DebEX Barebone Distro Now Uses Linux Kernel 4.2, Based on Debian 8.1 and Xfce 4.12 | Linux Today

DebEX Barebone Distro Now Uses Linux Kernel 4.2, Based on Debian 8.1 and Xfce 4.12

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Marius Nestor
Sep 3, 2015

Being powered Arne Exton’s special kernel 4.2.0-7-exton, which is based on the latest and greatest Linux 4.2 kernel, build around the lightweight and highly customizable Xfce 4.12 desktop environment, and powered by Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (Jessie) operating system, DebEX Barebone Build 150902 includes the recently announced Nvidia 352.41 proprietary video driver, and updates all included packages to their latest versions as of September 2, 2015.

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Marius Nestor

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