The Elive Team has announced earlier today the release of Elive 1.9.51, a new development version of this Debian-based operating system. One of the greatest features that have been added is the compressed filesystem that can help users with limited hard drive space to get the most out of their computer. The entire operating system will fit in 1GB, and the files that are created by the user will be automatically compressed, transparently and in real time.

The Shared Folders implementation has received many fixes and new features, and so did Virtual Private Network support, improvements that will come in handy for users dealing with corporate networks. Legacy applications that rely on the Open Sound System for audio output are better supported, in that category falling many games or other special purpose implementations.

Running in Live mode has been enhanced and a few problems have been fixed. Selecting Catalan in the boot menu now works as supposed, and running the system completely from RAM is now possible again. If you already have Elive installed, you can test this latest version without writing it to a CD. All you need to do is access your Administration menu, click "Upgrade Elive" and point it to the downloaded ISO image. Reboot your computer and, presto, you have the new version running. This feature is great for reinstalling the system.

About Elive

Elive is a LiveCD based on Debian GNU/Linux that features an Enlightenment desktop containing all EFL libraries. 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.

Download Elive 1.9.51 right now from Softpedia.