Flavio Pereira de Oliveira proudly announced last evening (June 22nd) the immediate availability of the g:Mini 3.0, formerly known as GoblinX Mini Edition. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.27.6 and the XFCE 4.6 desktop environment, the g:Mini edition was designed especially for those who want to remaster the well-known GoblinX Linux distribution.

"This g:Mini edition includes the lastest Xfce 4.6 which brought several improvements and new features. Xfce-session now offers hibernate and suspend options. It has a new notification system with themes managed by Xfce-notifyd. Xfce-power-manager to help laptop users set up a power profile for two different modes ‘on battery power’ and ‘on ac power’. Gigolo to manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVFS. A better Control Center and more." Flavio Pereira de Oliveira said in the official release announcement.

Highlights of g:Mini 3.0:

· Linux kernel was updated to version 2.6.27.6;
· Linux Live scripts were updated to version 6.2.9;
· Updated AuFS to version 1.89;
· Updated SquashFS to version 3.4;
· Updated XFCE to version 4.6;
· Added the following applications: GXine, Ucview, Claws Mail, Epdfview, Gigolo and Twitux;
· Removed the following applications: Nautilus, Leafpad, Totem, Ristretto, Squeeze and Evince;
· The HDD installer was greatly improved;
· Added all the locales;
· A new boot splash theme was added (also supports 800x600 screens);
· Support for xz packages was added;
· Gigolo was updated to start minimized;
· Duplicated software was removed;
· Totem was replaced by GXine (contains all the MPlayer video codecs);
· Improved usability;
· Added suspend and hibernate options;
· Added slapt:// support;
· Ikkes Volume Manager was replaced by Thunar Volume Manager;
· Mount points are now handled by HAL;
· The system clock can now display time and date;
· ...and many other small bug fixes and improvements!

About GoblinX

GoblinX is a Live CD based on Slackware Linux, created by using Linuxlive scripts, by Flavio de Oliveira a.k.a Grobsch. The distribution is excellent for those users who appreciate quality applications and a workspace that is practical and beautiful. GoblinX comes packed with some of the most common used and popular applications for Linux, and lets everyone customize the operating system, in an easy manner.

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