Zenwalk : The New Distribution

Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage.

Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with a complete programming environment and libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach also provides a simple way to convert Zenwalk Linux into a finely-tuned modern server (e.g. LAMP, messaging, file sharing).

Zenwalk GNU/Linux can run on any modern or semi-old computer (Zenwalk is optimized for the i686 instruction set, but backward compatible with i486). These are the minimal hardware requirements to run Zenwalk in Xwindow mode, with correct performance (some lower configs work - ie : PII - , but might be slow) :

•     Pentium III class processor
•     256 Mb RAM
•     4Gb HDD

There are five editions of Zenwalk GNU/Linux "

1. Standard Edition

Zenwalk's Standard Edition is a complete GNU/Linux operating system for both Desktops and Laptop/Notebook systems but is also easily customizable for use in servers and multimedia centers.

 Out of the box, you will be able to browse, mail, chat, listen to music, program in C, Perl, Python, Ruby,.. watch videos in various formats, write documents, print, scan, burn CD and DVD, connect your camera and edit your photographs, without adding anything. Coders will like the full set of development libraries and interpreters. 
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2. Core Edition
Zenwalk's Core Edition is a Zenwalk system without X applications. Zenwalk-core is intended to be used as a starting point to build a custom desktop system or a server system, and for users with limited space on their disk, or great perfectionists wanting to build their personal desktop system themselves. 
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3. Live Edition

Zenwalk's Live Edition is a complete GNU/Linux operating system. Just as with Zenwalk's desktop Edition, out of the box, you will be able to browse, mail, chat, listen to music, program in C, Perl, Python, Ruby,.. watch videos in various formats, write documents, print, scan, burn CD and DVD, connect your camera and edit your photographs, without adding anything.

Coders will like the full set of development libraries and interpreters. The Live Edition also includes extras such as system recovery tools, partition tools, video games and much more
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4. Gnome Edition 

Zenwalk's Gnome Edition is a complete GNU/Linux operating system for both Desktops and Laptop/Notebook systems but is also easily customizable for use in servers and multimedia centers.

Out of the box, you will be able to browse, mail, chat, listen to music, program in C, Perl, Python, Ruby,.. watch videos in various formats, write documents, print, scan, burn CD and DVD, connect your camera and edit your photographs, without adding anything.

Coders will like the full set of development libraries and interpreters. Zenwalk Gnome Edition features the latest Linux technology, featuring Linux kernel 2.6.37.4 and the Gnome 2.32.1 Desktop Environment.

The GNOME Project's focus on users and usability continues in GNOME 2.32 with its hundreds of bug fixes and user-requested improvements. The sheer number of enhancements makes it impossible to list every change and improvement made, but these notes aim to highlight some of the more exciting, user-oriented features in this release. 
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5.Openbox Edition

 Zenwalk's Openbox Edition is a complete GNU/Linux operating system for both Desktops and Laptop/Notebook systems with highly configurable Openbox as stand-alone window manager.

It is intended for users who want to dig in little deeper into their systems and start to learn linux internally, also for people who don't fear the shell ;).

Althought the same time it provides you a system ready for browsing, mail, chat, listen to music, ... and all the things that standard version is capable of, without adding anything, if you prefer it that way.

Once you get to know it like your pockets, you'll easily transform this baby into a system of your dreams and make it fly.
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