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Wazobia Linux
Wazobia Linux was a Nigerian commercial distribution based on Red Hat Linux. Developed by Leapsoft Ltd Nigeria, the product includes a user-friendly operating system, together with a complete set of desktop applications, such as office suite, web browser, instant messaging client, multimedia viewers, and graphical software. It also offers the latest open source applications for developing software, setting up a home network, running a web server, and more. The product, which includes installation media, printed documentation and installation support, was currently available in Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo as well as English, with ongoing translations into other African languages.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2014-07-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Openbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Openbox" edition, a lightweight Slackware-based distribution featuring Openbox as the default window manager: "Salix Openbox 14.1 brings the Openbox window manager, teamed with fbpanel and SpaceFM to create a fast and flexible desktop environment. This is the most lightweight edition we have so far among our 14.1 releases and everything has been tweaked to provide a desktop experience comparable to other Salix editions. The development of this edition involved a long and rigorous period of testing and the final release has evolved a lot since the first beta. This release comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours, with both fitting comfortably within the size of a single CD. The 32-bit flavour is also our first 14.1 release that supports i486, non-PAE capable systems by using the respective kernel, although the default is still the i686 PAE SMP kernel." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-openbox-14.1.iso (625MB, torrent). |
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| Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. Optimised for desktop use, Salix OS features one application per task, custom package repositories, advanced package management with dependency support, localised system administration tools and innovative artwork.
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| 2022-11-29 |
Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 "Live" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 15.0 "Live" edition, a live distribution based on Slackware Linux 15.0, featuring the Xfce desktop environment, and available for both x86_64 and i486 platforms: "After several rounds of extensive testing, we are proud to announce the release of Salix Live Xfce 15.0. The live environment is based on our own Salix Live Scripts and is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures. The software included in Salix Live Xfce 15.0 closely matches that which comes with our standard installation ISO image, offering Xfce 4.16, Firefox ESR, LibreOffice, our Salix System tools collection along with everything else. Included in this release is also software that is specific to our Live release, featuring the Salix Live Installer, a graphical tool that allows the user to install Salix, from within the live environment to their hard drive. It is also possible, from within the live environment, to make a frugal install, a complete Salix installation to a portable USB stick. The live system also provides the option to use persistency." Read the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): salixlive64-xfce-15.0.iso (1,693MB, torrent), salixlive-xfce-15.0.iso (1,699MB, torrent). |
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| 2022-09-05 |
Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 |
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Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. The distribution has published Salix 15.0 which includes the Xfce 4.16 desktop, much larger package repositories, and Flatpak support. "On a high level, this release includes Xfce 4.16 as the main environment! This is now based on GTK+ 3 and almost everything else that comes with a default installation has been upgraded to use GTK+ 3. This includes all our graphical system tools, which have received significant updates and a more modern look. The default software selection hasn't changed much, but of course everything has been upgraded to their latest releases, including Firefox 102ESR, LibreOffice 7.4, GIMP 2.10 and more. Whiskermenu is used as our default panel menu now. There have been extensive discussions in our forums with respect to how the new release will look and everything has been revamped, including a new GTK theme, a new icon theme, a new window manager theme and a default wallpaper, especially tailored for Salix 15.0. While the light versions of the above are used by default, dark versions are readily available. In general, our users will find themselves in a modern but familiar environment." Details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-15.0.iso (1,425MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-11-15 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce" edition, a live distribution based on Slackware Linux 14.2 and featuring the Xfce desktop environment: "After a long round of testing, Salix Live Xfce 14.2 is released. This is the first Live release for the 14.2 series and is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The live environment uses our own Salix Live Scripts, which has been forked and improved from the original Slackware Live Scripts. In terms of included software, this live release mirrors the standard Salix Xfce 14.2 release. All software that is included there, like the Xfce 4.12 desktop, Mozilla Firefox, the LibreOffice suite, the collection of Salix System Tools etc, are also included in this release. Some additional software, specific to the Live edition is also included. That includes the Salix Live Installer, which has been updated for this release and allows the user to install Salix Live to the system's hard drive." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5) from SourceForge: salixlive64-xfce-14.2.iso (1,012MB, torrent). |
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| 2016-08-29 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.2 "Xfce". The new version of Salix, a Slackware-based desktop distribution, improves the boot process, provides better language support at install time and includes a few new graphical configuration tools. "We also have two new GUI system tools, both developed in-house. The first one, GUEFI, is a graphical boot manager for UEFI systems and therefore is only available on 64-bit installations using UEFI. You can use it to create/delete/edit/rearrange UEFI boot entries and I don't think there is any other distribution out there with anything similar. Then, we have gtkreposetup, which is the GTK+ counterpart to the console reposetup tool, and which you can use to select your preferred repository mirror. With respect to other software included in this release, Xfce has been upgraded to 4.12. The main browser has been changed back to Firefox. The Firefox package now also includes langpacks for the most popular languages too, so it will most probably also be presented in your native language without having to install anything extra. Additional details on Salix 14.2 can be found in the project's release notes. New screen shots are available on the Salix website. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2.iso (1,014MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-08-10 |
Development Release: Salix 14.2 RC1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the availability of a new development snapshot of Salix, a Slackware-based distribution. The new development release, Salix 14.2 RC 1, features improved localization support and a graphical boot manager for UEFI-enabled systems. The auto-install option has been removed from the system installer as it appears to be largely unused. "First of all, we have two new GUI system tools, both developed in-house. The first one, GUEFI, is a graphical boot manager for UEFI systems and therefore is only available on 64-bit installations using UEFI. You can use it to create/delete/edit/rearrange UEFI boot entries and I don't think there is any other distribution out there with anything similar. Then, we have gtkreposetup, which is the GTK+ counterpart to the console reposetup tool, and which you can use to select your preferred repository mirror. The installer has been fully localized to several languages, so this release can be installed using the installer in English (both US and GB), Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish (both Spain and Costa-Rica), Swedish and Ukrainian." The release announcement has further details. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2RC2.iso (913MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-06-15 |
Development Release: Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce" |
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The Salix project, a desktop oriented distribution based on Slackware, has released a new development snapshot. The new testing release, Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce", features an update to the distribution's boot process and includes a number of software changes: "The menus that the images boot to are provided by syslinux on systems equipped with BIOS. On UEFI systems, the 64-bit ISO now boots using eLILO, in place of GRUB, and it provides similar menus to syslinux. The 32-bit ISO now includes both the i586 non-PAE and the i686 PAE kernels. You can choose between the two in the boot menu. In terms of software selection, Xfce has been upgraded to 4.12. The main browser has been changed back to Firefox. Also, network configuration is now handled by NetworkManager. PulseAudio is now controlling the audio output by default, which should help a lot with Bluetooth speakers, HDMI audio etc. Other than that it's mostly the same as in previous releases, with LibreOffice, Claws-Mail, GIMP, Parole, Transmission, Viewnior, Zim." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2beta1.iso (912MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-11-04 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment: "The Salix Live team is proud to announce the immediate release of Salix Live Xfce 14.1. We haven't had a live release for quite a while, this being our first official live release in more than two years. During the last few months there has been a lot of action behind the scenes to get this ready. The live system creation scripts that we were using up to the 13.37 release (called SaLT), while originally created with the idea to become a one-stop solution for creating our live releases without much trouble, had become a burden to use. After a lot of trying to get them work with newer releases, we decided that we should switch to a better, easier to use system. This is based on the Slackware Live Scripts, which is also what powers other Slackware-based live systems as well." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): salixlive64-xfce-14.1.iso (790MB, torrent). |
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| 2014-09-22 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox" edition, a lightweight distribution based on Slackware Linux: "Salix Fluxbox is back for 14.1! Our Fluxbox edition is designed to bring a minimalist environment to your desktop. The default desktop layout is comprised only of the Fluxbox panel and the right click menu will bring up the Fluxbox menu, so it should be really light on resources. The file manager that is used is PCManFM. The default browser in this release is Firefox. The office applications that are included are AbiWord and Gnumeric. Whaawmp is the default video player and Exaile is the audio media library application. Of course, Salix Codecs Installer is also there to install all kinds of restricted codecs that you might need. mtPaint is installed as the default picture editor and it fits perfectly with the lightweight feel of the desktop. Other applications included are the usual stuff that goes in Salix releases, like the Transmission torrent client, the Claws-mail email client...." Read the release announcement for additional details. Download (MD5): salix64-fluxbox-14.1.iso (613MB, torrent). |
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| 2014-06-01 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "MATE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "MATE" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the MATE 1.8 desktop environment: "Salix MATE is officially back. Our previous MATE release (back in 13.37) came with high praise from a lot of our users, with many considering it as our best release ever. Salix MATE 14.1, built around the latest MATE 1.8 desktop environment comes to follow up with that. The MATE desktop environment brings a familiar and user-friendly approach to the desktop, with sane defaults and a great selection of application bundled with it. Included in this release, alongside the MATE desktop applications like the Caja file manager, the MATE Control Center and all the MATE panel applets and utilities, is the latest Firefox ESR browser, the LibreOffice suite, GIMP, the ClawsMail e-mail client, the Transmission torrent client...." Continue to the release announcement to learn more. Download (MD5): salix64-mate-14.1.iso (754MB, torrent). |
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| 2014-03-04 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment: "After a long development period Salix Xfce 14.1 is ready. There have been many and important changes since our last release. One of them is that now the 64-bit installer supports installation on (U)EFI systems. In (U)EFI enabled systems, the 64-bit release should prompt to install ELILO instead of LILO at the end of installation. GPT-partitioned hard drives are also now fully supported by both 32-bit and 64-bit installers. Another very important change is that we switched completely to sudo, abandoning the use of su by default. If you wish to give sudo privileges to any user, you should just make him a member of the wheel group. The first user that is created during the installation process automatically becomes a member of the wheel group and gets sudo privileges. Any other user that is created after that does not enter the wheel group automatically and does not get sudo privileges by default." See the release announcement for further details and links to useful documents. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.1.iso (713MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-10-30 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0.1 "Ratpoison" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 14.0.1 "Ratpoison" edition, a lightweight Slackware-based distribution with a rather unusual and geeky window manager that bears the name of this Salix flavour: "Salix Ratpoison 14.0.1 is ready. This is a very special release for us, as Ratpoison makes for an experience that is completely different. The aim of the Ratpoison edition is to create a system that is fully usable with the keyboard only, no mouse required. Ratpoison is a window manager for X 'with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence'. Ratpoison uses a workflow that is similar to that of GNU screen, which is very popular in the terminal world. All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes. The application selection for the Ratpoison edition is rather special. The main reasoning behind selecting any of the default applications included in this release is their ability to be used completely with the keyboard." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): salix64-ratpoison-14.0.1.iso (476MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-07-26 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0.1 "KDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 14.0.1 "KDE" edition, an updated build of the project's Slackware-based distribution featuring the KDE 4.8.5 desktop: "Salix KDE 14.0.1 has been released. It is built around KDE 4.8.5 and as always, it is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. One major change since our 13.37 KDE release, that is immediately evident to the user, is that the default browser is now QupZilla, in place of Mozilla Firefox. QupZilla is a Qt-based browser that uses the WebKit rendering engine that is fast, feature-complete and standards-compliant and it fits perfectly inside KDE. The Calligra office suite is also available and has replaced KOffice. Calligra is made up of several applications closely tied to KDE, including a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation program, a chart and graph creator, a vector graphics tool...." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): salix64-kde-14.0.1.iso (933MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-07-17 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0.1 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 14.0.1 "Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the latest Xfce desktop environment: "Salix Xfce 14.0.1 is ready. There have been a lot of updates in the 14.0 branch, including several security updates that prompted this new release. Salix Xfce 14.0.1 is based on Xfce 4.10 and it comes with an updated 3.2.45 kernel that fixes several security issues, LibreOffice updated to version 4.x, Java security updates, an update to Midori, our main browser, to version 0.5.2 along with an updated Webkit engine that includes a lot of stability fixes, plus a lot more security updates to several packages like Flash plugin, Pidgin, Perl, X.Org etc. A couple of minor bugs that were also present after the original 14.0 release are fixed now. Also, the screensaver is disabled by default now, as it seems there were a few cases with some graphics cards acting up with certain 3D screensavers." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.0.1.iso (673MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-26 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 14.0 "Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment: "Salix Xfce 14.0 is ready. With Xfce 4.10 being the centerpiece of this release, CD images for the i686 and x86_64 architectures are available for immediate download. Apart from Xfce 4.10, software that comes installed includes Linux kernel 3.2.29, Midori 0.4.7 as the default web browser, Claws-Mail 3.8.1 as the application to use for accessing your e-mail accounts, LibreOffice 3.6.3 for all your office needs, GIMP 2.8.2 for everything that has to do with image editing and manipulation, Viewnior 1.3 as the default image viewer, Parole 0.3.0.3 as the default movie player, Exaile 3.3.0 as the application to use for managing your music collection and more." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional details and MD5 checksums. Download the installation CD images from here: salix-xfce-14.0.iso (664MB, torrent), salix64-xfce-14.0.iso (680MB). |
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| 2012-06-19 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live MATE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Live MATE" edition, a Slackware-based live CD featuring the MATE desktop: "Salix Live MATE 13.37 has been officially released and is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This is another live release created using SaLT (Salix Live Technology) a new powerful system of live tools for Slackware-based distributions, developed in-house. This is also the first-ever Salix release to incorporate isohybrid technology. The Salix Live MATE 13.37 release, mirrors our previous 'standard installation' MATE release in terms of featured software. The MATE 1.2 desktop environment is included. MATE will be extremely familiar to every previous GNOME 2 user, as it is a direct fork of it, providing the user with all the functionality and work patterns they were accustomed to. All major GNOME 2 desktop applications have been ported and have been renamed." Read the full release announcement for additional details. Download (MD5): salixlive-mate-13.37-32.iso (690MB, torrent), salixlive-mate-13.37-64.iso (719MB, torrent).
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| 2012-05-10 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "MATE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "MATE" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the increasingly popular fork of the GNOME 2 desktop: "Salix MATE 13.37 is now officially released. Available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, this release introduces the MATE desktop environment. For anyone not familiar with MATE, it's a GNOME 2 fork, that continues development of the GNOME 2.x branch. MATE uses the traditional desktop metaphor that was abandoned for newer GNOME 3.x releases. All of the GNOME parts that have been forked have been renamed, so that they don't conflict with GNOME 3.x applications, but otherwise the functionality and behavior is exactly the same as it was in GNOME 2.32.x. For example, the Nautilus file manager is now named Caja in MATE, the Evince document viewer is now Atril and the File-Roller archive manager is now Engrampa." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): salix-mate-13.37.iso (610MB, torrent), salix64-mate-13.37.iso (601MB, torrent).
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| 2012-03-14 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live KDE" |
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Salix OS 13.37 "Live KDE", a Slackware-based live DVD featuring the KDE 4.5.5 desktop, has been released: "The Salix Live team is proud to announce the immediate release of Salix Live KDE 13.37. Following Salix Live Xfce 13.37, this release is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This release is also built using SaLT (Salix Live Technology), a new system of Live tools for Slackware-based distributions, developed in-house, in order to build live CDs in a more dynamic fashion with very little modifications from the host system. SaLT offers considerably more power when creating a live system compared to other tools that were used previously and is the reason that it is now possible to produce 64-bit images to complement the collection of Salix live images. The software included in this release is exactly the same as that present in the standard Salix KDE 13.37 release." See the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): salixlive-kde-13.37-32.iso (726MB, torrent), salixlive-kde-13.37-64.iso (745MB, torrent).
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| 2012-02-03 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" |
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Cyrille Pontvieux has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live CD featuring the latest Xfce desktop: "The Live team is proud to present the final release of Salix OS Live Xfce 13.37. After some months developing, testing and improving a lot of little details, this version is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants. It will serve as a base for all other editions of Salix Live, namely KDE, LXDE and Fluxbox. This version is build using SaLT (Salix Live Technology), a new system of live tools for Slackware-based distributions, developed in-house, to build live CDs in a more dynamic fashion with very little modifications from the host system. This includes the same applications and packages as the regular Salix OS Xfce 13.37. Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (MD5): salixlive-xfce-13.37-32.iso (661MB, torrent), salixlive-xfce-13.37-64.iso (689MB, torrent).
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| 2011-10-05 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Ratpoison" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Ratpoison" edition, a Slackware-based distribution showcasing the rather unusual Ratpoison window manager: "Salix Ratpoison 13.37 is released. This is probably the first-ever Linux distribution release featuring Ratpoison as the main window manager. The aim of the Ratpoison edition is to create a system that is fully usable with the keyboard only, no mouse required! For everyone that is not familiar with Ratpoison, Ratpoison is a window manager for X 'with no-fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence'. Ratpoison uses a workflow that is similar to that of GNU screen, which is very popular in the terminal world. All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes." See the complete release announcement which includes hints on using Ratpoison and a link to a start-up guide. Download: salix-ratpoison-13.37.iso (426MB, torrent), salix64-ratpoison-13.37.iso (406MB, torrent).
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| 2011-08-18 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "LXDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "LXDE" edition, a Slackware-based desktop distribution featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop environment: "Salix LXDE 13.37 has been officially released. This release is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. For everyone that has used our previous LXDE releases there are no surprises here. The application selection has stayed the same for the most part, with all applications being upgraded to newer versions. Important changes in this release are the inclusion of Sourcery, our new graphical tool for managing and installing packages from SlackBuilds, which has been developed from scratch for Salix and also the replacement of SCIM with IBus as the default input platform for Chinese, Japanese, etc." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): salix-lxde-13.37.iso (485MB, torrent), salix64-lxde-13.37.iso (458MB, torrent).
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| 2011-07-22 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "KDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "KDE" edition, a Slackware-based desktop distribution: "Salix KDE 13.37 images are now available to download. This release includes KDE 4.5.5, the same as in Slackware 13.37. One major difference since our previous release is the inclusion of the Mozilla Firefox 5.0 web browser in place of Konqueror. We believe that Firefox has improved a lot with its latest releases and provides a better web experience compared to Konqueror. However, if any users want Konqueror back, they only have to install the 'kdebase' package using the package manager, replacing the default kdebase-lite package. Another important change is the switch from Kaffeine to Bangarang as the default media player." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): salix-kde-13.37.iso (674MB, torrent), salix64-kde-13.37.iso (651MB, torrent).
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| 2011-06-15 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Fluxbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced that the "Fluxbox" edition of Salix OS 13.37, a lightweight Slackware-based distribution, has been released: "Salix Fluxbox 13.37 is here, available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Everyone who has used the 13.1 Fluxbox edition, will find this release very familiar. It comes with Linux kernel 2.6.37.6, Fluxbox 1.3.1, Firefox 4.0.1 and Claws-mail 3.7.8. LibreOffice 3.3.2 is included by default in full mode installations, replacing OpenOffice.org and localization packages for more than a hundred languages are available through the package management tools. Exaile 0.3.2 is the default music player and the Whaaw Media Player, version 0.2.14, is used as the default movie player." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): salix-fluxbox-13.37.iso (574MB, torrent), salix64-fluxbox-13.37.iso (561MB, torrent).
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| 2011-05-12 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Xfce" edition, the first of the series of Salix OS releases with various desktop environments and window managers (editions with Fluxbox, LXDE and KDE are to follow), all based on the new Slackware Linux 13.37: "Salix Xfce 13.37 is finally here. It includes numerous changes and improvements, both Salix-specific and also inherited from Slackware. This release comes with Linux kernel 2.6.37.6, the Xfce 4.6.2 desktop environment, Firefox 4.0.1 and Claws Mail 3.7.8. LibreOffice 3.3.2 is included by default in full-mode installations, replacing OpenOffice.org and localization packages for it for more than a hundred languages are available through the package management tools. Exaile 0.3.2 is the default music player and parole 0.2.0.6 is used as the default movie player." See the full release announcement for further information. Download (MD5) the installation CD images from here: salix-xfce-13.37.iso (593MB, torrent), salix64-xfce-13.37.iso (580MB, torrent).
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| 2011-02-05 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "Fluxbox Live" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.2 "Fluxbox Live" edition, a lightweight, Slackware-based live CD: "Salix Live Fluxbox 13.1.2 is now ready and completes the collection of Salix live CD 13.1.2 series. As in the Salix Fluxbox standard edition, the live CD edition offers a functional, reliable and responsive desktop environment that is fully equipped with modern and powerful tools, while its minimalistic window manager is designed to stay completely out of the way. Following the one-application-per-task rationale, Salix Live Fluxbox edition includes the full OpenOffice.org office suite and the powerful image editor, GIMP. As in all Salix editions, the installation of legally encumbered multimedia codecs is only a couple of clicks away by using the 'Install multimedia codecs' tool from the Multimedia section of the Fluxbox menu." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): salixlive-fluxbox-13.1.2.iso (646MB), torrent).
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| 2010-12-27 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "LXDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.2 "LXDE" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop environment: "One year after our first 64-bit release we are proud to announce the release of Salix LXDE 13.1.2. This is a triple release and it includes a 32-bit installation image, a 64-bit installation image as well as a 32-bit live CD. The most evident change in Salix LXDE 13.1.2 is that it is the first release in the LXDE series that comes with a 64-bit image. Another important change is the inclusion of slapt-src, a new tool that makes the process of downloading and building software packages from SlackBuilds.org simple and easy. Thousands of extra packages are now available through this new tool for our users." Read the rest of the release announcement to learn about other changes in this release. Download (MD5): salix-lxde-13.1.2.iso (469MB), salix64-lxde-13.1.2.iso (438MB), salixlive-lxde-13.1.2.iso (528MB).
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| 2010-12-07 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "Fluxbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced that a newly-built "Fluxbox" edition of the Slackware-based Salix OS 13.1.2, is released: "After a lengthy development period, the Salix team is proud to announce the first official release of Salix 'Fluxbox' edition. Salix Fluxbox 13.1.2 is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and features the minimal Fluxbox window manager, customized with the Salix look and feel. The 'Fluxbox' edition provides the cleanest work environment compared to any other previous Salix editions and has been designed so that it stays out of the way, while providing a fast, versatile and powerful environment. The installation images allow the installation to be performed in three different modes - core, basic and full." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download (MD5): salix-fluxbox-13.1.2.iso (565MB, torrent), salix64-fluxbox-13.1.2.iso (546MB, torrent).
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| 2010-11-09 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.2 "Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based distribution: "We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the collection of Salix Xfce 13.1.2 CD images. These include both 32-bit and 64-bit standard installation images, as well as a 32-bit live image that can be used with an optical disk or a USB drive. Both the standard and the live image can be used for installing Salix Xfce to your hard drive, using a text-mode or a graphical installer respectively. The live image includes, among others, a persistence wizard, that will let the user keep changes, including extra installed packages and personalization between different live sessions. LiveClone is another tool specific to the live image - using it users will be able to easily roll their own custom build of the Salix Xfce Live." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: salix-xfce-13.1.2.iso (582MB, torrent), salix64-xfce-13.1.2a.iso (563MB), salixlive-xfce-13.1.2.iso (671MB, torrent).
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| 2010-10-30 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "KDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.2 "KDE" edition, a Slackware-based installation and live CD optimised for desktop use: "The Salix team is proud to announce the very first official release of Salix KDE edition. A collection of three KDE CD images are immediately available to our users, including 32-bit and 64-bit installation images as well as a live image that can be burned to a CD or used with a USB drive. Salix KDE includes the elegant KDE 4.4.3 accompanied by a very rich collection of KDE-centric software, all in the size of a CD image. The Konqueror web browser, KMail and KTorrent are the main networking applications included in this release, followed by Akregator, an RSS reader for KDE, Kopete, the KDE instant messenger and more. Wicd is used for setting up your wired or wireless networking connections." The release announcement has more details. Download (MD5): salix-kde-13.1.2.iso (670MB, torrent), salix64-kde-13.1.2.iso (639MB, torrent), salixlive-kde-13.1.2.iso (678MB, torrent).
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| 2010-09-17 |
Distribution Releases: Salix OS 13.1.1 "Xfce Live", "LXDE Live" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the availability of two live editions of Salix OS - with Xfce or LXDE desktops, and integrated hard disk installers: "We are very pleased to announce the immediate dual release of Salix Live 13.1.1 as well as Salix Live 13.1.1 LXDE edition. Both live CDs closely match their respective counterparts - Salix 13.1.1 standard release and Salix 13.1.1 LXDE edition, with the added inclusion of all bug fixes and security updates that have since been made available. As with previous versions, Salix Live is based on the tried and proven Linux-Live scripts that have been natively upgraded to support kernel 2.6.33.4 along with the latest Squashfs 4.0 with LZMA compression and Aufs2 file system. LiveClone utility is a new addition that has also been natively developed to assist you with the creation of your very own customized live CDs or USB drives." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): salixlive-13.1.1.iso (667MB), salixlive-lxde-13.1.1.iso (527MB).
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| 2010-08-12 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.1, a Slackware-based distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop: "Here is Salix 13.1.1, using the Xfce desktop, available both in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. A list of changes since the previous release in the 13.1 branch: Lilosetup, a new graphical tool that can be used for setting up the LILO bootloader has been added; new graphical system administration tools have been added; the installation CDs can now be used as a local repository with slapt-get/gslapt, complete with dependency support; new packages included in a 'full' mode installation - pyxdg, notify-python, libnl, net-snmp; all security fixes and package upgrades since the previous release have been included; flash has been removed from the 64-bit release." Read the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): salix-13.1.1.iso (576MB, torrent), salix64-13.1.1.iso (558MB, torrent).
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| 2010-07-08 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1 "LXDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1 "LXDE" edition, a lightweight, Slackware-based desktop Linux distribution: "Salix OS 13.1 LXDE edition has been released. Based on Slackware Linux 13.1, it features the lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, with a clean look and feel. The main applications that complete the LXDE experience are the lightweight and fast PCManFM file manager and the popular Openbox window manager. As with the standard Xfce edition, this CD image allows installation to be performed in three different modes - core, basic and full. The core mode is identical to the one you get from the Xfce edition. Basic will only install a minimal LXDE desktop with only Midori and gslapt installed as extra and full will install everything that is included on the CD image. That includes the lightweight Midori web browser, the Claws-mail e-mail client, the Transmission BitTorrent client and the Pidgin instant messaging client." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5) from here: salix-lxde-13.1.iso (464MB).
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| 2010-06-05 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1, a Slackware-based distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop: "Salix 13.1 has been released. Available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, Salix 13.1 is fully backwards compatible with Slackware 13.1. Salix 13.1 is built on top of a Slackware 13.1 base and offers a streamlined Xfce desktop environment with selected applications following the 'one application per task' philosophy. Salix 13.1, can be installed using three different installation modes: 'core', 'basic' and 'full'. The 'full' installation mode installs all software that is included in the ISO images. Mozilla Firefox and Claws-Mail are the applications chosen for your web browsing and email needs, accompanied by the Pidgin instant messaging client, the Transmission torrent client and the wicd wired and wireless network manager. A complete OpenOffice.org suite is provided for all your office work." Read the rest of the release announcement to learn more about the features of this release. Download (MD5): salix-13.1.iso (574MB, torrent), salix64-13.1.iso (559MB, torrent).
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| 2010-05-27 |
Development Release: Salix OS 13.1 RC1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Salix OS 13.1, a Slackware-based distribution featuring a custom Xfce desktop: "So here is Salix 13.1 RC1. Let us test this and then release 13.1 final in about a week. The repositories for version 13.1 are already in place and Slackware 13.1 users can already use them for adding software packages in their systems. Not many changes since 13.1 beta1, here's the short list: v4l-utils added, needed for Simple Scan; ktsuss has been internationalized and already translated in several languages; tweaked the package update notification tool so that it will hopefully prevent freezes in gslapt; upgraded a few packages to their latest version available; cleaned up the repositories from obsolete packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: salix-13.1RC1.iso (574MB), salix64-13.1RC1.iso (559MB).
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| 2010-05-14 |
Development Release: Salix OS 13.1 Beta 1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced that the first beta release of Salix OS 13.1, a Slackware-based distribution optimised for desktop use, is now ready for testing: "Here is Salix 13.1 beta 1, coming shortly after the announcement of Slackware 13.1 beta 1. It's available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and it's another step towards the final release of Salix 13.1. Most bugs should be fixed by now and the result should be really close to what the final release is going to be. Changes since 13.1 alpha 1: Simple Scan replaces XSane; Evince replaces ePDFView; cryptsetup and mdadm have been added, making it easier to setup LVM; installer does not auto-reboot after completion, but prompts the user to select between rebooting, or exiting the installation to the command line; upgraded Linux kernel to version 2.6.33.3; fixed the locale setup window during installation...." See the full release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): salix-13.1beta1.iso (573MB), salix64-13.1beta1.iso (558MB).
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| 2010-04-21 |
Development Release: Salix OS 13.1 Alpha 1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Salix OS 13.1, a Slackware-based desktop Linux distribution: "Here's Salix 13.1 alpha 1 in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Based on Slackware 'Current', it's released so users can test new features and changes since the last release in the 13.0 series and also for developers to be able to easily install an up-to-date clean system without having to go through installing 13.0 and upgrading that afterwards. Here's a list of changes since 13.0.2: new and improved GTK+ system tools; better out-of-the-box support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages; new artwork; added salix-man package that provides a manpage with an overview of administration commands; Brasero replaces Xfburn; Parole replaces Totem; Viewnior replaces Ristretto; added Pitivi non-linear video editor...." See the release announcement for a more complete list of changes and fixes. Download (MD5): salix-13.1alpha1.iso (564MB), salix64-13.1alpha1.iso (549MB).
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| 2010-04-09 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.0 "Live" |
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Salix OS is a lightweight, Slackware-based distribution with Xfce. The project's first live CD edition was released yesterday: "After a few months of development we are pleased to release the final version of Salix Live 13.0 (32-bit). It faithfully replicates Salix 13.0.2 from which it adopts its full choice of application (Xfce, Firefox, the full OpenOffice.org suite, GIMP, Exaile, etc.). Salix Live offers a complete working desktop which can be used in a completely nomadic but customizable environment. The 'Persistence Wizard' will enable to easily preserve any work and modifications. Alternatively, Salix Live can be used as a fully-fledged demo of Salix OS that can easily be installed with the help of our brand new graphical installer." For further information please see the release announcement. Download (MD5): salixlive-13.0.iso (644MB, torrent).
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| 2009-12-23 |
Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.0.2 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.0.2, a Slackware-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the default desktop: "The Salix team is proud to announce the release of Salix 13.0.2. The most important change is the addition of a 64-bit port of Salix OS. As the 32-bit counterpart, Salix64 is fully backwards compatible with Slackware64 and provides a simple and fast way to install an Xfce-based system that follows the 'one application per task' philosophy. The 64-bit repositories already include a considerable number of packages, making it the largest third-party package repository for Slackware64 users available. The Salix team has also created and maintains a repository that includes dependency information for all Slackware packages, 32-bit and 64-bit." Read the rest of the release announcement for a more detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): salix-13.0.2.iso (540MB), salix64-13.0.2.iso (520MB).
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