Sunday, March 31, 2013

Bodhi Linux 2.3.0 Released

After almost exactly three months since our Bodhi 2.2.0 release the Bodhi team and I are happy to announce the next update release for our 2.x.y series - Bodhi Linux 2.3.0. Again because this is a minor update release people who are already using our 2.x.y branch can simply upgrade to this release via their package manager. Something else I would like to mention is that next month our 1.x.y series release will be reaching its end of life next month (meaning our repos for it will be fully shutdown) so this is a great time to upgrade to our matured 2.x.y release if you've been waiting.

For those who don't care to hear my ramblings, you can find direct download links for our ISO images on Source Forge here and then torrent downloads for the ISO images here (please help seed for a few days if you can).

As with our 2.2.0 release there are three disc downloads for this version:

  • 32bit featuring a current PAE enabled kernel
  • 32bit featuring a non-PAE kernel with older hardware support
  • 64bit featuring a current kernel
Software wise we see the following updates with this release:
And of course there are a number of other application updates in the Bodhi repos (not included by default) such as Firefox 19.0.2, Chromium 25, nVidia 310 drivers and LibreOffice 4.0.1

Of course we have some fresh looks for this Bodhi release in terms of art as well! You will find the following default themes on this Bodhi disc:

Angelic


Miguel


Egypt


Vision


Bodhi Forum


Finally - please do not comment on this post asking for help with an issue you have with Bodhi. Instead open a support request on our user forums.

Cheers,
~Jeff Hoogland
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  1. AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    great news

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  2. TwoDMarch 31, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    I'll help seed all torrents for as long as I can. Don't have a great up link, but at least it won't die.

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  3. Yaseen NooraniMarch 31, 2013 at 2:29 PM

    images for miguel and egypt themes are swapped over!
    good to hear this news though

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  4. AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 10:25 PM

    Does Anonymous just live to annoy people? You sound just like Comic Book Guy on "The Simpsons" dude... "worst distro ever". Geez man, get a life. I've yet to come across a copy of Mint that ever worked right on my PCs and I've talked to others who say the same. Jeff's contribution with Bodhi is much appreciated by me, and runs like a jewel on my old IBM ThinkPad and my much newer HP laptop. Speed, desktop theme choices, cool eye-candy that Micro$oft hasn't figured out how to accomplish without gobbling up 4GB of RAM. Thanks Jeff! Well let Anonymous get back to wackin' off to dream girls on the Internet, instead of contributing to anything.

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    1. JeffHooglandMarch 31, 2013 at 11:09 PM

      Thanks for the kind words - in an effort to not feed the trolls I've removed the posting from the unnamed person.

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    2. UnknownJuly 1, 2013 at 9:31 PM

      I wish I could have a row of computers to just test and fidget with distros. So far Bodhi is the second one to catch my eye to actually install on a computer. =)

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  5. AnonymousApril 1, 2013 at 12:48 AM

    Is there LTS Release?

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    1. JeffHooglandApril 1, 2013 at 7:14 AM

      All of Bodhi's releases are LTS releases.

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    2. AnonymousMay 15, 2013 at 5:40 PM

      Is there any way in the future that you could make a version of bodhi bases on arch or the non LTS version of ubuntu I just hate having such old versions of software

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  6. Bodhi Linux rocksApril 1, 2013 at 3:49 AM

    It looks awesome and apart from main line distro soon I am going to test it.

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  7. Ali E. İMREKApril 1, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    I'm on Bodhi since version 1.3 at home PC and Enlightenment development is impressive, but themes looks like cartoons :)

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    1. JeffHooglandApril 1, 2013 at 7:14 AM

      Themes are 100% subjective. Half the people say the E themes look "cartoony" or "glossy" and the other half just love them.

      Either way they are 100% community created - so if you think you can do better than do better! If you don't think you can do better - then don't complain.

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    2. GuillermoApril 1, 2013 at 7:39 AM

      Look at the Bodhi Forum, they have a thread with a lot of amazings Desktops/themes/icons

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    3. AnonymousApril 10, 2013 at 3:09 AM

      I am also on Bodhi 1.4.0 which has worked well for me - I have yet to try out the recent Bodhi 2+ releases how do I do a system level upgrade without having to uninstall my existing 1.4.0 configurations - basically I have got Ubuntu partitions beside Bodhi and this is the first time I am doing an upgrade instead of a fresh reinstall..

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  8. Curt-April 1, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    Very nice, Jeff. Ganbatte!

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  9. Ali E. İMREKApril 1, 2013 at 8:41 AM

    "do better or don't complain" It may be ideal world among developers but users always complain, find something to complain :)

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  10. UnknownApril 1, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    Thanks Jeff,

    I am new to Bodhi and like it very much. Very fast on an old Thinkpad X30...much better than other distros...This is important for me. It is important for the future of developping nations...that the millions of old computers which cost around 100$ and still work might be used and not discarded contributing to world pollution. It allows also billions of people to be able to afford a computer.

    Thanks to Bhodi, this is possible, even if this hurts your modesty...its a great gift for humanity (no jokes).

    Long and cool life to Bodhi and the team!

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  11. UnknownApril 3, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    This new release definitely does not disappoint. It runs wonderfully on my aging Thinkpad T41. Great work!!

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  12. AnonymousApril 3, 2013 at 2:47 PM

    Which version/release of Ubuntu is it based on?

    Better support for VMware/VirtualBox like other distros?

    Thanks.

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    1. TomeezApril 4, 2013 at 4:29 PM

      Bodhi is always based on LTS mate.

      So, this one is on 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

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  13. C Solis PhotographyApril 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM

    Love your work, Jeff! Thanks so much for a stable distro with E on top.

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  14. CesarApril 5, 2013 at 1:47 AM

    I really love Bodhi Linux and your hard work! The choice to practically have every relies of Bodhi as LTS is fantastic, very comfortable and really smart!!! Friends that got Bodhi installed by me on their computers appreciated that Bodhi as so many different themes and profiles "...is like to have many different systems on the same computer and like to change shoos every day..." (a female friend's comment ;-)".
    The system runs even faster now with 2.3 upgrade. Anyway... THANKS A LOT Jeff and you others in the stuff!!!!
    (PS: this review of Bodhi is perfect to make people curious about Bodhi and I use it to convince my friends to choose Bodhi..the rewiev starts att 0:41:39: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/30416/bodilicious-bodhi-review-las-s25e04/ )

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  15. AnonymousApril 5, 2013 at 7:51 AM

    My very first linux was Bodhi Linux, but at the time it had a bad habit of forcing logout randomly, also PCManFM crashing so easily, requiring reboot in order to use it again. Thus I switched to Lubuntu which is more stable.

    Maybe the new version has increased stability.

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  16. DavidApril 5, 2013 at 1:24 PM

    Hey Jeff,
    I am new to linux( have only been using Ubuntu 12.04 for 6 months) but was looking for a light weight distro for my netbook. After some poking around, I've decided on Bodhi Linux - the reviews and advice I got about it are great. I am looking forward to installing it and "spreading my wings a little - linuxiwise".
    FYI You should know I got really good info about Bodhi from: http://tinyurl.com/c2svtyg and http://tinyurl.com/c9c59lj
    Really looking forward to having a light weight but powerful distro on my netbook.

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  17. AnonymousApril 5, 2013 at 11:22 PM

    Which is the password for LiveCD? Why a LiveCD need to use a password? I can't find any informetion about the password in the Bodhi Linux Site.

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  18. f1l0April 7, 2013 at 4:12 AM

    Some screenshots of Bodhi 2.3.0 here: http://linuxscreenshot.netsons.org/bodhi-2-3-0/

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  19. UnknownApril 7, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    Keep up the good work Jeff. Your distro (2.2) is actually the only linux distro i've tried that installs and runs (somewhat descent) on my crappy fujitsu tablet with intel oaktrail. Iĺl be happy to try out this new version.

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  20. AnonymousApril 12, 2013 at 3:41 AM

    Just want to say thxs for this great distro. I've been using it for the past year. I'm a developer and I work with different technologies. I usually install software I work with on my home server. I use Bodhi
    running under VirtualBox to run various environments
    Postgres, MySql Mongo DB and anything else I'm playing with at the moment.

    Now if only I could get Bodhi running on my Samsung T300 :-)

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  21. UnknownApril 12, 2013 at 7:06 AM

    Great... I knew you would do this... Now I have to ditch Slackware again - 'cos your distro is slick, fast polished and too damn sexy... Don't you realise the guilt you put people through! Speed and eye candy! Your distro should be made illegal... I'm weeping now as I burn your distro onto a disk - yes soon my beloved slackware will be gone and replaced by the sultry, sexy, fast BODHI... Whimper...

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  22. AnonymousMay 19, 2013 at 3:14 AM

    I'm a fan of Linux Lite for it's simplicity and ease of use, but after I found Bodhi Linux I fell in love with it 'cause it's also superb/fantastic/marvelous I can go on. I'm a fan of minimalism and stuff getting the job done: that's Bhodi Linux all in all :) that, and Bhodi being full of eyecandy :)))) greetings from Mexico!

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  23. AnonymousJune 6, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    Well, I would really like to see 2.3.0 on my Raspberry Pi not to far from now.
    Best without the nasty feature "Enlightenment SGV'd...", of course.
    Sorry to have to say, 2.2.0 tends towards self distruction on my Pi, soon after running the basic updates.
    BTW, half of the repos seem to be down / invalid, even after refreshing packet info.
    Same with the German translation, gone with the wind.
    No "install now", no download, no morror, no whatsoever else....

    Good luck anyway

    Jürgen from Hamburg Sternschanze

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  24. AnonymousAugust 14, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    Bodhi Linux Rocks,
    After trying Jolicloud, Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Xfce and others I have to say this is the best distro I have used over the course of 5 years.
    Eye candy with minimalism and speed is superb with a fine balance, This will catch on fire in the community.
    Documentation is also superb.
    Well done!!!

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  25. AnonymousAugust 26, 2013 at 9:44 PM

    I have just spent a week trying one distro after another -- from Zorin, to LinuxOS Full Monty, to Linux Mint, etc. None of them had what I wanted until I tried Bodhi. I LOVE IT!!! Simple, intuitive, efficient, fast and extremely pretty. I am nuts about the themes -- especially Egypt. It makes me feel like I am in a warm and cozy place, playing a favorite video game (like JewelQuest or Luxor). I couldn't be happier. Thanks!

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