

Plug in your USB drive and copy the two folders over. You should see two folders: Boot and Porteus.Ĥ. Once you have selected the components you need, click the “BUILD” button at the bottom of the page and the download link will appear.ģ. You can select the system architecture (32 or 64 bit), desktop environment (KDE 4, XFCE, Mate, LXDE), browsers, word processors and even the graphics card drivers. Instead of finding a Download button, you will a wizard page where you can customize the components you need. Go to Porteus website and click the “Download -> Desktop edition” link.Ģ. It is heavily lockdown, giving the users access only to the Web browsing.ġ. The Kiosk edition is meant to be used on a public computer, or kiosk. The Desktop edition is what you install on your USB drive and is meant for everyday use. Porteus comes with two editions: Desktop and Kiosk editions. It comes with a 32 and 64 bit version and you can select the desktop manager (RazorQT, KDE, Mate, XFCE, LXDE) of your liking. Porteus is based on Slackware and is designed to be portable and lightning fast. Porteus is a Linux distro that is optimized to run on CD, USB flash drive, hard drive, or other bootable storage media.
