SymphonyOne 2008.1

SymphonyOS is a whole new type of operating system. Based on Ubuntu 7.10, Symphony provides Linux’s renowned stability and immunity to Windows viruses along with what Symphony considers to be the easiest to use interface out there: our Mezzo Desktop Environment. You can breathe new life into old hardware as all of this is designed to work on much lower end hardware than KDE or Gnome.

SymphonyOne 2008.1 is an almost 100% rewrite of the Mezzo desktop, taking advantage of more features of fvwm to provide a smaller footprint and a more stable environment. Based on Ubuntu 7.10, SymphonyOne provides a complete desktop environment and full Ubuntu compatibility on systems with as little as a 200mhz processor. SymphonyOne also introduces our their new WebApps system which allows you to make any website into a program in your programs menu which runs as its own process in its own window.

Some of the key features of SymphonyOne 2008.1 include:

• Based on ubuntu 7.10 with all the latest updates
• Compatible with all Ubuntu packages
• Ubiquity installer (same as Ubuntu)
• Completely rewritten Mezzo Desktop (Mezzo v.2) implemented using more features of FVWM giving it a lighter footprint
• System management by Gnome-System-Tools (network, display, users, etc.)
• NEW - Web App System (similar to Mozilla Prizm but implemented in Orchestra and fully integrated into the system). Inside Firefox there is a button (bookmarklet) that when clicked takes you to a wizard that allows you to make the current page a web app. Web apps are displayed in the programs menu like any other program, using the favicon.ico from the site in question as its icon. When launched, the web app is run in its own window seperately from Firefox.
• NEW - With the changes in the Mezzo desktop, Symphony has thrown away their old desklet system, which was never really adopted by developers, and have moved to adesklets in this release.