Gentoo-Based exGENT Linux OS Launches with Xfce 4.12.1 and Linux Kernel 4.10.1

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

GNU/Linux developer Arne Exton shares with us the availability of a new build of his Gentoo-based exGENT Linux-based operating system, which now includes all the recently released technologies and open source applications.

exGENT Build 170303 has been released today, March 3, 2017, and includes the first point release of the Linux 4.10 kernel, as well as the lightweight Xfce 4.12.1 desktop environment and the GRUB2 bootloader, which replaces the GRUB Legacy bootloader used in previous versions in an attempt to implement the Calamares installer.

“The boot loader GRUB Legacy has been replaced by GRUB2. I started this build in the hope that I should be able to implement a new independent installer program called Calamares,” said Arne Exton. “I wasn’t able to do it now, though (many dependencies to satisfy). My old … (read more)

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