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Leafpad is a free and open-source graphical text editor for Linux, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), and Maemo that is similar to the Microsoft Windows program Notepad. Created with the focus of being a lightweight text editor with minimal dependencies , it is designed to be simple-to-use and easy-to-compile.
A desktop environment is a collection of software designed to give functionality and a certain look and feel to an operating system.. This article applies to operating systems which are capable of running the X Window System, mostly Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Minix, illumos, Solaris, AIX, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. [1]
LXDE (abbreviation for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements. This makes it especially suitable for use on older or resource-constrained personal computers [ 2 ] such as netbooks or system on a chip computers.
Devuan maintains a modified version of the Debian expert text installer, which has the ability to install only free software if the user chooses, while the live desktop image also uses a custom graphical installer from Refracta, a derivative of Devuan. [14] Devuan 3.0 Beowulf was released on June 3, 2020, based on Debian 10.4.
The connection of Macintosh and Linux computers or zeroconf peripherals to Windows networks can be problematic if those networks include name servers that use .local as a search domain for internal devices. Microsoft recommends against using unregistered suffixes, such as .local.
[1] [2] PCManFM is the standard file manager in LXDE, also developed by the same author in conjunction with other developers. Since 2010, PCManFM has undergone a complete rewrite from scratch; build instructions, setup and configuration have changed in the process. Released under the GNU General Public License, PCManFM is free
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and Arch Linux ARM for the x86-64, i686, and ARMv7 architectures. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is distinguished from other Arch-based distributions by offering only free software .
LXLE was a Linux distribution based upon the most recent Ubuntu/Lubuntu LTS release, using the LXDE desktop environment. [3] LXLE is a lightweight distro , with a focus on visual aesthetics, [ 4 ] that works well on both old and new hardware .