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In
2007, we will start to install an alternative
Operating
System on our
computers, both those
destined for home-based users and for
overseas.
The
Ethical Computer Centre (TECC) project is distributing an Open Source
(Linux) Operating System based on Fedora
Core 6. As this
Operating
System has been developed from Open Source material, it may be freely
distributed (subject
to the normal terms of the
GNU General Public License),
and is free from licensing
bureaucracy.
Black Star has
the computing power
to rival the common modern Operating Systems; it is, however, far more than a simple
Operating System. It comes with an
Office Suite, "Edutainment" games, communications software, Web
browsers, media players, burning
software, security software, and much more - and has the ability to run
programs designed
for Windows®
and DOS. Black Star Linux includes nearly all the software
required for nearly any task faced in a home or small business
environment. Black Star, being Open Source, requires no license
to use, and consequently costs very little (there are associated costs - for instance,
media,
documentation and delivery).
Black Star has
been developed with one specific objective - namely to be accessible to
ordinary computer users, both experienced and inexperienced, at home
and overseas. The developers, New Ontogeny1
Software Engineering (NOSE), have
tried hard to make Black Star as "user-friendly" as possible - that is
to make it as easy as possible to install and use for people who have a Windows®
background. For those who have never used a computer before, it will be
just as easy to learn to use as Windows®.
Other
Linux distributions also aim
for ease of use and ease of installation, but there is still room for
improvement in order to encourage the takeup of Linux on a much larger
scale. We hope that Black Star will truly be easy to use and to install.
To learn
more
about Black Star,
please visit:
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1
Ontogeny: from the
Greek ont- "being" and genesis "birth"
- the origin and gradual development of an individual from a simple to a more complex level.
- the origin and gradual development of an individual from a simple to a more complex level.
Black
Star is in the process of
being Beta
tested - it runs well on a computer
with a 500MHz processor, (but needs 256MB RAM), which makes it more
accessible
to those users in both developed and developing countries who do not
have access to more modern computer equipment.