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Lunar Linux

Last Update: Monday 6 February 2012 10:20 GMT

Lunar Linux

Lunar is a source based Linux distribution with a unique package management system which builds each software package, or module, for the machine it is being installed on. Though it can take a while to do a complete Lunar installation it's worth it as it tends to be quite fast, once installed! In the beginning Lunar was a fork of Sorcerer GNU Linux (SGL). The fork occurred in late January to early February of 2002 and was originally made up of a small group of people who wanted to collaboratively develop and extend the Sorcerer technology. The original name for the project was Lunar-Penguin but the group decided to re-christen it Lunar Linux while the Lunar-Penguin name has become a sort of umbrella which the team could use if they decide to collaboratively develop something besides Lunar Linux.


Lunar Summary
Distribution Lunar Linux
Home Page http://www.lunar-linux.org
Mailing Lists http://lunar-linux.org/lists
User Forums http://lunar-linux.org/forum
Documentation http://lunar-linux.org/library
Screenshots http://screenshots.lunar-linux.org/ • The Coding Studio
Download Mirrors http://lunar-linux.org/mirrors
Bug Tracker http://bugs.lunar-linux.org/
Related Web Sites  
Reviews 1.x: Dude! Where's my BASH? • Windows Anonymous • TechieMoe • Linux.com
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org • OSDisc.com (sponsored links)

Recent Related News
 • 2010-08-23: Distribution Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.5
 • 2010-07-10: Development Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.5 RC1
 • 2008-12-28: Distribution Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.4
 • 2008-10-18: Development Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.4 Beta 1
 • 2007-07-30: Development Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.2 Beta 1
 • 2007-02-18: Distribution Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.1

 • More Lunar news...
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'nautilus' and 'gnome-shell' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as 'apache', while apache 2.x is referred to as 'httpd'.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature moonbase 1.6.5
mareingenii		 1.6.4
lacus		 1.6.1
moosedrool		 1.5.1
gallium		 1.4.0
generalpfault		 1.3.3
pvtvariables		 1.3
mousex		 1.2
pico		 1.1.2
nano		 Feature
Release Date 2012/02/06 2010/08/22 2008/12/28 2007/02/18 2005/08/23 2004/03/09 2004/01/19 2003/03/17 2003/01/21 2002/11/26 Release Date
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
CDs -- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CDs
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Default Desktop
Package Management SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC SRC Package Management
Office Suite GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i386, i686, x86_64 i386, i686, x86_64 i686 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support                     Asian Language Support
Package moonbase 1.6.5
mareingenii		 1.6.4
lacus		 1.6.1
moosedrool		 1.5.1
gallium		 1.4.0
generalpfault		 1.3.3
pvtvariables		 1.3
mousex		 1.2
pico		 1.1.2
nano		 Package
abiword (2.8.6) 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.4.6 2.2.9 2.0.4 2.0.2 1.0.4 1.0.3 1.0.3 1.0.3 abiword (2.8.6)
alsa-lib (1.0.25) 1.0.25 1.0.23 1.0.13 1.0.9 1.0.3a 1.0.1 0.9.0rc6 0.9.0rc6 0.9.0rc5 0.9.0rc3 alsa-lib (1.0.25)
ati-driver (8.930) 9.4 9.4 --               ati-driver (8.930)
banshee (2.2.1) -- 1.6.1                 banshee (2.2.1)
bash (4.2) 4.2 4.1 3.1 3.0 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b bash (4.2)
bind (9.8.1-P1) 9.8.1-P1 9.7.1-P2 9.3.4 9.3.1 9.2.3 9.2.3 9.2.2 9.2.1 9.2.1 9.2.1 bind (9.8.1-P1)
chromium (r120590) -- 4.0.249.43                 chromium (r120590)
cups (1.5.2) 1.5.0 1.4.4 1.2.8 1.1.23 1.1.20 1.1.20 1.1.18 1.1.14 1.1.14 1.1.14 cups (1.5.2)
dhcp (4.2.3-P2) 4.2.3-P2 4.2.0 3.0.5 3.0.3 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0pl1 3.0pl1 3.0pl1 dhcp (4.2.3-P2)
firefox (10.0) 10.0 3.6.8 2.0.0.1 1.0.6             firefox (10.0)
freetype (2.4.8) 2.4.8 2.4.2 2.1.10 2.1.7 2.1.5 2.1.5         freetype (2.4.8)
gcc (4.6.2) 4.6.2 4.4.3 3.4.6 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.2.3 3.2.2 3.2.1 3.2 3.2 gcc (4.6.2)
gimp (2.6.12) 2.6.12 2.6.10 2.2.13 2.2.8 1.2.5 1.2.5 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.3.8 gimp (2.6.12)
glibc (2.14.1) 2.14.1 2.11.2 2.3.6 2.3.3 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.2.5 glibc (2.14.1)
gnome-shell (3.2.2.1) --                   gnome-shell (3.2.2.1)
gnucash (2.4.9) 2.4.4 2.2.9 2.0.4 1.8.11 1.8.8 1.8.8 1.8.2 1.6.8 1.6.8 1.6.8 gnucash (2.4.9)
gnumeric (1.10.17) 1.10.17 1.10.9 1.6.3 1.4.3 1.2.6 1.2.2 1.0.12 1.0.11 1.0.10 1.0.9 gnumeric (1.10.17)
grub (1.99) 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.92 grub (1.99)
gtk+ (3.2.3) 2.24.9 2.20.1 2.10.9 2.6.9 2.2.4 2.2.4 2.2.1 2.0.9 2.0.9 2.0.6 gtk+ (3.2.3)
httpd (2.2.22) 2.2.22 2.2.16 2.2.4 2.0.54 2.0.48 2.0.48         httpd (2.2.22)
inkscape (0.48.2) 0.48.2 0.48.0 0.45 0.42             inkscape (0.48.2)
jre (7u2) 7u2 6u21                 jre (7u2)
k3b (2.0.2) -- 2.0.0 0.12.17 0.12.3 0.11.6 0.10.3         k3b (2.0.2)
kdelibs (4.8.0) -- 4.4.5 3.5.6 3.4.2 3.2.0 3.1.5 3.1 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.3 kdelibs (4.8.0)
libgnome (2.32.1) 2.32.1 2.30.0 2.16.0 2.10.0 2.4.0 2.4.0 2.2.0.1 2.0.6 2.0.5 2.0.4 libgnome (2.32.1)
libreoffice (3.4.5) -- 3.2.1 2.1.0 1.1.4 1.1.1b 1.1.0 1.0.2 1.0.2 1.0.1 1.0.1 libreoffice (3.4.5)
Package moonbase 1.6.5
mareingenii		 1.6.4
lacus		 1.6.1
moosedrool		 1.5.1
gallium		 1.4.0
generalpfault		 1.3.3
pvtvariables		 1.3
mousex		 1.2
pico		 1.1.2
nano		 Package
linux (3.2.4) 2.6.39.4 2.6.35.2 2.6.20 2.4.31 2.4.25 2.4.24 2.4.20 2.4.20 2.4.19 2.4.19 linux (3.2.4)
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- 0.5.0                 lxde-common (0.5.5)
MesaLib (7.11.2) 7.11.2                   MesaLib (7.11.2)
module-init-tools (3.16) 3.16 3.12 3.2.2 3.1             module-init-tools (3.16)
mysql (5.5.20) 5.1.60 5.1.49 5.0.33 4.1.13a 4.0.18 4.0.17 3.23.56 3.23.54a 3.23.53 3.23.52 mysql (5.5.20)
nautilus (3.2.1) 2.32.2.1 2.30.1 2.16.3 2.10.1 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.2.2 2.0.8 2.0.8 2.0.7 nautilus (3.2.1)
NVIDIA (290.10) 290.10 195.36.31 1.0-9746               NVIDIA (290.10)
openbox (3.5.0) -- 3.4.11.2                 openbox (3.5.0)
openssh (5.9p1) 5.9p1 5.5p1 4.5p1 4.1p1 3.8p1 3.7.1p2 3.5p1 3.5p1 3.5p1 3.4p1 openssh (5.9p1)
openssl (1.0.0g) 1.0.0g 1.0.0a 0.9.8d 0.9.7g 0.9.7c 0.9.7c 0.9.6i 0.9.6h 0.9.6g 0.9.6g openssl (1.0.0g)
perl (5.14.2) 5.14.2 5.12.1 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.3 5.8.1 5.8.0 5.8.0 5.8.0 5.8.0 perl (5.14.2)
php (5.3.10) 5.2.17 5.2.13 5.2.1 5.0.4 4.3.4 4.3.4 4.3.1 4.3.0 4.2.3 4.2.3 php (5.3.10)
pidgin (2.10.1) 2.10.1 2.7.3 1.5.0 1.5.0 0.75 0.75 0.59.9 0.59.8 0.59.6 0.59.3 pidgin (2.10.1)
postfix (2.9.0) 2.9.0 2.7.1 2.3.7 2.2.5 2.0.18 2.0.16 2.0.6 2.0.0.1 1.1.11 1.1.11 postfix (2.9.0)
postgresql (9.1.2) 9.0.6 8.4.4 8.2.3 8.0.3 7.4.1 7.4.1 7.3.2 7.3.1 7.2.3 7.2.2 postgresql (9.1.2)
Python (3.2.2) 2.7.2 2.6.5 2.5 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.2.1 Python (3.2.2)
qt (4.8.0) -- 4.6.3 3.3.7 3.3.4 3.2.3 3.2.3 3.1.1 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.4 qt (4.8.0)
samba (3.6.3) 3.6.3 3.5.4 3.0.24 3.0.14a 3.0.2a 3.0.1 2.2.8 2.2.7a 2.2.7 2.2.5 samba (3.6.3)
thunderbird (10.0) 10.0 3.1.2 1.5.0.9 1.0.6             thunderbird (10.0)
udev (180) 175 161 105 067             udev (180)
vim (7.3) 7.3 7.3 7.0 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 vim (7.3)
vlc (1.1.13) 1.1.13 1.1.3 0.8.6a 0.8.2             vlc (1.1.13)
xfdesktop (4.8.3) 4.8.3 4.6.2 4.4.0 4.2.2 4.0.3.1 4.0.3 3.8.18 3.8.18 3.8.18 3.8.16 xfdesktop (4.8.3)
xine-lib (1.2.1) 1.1.20.1 1.1.19 1.1.4 1.1.0 1-rc3a 1-rc3a 1-beta8 0.9.13 0.9.13 0.9.13 xine-lib (1.2.1)
xorg-server (1.11.4) 1.11.4 1.8.2 (7.1) (6.8.2)             xorg-server (1.11.4)
xz (5.0.3) --                   xz (5.0.3)

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