[ubuntu-in] Type of distros

Mani A a.mani.cms at gmail.com
Sat Aug 30 23:22:55 BST 2008


About 10 distros have this type of features by default !

Jani Mosones has announced the release of Kiwi Linux 8.08, an
Ubuntu-based distribution with support for multimedia codecs,
encrypted DVDs, Flash and other desktop conveniences: "Kiwi Linux 8.08
is a desktop CD derivative based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS for the x86
architecture. It contains packages necessary for playing restricted
audio, video and Flash formats by default and supports the SpeedTouch
330 USB ADSL modem. Differences with respect to Ubuntu 8.04.1:
packages up to date as of 28 August 2008; Thunderbird as the default
mail client, Audacious as the default music player; Flash plugin and
all GStreamer codecs; Compiz extra settings GUI; unrar and MS TrueType
fonts; a graphical tool for restoring GRUB; Midnight Commander; the
Medibuntu repositories enabled by default to allow installing
w32codecs, Skype and Google Earth." Read the full release announcement
for more details

http://groups.google.com/group/kiwilinux/web/kiwi-8-08-release-notes

Best

A. Mani



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