Exton|OS Linux Distro Gets Linux Kernel 4.0.7, Based on Ubuntu 15.04 and Debian 8 | Linux Today

Exton|OS Linux Distro Gets Linux Kernel 4.0.7, Based on Ubuntu 15.04 and Debian 8

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Marius Nestor
Jul 19, 2015

Exton|OS Build 150719 upgrades the kernel packages from kernel 3.19.0-14-exton to kernel 4.0.0-4-exton, which is based on the upstream Linux 4.0.7 kernel, it uses the MATE 1.8.2 desktop environment, and replaces Ubuntu’s Ubiquity installation program with the Exton|OS Installer, a clone of the Debian Live Installer project.

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