- #LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE FOR FREE#
- #LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE FULL#
- #LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE WINDOWS#
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#LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE FOR FREE#
LXDE (version unspecified except for build date) is available now for free from the LXDE site. "Reinventing the wheel is cool, and we love it!" Availability.There must be a nice desktop environment for those who can't afford new fancy hardware, and we have the ability to help them."
#LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE WINDOWS#
#LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO WITH LXDE FULL#
It is not clear that the release will see commercial use, as LXDE is a young project that is not yet complete. gOS 3 Gadget swapped out Enlightenment E17 in favor of the LXDE desktop. LXDE was catapulted into the spotlight in the latest gOS release, announced this week at LinuxWorld. Since then, the group, which appears to also be based in Taiwan, has been pretty quiet, but behind the scenes, they have been racking up bundling deals with a number of small Linux distributions that use all or parts of the LXDE code. First came B2D Linux, which apparently no longer uses LXDE, and then came the Ubuntu-based PUD GNU/Linux, which does. The GTK+ 2-based LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) first emerged in late 2006 when two Taiwanese Linux distributions adopted an early version. Built into the latest gOS 3 Gadget distro, LXDE is touted as being fast, fast-booting, compatible with old computers, and designed so that "every component can be used without LXDE," say the developers. The LXDE project has released its lightweight Linux desktop for general use.
( Click for larger view of main LXDE desktop) Document.write(Math.round(Math.random()*10000000000)) " style="border:0 height: 90 width:728 "/>Ī fast, fast-booting, implementation of GNOME aimed at netbooks and older hardware has emerged, and shows "a lot of promise." LXDE has already stacked up a heap of distribution partners.