
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)
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Multimedia: MPlayer (support many codecs:), ffmpeg,
many libraries.
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Graphics: GIMP image editor and GQview
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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.
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Network tools: Opera web browser, Sylpheed email client,
gFTP, pidgin instant messenger, Xchat IRC and more.
Also comes with Samba and Apache httpd.
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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.
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Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sqlite 2.x/3.x. Strange
for desktop users, but developers might need them :)
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Wine for running Windows applications.
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Game: XMAME and BSD games.
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Some printers and scanners support.
Also supports many hardwares.
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HAL support
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All comes in one 700 MB CDROM :)
Don't expect too much from Singkong Linux
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There is no fancy thing like desktop effect
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No such graphical-and-easy-to-use control panel
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Lack of popular application:
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OpenOffice.org (in extra)
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No Mozilla Firefox, no Mozilla Thunderbird
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No GNOME desktop, no KDE.
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There are bugs, should be. Please let me know :)
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Singkong Linux is traditional distribution.
If it go too fancy, it might be bug :p