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Easy Peasy 1.1 Is Out, Has a Brand New Look

Also brings many updated packages

By Daniel Pop-Silaghi, Linux Editor

21st of April 2009, 20:01 GMT

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After almost four months of development, Jon Ramvi announced yesterday, April 20th, the release of his Easy Peasy 1.1 netbook-ready Linux distribution. "We’re proud to announce Easy Peasy 1.1! This is how the first Easy Peasy release really should be: No stupid bugs, no Ubuntu logos.", Jon Ramvi said in the official release announcement.

This new 1.1 version of Easy Peasy brings a lot of bugfixes and upgrades to most applications. There is also a new icon theme (inspired from the "Victor Castillejos Gnome
Colors" one), a new wallpaper to fit the visual style and new splash and login screens.

Highlights of Easy Peasy 1.1:

· Linux kernel 2.6.27-8-eeepc;
· OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 office productivity suite;
· Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8 web browser;
· Pidgin 2.5.2 instant messaging client;
· Skype 2.0 voice/video chat client;
· Transmission 1.3.4 bittorrent application;
· Java 6;
· Evolution 2.24.3 Mail and Calendar client;
· Songbird 1.1.1 audio player;
· Orca screen reader and magnifier;
· Cheese Webcam Booth;
· Picasa 3 photo management application.

About Easy Peasy

Formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, Easy Peasy is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, specifically designed for netbooks. With a very efficient and good-looking interface to help differentiate your netbook from regular portable computers, a full-blown Internet experience with Mozilla Firefox, Java and Flash, as well as complete office capabilities through the latest OpenOffice.org suite, Easy Peasy is a good way to unleash all of your netbook's power. The extended hardware support available enables you to install and use Easy Peasy on all existing netbook models.

Download Easy Peasy 1.1 right now from Softpedia.

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Comment #1 by: anna Carlone on 03 May 2009, 19:12 GMT reply to this comment

looks awesome!! want to know if i can put this program on my mac computer(ibookg4

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