moonOS 2 RC1 Released!

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. :P

Here some screenshots:

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

jimmyhacker said: 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! :(

jimmyhacker said: 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

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

smartboyathome said: 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.

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

Grant A. said: 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. ;)

Entrance have some problem with Network Manager and Hal so I use GDM instead of Entrance. Now I'm looking slim if with work find, in the next version I'll use slim. If Entrance fix the problem with Hal, I'll use it instead slim or GDM.

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

Sand & Mercury said: 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. *[SIZE="1"]Just thought I would throw that in there.[/SIZE]*

smartboyathome said: Technically Enlightenment is a *window manager*, not a desktop environment. It has the ability to use modules, but it still isn't a DE. *[SIZE="1"]Just thought I would throw that in there.[/SIZE]*

Technically yes, but it can stand on its own as a desktop environment. :D

Sand & Mercury said: Technically yes, but it can stand on its own as a desktop environment. :D

No, Window Managers stand on their own. Desktop environments bundle several programs which enhance the desktop experience with a window manager.

Yes, yes, I just meant that you can use it by itself, without needing Gnome or KDE beneath it. You know, as a substitute for a DE.