Lars Torben Kremer proudly announced yesterday, August 19th, the immediate availability for download of the stable release of the Snowlinux 3 Xfce Edition operating system. Dubbed Crystal, Snowlinux 2 Xfce is based on the Debian 6 (Squeeze) operating system and it's powered by the LTS (Long Term Support) Linux kernel 3.2 and the Xfce 4.8.4 desktop environment.
This release is 100% compatible with Debian's software repositories, and it is supported with security updates and patches until February 2014.
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Due drastic changes with Gnome 3 and Unity, XFCE is growing more and more up. XFCE is quite similar to the most popular Desktop environment Gnome 2 and offers an alternative for all former Gnome 2 users. This is one of the reason why Snowlinux XFCE got so much new features and improvements."
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It should not lack some features and functions which are available in the main edition. We are trying to let XFCE act like Gnome 2 and to offer an alternative for all former Gnome 2 users," said Lars Torben Kremer in the
official release announcement.
Highlights of Snowlinux 3 Xfce Edition: · Based on Debian 6 (Squeeze);
· Linux kernel 3.2 (LTS);
· Xfce 4.8.4;
· Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1;
· Mozilla Thunderbird 14;
· Added Linux-Firmware-Nonfree to support more hardware;
· DuckDuckGo search engine;
· Black terminal background;
· Better software selection;
· Better response and speed;
· New look and feel;
· Updated packages and software;
· Lots of system improvements.
| Snowlinux 3 Xfce - Image courtesy of Lars Torben Kremer |
Recommended hardware requirements for Snowlinux 2 Xfce:
· An x86 processor;
· At least 256 MB memory;
· At least 2 GB free disk space;
· A graphics card capable of 800x600 resolution;
· A CD-ROM drive or USB port.
Snowlinux 3 Xfce Edition is distributed as Live CDs for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
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