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| Table Notes and Explanations |
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| Feature | 6-rc | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
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| Release Date | 2012/05/19 | 2011/11/23 | 2010/12/22 | 2011/11/10 | 2010/01/01 | 2009/07/01 |
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| CDs | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD | 1 DVD |
| Free Download | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO |
| Installation | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical | Graphical |
| Default Desktop | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME | GNOME |
| Package Management | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB | DEB |
| Office Suite | LibreOffice | LibreOffice | OO.o | LibreOffice | OO.o | OO.o |
| Processor Architecture | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 | i386, x86_64 |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS |
| Multilingual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Asian Language Support | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Package | 6-rc | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
| abiword (2.8.6) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| alsa-lib (1.0.25) | 1.0.25 | 1.0.24.1 | 1.0.23 | 1.0.22 | 1.0.20 | 1.0.18 |
| ati-driver (8.961) | -- | -- | 8.780 | 8.723 | 8.660 | 8.600 |
| banshee (2.4.0) | -- | 2.0.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| bash (4.2) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 |
| bind (9.9.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| chromium (r138438) | r131933 | r109964 | r67652 | r107270 | -- | -- |
| cups (1.5.3) | 1.5.2 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.1 | 1.3.9 |
| dhcp (4.2.3-P2) | 4.1.ESV-R4 | 4.1.1-P1 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.1 |
| firefox (12.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.5.6 | 3.0.11 |
| freetype (2.4.9) | 2.4.8 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.2 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.9 |
| gcc (4.7.0) | 4.6.3 | 4.5.2 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.1 | 4.3.3 |
| gimp (2.8.0) | 2.6.12 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.6 |
| glibc (2.15) | 2.15 | 2.13 | 2.12.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.10.1 | 2.9 |
| gnome-shell (3.4.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gnucash (2.4.10) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| gnumeric (1.10.17) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| grub (1.99) | 1.99 | 1.99rc1 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.97beta4 | 0.97 |
| gtk+ (3.4.3) | 3.4.1 | 2.24.4 | 2.22.0 | 2.20.1 | 2.18.3 | 2.16.1 |
| httpd (2.4.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| inkscape (0.48.3.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| k3b (2.0.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| kdelibs (4.8.3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| libgnome (2.32.1) | 2.32.1 | 2.32.1 | 2.32.0 | 2.30.0 | 2.28.0 | 2.26.0 |
| libreoffice (3.5.3) | 3.5.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.2.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.1.1 | 3.0.1 |
| linux (3.4) | 3.2 | 2.6.38 | 2.6.35 | 2.6.32 | 2.6.31 | 2.6.28 |
| Package | 6-rc | 5.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |
| lxde-common (0.5.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| MesaLib (8.0.3) | 8.0.2 | 7.10.2 | 7.9git | 7.7.1 | 7.6.0 | 7.4.0 |
| module-init-tools (3.16) | 3.16 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.11.1 | 3.10 | 3.7-pre9 |
| mysql (5.5.24) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| nautilus (3.4.2) | 3.4.1 | 2.32.2.2 | 2.32.0 | 2.31.1 | 2.28.1 | 2.26.2 |
| NVIDIA (295.53) | -- | -- | 260.19.06 | 195.36.24 | 185.18.36 | 180.44 |
| openbox (3.5.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| openjdk (7b147) | -- | -- | -- | 6b20 | -- | 6b14 |
| openssh (6.0p1) | 5.9p1 | 5.8p1 | 5.5p1 | 5.3p1 | 5.1p1 | 5.1p1 |
| openssl (1.0.1c) | 1.0.1 | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8k | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8g |
| perl (5.16.0) | 5.14.2 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.1 | 5.10.0 | 5.10.0 |
| php (5.4.3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| pidgin (2.10.4) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.5.5 |
| postfix (2.9.3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| postgresql (9.1.3) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Python (3.2.3) | 2.7.3 | 2.7.1 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.2 |
| qt (4.8.2) | 4.8.1 | 4.7.2 | 4.7.0 | 4.6.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.0 |
| samba (3.6.5) | 3.6.3 | 3.5.8 | 3.5.4 | 3.4.7 | 3.4.0 | 3.3.2 |
| thunderbird (12.0.1) | 12.0.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| udev (182) | 175 | 167 | 162 | 151 | 147 | 141 |
| vim (7.3) | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| vlc (2.0.1) | 2.0.1 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.4 | 1.0.6 | -- | -- |
| xfdesktop (4.10.0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| xine-lib (1.2.1) | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.1.16.3 | 1.1.16.3 |
| xorg-server (1.12.1) | 1.11.4 | 1.10.1 | 1.9.0 | 1.7.6 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.0 |
| xz (5.0.3) | 5.1.1alpha | 5.0.0 | 4.999.9 | -- | -- | -- |
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