Fluxbuntu
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 Fluxbuntu's default desktop showing AbiWord in use |
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| Company / developer | Joe Jaxx, The Fluxbuntu Linux Project |
| OS family | Unix-like (Ubuntu-based) |
| Working state | EOL[1] |
| Source model | Free and Open Source[2] |
| Latest stable release | 7.10 RC / October 27, 2007[3] |
| Latest unstable release | 9.04 experimental |
| Marketing target | Average to Advanced users |
| Update method | APT (front-ends available) |
| Package manager | dpkg (front-ends like Synaptic available) |
| Supported platforms | i386, AMD64[4] |
| Kernel type | Linux |
| Default user interface | Fluxbox (with ROX-Filer) |
| License | GPL and other licenses |
| Official website | http://fluxbuntu.org |
Fluxbuntu is a lightweight Linux distribution which uses the Fluxbox window manager and is based on Ubuntu. By contrast, Ubuntu uses the Unity (previously GNOME) desktop environment, Kubuntu uses KDE, and Xubuntu uses Xfce, all of which are somewhat more demanding of computer memory and resources. Fluxbuntu is designed to be versatile, while minimizing the need of system resources (similar to Lubuntu, which uses LXDE). Although its website states that the project is still active, as there have been no updates since 2007, the project is considered to be dormant.[5] (The opening page of the website has a Last-Modified date of November 2008.)
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[edit] System requirements
Fluxbuntu is currently supporting Intel x86, AMD64 and PowerPC architectures.
The minimum system requirements are a 300 MHz x86 processor, 64 MB RAM and 2 GB hard disk space. The single install disk is 306 MB for the x86 version.
[edit] Packages
As well as using the Fluxbox window manager, Fluxbuntu excludes many applications and daemons (a computer program that runs in the background) from Ubuntu which makes it even more lightweight. It also replaces a large number of Ubuntu's default applications with lightweight alternatives such as:
- AbiWord and Gnumeric replace OpenOffice.org as the default office programs
- Kazehakase replaces Mozilla Firefox as the default Web browser
- Claws Mail replaces Evolution as the default e-mail client.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Ubuntu 7.10 reaches end-of-life on April 18, 2009". Ubuntu Press Release Archive. Canonical Ltd. March 23, 2009. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Fluxbuntu Wiki Main Page". 16 October 2007. http://wiki.fluxbuntu.org/index.php?title=Main_Page. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Jaxx, Joe (October 27, 2007). "Presenting Fluxbuntu 7.10 Release Candidate". The Fluxbuntu International Community News & Announcements. http://community.fluxbuntu.org/index.php?topic=393.msg1701#msg1701. Retrieved 2009-05-11.[dead link]
- ^ "Get". Fluxbuntu Wiki. June 16, 2008. http://wiki.fluxbuntu.org/index.php?title=Get. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Fluxbuntu homepage". The Fluxbuntu Linux Project. 2008-11-17. http://fluxbuntu.org/. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
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