We proudly present to you, dear users with Omega. Omega is a Linux based operating system suitable for desktop and laptop users. It is a Live CD for regular PC (i686 architecture) systems that includes a variety of free and open source software from Fedora and Livna repository. You can try it out on a computer or install it to the hard disk. This is a BETA release with a snapshot of the latest bleeding edge development packages for early testing and feedback. It is roughly similar to the upcoming Fedora 10 Beta release. Highlights ---------- * GNOME 2.23 Desktop Environment * Firefox 3.0 Web Browser * A variety of media players including vlc, mplayer and xine * Extra Gstreamer and xine multimedia codecs Get Omega --------- ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/spins/omega-desktop-livecd-10-beta.iso You can verify this ISO image using SHA1SUM available at ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/spins/SHA1SUM Participate ------------ If you have any feedback or wish to help, do let me know. Rahul

> * have you included nvidia drivers > Not by default. The repository is enabled by default however. So it is just a yum install away. One of the reasons not to include drivers is because a live cd installs everything and I am not sure including all the drivers is appropriate. There is also potential legal issues with installing drivers by default. However something like Jockey (getting ported to PackageKit) might be useful to include: https://launchpad.net/jockey

> we have launched Ojuba 1 based on fedora and livna (with our own logos) > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DerivedDistributions/LiveCDs#Ojuba_Linux > Right. I added that when we talked on IRC :-)

> the overburn version contains > * totem with gst and with xine backends > * our own openoffice.org strippied to fit on the CD > we were unable to put mplayer nor vlc because of size limitation > > and will will make a DVD of it I am including Abiword instead of Openoffice.org so I have more space to include other software. Probably won't do DVD images by myself but if you want to help, you are most welcome. Rahul

> BTW: some people suggested lzma which will give us about 60MB > RPM now accepts LZMA payloads as well as sources. Squashfs + LZMA patches would save some additional space if you want to go that route. Rahul