This version of alka-linux is based on the Ubuntu-derived Linux Mint operating systems, re-designed using the Ubuntu Customization Kit
This versions of alka-linux:
- Has a modern and light graphic interface, based on Cinnamon
- Exploit all the power of the modern 64bit systems
- Contains the most up-to-date version of software packages
A short list of the pre-installed software includes:
General software
- Development tools: compilers and the GNU software toolchain
- Internet tools: Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, Pidgin, transmission and skype
- Typesetting, Wordprocessing and Printing: LibreOffice, LaTeX/TeTeX, Emacs, mint printing system
- Visualization: Gnuplot, GIMP, ghostview, evince PDF viewers
- Sound and Video: Basnhee, Brasero, VLC media player
- Unix command-line tools
Scientific software
- Statistics: R and R packages, Rstudio, gretl, gbutils, subbottols
- Mathematics: Octave, Tisean, QtOctave
