Vector Linux is a small, fast, Intel based Linux operating system for PC style computers.

Vector Linux is a small, fast, Intel based Linux operating system for PC style computers. The creators of Vector Linux had a single credo: keep it simple, keep it small and let the end user decide what their operating system is going to be. What has evolved from this concept is perhaps the best little Linux operating system available anywhere.

For the casual computer user you have a lightening fast desktop with graphical programs to handle your daily activities from web surfing, sending and receiving email, chatting on ICQ or IRC to running an ftp server.

The power user will be pleased because all the tools are there to compile their own programs, use the system as a server or perhaps the gateway for their home or office computer network. Administrators will be equally as pleased because the small size and memory requirements of the operating system can be deployed on older machines maybe long forgotten.

Vector Linux is a small, fast, Intel based Linux operating system for PC style computers. The creators of Vector Linux had a single credo: keep it simple, keep it small and let the end user decide what their operating system is going to be. What has evolved from this concept is perhaps the best little Linux operating system available anywhere. For the casual computer user you have a lightening fast desktop with graphical programs to handle your daily activities from web surfing, sending and receiving email, chatting on ICQ or IRC to running an ftp server. The power user will be pleased because all the tools are there to compile their own programs, use the system as a server or perhaps the gateway for their home or office computer network. Administrators will be equally as pleased because the small size and memory requirements of the operating system can be deployed on older machines maybe long forgotten.

Updates: (via Distrowatch)

Robert Lange has announced the availability of the first release candidate for VectorLinux 7.0, a Slackware-based desktop distribution: "The VectorLinux development crew is proud to announce the first release candidate of VectorLinux 7.0. There have been numerous changes since the beta 2.1 release. The kernel is version 2.6.38.4, glibc is 2.13 and everything else is up-to-date with Slackware 13.37. We have the new Xfce 4.8 with Glx-Dock, the latest AbiWord, Gnumeric, Scribus, Inkscape, Shotwell and a vast array of other programs in all categories at their latest stable versions. We have squashed major bugs that occurred during the second beta cycle, which includes updates to the kernel, firmware, vasm, GDM, VectorLinux artwork, ConsoleKit and some minor theme changes."

The release announcement.

Download: VL7.0-STD-RC1.iso (618MB, MD5).

Recent releases:

• 2011-05-05: Development Release: VectorLinux 7.0 RC1
• 2011-03-21: Development Release: VectorLinux 7.0 Beta 2
• 2011-02-09: Development Release: VectorLinux 7.0 Beta 1
• 2010-12-08: Development Release: VectorLinux 7.0 Alpha 4
• 2010-09-22: Distribution Release: VectorLinux 6.0 "SOHO Deluxe"
• 2010-08-11: Distribution Release: VectorLinux 6.0 "SOHO"

Screenshots.