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Singkong Linux is simple and traditional Linux distribution, based on Slackware. Singkong means cassava in English.I like cassava. Simple and delicious.

Some features of Singkong Linux 1.0

• Use Lightweight but modern desktop environment (Xfce)
• Comes with many applications:
  • Office: Abiword (Word processor), Gnumeric (Spreadsheet) and orage (Calendar)
  • Multimedia: MPlayer (support many codecs:), ffmpeg, many libraries.
  • Graphics: GIMP image editor and GQview
  • Tons of development tools including compilers/interpreters, libraries, toolkits, bindings, IDEs and kernel source. Examples are Ultimate++, Glade3, Qt, PHP (plus PHP-GTK+, postgresql,mysql,sqlite support), Python (and PyGtk, PyQt), Lua, wxWidgets, and many more.
  • Network tools: Opera web browser, Sylpheed email client, gFTP, pidgin instant messenger, Xchat IRC and more. Also comes with Samba and Apache httpd.
  • Various tools like Thunar file manager, Xfburn CD/DVD burner, xCHM CHM viewer, Xpdf PDF viewer, GNU Privacy Assistant, Xarchiver archive manager, Mousepad text editor and many more.
  • Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sqlite 2.x/3.x. Strange for desktop users, but developers might need them :)
  • Wine for running Windows applications.
  • Game: XMAME and BSD games.
• Some printers and scanners support. Also supports many hardwares.
• HAL support
• All comes in one 700 MB CDROM :)

Don't expect too much from Singkong Linux

• There is no fancy thing like desktop effect
• No such graphical-and-easy-to-use control panel
• Lack of popular application:
  • OpenOffice.org (in extra)
  • No Mozilla Firefox, no Mozilla Thunderbird
  • No GNOME desktop, no KDE.
• There are bugs, should be. Please let me know :)
• Singkong Linux is traditional distribution. If it go too fancy, it might be bug :p