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Shark Linux was a new distribution of a Linux-based operating system. The goal of Shark Linux was to provide a stable environment with easy administration, targeting 64-bit AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 processors. Shark Linux aims to become a hardware optimised operating system with its own unique set of management tools and new functionality of the ANSI console for administrator use. Combined with ease of use and optimised code, it should outperform other out-of-the-box systems from the start. Shark Linux was derived from the Gentoo Linux project.
Status: Discontinued
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2010-07-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1 "LXDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1 "LXDE" edition, a lightweight, Slackware-based desktop Linux distribution: "Salix OS 13.1 LXDE edition has been released. Based on Slackware Linux 13.1, it features the lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, with a clean look and feel. The main applications that complete the LXDE experience are the lightweight and fast PCManFM file manager and the popular Openbox window manager. As with the standard Xfce edition, this CD image allows installation to be performed in three different modes - core, basic and full. The core mode is identical to the one you get from the Xfce edition. Basic will only install a minimal LXDE desktop with only Midori and gslapt installed as extra and full will install everything that is included on the CD image. That includes the lightweight Midori web browser, the Claws-mail e-mail client, the Transmission BitTorrent client and the Pidgin instant messaging client." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5) from here: salix-lxde-13.1.iso (464MB).
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Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. Optimised for desktop use, Salix OS features one application per task, custom package repositories, advanced package management with dependency support, localised system administration tools and innovative artwork.
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2022-11-29 |
Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 "Live" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 15.0 "Live" edition, a live distribution based on Slackware Linux 15.0, featuring the Xfce desktop environment, and available for both x86_64 and i486 platforms: "After several rounds of extensive testing, we are proud to announce the release of Salix Live Xfce 15.0. The live environment is based on our own Salix Live Scripts and is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures. The software included in Salix Live Xfce 15.0 closely matches that which comes with our standard installation ISO image, offering Xfce 4.16, Firefox ESR, LibreOffice, our Salix System tools collection along with everything else. Included in this release is also software that is specific to our Live release, featuring the Salix Live Installer, a graphical tool that allows the user to install Salix, from within the live environment to their hard drive. It is also possible, from within the live environment, to make a frugal install, a complete Salix installation to a portable USB stick. The live system also provides the option to use persistency." Read the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): salixlive64-xfce-15.0.iso (1,693MB, torrent), salixlive-xfce-15.0.iso (1,699MB, torrent). |
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2022-09-05 |
Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 |
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Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. The distribution has published Salix 15.0 which includes the Xfce 4.16 desktop, much larger package repositories, and Flatpak support. "On a high level, this release includes Xfce 4.16 as the main environment! This is now based on GTK+ 3 and almost everything else that comes with a default installation has been upgraded to use GTK+ 3. This includes all our graphical system tools, which have received significant updates and a more modern look. The default software selection hasn't changed much, but of course everything has been upgraded to their latest releases, including Firefox 102ESR, LibreOffice 7.4, GIMP 2.10 and more. Whiskermenu is used as our default panel menu now. There have been extensive discussions in our forums with respect to how the new release will look and everything has been revamped, including a new GTK theme, a new icon theme, a new window manager theme and a default wallpaper, especially tailored for Salix 15.0. While the light versions of the above are used by default, dark versions are readily available. In general, our users will find themselves in a modern but familiar environment." Details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-15.0.iso (1,425MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2016-11-15 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce" edition, a live distribution based on Slackware Linux 14.2 and featuring the Xfce desktop environment: "After a long round of testing, Salix Live Xfce 14.2 is released. This is the first Live release for the 14.2 series and is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. The live environment uses our own Salix Live Scripts, which has been forked and improved from the original Slackware Live Scripts. In terms of included software, this live release mirrors the standard Salix Xfce 14.2 release. All software that is included there, like the Xfce 4.12 desktop, Mozilla Firefox, the LibreOffice suite, the collection of Salix System Tools etc, are also included in this release. Some additional software, specific to the Live edition is also included. That includes the Salix Live Installer, which has been updated for this release and allows the user to install Salix Live to the system's hard drive." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5) from SourceForge: salixlive64-xfce-14.2.iso (1,012MB, torrent). |
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2016-08-29 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.2 "Xfce". The new version of Salix, a Slackware-based desktop distribution, improves the boot process, provides better language support at install time and includes a few new graphical configuration tools. "We also have two new GUI system tools, both developed in-house. The first one, GUEFI, is a graphical boot manager for UEFI systems and therefore is only available on 64-bit installations using UEFI. You can use it to create/delete/edit/rearrange UEFI boot entries and I don't think there is any other distribution out there with anything similar. Then, we have gtkreposetup, which is the GTK+ counterpart to the console reposetup tool, and which you can use to select your preferred repository mirror. With respect to other software included in this release, Xfce has been upgraded to 4.12. The main browser has been changed back to Firefox. The Firefox package now also includes langpacks for the most popular languages too, so it will most probably also be presented in your native language without having to install anything extra. Additional details on Salix 14.2 can be found in the project's release notes. New screen shots are available on the Salix website. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2.iso (1,014MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2016-08-10 |
Development Release: Salix 14.2 RC1 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the availability of a new development snapshot of Salix, a Slackware-based distribution. The new development release, Salix 14.2 RC 1, features improved localization support and a graphical boot manager for UEFI-enabled systems. The auto-install option has been removed from the system installer as it appears to be largely unused. "First of all, we have two new GUI system tools, both developed in-house. The first one, GUEFI, is a graphical boot manager for UEFI systems and therefore is only available on 64-bit installations using UEFI. You can use it to create/delete/edit/rearrange UEFI boot entries and I don't think there is any other distribution out there with anything similar. Then, we have gtkreposetup, which is the GTK+ counterpart to the console reposetup tool, and which you can use to select your preferred repository mirror. The installer has been fully localized to several languages, so this release can be installed using the installer in English (both US and GB), Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish (both Spain and Costa-Rica), Swedish and Ukrainian." The release announcement has further details. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2RC2.iso (913MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2016-06-15 |
Development Release: Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce" |
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The Salix project, a desktop oriented distribution based on Slackware, has released a new development snapshot. The new testing release, Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce", features an update to the distribution's boot process and includes a number of software changes: "The menus that the images boot to are provided by syslinux on systems equipped with BIOS. On UEFI systems, the 64-bit ISO now boots using eLILO, in place of GRUB, and it provides similar menus to syslinux. The 32-bit ISO now includes both the i586 non-PAE and the i686 PAE kernels. You can choose between the two in the boot menu. In terms of software selection, Xfce has been upgraded to 4.12. The main browser has been changed back to Firefox. Also, network configuration is now handled by NetworkManager. PulseAudio is now controlling the audio output by default, which should help a lot with Bluetooth speakers, HDMI audio etc. Other than that it's mostly the same as in previous releases, with LibreOffice, Claws-Mail, GIMP, Parole, Transmission, Viewnior, Zim." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-xfce-14.2beta1.iso (912MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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2014-11-04 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment: "The Salix Live team is proud to announce the immediate release of Salix Live Xfce 14.1. We haven't had a live release for quite a while, this being our first official live release in more than two years. During the last few months there has been a lot of action behind the scenes to get this ready. The live system creation scripts that we were using up to the 13.37 release (called SaLT), while originally created with the idea to become a one-stop solution for creating our live releases without much trouble, had become a burden to use. After a lot of trying to get them work with newer releases, we decided that we should switch to a better, easier to use system. This is based on the Slackware Live Scripts, which is also what powers other Slackware-based live systems as well." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): salixlive64-xfce-14.1.iso (790MB, torrent). |
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2014-09-22 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox" edition, a lightweight distribution based on Slackware Linux: "Salix Fluxbox is back for 14.1! Our Fluxbox edition is designed to bring a minimalist environment to your desktop. The default desktop layout is comprised only of the Fluxbox panel and the right click menu will bring up the Fluxbox menu, so it should be really light on resources. The file manager that is used is PCManFM. The default browser in this release is Firefox. The office applications that are included are AbiWord and Gnumeric. Whaawmp is the default video player and Exaile is the audio media library application. Of course, Salix Codecs Installer is also there to install all kinds of restricted codecs that you might need. mtPaint is installed as the default picture editor and it fits perfectly with the lightweight feel of the desktop. Other applications included are the usual stuff that goes in Salix releases, like the Transmission torrent client, the Claws-mail email client...." Read the release announcement for additional details. Download (MD5): salix64-fluxbox-14.1.iso (613MB, torrent). |
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2014-07-27 |
Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Openbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 14.1 "Openbox" edition, a lightweight Slackware-based distribution featuring Openbox as the default window manager: "Salix Openbox 14.1 brings the Openbox window manager, teamed with fbpanel and SpaceFM to create a fast and flexible desktop environment. This is the most lightweight edition we have so far among our 14.1 releases and everything has been tweaked to provide a desktop experience comparable to other Salix editions. The development of this edition involved a long and rigorous period of testing and the final release has evolved a lot since the first beta. This release comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours, with both fitting comfortably within the size of a single CD. The 32-bit flavour is also our first 14.1 release that supports i486, non-PAE capable systems by using the respective kernel, although the default is still the i686 PAE SMP kernel." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): salix64-openbox-14.1.iso (625MB, torrent). |
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