HTTP:: Test Drive of Spri Linux Beta
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from the well-known hardware compatibility, package management and support that the popular distro has amassed in time. The Spri Beta 2.11 version is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and comes in a 340MB ISO file, quite close in filesize to the Lubuntu beta that we wrote about last week. Nothing special kernel-wise, it's the default 2.6.28-15 kernel that is in Ubuntu right now, and IceWM's version is 1.2.37. While booting the operating system, you will definitely notice the lack of a splash screen, usplash or otherwise, and probably some errors about kernel wlan modules. The installer is the same one used in Ubuntu,!
I won't give you any special cues on the installation process itself, because it really can't get much easier than it already is. The login screen is provided by slim, and it's pretty simple and elegant. The default IceWM desktop is also simple, themed in light colors, and it features a Conky instance centered at the top of the screen...
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