14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, the VectorLinux team announced the release of the latest version of their distribution. Primarily a maintenance release for the 5.9 version, VectorLinux 5.9.1 SOHO comes in two flavors, a DELUXE version that is accompanied by a second multimedia CD, and a downloadable, free standard version. Totalizing 52 core system updates, this release features the 2.6.25.7 Linux kernel and also Pidgin 2.5.1, Firefox 3.0.1, sane 1.0.19, Opera 9.52 and more.
The developers trusted that, after trying out the free version, users would want to come back and get the DELUXE version, this way having the opportunity to enjoy many other applications, original artwork and enhanced functionality.
VectorLinux 5.9.1 comes with a complete set of applications that can prove to be useful to a very large user base. Non-technical users will enjoy KDE's eye-pleasing appearance, and will easily find their way around an abundance of graphical tools, while more advanced users can choose the fast Fluxbox. Office tools are also provided, so office tasks aren't a problem at all.
All of us, working people, know how good it is to play a little game once every few hours to relax a bit and take a well-deserved break. Well, Vectorlinux 5.9.1 includes solutions for this aspect too, as it features a nice collection of pre-installed games. It can also be used as server station, including specific tools such as PHP, Apache, MySQL and Samba. About VectorLinux
VectorLinux is a Linux distro based on Slackware, which aims to provide speed, performance, stability and ease of use. It was started by Robert S. Lange and Darrell Stavem in 1998, with its first version being launched in June 1999. Two front-ends were created for slapt-get, a package management solution used by VectorLinux. The first one was VL-APT, created by the Vector development team to have a GUI for package management, and the second was gslapt, created by the original developers of slapt-get for the same purpose. Recently, the VL-APT option has become obsolete because of the changes in the slapt-get packaging format. The developers promoted gslapt as the viable package manager.
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