14 DAY TRIAL // On December 13, the Elive team announced yet another (unstable) release of their Elive Live CD Linux distribution, now at version 1.9.52. Being powered by Debian, the Enlightenment E17 desktop environment and Linux kernel 2.6.30, the new development version of Elive brings many improvements and bug fixes in various areas. This release also features a new set of E17 modules, improved support for Bluetooth devices and a new MSN instant messenger. Without further introduction, let's take a closer look at the changes brought by Elive 1.9.52:
· Updated Linux kernel packages to version 2.6.30; · Out-of-the-box support for Bluetooth devices; · New E17 modules (available in the "Features" category, in the E17's preferences dialog); · Trayer was moved to E17's systray; · Added Power Manager tool for notebooks; · Emesene replaced Amsn as the default IM client for the MSN protocol.
Elive Linux sports a large number of applications, ranging from office and Internet-related apps, to games and entertainment. With Elive, you can watch movies, listen to your favorite songs or chat with friends. E17, the development version of the Enlightenment window manager that comes with Elive Unstable, is brought to you from CVS, and is updated on a regular basis through Elive's testing repository.
You can even use it for developing Enlightenment applications anywhere, as it doesn't need to be installed. A big portion of the Enlightenment-related applications are included by default, and several custom tools have been designed to help out new users, the most important being Elpanel. If you want to test Elive, it is recommended to use a computer with minimum 128 of RAM and a 300 MHz CPU.
Download Elive 1.9.52 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is an unstable release and it should not be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only! You can report bugs to Elive's Bug Tracker.