AMA Desktop Linux is a Linux Distribution for AMA Computer University that aims to provide an interface that is comfortable to existing Microsoft Windows users. See http://picasaweb.google.com/joelbryan.juliano/AMADesktop2007 for more screenshots.
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AMA Desktop 2007 had many different exclusive applications and patches designed to make everything work seamlessly. It's a designer's Linux with a goal to make everything easy to use, attractive, innovative, powerful and most of all, simple. RC4 includes additional applications, latest updates, and many significant changes. Namely, - Performance and Optimizations - Speed up and improve the system's performance, by tweaking different Linux kernel parameters. - First-Time Run Wizard (Only available on installed system) - asks new users regarding their startup application preferences before beginning their desktop sessions. - Cleanup and Defaults - helps cleanup and bring back the system in default state. - Internet Accounts Wizard - helps the new users to setup Evolution, Ekiga, and Pidgin. - Low Memory Installation Mode - It's now possible to run setup on systems with 128MB RAM. - Welcome Center - aims to provide a brief introduction of the basics of AMA Desktop 2007. * Fix slogan position. - Personal Proxy Wizard - set up squid for personal proxy server, to make internet surfing faster. * Fix to use /bin/hostname, instead of $HOSTNAME * Use global Firefox configuration to setup proxy instead of local profile directory. * Change desktop name to "Internet Acceleration", since the name confused with Network Proxy, and Firefox's Proxy Settings. - Windows Compatibility Tool - a tool to configure Wine and everything Windows related like NTFS and msttcorefonts. * Add progress bars while download and installing fonts and libraries. - Consolidators - Those are the applications that consolidates all other applications into a single window. It aims to make the menus simple. (ie, File Sharing, Network Browsers and Tools, Encryption, Mobile Devices) * Revamped the consolidator UI's to use less space. * Use GTK+ TextArea in Encryption "Getting Started" entry. * Add and fix more description in Mobile Devices * Don't Fork processes in Network Browsers and Tools, execute as directed then close GUI. * Inclusion of mobile browser tool to browse cellphones. - Resource Manager - A tool that detects the system memory and disables some services via gconf if the memory is not met. * Use generic verbosity in start/shutdown init script output. - Live Chat Support - An interface to create an account in Freenode and to communicate with other AMA Desktop 2007 users. - Local Network Messenger - An interface that helps the user to create Bonjour IM service and provide an option to load them automatically upon boot. - Draw Anywhere - An interface for gromit, that provides annotation capabilities even without Compiz. This is intended for presentations. - File System Preferences - Make the root file system easy to navigate. This tool offers an option to hide all other directories in the root and provide a symbolic links for them. - Desktop-Init - This provides the users with the default directories for AMA Desktop 2007, randomly choose a Face picture if it's not available, and emblemize the default directories.
AMA Desktop 2007 had many different exclusive applications and patches designed to make everything work seamlessly. It's a designer's Linux with a goal to make everything easy to use, attractive, innovative, powerful and most of all, simple. Most of the applications included are. - Welcome Center - aims to provide a brief introduction of the basics of AMA Desktop 2007. - Personal Proxy Wizard - set up squid for personal proxy server, to make internet surfing faster. - Windows Compatibility Tool - a tool to configure Wine and everything Windows related like NTFS and msttcorefonts. - Consolidators - Those are the applications that consolidates all other applications into a single window. It aims to make the menus simple. (ie, File Sharing, Network Browsers and Tools, Encryption, Mobile Devices) - File System Preferences - Make the root file system easy to navigate. This tool offers an option to hide all other directories in the root and provide a symbolic links for them. - Desktop-Init - This provides the users with the default directories for AMA Desktop 2007, randomly choose a Face picture if it's not available, and emblemize the default directories. - Resource Manager - A tool that detects the system memory and disables some services via gconf if the memory is not met. - Live Chat Support - An interface to create an account in Freenode and to communicate with other AMA Desktop 2007 users. - Local Network Messenger - An interface that helps the user to create Bonjour IM service and provide an option to load them automatically upon boot. - Draw Anywhere - An interface for gromit, that provides annotation capabilities even without Compiz. This is intended for presentations. - Multicast Filesharing - An interface for udpcast, that sends files to multitude of computers within the network.
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