wattOS Energizes Aging Hardware | Linux Today

wattOS Energizes Aging Hardware

Written By
JMG
Jack M. Germain
Nov 16, 2016

wattOS is a lightweight and fast desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS built around the LXDE. It uses the lightweight Openbox window manager as its default user interface.

To credit this 8-year-young community of developers with birthing an energy-efficient Linux distribution is an understatement.

JMG

Jack M. Germain

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