ConnochaetOS 0.9.0

I am pleased to announce the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.0. After one year of development and after three years after the last release of it's predecessor DeLi Linux, this the first stable release of ConnochaetOS. In the last weeks since RC1 we simplified the installer once again, fixed some more bugs and updated the kernel, the web browser XXXTerm and other packages and produced some documentation.

ConnochaetOS 0.9.0 provides:

• Kernel Linux-Libre 2.6.32.43
• The IceWM Desktop 1.3.7
• A lighweight webkit based web browser - xxxterm
• Goffice Word processor and Spredsheet - Abiword and Gnumeric
• Lighweight E-mail and IRC app, multimedia player, file manager, cd burning tool and even some small games

Optional are available:

• Kernel Linux-Libre 2.6.39.4
• GNU Icecat - a libre Firefox derivative in the versions 3.6.16 and 5.0
• LXDE 0.5.x

and many other packages.

ConnochaetOS is a GNU/Linux desktop distribution for old computers. Minimum hardware requirements are:

• A i586 compatible processor (i. e. Pentium I)
• At least 64 MB RAM
• At least a 2 GB hard disk

ConnochaetOS is a libre GNU/Linux distribution which follows the “Guidelines for Free System Distributions”. See http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html for more information.