14 DAY TRIAL // Paul Sherman, developer of Absolute Linux, announced last night the immediate availability of the Absolute Linux 12.0.1, an update to the Slackware 12.0 modification. This version is compatible with Slackware packages, but leaner and includes some helpful tools to make configuration and setup a lot easier for desktop use. Let's have a look at the fixes, improvements and updates that this new release introduces:
￭ K3B > 1.0.3 Updated for bug fixes, including one device error that could prevent app startup ￭ Firefox > 2.0.0.5 and separated Absolute custom Firefox startup scripts from the Firefox install, and put them in a/etc package. This version has them in both Firefox installer and the new a/etc package. ￭ Java, jre > version 6, update 2 ￭ Sylpheed > 2.4.4 ￭ Lame and FFMpeg libs recompiled ￭ ufraw plugin for GIMP now included by default ￭ nvidia xconfig utility now included ￭ Mail notification setup now restarts icewm itself to take effect immediately ￭ XFS filesysem now an additional formatting option upon install ￭ RAR files have a handler under ROX now, which unpacks to a subdir of rar file name via unrar ￭ Putty added to Internet Apps ￭ menu items added for putty, (and Azureus and kshowmail, but not on installer disk) ￭ GIMP 2.2.17 updated (gimprc) to include font path of data extras
You can read more about this release on the official announcement page.
Absolute Linux is a lightweight modification of Slackware Linux distribution. It makes maintenance and configuration much easier, has common applications installed and configured. Absolute Linux allows you to play audio CDs, DVDs and movies "out of the box", easy to configure and simple to use.
Highlights of Absolute Linux include:
￭ icewm/ROX_Filer as a window/file manager combination ￭ Time-saving utilities ￭ Preconfigured menus/shortcuts ￭ Desktop-oriented software ￭ Customized install
You can download Absolute Linux right now from Softpedia.