2011-03-28 09:48:31 
阿炯
Zenwalk Linux(以前叫做Minislack)是一份基于Slackware的GNU/Linux操作系统，其宗旨在于以每项任务只设置一个应用程序来保持精简和快捷，它还着重于图形桌面及多媒体使用。Zenwalk的特色在于包含最新的Linux技术以及一整套编程环境和运行库，它能为应用程序开发人员提供一份理想的平台。Zenwalk的模块化实现方法还提供了能将其转化为具有高度调节性的现代化服务器(如LAMP架构、通讯、文件共享)的简便方法。
Zenwalk is a GNU/Linux operating system, designed to provide the following characteristics:
Modern and user-friendly (latest stable software, selected applications)
Very fast (optimized for performance capabilities)
Rational (one mainstream application for each task)
Complete (full development/desktop/multimedia environment)
Evolutionary (advanced network package management tool - Netpkg)
可选的五种发布版本
Zenwalk 提供了5种可选的软件应用环境，后三者不再提倡被使用。
Zenwalk Standard
Zenwalk Standard is a distribution aimed at mainstream desktop and development use. Designed to be a stand-alone operating system, it installs to the hard drive by way of a ncurses-based installer. It includes all of the officially released software packages that are deemed most useful by the Zenwalk community. The default install also includes development packages like gcc, and some proprietary media packages (such as Adobe Flash Player) and drivers in order to provide a full featured default install. The default desktop environment is Xfce.
Zenwalk Core
Zenwalk Core is a Zenwalk system built with customization in mind. Released with no X Window System binaries, its aim is to allow a skilled user to build a system fit for his or her needs. The project's lead developer is Emmanuel Bailleul.
ZenLive
ZenLive (discontinued) is a Zenwalk system built on a Live CD design. ZenLive follows the progress made by the full Zenwalk system closely, thus mirroring the version number, and attempts to stay true to the original distribution's goals. In addition, it includes all of the necessary libraries and applications to develop and compile software, a particularly rare feature in Live CD distributions. The original ZenLive team left the project after version 6.0 was released but ZenwalkLive project has been revived by an enthusiastic user and is now developed as a one-man-project. Since version 6.4 the live-framework has been changed from deprecated linux-live-scripts to slackware-live-scripts.
Zenwalk Gnome
Zenwalk Gnome (discontinued) has GNOME as the default desktop environment.
Zenwalk Openbox
Zenwalk Openbox (discontinued) is supplied with Openbox as stand-alone window manager. It is a very lightweight version of the operating system. It does not follow LXDE in its choice of software. It still uses Thunar File Manager over PCManFM which is standard on LXDE-based systems such as Lubuntu.
最新版本：7.4
此版本的 Xfce 桌面环境更新了版本 4.12 git。此版本还更换了一些之前版本的应用：MPlayer 现在是多媒体播放器，更换了 Totem；LXDM 替代了 GDM；Xfbrun 替代了 Brasero；Geeqie 是默认图片浏览器。除此之外还更新了各种包： LibreOffice 4.1.3, GIMP 2.8.10, Firefox 27.0, Thunderbird 24.3.0, Linux kernel 3.10.25 。
最新版本：8.0
本版更新带来了新版本的Xfce桌面，以及一些人性化的功能提升。部分软件升级为最新版，比如LibreOffice 5.1.3，Chromium 51，MPlayer 1.3，FFmpeg 3.0.1。同时内核提升到4.4.14， Xfce桌面提升到4.12.1。了解更多发布详细信息，查看发布说明。