Not so fast.....

Still an excellent distro, but if you want to get some additional meat with your potatoes check out

Phil Hall's test  review of this version of Linux O/S.

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9564&page=1

-------------- Original message from "Inker, Evan" <EInker-at-gam.com>: --------------

VectorLinux 5.0 SOHO released ! Posted on Monday 21 February -at- 22:53:26

The Vector Linux crew is pleased to announce the release of VectorLinux Soho v5.0 - a very feature-rich full-sized Linux Distribution. Targeted for the small office/home office user (hence SOHO). This version of Vector along with the accustomed speed, performance and stability, includes all of the applications an office or home user would require. Complementing a fresh new look to the desktop, some of the most important changes in VL5 are under the hood, featuring huge improvements in VASM (the system administration utility) and the addition of VLAPT(the first generation of a package management system with dependency tracking, based on Slapt-get). The installer has also been rewritten with improved hardware detection and package selection and the init routine has been reworked to dramatically cut boot time by about 50%. VL Soho 5.0 is based on the recently released Slackware 10.1. This means a very fine-tuned distro with Slack's rock-solid base and the most up to date stable packages available. Some of the bundled applications are: KDE 3.3.2 and iceWM 1.2.13 as window managers. For a complete web experience you will find Firefox 1.0 with pre-configured Mplayer, Flash, and Java plugins, plus Gaim 1.1.2, gFtp, Kasablanca, and Sylpheed. OpenOffice 1.1.4, Abiword, Kontact, KMyMoney, GnuCash and QHAcc in the productivity department; QCAD 2.0.33, Scribus 1.2, Gimp 2.2.1, Blender 2.34, Povray and Inkscape for graphics and design tasks; for web development there is XAMPP, Bluefish 0.13, Quanta 3.3.2, CSSEditor 0.2.1, and a full set of java related applications. Other highlights of this release include support for digital cameras, scanners and printers, as well as fax capabities. The K3b CD/DVD burner, ripperx, Kaffeine, xmms, mplayer, amarok and Xine. Even with all of this, VectorLinux Soho v5.0 still fits in an easy to install, single CD. You can contribute to this community project by ordering a CD-Rom with a printed installation guide, or you can download the freely available iso image to burn your own installation CD.

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