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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 8 Developer Preview 6

Today we are releasing Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 8 Developer Preview 6 or "DP6".  DP6 offers you a window into whats new and whats coming when Black Lab Enterprise Desktop and Black Lab Enterprise Desktop for Education is released.  As with our other developer previews it also aids in porting your applications to the new environment.  
So with that out of the way whats new?

Kernel 4.2 which is a newer LTS kernel and includes the no-reboot patching services.
LibreOffice 5.1
Accounting Software
Print and Press facilities
Fluxbox as an alternative desktop for utility and embedded systems
PostgreSQL 9.5.2
*VirtualBox
Wine 1.8
**Chromium Browser
Thunderbird e-mail suite with Google apps support
**Fogger web app utility
Mint Update Manager

(**fogger will be replaced by Peppermint Ice in the final release, Chromium will be replaced by Chrome)

You can download DP6 from our Ibiblio page.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/enterprise/bll-ent-8-dp6-x86_64.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/enterprise/bll-ent-8-dp6-x86_64.iso.md5

Black Lab Enterprise Desktop will be available at the following price point:

1 license $99.99
2 licenses $159.99
3 - 10 licenses $499.00
11 -20 licenses $799.00
Unlimited Corporate Licensing $1,200.99

Black Lab Enterprise Desktop for Education is available at the following price point:

1 license $75.00
2 licenses $135.00
3 - 10 licenses $399.00
11 -20 licenses $599.99
*Unlimited District license $650.00
*Unlimited Lab License $450.00
Custom Configuration $1,150.00

*Also ships with Black Lab Enterprise Desktop in addition

Shipping method:

Black Lab Enterprise Desktop with more than 1 license  ships with a VirtualBox Virtual Machine image