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What's new in LFA (Linux For All) Build 191111

Nov 11, 2019
  • This is a very BIG system (2120MB). All packages the ordinary Linux user can wish for are pre-installed. Study the full packages list.
  • Kernel 5.4.0-rc6-exton is used.
  • I have installed Nvidia’s latest proprietary graphics driver 440.31.
  • The Desktop environment is LXDE – Designed to be user friendly and slim, while keeping the resource usage low.
  • The main Web Browser is Google Chrome. So you can watch Netflix! Another advantage with Google Chrome is that you will get all your bookmarks if you log in with your Gmail account.
  • I have included Refracta tools (Refracta Snapshot) to make it possible for you to create your own installable Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Live DVD once you have installed LFA to hard drive. This is done in the easiest possible way!
  • Use TeamViewer (pre-installed) to control your Windows computers from LFA. Or control LFA from your Windows computers.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 15.04 Build 151024 (Oct 26, 2015)

  • Version 151024 based on Ubuntu 15.10 and Debian Jessie with Fluxbox combined with Cairo-Dock and kernel 4.2.0-16-exton.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 15.04 Build 150513 (May 14, 2015)

  • Previous version of LFA (build 141120) had four (4) Desktop environments installed. Namely Unity (Ubuntu), LXDE, Razor-qt and XBMC. LFA build 150513 uses ONLY Fluxbox as window manager and Cairo-Dock as Desktop interface. "Cairo-Dock is designed to be light, fast and customizable, and is desktop-agnostic. It has a powerful DBus interface, to be controlled from a terminal or another application. Features can be added by plug-ins or applets, and applets can be written in C or in any language". About Fluxbox: "Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience". Screenshot of LFA's new Desktop: http://lfa.exton.net/lfa-fluxbox/lfa-screenshot-installer-big.jpg
  • The LFA ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run LFA from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence! I've found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple. The scripts are quite ingenious.
  • Another big improvement is that LFA now can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 3 (Copy to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run LFA that way. I.e - superfast!
  • Kernel 3.19.0-5-exton is replaced by kernel 3.19.0-14-exton.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 15.04 Build 150225 (Feb 25, 2015)

  • Previous version of LFA (build 141120) had four (4) Desktop environments installed. Namely Unity (Ubuntu), LXDE, Razor-qt and XBMC. LFA build 150225 uses ONLY Fluxbox as window manager and Cairo-Dock as Desktop interface. "Cairo-Dock is designed to be light, fast and customizable, and is desktop-agnostic. It has a powerful DBus interface, to be controlled from a terminal or another application. Features can be added by plug-ins or applets, and applets can be written in C or in any language". About Fluxbox: "Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience".
  • The LFA ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run LFA from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence! I've found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple. The scripts are quite ingenious.
  • Another big improvement is that LFA now can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 3 (Copy to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run LFA that way. I.e - superfast!
  • Kernel 3.16.0-21-exton is replaced by kernel 3.19.0-5-exton, equivalent to Kernel.org’s stable kernel 3.19.0.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 14.10 Build 141120 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • The LFA ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run LFA from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence! I've found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple. The scripts are quite ingenious. Read my INSTRUCTION how to use the scripts: http://lfa.exton.net/lfa-usb-persistent/
  • Another big improvement is that LFA now can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 3 (Copy to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run LFA that way.
  • LFA is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 141120. To make it possible to run LFA from RAM I have uninstalled three big packages; LibreOffice, Google Earth and Google Chrome.
  • Kernel 3.16.0-7-exton is replaced by kernel 3.16.0-21-exton.
  • I have also replaced Ubuntu’s installation program Ubiquity with LFA Live Installer, which is a clone of Debian Live Installer. The installation to hard drive is now so simple that a 10 year old child can do it. Watch a SLIDESHOW of the hard drive installation process: http://lfa.exton.net/lfa-installer-slideshow.html

New in LFA (Linux For All) 14.04.1 Build 140817 (Aug 17, 2014)

  • Kernel 3.15.0-0-exton is replaced by kernel 3.16.0-7-exton, equivalent to Kernel.org’s stable kernel 3.16, released 140803.
  • LFA is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 140817.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 14.04 Build 140511 (May 12, 2014)

  • It is now based on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr).
  • The LFA ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run LFA from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence! I've found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple.
  • Another big improvement is that LFA now can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 3 (Copy to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run LFA that way.
  • LFA is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 140511. To make it possible to run LFA from RAM I have uninstalled three big packages; LibreOffice, Google Earth and Google Chrome.
  • Kernel 3.13.0-17-exton is replaced by kernel 3.15.0-0-exton. 5. I have also replaced Ubuntu’s installation program Ubiquity with LFA Live Installer, which is a clone of Debian Live Installer. The installation to hard drive is now so simple that a 10 year old child can do it. Watch a SLIDESHOW of the hard drive installation process: http://lfa.exton.net/lfa-installer-slideshow.html

New in LFA (Linux For All) 13.10 Build 140306 (Mar 10, 2014)

  • I have corrected some minor errors. LFA is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 140306.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 13.10 Build 140131 (Feb 1, 2014)

  • The LFA ISO is now a ISO-hybrid, which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run LFA from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. I.e. you will enjoy persistence! I’ve found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple. The scripts are quite ingenious. Unfortunately, it is not me who have created them. I found the scripts on Kanotix website. There was no direct indication of how good the scripts were, but my tests show that they work flawlessly on USB installations of all normal Ubuntu systems. Read my INSTRUCTION how to use the scripts at http://lfa.exton.net/lfa-usb-persistent/
  • Another big improvement is that LFA now can run from RAM. Use Boot alternative 2 (Copy to RAM). It will look like this. When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You’ll need at least 2 GB RAM to run LFA that way.
  • LFA is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 140131. To make it possible to run LFA from RAM I have uninstalled three big packages; LibreOffice, Google Earth and Google Chrome.
  • Kernel 3.12.0-2-exton is replaced by kernel 3.13.0-6-exton.

New in LFA (Linux For All) 13.10 Build 131120 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Based on Ubuntu 13.10