 Screenshot Elive 3.8.4 | |
| Developer | Samuel F. Baggen |
|---|---|
| OS family | Debian GNU/Linux |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Shared source |
| Latest release | 3.8.7 / May 2, 2020 (2020-17-02) |
| Platforms | IA-32,i386,AMD64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| Default user interface | Enlightenment |
| License | Various |
| Official website | http://www.elivecd.org/ |
Elive is aLinux distribution based onDebian 10 Buster both for legacy (old) and new hardware. Elive uses the desktop environmentEnlightenment. Elive is aLinux Distribution with aLive CD and Persistent USB Image that allows the user to try Elive before installing it on the system and not lose any work.
Elive was born inBelgium prior to 2005 as a private experiment by its founder to customize aKnoppix Live CD running the Enlightenment[1] and with the designs based in the Evil Entitydistro, it was called Tezcatlipotix,[2] since the result was better than expected the desire to create a public version started.
Two months later the first public version with the name of Elive appeared publicly, appearing directly inSlashdot.
Elive has access to online repositories of Debian (Buster for beta, Wheezy for old stable) and uses its own repositories with more than 2500 packages that includes own specific software for Elive, extra software, or packages that replaces the default ones provided by Debian, improving the overall system and integrity. Elive comes with a complete set of included software to fit any needs for example free programs as:LibreOffice,Chromium,Firefox,Thunderbird,VLC media player,GIMP,Inkscape,Blender,Skype,Virtual box,Shotwell,...
Elive old stable has 3D effects without need of an accelerated graphic card (though is suggested), thanks tot he integration between E17 andCompiz (Ecomorph). The Beta version supports the newestlinux kernel and is available both fori686 andamd64 architectures, though it drops the support to E17 (not compatible with the latest Debian Stable release) in favor of E16, which, despite being older, is way more stable and well supported by modern distributions. It is fairly easy to upgrade to E23, which is considered the futureDesktop Environment of this OS.
At the moment 3 supported releases are available:
All the old releases are available on the official website and shared through Torrent.[3]
The "minimum hardware requirements" for running Elive (32 bit) are:
The "minimum recommended hardware requirements" are:
The basic setup to get a daily usable device could be aPentium 4 HT (or equivalent), 2gb ram, 30gb 7200 rpm satahard disk and a graphic acceleration capable graphics card; the previous recommended requirements would still give a snappy system, but they would not meet modern web browsing requirements (so the experience with Firefox or Chromium may not be the best), which is out of the os control: for that reason Elive also ships some low resources browsers likeNetsurf andLinks2, though they are unable to visualize every website correctly.