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Mageia 2 RC Has Linux Kernel 3.3.4

Developers of Mageia, a fork of Mandriva Linux supported by a not-for-profit organization of recognized and elected contributors, have announced the Mageia 2 Release Candidate. Mageia 2 RC is a testing release for finding bugs, to look out for important missing packages, and most importantly a development platform ...

9 May 2012
11:31 GMT

Lubuntu 12.04 Officially Released

Lubuntu is now at its second major release and Canonical has announced that it has reached version 12.04, along with its older brothers, Ubuntu 12.04, Xubuntu 12.04 and Kubuntu 12.04. Lubuntu is based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) and its goal is to provide a lightweight distribution, (with all ...

27 April 2012
04:17 GMT

SliTaz 4.0 Final Available for Download

SliTaz GNU/Linux, a free operating system working completely in memory from removable media such as a CD-ROM or USB key, aiming to be light and fully installable on a hard drive, is now at version 4.0. SliTaz 4.0 should be able to boot in 10-12 seconds, depending on the user's hardware. With its new 4in1 ISO fe...

11 April 2012
10:19 GMT

VectorLinux 7.0 Light Edition Officially Released

The VectorLinux team proudly announced last evening, March 21st, the immediate availability for download of the final and stable release of VectorLinux 7.0 Light Edition. After the release of VectorLinux 7.0 on November 27th, 2011, here comes the Light Edition of the VectorLinux 7.0 Linux operating system, bringing...

22 March 2012
12:31 GMT

Zorin OS 6 Lite Is Based on Lubuntu 11.10

The Zorin OS development team proudly announced yesterday, March 19th, the immediate availability for download of the Zorin OS 6 Lite and Zorin OS 6 Educational Lite operating systems. This major release of the Zorin OS 6 Lite series is now based on the Lubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating sytem and takes advan...

20 March 2012
03:25 GMT

Skolelinux 6.0.4 Final Available for Download

Skolelinux, a Linux distribution based on Debian, providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network, is now at version 6.0.4. Developers of Skolelinux have advised users to upgrade using the apt-get upgrade command, via a terminal.Highlights of Skolelinux 6.0.4:· LWAT was replac...

12 March 2012
11:27 GMT

Linux Mint 12 LXDE Screenshot Tour

As announced a earlier today, March 9th, the final release of the Linux Mint 12 LXDE operating system is now available for download on mirrors worldwide. After just one Release Candidate, the stable release of the Linux Mint 12 LXDE distribution comes with updated packages, new features and functionalities. It is ...

9 March 2012
08:02 GMT

Linux Mint 12 LXDE Officially Released

Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability for download of the Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) LXDE Edition operating system. Linux Mint 12 LXDE brings updated applications and provides refinements, as well as new features, in order to make your desktop e...

9 March 2012
06:30 GMT

Zorin OS Educational Lite 6 RC is Based on Lubuntu 11.10

Zorin OS Educational Lite, a Linux distribution for educational purposes which can be used on old and low-spec computers, is now at version 6 RC. The Zorin OS Team has announced that Zorin OS Educational Lite 6 RC is now available for download. The new version is based on Lubuntu 11.10 and uses the LXDE desktop envir...

9 March 2012
06:20 GMT

Zorin OS Lite 6 RC is Based on Lubuntu 11.10

An Ubuntu-based operating system aimed at Windows users that are switching over to Linux, Zorin OS Lite, has now reached version 6 RC. Zorin OS Lite 6 RC comes with a lot of refinement, according to the developers. This particular release is based on Lubuntu 11.10 and uses the LXDE desktop environment in order to pr...

2 March 2012
03:10 GMT

Linux Mint LXDE 12 RC Available for Download

Linux Mint LXDE, a modern operating system built on mature and proven software layers that relies on the Ubuntu and Debian projects and uses their systems as a base, is now at version 12 RC.This is the first release candidate in the 12.x series for the LXDE version of the Linux Mint distribution. The developers haven...

26 February 2012
14:40 GMT

Porteus 1.2 RC1 Has Linux Kernel 3.2.6

Porteus, a portable Linux operating system which can be installed on an USB device, CDROM, SD card or hard drive, and based on the Linux Live Scripts, has just reached version 1.2 RC1. Porteus 1.2 RC1 has been released for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and brings a lot of changes and updates, such as:· Linux...

21 February 2012
10:30 GMT

Zorin OS Educational Lite 5.2 is Based on Lubuntu 11.04

Zorin OS Educational Lite, a Linux distribution for educational purposes which can be used on old and low-spec computers, is now at version 5.2. The Zorin OS Team has announced that  Zorin OS 5.2 Educational Lite is now available for download. The new version is based on Lubuntu 11.04 and uses the LXDE desktop e...

27 January 2012
02:15 GMT

GhostBSD 2.5 Available for Download

GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME and LXDE desktop environments, is now at version 2.5. After a few release candidates, the final version of GhostBSD 2.5 is here. The developers have assured us that a lot of important bugs have been fixed and the operating system was updated and fine-tuned.Gho...

25 January 2012
02:44 GMT

DEFT Linux 7 RC1 Is Based on Linux Kernel 3.0

DEFT Linux 7 RC1 has been announced by Stefano Fratepietro on January 13th. DEFT Linux 7 RC1 has been in the making for some time, but the developers reported that all of the problems affecting the launch of the present version had been ironed out. The distribution was tested on a lot on different configurations: ...

16 January 2012
05:45 GMT

Zorin OS Lite 5.2 Is Based on Lubuntu 11.04

Zorin OS Lite, an Ubuntu-based operating system aimed at Windows users that are switching over to Linux, has now reached version 5.2. Zorin OS Lite 5.2 is built on the Linux architecture so it is completely open source and it's based on Ubuntu, one of the most used Linux operating system in the world.Zorin OS Li...

11 January 2012
07:00 GMT

GhosBSD 2.5 RC3 Fixes CUPS Problems

GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME desktop environment, is now at version 2.5 RC3. This is the third Release Candidate for Ghost BSD 2.5 and it is based on FreeBSD 9.0 RC3. There are a small number of known problems, such as Brasero on amd64 architecture still closes itself for normal users whe...

9 January 2012
06:30 GMT

GhostBSD 2.5 RC2 Introduces Touch-Screen Support

GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME desktop environment, is now at version 2.5 RC2. This is the second released for Ghost BSD 2.5 and it is based on FreeBSD 9.0 RC2. The GhostBSD Lite, on CD, will be arriving late because the developers have decided to swap GNOME with LXDE, in that version.Highl...

14 December 2011
10:05 GMT

ZevenOS-Neptune 2.0 Released in Two Editions

ZevenOS-Neptune, a Linux operating system with software optimized for slower computers and with elements of BeOS, has just reached version 2.0. ZevenOS-Neptune 2.0 is the first version to ship in two different editions: Minimal Edition (with LXDE) and Full Edition (with KDE SC). Both of them come with Linux kernel 3....

24 October 2011
09:55 GMT

Lubuntu 11.10 Officially Released

Lubuntu is the new kid on the block and Canonical has just announced that it has reached version 11.10, along with its older brothers, Ubuntu 11.10, Xubuntu 11.10 and Kubuntu 11.10.Lubuntu is based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) and its goal is to provide a lightweight distribution, (with all the a...

13 October 2011
09:21 GMT

Lubuntu 11.04 Released

Right after the announcement for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), Mario Behling proudly announced last night (April 28th) that Julien Lavergne has released the lightweight Lubuntu 11.04 operating system.Lubuntu 11.04 is, of course, based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment and Ubuntu 11.04, with the PCManFM 0.9....

29 April 2011
16:51 GMT

Linux Mint Xfce 201104 Has Been Officially Released

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project have announced a few minutes ago the final and stable release of Linux Mint Xfce 201104, a distro which is build on top of a Debian Testing package base and uses the same repositories as LMDE. Linux Mint Xfce 201104 comes with a series of improvements o...

6 April 2011
08:17 GMT

Lubuntu 10.10 Beta Available for Download

Julian Lavergne announced a few days ago, the immediate availability for download of the first Beta release of the upcoming Lubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system. Lubuntu 10.10 Beta 1 brings a new lxappareance from LXDE git (without the Openbox integration) and the existing Ubuntu 10.10 Beta updates. "P...

8 September 2010
06:59 GMT

LXDE Edition of Salix OS 13.1 Released

George Vlahavas proudly announced last evening, July 7th, the immediate availability for download of the LXDE edition of Salix OS 13.1. Being based on the popular Slackware Linux 13.1 operating system, Salix OS 13.1 LXDE features Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, a very fast and lightweight desktop with a clean, s...

8 July 2010
04:50 GMT

Linux Mint 8 Xfce and LXDE Editions Released

Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community are once again proud to announce the immediate availability of the final versions for the Linux Mint 8 Xfce Community Edition and Linux Mint 8 LXDE Community Edition operating systems. Being based on the main Helena release, the new editions are powered by Linux kernel 2....

1 April 2010
04:45 GMT

Announcing Linux Mint 8 RC1 LXDE Edition

After the announcements of KDE, KDE64 and Fluxbox editions of the current Linux Mint 8 (Helena) operating system, Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community are once again proud to present today the first release candidate of the upcoming Linux Mint 8 LXDE Community Edition. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31, t...

16 March 2010
04:45 GMT

KNOPPIX 6.2 Is Available for Download

Klaus Knopper proudly announced on November 18th version 6.2 of the famous KNOPPIX Live Linux distribution. Being based on Debian Lenny (Testing and Unstable), the brand-new KNOPPIX 6.2 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.6, X.Org 7.4 and it uses the lightweight LXDE as a desktop environment. The Live CD version of KNO...

19 November 2009
09:27 GMT

First Lubuntu Test ISOs Available

Yesterday the LXDE community received an announcement on their blog, in which developer Mario Behling told the world about the availability of the first Lubuntu test images, based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The upcoming operating system already proves to be a serious contender to Xubuntu, the ISO weighing in at a...

1 September 2009
06:13 GMT

Available Now: Fedora 11 LXDE Remix

Rahul Sundaram announced today the release of a new Fedora 11 remix, especially created for those who want a lightweight desktop environment. The Fedora 11 LXDE Remix Live CD provides optimum integration and compatibility with LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) and is available for 32 bit processor architectu...

16 June 2009
07:41 GMT

Available Now: moonOS LXDE Edition 2.0

The moonOS team announced yesterday the immediate availability of their moonOS LXDE Edition 2.0 (Kachana). Based on moonOS Main Edition 2, this release brings a Linux kernel 2.6.27-11, LXDE 0.3.2.1 and Xorg 7.4. Some of the tools that are included in this version are: moonDomain, moonGrub, moonMetacity and moonUpgrad...

26 February 2009
09:01 GMT

Available Now: KNOPPIX 6.0.0

Klaus Knopper proudly announced yesterday, January 27th, the sixth release of his popular KNOPPIX Live CD Linux distribution. KNOPPIX 6.0 was completely rebuilt from scratch, it is now based on Debian Lenny, and it's powered by the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. Among various applications included in KNOP...

28 January 2009
05:29 GMT


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