ROSA company is glad to announce a further expansion of ROSA Desktop Fresh R1 distribution series — an update of its distribution based on lightweight desktop environment, LXDE. This distribution uses the same code base as recently released ROSA Desktop Fresh R1. The main difference of LXDE-based edition is a tendency to be minimalistic while preserving flexibility and usability. The new version includes only really necessary software and is built with the "the easier - the faster" principle in mind: high work speed is achieved at the expense of simple interface and absence of “wonderful” effects. The release is based on the time-proved GTK+2 framework, though some components are using the latest developments from GTK+3/GNOME3. As a result, the system is rather conservative but provides a set of modern features. The new ROSA distribution differs form its analogues by a convenient system control center which can be launched from the system menu or by typing “lxde-control-center“ command.By means of this control center one can adjust different system settings: The main system characteristics of this release are the same as of ROSA R1 based on KDE4 except RAM requirements – LXDE edition can be installed to machines with 256 Mb of RAM, the recommended RAM size is 384 Mb. Versions of the major system components:

• kernel-nrj-laptop-3.8.12
• lightdm-1.6.0
• openbox-3.5.0
• GTK+2/GTK+3
• NetworkManager-0.9.8
• PulseAudio-3
• X-Server 13

The ISO image also includes:

• DeaDBeeF music player
• VLC video player
• Firefox
• ClawsMail mail client
• Pidgin IM-client
• Parcellite clipboard manager
• qpdfview
• gparted

Download URLs and detailed information about this release can be found at our wiki -http://wiki.rosalab.ru/en/index.php/ROSA_Desktop_Fresh_R1_LXDE Want to know more about ROSA products?Follow us at our site and social networks -http://www.facebook.com/ROSALaboratory

• New users can download ISO images for installationhere
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