openmamba livedvd 2.0.11 (milestone2) release announcement
The openmamba maintainer announces the availability of the milestone2 2.0.11 release of the openmamba livedvd distribution.
Description
openmamba livedvd is a live release of the openmamba operating system distributed in
ISO format so that you can make a DVD with it, then the system can be used
simply by booting (or rebooting) your computer after inserting the medium in the DVD reader.
It also provides an installation interface for system installation on fixed disk that
lets you use openmamba while maintaining the operating system pre-installed in
your computer (e.g. Windows).
It can also be installed into an external USB storage device (e.g. a pendrive) by using the
system tool openmamba USB installation.
It works on almost any Personal Computer: notebook, desktop and server.
Who it's for
openmamba livedvd is the complete medium for a quick and complete installation into a
computer.
It is suitable for most kinds of computer usages at home or office, i.e. accessing
Internet, producing documents, listening to music and watching movies and it's useful
for data recovery on computers where the installed operating system does no longer work.
Requirements
A Intel x86 compatible Personal Computer (PC) with the following minimum features:
- processor: Intel Pentium III or higher or AMD K6/Duron/Athlon or higher
- 512 MB of RAM (2GB are recommended)
- a CD-ROM drive or USB with boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
- a fixed disk with 20 GB of free space or more
Features
- live desktop system for standard Personal Computers (Intel x86 compatible)
- boot option to optimally support computers having 4 or more GB of RAM
- top applications: LibreOffice, amarok, kaffeine, wine, gimp, firefox, kopete,audacity,k3b
- automatic hardware detection and configuration for multimediality
- support for proprietary nvidia and ATI 3D graphic drivers, Open Source drivers support is available too
- NTFS read and write support using ntfs-3g
- 3D graphical desktop support with AIGLX and Compiz
- professional audio support with jack low-latency server
- fixed disk installation interface
Downloads
Operating system information
- Name: openmamba
- Type: GNU/Linux operating system
- License: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3
- Release branch: milestone2 (stable)
- Planned maintenance: long term
- Updates level: bugfix, security, end-user applications
- Default updates channels: milestone2, milestone2-updates, milestone2-games
Kernel, boot and drivers
| Linux kernel (i586) | 3.4.30 | kernel-mamba kernel-mamba-64GB kernel-mamba-64GB-sound kernel-mamba-64GB-wireless kernel-mamba-sound kernel-mamba-wireless |
| bootloader (grub) | 1.99 | grub |
| boot system (dracut) | 015 | dracut |
| NVIDIA proprietary driver | 304.60 | kernel-mamba-64GB-nongpl-nvidia kernel-mamba-nongpl-nvidia libGL-nvidia-X11 xorg-drv-video-nvidia xorg-ext-libglx-nvidia |
| AMD/ATI proprietary driver | 12.10 | kernel-mamba-64GB-nongpl-fglrx kernel-mamba-nongpl-fglrx libGL-fglrx-X11 xorg-drv-video-fglrx |
GNU Toolchain
| gcc | 4.5.3 | gcc-cpp libgcc libgcj4 libgfortran libgomp libssp libstdc++6 |
| glibc | 2.14.1 | glibc ldconfig timezone |
| binutils | 2.22 | binutils libbinutils |
Packages and updates management
| RPM | 5.2.1 | python-rpm rpm |
| Smart Package Manager | 1.4.1 | smart smart-gui |
| PackageKit | 0.6.21 | PackageKit PackageKit-glib PackageKit-qt |
| KDE PackageKit GUI | 0.6.3.3 | kpackagekit |
Graphical and Desktop environment
| X.org | 1.10.4 | xorg-ext-libglx xorg-server |
| Mesa | 8.0.4 | libEGL libgbm libGL-Mesa-dri libglapi libGLESv1 libGLESv2 libGLU libOpenVG |
| KDE | 4.7.4 | kde-workspace kinfocenter python-plasma-scriptengine ruby-plasma-scriptengine |
| GNOME | 2.32.1 | gnome-desktop |
Graphics packages
| cinepaint | 0.22.1 | cinepaint |
| digikam | 2.4.1 | digikam kipi-plugins libdigikam libkface libkgeomap libkipiplugins libkvkontakte |
| gimp | 2.8.0 | gimp libgimp |
| gwenview | 4.7.4 | gwenview |
| kamera | 4.7.4 | kamera |
| kcolorchooser | 4.7.4 | kcolorchooser |
| kgamma | 4.7.4 | kgamma |
| kolourpaint | 4.7.4 | kolourpaint |
| kruler | 4.7.4 | kruler |
| ksaneplugin | 4.7.4 | ksaneplugin |
| ksnapshot | 4.7.4 | ksnapshot |
| okular | 4.7.4 | libokular okular |
| sodipodi | 0.34 | sodipodi |
| ufraw | 0.18 | ufraw |
| xsane | 0.998 | xsane |
Internet/Networking packages
| amsn | 0.98.4 | |
| amule | 2.3.1 | amule |
| amule | 2.3.1 | amule |
| chromium | 24.0.1312.70 | chromium |
| chromium | 24.0.1312.70 | chromium |
| ekiga | 3.2.7 | |
| firefox | 17.0.1 | firefox |
| firefox | 17.0.1 | firefox |
| NetworkManager | 0.9.4.0 | libnm NetworkManager |
| KDE network management applet | 0.9.0.4 | libknetworkmanager plasma-applet-networkmanagement plasma-applet-networkmanagement-pptp plasma-applet-networkmanagement-vpnc |
| KDE Firewall interface | 0.4.3 | kcm_ufw |
Multimedia packages
| amarok | 2.5.0 | amarok |
| ardour | 2.8.12 | ardour |
| audacity | 2.0.2 | audacity |
| audacity | 2.0.2 | audacity |
| cheese | 2.32.0 | cheese |
| clementine | 1.0.1 | clementine |
| DVDAuthorWizard | 1.4.6 | DVDAuthorWizard |
| DVDRipOMatic | 0.95 | DVDRipOMatic |
| DVDStyler | 1.8.2.1 | DVDStyler |
| hugin | 2010.2.0 | hugin |
| hydrogen | 0.9.6 | hydrogen |
| k3b | 2.0.2 | k3b |
| kaffeine | 1.2.2 | kaffeine |
| kdemultimedia | 4.7.4 | dragonplayer juk kdemultimedia-audiocd kmix kscd libkdemultimedia |
| kdenlive | 0.9.6 | kdenlive |
| kdenlive | 0.9.6 | kdenlive |
| kdetv | 0.8.9 | kdetv |
| kino | 1.3.4 | kino |
| lash | 0.5.4 | liblash |
| lives | 1.6.1 | libweed lives |
| lmms | 0.4.13 | lmms |
| miro | 5.0.1 | miro |
| mixxx | 1.10.1 | mixxx |
| mixxx | 1.10.1 | mixxx |
| muse | 1.1 | muse |
| MuseScore | 1.0 | MuseScore soundfont-TimGM |
| puredata | 0.42.5 | puredata |
| qjackctl | 0.3.9 | qjackctl |
| qjackctl | 0.3.9 | qjackctl |
| qsynth | 0.3.6 | qsynth |
| qtractor | 0.5.5 | qtractor |
| qtractor | 0.5.5 | qtractor |
| rosegarden | 11.02 | rosegarden |
| soundkonverter | 0.9.91 | soundkonverter |
| totem | 2.32.0 | libtotem totem-mozilla-plugin |
| vlc | 2.0.3 | vlc |
| vlc | 2.0.3 | vlc |
| xmms | 1.2.11 | libxmms |
| ZynAddSubFX | 2.4.1 | ZynAddSubFX |
Office/Publishing packages
| gnucash | 2.4.4 | gnucash |
| kdepim4 | 4.4.10 | akregator blogilo kaddressbook kdepim4-core kdepim4-wizards kjots4 kleopatra kmail knode knotes kontact korganizer ktimetracker libakregator libkaddressbook libkleopatra libkmail libknode libknotes libkontact4 libkorganizer4 |
| kdepim-runtime | 4.7.4 | kdepim-runtime |
| libreoffice | 3.4.4.2 | libreoffice-base libreoffice-calc libreoffice-core libreoffice-filters libreoffice-i18n-en_US libreoffice-impress libreoffice-kde libreoffice-math libreoffice-pyuno libreoffice-writer |
Games packages
| armagetronad | 0.2.8.3.1 | armagetronad |
| extremetuxracer | 0.4 | extremetuxracer |
| frozen-bubble | 2.2.0 | frozen-bubble |
| gtans | 1.2 | gtans |
| kdegames | 4.7.4 | bomber bovo kapman katomic kbattleship kblackbox kblocks kbounce kbreakout kdesnake kdiamond kfourinline kgoldrunner killbots kiriki kjumpingcube klines kmahjongg kmines knetwalk kolf kollision konquest kpat kreversi ksame kshisen ksirk kspaceduel ksquares ksudoku4 ktron ktuberling kubrick libkdegames lskat |
| kdetoys | 4.7.4 | amor kteatime ktux |
| knights | 2.1.1 | knights |
| moagg | 0.18 | moagg |
| monkey-bubble | 0.4.0 | monkey-bubble |
| neverball | 1.5.0 | neverball |
| pathological | 1.1.3 | pathological |
| pingus | 0.7.2 | pingus |
| powermanga | 0.90 | powermanga |
| supertux | 0.3.1d | supertux |
| supertuxkart | 0.6.1a | supertuxkart |
| torcs | 1.3.1 | torcs |
| xmame | 0.106 | xmame |
| xmoto | 0.5.5 | xmoto |
Emulation/Virtualization packages
| VirtualBox | 4.2.0 | VirtualBox |
| qemu | 1.0.1 | qemu |
| Wine | 1.5.26 | libwine wine wine-core wine-desktop wine-fonts |
Recovery and diagnostic tools
| Partition editor | 0.13.1 | gparted |
| Data recovery | 6.13 | photorec testdisk |
| MBR boot loader | 1.1.11 | mbr |
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