Helal Linux Changelog

What's new in Helal Linux 4.0

Jul 12, 2013

Helal Linux 4 has many special programs like:
Helal Control Center: a special application for Helal Linux to customize the system preferences easily.
Helal Software Center: based on mintinstall, with porting some pages to webkit, fix some issues, and some other improvements.
Helal URL Shortener: a small GUI program to shorten web URLs from the desktop easily.
Helal Recorder: a desktop recorder for Helal Linux.
Helal WYSIWYG Editor: a HTML editor using webkit and pygtk.
Helal Welcome: a small script to welcome new users.
Helal Linux Repository: now Helal Linux users can get Helal programs updates among other free software automatically from the repository.
Among other features:
Linux kernel 3.8.
Gnome Shell 3.6 , Gnome Classic, Unity 7.
Support for Nvidia Optimus technology from Helal Control Center.
Wine , VirtualBox , Pidgin, Gimp, Boot-Repair , OS-Uninstaller is already installed.
Chromium is now the default browser instead of Firefox.
Unity-Online Search is now off by default, no automatic bug reports are being sent to Canonical now.
Some Islamic apps, like Monajat, Othman is already installed.
Small fixes for crash reports, better performance, more customize ability.

New in Helal Linux 3.0 (May 21, 2012)

Gnome 3.4 , gnome shell 3.4 gnome classic 3.4
Helal control center with many features like some fixes here and there, it is now available in both English and Arabic, new Options like Customizing 'Cinnamon',cleaning some things that were not working before.
Helal Software Center which is based on LSC,it has splash image, and it is Translated to Arabic (there is many languages).
gnome shell is fully Customized with a brand new great look.
flash,codecs java,arabic fonts,gnome-tweak tool, ubuntu tweak, boot repair, grub Customizer and many tools to Customize the system easily.
Chmviewkit to view Chm files.
the start page for the distro have been fully redesigned ,adding support for both Arabic and English (it will change automatically as your system language)
many ubuntu apps have been removed;ubuntu software center,totem,docs,rhythmbox,and others.
the system is configured to use tor ,all what you have to do is to change system proxy from Network settings to manual then enter in: 'Socks5: 127.0.0.1 , port: 9050' and apps like firefox,chrome will use tor.
many fixes for many bugs in ubuntu, Nvidia-Optimus is now supported in Helal using Bumblebee( it is not installed by default,but it is available in the repos in just one click.
many wifi drivers have been added, you can install Nvidia-ATi Vga drivers offline using Helal Control Center.
Compiz is Enabled on gnome-classic by default, and CCSM is installed.
many apps have been added in this release; like Gdebi,Synaptic package manager,ubuntu tweak,gnome tweak tool, os-uninstaller,boot repair , and much more.
Everything in the system is available in Arabic and English.
my English is bad, so there is a lot of things that i didn't mention..np, you just need to try it :)
there is a lot of apps in Helal linux 3.0 , you can see them all from here.
Here is the most important apps:
Linux kernel 3.2
Gnome 3.4
Libre Office 3.5.3.2
filezilla 3.5.3
Firefox 12.0
Thunderbird 12.0
Gimp 2.8
Helal Control Center
Helal Software Center
About Helal
aptoncd
aptitude
compiz
eog
Subtitle Editor
Recordmydesktop
wallch
Chmviewkit
goldendict
Gdebi
Gparted
Bleachbit
Wine 1.4
Monajat applet
Hijra applet
Thwab
Othman-quran
arabeyes-fonts
remastersys
boot up manager
system jobs
virtualbox
gnome-shell extensions
gnome-tweak-tool
Grub Customizer
nautilus-open-terminal
nautilus-dropbox
nautilus-sendto
os-uninstaller
p7zip
pidgin
flash,java,codecs
pinta 1.1-1
boot-repair
Skype
qemu
Synaptic
teeworlds
Ubuntu Tweak
Uget
docky
UNetbootin
bluefish
Curlow
tor
VirtualGL
Vidalia
Virtaal
Wicd
WiFi Radar
Zukini theme pack
zukitwo-dark-gtk-theme
zukitwo-gtk-theme

Helal Linux Changelog

What's new in Helal Linux 4.0

New in Helal Linux 3.0 (May 21, 2012)

New in Helal Linux 3.0 Beta (Nov 2, 2011)