Precise Puppy, a Linux distribution built on Ubuntu 12.04.2 (Precise Pangolin), has been updated and reached version 5.5.

According to the developer, there have been many bug fixes and improvements at the Woof-level since Precise 5.4.3 was released, not to mention a lot package fixes and upgrades.

Highlights of Precise Puppy 5.5:

• "In house" package fixes and upgrades for multiple issues have been implemented; • losetup encryption was fixed; • Some package dependencies bugs have been repaired; • The Frisbee network manager has been added; • A mixer GUI for Pmusic has been added; • Ubuntu Phone Qt-XML is available in Precise Puppy; • A similar theme to the recently-released Wary and Racy 5.5 has been added. The PET packages used are 'desk_icon_theme_lagabluenight' (desktop icons), 'gtk_theme_flatbluecontrast' (gtk), 'jwm_theme_deepbluebold' (JWM window manager).

More details about this release can be found in the official announcement. Download Precise Puppy 5.5 right now from Softpedia.