blackPanther OS is an open source and completely free distribution of Linux that borrows elements from various popular operating systems. For example, it uses the graphical configuration tools of Mandriva Linux, the graphical desktop environment of openSUSE Linux and driver management system of Ubuntu.
It can be used in schools and small offices
The distribution is designed from the ground up for use at work, school and home as it contains applications for common daily tasks, such as time management, office tools, as well as media playback utilities.
It’s distributed as a dual-arch Live DVD
You can download it from Softoware or directly from its official website as a dual-arch and hybrid Live DVD ISO image that supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and can be written to DVD discs or USB thumb drives of 1GB or higher capacity.
Boot menu à la openSUSE Linux
Apparently, the ISO image has been instructed to automatically boot the live system in a few seconds from the moment the user boots it from the BIOS of a PC. Pressing any key will reveal the boot menu, which is similar with the one of openSUSE Linux and allows you to start try the OS without installing it, boot in normal, safe or console mode, as well as to boot from the local drive.
It uses KDE Plasma as the default graphical environment
Before you can access the graphical desktop environment, you must choose a language to use, accept the open source license, select a timezone and keyboard layout, set a root (system administrator) password, as well as to add a user.
KDE Plasma is the default graphical desktop environment of blackPanther OS. It comprises of a transparent taskbar located on the bottom edge of the screen, beautiful artwork, and provides users with a modern, productive and familiar session.
What is new in this release:
- Kernel 4.7.0
- Qt5 5.6.1
- Plasma + (components) 5.7.1/5.24.0/16.04.3
- Python3 3.5.1
- Calamares installer
What is new in version 16.1:
- Kernel 4.7.0
- Qt5 5.6.1
- Plasma + (components) 5.7.1/5.24.0/16.04.3
- Python3 3.5.1
- Calamares installer
What is new in version 14.1:
- Yes, yes it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, development, and testing, the blackPanther is proud to announce the latest stable release of the longest running distribution of the Linux based operating system the blackPanther OS v14.1, codename Walking Dead!
- The blackPanther OS now 13 years old:
- We are sure you'll enjoy the many improvements. We've done our best to bring the latest technology to blackPanther while still maintaining the stability and security that you have come to expect. blackPanther OS is well known for its simplicity and the fact that we try to bring software to you in the condition that the authors intended. blackPanther OS v14.1 (Walking Dead) brings many updates and enhancements, KDE 4.18.5, a recent stable release of the 4.1x.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.
- Fast and quickly:
- These desktops utilize udev, udisks, and udisks2, and many of the specifications from freedesktop.org which allow the system administrator to grant use of various hardware devices according to users' group membership so that they will be able to use items such as USB flash sticks, USB cameras that appear like USB storage, portable hard drives, CD and DVD media, MP3 players, mobile (MTP) devices and more.
- Easy to use:
- Just plug and play. blackPanther OS uses the 4.1.1 kernel bringing you advanced performance features such as journaling filesystems, SCSI and ATA RAID volume support, SATA support, Software RAID, LVM (the Logical Volume Manager), and encrypted filesystems. Kernel support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface) brings high-speed hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux.
- Includes to KDE many useful application and App-Helper for quick new software access. The KDE Software Compilation (kdelibs-4.14.10), a complete desktop environment. Available the Calligra productivity suite (previously known as KOffice), networking tools, more GUI development environment, multimedia tools (including the Clementine, Amarok music player and K3B disc burning software), the Konqueror web browser and file manager, many popular games and utilities, international language support, and more, and more...
What is new in version 11.1.2:
- Available 10(!) official repositories with up to 10.000 packages
- Firefox 6.x and Xulrunner with nss, nsp and dependences packages
- The install / live disc include Gimp again (2.7.3)
- Fixed all reported bug
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