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Oralux
Oralux was a GNU/Linux distribution for the blind or visually impaired people. It eases a fast access to GNU/Linux. This distribution doesn't require any installation since it runs from the CD-ROM. The audio desktop replaces a graphical user interface.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2022-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE Focal |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the release of a brand-new version of LXLE, a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu and featuring the LXDE desktop. The new version is based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 20.04: "After many weeks of tweaks, adjustments and issues addressed, the final version of LXLE Focal is being released for public criticism. This version is based on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS with LXDE. This release concentrated on keeping the distribution light yet providing full-featured apps and utilities necessary to deal with today's computing demands. Issues addressed: Image Writer updated; Stick Formater updated; Driver Manager updated; Languages Installer updated; Input Method updated; PPA Library Additions updated; Xarchiver Contextual Menu fixed. Replaced Applications: Arista replaced with HandBrake; Pinta replaced with GIMP; Pluma replaced with Mousepad; SeaMonkey replaced with LibreWolf; AbiWord/Gnumeric replaced with LibreOffice; Mirage replaced with Viewnior; Linphone/Pidgin replace with uTox." Continue to the release announcement for a full list of changes, known issues and screenshots. Download: LXLE-Focal-Release.iso (1,762MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-09-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 18.04.3 |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the release of LXLE 18.04.3, a new version of the project's Lubuntu-based distribution targeting primarily older and low-specification desktop computers. This release brings various changes to the default application set, including a switch from LibreOffice to AbiWord/Gnumeric: "After many weeks of tweaks, adjustments and issues addressed the final version of LXLE 18.04.3 is being released for public criticism. This release concentrated on slimming down the distribution; providing computing essentials with a focus on low system resource usage while maintaining ease of use. Issues addressed: GParted launcher fixed; driver manager updated; simple image reducer fixed; keyboard input method updated; PPA library additions corrected; Xarchiver contextual menu fixed. Replaced applications: GIMP replaced with Pinta; Htop replaced with Lxtask; Sakura set as default terminal; FBreader replaced with Bookworm; OpenShot video editor replaced by PiTiVi; Libreoffice replaced with Abiword/Gnumeric/Spice-Up. Removed applications: PulseAudio Equalizer; Lubuntu Software Center; Java OpenJDK." Read the complete release announcement for further details. Download (pkglist): lxle-18043-64.iso (1,279MB, MD5), lxle-18043-32.iso (1,345MB, MD5). |
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| 2019-08-19 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 18.04.3 Beta |
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LXLE is an easy-to-use lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Lubuntu and featuring the LXDE desktop environment. The project has published a new development release, based on Lubuntu 18.04 LTS. "LXLE 18.04.3 Beta is now available in 64-bit or 32-bit versions. This one was a long time coming as my life got very busy with the new addition to the family. News themes had to be tracked down as the updates to GTK broke the old ones yet again. The distro has been slimmed down considerably, removing some of the more infrequently used programs. Many versions of LXLE with a localized SearX search engine were built but was abandoned due to memory use. More polish has gone into Seamonkey along with fixing annoying interface issues, additional bookmarklets and security has been enhanced. Seamonkey remains the default browser due to its memory use, speed and additional components. It's awesome. The terminal weather remains although they seem to be running out of queries often which may need addressed." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: lxle-18043-64beta.iso (1,431MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2017-11-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 16.04.3 |
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The LXLE distribution is an Ubuntu-based project which is designed to be lightweight and run on lower-end computers. The LXLE project has released a new version, LXLE 16.04.3, which is supported through to the year 2021 and includes several bug fixes. "LXLE 16.04.3 is built upon Ubuntu Mini LTS. Lubuntu-core is used as a starting point. What's New? LXhotkey replaced obkey for better ease of use. Addressed menu clutter, layout and organization. Tweaked theme for consistency throughout system. Further integration of MATE/LXQt/Mint desktop components. Removed Pithos as it's regional and requires a user account. Slimmed game section and focused solely on desktop games. Streamlined default PPAs and repositories to avoid redundancies. Lock screen has better blur and indicator of what happened and what to do. Qt + GTK - forced GTK theme adaptation for stubborn Qt based default applications. GRUB/Login - backgrounds set to default wallpaper for overall theme consistency. Updates - update notifier checks unattended-upgrades log for non automatic updates. Window effects such as shadows, fading, transparency, tear free video provided by Compton." More information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: lxle_16.04.3_64.iso (1,437MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-04-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 16.04.2 |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the release of LXLE 16.04.2. As the name and version number suggests, this is a distribution based on Ubuntu's latest LTS (long-term support) release while featuring a customised LXDE desktop environment. From the release announcement: "LXLE 16.04.2 'Eclectica' released. What's new? Menu layout - reconfigured for cleaner, less cluttered navigation; Control Menu - completely re-worked to act as a dynamic 'Control Panel'; consistency - theme tweaks throughout the system for a more uniform look; Proposed - fixed 'proposed' Ubuntu repository not being included by default; Zenburned - Zenburn theme used as inspiration for custom terminal color scheme; Qt and GTK+ - forced GTK+ theme adaptation for stubborn Qt based default applications; languages - installer slideshow and custom menu entries have been fully translated; htop - replaced LXtask due to memory usage and new enhanced terminal capabilities; GRUB/login - backgrounds set to default wallpaper for overall theme consistency; games - semi-new selection to adhere to 'desktop' games philosophy and to save space; Synaptic - re-configured to showcase more features and facilitate ease of use...." Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: lxle_16_04_2_64.iso (1,361MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-07-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 16.04.1 |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the availability of LXLE 16.04.1, a new major release from the distribution project that builds a lightweight Ubuntu-based variant with LXDE as the default desktop. This is the distribution's first stable release based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: "LXLE 16.04.1 'Eclectica' released. LXLE is built upon Ubuntu Mini LTS releases. Lubuntu core is used as a starting point. This version is based on 16.04.1. All software has been updated to their latest stable versions available for Ubuntu 16.04.1. Added PPAs ensure up-to-date applications of some of the most popular software, such as LibreOffice. Overall the applications have been streamlined and slimmed down, even with the inclusion of three small Assistive Technology programs, like a magnifier and onscreen keyboard. This version of LXLE was pretty difficult. A number of GNOME applications had to be replaced with their MATE twin applications to maintain a consistent user interface. Programs and solutions had to come from many different sources. A very eclectic OS, hence the name, Eclectica." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download: lxle-eclectica-16.04.1.iso (1,371MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-03-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 14.04.4 |
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LXLE is a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu's long term support releases. The LXLE project has released a stable update to the distribution's 14.04 LTS branch. The new version, LXLE 14.04.4, features security fixes, updated Seamonkey packages and various small visual improvements. "The 'Posh' version of LXLE has been readied and tested since its last release candidate and in the subsequent days of the update to Seamonkey 2.40, which is a core component of the overall desktop experience provided by the operating system; ensuring performance and compatibility with the suite update was critical before official release. During this wait, small polish to the browser and overall user interface was applied, essentially smoothing out any rough edges of the new 'Posh Paradigm' introduced in this release. Posh is expected to provide not only a familiar yet dynamic low resource LXDE desktop but also a layout easily mimicked by LXQt if a version is ever officially offered." Additional information and screen shots are available in the project's release announcement. Download: lxle-14.04.4-64bit.iso (1,401MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-27 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04.4 RC |
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The LXLE project, which produces a lightweight desktop distribution based on Ubuntu, has published a new release candidate for their upcoming launch of LXLE 14.04.4. The new development snapshot polishes the desktop implementation and features a number of bug fixes. "While working on changes to the user interface, components and software that were to be included with the upcoming 16.04 release, it became clear that updating 14.04 to match 16.04 was inevitable as 12.04 has been. So instead of backing tracking, the distribution tippy toed to the edge with the latest LXDE core to bring the features necessary to implement the new LXLE user interface with the 'Posh Paradigm'. Building on the ideas of many desktops of the past and present paradigms while taking advantage of new and existing features of the latest LXDE desktop most users should find themselves to be in a comfortable, familiar, highly productive environment. While trying not to take away features the goal was to streamline running services, remove buggy features while providing LXLE with its own distinct user interface." A list of changes and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (MD5): lxle-14.04.4-64bit.iso (1,351MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-01 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04.4 Beta |
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The LXLE project which produces a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu, has launched a new beta for its users to test. LXLE 14.04.4 Beta offers mostly bug fixes and application updates over the precious release. "Only minor changes in this version such as polish, theme cohesion, browser enhancements and bug squashing. Just two small software changes occurred. The first was replacing Xsane scanner with Flegita to provide a simpler interface with some nice options for scanning while also integrating with GIMP. Xscreensaver was replaced with light-locker since Xscreensaver had been causing conflicts with Winpick. Switching to light-locker seems to have resolved that while also freeing up some RAM. LX-Colors themes for Openbox/GTK is now standard, providing numerous elegant themes for the LXDE desktop. LXLE now uses the LX-Mixed theme as its default system wide look. The elementary icon set has also been updated system wide, this includes the default icon set used in LibreOffice." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): lxle-14.04.4pr-64bit.iso (1,412MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-08-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 14.04.3 |
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The developers of LXLE, a lightweight desktop distribution built using packages from the Ubuntu repositories, have announced the availability of LXLE 14.04.3. This update to the 14.04 series includes a number of package updates while some default applications have been changed. "Delays, delays. First with SeaMonkey then Lanshop. Still, moving forward with the release of LXLE 14.04.3 OS for both 32 and 64-bit machines. 12.04.5 32-bit has also been updated to reflect the same changes. Notable new features in this release include, 'Xautolock' providing a top left hotcorner that invokes the 'WinPick" script which is an expose like utility and finally 'OpenSnap' added true aerosnap with just a simple drag and drop. All software has been updated to its latest stable version given its availability in the main software repositories and additional PPAs. Changelog: Galculator dropped for GNOME Calculator due to user requests; StartupDiskCreator dropped for MultibootUSB, more features and flexibility; Minitube removed, now depends on VLC, producing duplicate codecs; DejaDup removed since Systemback provides similar options...." A full list of changes and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: (1,378MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-07-08 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04.2 Beta "LS" |
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The LXLE project, which creates a lightweight desktop distribution based on Ubuntu, has announced the availability of a beta release of new small office and business edition. "I recently setup a small local garage with Linux. Particularly LXLE which is now handling all their business needs. This led me to attempt an LXLE version specifically designed for small to micro businesses. Probably businesses with 10 or less employees and of course freelancers should be able to install and use the system to handle most business interactions. What does the LS stand for? The LS stands for LanShop, which basically indicates that the main business apps are available to anyone on the network or LAN." The new edition offers a point of sale system, employee time clock, a content management site, business account software and a built in web server using Lighttpd, among other features. A complete list of business oriented features is available in the development build can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads: lxle-ls-14.04.2.iso (1,459MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-04-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 14.04.2, 12.04.5 |
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The developers behind the LXLE distribution have announced the availability of LXLE 14.04.2 and LXLE 12.04.5, the project's respective 64-bit and 32-bit branches. The new release features a number of important application changes. For example, Firefox, Thunderbird and Filezilla have been replaced by the SeaMonkey suit and FireFTP. The Vokoscreen reader has also been replaced by the RecordMyDesktop application. Plus the update manager application has been dropped in favour of the Synaptic package manager. "The next incremental update of LXLE has been released, ticking it up to 14.04.2 along with the last 32-bit version of LXLE ever, which is based on 12.04.5. The 32-bit closely mirrors the changes to the latest 64-bit edition of the OS. As announced in our beta release LXLE now sports a highly customized version of the SeaMonkey Internet Suite. A fairly lengthy article was written on why this decision was made and that it wasn't something taken lightly. To add to that the other underlying reason was we wanted the distribution to showcase an excellent community driven browser to help spur support and perhaps encourage developers to join the project and lend a hand to the overworked small team of Mozilla volunteers still moving forward with Netscape's original suite idea." Further details and screen shots are included in the project's release notes. Downloads (MD5): lxle-14.04.2.iso (1,312MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-03-11 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04.2 Beta |
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A Beta release of the minimal LXLE distribution has been announced. The development release, version 14.04.2, is available for testing and ships with a number of package upgrades and a surprising move to use the SeaMonkey web browser suite "All software packages have been updated to their latest stable version given their native environment. A special thanks to Jeff Hoogland of Bodhi Linux for his help enabling UEFI support in the 64bit edition of LXLE. Changes include SeaMonkey Web Browser and its components which replace standalone software that was originally included in LXLE. These include Claws Mail, Filezilla, Osmo, Xchat that have been replaced by the standard components of SeaMonkey with the addition of Lightning (Calendar/Scheduler) and FireFTP. The reason for the change is a long one that can be read here, you can also try our modifications to SeaMonkey without installing LXLE." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: lxle-14.04.2.iso (1,331MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-10-23 |
NEW • Distribution Releases: LXLE 14.04.1, 12.04.5 |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the releases of LXLE versions 14.04.1 and 12.04.5, two updated builds of the project's Lubuntu-based distribution made for older computers and featuring the LXDE desktop: "LXLE 14.04.1 and 12.04.5 released. The official release of the incremental update to LXLE 14.04 and 12.04 has undergone minor changes and a few bug fixes which are as follows: panel and menu layout adjustments were made to encourage checking for updates in addition to the automatically installed security updates; GNOME 2 Paradigm has been corrected, in the last release an oversight of the bottom panel was not transparent by default, now fixed; Bash has been updated with all the latest security adjustments available; desktop pager has been updated to allow movement of programs between active desktops and show icons of open windows; 32bit 'printscreen' keyboard omission/error has been corrected...." Read the release announcement for a complete list of changes. The live DVD images are available for download via BitTorrent: lxle14041.iso (1,474MB, pkglist), lxle-12045.iso (1,328MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-06-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 14.04 |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the final release of LXLE 14.04, a Lubuntu-based distribution made for older computers and featuring the LXDE desktop. Some of the notable features include the following: "LXLE acronym change, originally 'Lubuntu eXtra Life Extension' which made sense before Lubuntu had an official LTS release, since 14.04 however, LXLE will now adopt the nomenclature 'LXDE eXtra Luxury Edition' and we think this release doubles down on that; to better support 32-bit hardware we updated 12.04.4 to be virtually identical to LXLE 14.04 64-bit release including features, updated software and system components; PCManFM additions such as open directories and text as root, create shortcuts, rename base icon names, copy to folder, right click desktop trash to empty; Launch (Fehlstart), Run (Gexec), and Terminal (RoxTerm) all have hotkeys enabled to open them using the keyboard for faster access...." Read the release announcement for a full list of features. The live DVD image is available for download via BitTorrent: lxle-1404-64.iso (1,436MB). |
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| 2014-05-22 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04 Beta |
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Ronnie Whisler has announced the availability of the beta release of LXLE 14.04, a Lubuntu-based distribution designed for ageing computers: "Having an excellent base from which to build, LXLE releases can head straight into beta testing thanks to the superb work already performed by Canonical and their LXDE desktop team a.k.a. Lubuntu. The LXLE 14.04 release attempts to continue some successful ideas portrayed in the 12.04 series, addresses known issues and bugs, and attempts to fulfill known shortcomings of the OS. This first beta of LXLE 14.04 is intended for testers and early adopters and to introduce the current ideas and direction of the OS. Staying more out of the way, and providing a cleaner interface. Notable Features: power management now provided automatically by TLP; PCManFM feature-enhanced, extended and restored; panel trash access now replies empty or asks to empty...." See the full release announcement for more information and a video overview. Download (MD5): lxle-1404-64b6.iso (1,373MB). |
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| 2014-02-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 12.04.4 |
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Version 12.04.4 of LXLE, a respin of Lubuntu designed for older computers, has been released: "After patiently waiting for Ubuntu to officially announce their 12.04.4 update and once the number of seeders of LXLE grew to an adequate level to 'serve' it, LXLE 12.04.4 has been released. This particular release builds on the idea that many 'at idle' processes can be replaced by 'on demand' solutions, such as weather, battery, updates, power management, etc. It also introduces microcode kernel updates for your processor and preload, a readahead daemon, by default. Notable new features: LXLE PPA enabled by default; updated core LXDE components; updated BleachBit, Catfish, MiniTube; updated Elementary icon set; added Steam, VokoScreen, Schedule Tasks; GNOME Commander replaced with Sunflower; Fast Forecast replaced with Typhoon; GDiskDump replaced with Startup Disk Creator; enhanced Firefox and bookmarks toolbar...." See the full release announcement for more information and a video overview. Download via BitTorrent: lxle32.iso (1,232MB), lxle64.iso (1,270MB). |
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| 2013-08-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LXLE 12.04.3 |
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LXLE is a respin of Lubuntu aiming at a fast and capable desktop for ageing computers. Version 12.04.3 has just been unleashed: "LXLE Paradigm goes final with 12.04.3 update. 'Paradigm' is a tentative attempt to create four different desktop paradigms for users to choose from once they start up their aging computers when using LXLE. LXLE paradigm is not an attempt to completely mimic other desktops features and functions but to provide a desktop scheme that is familiar to all different types of computer users whether you are comfortable with Linux, OS X or Windows operating system. Currently the paradigms available at start-up are, GNOME 2 (G2), Windows (XP), OS X (OSX) and Ubuntu's Unity. Each desktop can be entered and/or used at any time, and you can switch back and forth at will." Follow the complete release announcement for more information including nearly thirty screenshots. Download: lxle-12.04.3-64.iso (1,280MB, MD5). |
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