eAR OS is a state-of-the-art Linux operating system. It can run directly from a Live-CD and optionally be installed to a hard disk. That means you can try it out before you install it - for FREE!

eAR OS comes with the very advanced and beautifully simple to operate eAR Media Center. eAR Media Center is running out-of-the-box. Tune in the digital TV programs and rip some CD's to the hard disk in lossless FLAC quality, watch Digital TV and DVD's, listen to Internet Radio, view Photos, listen to Music while surfing the Internet, and Enjoy.

Installation:

1) Insert the Live CD and wait for the welcome menu and press ENTER.
2) When the Live CD is up and running then click the Install Icon:

3) Enter the password from the README-FREE.TXT file.
4) Follow the installation steps and let the installer run.
5) When the installer is finished Click Reboot. Wait 30 seconds and the Live CD will close down.
6) Now press the Reset button or remove the power of your machine. When starting then remember to remove the Live CD or select to boot from HD.
7) Now you should read the README-FREE.TXT file you can find on the desktop.

What's New in This Release:

· After several feedbacks from serious users eAR OS Free Edition Version 1.07 has been released for free download. Version 1.07 is able to run FAST on 3 to 5 years old CPU's with 512MB RAM. Even when it is using the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repositories it is much faster, because everything is completely different. Imagine how fast it is with a Dual Core CPU!

· eAR OS Free Edition Version 1.07 comes with semi-automatic installation of proprietary hardware drivers. With version 1.07 there is a really good chance that your hardware will work, even if the hardware is not the newest.

· eAR OS Free Edition version 1.07 comes with build-in high-quality Internet TV too. You can't watch the Danish TV channels (in h264) outside Denmark, because it is limited to be used by IP addresses inside Denmark. Currently 10 other high-quality Internet TV channels are build-in. Also a High Definition channel in 720x1280 is available. Since it is Internet TV a 3 Mega-Bit connection is suggested.

· Now it is also poosible to install eAR OS Free Edition version 1.07 in more than 50 different languages while everything works right out-of-the-box.

· eAR OS Free Edition version 1.07 comes with Linux Real-Time kernel 2.6.24. However, you need to add the permissions to that feature yourself. With eAR RT-OS Enterprice Edition Real-Time Audio works out-of-the-box and it has much MORE features, indeed.