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Qomo Linux 4.0 Beta Released; New Repository Page Launched 28 September 2012 02:56
from: http://www.linux-ren.org/thread-67716-1-1.html
On September 24th, the 4.0 Beta version of Qomo Linux, the community
distribution of Linux-ren, was distributed. it is a grand new
distribution that has been developed from the scratch by the Qomo
team, for several months. In future, users since this version will be
at the most up to date version of Qomo as soon as they keep updating;
no reinstallation is needed. Meanwhile, the software repository of
Qomo will also be divided into three levels, and will be merged level
by level according to their stabilities, thus ensuring the stability
of users’ system.
Qomo Linux 4.0 Beta takes the kernel version of the newest stable
version, and the hardware drivers are richer. It adopts the systemd
mechanism in basis of Qomo 3.1, and has a faster start-up speed;
meanwhile, it provides users with the function of completing the
command line automatically. It adopts the stable version of KDE 4.9,
and the new version of KDE enhanced the stability and performance,
which brings many new features, and the default input method is
ibus-sunpinyin, which is the most welcome input methods on Linux
system.
Besides the KDE desktop environment, Qomo Linux releases the Gnome
version the first time, and provides support for Gnome desktop
environment, the adoption of Gnome 3.4.2 provides users with another
choice. In the future, Qomo Linux will add support for more desktop
environment, according to the need of users in the community.
The Linux People launched the new project
homepage(qomo.linux-ren.org) at the time of the release of the Qomo
Linux 4.0 Beta, the homepage is used to show the preview of the
features and functions of the newest Qomo Linux, and the release of
Qomo Linux will be focused on the homepage, meanwhile, we’ll enrich
the functions of the project homepage constantly, in the future,
it’ll provide users with the function of personalized customization
for Qomo Linux.
After the release of Qomo Linux 4.0 Beta, the project group will
focus on collecting the feedback of users, and modify Bugs and update
system in time, they’ll provide users with a more high-quality
official version of Linux 4.0. At that time, users who have installed
the Beta version needn’t reinstalling, the Qomo has a feature of
rolling upgrade, which will upgrade the system to the official
version smoothly.
The download address of Qomo Linux: http://qomo.linux-ren.org
The submit address of Bugs: http://bugs.linux-ren.org/
The forums of Qomo Linux: http://www.linux-ren.org/forum-85-1.html
The lottery address of sina weibo activity:
http://event.weibo.com/616989
Main new features:
Support multiple desktop environment. The 4.0 adds ISO release of
gnome version the first time, that is, there are two ISO: gnome
version and kde version, and there will be other versions in the
future.
Adopt systemd mechanism roundly, and the start-up speed is faster.
The 4.0 provide a function of complementing the command line of
systemctl automatically, which is very convenient for users to learn
and use system.
The installation takes only four steps with the new developed simple
and elegant installation program. The users’ configuration after
installation is finished when the system first start up, which fits
the need of OEM client better.
Optimized the software dependency, and have a smaller ISO without the
reduce of functions.
The dependency is clear, and the system is more stable.
Simplified the assigned package mechanism, and keep the package
structure and software structure of the official version consistency,
which is more convenient for community lovers to compile and
configure.
A new design of theme, especially the splash screen is cooler than
3.1.
Main components of the system and their versions
` kernel : 3.5.3
` glibc : 2.16.0
` systemd(integrating udev): 188
` dbus :1.6.4
` Xorg : 1.12.4
` yum : 3.4.3
` rpm : 4.10.0
` gtk : 3.4.4
` qt : 4.8.2
` gnome : 3.4.2
` kde : 4.9.0
` firefox :15.0
` ibus : 1.4.2
` networkmanager : 0.9.4
` libreoffice : 3.5.5
New features of the KDE desktop:
` double click execution by default
` adopt folders view in default
` Forbid some unnecessary service, which speed up the
operation speed
` Using ibus-sunpinyin which is the most popular input method
under Linux as the default input method
` Using thunderbird as the mail client
` Using firefox as the default browser
` Using VLC as the video player
` Using libreoffice as the office suit
` Other software that are mainly KDE-integrated
New features of the Gnome desktop:
` Using the Gnome3 desktop environment
Main applications integrated include:
` Image viewer: shotwell
` Office: libreoffice
` Pdf: evince
` Zip: file-roller
` Email: evolution
` Disk analyzer: baobab
` Media player: totem
` Games: gnome, games
` Browser: firefox
` Flash: adobe flash player
` Input method: ibus
` Network: networkmanager-applet
Multiple ways of installing:
` DVD-ROM: using DVD disk as the installation media.
` USB flash disk: run command “dd if=Qomo_kde_4.0_beta.iso
of=/dev/sdX” (please replace X with the digit of your partition)
under the Linux environment, and the USB flash disk is able to boot
Qomo. In windows, Universal USB Installer is recommended to be used
to make a bootable USB flash disk.
` Hard disk:
http://wiki.linux-ren.org/index.php/Install_Qomo_from_HDD
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installing
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loading
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the KDE desktop
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the Gnome desktop
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