NimbleX NimbleX is a small but versatile operating system.
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NimbleX is a small but versatile operating system. NimbleX distrbution is a small but versatile operating system which is able to boot mainly from a small 8 cm CD but also from flash memory like Mp3 players and USB pens.Because it runs entirely from a CD or USB it doesn't require installation or even a hard drive. NimbleX is based on Slackware with the use of linux-live scripts and is has a lot of this distribution advantages.One of them is the availability of thousands of free software that can be found in the form of packages.The beauty of it is that even if is small it has a beautiful graphical interface and also a lot of built in software for browsing the internet, writing documents, listening to music, playing movies and many more.Advantages:First of all, because of the small size you can always carry it on yourself and use it as your mobile OS everywhere you want for the things that where mentioned above and many more.Because it has the ability to automatically detect and mount all the partitions you can access data on any another computers with ought even knowing the password, both on Linux and Windows.Now you can use it as a recovery disk or for any other purpose. Because of the low requirements you can run it on old computers as a server. NimbleX is very customizable and can be made easily to satisfy your needs.Here are some key features of "NimbleX":· Kernel 2.6.11 (for good security and hardware support)· KDE 3.4.2 (for ease of use, nice looks and multiple applications support)· This means that you'll have a secure OS where you will not have any problems with viruses and worms that in the same time is build to be extremely user friendly. It can be used both by complete newbies and by advanced ones. · The built in software gives you the ability to browse the internet, read your e-mail, instant messaging, listen to Mp3s, watch movies, read PDF documents and many more.· You can use it as a recovery disk or when the system is really messed up to backup data over the network or on the local hard drive. It can also be used for remote administration both on linux and windows machines using various protocols.· NimbleX can be easily customized for individual needs. You can easy add modules in your CD with the software you want to have permanently on CD. The modules can be easily created from slackware packages or just downloaded from slax web site.What's New in This Release:· The USB installer got some new improvements.· RC was drastically slimed to fit more usable things...· VirtualBox OSE is now standard so, have fun with other OSs· Partimage it's in NimbleX so you can backup/restore stuff· Added some initial clustering support with OpenMPI· A basic Firefox Kiosk mode can be booted from the CD· A lot of software was updated to the latest version· Bluetooh was finally fixed and it seems to work good· You have some basic servers to play or work with.· Compiz was cleaned a bit and some usability was added· Many things where done. I'll let you decide if you like it

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