Today, Thursday February 26 2009 we are happy to announce the general availability of PC/OS 2009v2. The new release also introduces the new PC/OS WebStation 1.0. PC/OS OpenDesktop 2009v2 and PC/OS OpenWorkstation 2009v2 have been fully tested and ready for broad consumer adoption.
Some of the changes include a slightly tweaked user interface and updated packages and all important security updates applied. Some of the updated packages are as follows.
OpenDesktop 2009v2 which is targeted towards consumers and home users:
Opera 9.63
Boot Manager
Exaile
GTKPod
PyNeighborhood
TrueCrypt 6.0a
Skype 2.0
VLC 0.9.8
Osmo
ePDFviewer
Leafpad
OpenWorkstation 2009v2 which is targeted towards developers, content creators and IT professionals:
GNOME desktop environment, LiveDVD and post install boots to XFCE.
Opera 9.63
OpenOffice.org 3.0
MingW
Eclipse
SystemTap
Boot Manager
QT Designer
Exaile
GTK Pod
VLC 0.9.8
Wammu, Mobile Phone Manager
Truecrypt 6.0a
Osmo
ePDFviewer
Fryre
Xaos
Leafpad
gSmartControl
As always in a week or so we will have a feature pak released with some additional software packages. With this release we also introduce PC/OS WebStation 1.0. PC/OS WebStation 1.0 is a web oriented distribution. It has client side applications where it makes sense, multimedia playback, graphics editing but things like office, software, storage, IM are all web based.
PC/OS OpenDesktop and WebStation are available now from the download site.
PC/OS OpenWorkstation 2009v2 + multimedia extensions is available commercially only from On-Disk.com for $14.99. After March 1st it goes up to $29.99.
Welcome to PC/OS
So what's unique regarding PC/OS. It's the first Linux based distribution that provides ease of use out of the box. It provides all multimedia codecs out of the box, an easy to use and simplified interface. Great compatibility with older hardware to help you extend your hardware and software investments. Being based on Ubuntu Linux all software and hardware that is compatible with Ubuntu is compatible with PC/OS. Our mission statement is summed up in two words "Simplified Computing"
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
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PC/OS Roots
PC/OS roots are derived from the Ubuntu distribution. Ubuntu is created and maintained by Canonical Inc. and has a vast community support system. By basing PC/OS on this outstanding base we cover two grounds, a lot of the problems and fixes are in line with Ubuntu. Many fixes for Ubuntu and Xubuntu work on PC/OS. All software compiled for Ubuntu runs on PC/OS and should anything happen to PC/OS users can still get their fixes from Canonical and maintain their distribution and makes the migration smoother. The desktop is based off of XFCE and is laid out similar to the BeOS. PC/OS does not aim to be a ground up reimplementation of the BeOS but to be as simple to use as the BeOS was. The XFCE desktop is light,modern and powerful. It can be used to power the newest workstations as well as older hardware allowing you to get the maximum potential out of your investment.
What can I do with PC/OS
It is your computer, do with it what you want. if you want to watch that Windows Media file, go right ahead. Your music files not in .ogg, thats fine by us. Do you want to watch that flash video on YouTube? go ahead.
Of course, we do encourage the open route. Open Source doesn't survive without contribution but you as users should have the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do.
What can I do with PC/OS
It is your computer, do with it what you want. if you want to watch that Windows Media file, go right ahead. Your music files not in .ogg, thats fine by us. Do you want to watch that flash video on YouTube? go ahead.
Of course, we do encourage the open route. Open Source doesn't survive without contribution but you as users should have the freedom to do whatever it is you want to do.
We also encourage consistency. XFCE is our desktop, not GNOME, not KDE, not TWM, not PWM. of course in accordance with our first part of the mission statement the others are available for download and installation.
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Do you guys have any screenshots?
Look at the download site.
I finished reviving an ancient Dell laptop this weekend. I had been running XP and an older version of Xubuntu - unhappily. (I hadn't used the machine for a long, long time.) So I looked at Distrowatch and serendipitously decided to take a chance on your shiny new v2 and it's promise of out-of-the-box ease and uncharacteristic (for Linux) compatibility. It's everything I'd hoped Ubuntu would be way back when, and made me glad I formatted Windows into oblivion. So thanks for the good work and being there at just the right time.
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