moon OS

moon OS
moonOS
Company / developer Chanrithy Thim
OS family Unix-like
Source model Open Source
Latest stable release 4.0 Main Edition, 2.0 LXDE Edition / January 2011; 10 months ago (January 2011)
Supported platforms IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
Default user interface Gnome
License GNU General Public License and other licenses
Official website www.moonos.org

moonOS is a fully functional Linux distribution, which uses the Gnome window manager.The Enlightenment project is still under active development.[1]. The file system in moonOS is different from other Linux distors. It is easy and clutter-free compared to the usual Linux file system. The last version was released in January 2011.

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Default software

The default software selection contains several well-known applications like Firefox and GIMP. Here is a list of the default software:

  • Mozilla Firefox, the default web browser
  • OpenOffice.org, the default office program
  • Pidgin, the default IM client
  • Banshee, the default music player
  • Totem Movie Player, the default video player
  • Brasero, the default optical disc burning software
  • GIMP, the default photo editor
  • Transmission, the default BitTorrent application
  • Evolution, the default e-mail client
  • Gwibber, the default social client
  • Cheese, the default app to take webcam pictures

It is believed that moonOS is a fork of Linux Mint. moonOS has a similar user interface as Mint, and Moon's IRC client opens the Mint help channel when launched.

With the release of Neak, the moonOs team developed a new File Hierarchy exclusive to their distribution. The new file system is designed to be easy and clutter-free. Along with various changes including: Updated kernel(the 200 line patch), Synapse for easy application/File searching, the switch to GNOME (from Enlightenment), and the new AppShell framework. The AppShell framework is a newly created way of installing applications in Linux by using a Mac way of doing so. What it does is use .appshell files that can be put on flash drives and can be easily installed on the system by dragging the file into the AppFiles folder.

References

  1. ^ "Enlightenment homepage". The Enlightenment Project. http://www.enlightenment.org/. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 

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