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NimbleX is a small Slackware-based Linux distribution optimized to run from a CD, USB drive or a network environment. NimbleX has been praised for how fast it boots, as well as for its small disk footprint, which is considered surprising for a distribution using KDE as desktop environment.〔〔 NimbleX was also remarked for its web site that allows users to generate custom bootable images using just a web browser.〔NimbleX Live CD Generator, Linux Magazine 88 March 2008, pages 36-39〕〔Serdar Yegulalp (January 29, 2008) ("How To Roll Your Own Linux Distro" ), InformationWeek.〕 It was also covered in mainstream Romanian press as the first Linux distribution put together by a Romanian.〔 (Nimblex, A Romanian Linux ) ((abstract in English )), Expres, March 19, 2007〕〔 (NimbleX, an operating system made by a Romanian ) Expres, August 28, 2007〕 == Features == NimbleX is reported to boot fast; an important factor in user experience when running from optical media or USB drives. A review of the 2007 NimbleX edition noted: "Expect it to boot in less than half the time that a live CD from Fedora, Ubuntu, or Knoppix takes."〔 A more recent review of the 2008 edition also noted NimbleX's speed: "It's easily one of the fastest bootups I've seen in a while. I even tried to hinder or cripple it's boot time, and even on a dog slow pendrive or an old as dirt test machine, it still booted amazingly fast. The desktop and applications are also very fast."〔 NimbleX is also a very compact distribution. A review of the 2007 edition wondered "how they managed to include KDE, not to mention the other applications",〔(NimbleX 2007 - As the Name Implies... )〕 having included in the size of only 200 MB a window-based graphical user interface (a slimmed down KDE to fit), the Firefox web browser, the office documents editor KOffice, a PDF reader, a media player that can play almost all the file formats without the need to install a codec, the photo editing software GIMP, anti-virus and Bluetooth support integrated to name a few applications included.〔(the main things regarding the 200MB NimbleX )〕 As of 2008, the installation process of major Linux distributions can be customized by creating custom installation disks, usually called spins, but creating a spin requires a certain amount of expertise, and creating a spin that can run from the installation media requires further customization. NimbleX makes this process user-friendly by providing a web interface for the process,〔Bruce Byfield (August 30, 2007) (Custom NimbleX lives up to its name with do-it-yourself install images ) Linux.com〕〔Steven Lake (July 28, 2008) (Review: NimbleX 2008 ) DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 263〕 which is similar to that of some embedded Linux distributions, e.g. FreeWRT. These features made the distribution popular early on: "To judge from its forums, NimbleX has attracted a surprisingly large number of users for such a relatively unknown distribution."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NimbleX」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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