Tuesday, October 31, 2017

DebEX Barebone Linux Returns to LXDE, Now Based on Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster"

After releasing the DebEX GNOME and DebEX KDE Plasma editions, GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton is announcing the availability of an updated version of the more lightweight DebEX Barebone distro.

Powered by the Linux 4.13 kernel series and based on the Debian Testing (upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster") and Debian Sid repositories, DebEX Barebone LXDE Build 171030 replaces the LXQt desktop environment that was used in previous versions with LXDE, probably to make the ISO smaller and the OS a bit faster.

"The ISO has decreased from 1860 MB to 1330 MB, which makes it easier to run the system live from RAM," said Arne Exton in the release announcement. "That ability allows DebEX LXDE to be very fast, since reading and writing data from/to RAM is much faster than on a hard disk drive."

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