There's now a brand new Control Center app

Sep 1, 2015 06:00 GMT  ·  By

Today, September 1, Jerry Bezencon has announced the immediate availability for download of the final version of the Linux Lite 2.6 operating system, a release that brings a great number of new features.

Being based on the latest Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (Trusty Tahr) operating system from Canonical, Linux Lite 2.6 brings with it a new Control Center app that offers you a single, powerful utility for configuring your computer.

Additionally, it features a new system backup and operating system creation utility called Systemback, a new shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+Del) for summoning the restart/shutdown/logout dialog, updates the Help Manual, and introduces a Welcome screen.

Linux Lite 2.6 also features the Disks (GNOME Disk Utility) software for all of your disk partitioning tasks, a new theme for the root terminal, the VLC Media Player browser plugin, new wallpapers, and a new dark theme called Zukitwo Dark Reloaded.

"Linux Lite 2.6 Final is now available for download. This release cycle has seen a number of improvements and additions to Linux Lite," says Jerry Bezencon. "With the introduction of the Linux Lite Control Center, we aim to provide one central location for everything that you need to configure your computer."

Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3 and LibreOffice 5.0.1 are included

The new Linux Lite release includes some of the latest software available on the market, among which we can mention the Mozilla Firefox 40.0.3 web browser, LibreOffice 5.0.1 office suite. The latest WhiskerMenu Applications Menu is also included in the final version of the Linux Lite 2.6 operating system.

You can download the Linux Lite 2.6 operating system right now from Softpedia, where you will find Live CD ISO images for 64-bit and 32-bit hardware architectures. It is recommended to run Linux Lite 2.6 on a computer with a CPU running at 1.5GHz or higher, at least 1GB RAM, a monitor capable of 1366x768 resolution or higher, and a free USB port for the Live CD image.

The Lite Control Center app
The Lite Control Center app

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