VectorLinux SOHO, as its name implies, is a Linux distribution aimed at Small Office and Home Office users - people who want all those applications but also enjoy speed! VL SOHO comes provides you with:

• a fun, fast and easy installer with great hardware detection. Install time is only about 15-20 minutes on modern computers.
• KDE, a great looking and comprehensive desktop environment, complete with a huge range of applications.
• The VASM user-friendly yet powerful system administration utility.
• gslapt and slapt-get for easy, automated package downloading, upgrading, installation and maintanance.
• vl-hot, automatic mounting of external USB, Firewire and PCMCIA external storage devices.
• OpenOffice 2 productivity suite.
• Business applications for personal information, organization, finance, and databases.
• Powerful web development systems.
• Simple to advanced graphics editors.
• Complete Internet applications. In particular we have preconfigured Firefox with PDF, MPlayer, FlashPlayer and Java plugins.
• Multimedia and entertainment - for music and video and web content streaming.
• Internet, Network Neighbourhood and wireless connectivity.
• Support for peripherals including printers, scanners, digital cameras and fax/modems.

All of that comes with Vector Linux´s trademark characteristics of being fast, light, well integrated and stable. You can view screenshots of VL SOHO at our website.We hope you enjoy it!

NOTE: As of February 1st, 2007 the most recent version of VL SOHO is VectorLinux SOHO v5.8 Alpha2

• Processor: Pentium III compatible or better (so you may use an AMD processor).
• Harddisk: 3 GB for the system, plus space for swap (virtual memory) and personal files.
• Memory: 128 MB as an absolute minimum, 256 MB for comfort, 512MB for speed (with just 128MB you should consider using VL Standard instead).
• Video card and Monitor capable of 1024x768 resolution and 24 bit color.
• Standard mouse, keyboard, sound card, CDROM, etc.

If you are ready to try our VL SOHO Edition, the ISO file is about 700MB in size and is completely free to download. Alternatively, you can support the project by ordering a copy of the VectorLinux SOHO Deluxe Edition from our CD Store.This is also a good option for those with a slow Internet connection.

As at February 2007, VL5.8 SOHO is still in beta testing stage. VL5.1 SOHO is available from the repositories however.

 
Vector Linux was founded by Robert S. Lange (aka 'vec') of Canada. The first SOHO was version 2.5, introduced by Vector in 2002. Tony Brijeski (aka 'Tigger') was the architect of the very successfull SOHO 3.2, which was followed by the first community-based effort, SOHO 4.0 RC1, lead by Mutiny and Tigger. Eko M. Budi (aka 'Kocil') stepped in to make huge contributions towards SOHO 5.0. SOHO 5.1 was a community effort lead by vec and JohnB316. SOHO 5.8 is based upon the VL5.8 Standard Base with KDE and is brought to you thanks to the efforts of JohnB316 and uelsk8s.

You can join the development team, too - please visit us at the Vector Linux Forum.

Hope to see you there soon!