J_K9 @ Linux

Atomix Linux 3.2

January 25, 2006 on 8:49 pm | In Linux |

Atomix Linux 3.2 has just been released (I can’t say I understand what the site says though!). From a review on Linux.com:

After several years’ work, a team of young Linux experts from Serbia has released Atomix Linux 3.2 to the public. Considering the long development period — more than three years — my expectations were fairly high, but Atomix met my expectations.

Atomix Linux is a derivative of Fedora Core Linux. When I’ve tested Fedora Core 4, applications such as OpenOffice.org, Gaim, Evolution, and ImageMagick have crashed a few times. During the two months of testing Atomix I haven’t had any programs crash or freeze, which I found impressive. It appears as if the Atomix developers have focused on making sure that all applications function reliably.

To tell you the truth, it looks quite nice - and although it runs a slightly outdated version of KDE (3.4.1), it makes up for it by filling the 5 CD’s/DVD with tons of useful apps. I don’t know how many times I’ve tried a distribution which brings a random, relatively-unknown and ‘useless’ app - it takes up space and not really needed. This one however seems to have a good selection.

I’ll be reviewing it once I get a chance to download it over the weekend. Or, if you prefer, you could always beat me to it and let me know.

Update: Links were broken, so updated to ISO for the DVD on a faster mirror