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09-17-2010, 09:10 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2010
Posts: 3
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Which LXDE version of Linux has the newest version of Firefox and Open Office?
Which LXDE version of Linux has the newest version of Firefox and Open Office included?
I am looking for an iso file, and I am trying to run this off of a live CD for now. So I want a light version of Linux, probably LXDE, or if not, then probably XFCE. But I need a new version of Firefox and OpenOffice included.
Because, I tried burning the customizable NimbleX @ custom.nimblex.net . Pretty good, except it uses Firefox 2, and Open Office 2.3, which are outdated.
And I tried Mint XFCE, which might have been pretty good too, but it had some issue of blanking and requiring relogin after I opened hotmail frequently (user id: mint, password: blank).
The web browser and the word processing program are the most important and essential applications to me.
So are there any Linux versions in LXDE on LiveCD that include newer versions of Firefox (or at least another good browser) and Open Office (oo seems better than abi)? (Again, if no LXDE, perhaps XFCE?)
I just want to download a good version in an iso file, and burn it to a CD and get to work. Like I said the web browser and the word processing program are all important.
So really, what iso/LiveCD versions are the fastest for running on an older system, and yet have the newest browser and word processor included?
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09-17-2010, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, Debian 10, LineageOS 14.1
Posts: 1,573
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KNOPPIX 6.2.1 has lxde as its default desktop. Knoppix is a LiveCD distribution with reasonably new software (including Firefox and OpenOffice.org). The iso is available here.
Last edited by mark_alfred; 09-18-2010 at 07:55 PM.
Reason: to add clarity to the post
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09-17-2010, 10:12 PM
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Registered: Nov 2009
Posts: 94
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http://www.zenwalk.org/
zenwalk has its openoffice installed by defualt upon installing. however it uses icecat but its like firefox.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100425 IceCat/3.6.3 (like Firefox/3.6.3) (Zenwalk GNU Linux)
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09-17-2010, 11:01 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Philadelphia PA USA
Distribution: Lubuntu, Slackware
Posts: 2,230
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Salix just released a new updated Salix live with LXDE or XFCE. It comes with Open Office 3.2 which is almost the newest version. I am not sure what version of Firefox is on it. It should be at least 3.6.7 or 3.6.8. Firefox 3.6.10 just came out a couple days ago, so doubt any current live CD includes 3.6.10.
Salix is also very light and fast.
http://www.salixos.org
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09-18-2010, 06:17 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: OZ
Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS
Posts: 4,916
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LXDE is a desktop environment even if a livecd/installcd doesn't have it by default it is easy enough to install.
Most distros keep current with latest Firefox releases as well as OpenOffice.
Debian has Firefox 3.6.10, 3.5.13, and Firefox 4 beta.
apt-cache policy iceweasel
iceweasel:
Installed: 3.6.10-1
Candidate: 4.0~b5-0
Version table:
4.0~b5-0 0 (Same as the current Firefox 4 beta)
500 http://mozilla.debian.net/packages/ ./ Packages
*** 3.6.10-1 0 (Same as the current Firefox)
101 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.13-1 0 (Same as the current 3.5.x version of Firefox)
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
It also has OpenOffice 3.2.
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09-19-2010, 11:57 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,243
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If you go to http://distrowatch.com/search.php you can search for distros with specific versions of a program, and distros with specific user interfaces. Compare the results, and you have your answer.
Do note that some versions of distros with the latest versions of programs may be development ones: unsuitable for any purpose for which an intelligent person would use a computer :-)
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09-19-2010, 12:04 PM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Copenhagen DK
Distribution: PCLinuxOS2023 Fedora38 + 50+ other Linux OS, for test only.
Posts: 17,520
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... Updated to Firefox 3.6.8 ten minutes ago .. EDIT
EDIT: Actually I got 3.6.10. (Synaptic said 3.6.8 before "Synaptic Refresh".)
And again, please see Distro Watch ..
http://distrowatch.com/index.php?dis...h=all&year=all
> > pclinuxos-lxde-2010.07.iso
3.6.8..3.6.10 : not included in distros released some months ago,
but may have an update ready, when you have installed the OS.
..
Last edited by knudfl; 09-19-2010 at 01:06 PM.
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