The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the Stable version 2.0 Codename Topaz. The new stable version of Elive has a huge list of improvements. Its ease of use makes it suitable for any kind of user along with a totally new Linux experience for those who have not tried Elive before. Changelog: autolaunchers - entirely rewritten with better stability and more features; user configurators - many user configurators added to configure anything; drivers - Linux kernel 2.6.30.9 with support for special hardware and other features like TuxOnIce (hibernation), Reiser4FS, ext4....

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Development Release: Elive 3.8.16 (Beta) Elive, or Enlightenment live CD, is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager. The distribution's latest development snapshot is Elive 3.8.16 Beta, which features several package updates and fixes the eltrans translation tool. The release announcement reads: " The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.16. This new version includes: Kernel 5.7.10 and updated drivers; Optimizations while installing packages in Live mode; Virtual machines: included feature to configure and remember a specific resolution; WINE improvements for running installed software; SSD/NVME performance improvements by: disabled realtime discards, enabled a safe weekly fstrim job, much faster speeds using now a simpler and efficient scheduler; eltrans, the elive translator tool is working again; Hotkeys PDF shows up with a better user-experience now; document included about how to customize and create your own E16 themes; other fixes: updated tmux compatible configurations, nicotine updates and fixes, Netflix compatibility feature is working again. " Download: elive_3.8.16_beta_hybrid_i386.iso (2,560MB, pkglist).

Development Release: Elive 3.8.12 (Beta) The Elive project has published a new development snapshot based on Debian 10 "Buster" and featuring the Enlightenment desktop environment. The new version reportedly offers the ability to create usernames with non-ASCII characters at install time, improved support for Broadcom wireless cards, and better disk accessing performance. " The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.12. This new version includes: Elive-Upgrader can upgrade your BIOS and other firmware (only on UEFI installs); Startup-Applications launcher correctly closes processes when exiting the desktop; installer - you can use non-ASCII usernames now like åtgärd, first boot after install improved with post-configurations added; fine-tune options are much improved and lighter; installed system and extra optimizations added, specially for low-resource machines which can end up using only 175 MB of RAM; fixed issue with blanking screen during install, PulseAudio possibly to be removed; boot partition now uses less space, allowing upgrades from stable version that has small boot partitions without issues; improved installation speed. " Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): elive_3.8.12_beta_hybrid_i386.iso (2,563MB, pkglist).

Development Release: Elive 3.8.4 (Beta) Elive, or Enlightenment live CD, is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager. The project has released a new development snapshot, Elive 3.8.4. The new snapshot is based on Debian 10 "Buster" and includes a number of updates to the kernel and fixes. The project's release announcement states: " The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.4. This new version includes: Debian Buster base system updated to the version 10.3. Kernel updated to 5.4.8 and extra drivers updated too. Fixed Thunar notifications issue when ejecting devices. Conky: fixed listing of ram and disk processes, added visual graph for disk usage. elive-upgrader stability improvements. smplayer: fix for subtitles which displayed wrong characters for videos downloaded from youtube-dl. Installer: fixes for NVME disks with automated disk partitioning and encryption, improvements for sharing a home partition. Reiserfs (v3) included back into the installer. Browser extensions enabled by default: ublock-origin to block ADs and annoying publicity’s from websites, and a plugin to download any media file to your computer like YouTube videos, downloads are now automatically set to the default Downloads directory of the users translated directory. " The project provides a free 32-bit edition and a commerical 64-bit edition. Download (MD5): elive_3.8.4_beta_hybrid_i386.iso (2,544MB, pkglist).

Development Release: Elive 3.8.1 (Beta) Samuel F. Baggen has announced the availability of Elive 3.8.1, a new development snapshot of the project's desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian 10 and featuring the Enlightenment 16 desktop. This is Elive's first release labelled as "beta": " The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.1. This new version includes: system updated to the last Debian 'Buster' base; reduced RAM resources usage; build improvements - these new ISO images include persistence, UEFI and SecureBoot all in a single build, we no longer require the special USB build to have only the persistence feature; language and keyboard improvements and an own tool included; Thunar features - admin mode fixed, the feature to set an image as wallpaper now works with E16 too; browsers updated, Firefox is now available with the Quantum features, Netsurf is included again as an extremely light alternative, Palemoon is available optionally in the repositories; kernel updates in the installed system are more reliable now. " Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The 32-bit edition of Elive 3.8.1 is available for free, while the 64-bit variant is a "donationware". Download (MD5) link: elive_3.8.1_alpha_hybrid_i386.iso (2,484MB, pkglist).

Development Release: Elive 3.7.14 (Alpha) Elive is a desktop distribution based on Debian. The project has released a new development snapshot based on Debian 10. The new snapshot offers UEFI support, the GNOME Software package manager, and an experimental 64-bit build (which is available at a cost). " After a long time of development, the Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.7.14. This new version includes updated to a Debian Buster base, with kernel 5.2.9 and many updated software. Hardware support like UEFI, Secure Boot, nvme disks, optional 64-bit builds. Special dock-bar with multiple features! Audio player directly on desktop with controls and covers. Stability even stronger, like never seen before. Temporary desktop for development based in E16, offering a good and different experience. Customized desktop theme with a dark look design (light / clear design will be added in next versions). GNOME Software is the newly selected GUI application to manage packages, which is much more user friendly for novice users, and all APT tools are still fully available. " Note: the website refers to the new development release as a beta, while the ISO file is labelled as an alpha snapshot. Download: elive_3.7.14_alpha_hybrid_i386.iso (2,477MB, pkglist).

Distribution Release: Elive 3.0.4 Samuel F. Baggen has announced the availability of a new stable version of Elive, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian 7 "Wheezy", with a customised Enlightenment 17 desktop. This is likely the last update in the Elive 3 series as the focus of the developer has shifted to the next release which will be based on Debian 10 "Buster". " Elive 3.0 has been updated and it will probably be the last updated build for the 3.0 release. This updated release includes multiple internal improvements that have been developed for the next version of Elive and I backported these improvements to 3.0. There are too many internal code improvements to list all the details but I can at least summarize some important points. Persistence - overall improvements for saving the desktop configurations based on different hardware profiles and improvements for the option to encrypt persistence; Elive Health tool - improvements for the critical temperature detection feature; USB recorder tool - now supports compressed images; Sound - support for PulseAudio in the Elive internal mixer tool, in case the user installs it.... " Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): elive_3.0.4_stable_hybrid.iso (3,120MB), elive_3.0.4_stable_usb.img (3,259MB).

Distribution Release: Elive 3.0.3 Samuel F. Baggen has announced the release of Elive 3.0.3, an updated build of the project's desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian 7 "Wheezy" and featuring a highly customised Enlightenment 17 desktop: " The major stable release of Elive 3.0 has been updated. We were so pleased with this stable release of Elive and the result has been so amazing that there's almost nothing that needed to be changed from it. It was a truly a rock solid system and we wanted to update it with a slightly updated and polished build which includes: wallpaper - dynamically changes depending of the hour of the day, looking more magical and nicer for your eyes, and it also includes a hidden surprise for Christmas; pop-ups - you won't be annoyed any more by the Hotkeys Document that appears in the desktop startup, we moved it to the launcher bar of applications; desktop - disabled the screen off timeout and the asking for the presentation mode; Flash - updated the Adobe Flash player for common browsers to the last version, tested on Chrome, Firefox and Opera; multiuser - improved the multiple user desktop switching mode compatibility.... " Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5, pkglist): elive_3.0.3_stable_hybrid.iso (3,114MB), elive_3.0.3_stable_usb.img (3,252MB).

Distribution Release: Elive 3.0.0 Samuel F. Baggen has announced the release of Elive 3.0.0, a major update of the project's Debian-based distribution with a customised Enlightenment 17 desktop user interface. This version is based on the 32-bit variant of Debian 7 "Wheezy" and, unlike the previous stable version (2.0, released more than eight years ago), Elive 3 is free of charge and unlimited in any way: " After 8 years of silent development, the third stable version of Elive is out. The result is simply amazing and the integration is gorgeous; it is not even possible to describe every inside feature. The new website only contains a small portion of its characteristics. Unfortunately not everything is rainbows and perfection and the lack of resources delayed the release being too much. This has lead to old packages and drivers, but despite that, the final result is really worth it. Elive 3.0 is the most useful system ever made, perfect for the daily use, rock solid, beautiful and full of hidden features, with every effort to make it usable for any user level. This version is most powerful, maintaining its lightness in resources and a blazing fast responsiveness. And even better, the final stable version is entirely cost-free and limitless, with all its features. " See the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5, pkglist): elive_3.0.0_stable_hybrid.iso (3,133MB), elive_3.0.0_stable_usb.img (3,271MB).