Linux Lite 4.2 Officially Released with Redshift, Based on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS | Linux Today

Linux Lite 4.2 Officially Released with Redshift, Based on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS

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Marius Nestor
Oct 31, 2018

Based on the first point release of Canonical’s latest LTS (Long Term Support) operating system series, Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver), Linux Lite 4.2 is powered by the Linux 4.15.0-38.41 kernel from upstream, but users can install a custom kernels from the official Linux Lite repositories, from Linux 3.13 to Linux 4.19. Linux Lite 4.2 ships with the Mozilla Firefox 63.0 “Quantum” web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird 60.2.1 email and news client, LibreOffice 6.0.6.2 office suite, VLC 3.0.3 media player, and GIMP 2.10.6 image editor, as well as an update Lite Welcome utility, and the Redshift tool for adjusting the color temperature of your screen.

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Marius Nestor

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