penaOS

Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that looks like a Windows XP
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  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • The penaOS Team
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://pena-os.blogspot.com/

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penaOS Description

Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that looks like a Windows XP penaOS is a Linux distribution created to help people to write scientific articles. Basically it integrates openoffice with zotero, a plug-in of the browser Mozilla Firefox. Zotero is a plug-in to manage the reference you have, just like endnote or refman.penaOS is built on the stable Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. The old version of Ubuntu is used because we prefer stability in building the base of penaOS. penaOS also has the complete set of multimedia codec, so you will be able to play most of the multimedia type with penaOS. Why is this important? Because making scientific paper is not only a matter of scientific ability, but also about mood. Here are some key features of "penaOS": · Openoffice.org 2.4.1 · Firefox 3.0.13 with plugins Zotero for bibliography writing, fireftp and downthemall. Also bookmarks for medical resources · Balsa email client · Gyache for yahoo messaging · Skype · Dropbox · GnomePPP · GnoCHM · GIMP · Cheese · Wine · NTFS configuration tools · Multimedia codecs included What's New in This Release: Added two powerful software : · Skype, to enable the user to communicate all over the world wiht everybody · Wine, well we know that MS Windows is still the king in the jungle of software, most of the people use it. So sometimes there are software that can only be run under Windows. That's where Wine comes in. with Wine, you can use Windows-base software under linux (well, not all of it, but most of them).


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