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| Hanthana Linux | |
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| Developer | Hanthana Community |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) |
| Latest release | 30 / 27 August 2019; 6 years ago (2019-08-27) |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | Yum (PackageKit) |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Supported platforms | i386,amd64 |
| Kernel type | Linux (Monolithic-basedHybrid) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | Free software licenses (mainlyGPL) |
| Official website | hanthana |
Hanthana Linux is aLinux distribution based onFedora, distributed asfree and open source software.[1]
It is specially designed to cater to the needs of Sri Lankan computer users who are unable to access the Internet frequently, with many most-wanted applications built in.[2]
Hanthana is developed by theSri Lanka–based Hanthana Community.[3]
Hanthana is a remix of theFedora operating system. The original aim of the Hanthana team was to create an easy-to-use Linux desktop with as many useful applications preloaded, as downloading applications over the Internet is not possible for many rural areas of Sri Lanka.
Hanthana's first release was on 19 September 2009.[4] Since then, Hanthana community has released new versions of Hanthana every six months with commitment to support each release for eighteen months by providing security fixes,patches to critical bugs and minor updates to programs. Once a new Fedora version is released, after some time, the corresponding Hanthanaversion will be released and it contains all the software updates up to the date of release.
Hanthana packages are based on packages from Fedora's: both distributions use RedHat'srpmpackage format and package management toolsYum (PackageKit).
Hanthana is composed of many software packages, of which the majority are distributed under afree software license, making an exception only for someproprietaryhardware drivers. The main license used is theGNU General Public License (GNU GPL) which, along with theGNU Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL), explicitly declares that users are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change, develop and improve the software. On the other hand, there is also proprietary software available that can run on Hanthana. Hanthana focuses onusability, security and stability. Hanthana also emphasizesaccessibility andinternationalization to reach as many people as possible. From the startUTF-8 is the defaultcharacter encoding, which allows for support of a variety of non-Roman scripts.
Hanthana comes installed with a wide range of software that includesLibreOffice,Firefox,Pidgin,Transmission,GIMP, and several lightweight games (such asSudoku andchess).[5]
Installation of Hanthana is generally performed with theLive DVD. Hanthana can be run directly from the DVD (albeit with a significant performance loss), allowing a user to "test-drive" the OS for hardware compatibility and driver support.
Users can download a disk image (.iso) of the DVD, which can then either be written to a physical medium (DVD), or optionally run directly from a hard drive (viaUNetbootin orGRUB).
Following minimum hardware specifications will ensure your work on Hanthana easier and faster:
For text moderecommended processor : 200 MHz Pentium Pro or fasterminimum memory (RAM): 256 MBFor graphical moderecommended processor : 400 MHz Pentium Pro or fasterminimum memory (RAM): 640 MBrecommended memory (RAM): 1152 MBHard disk minimum free space of 15GBA DVD ROM
Hanthana Developer team has announced the release of Hanthana Linux 30 (Vishwa)[6]), a Fedora-based distribution on a 1.9 GB live DVD with a large number of applications, media codecs and custom artwork: "Hanthana Linux 28 (Kandula – Security Edition of Hanthana Linux pre-released) is released.
Hanthana Linux 28 (Kandula – Security Edition of Hanthana Linux), the latest release of Hanthana part of the Hanthana Linux project. In addition to the host of applications, the new release has the official LibreOffice guide provided by The Document Foundation added as well.
Please note there are various desktop editions including Gnome 3, Gnome Sugar, KDE, LXDE, XFCE.
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