

penmountlpc and plpevtch updated

2008-09-22 plpevtch v0.3 released

calibration mode ignores the first 20 events now

2008-09-15 Boot Manager v5.0rc14 released

2008-08-28 Plop Linux v3.7.12

new release with a lot of updates
doku. how to add software added

2008-08-27 Boot Manager v5.0rc13 released

USB drivers update

2008-08-10 Flybook Linux Flybuntu a mod of Ubuntu hardy

v0.5 with software updates and penmountlpc for Flybook V5 released.

2008-08-04 Flybook Linux Flybuntu a mod of Ubuntu hardy

v0.4 with new xorg touchscreen driver plpevtch released.

2008-07-28 plpevtch

First version of the Plop Xorg Touchscreen driver released

2008-07-24 Plop Linux v3.7.11

nmap update to 4.68
dosfstools update to 2.11
pimgrestore added
plpgrabbt added
plpwritebt added
hping2 added
wake on lan tools added (ethtool, wol, ether-wake)
bluetooth tools added

2008-07-21 pimgrestore v0.3

Extract mbr's from partimage image file

2008-07-15 Plop Linux v3.7.10

kernel update to 2.6.26
ntfs-3g update
parted added
removed old captive-ntfs files (6MB of size reduced)
copy2ram copies only the ploplinux directory into ram

2008-07-03 Flybook Linux Flybuntu a mod of Ubuntu hardy

v0.3 with easy install from windows released

2008-07-02 pimgrestore v0.2

New version with many updates. Multivolumes, gzip compression and more.

2008-06-22 pimgrestore

Restore partition from Partimage imagefile under Windows. First test version.

2008-06-11 Plop Linux v3.7.9

gconv and locale update for filenames with 'umlaute' and ntfs-3g
now we use again terminfo from v3.7.7

2008-06-04 Plop Linux v3.7.8

recompiled everything for i386
ntfs tools update
command base64 added

2008-06-01 Flybook Linux Flybuntu a mod of Ubuntu hardy

First version released

2008-05-24 Plop Linux v3.7.7

Kernel update
ntfs-3g update
USB superfloppy boot added
f-prot.conf added
eject command added

2008-05-21 Boot Manager v5.0rc12 released

New USB EHCI driver for USB 2.0

2008-04-22 Boot Manager v5.0rc11 released

'boot signature not valid' fixed

2008-04-21 Boot Manager v5.0rc10 released

USB driver update
CDROM driver update
new startup feature added

2008-04-03 Plop Linux v3.7.6

grub update and grub install problem fixed

2008-04-02 Plop Linux v3.7.5

grub update and grub install problem fixed

2008-03-14 Plop Linux v3.7.4

xinetd and tftpd added (to act as tftp server)
ntfs-3g update
initrfs.gz update (dhcp discover for more than one networkcard)

2008-03-02 Plop Linux v3.7.3

partimage update 0.6.7
boot manager update 5.0rc9

2008-03-02 Boot Manager v5.0rc9 released

USB driver update

2008-02-18 Plop Linux v3.7.2

ntfs-3g update
Kernel support for /proc/config.gz added
high memory support added

2008-02-17 Boot Manager v5.0rc8 released

small update: added a message if init of graphic mode is not possible

2008-01-25 Plop Linux v3.7.1

booting from network extended with samba support
Kernel update to 2.6.24

2007-12-30 Boot Manager v5.0rc7 released

2007-12-26 Plop Linux v3.7.0

booting from network added (PXE, DHCP, TFTP, NFS)
copy2ram function added to remove cd's
usb mount as read-write
memtest added
Kernel update to 2.6.23.12
Squashfs update to 3.3
Partimage update to 0.6.6