Berry Linux Explained

Berry Linux
Developer:Yuichiro Nakada
Family:Linux (Unix-like)
Source Model:Open source
Language:English, Japanese
Kernel Type:Monolithic kernel (Linux)
Ui:LXDE, Maynard
Working State:Current
Website:http://berry-lab.net/
Package Manager:RPM

Berry Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution that has English and Japanese support. Berry Linux is based on and is compatible with Fedora 39 packages. The distribution is primarily focused on use as a Live CD, but it can also be installed to a live USB drive. Berry Linux can be used to try out and showcase Linux, for educational purposes, or as a rescue system, without the need to make changes to a hard disk. The current version is 1.39 released on 31 May 2024.[1] [2] [3]

Features

Berry includes read/write NTFS support, and AIGLX and Beryl are bundled for 3D desktop effects. Berry also uses bootsplash, giving it a graphical startup.[4]

The full version (v1.12) includes and runs on Linux Kernel 3.0.4. It has the ALSA sound system, ACPI support, and SELinux. Berry Linux features automatic hardware detection, with support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI, USB devices and many other peripherals. Network devices are automatically configured with DHCP.

The full version of Berry Linux uses KDE (Version 4.6.5) while Berry Linux Mini uses the Fluxbox window manager. The full version is 512.7MB, while the mini version is 273.4MB. To test Berry Linux it is not necessary to install the distribution to a hard disk, as the operating system runs entirely from CD-ROM. It is, however, possible to install Berry Linux to a hard disk, which requires 1.7 gigabytes of free space.Supporting Japanese, Berry includes Whiz, a sharp Kana-Kanji conversion system. It also comes with LibreOffice version 3.4.3, a Microsoft Office compatible office suite, as well as TextMaker/PlanMaker as Berry's office software. The GIMP, version 2.6.10, is bundled for graphics software.

Berry includes the media players Audacious, MPlayer, Xine, and Kaffeine. DVD and DivX codecs are installed by default.

Version history

Berry Linux's historical releases are as following.[5]

Release DateVersion NumberBased on
2003-11-11Berry Linux 0.29Fedora Core 1
2004-01-21Berry Linux 0.35Kernel 2.6
2004-07-21Berry Linux 0.43Fedora Core 2
2004-12-15Berry Linux 0.51Fedora Core 3
2005-07-21Berry Linux 0.60Fedora Core 4
2006-04-18Berry Linux 0.69Fedora Core 5
2006-11-20Berry Linux 0.76Fedora Core 6
2007-07-10Berry Linux 0.87Fedora 7
2008-02-24Berry Linux 0.88Fedora 8
2008-05-17Berry Linux 0.91Fedora 9
2008-12-07Berry Linux 0.94Fedora 10
2009-01-29Berry Linux 0.95
2009-04-10Berry Linux 0.96
2009-06-22Berry Linux 0.97
2009-09-14Berry Linux 0.98Fedora 11
2010-03-15Berry Linux 1.01Fedora 12
2010-08-31Berry Linux 1.04Fedora 13
2011-05-24Berry Linux 1.10Fedora 14
2011-10-30Berry Linux 1.12Fedora 15
2012-02-06Berry Linux 1.13Fedora 16
2012-05-28Berry Linux 1.14
2012-06-23Berry Linux 1.15Fedora 17
2012-12-31Berry Linux 1.17
2014-06-23Berry Linux 1.18Fedora 20
2015-01-08Berry Linux 1.19Fedora 21
2015-05-29Berry Linux 1.20
2015-11-22Berry Linux 1.21Fedora 23
2015-12-31Berry Linux 1.22Fedora 24
2017-01-08Berry Linux 1.24Fedora 25
2017-11-27Berry Linux 1.26Fedora 27
2019-07-08Berry Linux 1.31Fedora 30
2020-03-17Berry Linux 1.32Fedora 31
2021-07-07Berry Linux 1.35Fedora 34
2022-02-22Berry Linux 1.36Fedora 35
2022-12-14Berry Linux 1.37Fedora 37
2023-11-24Berry Linux 1.38Fedora 39
2024-05-31Berry Linux 1.39Fedora 40

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/1866 yum! raspBerry 0.60 | Tux Machines
  2. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/3967 A Taste of the Berry 0.65 | Tux Machines
  3. https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060731#review1 DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 162, 31 July 2006
  4. https://news.softpedia.com/news/Berry-Linux-31323.shtml Berry Linux
  5. Web site: Berry Linux . distrowatch.com . 21 Dec 2021.