SalixLive MATE 14.1
Posted: 22. Nov 2015, 18:15
We are very happy to announce the release of Salix Live MATE 14.1! This might seem a bit late in the 14.1 series, but all the work needed for it was already done and we thought why not? Of course, it includes the MATE desktop and compared to our previous Live release, featuring the Xfce desktop, this includes several improvements, mainly with the Live Installer.
This release is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The 32-bit iso includes support for both PAE and non-PAE capable systems. The 64-bit iso supports UEFI/EFI systems as well.
The software included in this release, mirrors that present in a standard Salix MATE 14.1 release as closely as possible, so there are no surprises there. The full collection of Salix System Administration tools is of course also included.
The new version of the Salix Live Installer includes the following improvements:
- It now supports many filesystems (ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, reiserfs).
- You can choose between grub and (e)Lilo boot loaders. Grub is default.
- You can use a different partition for /home
- You can find and add Windows partitions in grub.cfg. Note that if you use eLilo as your bootloader, you will not be able to boot Windows partitions.
For users installing in UEFI/EFI GPT partitions, if a GPT partition table does not exist, will have to be created using GParted running from the Live System. The following partitions should be created:
- the first partition has to be at least 300MB and use the FAT32 filesystem
- the second partition has to be a Linux partition of any type. NOTE: if you choose grub then the partition cannot be in xfs filesystem because system will not boot after installation, as grub does not support xfs properly. If you want to use xfs as your filesystem you must also use the eLilo boot loader.
- you can optionally add a third partition for /home
- and of course a swap partition
- Important! Before proceeding with the installation you must flag the first FAT32 partition as bootable. You can also do this using GParted.
If you want to transfer the live iso to a USB stick, make sure you read the instructions in this README.
This is definitely going to be the last release on the 14.1 series, as development will soon shift towards the next stable release.
For users that would like to see what this release looks like before even downloading it, two videos that go through the installation and a short showcase of the live system, for the 32-bit and 64-bit release respectively, are also available from the following links:
Salix Live Mate 14.1 32 bit - Installation and review
Salix Live Mate 14.1 64 bit UEFI/EFI - Installation and review
So, you can download this release either from Sourceforge, or with your favorite torrent client using the following links:
Salix Live MATE 14.1 (32-bit, i686)
(size: 852 MB, md5: 96bed0f465c266850fd105a2eec940e1)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/14.1/iso/ ... so.torrent
Salix64 Live MATE 14.1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(size: 859 MB, md5: aaae8e170d477a3602a3d6f7222d0b3b)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/14.1/is ... so.torrent
A great thanks to djemos for doing all the hard work for this release and working on our Live releases in general!
Enjoy!
This release is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The 32-bit iso includes support for both PAE and non-PAE capable systems. The 64-bit iso supports UEFI/EFI systems as well.
The software included in this release, mirrors that present in a standard Salix MATE 14.1 release as closely as possible, so there are no surprises there. The full collection of Salix System Administration tools is of course also included.
The new version of the Salix Live Installer includes the following improvements:
- It now supports many filesystems (ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, reiserfs).
- You can choose between grub and (e)Lilo boot loaders. Grub is default.
- You can use a different partition for /home
- You can find and add Windows partitions in grub.cfg. Note that if you use eLilo as your bootloader, you will not be able to boot Windows partitions.
For users installing in UEFI/EFI GPT partitions, if a GPT partition table does not exist, will have to be created using GParted running from the Live System. The following partitions should be created:
- the first partition has to be at least 300MB and use the FAT32 filesystem
- the second partition has to be a Linux partition of any type. NOTE: if you choose grub then the partition cannot be in xfs filesystem because system will not boot after installation, as grub does not support xfs properly. If you want to use xfs as your filesystem you must also use the eLilo boot loader.
- you can optionally add a third partition for /home
- and of course a swap partition
- Important! Before proceeding with the installation you must flag the first FAT32 partition as bootable. You can also do this using GParted.
If you want to transfer the live iso to a USB stick, make sure you read the instructions in this README.
This is definitely going to be the last release on the 14.1 series, as development will soon shift towards the next stable release.
For users that would like to see what this release looks like before even downloading it, two videos that go through the installation and a short showcase of the live system, for the 32-bit and 64-bit release respectively, are also available from the following links:
Salix Live Mate 14.1 32 bit - Installation and review
Salix Live Mate 14.1 64 bit UEFI/EFI - Installation and review
So, you can download this release either from Sourceforge, or with your favorite torrent client using the following links:
Salix Live MATE 14.1 (32-bit, i686)
(size: 852 MB, md5: 96bed0f465c266850fd105a2eec940e1)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/i486/14.1/iso/ ... so.torrent
Salix64 Live MATE 14.1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(size: 859 MB, md5: aaae8e170d477a3602a3d6f7222d0b3b)
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
torrent: http://salix.enialis.net/x86_64/14.1/is ... so.torrent
A great thanks to djemos for doing all the hard work for this release and working on our Live releases in general!
Enjoy!