SNAPPIX 0.9.1 review

SNAPPIX 0.9 is a "live CD" Linux distribution based on KNOPPIX 3.8

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: PJ Cabrera

0

SNAPPIX 0.9 is a "live CD" Linux distribution based on KNOPPIX 3.8. Its distinguishing feature from KNOPPIX, is that it is focused on open source development tools, specifically open source Java implementations and development tools.

SNAPPIX 0.9 showcases the open source components in SNAP Platform 0.9, which feature the SableVM open source Java VM, GNU Classpath library, and Jikes compiler, the Apache Ant build tool, the Jython scripting language, plus the Eclipse universal tool platform, and the Tomcat servlet and JSP container.

SNAPPIX 0.9 contains Mono 1.1.6, MonoDevelop 0.7.0.0, MonoDoc 1.0.6-3, and XSP 1.0.5.0. MonoDevelop features full syntax-highlighting and debugging integration of C# applications for the Mono environment.

SNAPPIX 0.9 also contains GCC, Python, Perl, PHP, and Ruby with full syntax-highlighting and debugging integration in KDevelop. PHP, Python, and Ruby editing and syntax-highlighting are also enabled in Eclipse with plugins such as TruStudio and RubyEclipse.