Snowlinux
2013-01-21 21:02:14 
阿炯
Snowlinux是一套基于Debian最新稳定版本的Linux发行，其特色在于四种桌面环境：GNOME、KDE、LXDE、Xfce。其宗旨是用 户友好性、集成多种有用的调整及精心挑选的应用软件。该项目还单独开发一份基于Ubuntu的样式，其特色是MATE桌面(GNOME 2的分支)。Snowlinux is a Linux distribution for beginners and professionals offer a traditional-looking desktop.It was founded in December 2010.
The first edition was released in July 2011 as a RC and it was called "Cold". In the following month (August 2011) there was released the stable release.It didn't take long until the other editions (KDE, XFCE, LXDE, E17) followed.
Although the first edition of Snowlinux didn't had much improvements over its Debian-base, it was a great success for all of us.While the second and third edition of Snowlinux brought much more improvements to the users, the Snowlinux team already worked on a second edition, an Ubuntu-based.
What aims has Snowlinux?
Well, we want to offer a stable and fast Linux distribution as the most others, too. Beyond we want to be as easy as Ubuntu, with a Debian base. A Debian-base has much advantages in stability, speed and so on. The only problem is, it's not too easy. We want let Debian work as easy as Ubuntu. Also we want to offer traditional-looking Desktop, in contrast to Ubuntu's Unity.
How often do we release a new version?
We have a release cycle of about 6 months. It depends strongly on the urgency of a new release. If there are much improvements and too much for a new release, we could release a bit faster. If it's a time where improvements take a bit more time, we could release a bit slower.
最新版本：4.0
该版本使用 Linux kernel 3.5. 基于 MATE 1.4 桌面。
官方主页：http://www.snowlinux.de/