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SwagArch was a GNU/Linux desktop distribution based on Arch Linux. The SwagArch distribution features a live DVD that runs the Xfce desktop and uses the Calamares graphical system installer. SwagArch offers popular FOSS applications pre-installed, including Firefox and the VLC multimedia player.
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2012-11-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Lite 1.0.2 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of an updated build of Linux Lite 1.0.2, an Ubuntu-based, beginner-friendly Linux distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop environment: "Proud to announce the release of Linux Lite 1.0.2. With a number of enhancements, changes and additions Linux Lite 1.0.2 is smaller, leaner and has capitalized on the fantastic feedback it has received from the global computing community to produce a step up from the previous version. Changelog: all system software updated; Firefox 17.0; Linux kernel 3.2 PAE; reduced size of ISO image by maximizing compression of file system; added LibreOffice Impress; added ability to 'dd' the ISO image file; added tool tips for applications; added support for VMware; added libopenal1 for extra sound support; added keyboard shortcuts; PrintScreen key opens the screenshot tool; fixed bug where laptops unplugged from mains power source lost use of USB mouse...." See the full release announcement for a full changelog and system requirements. Download: linux-lite-1.0.2-i386.iso (744MB, MD5, torrent). |
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Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. Linux Lite primarily targets Windows users. It aims to provide a complete set of applications to assist users with their everyday computing needs, including a full office suite, media players and other essential daily software.
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2024-10-31 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 7.2 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 7.2, an update to the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. The new release includes a new update manager, a new theme manager, and the website now offers a chatbot intended to offer techniical support for Linux Lite's community. "Linux Lite is leading the way in which AI is complementing the support portion of our operating system. We're extremely happy with the way that it's turned out and a huge thank you again to Huzaifa Qureshi for his efforts on this. Click here to take a look. Lite Updates - Re-written in Yad. Lite Updates has been re-written in Yad as Yad provides more flexibility than Zenity and will help us to expand and add more options to it in the future. Lite Theme Manager: Brand new to the Linux Lite family of Applications is Lite Theme Manager. Lite Theme Manager takes the guess work out of adding themes to your desktop, icons and mouse cursors with an easy point-and-click solution. Thank you and credit goes to Huzaifa Qureshi for writing this application." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): linux-lite-7.2-64bit.iso (2,928MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2024-06-01 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 7.0 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 7.0, a major new version of the project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop. This is the first Linux Lite version built from the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04. "Introducing Linux Lite 7.0 final, code name 'Galena'. The theme of this Series is maturity. We've been offering Linux Lite for 12 years and, in that time, have integrated many features as suggested by the community as well as building upon a solid and secure foundation. Changes: Thunar 4.18.8 split view; minor changes to Lite Welcome; new install slides; plus many other tweaks and changes. Details: Xfce 4.18, Linux kernel 6.8 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 6.8), Chrome 125.0, Thunderbird 115.11.0, LibreOffice 7.6.7, VLC 3.0.20, Gimp 2.10.36, base 24.04. There is no upgrade path from RC to final or from series to series. Login is automatic, no credentials are required. The image can be written to a 4 GB or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. If the screen locks during live mode, type 'linux' into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: linux-lite-7.0-rc1-64bit.iso (2,683MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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2024-05-09 |
Development Release: Linux Lite 7.0 RC1 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Linux Lite 7.0, an upcoming major update of the project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop. This will be the distribution's first release based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04. "Linux Lite 7.0 RC1 is now available for testing. The theme of this series is maturity. We've been offering Linux Lite for 12 years now and, in that time, have integrated many features as suggested by the community as well as building upon a solid and secure foundation. Linux Lite 7.0 final, code name Galena, will be released on 1st June, 2024. Changes: Thunar 4.18.8 split view; new install slides; many other tweaks and changes; Window theme - Materia; icon theme - Papirus; Font - Roboto Regular. Details: Linux kernel 6.8 (custom kernels also available via our repository for versions 3.13 - 6.8), Chrome 124.0, Thunderbird 115.10.1, LibreOffice 7.6.6.3, VLC: 3.0.20, Gimp: 2.10.36. There is no upgrade to or from RC releases. RC releases are for testing only and it is not recommended to run them as your main or secondary operating system." Continue to the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download: linux-lite-7.0-rc1-64bit.iso (2,120MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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2023-09-04 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 6.6 |
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Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. The project's latest release, version 6.6, focuses on providing a wider range of language translations. "Linux Lite 6.6 Final is now available for download and installation. This is one our largest releases on record since we began in 2012. We've added 1000's of lines of new code in the form of supporting a large range of languages. We've massively increased the number of language translations across the entire Menu and Sub-Menu system, by adding support for 22 Languages. We had the time to take on a task of this magnitude so we used it completely. If you speak a language other than English, we hope you enjoy a vastly improved and a more complete Linux Lite. Changes: Support for 22 new Languages added: Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese - Simplified, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese - Brazilian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Sweden, Ukranian." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): linux-lite-6.6-64bit.iso (2,417MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2023-07-10 |
Development Release: Linux Lite 6.6 RC1 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced a development snapshot of Linux Lite. The new release candidate for version 6.6 focuses on translation efforts with support for 22 languages added. This snapshot also updates the welcome window so that it detects whether the distribution is running in a live environment and displays the Install Now only when running in live mode. "Having completed a fresh install of Linux Lite 6.6, once you have restarted after the first login, full language support will be available across the entire Menu and Sub-Menu system. If there are still Menu entries that are not in your language, then consider contributing a translation to that developers software. If you'd like to help out with translations in this series for the above mentioned areas, please go here and post a reply with your changes under your Language thread. Thanks for helping the community out. There is still much to do, but we've made massive improvements to date." Additional details, including a list of freshly supported languages, can be found in the release announcement. Download: linux-lite-6.6-rc1-64bit.iso (2,338MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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2023-03-31 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 6.4 |
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Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. The project has published an update to its 6.x series which improves packaging compression for custom software, offer a new reporting tool to diagnose problems, and updates the layout for the Thunderbird e-mail client. "Linux Lite 6.4 Final is now available for download and installation. Building upon the release of 6.2, we have added a number if new changes. Changes: our in-house applications are starting to be repackaged using ZSTD compression for significantly faster decompression speeds and higher compression rates; example - Lite Themes, old compressed package 91.2MB, Lite Themes, new compressed package, 76.8MB, this will benefit machines from a wider range of ages; great for slower computers when installing updates, lightning fast updates for modern machines; added systemd report to Lite System Report - this addition will help a wide range of people in regards to diagnosing a variety of booting and general system inquiries; our amazing support team on the forums will also find this very helpful." Additional details and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): linux-lite-6.4-64bit.iso (2,332MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2022-10-31 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 6.2 |
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Linux Lite is an Ubuntu-based distribution intended to be easy for Linux beginners to use. The latest version of the distribution, Linux Lite 6.2, features an improved upgrade manager, new Papirus icons, and Openshot has been replaced by Shotcut in the Lite Software utility. Other changes include: "Fixed dialogue lengths of many Linux Lite applications. Fixed hostname bug in Lite Tweaks. Many updates to the Help Manual. The Hardware Database now has over 75,000 submissions. 100k here we come! Fixed bug in Lite Sources not populating the codename. Purging even more logs in Lite Tweaks, freeing up space. Latest stable versions of Chrome, LibreOffice, Lite applications, etc. New wallpapers. Task Manager (System Monitoring Center) right click now works everywhere, updated icon. Microsoft Teams removed from Lite Software, no longer maintained by Microsoft, instead, they will offer a PWA version only for Linux. Fixed Kernel Removal in Lite Tweaks...." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): linux-lite-6.2-64bit.iso (2,135MB, torrent, pkglist) |
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2022-10-01 |
Development Release: Linux Lite 6.2 RC1 |
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Linux Lite is a beginner friendly distribution based on Ubuntu. The project's latest development snapshot, Linux Lite 6.2 RC1, includes an improved upgrade utility, Shotcut is replacing Openshot in the Lite Software utility, and a host of fixes: "Fixed dialogue lengths of many Linux Lite applications. Fixed hostname bug in Lite Tweaks. The Hardware Database now has over 75,000 submissions. 100k here we come! Fixed bug in Lite Sources not populating the codename. Purging even more logs in Lite Tweaks, freeing up space. Latest stable versions of Chrome, LibreOffice, Lite applications etc. New wallpapers. Task Manager (System Monitoring Center) right click now works everywhere, updated icon. Microsoft Teams removed from Lite Software, no longer maintained by Microsoft, instead, they will offer a PWA version only for Linux. Fixed Kernel Removal in Lite Tweaks." These and other changes can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): linux-lite-6.2-rc1-64bit.iso (2,275MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2022-05-31 |
Distribution Release: Linux Lite 6.0 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 6.0. The distribution, which is geared toward providing a user friendly experience on an Ubuntu base, is focusing on bringing assistive technologies to users. "It's a well known fact that we target Windows users. Out of the box, Windows offers a fairly complete system. That includes tools for the hearing and sight impaired. In this release you can zoom in on the desktop, have a screen reader talk to you and complete tasks with an onscreen keyboard. We've made all of these functions highly configurable. The onscreen keyboard application is Onboard. On-screen virtual keyboard is an alternative input method that can replace a real hardware keyboard. Virtual keyboard may be a necessity in various cases. For example, your hardware keyboard is just broken; you do not have enough keyboards for extra machines; your hardware does not have an available port left to connect a keyboard; you experience difficulty in typing on a real keyboard; or you are building a touchscreen-based web kiosk. Orca is a free and open-source, flexible, extensible screen reader from the Gnome project for individuals who are blind or visually impaired." Additional information along with screenshots are available in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): linux-lite-6.0-64bit.iso (2,119MB, pkglist). |
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