Linux siduction 14.1.0 is released with six desktop environments

Linux siduction 14.1.0 is released with six desktop environments

The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the “unstable” branch of Debian GNU/Linux. Forked from aptosid in late 2011, siduction offers three separate live media with KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops. The project also promises regular releases, an open development model, and friendly relationship with its developer and user community.

Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 14.1.0, a set of Debian-based desktop Linux distributions with separate Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, LXQt and Xfce editions: “We are very happy to present the final release of siduction 2014.1 ‘Indian Summer’. siduction is a distribution based on Debian’s unstable branch and we try to release a few new snapshots over the course of each year. For 2014 it will be just this final release. siduction 2014.1 ships with six desktop environments – KDE SC, Xfce, LXDE, LXQt, GNOME and Cinnamon, all in 32-bit and 64-bit variants.” Read the informative release notes for further information.

siduction 2014.1 – Indian Summer is shipped with six desktop environments: KDE SC, XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, GNOME and Cinnamon, all in 32- and 64-bit variants. From the included DEs this time around only LXDE fits on a CD with 700 MegaByte. But as CDs become more irrelevant with every day, we are not too worried about this and recommend to use USB-Sticks for installation.

The released images are a snapshot of Debian unstable, that also goes by the name of Sid, from 2014-11-22. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the linux-kernel 3.17, accompanied by X-Server 1.16.1.

Besides those desktop environments we also include noX, which is an environment without X. There is, last, but not least, an image that listens to the name of Xorg and it features the minimal window manager Fluxbox on top of X.


Download links (pkglist): siduction-14.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (894MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-gnome-amd64.iso (1,238MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,167MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (772MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (841MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (859MB, SHA256). A separate X.Org edition (with Fluxbox) and a “No X” variant are also available.

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