Sabily

Sabily (previously known as Ubuntu Muslim Edition) is a free, open source operating system based on the popular Ubuntu Linux. UbuntuME stands for Ubuntu Muslim Edition.

What is Linux?

Linux is a free, efficient and secured operating system. Unlike Micro$oft Windows and other proprietary systems, Linux is publicly open and extendible by contributors.

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution, designed with the intent of overthrowing Micro$oft Windows as the world's most widely-used operating system.

The distro is composed entirely of open source components, which have been heavily modified for easy of use and migration for users familiar with Micro$oft Windows, take a look here. The name Ubuntu is derived from the Zulu word for humanity, which has been incorporated into South African culture as "humanity towards others".

Ubuntu Muslim Edition customize the Ubuntu distro by installing islamic softwares (prayer times, Quran study tool, Arabic learning software etc.) and by changing its "look".

What is new in this release:

• What's new:
• New "Uhud" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
• Hijra: Better support for Gnome3; added Gnome shell extension
• Thawab: Added support for configurable themes, added bok2ki script
• Monajat: Prayer times reminder & azan player
• fonts-hosny-amiri: Arabic Naskh style typographically oriented font
• New applications:
• Alfanous: Quranic search engine
• gnome-shell-extension-islamic-datetime: GNOME Shell extension providing Islamic date/time functions
• gnome-tweak-tool: a tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options
• New from Ubuntu 11.10:
• Linux kernel 3.0
• Default email client is Thunderbird instead of Evolution
• Gnome3
• Deja Dup backup system included in the standard installation
• Login manager is lightdm instead of gdm
• Gwibber has a new interface using the most recent GNOME technologies.

What is new in version 11.04:

• What's new:
• New "Al-Badr" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
• unity and unity 2D available on the DVD, but ubuntu classic (gnome 2) set by default
• new Firefox persona
• New applications:
• islamic-date: extension for the Iceweasel/Firefox web browser that displays Hijri date
• zakat-calc: Sabily Zakat provides zakat calculations for Muslims
• gufw: easy to use Ubuntu Firefwall
• desktopnova (replacing wallpaper-tray)
• autoKey: to avoid typing frequently encountered words
• recordmydesktop: record desktop sessions to a video file (Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file)
• anki: extensible flashcard learning program
• New from Ubuntu 11.04:
• Unity desktop
• Firefox 4
• LibreOffice (replacing OpenOffice)
• Banshee (replacing Rhythmbox)
• Linux Kernel 2.6.38 (with the "wonder 200 lines" patch now included by default)

What is new in version 10.10:

• What's new:
• New "Al-Quds" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
• New screensaver pictures
• New Sabily logo
• Zekr 1.0.0
• New software: Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine
• New from Ubuntu 10.10:
• New Ubuntu Software Center
• Installer: The Ubiquity Installer has been redesigned to be easier to use as well as to install drivers and download updates during installation.
• Gnome 2.32
• Evolution 2.30, much faster
• Shotwell has replaced F-Spot as the default photo manager

What is new in version 10.04:

• New "Manarat" pictures and wallpapers
• Zekr 0.7.6
• Thawab 3
• New offline recitation: Al-Muaiqly (48kbps)
• New parental web control application: nanny
• New from Ubuntu 10.04:
• new look (new theme, window management buttons on the left)
• better interaction with social networks (built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel)
• 2.6.32 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.30
• improved support for nVidia proprietary graphics drivers
• removal of the previously deprecated HAL package (faster boot)
• OpenOffice.org office suite 3.2 (now branded as Oracle)
• Firefox 3.6.3
• Simple Scan, a new simple scanning application.
• PiTiVi movie editor, which can trim and combine clips, add transitions and so on.

What is new in version 9.10:

• What's new in this release:
• "Noor" application: new Quran Browser
• Sample books for Thwab
• "Fsool" application: the Sira of The prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)
• "Rejaal" application: Men around the prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)..a flash bibliography of 60 Sahabi
• "Arabeyes Qamoos": Arabic-English dictionary
• Note: the three last software exist only on the full version
• What's changed:
• New theme (grub image + xsplash...)
• New structure of "Islamic Software"
• Monajat is re-developed in Python
• Main features:
• Parental control tool installed (WebStrict)
• Zekr (Quran study tool), able to play Quran recitations
• Prayer times apps: Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on
• Thwab (encyclopaedia)
• Custom artwork: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers and theme.
• Full support for Arabic language.
• The full version of the DVD contains multimedia, scientific, educational and many other useful software

What is new in version 8.10:

• This release is only available as an installable DVD. Highlights: WebStrict (parental control tool) enabled by default; Zekr 0.7.1 (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations; Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on installed; Monajat (display Islamic prayers); Thwab (encyclopedia); Ubuntu ME artwork: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers and theme. Tons of useful softwares have been added on the DVD: multimedia libraries for reading DVDs, codecs, Flash player, VLC; full suite of software for children ; Arabic support.