Emmabuntus DE

This distribution is suitable for machines with at least a Pentium 4 support running at 2.0 GHz, 512 MB of RAM for the 32-bit version (or 1 GB for the 64-bit version), and 40 GB of free disk space for installation. It is recommended to use 1 GB of RAM for the 32-bit version, and 2 GB for the 64-bit version.

For use in live mode or in a virtual machine, it is necessary to have at least 1 GB of RAM, for more information on this subject see the F.A.Q.

It has been developped to allow to recondition machines within the Emmaus Communities, more details on this page.



See the release announcements

Direct link to download the current version here (~3.6 GB, MD5, SHA1, List of packages) Direct link to download the current 64-bit version here (~3.6 GB, MD5, SHA1, List of packages) For older versions see here.

= Software credits = I especially want to thank the websites Framasoft and Debian for their admirable work, without which this refurbished PC would not have been possible.

Remark : The Software preceded the following symbols :


 * and marked in bold have been added compared to the previous version Emmabuntüs 3


 * included remarkable software in this distribution

Environnement
Debian 8 « Jessie » sous XFCE: A variant of Debian, using the same basic concepts, can be installed on computers rather old, and with poor hardware.

LXDE/OpenBox : Additional environment included in this release to extend the capabilities of reconditioning machines, see its implementation in FAQ

Cairo-Dock : Application launch bar animated (or dock, how to Mac OS X) making accessible all the software described below on the desktop

In this version the dock is available in seven languages:
 * English (En)
 * French (Fr)
 * Spanish (Es)
 * Arabic (Ar)
 * German (De)
 * Italian (It)
 * Portuguese (Pt)

Boot-repair and OS-Uninstaller : Simple graphical tools to repair frequent boot problems, and to remove an operating system in 1 click!

Browsers
Firefox-ESR : Mozilla Firefox ESR
 * Chromium : The free (as free speech) Web browser based on Google Chrome

Extensions included in the browsers

 * Firefox Flash player : is a plugin or a standalone media player using the Flash technique. It's not free, but unfortunately necessary while waiting for the HTML5


 * Freshplayer : is an extension for viewing websites remedial television requires a newer version of Flash, which is not the case with the version shipped in standard Linux. This extension allows you to use the Flash Pepper extension of the Chromium browser.


 * Pepper Flash player : is a plugin for read Flash animation on Chromium

Blocksi : Finally the parental controls is built into Internet browsers. Remember to configure this extension, and to block access by password ;-)
 * uBlock Origin : is used to filter the content of web pages in order to block certain elements, especially banner ads


 * Public Fox : to facilitate parental control in Emmabuntüs


 * Disconnect : Protects your privacy on the web ;-)

Lilo : A french search engine than your searches finance social and environmental projects without any cost, and help Emmabuntüs and our friends !

HTTPS_Everywhere : Its purpose is to automatically make websites use the more secure HTTPS connection instead of HTTP

Mail readers
Icedove : The Debian version of Mozilla Thunderbird
 * Evolution : The Gnome email client including address book, calendar, portal information

Instant Messaging

 * Pidgin (ex Gaim) : The instant messaging client, multi-protocol
 * Skype : is a proprietary software based on a closed communication protocol, which raises ethical and safety (Skype is banned in French universities) concerns. Free alternatives exist : Jitsi and Empathy.
 * Jitsi : (formerly SIP Communicator) a free and open source multiplatform voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application


 * HexChat : (formerly XChat-WDK) is an IRC client based on XChat

File Transfer

 * FileZilla : An excellent FTP client
 * Wammu : Tool for managing many mobile phones


 * qBittorrent : Bittorrent client very light

Collaborative work

 * Framapad : The collaborative online text editor, made ​​available by Framasoft using the code EtherPad


 * Google-docs : Online and collaborative suit

Office

 * AbiWord : An excellent lightweight free word processor very effective for beginners
 * Gnumeric : The most excellent spreadsheet of the world Gnome

LibreOffice : The truly free Office suite ... including grammar checker LanguageTool


 * Scribus : A desktop publishing (DTP) application


 * Verbiste : To review its french conjugations ;-)
 * Geany : An editor tailored for developers
 * ePDFviewer : A very light file reader PDF

Calibre : is e-book reader that organizes, saves and manages e-books, supporting a variety of formats


 * FBReader : A book reader ePub format

Kiwix : The offline reader Wikipedia

Audio
Clementine : Music player and modern manager of your music library
 * Audacious : An easy to use audio player, but complete for audiophiles
 * gpodder : Podcast aggregator
 * Audacity : A very good and free editor sounds .Wav, .Ogg and .mp3
 * Pulse Audio : cross-platform sound server. Here you may control the volume by application
 * Easytag : A tag editor for audio files offer a simple and concise, especially using the freedb database to retrieve the music news
 * Sound Juicer : Rip your audio CDs freely;-)
 * Sound Converter : is a small program that is designed to easily convert batches of audio files into other formats
 * PulseAudio Equalizer : is a 15 bands graphic equalizer for adjusting the sound of your system
 * Radio Tray : Online radio streaming player

Video
VLC media player (VideoLan Client) : The best solution for watching video broadcast without codec

Kaffeine : Media player very complete


 * Cheese : Smile and say « cheese »!
 * WinFF : Encode easily your videos
 * KDEnLive : is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor
 * Transmageddon : Video conversion software which supports many formats
 * Kazam : Software to make screencast, that is to say, capture a video of what is happening on your desktop

Photo
Gimp : The king of image editors of the Free World
 * Shotwell : Organizing images designed for Gnome and F-Spot
 * Picasa : Software image management, visualization and organization on the Web, but not so Free :(
 * Fotoxx : A simple software management and photo editing
 * DigiKam : A new generation photo manager

Inkscape : Open Source vector graphics editor

Burn

 * Brasero : The Gnome project burner software
 * Xfburn : The burner software included in the environment XFCE
 * gCDEmu : CD/DVD Emulator

Leisures

 * HomeBank : Manage your personal finance easily !

Ancestris : And what if we create a family tree ?

PlayOnLinux : To install games coming from proprietary OS-blind ;-)
 * SweetHome3D : Virtual interior design software
 * Stellarium : A planetarium platform for exploring the night sky
 * Celestia : A special astronomy software
 * SuperTux2 : Super Mario with penguins !!!
 * SuperTuxKart : Tux is back in a "Mario Kart Like" ... or "This is not because it is a Ekart need to deviate"
 * TuxGuitar : Software for creating and playing guitar tablature
 * Belooted : To play cards alone or with friends
 * Dominos : To play dominoes, but you have already guessed !!! (Does not work on a 16/9 screen)

Hedgewars : is a free and open-source game in the genre of "turn-based artillery games"

Education
GCompris : Excellent educational software (2 to 10 years old approx.) with the incorporation GnuChess and GnuCap
 * TuxPaint : Drawing learning for the young and those that still believe to be.
 * TuxMath : To learn or to relearn our multiplication tables
 * TuxTyping : Learn to type with the mascot of linux
 * OmniTux : Following edutainment software
 * PySyCache : Mouse usage learning software for kids
 * ChildsPlay : A series of edutainment activities from 3 years old.
 * Mister Patato (KTuberling) : To rediscover Mr. Potato

OOo4Kids : Finally an adapted office tool for students and children!

Extensions included in OOo4Kids to allow oral reading of words, sentences (PicoSvoxOOo), the grammar checker Grammalecte, and coloring syllables (LireCouleur) to better help children to learn to read

Scratch : is a free visual programming language, used by students, scholars, teachers, and parents to easily create animations

Utilities
HPLIP : HP printers drivers
 * Drivers Canon : Professional drivers for Canon printers
 * pyRenamer : To easily rename a file, without using the horrible Linux command line !!!
 * Gnome-search-tool : It helps you recover your lost files

Wine : The famous non-Window emulators ...


 * ARandR : Tool to manage the display settings of your screens
 * Caffeine : to disable the screensaver while watching a movie.

Svox Pico speech synthesizer in 5 languages ​​(Fr, En, Es, It, De) associated with gSpeech allow for easy reading-speech document

Maintenance
HandySoft : as new software center

HandyUpdateChecker : as software update manager

HandyTri : to sort out the files (documents, images etc …) for example in the Download folder

BleachBit : System management and cleaning software

MultiSystem : With MultiSystem, simply create your MultiBoot LiveUSB


 * Sysinfo : Some info on your system: CPU, RAM, peripherals, etc.
 * Htop : System Monitor with interface
 * Gparted : To partition your disks
 * Déjà Dup : Very simple backup utility. It aims to hide the complexities relating to the proper way to make backup copies (encryption, backups or local network, frequency of taking backups)

TeamViewer : Non-free software for viewing and controlling a remote computer via Internet

MintLocal : utility to handle the language installations, from the Linux Mint distribution


 * Gufw : GUI for configuring the firewall installed by default in Ubuntu: UFW


 * KeePassX : Password manager

Systemback : To allow the system to be backed up

Baobab : To analyze the usage status of your hard disks

Mint Stick : Simply format your USB flash drives under GNU/Linux

Remark : Descriptions of the above software comes from the following sites :


 * Framasoft Library


 * The Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia

= Credits = I also want to thank the artists for their wonderful work, and many elements, artworks that are reproduced here or included on the DVD distribution.

See details on the French version

= Thanks =

I want to thank for their support, their aid, and encouragement all members of the Collective Emmabuntüs, without whom this adventure would not have been possible.

See details on the French version