GNOME 3.12.2, KDE 4.14.3, and Xfce 4.10.1 are also included

Feb 17, 2015 07:47 GMT  ·  By

The Frugalware Developer Team proudly announced the immediate availability for download of the Frugalware Linux 2.0 computer operating system, a general purpose and independent GNU/Linux distribution that has been created from the ground up for people who are not afraid of text mode.

According to the official release notes, Frugalware Linux 2.0 (codename Rigel) is the twentieth stable release of the operating system, powered by Linux kernel 3.14.19 LTS and X.Org Server 1.15.2. While Frugalware Linux is known as a distribution that promotes the GNOME desktop environment, it also includes the KDE 4.14.3, Xfce 4.10.1, LXDE 0.99.0, and MATE 1.8.1 desktops.

“The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 2.0, our twentieth stable release. No new features have been added since 2.0rc2. If you didn't follow the changes during the rc releases, here are the most important changes since 1.9 in no particular order,” was stated in the official release announcement.

The MATE 1.8.1 desktop environment has been included

Unfortunately for GNOME fans, the controversial desktop environment is at version 3.12.2, which is quite old yet stable enough to be used on a production environment. It is accompanied by the LibreOffice 4.3.3.2 office suite, as well as the Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1 and Chromium 39.0.2171.96 web browsers.

One of the strongest features of Frugalware Linux 2.0 (Rigel) is most probably the MATE 1.8.1 desktop environment, which provides an alternative to the GNOME desktop. MATE is a fork of the old-school and traditional GNOME 2.x (a.k.a. GNOME Classic) desktop environment.

Those who have Frugalware Linux 1.9 installed can use the official upgrade instructions to make the switch from Arcturus to Rigel. The release is not available as Live CDs, but only installable DVDs that will help you install the distribution on 64 or 32-bit computers. Download Frugalware Linux 2.0 right now from Softpedia.