Zenwalk GNU Linux: What is it and what's new?
On September 10, the launch of Zenwalk Current-230909. Which is the last known stable version of said Distro, that is, Zenwalk GNU Linux. And since, we have never talked about it here on DesdeLinux, today we will dedicate this timely publication to it.
Which will be really great, since, in the past we have addressed complete publications to the Distro Slackware. And derivatives of this, such as Salix, Slax y Slackel, among other. Therefore, making known about Zenwalk will be something really nice, and possibly long awaited by some.
But, before starting reading this post about the Distro "Zenwalk GNU/Linux", we recommend the previous related post with the release of Slackware 15, for later reading:
Zenwalk GNU Linux: A Distro based on Slackware
What is Zenwalk GNU/Linux?
According to Official website from “Zenwalk GNU/Linux”, it is described as follows:
Currently, Zenwalk is a “pure” 64-bit Slackware system with post-installation configurations, optimizations and tweaks out of the box, with a polished, fully operational desktop environment, with added graphical system tools, additional office and multimedia applications, and a robust configuration to efficiently maintain only “one application per task”.
However, today, Zenwalk aims to be one of the best existing multimedia operating systems. Therefore, it offers by default (already installed) several new applications and multimedia frameworks: Navidrome Music Server, Jellyfin Media Center, Lollypop Music Player, Rygel DLNA Server, among others. Besides, offers Pipewire as the default sound system, which completely replaces Pulseaudio.
And if you want to know more about Zenwalk GNU/Linux, we recommend you visit its official section on the DistroWatch website, where it occupies position 179 in popularity. Or if you wish, be able to download it directly from your official Download section.
What's new in Zenwalk GNU Linux Current-230909
Zenwalk is a GNU/Linux Distro that was developed and released during the year 2004 and 2005 respectively. After that, she traveled a long path full of frequent changes until the year 2016, where his version 8.0. From then on, nothing more was known about it until year 2022 with its version 15.0-220204, which was released after the release of Slackware 15.
While now, with his current version-230909 of the current year 2023 and according to its official launch announcement, presents the following 5 outstanding novelties, among many others:
- This edition provides a complete rebuild of the project from specific Slackware and Zenwalk packages.
- The desktop has been updated to use the latest Adwaita themes with a unified look and feel for GTK4, GTK3, GTK2 and QT applications.
- The desktop is built on the latest stable version of the XFCE desktop environment, but with an original Zenwalk design, one of a kind that uses a central dock at the bottom.
- Flatpak package management support is installed by default and out of the box.
- At the application level, the presence of the software tool called Syncthing stands out for synchronizing folders in real time with any device desde Linux, Android to IOS and Windows, which would be equivalent to having a kind of private OneDrive/GDriver, but open source.
Summary
In summary, this GNU/Linux Distribution based on Slackware called "Zenwalk GNU/Linux" which now offers an updated and improved version under the name Zenwalk GNU Linux Current-230909, has a lot to offer today, as much as it did yesterday. Above all, because of the great versatility it offers by seeking to be light, fast, focusing on the use of the graphical desktop and multimedia tools. And at the same time, offer a complete programming environment with the necessary libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Therefore, without a doubt, and as usual, we invite you to download it, try it and tell us your impressions about it, via comments.
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