moonOS 2 RC1 Released!

[12rithy]

This is moonOS 2 RC1, codename Kachana. Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Enlightenment DR17 0.16.999.050+Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, moonOS 2 “Kachana” comes with a new tool “moonDomain“, “moonGrub” and a lot of other improvements. Read full announced.

Here some screenshots:

[jimmyhacker]

System Requirements?APT resources available or we`ll steal by ubuntu repos?

[smartboyathome]

System Requirements?APT resources available or we`ll steal by ubuntu repos?

Should be comparable to Xubuntu, since E17 is lighter than GNOME. I wish one of these E17 distros would pick Entrance instead of GDM for once, though!

[miggols99]

Should be comparable to Xubuntu, since E17 is lighter than GNOME. I wish one of these E17 distros would pick Entrance instead of GDM for once, though!

+1

GDM adds unnessary bloat, where Entrance could easily be used - just look at elive.

[Grant A.]

IMHO, SLiM is the best choice for low-bloat.

[smartboyathome]

IMHO, SLiM is the best choice for low-bloat.

But it doesn't look nearly as nice as entrance, nor does it preload some of the e17 libs like entrance does.

[12rithy]

System Requirements?APT resources available or we`ll steal by ubuntu repos?

Yes system requirements like Xubuntu. APT is available:

deb http://download.gan.org/icedragon kachana main
deb http://greenie.sk/ubuntu intrepid e17

[Grant A.]

Doesn't look half bad from your screenshots; however, the latest Linux Kernel is 2.6.28.

[Sand & Mercury]

I'd like to give this a shot tomorrow. It looks great, good to see Enlightenment being used, it's a fantastic DE.

[smartboyathome]

I'd like to give this a shot tomorrow. It looks great, good to see Enlightenment being used, it's a fantastic DE.

Technically Enlightenment is a window manager, not a desktop environment. It has the ability to use modules, but it still isn't a DE. Just thought I would throw that in there.