A new system restore tool has been added

Aug 8, 2015 02:23 GMT  ·  By

On August 7, Jerry Bezencon, the creator of the Linux Lite operating system, was more than happy to announce the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Beta release of the upcoming Linux Lite 2.6 distribution.

According to Mr. Bezencon, Linux Lite 2.6 Beta is full of new features and updated applications, among which we can mention a brand new Linux Lite Control Center, the addition of the Systemback system restore tool, support for creating custom versions of Linux Lite, support for deploying the distribution across multiple machines, and numerous other under-the-hood improvements.

In the first Beta release of Linux Lite 2.6, we can also find new wallpapers, a new Linux Lite Welcome screen, a new theme for the root terminal, an updated Help Manual, the addition of the CTRL+Alt+Del keyboard shortcut for interacting with the Logout/Shutdown/Restart dialog, the addition of the Disks (GNOME Disk Utility) software and VLC web browser plugin, as well as a new dark theme based on Zukitwo Dark Reloaded.

"Linux Lite 2.6 Beta is now available for testing. After months of dedicated development by the team and outsourced developers, we're proud to announce the release of the Linux Lite Control Center," says Jerry Bezencon. "We're also pleased to announce the inclusion of Systemback, a versatile tool that makes it easy to create backups of the system and the users configuration files."

Now based on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

Probably the most important changes of all is the re-base of the entire Linux kernel-based operating system on the recently released Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (Trusty Tahr) distro, which now features Linux kernel 3.19 and an updated graphics stack for better support of new hardware components. The latest WhiskerMenu, Mozilla Firefox 39.0, LibreOffice 5.0, Wine 1.7, and GIMP 2.8 software is also present.

Those of you who want to test the new Beta of Linux Lite 2.6 can do so right now by downloading the Linux Lite 2.6 Beta 32-bit or 64-bit Live DVD ISO images right now via Softpedia. However, we remind you that this is a pre-release version, not suitable for deployment on production environments where stability is of the essence.

Linux Lite 2.6 Beta (5 Images)

Linux Lite 2.6 Control Center
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