Two bug fixes, a new kernel and some improvements!

Sep 12, 2008 06:34 GMT  ·  By

The development team from Elive has announced a new unstable version of their Debian-based Live CD, Elive 1.8.8, which comes with the latest Enlightenment 17 (E17) window manager and a handful of improvements - "This version of Elive solves 2 important problems found in the last versions: e17 has fixed a very annoying mouse bug (more exactly with the focus) and it is now possible to configure the network again (for now, we use network-manager instead of exalt, but only use dhcp and not static mode)."

Among the new features that can be found in this release, we notice a new boot option called changedevice that will allow you to easily change a device while the system is booting. How does this work? Let's say, for example, that you have Elive on a Compact Disc, you boot from it and, for some reason, it stops in the middle of the boot process; because of this new feature, you can now eject the CD and insert an USB flash drive to continue the boot process. Nintendo-DS roms and XCF images can now be previewed in the Elive file manager, Thunar.

Moreover, the Enlightenment (E17) desktop was updated as well, and is packed with new modules, such as battery, temperature, cpufrequency. However, they will work only if your hardware supports them, if not... they will not appear!

Last but not least, Elive 1.8.8 introduces a new Linux kernel, version 2.6.25.16, which comes with support for the new MSI WIND notebooks and better hardware detection during the boot process.

Among the fixes in Elive 1.8.8, we can notice that the Mute key is now working, and you will be able to mount/unmount devices without any hassle.

About Elive:

Elive is an operating system created by using Debian GNU/Linux as its basis, and it offers a lot of eye-candy while keeping the resources consumption very low with the help of the Enlightenment window manager.

The Elive Linux distribution sports a large number of applications, ranging from office applications to games. You can watch movies and, even better, you can create your own. E16 is the stable edition of the Enlightenment window manager that comes with Elive. Besides this, E17, the development version of Enlightenment, is brought to you from CVS and is updated on a regular basis through Elive's testing repository. If you want to use Elive, it is recommended you use a computer with minimum 128 of RAM and a 300 MHz CPU.

Download Elive 1.8.8 right now from Softpedia. Remember that is an unstable release and it should now be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only! You can report bugs to the Elive's Testers Mailing List.