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Minimalistic E17 Linux Distribution `Bodhi Linux` 2.3.0 Available For Download

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Bodhi Linux, a minimalistic Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the Enlightenment Desktop (<a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/?p=about/e17">E17</a>) by default, has reached version 2.3.0.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a title="Bodhi Linux" rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDmokxt6eFdR67lo2kn7JwB-7Rwr1UAnR_BVVG5EW0-sT8f6D_vD3jvnSMb8DqlWgDRg_mOFRs7jX8Q4dn8HiHGd3yFoQoEcTycMHr_gSfSobhWzDeyOwtCZ_CZ2aKYKx7Jgci3s3xhzO/s1600/bodhi-linux-eccess.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDmokxt6eFdR67lo2kn7JwB-7Rwr1UAnR_BVVG5EW0-sT8f6D_vD3jvnSMb8DqlWgDRg_mOFRs7jX8Q4dn8HiHGd3yFoQoEcTycMHr_gSfSobhWzDeyOwtCZ_CZ2aKYKx7Jgci3s3xhzO/s320/bodhi-linux-eccess.png" title="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>The Bodhi Linux 2.3.0 release brings:</b><br /><ul><li>Linux Kernel 3.8;</li><li>Enlightenment 0.17.1;</li><li>Midori 0.4.9;</li><li><a href="http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/terminology">Terminology</a> 0.3.0 (a really nice terminal emulator for E17);</li><li>eCcess system tool (a tool that lets you change the time and date and manage users / groups) - see screenshot above;</li><li>Ubiquity 2.12;</li><li>Repository updates: Firefox 19.0.2, Chromium 25, Nvidia 210 drivers and LibreOffice 4.0.1;</li><li>5 new themes available by default.</li></ul><br />Here are a few more screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a title="Bodhi Linux with the default theme, Tiling profile; on the left and bottom right: Terminology; on the top right: the default file manager" rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-nJO_hWWVQzbnLln_iDhHHYNLD_SfSZPq_sH_cogzJ0ytPH_jN3F6K83drgLhz_gBgFE0t6YVK9029iBAvpbxpndZijPSBYmP5Kp_AjEOnTlk93UPR27-nh1DVcgiIv2VDx06C05FvOs/s1600/bodhi-linux_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-nJO_hWWVQzbnLln_iDhHHYNLD_SfSZPq_sH_cogzJ0ytPH_jN3F6K83drgLhz_gBgFE0t6YVK9029iBAvpbxpndZijPSBYmP5Kp_AjEOnTlk93UPR27-nh1DVcgiIv2VDx06C05FvOs/s320/bodhi-linux_3.png" title="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodhi Linux with the default theme, Tiling profile; on the left and bottom right: Terminology; on the top right: the default file manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a title="New Bodhi Forum theme (Desktop profile)" rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmkksnrJ3PY8dX6z-VH3nUnIwkP_-trBJCt62T9DYTaGCT2LULpcyNhvKQ-dHP07vzXoJHDQQdOAkSesB78BYPWxwG-gS5DH1JZDGktZuvB_Mgpn9KhJ2Wu0EqkOxYL_RTCj29mZXGq4P/s1600/bodhi-linux_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmkksnrJ3PY8dX6z-VH3nUnIwkP_-trBJCt62T9DYTaGCT2LULpcyNhvKQ-dHP07vzXoJHDQQdOAkSesB78BYPWxwG-gS5DH1JZDGktZuvB_Mgpn9KhJ2Wu0EqkOxYL_RTCj29mZXGq4P/s320/bodhi-linux_2.png" title="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Bodhi Forum theme (Desktop profile)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a title="New Angelic theme (Compositing profile)" rel="image_group" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b-FdNofhL_P8m_Or88psCFyzUj7ocs8Wb4HpZIRMM1hOdPOqWOFvTj2e1mlPBDk_xzqWB0bTLJ8DlPqFiwI3Y60JC6ZpPnH0d9UjgOBn6DMwrjyM2sMlkTlU9jhPWVK8sckxQLzvv4Gp/s1600/bodhi-linux_5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4b-FdNofhL_P8m_Or88psCFyzUj7ocs8Wb4HpZIRMM1hOdPOqWOFvTj2e1mlPBDk_xzqWB0bTLJ8DlPqFiwI3Y60JC6ZpPnH0d9UjgOBn6DMwrjyM2sMlkTlU9jhPWVK8sckxQLzvv4Gp/s320/bodhi-linux_5.png" title="Bodhi Linux e17 desktop screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Angelic theme (Compositing profile)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This lightweight Linux distribution uses a "semi-rolling" release model: they follow the Ubuntu LTS release cycle for the core of the distribution but there's also backported software so users can stay up to date with applications such as Firefox, LibreOffice and other packages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><h2>Download Bodhi Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bodhi Linux is available for 32 bit (both PAE and non-PAE ISO files are available), 64 bit and ARMHF (Samsung Chromebook, MK802, Nexus 7, Raspbery Pi and Genesi Smartbook). <b>Download the latest Bodhi Linux 2.3.0 from its <a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/">homepage</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2013/03/bodhi-linux-230-released.html">Jeff Hoogland</a></i></div>

Minimalistic E17 Linux Distribution `Bodhi Linux` 2.3.0 Available For Download

Bodhi Linux, a minimalistic Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the Enlightenment Desktop ( E17 ) by default, has reached version 2...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/">Bodhi Linux</a> is a minimalistic Linux distribution that uses the Enlightenment Desktop (E17)</b>. Based on Ubuntu, Bodhi Linux is a semi-rolling release distribution: it comes with the core Ubuntu LTS packages but it also uses backports for its applications so the users can get the latest app updates.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-desktop.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Desktop profile, default theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 Desktop" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-desktop_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Desktop profile, default theme</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest <b>Bodhi Linux 2.2.0</b>, <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.ro/2013/01/bodhi-linux-220-released.html">released</a> yesterday, is the first version to ship with the new <b>stable E17 desktop</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But that's not all, the new release also comes with <b>two 32bit versions</b>: one that has PAE enabled by default and one that uses the non-PAE Linux Kernel - however, the non-PAE Kernel is older: 3.2 while the PAE-enabled version ships with the 3.7 Kernel. This means that old computers that couldn't boot the previous release (or that can't boot Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10) can now do so by using the Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 non-PAE ISO.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, with this release, Bodhi Linux uses <b>hybrid ISO images</b> so you can write the image using the "dd" command (but of course, using other tools such as Unetbootin still works).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other changes in Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 include: updated Bodhi QuickStart guide and Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment, a <b>new default theme</b> along with <b>refreshed default profiles</b> (Bare, Compositing, Desktop, Fancy, Laptop, Table and Tiling) and some <b>new themes installed by default</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You probably want to see some more screenshots, so here they are:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-compositing-sgrey-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Compositing profile, SGrey theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-compositing-sgrey-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compositing profile, SGrey theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-fancy.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Fancy profile"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-fancy_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy profile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-laptop-ness-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Laptop profile, Ness theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-laptop-ness-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laptop profile, Ness theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-moonlight-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Moonlight theme"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-moonlight-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonlight theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-tablet.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0: Tablet profile"><img alt="Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 screenshot" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bodhi-tablet_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tablet profile</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Those of you who aren't familiar with Bodhi Linux probably want to know its default application/package selection: by default, Bodhi Linux uses the <b>Enlightenment File Manager</b>, <b>Midori</b> as the default web browser, Leafpad text editor, LXTerminal, <b>Synaptic</b> Package Manager and LXDM for the login screen, among others.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In other Bodhi Linux <a href="http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.ro/2013/01/bodhi-is-arming-up-for-new-year.html">news</a>, the <b>Raspberry Pi and Samsung Chromebook ISOs were updated a couple of days ago</b>:</div><ul><li>the Raspberry Pi image got the new E17 packages along with WICD network manager by default which should be useful for PIs with wireless addons;</li><li>the Chromebook image now has audio working by default and smoother trackpad, including two finger tap.</li></ul><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/2013-01-04-10.34.59.jpg" rel="image_group" title="My... Raspberry Pi running Bodhi Linux">Here's a photo</a> of my <s>cat</s> Raspberry Pi running Bodhi Linux. <br /><ul></ul><br /><br /><h2>Download Bodhi Linux</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bodhi Linux is available for 32bit (both PAE-enabled and non-PAE), 64bit as well as ARMHF: for Raspberry Pi, Nexus 7, Samsung Chromebook and Genesi Smartbook.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bodhilinux.com/index.php">DOWNLOAD BODHI LINUX</a></div></div>

Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 Released With Stable E17 Desktop, non-PAE 32Bit ISO

Bodhi Linux is a minimalistic Linux distribution that uses the Enlightenment Desktop (E17) . Based on Ubuntu, Bodhi Linux is a semi-rolling...

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