Austrumi Linux 1.9.3
I got another interesting distro review suggestion by DJiNN on the Request A Review page recently so I thought I’d take a look at Austrumi Linux in this review. Austrumi Linux is based on Slackware and is pretty tiny in terms of size, weighing in at about 108MB.
As you might imagine, Austrumi Linux is not geared toward competing with Ubuntu, Fedora or any of the larger desktop distributions. Rather it’s all about portability and the ability to maximize utility while minimizing the actual size of the distribution.
What’s New In This Release
Here’s a list of changes in this release:
- made 2 new themes for FVWM
- improved wireless configuration tool (OPEN, WEP, WPA and WPA2)
- added dovecot – IMAP and POP3 server
- added ktsuss – graphical version of `su`
- added lxtask – lightweight task manager
- added pkgtools – utilities for handling Slackware packages
- added recordmydesktop – desktop session recorder
- added slapt-get with gslapt – package management system
- added wmhdplop – a hard drive activity monitor dockapp
- added wmmixer – mixer dockapp
- added xtrlock – a very minimal X display lock program
- added xz – compression utility based on the LZMA
- removed aspell added hunspell
- removed aterm added urxvt
- removed bluefish added geany
- updated: abiword, cdrtools, cpio, firefox, flash-player, gimp, gpicview, gv, hardinfo, hiawatha, less, linuxdcpp, mc, mplayer, MySQL, ntfs-3g, Nvidia, pcmanfm, php, squashfs-tools, tightvnc, transmission, wireless-tools, wpa_supplicant, xfonts-terminus, Xorg-server
- updated libs: alsa, cairo, enchant, freetype2, glib2, glibc, gtk2, libacl1, libattr1, libogg, libpcap, libpng, libvorbis, mesa, ncurses, openssl, pango, pixman, readline, slang, sqlite, xlibs
- removed compiz & emerald, metacity, RutilT, wbar
- updated kernel 2.6.30
Requirements & Installation
Austrumi requires the following:
- CPU – Intel-compatible (pentium2 or later);
- RAM – at least 256 MB (if 256 Mb or less, then run boot: al nocache);
- HD – not needed;
- CD-ROM – bootable CD-ROM drive.
Austrumi is designed to run in RAM so an install is not necessary to use it. However, you do have the option to install it to a hard disk or onto a USB device. I mucked around with the hard disk install but wasn’t able to get it to work in VirtualBox. Your mileage may vary, however, so if you want to play around and see if you can get it installed, go for it. Please take a moment and share the results in the comments section below if you do decide to do an install.
Note that you should be sure to choose English while on the boot up screen if that’s the language you want to use while running Austrumi Linux.
(4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
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I tried versions 1.8.5 and 1.9.3 and when it is starting stops booting with a problem about PAE (Physical Address Extension)
If Austrumi is good for old machines, why that problem?
My CPU is Intel Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz
@ tlmck:
Well i don’t know about you but i found Midori really easy to use, it’s webkit based so is compatible with most sites and it really small (10MB), i only found out about it when i booted up Slitaz 3.0. Firefox isn’t really useful for older machines since it’s essentially the RAM Hog of the decade.
guys, i do really need your help for my school assignment. i’ve been searching for a code name of DreamLinux, but i find nothing. do you know what is the code name for DreamLinux? thanks.