anemOS Stretch 9.1 released !

Hello world!
I hope you had an awesome summer like I did.

Debian Stretch has been out for quite some time now, currently at 9.1 release.

anemOS of course had to keep up with the current Debian Stable line of releases so it it now time(finally) to push the very first version of anemOS based on Stretch!

As explained in an earlier post XFCE got a little more middleweight for old computers and after some testing I've decided I'll have this version to use LXQt as the default desktop.

I've also changed quite a lot of the installed apps and replaced them with alternative lightweight Qt options.

As usual you can grab the release from our sourceforge page, available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/anemos/

I hope you find this release even faster than the previous ones.

Make sure to check the FAQ and screenshots for updated content!
Till the next release,
have fun using anemOS!

Debian Stretch coming out June 17 - anemOS switching to LXQt

Hello world!
There is some great news about Debian and anemOS alike!

Stretch is to be released on June 17 according to this

Debian 9 (or Stretch) will bring a lot of changes including newer package versions.

anemOS will follow and change its base from Jessie to Stretch accordingly.

During the transitioning phase though XFCE started to show increased RAM usage while nothing apart from the newer packages was changed.

I decided to give LXQt a try and was not disappointed with the result.

This is after logging in with compositing enabled, Faba icon theme and all applications anemOS comes with installed!

It's even lighter than XFCE!

XFCE on Stretch was consuming at least 120 MB of RAM on boot without compositing and if using Faenza or Faba icon themes it jumped to 135-150 MB. Definitely a lot for a 512MB machine.

While RAM usage is definitely not everything regarding being lightweight it really helps in low-RAM systems. LXQt feels really polished and smooth as is now to serve as the default anemOS desktop.

Of course those who have anemOS already installed won't be affected by this change. Your wonderful XFCE desktop will continue to function properly. If you upgrade to Stretch you may notice the increased RAM usage too though.

If you want to try anemOS LXQt you will have to wait for Debian Stretch release.

I will try to push an LXQt .iso as soon as Stretch is released.

I also consider an amd64 release as well since some friends asked for an anemOS release for their modern machines. I consider making some small changes like the amd64 image using Kwin as a window manager instead of xfwm for i686.

Who knows...Till then continue enjoying anemOS!

anemOS jessie (2017/03) .iso released!

After almost six months from the previous jessie release, it's time to provide a newer version of anemOS.

This release brings the following changes:

* organized the 'start' Menu so it's more clear and displays no duplicate-entries
* included thesaurus and dictionaries for many languages in LibreOffice
* updated mimeapps.list to fix some files not opening with the correct program
* resized alsa-mixer so it fits better in smaller displays
* included Synaptic package manager since a lot of people use it
* removed some Themes
and of course newer package versions from Debian repositories

If you already have anemOS installed on your computer, you do not have to install this release unless you would like to start fresh.
This release just brings updated package versions & a few more pre-configurations so you spent less time around tweaking the system after installation.

As always you can grab the latest release from here

New anemOS Web Home!

Welcome to anemOS new Web Home!

The old one at github will redirect here now.

This blog will offer an easier way to keep in track with anemOS and provide a place to post news,updates,tips & tricks about anemOS and Linux in general.

Feel free to come and say hello in the comments!