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Linux distribution
Absolute Linux
DeveloperPaul Sherman
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelPrimarily open source
Initial release2007
Latest release20240602 / 2 June 2024
Marketing targetNetbooks, older systems and general use
Available inEnglish
Package managerXPKGTOOL
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default
user interface		IceWM
LicenseGPL and various others
Official websiteabsolutelinux.org

Absolute Linux is a discontinued lightweight Linux distribution that works on older hardware and is based on Slackware Linux. The client is designed for everyday use (internet, multimedia, documents). Absolute Linux's default window and file managers are IceWM and ROX-Filer. Some of the programs offered by default include: GIMP, LibreOffice, Firefox, Xfburn, p7zip, qBittorrent, and Vivaldi. Many script utilities are included with Absolute Linux to aid with configuration and maintenance of the system.

Absolute Linux uses a graphical frontend to XPKGTOOL. Absolute Linux also bundles Gsplat, a Graphical frontend to Slapt-get which works similarly to Apt-get.

On December 2024, Paul Sherman announced that Absolute Linux is no longer in development

See also

References

  1. "Absolute64-20240602 released".
  2. "About Absolute Linux". Absolute Linux.
  3. "DistroWatch.com: Absolute Linux". DistroWatch. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. "package list".
  5. "Absolute Linux is an absolute winner". Linux.com. 7 August 2007.
  6. "End of the line for Absolute".

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