Linpus Linux 8.2 Release

Linpus Linux 8.2 Release

Taipei, June 27, 2002. Linpus Technologies, Inc is proud to announce the 
release and availability of the Linpus Linux 8.2 desktop and server operating 
system. As the oldest and most experienced Linux development company in the 
Chinese speaking world, Linpus Technologies has combined all the recent Linux 
advancement with the Chinese environment and language tools into a complete 
product. The most noteworthy features include the following:

Ease of installation
The complete operating system requires only a few installation steps in a 
graphical, easy-to-follow environment. Traditional Chinese, Simplified 
Chinese and English instructions are provided.

Improved hardware detection
Our development team has worked hard to make sure that the product is 
available to the widest audience, including notebook users and users of 
non-standard hardware. A new 2-step installation setup is available to test 
the hardware compatibility before proceeding with the rest of the package 
installation.

Advanced Chinese Support
All aspects of Chinese usage are now fully supported. This includes input, 
printing and working environment in both simplified and traditional Chinese 
as well as various input methods. A lot of effort went into making sure that 
offices wishing to move to Linux can do so without much productivity loss.

Unicode and LSB 1.1 compliance
The use of Unicode fonts throughout the applications means that, for the first 
time, it is possible to mix different Asian character sets in the same 
document. Compliance with the Linux Standard Base recommendations is another 
great step towards compatibility with future releases and other Linux 
distributions.

Hardware compatibility
Our co-operative efforts with many local hardware manufacturers have resulted 
in a much improved compatibility testing. All modern processors, including 
Pentium 4 and AMD K7, most video cards such as Matrox, Nvidia, GeForce as 
well as 802.11b wireless modules and RAID arrays are now fully supported. 
Installation has also been tested and known to work on most notebooks.

More information
Please visit our web sites for more complete details about this release: 
http://www.linpus.com/product/linux-8.2.htm (English) and 
http://www.linpus.com.tw/linpus8/linpus82.htm (Chinese).

About Linpus Technologies
Linpus Technologies, established in Taipei, Taiwan in 1997 is a premier Linux 
development company in Greater China. With offices in Taipei and Shanghai, 
the company is specializing in development of Linux embedded systems as well 
as Linux server and desktop operating systems. For more information please 
visit our web site at http://www.linpus.com.