Monthly Stats - January 2013

Sponsorships:

Snowlinux is proudly sponsored by:

 

To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Snowlinux sponsors, please visit: /donors/

Donations:

A total of $208,23 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 15 donors:

Raymond S. $2,00

Alexander A. $10,00

C. Helie $10,00

Christian H. $10,00

Professor L. $10,00

Ryan L. $10,00

Vaughan J. $10,00

Jens G. $13,28

Francesco S. $13,34

B. K. $13,46

Reijo H. $19,78

Albrecht B. $26,37

 Gary G. $20,00

Kai P. $20,00

Stephen L. $20,00

If you want to help Snowlinux with a donation, please visit /donors/

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 864 (10th)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 918,171st

Events:


News and summary:

  • Many thanks to our sponsors, partners and donors. We received an amazing mount of donations. Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" was a great success. This was the biggest amout of donations since the start of the project.
  • The new Snowlinux 4 "Cinnamon" ISO is still in development. We need to tackle a critical bug before the stable release.
  • The team is almost entirely focused on the development of Snowlinux 5. Thanks to your donations, we were able to set up GPG repositories and a build server.

Snowlinux 4 XFCE & E17 released!

The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 XFCE & E17.

 

 

Snowlinux 4 XFCE                                 Snowlinux 4 E17

 

Snowlinux 4 XFCE is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 "Wheezy" and uses Linux 3.5. Snowlinux 4 XFCE & E17 is available in two ISOs. Two ISO images are available. The XFCE edition contains XFCE 4.10 and the E17 edition contains E17. While the XFCE edition fits on CD, the E17 edition doesn't. Both are using Firefox, Thunderbird, Abiword, Shotwell and Pidgin by default.

 

New features:

  • Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy 7.0
  • Linux 3.5
  • XFCE 4.10
  • E17
  • LightDM
  • Snowlinux LightDM greeter
  • Snowlinux Plymouth theme
  • Improved Snowlinux-Metal-Theme
  • Improved Snowlinux-Metal-Icons
  • SnowMount
  • Firefox 17
  • Thunderbird 17
  • Snowlinux HD backgrounds
  • Updated software
  • Improved speed and response
  • System improvements

 

For a complete overview of the new features, visit: “What's new in Snowlinux 4 XFCE" / “What's new in Snowlinux 4 E17"

Make sure to read the “Release Notes (XFCE) / Release Notes (E17)” to be aware of important info or known issues related to this release.

 

Upstream information:

Snowlinux 4 XFCE & E17 is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 "Wheezy" Stable. It comes along with the Linux kernel 3.5 and XFCE & E17. It has installed Firefox 17, Thunderbird 17, Abiword, Shotwell and Pidgin by default.

 

Life cycle:

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is supported until February 2016.

 

Compatibility with Debian:

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is 100 % compatible with Debian's Repository.

 

System requirements:

  • x86-CPU
  • 256 MB memory
  • 2 GB free disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

 

Md5sum:

XFCE

32-bit: 475dcb2b9a7a1f523287db5e29397cbb

64-bit: e3e89d998d66b73d6b98bb58fb3f7bef

E17

32-bit: d660791ec164c9a411b7c62749ee26ca

64-bit: 72b63ffdd10cb01eb81a2594b0bd6450

 

Download:

XFCE

32-bit

64-bit

E17

32-bit

64-bit

 

We are looking forward to your comment on this release. Thank you for using Snowlinux and enjoy this new release.

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" released!

The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 "Glacier".

 

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier"

 

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 "Wheezy" and uses Linux 3.5. MATE 1.4 is the default desktop environment and LightDM as new default login manager to replace GDM 3. It was built an own greeter for LightDM. There were introduced much new features like snowMenu, the Snowlinux menu and snowMount, the Snowlinux mount tool for drives. The Snowlinux-Metal-Theme was colored blue and the icon set was updated with the latest Faience icons. Snowlinux uses Pidgin now as default IM client. This release comes along Firefox 17 and Thunderbird 17, LibreOffice, Rhythmbox and Shotwell.

 

New features:

  • Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy 7.0
  • Linux 3.5
  • MATE 1.4
  • LightDM
  • Snowlinux LightDM greeter
  • Snowlinux Plymouth theme
  • Improved Snowlinux-Metal-Theme
  • Improved Snowlinux-Metal-Icons
  • SnowMenu
  • SnowMount
  • Firefox 17
  • Thunderbird 17
  • Snowlinux HD backgrounds
  • Updated software
  • Improved speed and response
  • System improvements

 

For a complete overview of the new features, visit: “What's new in Snowlinux 4 "Glacier"“.

Make sure to read the “Release Notes” to be aware of important info or known issues related to this release.

 

Upstream information:

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 "Wheezy" Stable. It comes along with the Linux kernel 3.5 and MATE 1.4. It has installed Firefox 17, Thunderbird 17, Libreoffice, Rhythmbox and Shotwell by default.

 

Life cycle:

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is supported until February 2016.

 

Compatibility with Debian:

Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" is 100 % compatible with Debian's Repository.

 

System requirements:

  • x86-CPU
  • 256 MB memory
  • 2 GB free disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

 

Md5sum:

32-bit: e6c8552b649385ab3047f79d5a385fb8

64-bit: 1b076ab19f53ae1173fc7c46777c3b67

 

Download:

32-bit

64-bit

 

We are looking forward to your comment on this version. Thank you for using Snowlinux and enjoy this new version.