OpenGEU 8.10 Live CD released

2009-03-16 19:59:48 by thedarkmaster

Long time has passed but finally we are able to deliver to you not only installable packages but a Live CD for OpenGEU Luna Serena too. You can download it right now!

As we already said before in the previous announcements, this is not a major release. Luna Serena has been considered by our Team as a development and testing playground for the upcoming version, Quarto di Luna, which will be based on Ubuntu Jaunty. Nevertheless, while working on this version we developed a big number of improvements to OpenGEU, this means that Luna Serena, Based on Ubuntu Intrepid, is a really neat OpenGEU version, it includes many new system changes, the latest stable Enlightenment Desktop Shell and a lot of surprises. Also remember that this release contains all of the latest Intrepid upgrades.

Here’s a complete list of Changes compared to OpenGEU 8.04.1 Luna Crescente:

• OpenGEU is not using any external settings manager anymore, we developed our own light-fast e17-settings-manager (thanks to Quaker), completely customizable via command line for experienced users!
• The new Geutheme, the OpenGEU Themes Manager, is now able of controlling even more parts of the look of your Desktop! The user interface of Geutheme has been completely redrawn too, to let you have easier access to all of the options you need!
• The Places Module, able of showing and even auto-mounting any device connected to your box. Places is completely compatible with OpenGEU’s File Manager, Thunar.
• A new and more advanced Mixer module, capable of showing you all the properties of your soundcard!
• Wizard, the new E17 module by Rasterman which will help you customize your Enlightenment session, with new experimental features for NetBooks too (even a Virtual Keyboard is being developed).
• The OpenGEU Defaults Configuration Manager, a more advanced tool for restoring your default OpenGEU settings. With this new tool you’ll be able to choose between a complete restore of the default OpenGEU session or the start of the Wizard Module configuration procedure, which will let you have a 100% customized E17 desktop!
• OpenGEU Upgrade Manager: with this tool we really hope you will have no more problems in upgrading the Enlightenment Desktop in the future! The Upgrade Manager will safely upgrade your system for you, turning off E17 during the entire upgrade process.
• Echomorph, the 3D Enlightenment Window Manager! Basically, Echomorph (By Hannes J. from our team) will bring an incredibly nice looking 3D desktop to your Enlightenment system, exactly like Compiz! Of course, to run Echomorph you’ll need a 3D enabled video card but do not worry: the main target for OpenGEU is still a generic 2D desktop and always will be. To run Echomorph you need to change your session from the Login Screen (GDM). You can try it on the Live CD too, you just have to log off, change the default session and log in again ;)
• When you’ll be running an Echomorph session, you won’t be able to use the default OpenGEU Desktop Effects, so, trying to open the corresponding panel from Geutheme will open for you an Echomorph configuration screen instead!
• Configuration Menu, a new module able of showing you all of the E17 settings directly from the E17 menu! This is a great feature and basically it means that all of the E17 settings are now a mouse click away from you and that you’ll be able to access any of your usual Gnome System tool from E17 Menu --> Settings --> System

There are no new Sunshine and Moonlight themes in this edition, Luna Serena is just a Technical Preview for Quarto di Luna. We are developing new themes for Quarto di Luna and we really hope you’ll enjoy them when the new OpenGEU will be released.

As for this Live CD edition based on Intrepid, you can of course download and install it, it is as stable as it can be considering that Enlightenment has yet to be released. Quarto di Luna is on the work. We hope there won’t be any other problem in the future. This late Live CD release is only due to big problems in assembling the iso, we apologise for that but we did our best and we are just a few developers.