The first release candidate (marked as BETA 025) for Linux Mint 5 “Elyssa” XFCE Community Edition is out and available for download: “This is the first BETA release of the XFCE Community Edition for Linux Mint 5, codename Elyssa, based on Daryna and compatible with Ubuntu Hardy….
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The GoblinX 2.7 is released. After more than four months of development, as GoblinX 2.6 was released at February 18, we are pleased to announce the availability of the new stable edition.
The GoblinX Standard is the original edition which first ISO was released in the end of October 2004. It includes five Windows Managers: KDE, Fluxbox, Xfce, Enlightenment and WindowMaker.
Read more:http://www.goblinx.com.br/en/index_news.htm
Download:Download: GoblinX-2.7.iso (305MB, MD5)
No Comments Tags: download, fluxbox, goblinX, KDE, xfceIf you’re new to Ubuntu you may or may not be aware of the fact that we like our choices here. One of the big choices is the desktop environment that you work in. The big two are Gnome and KDE, but there are quite a few more. Xubuntu, or Ubuntu using the XFCE desktop environment, is another official release variant from the Ubuntu community. If you’ve never tried it out I’ve got instructions below on how to install it in parallel to your existing desktop, giving you the option of selecting one at login.
Installing the Xubuntu Desktop
Installing the XFCE desktop environment can be done by way of the Ubuntu package repositories. It has been simplified with the creation of a meta-package, which is a simple package containing a longer list of required packages. To install the XFCE environment is done with the following:
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sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
Gentoo Linux 2008.0 has been released: “The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named ‘It’s got what plants crave,’ this release contains numerous new features, including an updated installer, improved hardware support, a complete rework of profiles, and a move to Xfce instead of GNOME on the live CD…..
Features:
Updated installer
Improved hardware support
Complete rework of profiles
Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD
No LiveDVDs on x86 or amd64
Updated packages
Download Gentoo 2008.0:http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
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Sometimes we want to have 2 or more desktops ,sometimes we want to remove 1 or more desktops,right?I have just removed kde4 from Ubuntu.By the way,I summarized some tips for installing/removing desktops in Ubuntu as follow:~ Read More »
