Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 RC3 Release
A little over two weeks ago I announced my return to the Bodhi project and shared our 3.0.0 RC2 “Reloaded” discs. Today I would like to share a set of discs that is our third release candidate. All of the minor issues that were reported in the second release candidate have been corrected in this release and I consider these discs a very polished product.
Download Links:
You can learn which is the best ISO image for you here and you can find an installation tutorial here.
These discs are smaller than the RC2 discs by a sizable amount due to the implementation of XZ compression. The 64bit disc is also the first official Bodhi Linux release to have UEFI support built in by default. I had many Chromebook users note the absence of our Chromebook image with the RC2 release and I am happy to announce its return with this third release candidate.
It is important to remember there is more to Bodhi Linux than just what you download in ISO form. Since our second OS release the new website has been fleshed out and our QuickStart guide that users see when booting the ISO image has been updated to reflected the changes 3.0.0 brings.
Our AppCenter is now back with a new look and feel. You can find everything on here from the latest OpenOffice and WPS Office suites:
to new themes for your Enlightenment desktop:
The website also contains a brand new wiki that the community is in the process of populating in preparation of our 3.0.0 release. Other updated parts of the website include this brand new blog section as well as an update Donations page. If these discs prove to be as solid as I think they are we will have our stable release for Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 on February 20th, 2015.
As always existing 3.0.0 users do not need to reinstall to be using the latest release (unless they want to help us test the install media). Updating your current systems via eepDater will pull in all of the 3.0.0 RC3 changes and eventually the 3.0.0 stable release improvements when the time comes.
Finally, I would like to thank the Bodhi Linux community for being so receptive to my returning to the project. I announced that I was stepping back rather suddenly late last year, but a few months off was exactly what I needed. I am back now in full swing and very ready to get this release out the door.
Cheers,
This is fantastic news for those of us who can’t find anything comparable to Bodhi. Woohoo Jeff!
Really awesome you re-released the chromebook images! Thank you soo much 🙂
Stable coming closer… Getting excited, thanks for the hard work Jeff and the rest of the team!!
Go ahead Jeff and best regards ! I’ll try it on my third partition, the second is for Debian and the first for Bodhi 2.4 😉
Just to let you know I’ve installed rc3 release on my “poor” Aspire one (atom cpu, 1 Gb RAM and so on, you know …). I’ve always liked E and I think your distribution is a very,very good work. The only problem I had was my first choise to install using XFS. The result was that Bodhi was installed but the boot was without end. So I reinstalled all using ext3, this time with no problems at all 🙂
These are the good news we’ve been waiting for so long. Thank you so much. My heartiest encouragements!
Am I the only one that finds this looks butt ugly? No offence I appreciate the effort of the distro maker but really.. I rather have openbox or something without a gui than a gui like this 😛
Non-specific, non-constructive feedback like this is toxic at best.
That being said, looks are subjective, but Enlightenment can appear in a variety of different ways. What you get when you start is just one appearance. You can find a selection of other themes the Bodhi team has tested on the AppCenter here and you can find other Enlightenment themes here, but be aware we only test/support the themes listed on the AppCenter.
Can’t wait to see the stable release >.<
Nice work ^^
Jeff, just a huge vote of thanks for all your work and contributions to the broader Linux community
Hi,
Glad to read that Bodhi Linux is alive and kicking: the RC are succeding to each other rapidly with a lot of bug fixes but also improvements ! !
If only every body would work the same as you guys (and a big thumbs up to Jeff, back at work).
One question, though why pointing out to OpenOffice and WPS Office and not to LibreOffice ?
Because OpenOffice and WPS Office are not in the stock Ubuntu repos so users cannot easily install them on other Ubuntu based Linux distributions like they can in Bodhi.
Hi all,
Congrats on the RC3 of Bodhi 3.0 and the return of Jeff on this project, hope all is well Mr. Hoogland? 😉
Best regards, Ruud.
Welcome back Jeff! I’m really exited about the new release.
Good news for February! Can´t wait for install it. Thank you!! Best regards!!
Muy buena noticia y es que este distro es algo muy elegante y especial.
Great ! I rally thought Bodhi project almost kicked the bucket back then.
I’m almost the same as an end user, and yet, having to work a little with Linux and using it for common tasks too, I couldn’t find anything as satisfying as the precedent version of this OS satisfied me, and I was totally lost.
Thanks you so much pal.
So glad to see this distro moving forward and very glad to see Jeff is back and apart of the team again. I was really scared that this distro had no future without him and I have to say, I feel drastically better knowing he’s back again. Also, very nice release and again, extremely happy Jeff is back.
Thanks 🙂
1.) What are the min. and recommended system requirements? In paragraph 1 on the Wiki you note that a primary objective of Bodhi is to keep the distro “…as lean as possible…” In the installation instructions (Item 3, A, 2) there is a reference to a system requirements screen during installation, but no description or screen shot. Thus far it appears that I have be well into the installation process before I know if the distro is even compatible with my hardware.
2.) No email client listed in the AppCenter. I assume this means a manual/command line install because it is an incomplete Distro without one. Do you intend to add Thunderbird at some point since Firefox is included?
The wiki is still in the process of being populated – a system requirements page will be included there once it is fully fleshed out.
The AppCenter is not a full list of everything you can install on Bodhi. It is a list of concise choices for a variety of tasks. If you do not find what you are looking for there you still have the entirety of the Ubuntu repos available to you.
First of all Jeff, welcome back, of course we all knew you really didn’t go anywhere away from Bodhi. That said, I have to say that the distro on bootup gave me a clue that this is going to be different, the entire look and feel is awesome. The distro is way more than I expected, quite honest that is a quantum leap for the Bodhi distro. I did a fresh install with the rc3 and what a difference, and I was content with the rc2. I give my thanks to you, and the entire Bodhi community, just a very beautiful enlightenment distro. The very best e19 enlightment I have seen to date.
Thanks 🙂
@Jeff
E19 is buggy
Why would you pick this as the default version in Bodhi?
Garbage.
Non-specific feedback like this is not constructive. I use E19 for 8+ hours a day most days and have little to no issues with it. What issues I do find are reported to the E team and get resolved. If you are finding bugs/issues with the desktop report them with specific detail.
Thanks Jeff.. It’s looking pretty solid.
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What happened to the layout chooser at the start? I noticed the next button appear for a split second then it was gone.
I’m having major issues with the acer aspire e-11 and the touchpad and this release of bodhi.. I can’t even move the windows. About the only thing which does work is left click.
We wanted to simplify the start up process. Advanced users customize their desktop how they want and beginning users don’t want piles of choices. From this perspective it made since to just provide a single base/starting desktop.
Troubleshooting hardware issues is outside the scope of this comments section. Please open a support request on the user forums.
welcome back Jeff. happy to know that bodhilinux is running again. I am waiting for the next stable release.
Thanks Jeff Hoogland, it is amazing that the project to proceed.
Are there any themes with a close button on the left? Or are the all exclusively still on the right?
All are right aligned currently.
I am so glad that Bodhi linux…is back going full force….i was so heartbreaking when i thought it was over….this is the first time i have been back Thank you for all that yall do… : )
I downloaded this new version to use on Virtual Box, and it just made my day when I didn’t have to bother with Guest Additions for the 1st time. This is now my favorite Distro, thanks Jeff, and welcome back.