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Freepia
Freepia was small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on VIA EPIA-M mainboards. It currently only runs on the M-9000 and M-10000 (ezra and nehemia CPU) but with some modifications like kernel and X11 modules it should run on others too. The main goal of this project was to build a full-featured, low-noise media box to play movies, MP3s, images, etc. It uses freevo as its media viewer, but in the future there may be support for others, like mythtv or vdr.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2012-08-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Snowlinux 3 "Xfce" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 3 "Xfce" edition, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux 6.0: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 'Crystal' Xfce. Due to drastic changes with GNOME 3 and Unity, Xfce is growing up more and more. Xfce is quite similar to GNOME 2 and offers an alternative for all former GNOME 2 users. This is one of the reasons why Snowlinux Xfce got so many new features and improvements. It should not lack any features and functions which are available in the main edition. We are trying to let Xfce act like GNOME 2 and to offer an alternative for all former GNOME 2 users. New features: DuckDuckGo, Firefox 14.0.1, Thunderbird 14, Xfce 4.8, Linux kernel 3.2...." Here is the full release announcement with a screenshot. Download (SHA256): snowlinux-3-crystal-xfce-i386.iso (618MB), snowlinux-3-crystal-xfce-amd64.iso (626MB).
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| About Snowlinux
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| Snowlinux is a set of Linux distributions based on Debian's latest stable release and featuring four different desktop environments - GNOME, KDE, LXDE and Xfce. It aims to be user-friendly, incorporating many useful tweaks and carefully selected software applications. The project also develops a separate, Ubuntu-based edition featuring the MATE (a GNOME 2 fork) desktop.
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| 2013-10-15 |
Development Release: Snowlinux 5 Beta |
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Lars Torben has announced the availability of the first beta release of Snowlinux 5, a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution featuring the MATE desktop environment: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 5 'Flurry' beta. This new beta releases mostly improves the system itself. We're now using GPG-signed repositories and the ISO images were built by a build server. Snowlinux 5 'Flurry' is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 'Wheezy' and uses Linux kernel 3.10. It comes with the MATE 1.6 desktop. New features: SnowMount, Firefox and Thunderbird 24, Snowlinux HD backgrounds, updated software, improved speed and response, system improvements. Make sure to read the release notes to be aware of important information and known issues related to this release. Snowlinux 5 will be supported until May 2016." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot. Download from here: snowlinux-5-flurry-amd64-beta.iso (975MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-06-03 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 4 "MATE", "Cinnamon" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 4 "MATE" and "Cinnamon" editions, both based on Ubuntu 13.04: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 'Frosty'. Snowlinux 4 'Frosty' is the latest release based upon Ubuntu 13.04. MATE 1.6, the default desktop environment, and Cinnamon 1.8 run perfectly. While MATE 1.6 was mostly improved technically, Cinnamon 1.8 was improved with an unified control center and an own screensaver. Snowlinux 4 'Frosty' uses the latest technologies and has an updated package base. New features: Linux kernel 3.8; MATE 1.6 and Cinnamon 1.8; Snowlinux Metal theme; Nemo 1.8; Caja 1.6; Firefox 21.0 and Thunderbird 17.0.5; Cinnamon control center and screensaver; Snowlinux Full HD backgrounds." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and system requirements. Download (MD5) links: snowlinux-4-frosty-amd64.iso (902MB), snowlinux-4-cinnamon-amd64.iso (890MB). |
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| 2013-01-21 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 4 "Xfce", "E17" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of two new editions of the Debian-based Snowlinux 4: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 Xfce and E17. Snowlinux 4 Xfce is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 'Wheezy' and uses Linux kernel 3.5. Snowlinux 4 Xfce and E17 are available in two ISO images. The Xfce edition contains Xfce 4.10 and the E17 edition contains Enlightenment 0.17. While the Xfce edition fits on a CD, the E17 edition doesn't. Both use Firefox, Thunderbird, AbiWord, Shotwell and Pidgin by default. New features: LightDM; Snowlinux LightDM greeter; Snowlinux Plymouth theme; improved Snowlinux Metal theme and icons; SnowMount; Firefox 17; Thunderbird 17; Snowlinux HD backgrounds; updated software; improved speed and response; system improvements." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download links (MD5): snowlinux-4-xfce-amd64.iso (697MB, snowlinux-4-e17-amd64.iso (853MB). |
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| 2013-01-03 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 4 |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 4, a Debian-based distribution with MATE (a desktop environment forked from GNOME 2): "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 'Glacier'. Snowlinux 4 is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 'Wheezy' and uses Linux kernel 3.5. MATE 1.4 is the default desktop environment and LightDM as the new default login manager that replaces GDM 3. It includes its own greeter for LightDM. Many new features have been introduced, like snowMenu, the Snowlinux menu and snowMount, the Snowlinux mount tool for drives. The Snowlinux metal theme was colored blue and the icon set was updated with the latest Faience icons. Snowlinux now uses Pidgin as the default IM client. This release comes with Firefox 17 and Thunderbird 17, LibreOffice, Rhythmbox and Shotwell." Read the rest of the release announcement which includes a screenshot and upgrade information. Download: snowlinux-4-glacier-amd64.iso (935MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-30 |
Development Release: Snowlinux 4 RC |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced that the release candidate for Snowlinux 4, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with MATE, is now ready for testing: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 'Glacier'. Snowlinux 4 is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 'Wheezy' and uses Linux kernel 3.5. MATE 1.4 is the default desktop environment and LightDM as the new default login manager that replaces GDM 3. Many new features were introduced, like snowMenu, the Snowlinux menu and snowMount, the Snowlinux mount tool for drives. The Snowlinux Metal theme was colored blue and the icon set was updated with the latest Faience icons. Snowlinux now uses Pidgin as the default IM client. This release comes with Firefox 17 and Thunderbird 17, LibreOffice, Rhythmbox and Shotwell." See the release announcement for more details and a screenshot. Download links (MD5): snowlinux-4-glacier-i386-rc.iso (980MB), snowlinux-4-glacier-amd64-rc.iso (1,008MB). |
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| 2012-11-05 |
Distribution Releases: Snowlinux 3 "MATE", "Cinnamon & GNOME" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of two new editions of Snowlinux 3 featuring the MATE, Cinnamon and GNOME 3 (fallback mode) desktop interfaces: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 'White' MATE & Cinnamon & GNOME. Snowlinux 3 'White' is based upon Ubuntu 12.10. The default desktop environment is MATE 1.4. Also Cinnamon 1.6 is available besides the GNOME 3.6 Fallback mode. Our own menu, called snowMount, and a mount tool, called snowMount, has been added. Nemo 1.0.9, a fork of Nautilus 3.4, is used as the default file manager. The release uses Linux 3.5 and it comes along with Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Shotwell and Banshee. Read the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download (SHA256) from here: snowlinux-3-white-i386.iso (789MB), snowlinux-3-cinnamon-i386.iso (724MB), snowlinux-3-white-amd64.iso (812MB), snowlinux-3-cinnamon-amd64.iso (752MB). |
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| 2012-09-19 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 3 "E17" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 3 "E17" edition, a Debian-based distribution featuring the latest Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 E17. Today is a very important day for Snowlinux. It is getting a new project with the latest E17 build desktop environment. Snowlinux 3 E17 is based upon Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' and is powered by the Linux 3.5 kernel. We're using DuckDuckGo as the default search engine. It has Firefox 14.0.1, Thunderbird 14, AbiWord, Shotwell, Audacious and GNOME MPlayer installed by default. New features: desktop profiles (SnowOSX, Snowlinux Classic, Snowlinux GNOME 2); live installer; Snowlinux LightDM theme; Plymouth; Neptune E17 theme and Faenza icons; terminal colors; Linux non-free firmware...." See the release announcement for more information, system requirements and screenshot. Download: snowlinux-e17-crystal.iso (699MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-08-08 |
Development Release: Snowlinux 3 RC |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 3, a Debian-based distribution featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 'Crystal' RC. Due to drastic changes with GNOME 3 and Unity, Snowlinux is keeping GNOME 2. The new LTS (long-term support) Linux kernel was integrated. The Snowlinux Metal theme was made GTK+ 3 compatible. Dropbox integration for Nautilus and the possibility for sharing files with Nautilus was done. Also Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice are available in this release. As a nice-to-have feature Snowlinux full HD backgrounds were integrated. Also non-free Linux firmware was integrated to support more hardware out of the box." Read the rest of the release announcement to learn more. Download (MD5): snowlinux-3-crystal-i386.iso (791MB), snowlinux-3-crystal-amd64.iso (804MB). Update: Snowlinux 3 final was released on 9 August.
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| 2012-06-20 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 2 "KDE" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 2 "KDE" edition, a Debian-based distribution showcasing the KDE 4.4.5 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2 'Ice' KDE. It comes with the Qt 4 theme Fushigi Plasma, the Icon set was set to Snowlinux Metal and the system font is Ubuntu by default. Also present in this edition is an improved live installer which detects country, offers keyboard variants and uses UUID in fstab. It has installed a firewall called gufw. To improve the difference between user and root terminal the terminal colors were introduced. To be more out-of-the-box OpenJDK 6 Java has been made available in the default installation. Snowlinux 2 'Ice' KDE comes with the Chromium browser, Icedove, Banshee, Shotwell." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot. Download (SHA256): snowlinux-2-kde-i386.iso (841MB), snowlinux-2-kde-amd64.iso (908MB).
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| 2012-06-04 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 2 "Cinnamon" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 2 "Cinnamon" edition, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2 'Cream' 'Cinnamon'. Snowlinux 2 'Cream' is based upon the LTS edition Ubuntu 12.04 and is supported for 5 years until April 2017. New features: Linux kernel 3.2; Cinnamon 1.4-UP3; GNOME 3.4; Chromium browser 18; Thunderbird 13 and Firefox 13; Cinnamon themes; terminal colors; open as administrator; open in terminal; better software selection; improved speed and response; new look and feel; system improvements." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download (MD5): snowlinux-2-cinnamon-i386.iso (742MB), snowlinux-2-cinnamon-amd64.iso (718MB).
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| 2012-05-27 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 2 "MATE" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 2 "MATE" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the GNOME 2-like MATE desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2 'Cream'. Snowlinux 2 'Cream' is based upon Ubuntu 12.04 and is supported for 5 years until April 2017. This is one of the reasons why Plymouth was removed. Due to drastic changes with GNOME 3 and Unity, Snowlinux has a traditional desktop - MATE. New features: MATE 1.2, Linux kernel 3.2, Chromium 18, Firefox 12, Thunderbird 12.0.1; Snowlinux Metal theme and icons; open as administrator; open in terminal; delete permanently; terminal colors; Universe, Multiverse and Medibuntu repositories; better software selection; improved speed and response; new look and feel; system improvements." Here is the full release announcement with a screenshot. Download (SHA256): snowlinux-2-cream-i386.iso (825MB), snowlinux-2-cream-amd64.iso (806MB).
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| 2012-04-21 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 2 |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 2, a Debian-based desktop distribution and live CD with GNOME 2: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2 'Ice'. Due drastic changes with GNOME 3 and Unity, Snowlinux 2 'Ice' is keeping GNOME 2. It comes with a GTK+ theme and icon set called Snowlinux Metal and the system font is 'Ubuntu' by default. Also present in this version is an improved live installer which detects country, offers keyboard variants and uses UUID in fstab. It has a firewall called gufw. Apturl was ported from Ubuntu to Debian and it was made functional. To improve the difference between user and root terminal, terminal colors were introduced. To be more out-of-the-box OpenJDK 6 Java was made available in the default installation." See the remainder of the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download (MD5): snowlinux-2-ice-i386.iso (695MB), snowlinux-2-ice-amd64.iso (702MB).
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| 2012-04-10 |
Distribution Release: Snowlinux 2 "LXDE", "Xfce" |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 2, a desktop distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 and featuring custom LXDE and Xfce desktops: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2 'Ice' LXDE. New features: Snowlinux Metal theme; Snowlinux Metal icons; improved installer (keyboard variants, UUID in fstab); DRUCK key; GNOME-PPP; firewall; apturl; terminal colors; OpenJDK 6 Java; updated software and packages; better software selection; improved speed and response; new look and feel; system improvements. System requirements: x86 CPU; 256 MB memory; 2 GB free disk space; graphics card capable of 800×600 pixel resolution; CD-ROM drive or USB port." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot of the default desktop. Download: snowlinux-2-lxde-i386.iso (650MB, SHA256), snowlinux-2-xfce-i386.iso (641MB, SHA256), snowlinux-2-xfce-amd64.iso (652MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-02-06 |
Development Release: Snowlinux 2 RC |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 2, a desktop distribution based on Debian's stable branch and featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2, code name 'Ice'. New features: improved installer (keyboard variants, UUID in fstab; firewall; apturl; terminal colors; open as administrator; open in terminal; OpenJDK 6 Java; updated software and packages; better software selection; improved speed and response; new look and feel; system improvements. System requirements: x86 CPU; 256 MB memory; 2 GB free disk space; graphics card capable of 800x600 pixel resolution; CD-ROM drive or USB port. We are looking forward to your comment on this release candidate. Thank you for using Snowlinux and enjoy this new release. Here is the short release announcement with a screenshot. Download (SHA256) the installable live DVD images from here: snowlinux-2-ice-i386-rc.iso (698MB), snowlinux-2-ice-amd64-rc.iso (702MB).
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