DeLi Linux

Desktop Light Linux

DeLi Linux 0.7.1 running Dillo and Abiword
Company / developer	Henry Jensen
OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Latest stable release	0.8.0 / May 28, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-05-28)
Package manager	Pacman
Kernel type	Monolithic
Default user interface	IceWM
License	Various
Official website	deli.tavvva.net

Desktop Light Linux (DeLi Linux for short) is a desktop Linux distribution for old PCs.

Release history

Until version 0.6.1 DeLi Linux was based on Slackware 7, using Linux 2.2.

DeLi Linux version 0.7 is a development from scratch with Linux 2.4.33.3 and no longer based on Slackware. The OS still used the Slackware package management, additionally there is a new port system based on CRUX. DeLi Linux is now based on uClibc instead of the GNU C Library. A port of OpenBSD's Korn shell is used as the default shell.

Version 0.8 introduced the Pacman package manager, and the 0.8 series will focus on internationalisation. Version 0.8.0 also switched the web browser to NetSurf and Skipstone, having previously been Konqueror Embedded, and Dillo before that.

DeLi Linux

Version	Date
0.1	November 2, 2002
0.2	March 19, 2003
0.3	July 9, 2003
0.4	November 26, 2003
0.5	December 16, 2003
0.6	June 16, 2004
0.6.1	September 9, 2004
0.7	2006-09-15
0.7.1	2006-10-17
0.7.2	2007-05-18
0.8.0	2008-05-28

Software

DeLi Linux comes with Abiword and Siag Office as the office suites. For the web browser, there are NetSurf and Skipstone. Included email clients are Mutt and Sylpheed. Window managers IceWM and Fluxbox are included. For editing, DeLi Linux offers e3, elvis and Beaver.

Since DeLi Linux ships only light weight software, many popular open source packages are not included, such as GNOME, KDE, Emacs and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Requirements

DeLi Linux needs a 386 with 32 MB RAM as a minimum. However, a Linux Swap partition needs to be selected during setup to run DeLi with less than 48 MB RAM. It should work smoothly with a 486. A full installation with all packages requires nearly 750 MB of hard disk space.^[1][2]

Successor project

In August 2010 the developers announced that DeLi Linux will be discontinued. Instead there will be a successor project, ConnochaetOS[1], which will be a distribution for old computers, but with modern software. ConnochaetOS wants to follow the Guidelines for Free System Distributions of the Free Software Foundation.^[3]

See also

Free software portal

• Lightweight Linux distribution

References

1. ^ Review of DeLi Linux 0.7.2 at Distrowatch
2. ^ Review of DeLi Linux 0.7.1 at linux.com
3. ^ ConnochaetOS Announcement, retrieved 24 August 2010

External links

• New DeLi Linux Official website
• Old DeLi Linux Official website
• DeLi Linux at DistroWatch
• DeLi(cate) Linux Official website
• ConnochaetOS Official website