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Test Drive of Spri Linux Beta

9th of September 2009 12:51 GMT

Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that ...

Test Driving Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta

1st of April 2009 20:31 GMT

After testing a lot of final, stable releases, we think it's time to provide some feedback on some projects that are still in development. So, let us welcome you to the Beta Testing Lab, where today we'll test Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta as thoroughly as possible. Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta is a Linux distribution based on ...

Testing OpenGEU 8.04 Beta

20th of August 2008 06:39 GMT

Ever since the release of OpenGEU 8.04 Beta a few days ago, I felt I needed to see for myself what it brought new and to take a closer look at the praised E17 Desktop shell. Combining the power and flexibility of Ubuntu and Gnome with the beauty of E17, OpenGEU 0.04 (Luna Crescente) aims to take the step forward in ...

Test Driving Zenwalk 5.2 Beta GNOME Edition

15th of August 2008 08:17 GMT

This was my first ever adventure with a Slakware-based GNU/Linux distribution so I cannot say it has been an easy, effortless task, but that's probably just my lack of experience, because, after I finished the installation and testing of Zenwalk 5.2 Beta GNOME edition, it all made much more sense.Still, I would ...

A Test Drive with Celena

26th of September 2007 07:00 GMT

The final version of Linux Mint 3.1 (codename Celena) burst onto the Linux scene two days ago. It's based on Cassandra and is compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories.Linux Mint is an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution based on the very popular Ubuntu distribution. It of...