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NimbleX 2008 RC Released

A minimalistic Slackware based Live CD!

By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

23rd of March 2008, 21:07 GMT

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NimbleX 2008 RC was released a few days ago and it contains some very nice applications and improvements: "I am very pleased to announce the Release Candidate of NimbleX 2008! Since Beta there are major differences and it's the

closest thing I can imagine to final version. Actually the main reason for calling it RC is the eventuality some important bug sneaked in."- says Bogdan Radulescu, the main developer. Below is a list with the major changes since the beta release:

￭ lost 16MB to be back to 200MB;
￭ Addition of the NimbleX USB Installer;
￭ Improvements to the Safe Installer;
￭ NimbleX is now split in 9 for greater flexibility;
￭ Added important software like: LinuxDC , Avidemux and the GSlapt Package Manager;
￭ Polished many things so that it pleases the eye;
￭ Compiz was added and configured in NimbleX. For starters, everyone that has a 3D card supported out of the box by X can enjoy the 3D effects. Hopefully, in the future, people will contribute to package drivers for this feature;
￭ ...and many more other changes.

NimbleX is a small but versatile operating system based on the popular Slackware Linux. You can boot it from a small 8 cm CD or an USB flash drive. Because it runs entirely from a CD or USB, it doesn't require installation or even a hard drive. NimbleX was build with the help of linux-live scripts. What can you do with NimbleX? Look below for a nice list with its features:

￭ Access data on other computers without knowing the password;
￭ Surf the Internet, download files using various protocols;
￭ Chat with friends using a very nice IM (Instant Messenger) application;
￭ Play movies because most of the video codecs are supported;
￭ Play music either in the graphical interface and the CLI (command-line interface);
￭ Make NimbleX always save your data very easily;
￭ Use the built-in bluetooth support to transfer files;
￭ Use a pretty good office suite - KOffice 1.6.1;
￭ Get organized with the very powerful Kontact application;
￭ Debug other operating systems with NimbleX;
￭ Back-up data easily using various methods;
￭ Make NimbleX boot on other computers over the LAN;
￭ Play some of the various KDE Games;
￭ Install software over the Internet using GSlapt;
￭ Control remotely Windows machines with rdesktop;
￭ Browse Windows networks with no complications;
￭ Read PDF documents with the built-in software;
￭ NimbleX can be made to boot from any bootable device;
￭ NimbleX can be very fast if you boot it from HDD or USB;
￭ You can use several graphical interfaces (KDE, IceWM, Fluxbox);
￭ You can extend NimbleX easily by adding new modules to it.

Download and test NimbleX 2008 RC now from Softpedia.

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]NimbleX 2008 | Slackware Live | Linux distribution | open source

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