Brasa OS 0.9 Released, Based on Debian Linux

Marcelo Marchi Negreira informed Softpedia about the release of Brasa OS 0.9, an open source operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution.

Brasa OS comes with a huge software repository and a lightweight graphical interface, providing superior performance.

"All additional packages are downloaded and compiled. [...] After installation users will have a simple system with a graphical interface, where they can install other packages, all with apt-build."

"If a package does not have the source code available, you can install the binaries, no optimized build, with the apt-get install <package_name> command." said Marcelo Marchi Negreira in the official homepage.

Highlights of Brasa OS 0.9:

· New customized artwork;
· New wallpaper manager: Nitrogen;
· Added Netbook installer;
· Added support for the Canon Lide 110 scanner;
· Overall improvements and bug fixes.

The following applications were updated in Brasa OS 0.9: Asunder, Audacity, BleachBit, Bluetooth, Boinc, Brasero, Calibre, Cheese, ClamAV, Conky-std, Docker, Fatrat, File-Roller, Adobe Flash Player, GIMP, GParted, hardinfo, ISO Master, KeepassX, Network-Manager, NTP, OpenOffice.org, PlayOnLinux, Privoxy, Shotwell, Shutter, Snort, Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment, Tint2, Tomboy, Tor, Unace, Unetbootin, Unrar, VLC Media Player, XSane, XScreensaver, and Wine.

Detailed installation instructions for both desktop computers and netbooks is provided by the developer on the Brasa OS homepage.

Brasa OS 0.9 is distributed as Live CD ISO images for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It is supported in Português and English languages.

Brasa OS 0.9 - Image courtesy of Marcelo Marchi Negreira

About Brasa OS

Brasa OS is a Debian GNU/Linux based open source distribution designed to deliver a stable, fast and yet easy to use operating system, providing the basic tools necessary to customize it as you wish.

Being one of the fastest Linux distributions in the world, as the developer of Brasa OS says, it is a revolutionary operating system created to allow users to install packages for custom building, with the simple apt-build command.

Download Brasa OS 0.9 right now from Softpedia.

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