News and announcements
INX 1.1 Released
Written for "INX Is Not X" by Peter Garrett on 2009-02-11
The INX team is pleased to announce the release of INX 1.1.
The 1.1 release is an update of INX 1.0 which includes security and bug-fix updates,
a newer kernel, and improvements to menus and interfaces.
* You can now configure your keyboard and console settings with a new entry in the "Tools" menu.
* Asciiquarium is included in the Fun and Games menu!
* New "Direct" menu for more direct access, as well as the menus from 1.0
* Improved internet audio streaming interfaces both for preset "stations"
and searches on Shoutcast.com.
Using the elinks browser, you can now play music in the background in
GNU Screen while continuing
to use the browser.
* Default resolution is now 1024x768 (up from 800x600)
* "Default colour scheme chooser" - you can now alter all menus at once to your preferred colours.
* The cdmp audio CD player is now also "themeable", and you can now play a track simply by typing
a track number
* "Guru Mode" for those who don't want menus.
Bit Torrent Swarm: (Please join in, and help to seed INX 1.1!)
http://
Downloads available from:
http://
http://
Updated .
INX 1.0 Released
Written for "INX Is Not X" by Peter Garrett on 2008-10-06
The INX team is proud to announce the release of "INX Is Not X",
Version 1.0.
INX is a "Live CD" distribution of GNU/Linux, derived from
Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS, but using "ubuntu-minimal" and "ubuntu-standard"
as a base. It is console only, without any graphical "X" programs.
INX is intended as a "tutorial" and introduction to the Bash
command line, but is a fully capable, portable GNU/Linux system in
its own right. It has a collection of easy-to-use menus, colour
themes, easy configuration tools, music (and video on the frame buffer),
some games, and several surprises for those who are not aware of
what can be done in a console/tty.
INX is fun, and not intimidating for console beginners.
INX 1.0 also includes new features; you can now set up wireless
with the "Ceni" tool from the INX "Net & Web" menu. You can
use your mouse with programs like xlinks2, elinks, mc, and the jed
text editor. In addition to the powerful GNU Screen program, INX
now sports the "Dvtm" Dynamic Virtual Terminal Manager,
a "tiled terminal manager".
You can view a list of extra packages included in INX 1.0 at:
http://
See how it looks:
http://
http://
Download link:
http://
Torrent:
http://
Please join the torrent swarm if you can, and seed generously!
Updated .
INX Is Not X: Release Candidate 2
Written for "INX Is Not X" by Peter Garrett on 2008-08-18
The "INX Is Not X" team is pleased to announce availability of the
second Release Candidate ( inx-rc2) from
or its European mirror site at
INX is a Live CD based on Ubuntu 8.04.1, which aims to be a complete
'non-graphical' GNU/Linux environment. It can be used to learn the
command line, as a rescue disc, or as a general purpose portable
command line and virtual console operating system...
ISO Downloads (187 MB iso) are available from
http://
There are also compressed Virtual Box and Qemu images:
( Direct download links)
Virtual Box:
http://
Qemu:
http://
The focus of INX is to act as a fun way to use GNU/Linux to explore the
power of the command line. It has built-in interactive tutorials, and
simple application selection from colourful menus.
You can get an idea of how it looks and works from the "slideshow"
beginning at
http://
or find some 'screencast' videos at
http://
The live CD can be booted in RAM for better speed and functionality.
The full list of packages used in INX is at
http://
"INX Is Not X" - so it contains no X applications at all.
These are the additional Ubuntu 8.04 packages used by INX
(additional to ubuntu-minimal and ubuntu-standard)
All packages are the Ubuntu packages, with versions as for Ubuntu 8.04.1
abcde
antiword
bsdmainutils
calcurse
cmatrix
console-freecell
console-terminus
cplay
cdtool
dialog
dict
elinks-lite
fbgrab
fbi
figlet
gpm
greed
htop
iftop
iptraf
irssi
jed
links2
linm
mc
moc
mpg321
mplayer-nogui
mutt
robotfindskitten
sc
screen
setcd
sl
sshfs
telnet
urlview
usbmount
vifm
vim
zile
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