14 DAY TRIAL // Yann Le Doar?, the main developer of the Linux Console project, has recently announced the availability of the latest Linux Console version, more exactly the 1.0.2007 version.
Linux Console is an independent Linux distribution (compiled "from source") and it is best-known especially for the fact that it deals pretty well with old computers (minimum requirements: Pentium 75 + 32 M RAM) and you can install it even from Windows, without modifying any of your partitions. It can boot from CD, floppy, hard disk, network and also USB key.
Another feature for which I would give some credit to the Linux Console is its fast starting, taking from 15 up to maximum 30 seconds when starting from hard disk, depending on the system?s configuration.
Highlights:
? Ntfs3-3g : no more limitation when using NTFS partitions ! ? 2.6.20.1 kernel ? Xorg 7.2 ? Gnome 2.18 ? Gparted ? Busybox 1.4.2 ? lcinstall.exe updated to avoid losing "config.sys" ? eject CD when used in live-cd ? installing new modules with build scripts ? many new system tools added ? Evolution updated to 2.10 ? moving gnomemeeting to ekiga ? an easier way of finding the necessary drivers ? supports USB PCI digital and analog cards ? more than 2500 drivers (CUPS) included) for printing ? Firewire (Digital cameras) ? Bluetooth (to put files on you mobile phone) ? CD/DVD burning
Among the applications and tools included in the Linux Console distro, I could mention: SeaMonkey 1.0.6, Xine 1.1.0, Samba 3.0.20a, PHP 5.1.2, Python 2.4.2, Abiword 2.4.4, postgres (PostgreSQL) 7.4.8, Gnome nautilus 2.10.1 and Evolution 2.2.
After the core and kernel update for the 1.0 version, the Linux Console project aims at making it installable on MS Vista too by the end of July 2007. For the future year, the roadmap also takes in some ambitious plans of creating and releasing a 2.0 edition.