April 2009 newsletter
In this Edition:
- Website Updates
- New site for FOSS groups
- New Products (Since the last newsletter)
Website updates
We have changed the layout of the main page and added a lot of information to help make selections a little easier for those who are newer to the Open Source community.
We have also updated our content management system to better support Internet Explorer 7 and Safari browsers.
New Website for FOSS Groups
We have launched http://groups.on-disk.com as a site to help those who promote free and open source software. Among the assistance we can give are 100,000 free banned advertisements at On-Disk.com, free and low cost media for events, along with a SWAG exchange to make it easier to get SWAG for events.
New Products
honestly the number of updates since the last newsletter are too many to send in an email. The last month has been the the busiest ever. It would take a week to compile all the details, so instead I'll just append a few of the update notifications that were sent out:
You will notice a new format with these newly listed items where all available media types are on one page. As the new releases hit, hopefully everything will be a little easier to find.
Due to customer requests we are opening up for 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu pre-orders. See the below links for more information or to place our order:
Ubuntu 9.04: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/705
Kubuntu 9.04: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/706
Xubuntu 9.04: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/707
Clement Lefebvre, the lead developer for Linux Mint, has submitted two new versions of 6.0:
KDE Community Edition: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/709
Fluxbox Community Edition: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/708
The KDE Community Edition for Linux Mint 6, codename "Felicia", is based on Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Xorg 7.4 and it comes with the latest KDE 4.2 and Amarok 2.0.
The Fluxbox Community Edition is based on Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, Linux 2.6.27, Fluxbox 1.0.0 and Xorg 7.4. Included is an all-new menu system, Mint-FM2, Slim as a display manager, Live CD features that should make it easier to install on low-end machines, a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Linux Mint installer for Microsoft Windows), and much more minty goodness.
Ubuntu and kubuntu 9.04 Updated Editions are now available.
http://on-disk.com/index.php/cPath/28_135_284
Ubuntu and kubuntu 8.04-9.04 and 8.10-9.04 Updated Editions are a standard Live Installable DVD with all system and application updates applied. They are completely up to date as of April 4, 2009.They run and install just like the officially released versions. The only difference is that it already contains all the updates so you don't need to update anything when you install it, nor do you have to worry about crashing your system if an update doesn't go well. See:
http://on-disk.com/index.php/cPath/28_135_284
Ubuntu 8.10-9.04 and Kubuntu 8.10-9.04 Persistent Live Media (USB Flash Drives, Secure Digital (SD) Cards, and Compact Flash (CF) Cards) are created from the Ubuntu and Kubuntu 8.10-9.04 Updated Editions:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/648
The Ubuntu 8.10-9.04 Repository Dual Layer DVD Set contains the Complete Ubuntu Software Repository , as of April 4, 2009 created for Ubuntu 8.10 for use with all Ubuntu Based Operating systems:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/644
More updates, bringing our total Live Media variations to 552 including the new Debian additions:
http://on-disk.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=debian+media
The Live Media version of Debian 5.0 is available on USB Flash Drives, Secure Digital (SD) Cards, and Compact Flash (CF) Cards. To our knowledge, at the time of this writing, it's the only available Installable Persistent Live Media version on the market. This Live Media version was created from the normal Debian Gnome Desktop and includes the Remastersys installer which allows installing onto the hard drive.
A Persistent ext3 file system is used to preserve changes (aka persistence). A 1GB fat32 partition holds the Live Debian install, while the rest of the drive will be used for the ext3 save partition. For more information see:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/687
The Live Media version of LXDEbian 5.0 is also available on USB Flash Drives, Secure Digital (SD) Cards, and Compact Flash (CF) Cards. Only On-Disk.com carries this full Debian system with LXDE.
A Persistent ext3 file system is used to preserve changes (aka persistence). A 1GB fat32 partition holds the Live Debian install, while the rest of the drive will be used for the ext3 save partition. For more information see:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/688
To view our ever-expanding list of items available on USB Flash Drives, SD Cards, and CF Cards see:
http://on-disk.com/index.php/cPath/280
A couple of our "Underdog" favorites have just released new versions.
Berry Linux: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/712
[SuperGamer64 Desktop: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/711]
The 64 bit SuperGamer Desktop based on Vector Linux with many improvements. Although known for gaming excellence, this 64 bit desktop edition is on par with the best
Berry Linux is a bootable CD that features, automatic hardware detect-ion. It supports many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI, USB, and oth-er peripherals. Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, Educational CD, or a rescue system. You can try it out without touching your hard drive. If you like it, there is an option to install Berry Linux on your hard disk. (Needs 1.7GB) Berry Linux 0.96 is based on Red Hat Fedora 10.
On-Disk.com took Berry Linux .96 for a ride and were very impressed. Among the reasons we liked it so much are:
(1.) The desktop is one of the nicest KDE4 implementations we have encountered. We found it very clean and surprisingly fast compared to most we have tried up to this point.
(2.) OpenOffice 3 is pre-installed, along with TextMaker (Word) and PlanMaker(Excell) from SoftMaker Office.
(3.) If you like an expanded repatuar also included are Wine (to run software created for Microsoft Windows), and ZSNES, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Pacman is in the games menu which open in ZSNES, and worked quite well. If that weren't enough, PCXF-df, a nice Playstation emulator is also included.
(4.) Includes KPPP and QPmon for dialup connections. More and more distributions are dropping dialup support, however there are still a great many who live or vacation in more remote areas where using a dialup connection is the only option.
We now have 598 Live Media variations on USB Flash Drives, Secure Digital (SD) Cards, and Compact Flash (CF) Cards. Today we add two more products available on 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB Live media drives:
The Persistent Live Media version of Knoppix 6.0.1:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/693
One feature specific to Knoppix 6.0.1 is the ability to customize the size of the save (persistence) file. With the first boot you will be prompted to select the size of the save file you wish to use.
The Persistent Live Media version of Dream Linux 3.5 is is created directly from the Updated Edition (see below), so also contains all updates as of March 24, 2009:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/670
Dream Linux 3.5 Live Media Drives will consist of a 1GB fat32 partition, and an ext3 save (aka persistent) partition which will fill the rest of the drive.
Dream Linux 3.5 Updated Edition Live Installable DVD:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/692
This is an updated Dream Linux 3.5 Remaster with the following changes made:
(1.) All 161 updates as of March 24, 2009 have been applied. With these changes applied it no longer firts on a CD.
(2.) Because of serious inconsistencies when running Live, the LiveDVD was moved from a grub base to the much more standard isolinux, with syslinux being used for our Live Media variations.
(3.) Remastersys, the Remastersys Installer, and Remastersys Grub Restore may be used from the LiveDVD or after installation.
The Live CD and Live Media (USB Flash Drives, SD Cards, CF Cards) edition of OpenOffice.org are ready.
http://on-disk.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=openoffice+live
Both the CD and Live Media versions can run directly from the CD or Live Media on any Intel compatible PC or laptop no matter what operating system is installed. It can also be used to install OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 onto computers using Windows 98SE or later
When running live, a specialized OpenOffice.org desktop is used to make launching OpenOffice components as easy as possible. Firefox and a file manager are also installed that allow saving documents to drives attached to the host computer. Internet access is also designed to be "automatic" on most computers attached to LAN, Cable, or DSL Internet connections.
Live CD: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/690
Live Media: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/691
PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Live Media (Flash/SD/CF) is the Live Media version Of PCLinuxOS 2009.1, which is available on USB Flash Drives, Secure Digital (SD) Cards, and Compact Flash (CF) Cards. This works just like running from the PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Live CD, except is much more responsive. see: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/685
PCLinuxOS GNOME 2009.1 is the same PCLinuxOS system you know and love, with the GNOME desktop Environment. It features: kernel 2.6.26.8.tex3, Gnome 2.24.3, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7, Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17, Gnome office apps, Brasero, Gnome Power Manager, Exaile Music Player and many more! See:http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/431
CrunchBang Linux 8.10.2 is an Ubuntu based distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications. The distribution has been built and customized from a minimal Ubuntu install. The distribution has been designed to offer a good balance of speed and functionality. See: http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/686
    
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