Netrunner 2 (Codenamed “Blacklight”) is Released - Ubuntu Without Mono

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2010-06-29 14:51:41 UTC
Modified: 2010-06-29 16:06:36 UTC

The first release of Netrunner

Summary: A Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution which excludes Mono reaches its second release

Netrunner submits: "just dropping a line to say we released the second version of Netrunner. From our website:

Netrunner 2 is re-based from Gnome to KDE! Yet it still aims to be fully Ubuntu/GTK+/Gnome-compatible!

Netrunner 2: Blacklight features well-known Gnome-apps like nautilus, synaptic and more out-of-the-box:

* Firefox 3.6.3 * installed web browser plugins (Java, Flash) * OpenOffice Software Suite 3.2 * VLC media player with codecs * Thunderbird email client * WINE 1.42 * GIMP paint program * audacious (winamp-like music player) * Pidgin * vuze (filesharing program) * and even more

All that on top of a well-tuned and easily customizable KDE 4.4 Desktop Environment!

"And of course we still ditched mono completely and installed a lot of software instead," remarked the lead developer. ⬆

Update: Here is a screenshot of the new version (Netrunner 2)

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