DeLi Linux
Desktop Light Linux (DeLi Linux for short) is a desktop Linux distribution for old PCs.
Release history
Until version 0.6.1 DeLi Linux was based on Slackware 7, using Linux 2.2.
DeLi Linux version 0.7 is a development from scratch with Linux 2.4.33.3 and no longer based on Slackware. The OS still used the Slackware package management, additionally there is a new port system based on CRUX. DeLi Linux is now based on uClibc instead of the GNU C Library. A port of OpenBSD's Korn shell is used as the default shell.
Version 0.8 introduced the pacman package manager, and the 0.8 series will focus on internationalisation. Version 0.8.0 also switched the web browser to NetSurf and Skipstone, having previously been Konqueror Embedded, and Dillo before that.
Version |
Date |
|---|---|
0.1 |
November 2 2002 |
0.2 |
March 19 2003 |
0.3 |
July 9 2003 |
0.4 |
November 26 2003 |
0.5 |
December 16 2003 |
0.6 |
June 16 2004 |
0.6.1 |
September 9 2004 |
0.7 |
2006-09-15 |
0.7.1 |
2006-10-17 |
0.7.2 |
2007-05-18 |
0.8.0 |
2008-05-28 |
Software
DeLi Linux comes with Abiword and SIAG Office as the office suites. For the web browser, there are NetSurf and Skipstone. Included email clients are Mutt and Sylpheed. Window managers IceWM and Fluxbox are included. For editing, DeLi Linux offers e3, elvis and Beaver.
Since DeLi Linux ships only light weight software, many popular open source packages are not included, such as GNOME, KDE, Emacs and Mozilla Thunderbird.
DeLi Linux provides a special online software repository named deli32 which has software packages which require around 32 MB RAM (at least 64 MB for the whole computer), such as Mozilla Firefox, Gnumeric and VLC.
Requirements
DeLi Linux needs a 386 with 32 MB RAM as a minimum. It should work smoothly with a 486. A full installation with all packages requires nearly 400 MB of hard disk space.
See also
Mini Linux
External links
de:DeLi Linux es:Desktop Light Linux it:Desktop Light Linux pl:Desktop Light Linux ru:DeLi Linux