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| 2008-05-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the first beta release of Zenwalk Linux 5.2: "The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is out in beta. It has been four months since the last release and it's time to brush off the packages. What's new? The package manager, netpkg 'new generation' v4, has been completely rewritten in Perl-GTK and several new features have been added, making this already great application even greater. MPlayer is provided with the latest dvdnav (DVD menus support). Powerthend adds CPU scaling daemon and control script. The suspend and resume system has been improved. What's updated? As usual for each release, the desktop has been refreshed with new artwork. Almost all packages have been updated or rebuilt, including the Linux kernel 2.6.25.4 and Xfce 4.4.2. The update also takes care of a number of security fixes." Here is the full release announcement. Download: zenwalk-5.2BETA.iso (507MB, MD5).
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| About Zenwalk
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| Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with a focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with a complete programming environment and libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach also provides a simple way to convert Zenwalk Linux into a finely-tuned modern server (e.g. LAMP, messaging, file sharing).
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| 2026-09-05 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk GNU Linux Current-260905 |
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Zenwalk GNU Linux is a Slackware-based desktop distribution. The project's latest snapshot integrates Flatpak support and includes version 7.1.7 of the Linux kernel. "One of the improvements in this milestone is the integration of native Flatpak support directly into the Zenwalk desktop. Flatpak is installed and configured out of the box, with Flathub available as an application source. Installing modern desktop applications no longer requires searching for packages, dealing with dependencies or opening a terminal. Simply open the graphical application store, find the application you want, click 'Install' and you're done. This provides Zenwalk users with access to a huge ecosystem of up-to-date desktop applications while keeping the traditional Slackware package system available for the core operating system. In other words, Zenwalk packages for the system, Flatpak for applications, and both are ready to use from day one. This milestone moves to the Linux 7.1.7 kernel, providing a modern kernel base together with the BORE (Burst-Oriented Response Enhancer) CPU scheduler patch. BORE is designed with interactive desktop workloads in mind. It aims to improve responsiveness by favoring short, interactive bursts of CPU activity, helping desktop tasks remain responsive even when the system is under heavier CPU load. For a desktop-oriented distribution, such as Zenwalk, this makes a particularly good match." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: zenwalk-current-260905.iso (2,893MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2023-09-10 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk GNU Linux Current-230909 |
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Zenwalk GNU Linux is a Slackware-based distribution that strives to be fast and streamlined with a focus on desktop usage. The project maintains a rolling release branch which has been updated to provide fresh desktop software and libraries. The release announcement reads: "Zenwalk Current is the rolling release of Zenwalk GNU Linux. Current status seems stable enough for an ISO to be published, so here we go. As usual this edition provides a complete package rebuild from upstream Slackware and Zenwalk specific packages. The desktop has been updated to use latest Adwaita themes featuring a unified look for GTK4, GTK3, GTK2 and Qt applications. On application side, this release introduces Syncthing for realtime folder synchronization with any device from Linux, Android to IOS and Windows (think about it as an open source private OneDrive). The desktop is built upon the latest stable XFCE environment with the one of a kind original 'dock centric' Zenwalk layout. Flatpak package management is installed by default and ready to use. Zenwalk aims to be a best of breed media OS. Several new applications and media frameworks have been added : Navidrome Music Server, Jellyfin Media Center (just type 'netpkg jellyfin'), Lollypop Music Player, Rygel DLNA Server, ... PipeWire is the default sound system, completely replacing PulseAudio." Download: zenwalk-current-230909.iso (1,438MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2022-02-05 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk GNU Linux 15.0-220204 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the release of Zenwalk GNU Linux 15.0-220204, a new stable build of the project's Slackware-based distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop, a simplified system installation, and support for Flatpak and AppImage applications. It is available for 64-bit systems only. "Zenwalk 15.0 'Skywalker' milestone is ready. Following the release of the so-long-awaited Slackware 15.0, here we go for the Zenwalk 15.0 'Skywalker', aka 'It must be very stable after all this time' milestone. As usual for a milestone release, most packages have been rebuilt down here or upstream. The desktop is the latest Xfce 4.16, with the special Zenwalk layout - this unusual NEXT/WindowMaker inspired dock system, with unique panel placement for ergonomic user access to the whole desktop area. This one-of-a-kind desktop is optimized for modern wide screens. What you get is a pure Slackware system with the following main changes: optimized for Xfce; Flatpak and AppImage ready (any existing app can be installed); simplified setup; focused on desktop usage; optimized for size and RAM footprint." Here is the full release announcement. Download the installation ISO image from here: zenwalk-current-15.0-220204.iso (1,237MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-07-02 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 15.0-200703a |
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Zenwalk Linux is a Slackware-based, desktop-oriented distribution. The project's latest release provides users with the Xfce 4.14 desktop and Flatpak support. PAM support, imported from Slackware's development branch, is available available. "Once a year, Zenwalk Current is considered stable enough for a "milestone" release, here's Zenwalk 15 milestone 2020. Based on Slackware Current July 2020, Zenwalk 15 milestone 2020 is fully compatible. As usual, the goal is to provide fast simple setup, refined desktop, selection of the best apps, ease of use, with full respect of the Slackware philosophy. The news items are: New Xfce desktop based on the latest Xfce 4.14+ with many tweaks providing the widest possible workspace for modern full HD displays. Introduction of Flatpak support for installing any application from Flathub or GNOME Desktop. New rewritten Netpkg package manager for instant access to thousand of packages from the Slackware community, and keep the system up to date with one liner command. PAM authentication system thanks to upstream. Kernel 5.4.50...." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: zenwalk-current-15.0-200703a.iso (1,192MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-02-22 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 220217 |
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The Zenwalk Linux distribution is a desktop operating system built on the foundation of Slackware Linux. The project has announced a new rolling release snapshot of Zenwalk Linux which carries the version number 220217. The new snapshot reintroduces the Firefox web browser in the default installation and offers a number of updated packages. "The main change is the comeback of Firefox, built with GTK+ 3 and multi-threading enabled by default: This build of Firefox starts and reacts nearly as fast as Chromium, and with many tabs opened: scales much better in terms of responsiveness and memory footprint. You will also notice some improvements around FFmpeg, and MPV which is from now the main media player in Zenwalk. GStreamer has been dropped from ISO but is still available from Slackware repositories. Of course this ISO image contains many updated packages." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: zenwalk-current_220217.iso (1,049MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-07-02 |
Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the availability of Zenwalk Linux 8.0, a major new release of the project's Slackware-based distribution with Xfce as the default desktop and a number user-friendly enhancements: "Zenwalk is back after a long development blackout, with the latest best-of-breed software (LibreOffice 5.1.3, Chromium 51, MPlayer 1.3, FFmpeg 3.0.1), the latest Slackware base system featuring the Linux kernel 4.4.14 and a new desktop layout for the user-friendly Xfce 4.12.1. Zenwalk 8.0 is a 'less than 1 GB ISO image' pure Slackware system with added post-install configurations, optimizations and tunings already done out of the box, with a ready-to-use polished desktop environment, added graphical system tools, added office and multimedia applications, and striped to keep just 'one application per task'. Beginning with 8.0, Zenwalk is a 64-bit only Linux distribution. As it is hard to find 32-bits CPUs nowadays, I believe that the old 32-bit architecture is for small specialized systems only, not for the desktop." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details and a screenshot. Download the installation DVD image from here: zenwalk-8.0.iso (989MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-06-19 |
Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 RC2 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced that the second release candidate for the upcoming Zenwalk Linux 8.0 is ready for testing: "This is most probably the final release candidate for the upcoming Zenwalk 8.0. This pre-release ISO image should be at 99% the stable target, you will get latest LibreOffice 5.1.3, latest Chromium 51, MPlayer 1.3, FFmpeg 3.0.1, latest Slackware 'Current' system (many upstream packages updated) featuring the Linux kernel 4.4.13, and a new desktop layout for Xfce 4.12. Lately, system tools have been heavily improved to fully integrate Policykit privileges elevation features, enabling the unprivileged user to tweak many system parameters that require root ownership - you can now change your user password from the Xfce panel by just entering your previous password, you can set the X.Org keyboard layout without root privileges, set your locale, set the login manager settings, set system clock. All these features can, of course, be hardened with Policykit to disallow automatic privileges elevation for users." Continue to the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download: zenwalk-8.0RC2.iso (986MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-04-15 |
Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 RC1 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced a new, and probably final, release candidate for Zenwalk Linux 8.0. The new development snapshot, Zenwalk 8.0 Release Candidate 1, includes improvements from the upstream Slackwre project, including bug fixes for Logitech wireless keyboards, Subversion and Samba. This release also features updates to FFmpeg and MPlayer. "Following the Slackware hopefully final release candidate, here we are for Zenwalk 8.0 RC1. Many upstream bug fixes (Logitech cordless keyboards support, Subversion security fix) and updates (kernel 4.4.7, Samba 4.4.2). Many improvements in Zenwalk system tools to handle per-user settings like locale or HTTP proxy. Latest versions of userland applications: Chromium 49.0.2623.112 and LibreOffice 5.1.2 are also passengers of the wagon. FFmpeg has been updated to 3.0.1, and MPlayer 1.3 seems to be very stable nowadays when built dynamic (sharing FFmpeg libs), so I decided to release it 'dynamic': no more code redundancy." Details and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: zenwalk-8.0rc1.iso (1,012MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-08 |
Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 Beta 2 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the availability of the second beta build of Zenwalk Linux 8.0, a major new update of the project's Slackware-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop: "Zenwalk 8.0 release is very close - beta 2 is ready now. Beta 2 fixes several minor bugs in Zenwalk's 'z' series of packages and it also provides all beta 2 bug fixes at the Slackware level. As requested by several testers, unprivileged user accounts creation dialog has been added to the setup, prior to the first X login. Also, some reviews let me think that I have to clear something about Zenwalk - Zenwalk *is* and *wants to be* a vanilla Slackware system with very few modifications at the system level. Zenwalk is not much easier to install than Slackware; just easier to setup at the desktop level. Being simpler than the big players, Slackware is already faster and more lightweight than most other Linux operating systems. You won't notice many differences between Zenwalk and Slackware - just a little bit faster to boot, fewer services, optimized SysVInit and a little bit more responsive." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download the installation DVD image from here: zenwalk-8.0beta2.iso (1,009MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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