New Thai Linux Distribution Release: LinuxTLE 8.0

LinuxTLE 8.0, code name "Patong", has been released. LinuxTLE is a community project, developed in Thailand, with the goal of delivering a complete desktop Linux solution to the speakers of Thai.

Unlike the distribution's previous versions, which were based on Fedora Core, LinuxTLE 8.0 is the project's first release that uses Ubuntu (version 6.10) as its base system.

The new product comes with the Linux kernel 2.6.17.11, X.Org 7.1, GNOME 2.16, Firefox 2.0 (with Java and Flash plugins) and OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 with full support for Thai.

On the localization front it includes several Thai fonts, as well as LEXiTRON, a Thai - English dictionary.