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TheOpenCD 2.0 Released
HenrikOxUK pastes "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of TheOpenCD v2.0. The disc contains old favorites like Mozilla, OpenOffice, AbiWord, Gimp in updated versions, but also has some noteable additions like Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender and Gaim. The CD browser technology is also new this time, and is based on Gecko (see screenshots). This approach should make it simpler to make derivatives, including localized versions, some of which will be out shortly. We have timed the release to be out just before the holidays so you can fill the stockings of friends and family with Free and useful software. Read more or get a copy from one of our FTP mirrors or on Bittorrent."
TheOpenCD is a small collection of only the highest quality OSS for Windows, easily available on a CD. The programs are carefully selected to ensure stability, ease of use and a clean install and un-install from your computer. The CD is intended as a first introduction to the world of OSS, but it is our hope that you will later go on to explore other projects, and at some stage you may even want to try a whole new operating system, such as Linux (sometimes called GNU/Linux).
RELEASE NOTES - TheOpenCD v2.0
TheOpenCD project is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of our Windows-FOSS distribution. We have timed the release to be out just before the holidays so you can fill the stockings of friends and family with Free and useful software. Major additions in this version include Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender and Gaim. The CD browser technology is also new this time, and is based on Gecko. This approach should make it simpler to make derivatives, including localized versions, some of which will be out shortly.
The following programs are included:
* Productivity
o OpenOffice 1.1.3
o AbiWord 2.2.1
o PDFCreator 0.8
* Design
o GIMP 2.0.5
o Blender 2.35a
o Dia 0.94
o TuxPaint 0.9.14
* Internet/Networking
o FireFox 1.0
o Thunderbird 1.0
o Mozilla suite 1.7.3
o Gaim 1.1.0
o Filezilla 2.2.9
o TightVNC 1.3dev6
o WinHTTrack 3.32-2
* Multimedia
o Audacity 1.2.3
o Celestia 1.3.2
o CDex 1.51
* Utilities
o 7-zip 3.13
o Notepad2 1.0.12
o SciTE 1.62
* Games
o Sokoban 1.187
o Battle for Wesnoth 0.87
o Lbreakout 2.4.1
About TheOpenCD:
TheOpenCD is a small collection of only the highest quality OSS for Windows, easily available on a CD. The programs are carefully selected to ensure stability, ease of use and a clean install and un-install from your computer. The CD is intended as a first introduction to the world of OSS, but it is our hope that you will later go on to explore other projects, and at some stage you may even want to try a whole new operating system, such as Linux (sometimes called GNU/Linux).
KNOPPIX 3.7 has just been released
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For those who don't already know, (quoting the site), "KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it."
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