Mar 21, 2011 14:59 GMT  ·  By

SalineOS 1.3 is now available for download. The latest release brings some updated packages as well as the possibility to change the system language when installing. There are also simpler ways of installing translations for several popular packages. Finally, the user manual is available in Spanish now as well.

"SalineOS 1.3 images are now available. This point release brings with it by popular demand support for changing the system language and keyboard layout within the installer," Anthony Nordquist announced.

"It also, marks the first time the SalineOS user manual is available in another language (Spanish)," he added.

Among the new features is the possibility to select the default language and keyboard layout before installing the operating system.

There are language packs for Icedove, Debian's version of the Mozilla Thunderbird email client, OpenOffice.org and MySpell, also available from the installer.

If a translation is available, the manual in your selected language is now downloaded. At this point, only a Spanish translation is available. The English manual also got updated.

SalineOS 1.3 includes all of the security updates in Debian since the previous SalineOS 1.2 release. The Remastersys repository is now disabled by default.

The CD version of SalineOS is no longer being offered. Apparently, most people used the DVD images anyway, so it has been dropped. The introduction of additional languages during the install process also led to larger images.

SalineOS is Debian-based operating system which aims to provide a light and easy to use alternative. It uses Xfce as a desktop environment.

SalineOS wants to make it easier to install proprietary and non-free software, drivers and other packages on top of Debian. It provides access to media codecs not available in the standard repositories, binary firmware, the Wine repositories and so on.

SalineOS 1.3 is available for download here on Softpedia.