Snowlinux

What's new in Snowlinux 3

Linux kernel

We updated the Linux kernel to 3.2 to support more hardware (more graphic cards, more WLAN cards) out-of-the-box.

Gnome 2

Due massive changes on Gnome with Gnome 3 and its Gnome Shell and on Ubuntu's Unity we are keeping Gnome 2.32.

Support for more hardware

We added firmware-linux-nonfree to support more hardware out-of-the-box.

Firefox 14.1

We built Firefox 14.1 for Debian's base and integrated it into Snowlinux 3 "Crystal".

Thunderbird 14

We built Thunderbird 14.1 for Debian's base and integrated it into Snowlinux 3 "Crystal".

Terminal background

We modified the Snowlinux-Metal-Theme to use a black background for the Gnome terminal.

LibreOffice

We integrated the new office suite LibreOffice 3.4.3 into Snowlinux 3 "Crystal".

Dropbox integration

Nautilus Dropbox was integrated to make the work with Snowlinux more reliable. This offers the possibility to upload and share files in a cloud.

Sharing files

Nautilus-Share was integrated to be able to share files from Nautilus to other persons.

RAR

We integrated unrar to be able to manage RAR files (packaging, extracting etc.).