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| 2008-05-29 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.8.0 |
| Henry Jensen has announced the release of DeLi Linux 0.8.0, a light-weight desktop distribution designed for computers with as little as 32 MB of RAM: "DeLi Linux 0.8.0 is the next big step and the first release of the 0.8.x branch. The main focus of the 0.8.x series will be internationalisation. The biggest changes are: switched to UTF-8 as the default encoding; dropped GTK+ 1.x, switched to GTK+ 2.x (2.10); switched to the 'pacman' package manager (from Arch Linux); Netsurf or Skipstone as web browsers; AbiWord 2.4.6 with ODT plugin and Gnumeric 1.6.3; Linux kernel 2.4.36.4, now with LSI Logic support (important for VMware guests). Unfortunately, the hardware requirements had to be raised: for running the GUI at least 32 MB of RAM are recommended; a MMX capable processor is recommended for multimedia applications; a full installation with all applications requires about 750 MB space on hard disk." Here is the full release announcement. Download the installation CD image from here: deli-0.8.0-full.iso (252MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2007-05-18 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.7.2 |
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| Henry Jensen has announced the release of DeLi Linux 0.7.2, a Linux distribution with light-weight graphical environments, specifically designed for very old computers (machines with as little as 8MB of RAM are targeted): "DeLi Linux 0.7.2 is the next and possibly the last release in the 0.7.x branch. DeLi Linux 0.7.2 have the following new features: Linux kernel 2.4.34.4; X.Org 7.2; a new default web browser, Konq-E (Konqueror Embedded) which has Javascript and CSS support; the pdq print system, which replaces lprng; improved and bug-fixed delisetup, deliget and netinstall; other new packages includes nano, Gutenprint, gv and xaw3d, and the new Liberation fonts from Red Hat." Read the release announcement and changelog for more details. Download: deli-0.7.2.iso (128MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-10-17 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.7.1 |
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| Henry Jensen has announced the release of an updated version of DeLi Linux, a distribution designed for legacy hardware: "DeLi Linux 0.7.1 is mainly a bug-fix release. But there are also some new features: support for Microchannel (PS/2 machines) and EISA; added 'deliget', a tool for downloading and installing packages; new packages including AbiWord 1.0.7, Fox, Xfe and XMMS. DeLi Linux is a distribution made for old hardware. Machines from 386 to Pentium I with 8 to 32 MB RAM are considered as target systems. DeLi Linux uses lightweight software wherever it is possible. Nevertheless DeLi Linux provides a graphical desktop with an office package, web browser, e-mail client, PDF viewer and games." The release announcement. Download: deli-0.7.1.iso (125MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-09-16 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.7 |
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| Henry Jensen has announced the release of DeLi Linux 0.7, an independently developed distribution designed to run on very old computer systems (those with a minimum of 8 MB of RAM): "I am proud to announce the release of DeLi (Desktop Light) Linux 0.7. DeLi Linux is a distribution made for old hardware. Machines from i386 to Pentium I with 8 to 32 MB RAM are considered as target systems. DeLi Linux uses lightweight software wherever it is possible. Nevertheless, it also provides a graphical desktop with an office package, web browser, e-mail client, PDF viewer and games. The most important changes: based on uClibc 0.9.28; kernel 2.4.33.3; a 'stripped-down' X.Org 7.1; a BSD-like ports system (borrowed from CRUX)." More information can be found in the release announcement and on the project's home page. Download: deli-0.7.iso (127MB). |
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| 2004-09-09 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.6.1 |
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| Continuing the sudden rush of mini distribution releases is the DeLi Linux project with version 0.6.1. From the changelog: "Fixed liloconfig/simple bug that causes liloconfig always to assume that /dev/hda1 is the root partition; fixed permission problems on some /dev files; added an 'Install all' option to delipkg; added the beginning of 'delibook'; upgraded packages: SQLite 3.0.6; PHP 5.0.1; Dillo 0.8.2; IceWM 1.2.16; Sylpheed 0.9.12; OpenSSH 3.9p1...." Visit the distribution's home page to find out more about this Slackware-based distribution designed to run on older computers. Download: deli-0.6.1.iso (93.5MB).
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| 2004-06-16 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.6 |
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| A new version of DeLi Linux has been released: "Deli Linux 0.6 is out. We have now an easy-to-use menu driven installation, Kernel 2.2.26 and lot of other things. See Changelog for changes in the base package. An ISO image is available. We have now a package list, where you can see exactly which version of which program we have in each package." The full announcement can be found on the distribution's home page. Download: deli-0.6.iso (93.0MB). DeLi Linux is a Linux distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium MMX 166, with focus on desktop use.
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| 2003-12-16 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.5 |
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| DeLi Linux, one of the few distributions designed for old hardware, is now available in version 0.5. From its changelog: "Enhanced delisetup. It is a (almost) complete administration tool now; new tool delipkg for installing software packages; new tool vesaconfig for configuring XFree86 with Xvesa; new xwmconfig for selecting window manager; replaced mc in the base package with the smaller mc-MP; wrote new stuff for delihelp; bugfixes in deliinstall in the root.gz disk; some cleanup of the base package." Read the download and installation instructions for information about how to get DeLi Linux up and running.
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| 2003-11-27 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.4 |
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| DeLi Linux version 0.4 has been released. Changes: "New delisetup; changed /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny; patched pppsetup (usepeerdns); some bugfixes." See the rest of the changelog and the distribution's web site for more information. Download: delibase.tgz (19.0MB). DeLi Linux is a Linux Distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium MMX 166, focused on desktop usage. It includes email clients (Sylpheed, mutt), graphical web browser (Dillo), an office package with word processor and spreadsheet (Siag Office) and other light-weight applications.
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| 2003-07-10 |
Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.3 |
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| DeLi Linux 0.3 has been released. Changes: "Excluded the old smbclient and created smbcli package with samba; clients from samba 3.0 beta; removed deprecated ncftp programs; removed wu-ftpd and added a new package with proftpd; deliinstall calls delisetup directly now at installation; added libiconv for better i18n support; some minor bugfixes." See the changelog for additional details. DeLi Linux is a specialist distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium MMX 166 with main focus on desktop usage. If you have such a computer with 16MB of RAM and a 300MB hard disk lying around idly, check out these installation instructions - DeLi Linux might just be the perfect OS for it!
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| September 2009 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're a online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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