SpiralLinux is available in seven desktop flavours (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, Budgie, GNOME, LXQt, and KDE Plasma) along with a more minimal Builder edition. They just use different parent distributions to provide their packages. The two projects, SpiralLinux and GeckoLinux, share a common developer, common goals, and the same philosophy. If the description sounds familiar it may be because SpiralLinux is developed by the same person who created GeckoLinux, a desktop-oriented spin of openSUSE which strives to be easy to set up and use out-of-the-box. SpiralLinux serves as an alternative live installation method for a highly reliable customized Debian system using only official Debian package repositories. SpiralLinux is a selection of Linux spins built from Debian GNU/Linux, with a focus on simplicity and out-of-the-box usability across all the major desktop environments. The project is described on its website as follows: SpiralLinux is a young distribution which appeared on the DistroWatch waiting list in the middle of 2022. New distributions: Crystal Linux, Loc-OS Linux, CachyOS.Opinion poll: Should SpiralLinux offer a rolling release edition?.Questions and answers: Finding distributions for older equipment and other purposes.News: SUSE begins releasing ALP prototypes, Fedora drops support for some codecs in the Mesa package, Mint presents new features, changes to Debian's install media.We wish you all a terrific week and happy reading! Ubuntu Unity is the latest official community edition of Ubuntu and features the Unity 7 desktop environment. Finally, we welcome the Ubuntu Unity distribution to our database. Plus we are pleased to share the releases of the past week and list the torrents we are seeding. We offer a number of ways to find all sorts of distributions and we share tips on locating distributions based on common search criteria in this week's Questions and Answers segment. Many people visit DistroWatch in order to find distributions with specific characteristics or which are suited for a key purpose. Plus we share some new features coming to the Linux Mint distribution and a change coming to Debian's install media. We also share news of Fedora dropping some codec support from the Mesa package and the legal rational for this change. In our News section we talk about SUSE showing off prototypes of the new Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP) edition which is expected to replace SUSE Linux Enterprise sometime in the future. Do you like the idea of a rolling edition of SpiralLinux? Let us know in this week's Opinion Poll. While GeckoLinux has two main branches, Static and Rolling, SpiralLinux currently has just one fixed release branch. Read on to learn of Jesse Smith's first impressions of the distribution. This week we begin with a look at SpiralLinux, a Debian-based desktop distribution from the creator of GeckoLinux. Debian's base offers a great deal of flexibility and it allows the distribution's software to be reformed into all sorts of shapes and for all sorts of purposes. Welcome to this year's 40th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!ĭebian is sometimes referred to as the grandparent distribution because so many Linux distributions are, directly or indirectly, based on it.
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