installation media openmamba installdvd

What is this?

openmamba installdvd is a live release of the openmamba operating system that can immediately be used simply by booting or rebooting your computer with the CD in the reader.

It also provides an installation interface for system installation on fixed disk that lets you use openmamba while maintaining the operating system pre-installed in your computer (e.g. Microsoft Windows).

It works on almost any Personal Computer: notebook, desktop and server.

Who is it for?

openmamba livecd is the base medium for who wants to install it on a computer (*) without having a internet connection available. Infact the difference from the livecd version is that it will install all the base packages rapidly providing a complete installation. It is suitable for most kinds of computer usages at home or office, i.e. accessing Internet, producing documents, listening to music and watching movies and it's useful for data recovery on computers where the installed operating system does no longer work.

(*) you may also use the livecd, livestudio and livegames media for installation

Features:
  • live desktop system for standard Personal Computers (Intel i686 or compatible)
  • top applications: OpenOffice, amarok, kaffeine, wine, gimp, firefox, kopete,audacity,k3b
  • automatic hardware detection and configuration for multimediality
  • support for proprietary nvidia and ATI 3D graphic drivers, Open Source drivers support is available too
  • NTFS read and write support using ntfs-3g
  • 3D graphical desktop support with AIGLX and Compiz
  • professional audio support with jack low-latency server
  • fixed disk installation interface

Requirements:

A Personal Computer (PC) or an Intel based Mac with the following minimum components:

  • processor: Intel Pentium III or higher or AMD K6/Duron/Athlon or higher
  • 196 MB of RAM or more (256 are recommended)
  • a CD-ROM drive
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 5 GB of free space or more
Istruzioni:

CD burning
The livecd system is distributed as a standard ISO 9660 image file. So you have to burn it as an ISO image file, the option is available in most CD burning programs. openmamba livecd fits in a 700 MB (80 minutes) CD-R o CD-RW empty support.

livecd startup
Insert the CD in the player and restart the computer. On most computers the system should start up automatically but sometimes you have to tell the BIOS to boot from CD. Please see your computer guide or read the startup messages on video for more information on how to boot from CD.

After a 1-3 minutes wait for system startup (times depend on computer hardware features) openmamba graphical interface will be available and ready to use in a KDE environment with superuser (root) user permissions.

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