Today PC / Opensystems is pleased to announce a new set of hardware and software services for Black Lab Enterprise Linux for Education. Over the last year you have seen a ton of innovation come from PC/OpenSystems, in terms of the most usable Linux based desktop on the planet that blows away all of our competitors. We have had a ton of innovation in terms of hardware and management and you have seen a ton of innovation in our service and support offerings and we are hoping to keep the innovation alive in 2016. Since our academic customers are a very important segment of our business, we have made some corresponding changes to the services we offer them. PC / OS now has a dedicated web portal for our Education customers and 4 hardware selections : a desktop system, notebook and RAID solution all optimized for the academic sector, as well as the premier Linux backend solution, Black Lab Advanced Server for Education. With that being said, lets get started.
1. Software – Black Lab Enterprise Linux for Education will offer the same certifications featured in its Black Lab Enterprise sibling : Microsoft Office 365, Oracle online and on-premise support, WebObjects and IBM Websphere. Black Lab Server for Education is available preinstalled on hardware only and will include OwnCloud support, Apache, Postfix e-mail server and Google Apps support. Black Lab Enterprise Linux for Education will also continue to include the unique application set which has separated it from the competition. When customers purchase an unlimited district license they will also get Black Lab Enterprise Linux with unlimited district licensing: two OSes for the price of one. Black Lab Enterprise Linux for Education is available in single-license format for is $75.00 US; unlimited district licensing costs $399.99 for the standard build, and custom builds for $500.00 US, which includes school branding, specialized applications, etc.
2. Hardware - PC /OS presents 4 new offerings.
First : the Briq, our awesome Core i3 / 8 GB RAM / 128 GB SSD mini powerhouse, with a 3-year warranty and UPS, priced at $650.00.
Second, a rugged Core i3-5010U 2.1GHz / 8 GB RAM / 1 TB hard drive notebook PC targeted towards schools, also with a 3-year warranty, priced at $699.99. Both ship with Black Lab Enterprise Linux preinstalled, or our Education release upon request.
Third : a new server product line for education which has been on our drawing board for over a year. Schools tend to be very conservative on server choices, so PC/ OS presents our basic academic server : Black Lab Basic Server – based on our BriQ architecture, with an i5 Processor / 16 GB RAM / 256 GB SSD. Don't let the fact that it's based on the BriQ platform fool you : this is a full-featured, dedicated server platform with unlimited client licenses, a 4 year warranty and a UPS protection unit as standard options. This basic configuration can be expanded with our 4 drive rack-mounted USB-connected RAID system supporting up to 4 hard drives at 4 TB apiece. PC / OS also realizes that its academic customers may have some old Apple Xserves and Xserve RAID laying around : yes, these Xserve hard drive caddies can be integrated with our RAID, which ships with 4 1 TB hard drives by default. This full-featured basic Black Lab Server costs $1,299.99 USD with the default configuration : UPS, 4 year warranty and a backup hard drive preloaded with Black Lab Server for Education, keyboard, mouse and a monitor.
Black Lab Basic Server with RAID is $2,599.99 : this includes rack, UPS, powered USB hub, and 4 year warranty for both RAID and Server.
Fourth: larger districts need a much more robust server. Black Lab Advanced Server is offered with a 6 core Intel Xeon processor, 16 GB of RAM (expandable to 192 GB), 4 HD bays that support up to 4 SATA HDs up to 4 TB each and ships with 4 1TB hard drives. The price for that system is $1,899.00 for the base model which includes UPS and 4 year warranty. For the Advanced Server with our USB-connected RAID device the cost would be $3,499.00 for rack, UPS and 4 year warranty on RAID and Server, and UPS. PC / OS is going to insure that its academic customers are fully protected, serviced and ready to go from day one; these solutions will be setup so you can plug them in, turn them on, and get to work immediately if not sooner. Out of the box productivity, literally.
How are we going to service these systems? PC / OS offers on site service and support through our new SystemCare Product Service and Support or you can self-service with the assistance of our SystemCare Parts Kit. PC / OS has examined our academic customer base, taken a hard look at their needs, and has put solutions in place that can be made to fit a wide variety of scenarios with few changes necessary.
You can find more information on our Black Lab Education Services website.
You can find out more about our hardware on the Black Lab Education Hardware site.
Q&A
Here we will answer some of the most common questions we encounter. Please direct any queries outside of this Q&A to sales@pc-opensystems.com and they will be answered promptly.
1. Why use PC/OpenSystems LLC and not Dell or Apple who are the tried and true leaders in academic IT?
A: Since our founding in 2008 we have retained over 90% of our academic IT customers - in a space where change is so prevalent, this is practically unheard of. PC/ OS believes we have the right formula, the right mix of hardware to match our long-running stable software base.
2. What is the response to PC/OpenSystems' software products in the IT world?
A. Very positive overall. Among our clients we have a well-deserved and long-established reputation for responsive service and innovative products. Black Lab Enterprise Linux is the most popular desktop Linux based operating systems for many major fortune 500 companies. PC / OS clients include law enforcement, security agencies, factory, grocery and academia among its most frequent repeat customers; Black Lab is extremely popular in venues where a premium is placed on stability and security. When Google started giving Chromebooks away for free we lost 7 academic customers - after the pilot, 6 returned.
3. Is this the first time PC/Opensystems has offered hardware in the academic space?
A. No. While we used to deal with academic customers and their hardware needs on a case-by-case basis, we have made these offerings in the past, and have evolved our approach to the marked based on feedback received and what hardware tiers schools have ordered from us before.
4. What about service? Will we have onsite service and support and can we do onsite installation?
A. Yes and yes. Customers who order from us can arrange onsite installations on their schedule within a 4-hour-window in North Carolina, New York and California. PC / OS will be expanding that prerogative to other states based on demand. For other academic customers who self-service, the SystemCare parts kit for the BriQ, Basic and advanced server and XRAID are available when needed.
5. Will software upgrades come with the server systems for 4 years or does the customer have to buy the software with every new release?
A. Software has to be purchased yearly, unless a SystemCare software support plan is purchased, which relieves a customer of the obligation to constantly monitor software upgrades and licensing. Purchasing our hardware without a SystemCare subscription requires the customer to purchase-upon- release every 12 to 18 months.
6. Can the parts kits be ordered separately without having to enter a software subscription?
A. Yes.
7. Can the Black Lab XRAID be ordered outside of academia and when will it be available?
A. Yes and it will be made available on our Enterprise hardware site in a couple of weeks.
8. Who can order the educational products?
A. All primary and secondary schools. Vocational schools, colleges and military academies. We are also making our education products available to home schooled individuals.
9. When can we start ordering hardware and software and what is the acquisition turnaround?
A. You can order it today., January 19, 2016. Software you have a 24 hour turn around, hardware is 7 to 10 business days.
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Monday, January 18, 2016
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 SR4 released
Today we are announcing the availability of Black Lab Forensic Desktop. Black Lab Forensic Desktop is a distribution that is commercially supported and targeted at computer, technology, security and law enforcement forensic specialist. Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 is based on LTS technologies so it is supported until 2020. Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 utilizes the KDE desktop so users have a modern, full featured desktop at their disposal and Black Lab Forensic 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 Forensic 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 Forensic Desktop is the only commercially supported law enforcement targetted Linux distribution on the market.
Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 is also built for the cloud and with many law enforcement and security facilities relying on many cloud based applications it can run all of your cloud based applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, Oracle Web Apps etc. Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 can be configured to run OpenStack and can be used with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
With this release Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 also comes with:
KDE 4.14.2
Mate 1.8.2
GCC 4.9.2
Firefox 38
Thunderbird 31.7
Skype 4.3
ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
Citrix Receiver
LibreOffice 4.3
SIFT Workstation - Preinstalled and configured
NMAP
Xplico
Dia
LibreCAD
Timeshift restore facilities
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 Forensic 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 Forensic Desktop 6 can be deployed in ANY environment with ease from Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and other Linux based environments.
Black Lab Forensic 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.
Pricing and Availability
Black Lab Forensic 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
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 Forensic Desktop 6 below
You can also order Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 on our variety of computer hardware:
Black Lab Business Desktops
Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 is also built for the cloud and with many law enforcement and security facilities relying on many cloud based applications it can run all of your cloud based applications like Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, Oracle Web Apps etc. Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 can be configured to run OpenStack and can be used with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
With this release Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 also comes with:
KDE 4.14.2
Mate 1.8.2
GCC 4.9.2
Firefox 38
Thunderbird 31.7
Skype 4.3
ScudCloud - Which is a Slack Client
Citrix Receiver
LibreOffice 4.3
SIFT Workstation - Preinstalled and configured
NMAP
Xplico
Dia
LibreCAD
Timeshift restore facilities
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 Forensic 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 Forensic Desktop 6 can be deployed in ANY environment with ease from Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and other Linux based environments.
Black Lab Forensic 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.
Pricing and Availability
Black Lab Forensic 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
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 Forensic Desktop 6 below
You can also order Black Lab Forensic Desktop 6 on our variety of computer hardware:
Black Lab Business Desktops
Black Lab Education Desktop 6 SR4 released
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:
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:
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.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
New Hardware Lineup
Consumer Desktops
Black Lab BriQ rev4 is a very powerful "Mac mini" type PC that can be used anywhere. Whether you use it in your office, dorm room, living room or as a gaming PC you have all the power you need for productivity or gaming and the ability to utilize all the great content that the web provided. This is a very affordable system which sells for a base price of $550.00 USD
Professional Desktops
Black Lab BriQ Pro has all the features of the consumer version and adds enough power for the professional. Whether you need a design station or a productivity station the Black Lab BriQ Pro will fit in any office, warehouse floor or lab that you need it to fit in. This system which sells for a base price of $700.00 USD is a very affordable system which will not only make your employees happy, but the company accountants as well. Do you need to set up a Hadoop cluster or does your lab need to do extensive number cruching where you need to do multi-machine simulations? The Black Lab BriQ Pro is also available in an 8 node cluster configuration with a price that beats conventional cluster systems.
Black Lab Powerstation sells for a base price of $1,500.00 USD. This system is just as the name implies. Its a high performance, rack mountable workstation. It is a high performance workstation that can take on and accomplish high density workloads very quickly and efficiently.
With Black Lab Software Inc. and the high performance OS Black Lab Linux, you now have the Power, Affordability and Reliability you and or your company needs and deserves.
Visit our hardware sections for pricing.
Black Lab Professional Hardware
Black Lab Consumer Hardware
Do you want a lower cost entry to the world of Linux? Check out our refurbished hardware section.
Black Lab Refurbished Hardware
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Black Lab Linux KDE 6.0 SR1
Today we are announcing that back by popular demand is the KDE release of Black Lab Linux. We have a long history with KDE and it has always been one of our more popular releases and the KDE desktop is the most requested desktops for our custom build service. With this release we are bringing it to the general public. With this release we made many changes to the KDE desktop to make it more friendly to novices as well as power users alike. The KDE release like all of our releases of Black Lab Linux is based on the LTS version of Ubuntu and so you can be rest assured of continued support by us and by CanonicalBuilt on the base of Black Lab Linux 6, the KDE release contains the following software.
KDE 4.14.2
LibreOffice
Firefox 35
Thunderbird with the Lightning Extension
Spotify
Steam
Dropbox
TimeShift
Backup Utility
Dragon Player
VLC
Digikam
All multimedia codecs
Muon Software Center
Firewall utility
And many, many more software packages included and many more waiting to be discovered.
Some of the customizations that we make with Black Lab Linux KDE is that we cut off all unnecessary services and effects so we trim down the memory requirements for the system. Many people have asked, what do we get that we wouldnt get with vanilla Kubuntu? We include everything you need as a desktop system completely out of box. You get streaming music, audio and video, office applications, system management tools, gaming facilities, and the ability to create your own desktop webapps. So if you use Google Docs, Microsoft Office Online you can use them with Black Lab Linux. Filesharing is made easy both by industry standard networking tools as well as through Dropbox. So with that lets go ahead an answer a few questions that users may have.
Q) Will you guys be switching from GNOME3 to KDE now?
A) No, GNOME3 will continue to be our default window manager we are offering KDE as an alternative desktop for users. Rightfully so because demand has been so high.
Q) Will KDE be offered alongside GNOME3 for professional desktop users?
A) Yes, KDE and GNOME3 are the only two choices users get on the Pro Desktop series.
Known issues
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Installer still sports Kubuntu Branding - We are working on a new installer
Older NVIDIA cards may not work in live mode but the direct install option does work.
No installer on desktop in live mode - Open the menu and go to the system submenu and the installer is there.
You can download Black Lab Linux KDE from our Sourceforge Page
Black Lab Linux KDE 6.0 SR1 x86_64
If you are would like installable media or are on bandwith restrictions or you would like to purchase Black Lab Linux KDE on a Live USB, Live SD card or Live DVD please visit our store:
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
New support programs coming in January
Coming in January 2014 we are adding some features to our support contracts. This is a change that will affect both the Black Lab Linux community and the Kubuntu community.
Starting January 2nd 2014 we will be adding support for the LTS releases of Kubuntu to our support subscriptions. Now why are we doing this?
We use Kubuntu as a base for our Black Lab Linux KDE edition and since Kubuntu is not supported for enterprise deployment through Canonical we are going to support it since we do support KDE and QT through the Enterprise release of Black Lab Linux.
Now, if your support subscription already calls for KDE support you will not be charged any extra for this addon and just let us know that you are deploying Kubuntu and it will be added to your support subscription contract. The 2014 refresh of our support subscriptions are being worked on and will be announced through the month of December.
Some of the other changes that will be in the revised support subscriptions:
1. KDE 4.11, and QT 5.
2. Application porting from SGI IRIX to Black Lab Enterprise Linux
3. Kubuntu 12.04.x
4. Black Lab Linux 4.2 KDE
On your support subscriptions for hardware we will be adding the following:
1. Support for SGI MIPS architecture for a period of ONE calendar year
2. Support for POWERPC architecture
3. Support for the installation of Kubuntu 12.04.x on all hardware
4. Support for the installation of Black Lab Linux KDE on all hardware
No specialized support subscription contracts will be drawn up to include these changes but they will be recognized as standard.
Starting January 2nd 2014 we will be adding support for the LTS releases of Kubuntu to our support subscriptions. Now why are we doing this?
We use Kubuntu as a base for our Black Lab Linux KDE edition and since Kubuntu is not supported for enterprise deployment through Canonical we are going to support it since we do support KDE and QT through the Enterprise release of Black Lab Linux.
Now, if your support subscription already calls for KDE support you will not be charged any extra for this addon and just let us know that you are deploying Kubuntu and it will be added to your support subscription contract. The 2014 refresh of our support subscriptions are being worked on and will be announced through the month of December.
Some of the other changes that will be in the revised support subscriptions:
1. KDE 4.11, and QT 5.
2. Application porting from SGI IRIX to Black Lab Enterprise Linux
3. Kubuntu 12.04.x
4. Black Lab Linux 4.2 KDE
On your support subscriptions for hardware we will be adding the following:
1. Support for SGI MIPS architecture for a period of ONE calendar year
2. Support for POWERPC architecture
3. Support for the installation of Kubuntu 12.04.x on all hardware
4. Support for the installation of Black Lab Linux KDE on all hardware
No specialized support subscription contracts will be drawn up to include these changes but they will be recognized as standard.
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