Hi
Relative Linux noobie here. I have until recently had Puppy (Slacko 5.7) on USB which I played with on occasion but recently installed Simplicity Linux 14.7 on my hard drive alongside XP. Quite impressed with it overall, though still a lot to learn about configuring it. I have now run version 15.1 of Desktop from CD and see that it is 205MB smaller than 14.7. It no longer has Firefox, Seamonkey, AbiWord, LibreOffice, though these can be installed through package manager. I would be interested to hear why these were dropped from being included by default. I think AbiWord is a gem. What has actually improved about this version?
Last edit: G Blaikie 2015-02-03
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To g.Blaikie, You usually can install all the packeges you list through the package manager.Open it up and after updating it with configure and update (you will see what i mean when you open it) put the necessary packages in search and it will present them in the window and allow you to install. It also allows for checking dependencies which should be done first. It is really simple to use. As for the change i expect it's to allow for a more personal creation, not everyone wants libreoffice, etc. and the less bloat the better.
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Hi
Relative Linux noobie here. I have until recently had Puppy (Slacko 5.7) on USB which I played with on occasion but recently installed Simplicity Linux 14.7 on my hard drive alongside XP. Quite impressed with it overall, though still a lot to learn about configuring it. I have now run version 15.1 of Desktop from CD and see that it is 205MB smaller than 14.7. It no longer has Firefox, Seamonkey, AbiWord, LibreOffice, though these can be installed through package manager. I would be interested to hear why these were dropped from being included by default. I think AbiWord is a gem. What has actually improved about this version?
Last edit: G Blaikie 2015-02-03
looks like this could be good for the Raspberry Pi Is there goingto be a version suitable for a ARM processor like in the Raspberry Pi2
To g.Blaikie, You usually can install all the packeges you list through the package manager.Open it up and after updating it with configure and update (you will see what i mean when you open it) put the necessary packages in search and it will present them in the window and allow you to install. It also allows for checking dependencies which should be done first. It is really simple to use. As for the change i expect it's to allow for a more personal creation, not everyone wants libreoffice, etc. and the less bloat the better.