About:
Absolute Linux is a lightweight Slackware derivative that uses an Icewm, pcmanfm, ROX-Filer, ivman, and others to create a lightweight yet easy to use distribution. Installation is text-based but simplified, and all packages are installed at once. It can run on a Pentium MMX with 64MB of RAM (PII 400 with 128MB recommended). It features ease of browsing any connected device in pcmanfm and an auto-popup menu for inserted playable media. "Restricted" codecs are available to those eligible via a root-user installer. Along with CD2 there is a large range of software compiled on and for Absolute, including OpenOffice, Mplayer, GIMP, and K3B.

Author:
Paul Sherman [contact developer]

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8.46/10.00 (1 vote)

Homepage:
http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute/index.html
Changelog:
http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute/changelog.html
Bittorrent:
http://www.tuxdistro.com/browse.php?cat=17
Mailing list archive:
http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute/forum3/index.php
Mirror site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/absolute-linux/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Comments

[»] lol... if it wasn't that deceptive
by Michael Shigorin - Sep 8th 2007 05:12:07

> The kernel source was misconfigured
Absolutely.

Did you already encounter simple and elegant use cases with *data loss* thanks to ROX-Filer? Its XML desktop is even more horror than the Slackware itself :-(

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Michael Shigorin mike SOMEWHERE AT altlinux PLUS DOT org

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[»] Absolute-OS
by fanningm76 - Feb 5th 2007 12:38:36

I am happy to see the birth of this os. It seems to me to support the ideals of open source/ linux those ideals being a focus on individual applications to get stuff done in contrast to a monolithic structure to get everything done. I hope this os has a long life. Thank you.

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