Sunday, January 12, 2014

Black Lab Enterprise Linux and Black Lab Linux for Education released

Today we are pleased to announce the release of Black Lab Enterprise Linux 4.2.  With this release we bring a lot of new features and functionality to Black Lab Enterprise Linux.  In one area that we had to concentrate on was compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux as well as CentOS.  In the Education release we added the exact same compatibility for schools and educational facilities that use Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS.  We will break down the Enterprise release and just add the different packages for the Education release.

So in Black Lab Enterprise Linux the following changes have occurred:

New kernel in which we added compatibility for new devices, bug fixes and support for Fiber cards, and also maintained compatibility with other enterprise level devices, fingerprint scanners, smart card readers etc.

New X.org stack so we now support more video cards, touch screen interfaces and other input methods which include XBox and Wii USB controllers.

XFCE 4.11

KDE 4.12 for users who prefer the KDE desktop

DWM as our tiling interface for users who want a minimalist interface.

Google Chrome, for we browsing and web application deployment.  We have also worked to help certify Google Chrome with many enterprise class web applications which include Oracle Cloud, SAP, IBM Cloud Services and Salesforce.com.  So its a robust delivery method.

Thunderbird 24 Not just a mail reader, we also include MS Exchange support, Coogle Contact Sync, Google Task and Calendar Sync.

Blender for 3D rendering

Eclipse for Java development

QT Development for developing QT based applications

Monodevelop for developing and refreshing .NET based applications

YUM and RPM for compatibility with custom Red Hat based packages and repositories.

Red Hat Cluster suite, for creating clusters and adding your machine to an existing cluster network as a node.

PostgreSQL 9

LibreOffice 4.1.4 which is compatible with Microsofts office document formats and other formats as well.

gMTP for transferring files to your Barnes and Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire HD and Fire HDX tablets as well as Google Nexus devices

XFCE based release is compatible with the Apple iTouch, iPhone and iPad

Also included are a whole host of media applications for audio and video playback including DVD and Blu-Ray.

Access controls are also available so you can set what times and what applications users are allowed to access.

Overall there are over 300 application and system updates to these releases.

For more information watch our video on Black Lab Enterprise Linux.


We have a licensing model set up for Black Lab Enterprise Linux which we feel is very competitive with our competitions pricing.


Black Lab Enterprise Linux
Medium

Black Lab Enterprise Linux and Black Lab Linux for Education are eligible for our support subscriptions

Black Lab Linux for Education

New kernel in which we added compatibility for new devices, bug fixes and support for Fibre cards, and also maintained compatibility with other enterprise level devices, fingerprint scanners, smart card readers etc.

New X.org stack so we now support more video cards, touch screen interfaces and other input methods which include XBox and Wii USB controllers.

XFCE 4.11

Google Chrome, for we browsing and web application deployment.  We have also worked to help confirm that alot of the popular education websites work including some states own proprietary web sites.

Thunderbird 24 Not just a mail reader, we also include MS Exchange support, Coogle Contact Sync, Google Task and Calendar Sync.

Educational games which include:
Tux Type
Tux Math
Celestia

NitroShare for sharing files across the classroom

And the Black Lab Linux screen share program so teachers can see what their students are looking at while in the classroom.

LibreOffice 4.1.4 which is compatible with Microsofts office document formats and other formats as well.

gMTP for transferring files to your Barnes and Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle Fire, Fire HD and Fire HDX tablets as well as Google Nexus devices.

Parental controls

The XFCE based release is compatible with the Apple iTouch, iPhone and iPad

Also included are a whole host of media applications for audio and video playback including DVD and Blu-Ray.

The licensing method is the same as for Black Lab Enterprise Linux



Black Lab Linux for Education
Delivery method

If you need more information, or would like to discuss buying preloaded systems with these operating systems installed please contact sales@pc-opensystems.com

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