ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 lightweight version

Written by rugyada Friday, 21 June 2013 12:52

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ROSA announced a further expansion of ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 distribution series, an update of its distribution based on lightweight desktop environment, LXDE.

This distribution uses the same code base as recently released ROSA Desktop Fresh R1. The main difference of LXDE-based edition is a tendency to be minimalistic while preserving flexibility and usability.

The new version includes only really necessary software and is built with the "the easier, the faster" principle in mind: high work speed is achieved at the expense of simple interface and absence of “wonderful” effects.
The release is based on the time-proved GTK+2 framework, though some components are using the latest developments from GTK+3/GNOME3. As a result, the system is rather conservative but provides a set of modern features.

The new ROSA distribution differs from its analogues by a convenient system control center which can be launched from the system menu or by typing “lxde-control-center“ command. By means of this control center one can adjust different system settings:


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The main system characteristics of this release are the same as of ROSA R1 based on KDE4 except RAM requirements – LXDE edition can be installed to machines with 256 Mb of RAM, the recommended RAM size is 384 Mb.
Versions of the major system components:

    kernel-nrj-laptop-3.8.12
    lightdm-1.6.0
    openbox-3.5.0
    GTK+2/GTK+3
    NetworkManager-0.9.8
    PulseAudio-3
    X-Server 13

The ISO image also includes:

    DeaDBeeF music player
    VLC video player
    Firefox
    ClawsMail mail client
    Pidgin IM-client
    Parcellite clipboard manager
    qpdfview
    gparted


Download URLs and detailed information about this release can be found at our wiki:
http://wiki.rosalab.ru/en/index.php/ROSA_Desktop_Fresh_R1_LXDE

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New users can download ISO images for installation:
http://mirror.yandex.ru/rosa/rosa2012.1/iso/ROSA.FRESH.R1.LXDE/


Source: ROSA Forum
http://forum.rosalab.ru/en/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2156