What's new in Sabily 11.10
Dec 20, 2011
- What's new:
- New "Uhud" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
- Hijra: Better support for Gnome3; added Gnome shell extension
- Thawab: Added support for configurable themes, added bok2ki script
- Monajat: Prayer times reminder & azan player
- fonts-hosny-amiri: Arabic Naskh style typographically oriented font
- New applications:
- Alfanous: Quranic search engine
- gnome-shell-extension-islamic-datetime: GNOME Shell extension providing Islamic date/time functions
- gnome-tweak-tool: a tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options
- New from Ubuntu 11.10:
- Linux kernel 3.0
- Default email client is Thunderbird instead of Evolution
- Gnome3
- Déjà Dup backup system included in the standard installation
- Login manager is lightdm instead of gdm
- Gwibber has a new interface using the most recent GNOME technologies.
New in Sabily 11.04 (May 6, 2011)
- What's new:
- New "Al-Badr" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
- unity and unity 2D available on the DVD, but ubuntu classic (gnome 2) set by default
- new Firefox persona
- New applications:
- islamic-date: extension for the Iceweasel/Firefox web browser that displays Hijri date
- zakat-calc: Sabily Zakat provides zakat calculations for Muslims
- gufw: easy to use Ubuntu Firefwall
- desktopnova (replacing wallpaper-tray)
- autoKey: to avoid typing frequently encountered words
- recordmydesktop: record desktop sessions to a video file (Ogg-Theora-Vorbis file)
- anki: extensible flashcard learning program
- New from Ubuntu 11.04:
- Unity desktop
- Firefox 4
- LibreOffice (replacing OpenOffice)
- Banshee (replacing Rhythmbox)
- Linux Kernel 2.6.38 (with the "wonder 200 lines" patch now included by default)
New in Sabily 10.10 (Nov 3, 2010)
- What's new:
- New "Al-Quds" pictures and wallpapers, new plymouth and GDM themes
- New screensaver pictures
- New Sabily logo
- Zekr 1.0.0
- New software: Alfanous - Quranic Search Engine
- New from Ubuntu 10.10:
- New Ubuntu Software Center
- Installer: The Ubiquity Installer has been redesigned to be easier to use as well as to install drivers and download updates during installation.
- Gnome 2.32
- Evolution 2.30, much faster
- Shotwell has replaced F-Spot as the default photo manager
New in Sabily 10.04 (Jun 28, 2010)
- New "Manarat" pictures and wallpapers
- Zekr 0.7.6
- Thawab 3
- New offline recitation: Al-Muaiqly (48kbps)
- New parental web control application: nanny
- New from Ubuntu 10.04:
- new look (new theme, window management buttons on the left)
- better interaction with social networks (built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel)
- 2.6.32 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.30
- improved support for nVidia proprietary graphics drivers
- removal of the previously deprecated HAL package (faster boot)
- OpenOffice.org office suite 3.2 (now branded as Oracle)
- Firefox 3.6.3
- Simple Scan, a new simple scanning application.
- PiTiVi movie editor, which can trim and combine clips, add transitions and so on.
New in Sabily 9.10 (Dec 27, 2009)
- What's new in this release:
- "Noor" application: new Quran Browser
- Sample books for Thwab
- "Fsool" application: the Sira of The prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)
- "Rejaal" application: Men around the prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)..a flash bibliography of 60 Sahabi
- "Arabeyes Qamoos": Arabic-English dictionary
- Note: the three last software exist only on the full version
- What's changed:
- New theme (grub image + xsplash...)
- New structure of "Islamic Software"
- Monajat is re-developed in Python
- Main features:
- Parental control tool installed (WebStrict)
- Zekr (Quran study tool), able to play Quran recitations
- Prayer times apps: Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on
- Thwab (encyclopaedia)
- Custom artwork: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers and theme.
- Full support for Arabic language.
- The full version of the DVD contains multimedia, scientific, educational and many other useful software
New in Sabily 8.10 (Nov 19, 2008)
- This release is only available as an installable DVD. Highlights: WebStrict (parental control tool) enabled by default; Zekr 0.7.1 (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations; Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on installed; Monajat (display Islamic prayers); Thwab (encyclopedia); Ubuntu ME artwork: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers and theme. Tons of useful softwares have been added on the DVD: multimedia libraries for reading DVDs, codecs, Flash player, VLC; full suite of software for children ; Arabic support.