Birds Linux 8.0, the Distro for Students, Launches with Kernel 4.5, Tor Browser

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Birds Linux creator Francesco Milesi today, May 24, 2016, informed Softpedia about the immediate availability of a major update to his open-source computer operating system, Birds Linux 8.0.

Birds Linux 8.0 has been in development for the past three months, during which the developer managed to update most of the core components to their latest versions. For example, the distribution is now powered by a kernel from the Linux 4.5 series, and includes the LibreOffice 5.1.2 office suite.

It also looks like today’s Birds Linux 8.0 release switches from the Xfce 4.12 desktop environment, which was used in previous version of the OS, to the GNOME 3 desktop, providing users with the GNOME 3.18.4 packages, along with the latest applications designed for students, including Budgie Calc, Budgie Zero, Wren Matrix, and Hoopoe.

Birds Linux 8.0 shipping now with Chrome 50 and Tor Browser … (read more)

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