Sans Frontieres OS
Sans Frontieres OS
Originally based on the SuseStudio distro DemocraKey PRO, Sans Frontiers is an attempt at a up-to-date openSUSE 12.1 fashioned towards Linux Mint in design aspects. To this end since the exact replacement for the Gnome 2 environment (MATE) has yet to be released/stabilized, this build employs the Gnome 3 replacement found in Cinnamon.
The aim of SF is to present a workable, polished GNU/Linux environment that most users can startup and use ‘out-of-the-box’. Where Sans Frontieres goes a step further is to try to offer many privacy, security, & anonymous settings/programs by default.
The remaining selections in software are of a personal preference, but which are mostly Free Software and hopefully extensive enough in size (10gbs total install) to enable most users a full desktop after an install. Inclusions have been made from many areas such as games, file-sharing, office software, cryptography, network administration, science tools, music creation/production, programing, education projects, AV editing, etc.
Some highlights:
*ComplexShutdown
*DeaDBeeF (easiest FLAC converter)
*LibreOffice
*Pidgin+Off-The-Record
*qcomicbook
*Rhythmbox
*Steghide
*Tor & Torchat
The only EULA with this GNU/Linux customized openSUSE build is that you must agree to pursue good for yourself and others by using it. Mankind will likely perish before it can expand to the stars, so endeavor think of the planet and others…Sans Frontieres
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Media
USB & disk image
This is an image of your disk, ready to be written to either a USB drive or your hard disk. When written, it will erase all data on a disk. During the first boot, your partition will be automatically resized to fill available space.
ISO image
Burn this ISO file to a DVD (or CD, if the space allows), and you'll be able to boot directly from the disc.
Preload ISO
A bootable ISO containing the appliance disk image. Boots into a simple graphical environment and prompts for confirmation before writing the image onto the hard drive. Useful for performing automated system installs/preloads.
Warning: Overwrites all data on the target hard drive.
Virtual
Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
The OVF format is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances. It is not tied to any particular hypervisor or system architecture.
VMware / VirtualBox / KVM image
Whether you use VMware, VirtualBox, or KVM, this vmdk is a ready-to-use virtual appliance.
Xen guest image
This Xen guest image is ready to run on a Xen hypervisor host.
Cloud
Amazon EC2 image
Release notes
Version 0.0.30 – Possibly the last Beta, this release includes many upgrades to Cinnamon and the inclusion of the following programs: EasyShutdown, ComplexShutdown, gtkpod, DeaDBeeF, Transmaggedon Video Transcoder, ELinks & xxxterm Browser, minitube, GiMP, Inkscape, Ekiga, GeMan X BBS Client, and a few other under the hood addons. Also provided in this release are various deployable formats other than just a live disc.
In the future I hope to add a more secure Twitter client, an updated GNU Med, and perhaps some other underused but stable programs.
Finally…feel free to fork & share!
Changelog
45 new software selections
Build configuration updated
Technical Details
Appliance configuration
Accounts
| User | Password |
|---|---|
| Philos | golden rule |
| root | philanthropia |
Basic settings
| Keyboard: | english-us |
|---|---|
| Time zone: | America/Los_Angeles |
| Language: | en_US.UTF-8 |
| Network: | network_manager |
| Firewall: | enabled |
Software
14 patterns, 2450 packagesView package list…
Security summary
Version 0.0.30
Testdrive
Older releases
- Version 0.0.25 – 461 days old
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I just installed Cinnamon on my laptop and workstation. I like it, but I still think GNOME 3 in forced fallback mode is using less RAM and comes up faster.
@ Twilight
Thanks for taking the time to say that! I appreciate it.
Been working on SF OS for the past month after I discovered the amazing service of Studio and intend to keep it as my OS. I’m thinking I might have to update it somewhat more frequently as if people take notice at all for having Tor. The Tor project updates on the fly sometime and i’d hate to have someone get my OS and then have the outdated version…maybe a disclaimer in a EULA would be better in advising the user upon first install to immediately update Tor if they can at all? I’ll think on it.
So yes, things are still there out there to be polished up/worked on and I will continue to do just that. I don’t know if it works in the VM provided by Studio as i’ve heard other distros with Cinnamon say that just having Cinnamon makes it unusable.
Anyhow, thanks again and please feel free to let me know any concerns, suggestions or whatever. I appreciate them all.
Cheers.
I really liked the description. I also hope the distribution itself is also as good. Nice work, keep it up. Share the knowledge.