Today we are announcing the availability of Black Lab Education Desktop. Black Lab Education Desktop is a distribution that is commercially supported and targeted at primary and secondary users. Black Lab Education Desktop 6 is based on LTS technologies so it is supported until 2020. Black Lab Education Desktop 6 utilizes the KDE desktop so users have a modern, full featured desktop at their disposal and Black Lab Education Desktop 6 can run all of your existing Linux based and Unix ported applications and can run commercially available applications and development tools from Red Hat, Oracle, Salesforce.com, RealVNC, Apple Web Objects among others. Black Lab Education 6 is also certified to run many of your state accredited Linux based apps and includes Virtual Machine technology to help you in your migration from Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X environments. Black Lab Education Desktop is the only commercially supported Mate and KDE based distribution on the market today.
Black Lab Education Desktop 6 is also built for the cloud and with many school systems relying on many cloud based applications it can run many of your cloud based applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, Oracle Web Apps etc. Black Lab Education Desktop 6 can be configured to run OpenStack and can be used with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
With this release Black Lab Education Desktop 6 also comes with:
KDE 4.14.2
Mate 1.8.2 (RHEL 6 Compatible desktop)
GCC 4.9.2
Firefox 38
Thunderbird 31.7
Skype 4.3
ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
Citrix Receiver
LibreOffice 4.3
Focus Writer
Gcompris
Calibre ebook management
Tux Type
Tux Paint
NitroShare
Ardesia Desktop Sketching
Timeshift restore facilities
Wiimote and Kinect support
Backup Utility
kernel 3.16.0-38 which has a ton of bug fixes and stabilized device drivers
Ubuntu LTS kernel 3.13.0-53 which is the default kernel included with Ubuntu 14.04
Black Lab Education Desktop Also includes all security updates until May 25, 2015. We have also synchronized all package version to Debian Jessie 8.0.
Using modern technologies such as LDAP, SAMBA 4, Active Directory and NFS. Black Lab Education Desktop 6 can be deployed in ANY environment with ease from Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and other Linux based environments.
Black Lab Education Desktop 6 is backed by 24/7 support and Black Lab Software has shown unprecedented ability in being able to patch, deploy and cure many security risks and deficiencies before they become a problem for our users. Over 9 school systems have deployed Black Lab Education Desktop and Black Lab Software celebrates an unprecedented 99% client retention rate and 100% active customer satisfaction rating among education facilities.
Pricing and Availability
Black Lab Education Desktop 6 is available today, June 1, 2015. While most companies charge per socket, we charge per machine.
Single license $45.00 USD
2 licenses $85.00 USD
Unlimited District License $480.00 USD
We can also customize your distribution with any desktop environment and targeted towards ANY hardware platform you desire from x86_64, PPC, SPARC.
Custom Configuration License comes with 100 licenses $1,200.00 USD
You can order Black Lab Education Desktop 6 below:
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 SR4 released
Today we are announcing the availability of Black Lab Enterprise Desktop. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop is a distribution that is commercially supported and targeted at small to medium sized desktops for businesses or home office users. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is based on LTS technologies so it is supported until 2020. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 utilizes the KDE desktop so users have a modern, full featured desktop at their disposal and Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 can run all of your existing Linux based and Unix ported applications and can run commercially available applications and development tools from Red Hat, Oracle, Salesforce.com, RealVNC, Apple Web Objects among others and is the only commercially supported Mate and KDE based distribution on the market today.
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is also built for the cloud and can run many of your cloud based applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, Oracle, Salesforce etc. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 can be configured to run OpenStack and can be used with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
With this release Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 also comes with:
KDE 4.14.2
Mate 1.8.2 (RHEL 6 compatible desktop)
GCC 4.9.2
Firefox 38
Thunderbird 31.7
Skype 4.3
ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
Citrix Receiver
LibreOffice 4.3
Focus Writer
Timeshift restore facilities
Backup Utility
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 also supports a wide variety of NAS and other enterprise capable devices
kernel 3.16.0-38 which has a ton of bug fixes and stabilized device drivers
Ubuntu LTS kernel 3.13.0-53 which is the default kernel included with Ubuntu 14.04
Also includes all security updates until May 25, 2015. We have also synchronized all package version to Debian Jessie 8.0.
Using modern technologies such as LDAP, SAMBA 4, Active Directory and NFS. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 can be deployed in ANY environment with ease from Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and other Linux based environments.
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is backed by 24/7 support and Black Lab Software has shown unprecedented ability in being able to patch, deploy and cure many security risks and deficiencies before they become a problem for our users. Over 20 corporate customers have deployed Black Lab Enterprise Desktop and Black Lab Software celebrates an unprecedented 98% client retention rate and 100% active customer satisfaction rating.
Pricing and Availability
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is available today, June 1, 2015. While most companies charge per socket, we charge per machine.
Single license $75.00 USD
2 licenses $136.00
3 - 10 license pack $500.00 USD
11 - 20 license pack $950.00 USD
Unlimited Corporate License $4,500.00 USD
We can also customize your distribution with any desktop environment and targeted towards ANY hardware platform you desire from x86_64, PPC, SPARC.
Custom Configuration License comes with 100 licenses $1,200.00 USD
You can order Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 below
You can also purchase Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 on our select hardware systems.
Black Lab Business Desktops
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is also built for the cloud and can run many of your cloud based applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, Oracle, Salesforce etc. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 can be configured to run OpenStack and can be used with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
With this release Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 also comes with:
KDE 4.14.2
Mate 1.8.2 (RHEL 6 compatible desktop)
GCC 4.9.2
Firefox 38
Thunderbird 31.7
Skype 4.3
ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
Citrix Receiver
LibreOffice 4.3
Focus Writer
Timeshift restore facilities
Backup Utility
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 also supports a wide variety of NAS and other enterprise capable devices
kernel 3.16.0-38 which has a ton of bug fixes and stabilized device drivers
Ubuntu LTS kernel 3.13.0-53 which is the default kernel included with Ubuntu 14.04
Also includes all security updates until May 25, 2015. We have also synchronized all package version to Debian Jessie 8.0.
Using modern technologies such as LDAP, SAMBA 4, Active Directory and NFS. Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 can be deployed in ANY environment with ease from Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and other Linux based environments.
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is backed by 24/7 support and Black Lab Software has shown unprecedented ability in being able to patch, deploy and cure many security risks and deficiencies before they become a problem for our users. Over 20 corporate customers have deployed Black Lab Enterprise Desktop and Black Lab Software celebrates an unprecedented 98% client retention rate and 100% active customer satisfaction rating.
Pricing and Availability
Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 is available today, June 1, 2015. While most companies charge per socket, we charge per machine.
Single license $75.00 USD
2 licenses $136.00
3 - 10 license pack $500.00 USD
11 - 20 license pack $950.00 USD
Unlimited Corporate License $4,500.00 USD
We can also customize your distribution with any desktop environment and targeted towards ANY hardware platform you desire from x86_64, PPC, SPARC.
Custom Configuration License comes with 100 licenses $1,200.00 USD
You can order Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 below
You can also purchase Black Lab Enterprise Desktop 6 on our select hardware systems.
Black Lab Business Desktops
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Black Lab Software: 2015 Outlook
Here we are outlining the outlook for Black Lab Software Inc. the commercial side including hardware and software.
2014 was a great year for us. Our growth from 2013 stayed on the incline.
- Black Lab Professional Desktop and Black Lab Education Desktop had tremendous growth and adoption through 2014 and we expect that to continue through 2015. We want to add at least 10 new clients and licensee's through 2015.
- Hardware sales through 2014 also rose. We have discontinued 85% of our hardware and retained the systems that were the most popular which resulted in the retention of 1 consumer desktop and 2 business desktops. We had over a 150% increase in hardware sales over 2013 and we plan to double that in 2015.
- Some of the more popular practices was our ability to preload these systems with whatever software packages the client wanted whether engineering, graphics and animation.
- The inclusion of KDE as a secondary option to GNOME Shell for the Professional Desktop distribution was well received and we have had great reception and input from customers.
- Create our first ARM release for ARM based systems such as the Raspberry Pi
- Milestones include Black Lab Education Desktop 6 and Black Lab Professional Desktop 6 with release 7 coming Christmas 2015
- Retail Intel NUC systems with Black Lab Linux in summer of 2015
- Release Black Lab Image Creator for Ubuntu 15.04/15.10 with UEFI support.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Black Lab Education Desktop 6.0 BETA 2 Released
Today we have released the second beta for the new release of our award winning education focused distribution, Black Lab Education Desktop. The Black Lab Education Desktop 6 release focuses on the rock solid base of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which also includes functionality and feature support until 2019 and security and bug fix support until 2021 and we include an application lineup for education users that is untouched by any other education focused Linux distribution.
Here are the new changes in the Black Lab Education Desktop.
GNOME 3.10.4, modified GNOME 3 desktop to make it easier for tradition users
Kernel 3.13.0-43.50
Parental Controls, we have brought back Parental and access controls that can be used to block websites and manage time spent on machines.
Thunderbird Suite 31.3 with built in Google Apps support and translation utilities
Firefox 34 with built in translation utilities
LibreOffice 4.3.4
Full NFS support
Updated nitroshare for passing files between systems
Synergy so instructors can take control of a students PC easily and efficiently
Tux suite of educational tools.
Kinect and Wii support
Along with 360 updates to the previous Beta for security and application updates.
Pricing: We have worked very hard to be competitive on pricing and we follow trends on education spending, so the custom configuration for education has changed. So we have 1 and 2 seat licenses as well as custom configuration and unlimited licensing. For custom configuration the price is $1,000.00 for unlimited licenses for your district. For the stock build of Black Lab Education Desktop, the price is $300.00 USD for unlimited licensing. Unlimited licensing means you can deploy it on as many machines as you would like and you have unlimited redistribution rights so you can give a copy to your teachers, to your students and they get the exact same 1 year Telephone and e-mail support that the schools get. Upon final release we will have a digital download option where you can download it from a secure server for $40.00 USD for one license and you get the same one year support.
If you purchase hardware you will get the OS for free preinstalled as well as a free year of support licensing.
You will also be able to download it for free and get community forum support or as we call it self-support. You also wont have the commercial application support, Oracle, IBM, Red Hat etc. or the Active Directory integration support.
To get the Beta you can download it from the Sourceforge page for x86_64 systems.
Black Lab Education Desktop 6.0 Beta 2 x86_64
Here are the new changes in the Black Lab Education Desktop.
GNOME 3.10.4, modified GNOME 3 desktop to make it easier for tradition users
Kernel 3.13.0-43.50
Parental Controls, we have brought back Parental and access controls that can be used to block websites and manage time spent on machines.
Thunderbird Suite 31.3 with built in Google Apps support and translation utilities
Firefox 34 with built in translation utilities
LibreOffice 4.3.4
Full NFS support
Updated nitroshare for passing files between systems
Synergy so instructors can take control of a students PC easily and efficiently
Tux suite of educational tools.
Kinect and Wii support
Along with 360 updates to the previous Beta for security and application updates.
Pricing: We have worked very hard to be competitive on pricing and we follow trends on education spending, so the custom configuration for education has changed. So we have 1 and 2 seat licenses as well as custom configuration and unlimited licensing. For custom configuration the price is $1,000.00 for unlimited licenses for your district. For the stock build of Black Lab Education Desktop, the price is $300.00 USD for unlimited licensing. Unlimited licensing means you can deploy it on as many machines as you would like and you have unlimited redistribution rights so you can give a copy to your teachers, to your students and they get the exact same 1 year Telephone and e-mail support that the schools get. Upon final release we will have a digital download option where you can download it from a secure server for $40.00 USD for one license and you get the same one year support.
If you purchase hardware you will get the OS for free preinstalled as well as a free year of support licensing.
You will also be able to download it for free and get community forum support or as we call it self-support. You also wont have the commercial application support, Oracle, IBM, Red Hat etc. or the Active Directory integration support.
To get the Beta you can download it from the Sourceforge page for x86_64 systems.
Black Lab Education Desktop 6.0 Beta 2 x86_64
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