Absolute OS
Absolute Linux is a lightweight Slackware derivative that uses an Icewm, pcmanfm, ROX-Filer, ivman, and others to create a lightweight yet easy to use distribution. Installation is text-based but simplified, and all packages are installed at once. It can run on a Pentium II and above, including SMP systems. A minimum 128MB RAM is recommended. It features ease of browsing any connected device in pcmanfm, and an auto-popup menu for inserted playable media. "Restricted" codecs are available to those eligible via a root-user installer. There is a large range of software included: Google Chromium (compiled on Absolute), OpenOffice, Mplayer, GIMP, K3B, FileZilla, and many more.
| Tags | Linux distribution |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases
- 10 Oct 2010 10:07
Release Notes: Security updates and interface tweaks were made. Barring any last-minute bug fixing, this should be the final release in the 13.1.x series.
- 13 Sep 2010 04:21
Release Notes: Security updates including the mozilla-nss package (and Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird on CD2). Icewm menu fixes and re-arrangement. AbiWord is back in the base install with GTK printing preview by epdfview (so no more AbiWord crashes, hopefully). Several package updates including OpenOffice, Imagemagick, Inkscape, and Chromium Browser. A new default sound mixer: alsamixer-qt4. A new script in the menu to change screen locker mode, and an updated find-installed script.
- 04 Sep 2010 06:02
Release Notes: The main reason for this release is to avoid kernel security vulnerabilities. A few new applications, many library package updates, and a bit of interface tweaking. Starting to feel like a 13.1.x final.
- 26 Jul 2010 21:57
Release Notes: The Chromium browser has been updated, and is distributed with the PDF viewer extension pre-configured, so PDF viewing is a non-issue. There is a security fix. Several programs have been updated for the new icewm menu insertion procedure. geeqie has been updated to allow multiple instances. GIMP has been updated as well as several apps in the CD2 directory in repositories. AbsChart (the pie chart maker) is back in the Graphics menu.
- 25 Jul 2010 07:27
Release Notes: Chromium was replaced by Firefox as the default Web browser. Several security and application updates were made.
Recent comments
lol... if it wasn't that deceptive
> The kernel source was misconfigured
Absolutely.
Did you already encounter simple and elegant use cases with *data loss* thanks to ROX-Filer? Its XML desktop is even more horror than the Slackware itself :-(
Absolute-OS
I am happy to see the birth of this os. It seems to me to support the ideals of open source/ linux those ideals being a focus on individual applications to get stuff done in contrast to a monolithic structure to get everything done. I hope this os has a long life. Thank you.
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- Popularity Score
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- 15.16
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