Matt Prokes

I have been toying with a seemingly tidy distro recently called OpenGEU; and I have to admit, its one of the best distributions I have ever seen. Luna Crescente is a mix of ubuntu, enlightenment 17, and gtk based apps, it also uses stalone tray. The seemingly simplistic combination is one of the most beautiful lightweight linux desktops that I have seen in recent times (and i have tried them all!). It has the speed that enlightenment brings to the table, as well as the hardware/packaging support that makes ubuntu so great. Toss in a very tidy, and fresh looking orange gtk+ theme, and I would say that OpenGEU is by far the most beautiful distribution I have seen thus far out of the box.

In conjunction with its beauty, is the awesome firing squad of lightweight apps that I have come to appreciate. Among these are thunar (though I am usually a rox-filer fan I gave it a try and actually like it more!), many lightweight enlightenment based apps including pdf readers, music players, etc.. One of the great things about this distribution is that it actually believes in including not just the enlightenment desktop, but also the modules, which alone run very very fast! Other applications that I know and log in gnome are also included such as nm-applet, update managers, and synaptic to finish things off. Everything ran out of the box, and I specifically liked the live cd/install it try it before you buy it feature that is now very common in linux distributions. So I would suggest to all of you reading to go check it out! Download the live cd, and give it a spin I have had a very positive experience thus far.

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