14 DAY TRIAL // Robolinux 7.7.1, a fast and easy-to-use Linux distribution based on Debian has just received a new desktop environment, LXDE, making this the third flavor of the distribution.
The other two flavors of the distro are GNOME and Xfce and now the developers have added LXDE. Normally, we would think at the Xfce edition as the lighter one, but now that LXDE has been implemented, that role falls on the flavor. The new addition is not terribly different from the other ones and only features a few other apps.
When the previous version was released, we talked about the main feature of this OS, which is to clone a Windows operating system, with all the installed programs and updates. Technically, this would allow Linux users to run Windows apps more easily, but this is a technology that works more like a virtual machine, so there will be some performance issues. It also raises the issue of legality and the situation is murky, at best.
The distribution has only had moderate success until now and it's not big enough to draw any serious attention, but if it managed to get some traction, it's very likely that Microsoft will become interested in the features of Robolinux.
Robolinux 7.7.1 with LXDE is not all that different
Stealth VM should allow Linux users to run any kind of Windows software inside an open source operating system and the developer knows that there are some performance issues. Nonetheless, just by adding a lighter desktop environment the problem won't just go away.
"Robolinux is very proud and excited to announce its new Robolinux LXDE "Need for Speed" 32 & 64 bit OS versions which boots up using an unprecedented low 66 MB of RAM in its 32 bit OS. An incredible amount of effort was put into making the LXDE user interface look extremely polished and easy to use. An enormous amount of time and effort went into optimizing and streamlining the new LXDE operating systems so that Linux Beginners and Advanced Users would be very pleased."
"Both versions are based on the rock solid Debian stable 7 source code and have one click Auto Updgrade Robolinux options in the main menu so that users do not need to reinstall when new versions are released," reads the official announcement.
More details about the Stealth VM Software and Robolinux can be found in the official changelog. Also, you can download Robolinux 7.7.1 right now from Softpedia for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
