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installation media openmamba livecd

What is this?

openmamba livecd is a live release of the openmamba operating system distributed in ISO format so that you can make a CD or DVD with it, then the system can be used simply by booting (or rebooting) your computer after inserting the medium in the CD/DVD 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. Windows).
It can also be installed into an external USB storage device (e.g. a pendrive) by using the system tool openmamba USB installation.
It works on almost any Personal Computer: notebook, desktop and server.

Who is it for?

openmamba livecd is the base medium for a minimal installation into a computer. The installation can be completed later through the network.
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.

Features
  • KDE based live desktop system for standard Personal Computers (Intel x86 compatibile)
  • top applications: LibreOffice, chromium, amarok, kaffeine, wine, gimp, kopete, audacity, k3b
  • 3D graphical desktop support with open and proprietary drivers
  • automatic hardware detection and configuration
  • NTFS read and write support using ntfs-3g
  • fixed disk installation interface
All media (info and download):
Stable release:
livedvdmilestone2-2.0.11
livecdmilestone2-2.0.11
livecd-gnomemilestone2-2.0.10
livecd-lightmilestone2-2.0.10
bootusbmilestone2-2.0.11
rootfs-lightmilestone2-2.0.11
rootfsmilestone2-2.0.11
Weekly snapshot:
livecd20130616
livedvd20130615
livecd-light20130614
livegames20130203
livecd-gnome20130612
bootusb20130616
testcd20130610
bootusb-test20130617
rootfs20130613
rootfs-light20130618
bootcd20130612
Previous stable release (obsoleted):
livecdmilestone1-1.1
livestudiomilestone1-1.1
installdvdmilestone1-1.1
bootusbmilestone1-1.1
Requirements

A Intel x86 compatible Personal Computer (PC) with the following minimum features:

  • processor: Intel Pentium III or higher or AMD K6/Duron/Athlon or higher
  • 512 MB of RAM (2GB are recommended)
  • a CD-ROM drive or USB with boot support
Additional requirements for system installation:
  • a fixed disk with 10 GB of free space or more

Instructions

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 desktop interface will be available and ready to use as liveuser user with capability to run privileged commants using the sudo command.

Download

Stable release:

Language: italiano english español
Architecture: i586

Weekly snapshot:

Language: italiano english español
Architecture: i586 x86_64

Previous stable release (obsoleted):

Language: italiano english
Architecture: i586