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MLED 14.2 Release Notes 
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The Microlinux Enterprise Desktop 14.2 is a full-blown production desktop based
on Slackware Linux 14.2 and Xfce 4.12.


  * Introduction
  * Base Slackware components
  * Enhanced Xfce 4.12 desktop
  * Desktop applications
  * Utilities
  * Additional software
  * More information


Introduction
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The Microlinux Enterprise Desktop is a full-blown production desktop based on
Slackware Linux and the Xfce desktop environment, with many enhancements. It
is currently used by various small town halls, public libraries, schools and
local radio stations in South France.

MLED is not some derivative Linux distribution. It aims to provide all the
stuff that's commonly missing in Slackware - popular applications, multimedia
codecs, plugins, fonts, translations - through a series of package
repositories that can be easily managed through Slackware's package manager.
These package sets are installed on top of a trimmed-down but otherwise mostly
unaltered Slackware base system. A handful of stock Slackware packages have
been rebuilt for enhanced functionality. Elegant and sober artwork fit for use
in a corporate environment is included.

The first avatar of this project, dating back to 2006, was called "Slick
Linux" at the time and was based on Slackware 12.0 and Xfce 4.4. Over the
years, the project has undergone a few respins based on various desktop
environments. Since version 14.1, MLED is firmly based on Slackware and Xfce.


Base Slackware components
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MLED 14.2 makes use of the following base Slackware components:

  * Base system + X Window System
  * Xfce 4.12
  * Mozilla Firefox ESR
  * Mozilla Thunderbird ESR
  * Pidgin instant messaging application
  * GFTP client
  * NetworkManager
  * GIMP image manipulation software
  * ImageMagick software collection
  * XSane scanner software


Enhanced Xfce desktop
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The Xfce desktop is enhanced with the following packages:

  * Themed LXDM login manager
  * Elementary-Xfce icon theme
  * Aero mouse cursor theme (Windows 7 style)
  * Clearlooks Phenix theme (fit for GTK2 and GTK3 applications)
  * Plank application launcher
  * Whiskermenu application menu
  * Rebuilt Tumbler with extra functionality
  * Collection of extra TrueType fonts (XP, Vista, OS X)
  * Sober wallpapers fit for use in a "corporate" environment
  * Custom desktop menu entries (english, french, german)
  * File Roller archive manager
  * Translations for Mozilla Firefox ESR (french and german)
  * Translations for Mozilla Thunderbird ESR (french and german)
  * Appealing default user profile


Desktop applications
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MLED provides the following desktop applications:

  * LibreOffice + translations (french and german)
  * Audacious audio player, rebuilt with full multimedia capabilities
  * VLC video player, built with full multimedia capabilities
  * MPlayer, rebuilt with full multimedia capabilities
  * Asunder audio CD ripper
  * Audacity audio editor
  * Recoll file search utility
  * Conky system monitor
  * Inkscape vector graphics application
  * Gedit text editor
  * Openshot video editor
  * Scribus desktop publishing application
  * Transmission BitTorrent client
  * Remmina remote desktop client
  * Brasero CD/DVD burning software
  * Evince document viewer
  * Gthumb image viewer
  * Gtkam PTP camera management application
  * Calibre E-book reader
  * Galculator pocket calculator
  * Full KVM stack with Qemu and Libvirt


Utilities
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Under the hood, MLED is shipping all the stuff that's commonly missing in a
stock Slackware system.

  * Basic command-line utilities: p7zip, unrar, recode, sbopkg
  * Slackpkg+ preconfigured for MLED repositories
  * Java Development Kit
  * Collection of multimedia codecs and libraries: ffmpeg, libdvdcss, etc.
  * Flash player


Additional software
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The following applications are available in the [extras] repository:

  * VirtualBox virtualization software
  * Anki educational software
  * Blender 3D graphics software
  * Gtkcdlabel CD label generator
  * AMule P2P client with UPnP support
  * HandBrake DVD encoder
  * Homebank personal finance software
  * LibreCAD open source CAD application
  * Easytag ID3 tagger
  * Filezilla FTP/SFTP client
  * OwnCloud client
  * Simple Scan scanning application
  * Virt-Manager for KVM virtualization
  * Remmina remote desktop application
  * WinFF multimedia encoding frontend

More extra software may be added post-release.


More information
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Learn more about the project here:

  * http://www.microlinux.eu


Enjoy!

Niki Kovacs <info@microlinux.fr>


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