Austrumi

Infobox_OS
name = Austrumi Linux


caption = Austrumi logo
developer = Andrejs Meinerts
family = Linux
source_model = Open source
working_state = Current
latest_release_version = 1.7.2
latest_release_date = June 16, 2008
kernel_type = Monolithic kernel
license = Various
website = [http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/ Austrumi]

AUSTRUMI (Austrum Latvijas Linukss) is a business card size (50 MB) bootable live CD operating system. It is based on Slackware with initialization scripts borrowed from the Blin project. It was created and is currently being maintained by a group of programmers from Latgale region of Latvia. The current official release of Austrumi Linux is 1.7.2. It requires limited system resources and can run on any Intel-compatible system with a CD-ROM installed. The entire operating system and all the applications run from RAM, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts.

It currently contains 62 packages including graphic editors, office suite, networking tools, Internet browsers, FTP and mail clients, multimedia packages, classic games and system tools. It used openbox as its window manager prior to release 1.2.0. In release 1.2.0 it switched over to the Enlightenment window manager and in release 1.5.0 to the Metacity window manager.

System requirements

* CPU - Intel-compatible
* RAM - at least 128 MB
* CD-ROM - bootable CD-ROM drive / USB 2.0 port

External links

* [http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/ Official site]
* [http://blin.zp.ua/ Blin Linux official site]
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