First of all I want to thank fragadelic for his invaluable development skills.
He is an amazing talent when it comes to writing scripts. He is a coder among coders, in my opinion and has never really received all of the credit he is due. Fragadelic is the developer behind such projects as Remastersys, Remastersys-LXDE, and Important development work for Vector Linux (especially their innovative installer).
Secondly, I wish to acknowledge sqlpython, whom I consider a good friend. He is a busy developer for his day job, then unselfishly volunteers his spare time to work on innovative projects. I cannot express how much respect I have for his quiet contributions that often many people never know about. Such projects include work with the KDE project team on printer app development, the Klikit Control Center, and so on.
The journey of creating RevLinuxOS is just beginning, so I hope you will stick around and join us on this new journey!
Here's a brief description of what Revolution LinuxOS is all about:
What is RevLinuxOS?
RevLinuxOS is a new Linux distribution dedicated to the user experience.
We want Linux to be fun and easy to use.
RevLinuxOS is:
* Easy to use.
* Multimedia, Multimedia, Multimedia!
* Beautiful & Artistic.
* All about the new socially networked generation.
Finally! A Linux distro for regular users who are not geeks and nerds. Most people of the next generation just want their computer to work. They don't want to spend all of their time trying to figure things out. Who has time? Now days, we are too busy with our social networking, cell phones, and jobs (if you have one during these tough times). But tough times usually bring about innovation and change. Right now, everyone seems to be about change, and keeping up with our rapidly changing world. That's why our focus will be on making your life easier, and putting the things that matter most at your fingertips.
The new generation is globally connected via online communities such as: MySpace, Twitter, Craig's List, Chat, texting, cell phones, iPhones, etc. These days, people are always on the go, taking their blackberry's and their laptops everywhere they go. That's why RevLinuxOS will be there with you every step of the way! Change is here, and that change is in the form of a generational revolution. So come join the Linux Revolution! The Generation of Change has arrived, RevLinuxOS is the system for the next generation!
Come, join the Revolution, and get connected!
Here's a list of some of the things I'm thinking about including in RevLinuxOS:
1.) Grub Restore (Put here as a kind of checklist item for you
).2.) USB pen/thumb drive, etc install option.
3.) Radio button option to install by taking over Drive, Partition, Free Space, automatically resize Windows partition and install.
4.) Detect if Grub is installed and if it is already the current boot loader.
a.) If Grub is already installed and the current boot loader, then don't install Grub, but only add an entry to Grub boot menu list.
b.) If Grub is not installed/current boot loader, then Grub will be installed.
* If this could be done, it would signal that our distro plays well with others, which seems like a novel concept these days.
5.) Option/wizard to install commercial Video drivers for NVIDIA & ATI graphics cards during installation.
6.) All drives (including USB) mounted with read/write permissions for all users at boot time.
7.) Root account enabled and password set during installation.
8.) Ability to create User accounts with passwords & possibly a few levels of permissions that can be assigned to them. All plain Language for the user of course, but basically enable them to have admin access (member or root permissions group), a level below that, and possibly a really low level of user level access.
The idea is to define the permissions in a wizard that puts it in easy language with possibly 3 user permission levels for easy setup during installation.
Applications I'm planning on including:
* Firefox web browser (with many social networking add-ons).
* Thunderbird Email Client (as default mail client).
* Sunbird/Lightning for integrated calendering/contacts For Thunderbird.
* FrostWire (which handles P2P & Bit torrents).
* Oxygen Office (high-powered version of Open Office).
* Songbird (as default music player).
* VLC (as default video player).
* XMMS (for those that just want a playlist).
* Kopete (possibly Pigin, not sure yet).
* Script to install Compiz-Fusion & all of the latest plugins(3D desktop for great eye candy!)
* Google Earth.
* Kompozer (website/Web page editor).
* Adobe Flash.
* Adobe Air (New for Linux!).
* Script to install Shockwave (If I can get it running in Wine).
* Multimedia codecs preinstalled and configured.
* TrueCrypt (for file, partition, and hard drive encryption on the fly).
* Firestarter (Firewall).
I'll add to this list later as ideas come to me.
Please note that this is just a list of ideas.
Here are some screenshots of 3D desktop for your entertainment:
Way cool concept!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to trying it out.