Salix XFCE 15.0: New version of Linux based on Slackware

Salix XFCE 15.0: New version of Linux based on Slackware

This first week of September has brought little news regarding new releases of relevant and well-known Distros, such as, Linux From Scratch 11.2 y Ubuntu 20.04.5. For this reason, we do not want to overlook another interesting release that is the following: “Salix XFCE 15.0”.

Points that make this release something interesting or striking, is that the GNU/Linux Salix distribution it is based on Slackware. And as we already know, this base distribution, mother or principal; at the beginning of years and after more than six years of development since its last release, I release its latest stable version called Slackware 15.0, with which, once again, they offer their faithful users, a latest operating system with some of the latest and best GNU/Linux technologies.

And, before entering fully into today's topic dedicated to the application “Salix XFCE 15.0”, we will leave for those interested, some links to previous related posts:

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Salix XFCE 15.0: A Linux for lazy bums

About the GNU/Linux Distro

According to his Official websiteThis GNU / Linux distribution It is briefly described as follows:

“Salix is ​​a Slackware-based GNU/Linux distribution that is simple, fast and easy to use, with stability being its main goal. It's also fully backward compatible with Slackware, so Slackware users can benefit from the Salix repositories, which they can use as a source of "extra" quality software for their favorite distro. And just like a Bonsai, Salix is ​​a small, light distribution, and the result of infinite care”.

While, of his many features and functionalities the following stand out:

1. It is fully backward compatible with Slackware.
2. Supports support for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
3. Includes blazing fast package tools.
4. It offers one application per task in installing the ISO.
5. It is very well optimized for use on desktop computers.
6. It has high-quality package repositories with dependency support.
7. Its installation is based on text dialogs, but in an intuitive way (easy to use and complete).
8. It has very simple and fully localized operating system administration tools.
9. Its installation process is very fast, which allows a full installation in less than 5 minutes.
10. It offers 3 installation modes (full, basic and minimal), and all 3 include the installation of a complete development environment, so anyone can start developing and building apps.

What's New in Salix XFCE 15.0

According to official launch announcement, on their web forum, the most outstanding news of this new and last stable version are the following:

1. It is now based on GTK+3.
2. It includes XFCE 4.16 as the main environment.
3. All the native and well-known graphical tools of the system have been completely updated.
4. By default, it comes with Firefox 102ESR, LibreOffice 7.4, GIMP 2.10, and more.
5. Add Whiskermenu as Default Panel Menu.
6. Its new GUI comes with a new GTK theme, icon theme, window manager theme, and a default wallpaper.
7. Their software repositories now include thousands of packages available for immediate installation through the Gslapt package manager.
8. It makes use of PAM, GCC 11, GLIBC 2.33 and kernel 5.15.63 in a way that is inherited by the Slackware base. However, ConsoleKit has been superseded by elogind.
9. Includes support for software via flatpaks, moreover, it has Flathub as a pre-configured software source to install any available software with a few clicks.
10. Its classic text-dialog based installer is now more friendly and modern, and includes support for the following languages: Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian .

Screen shots

On their website they have a great collection of screenshots about the new version, but then we leave you the first 3 so that you have a precise idea of ​​its renewed visual aspect:

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Summary

In short, this new version of “Salix XFCE 15.0” really, and just like its Slackware base and all those other Distros based on it, like Slax and Slackel, incorporate big changes and news, each with its own style and vision, due to the enormous time that has passed since its last stable version. So if you are passionate user of Slackware and its derivativesI really should try what's new in this Distro.

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