Screenshots of Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta. |
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Monday, 03 September 2007 | |||||
It looks like XFCE is being used more often than expected. Just take a look at the result of the 2007 Desktop Linux Survey. In this article I will show you lots of interesting screenshots of Zenwalk 4.8 Beta. It was released on 31st of August 2007, which was the independence of day of my country, Malaysia. I noticed a lot of improvement to the graphical interfaces of Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta. Besides that, there was a new artwork implemented as the backdrop to the Zenwalk ncurses installer.
The only screenshot for the ncurses installation screen.
Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta sports the latest kernel 2.6.22.5, with its new wireless stack, tickless clock and 1000 Hz scheduler according to Zenwalk.org. IceWeasel and IceDove have also replaced the Firefox and Thunderbird for Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta.
The traditional Zenwalk Linux Lilo menu.
The new kernel bootsplash and XFCE splash were also more aesthetically pleasing. The new XFCE wallpaper that showed the harmonious assimilation of the intelligent dolphin and the good Feng Shui flow(the ocean waves).
Kernel bootsplash. Press F2 for verbose mode.
I saw the new simply login manager, SLIM. A good choice! In the previous versions of Zenwalk Linux, the default login managers were GDM. By just pressing the F1 button, SLIM let you choose between TWM, Fluxbox, XFCE, Enlightenment, KDE and Gnome, easily.
The new SLIM login manager. You can also log in as a root user!
By pressing F1, you can select the desktop sessions of your choice. XFCE is the default.
The new XFCE splash.
The Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta XFCE desktop. No changes to the icons. The desktop panel looked the same.
Surprise! Surprise! More XFCE desktop icons if you were to log in as a root user.
This is the XFCE Settings Manager. You can enable the window
compositing via the Window Manager Tweaks tool.
Compositing did slightly slow down the system's performance.
But it's cool! You must try!
Xfce4 Appfinder and also Catfish.
This is Zenpanel. This is the Zenwalk Linux System Tools Manager. I had to issue gksu zenpanel at the Terminal in order to launch it.
Applications for development task which are available on Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta.
Office applications.
No more Audacious for Zenwalk 4.8. Now you have GMusicBrowser, Streamtuner and G-Mplayer to play your audio/video files. Now, Audacious would stay on the bench. Jean-Philippe Guillem had also announced the availability OpenOffice 2.2.1, KDE 3.5.7, Gnome 2.18.3 and many new packages and a lot of language packages in the ¨Extra¨ repository. Audacious is also in the ¨Extra¨.
Below is Gmusicbrowser.
Below are the Streamtuner and Mplayer.
The new G-Mplayer could also play encrypted DVD movies.
Pidgin and its lovely green icon.
Icedove replacing the Thunderbird. Thunderbird definitely looked better
You would be prompted to open the usbkey if
it were plugged into the system.
Right-click for the Safe Unplug option, in order to remove your usbkey safely.
Two messages would appear during the process of safely unplugging your usbkey.
Logout, Restart, and Shutdown buttons.
Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta shutting down!
Last but not the least, I hope that the open source software movement, especially in Malaysia would gain more momentum.
By Michael Shee Choon Beng.
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