A Cinnamon edition of the Gentoo-based Calculate Linux Live GNU/Linux operating system
What’s new in Calculate Linux Cinnamon 20:
- We moved to profile Gentoo 17.1.
- All binary packages were recompiled with GCC 9.2.
- Calculate Linux will no longer come in 32 bits.
- eselect replaced layman as the overlay manager and the enabled overlays moved to /var/db/repos.
Calculate Linux Cinnamon is a recent addition to the constantly growing list of editions based on the Calculate Linux operating system. It is a modern distribution of Linux that provides users with a media center computing environment. The main component of this Calculate Linux flavor is the open source Cinnamon desktop environment, which is a fork of the GNOME 3 desktop.
Features at a glance
If they install the Cinnamon flavor of Calculate Linux, users will enjoy numerous GNOME 3 applications and common tools, as well as top-notch open-source applications like Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, LibreOffice, GIMP, Pidgin, and many more.
The current version reviewed here appears to be based on the GNOME 3.20 Stack, but it makes use of the Cinnamon 3.2.7 desktop environment with its vertical panes and numerous other improvements. Of course, users will also benefit of all the Gentoo goodies.
Distributed as 32-bit and 64-bit Live DVDs
Like all other Calculate Linux editions, this specialized system is distributed as two Live DVD ISO images, one for each of the supported architectures (32-bit and 64-bit). Additionally, they provide support for several languages, including English and Russian.
Boot options
As usual, the boot medium can be used to test the system memory of your computer for errors, copy the entire live environment to RAM (requires at least 2GB), as well as to start the operating system that is currently installed on the first drive.
Transforms any computer into a home theater
With this multimedia-oriented edition of Calculate Linux you will be able to transform a high-end computer into a powerful home theater station in only a few minutes. It can be used to playback all of your multimedia content on a big screen TV or LCD.
It’s 100% compatible with Gentoo Linux
Calculate Cinnamon is 100% compatible with the Gentoo Linux operating system, it requires modest hardware resources, and lets users to customize the ISO image as they see fit. We recommend it to all people who are looking for a good HTPC distro.
