The distro comes with the Xfce 4.12.3 desktop environment

Jul 30, 2016 21:30 GMT  ·  By

The guys over at Voyager, a Xubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution built around the lightweight Xfce desktop environment, have announced the release of Voyager 16.04.1 LTS.

Based on the recently announced Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, Voyager 16.04.1 LTS comes with the latest and most advanced Xfce 4.12.3 desktop environments, the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel that includes support for Intel Skylake CPUs, and UEFI 2.5 (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) for modern PCs.

Xfdashboard, the GNOME Shell-like dashboard for Xfce, has been updated to version 0.6, and popular open-source software projects like the Mozilla Firefox web browser, Kodi media center, and LibreOffice 5.1 office suite have been added to the new Voyager 16.04.1 LTS release.

Available for 64-bit and 32-bit PCs

Being based on Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus), the Voyager 16.04.1 LTS distribution inherits almost all of its new GNU/Linux technologies. Voyager 16.04.1 LTS comes two months after the release of Voyager 16.04 LTS, it's available for download as 64-bit and 32-bit Live ISO images, and users are encouraged to upgrade to it as soon as possible.

Voyager Linux is known to offer a modern and eye-candy desktop interface that employs the AWN (Avant Window Navigator) dock-like applications launcher, as well as the widely used Conky system monitor, both of which are enabled by default for new Voyager installations. For more details about the Voyager 16.04 LTS release, check out the video below.

However, please note that Voyager Linux has been designed specifically for French-speaking users, so the entire release notes available at http://voyagerlive.org/index.php/tuto-voyager-16-04-lts, which are a recommended reading if you're getting started with Voyager 16.04 LTS, are in French.