Fuduntu

Fuduntu Linux was a focused on desktops rolling -release Linux distribution. The goal of the distribution project was to provide an aesthetically pleasing user experience with current applications on the desktop, notebook or netbook. The distribution included a classic desktop with Gnome 2 side open source software and proprietary software such as Adobe Flash or Steam was included that was asked to install their software repository. Fuduntu was optimized for low power consumption and offered tools to maximize the battery life. Since Fuduntu was developed as a Rolling Release that users could continuously benefit from the latest software.

History

Fuduntu was created by Andrew Wyatt launched to combine the advantages of Linux distributions, Fedora and Ubuntu and utilize optimally on an Asus Eee netbook. Fuduntu was originally developed on the basis of Fedora, but used since the fork of Fedora 14 in early November 2011 a separate code base. Therefore, the packages created for current versions of Fedora could be incompatible. On April 28, 2013, the project team announced the end of Fuduntu. With version 2013.3, the last version was released. Then there was for this distribution by the end of September 2013 Support and bugfixes before then everything has been set.

Special Features

Because of the focus on low energy consumption are at Fuduntu the / tmp and / var / log directories in a RAM disk. In addition, the swap priority is set in the memory management of the Linux kernel on an unusually low value of 10 in order to reduce the frequency of disk accesses. In addition Fuduntu includes the Dr. Andrew Wyatt Jupiter power management applet for easy adjustment of the CPU performance settings, screen output, resolution, etc.

Similar to the Ubuntu Fuduntu installer included per a software for one purpose:

  • File manager Nautilus Elementary
  • Browser: Chromium
  • E -mail Program: Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Office Package: LibreOffice
  • Image Editing Software: GIMP
  • Media Player: VLC

On the installation media the following proprietary packages also were included:

  • Adobe Flash
  • Fluendo Media Codec
  • Steam
  • Netflix Support Ubuntu

In addition to the Mac OS X -inspired dock, which was realized with the software Cairo Dock, fell to the graphical design of the Fuduntu Faenza Cupertino called on icon theme. There was the desktop with its strictly square shaped icons typical for Fuduntu appearance.

Fuduntu project

The Fuduntu distribution is a community project with democratic decision-making. Despite the development as a Rolling Release the developers regularly publish " quarterly release media ." This was to installation media that abbildeten the current state of development.

The management team of the project consisted of the following members (as of February 2013):

  • Andrew Wyatt, Project
  • Randy Adams ( Crandy2 ), Head of Support Team
  • Noah Hall ( Enalicho ), Head of Development Team
  • Nick Bryda ( Fufu ), Head Paketierungsteam
  • Lee Ward ( Viper Chief ), Head of Communications Team
  • Blair Zimmerman ( Psych0 ), Head of Marketing
  • David Holden ( Dpejesh ), Head of Infrastructure

Andrew Wyatt

Andrew Wyatt is the founder and project manager of Fuduntu project. He is a qualified Linux Systems Architect and Engineer, and RHCE and worked for 16 years as a technology leader in the deployment and management of IT solutions.

Award and dissemination

  • On 14 March 2013, the Linux Foundation Fuduntu proclaimed the winner of 2013 in the category "Best desktop distribution ".

Criticism

There has been criticism that Fuduntu is still used in the version 2013.1 the Gnome desktop version 2, instead of the current versions of MATE, Cinnamon or Gnome 3.

Revision history

  • Publication of a Fedora 14 remix as instructive exercise on SourceForge
  • Shift of the file / tmp and / var / log on a RAM disk
  • Setting the swap priority in the kernel to 10 (default is 60)
  • Addition of Jupiter for power savings
  • Establishment of the quick start of OpenOffice
  • CFS replaced by BFS
  • Deadline IO Scheduler as default
  • Various optimizations that improve availability and response times of a Fuduntu computer
  • Added Thunderbird in the default installation
  • Redesigned UI
  • Improve the interaction of the IRQ in the kernel and BFS
  • Fuduntu 14.6 has a base memory consumption of 150 MB after installation on
  • Shifted cache of Mozilla Firefox on a RAM disk
  • Adobe Flash and Fluendo Media codecs will be delivered after obtaining a redistribution license with.
  • Added NTFS-3G
  • Preloader
  • Crebs
  • Dropbox preconfigured installation
  • Samba
  • Improvements in print quality by integrating Infinality freetype enhancement
  • VLC was included in the default installation
  • Integration of Likewise Open and bluez -compat
  • The Fuduntu packets are now in " stable" - divided and "Source " repositories -, "Test".
  • Kernel 2.6.37,
  • PowerTop 2.0
  • BFS has been removed and replaced again by CFS
  • Integrated ilurus and "Open Terminal Here" extension
  • Integration of the Nautilus Actions configuration tools
  • Tomboy
  • Shutter
  • Yelp
  • Gnome Color Manager
  • Bug fixes, no new features
  • Kernel 2.6.37.3,
  • Adobe Flash Plugin 10.2
  • Chromium 9 (Stable )
  • Prism
  • OpenShot 1.2.2
  • Kernel 2.6.39.1
  • ext4 as the default file system
  • Integration of proprietary drivers for NVIDIA ( akmod - nvidia ), and ATI graphics cards ( akmod - catalyst )
  • Revision of the boot process, including through the integration of dracut
  • Banshee 2.0.1
  • This release is referred to as the first official Fuduntu - Rolling - Release ISO Image.
  • The first release, which is based on an independent Fedora codebase
  • Kernel 3.0.7
  • X.Org Server 1.11.1
  • Kernel 3.2.13
  • Kernel 3.4.4
  • GCC 4.6.3
  • Anaconda 16.2
  • GRUB 2 as the default bootloader
  • Kernel 3.4.10,
  • Switch from OpenOffice to LibreOffice 3.6.1.2
  • With this update, the management of TMPFS mount points has been optimized
  • Restructuring of the file system as it was implemented in Fedora 17, wherein the / run directory is located on a RAM disk.
  • Kernel 3.6.9
  • Jockey offers the user as needed proprietary drivers
  • Steam and Netflix desktop integration

Minimum requirements

32-bit:

  • 900 MHz or faster CPU
  • 384 MB RAM
  • 5 GB of available hard disk space

64 -bit:

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