Berry Linux is a

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that has English and Japanese support. Berry Linux is based on and is compatible with

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39 packages. The distribution is primarily focused on use as a

, but it can also be installed to a

live USB A live USB is a portable USB-attached external data storage device containing a full operating system that can be booted from. The term is reminiscent of USB flash drives but may encompass an external hard disk drive or solid-state drive, thou ...

drive. Berry Linux can be used to try out and showcase

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, for educational purposes, or as a rescue system, without the need to make changes to a

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. The current version is 1.39 released on 31 May 2024.

Features

Berry includes read/write

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support, and

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and

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are bundled for 3D desktop effects. Berry also uses bootsplash, giving it a graphical startup.Berry Linux
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3.0.4. It has the ALSA sound system,

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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

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. The full version of Berry Linux uses

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(Version 4.6.5) while Berry Linux Mini uses the

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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

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. 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

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version 3.4.3, a

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compatible office suite, as well as

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as Berry's office software. The

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, version 2.6.10, is bundled for

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. Berry includes the media players Audacious,

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, and

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and

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codecs are installed by default.

Version history

Berry Linux's historical releases are as following.

References

External links

Berry Linux Project

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Features

Version history

See also

References

External links