Absolute Linux is a discontinued lightweight Linux distribution that works on older hardware and is based on Slackware Linux. The client is designed for everyday use (internet, multimedia, documents). Absolute Linux's default window and file managers are IceWM and ROX-Filer. Some of the programs offered by default include: GIMP, LibreOffice, Firefox, Xfburn, p7zip, qBittorrent, and Vivaldi. Many script utilities are included with Absolute Linux to aid with configuration and maintenance of the system.
Absolute Linux uses a graphical frontend to XPKGTOOL. Absolute Linux also bundles Gsplat, a Graphical frontend to Slapt-get which works similarly to Apt-get.
On 15 December 2024, the maintainer, Paul Sherman, announced that Absolute Linux is no longer in development.
See also
- IceWM
- Lightweight Portable Security
- Lightweight Linux distribution
- Slackware
- Slapt-get
- Linux distribution
External links
References
"About Absolute Linux". Absolute Linux. https://www.absolutelinux.org/about.html ↩
"DistroWatch.com: Absolute Linux". DistroWatch. Retrieved 9 November 2015. http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=absolute ↩
"package list". https://www.absolutelinux.org/package_list64.html ↩
"Absolute Linux is an absolute winner". Linux.com. 7 August 2007. https://www.linux.com/news/absolute-linux-absolute-winner/ ↩
"End of the line for Absolute". https://www.absolutelinux.org ↩