Wolvix
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Wolvix is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Slackware, mainly targeted at home users and strives to provide a balance between everyday computing tasks, creativity, work and enjoyment. It features the Xfce desktop environment, along with a wide selection of development, graphics, multimedia, network and office applications.
Goals
Some of The Primary design goals of Wolvix are:
- The look and feel of Wolvix should be unified, clean and pleasant.
- Software should work out-of-the-box as much as possible and should be ready to use as it is.
Features
Wolvix is based on Slackware, and uses the Xfce desktop environment. It only includes GTK+ applications, and utilizes slapt-get for package management. The developers claim acceptable performance can be achieved on a machine running a running a 700 MHz CPU with 256 MB of RAM.
Developers
- Kenneth Granerud, aka Wolven: Wolvix founder and main developer. wolvix.org server administrator and web designer/coder.
- Chris Gallienne, aka Oithona: Developer and maintainer of the Wolvix Control Panel. Pre alpha tester And Co developer.
See also
- List of Linux distributions