Leeenux Linux

Leeenux Linux is an operating system for netbooks, mainly for ASUS Eee PC with 7" screen, but works on all netbooks. It is based on Ubuntu and easypeasy and contains only free and open source software.

Main characteristics

• Uses the Ubuntu 9.04 release as a base and is modified from EasyPeasy 1.5
• Made for Asus eee netbooks with 7" screen, but works with all the netbooks.
• Everything works Out of the box for Asus eee models with 7" screen
• No Proprietary software, not even drivers. This means it is Free in any way
• Uses Ubuntu Netbook Remix menu
• Licenced under GNU General Public License version 3
• Iso is 386MB, Installed takes up to 1.2GB
• Uses eee-control
• Distribution is made using remastersys remastering software
• No Qt, Mono or Java apps

History

Leeenux started as a personal modification of easypeasy. The goal was to free up space on the 4GB SSD that comes with the Asus Eee 4G Surf, also known as the 701G. By removing software such as the proprietary Picasa and Skype, KDE apps, QT libraries, Mono, and Sun Java, a significant amount of space was freed. Instead, default gnome apps were installed, and nearly 2GB of space was saved. After removing unused graphics and help documents, it came to be 1.7GB. After adding custom graphics, it became Leeenux 1.0. After removing drivers for nVidia and ATI as well as other unneeded software, the distribution (v1.1) came to 1.4GB when installed. 1.2 version has resolved bugs discovered in version 1.1. v1.3 had significant increase in performance and resolved bugs. v2.0 is a major release of Leeenux with improved appearance, less memory but more apps. It will not have sub-versions, but instead the team is working on v3.0.

Previous Releases

Leeenux 1.0 - September 2009

Leeenux 1.1 - October 17^th, 2009

Leeenux 1.2 - October 25^th, 2009

Leeenux 1.3 - October 31^st, 2009

Leeenux 2.0 - January 31^st, 2010

Roadmap (Future Releases)

Leeenux 3.0 - March 2010

New kernel, based on Ubuntu UNR 9.10.

Leeenux 4.0 - May 2010

Based on Ubuntu UNR 10.04.

List of preinstalled applications

For a full list, reference here: [1] List of most important apps:

GNOME Commander - two panel file manager Gnote - C++ port of Tomboy DOSBox Emulator - DOS Emulator ZSNES Emulator - Super Nintendo Emulator Gens SEGA Emulator Cheese - App for Web Camera GNU Paint - Simple paint application

gThumb Image Viewer Mozila Thunderbird Mail Firefox v3.7 web browser Pidgin Internet Messenger AbiWord Gnumeric

Gnash SWF Viewer Totem Movie Player Rhythmbox Music Player Sound Recorder Remastersys - backup utility

See also

List of Ubuntu-based distributions Linux distribution Comparison of netbook-oriented Linux distributions List of Linux distributions

ASUS Eee PC Comparison of netbooks Ubuntu Netbook Remix

References

About Leeenux Why Leeenux? Get Leeenux

How to install Leeenux? List of pre-installed apps Screenshots

External links

• Leeenux Linux official site