Free vidalinux desktop os software for linux

SAM Linux Desktop is a live and installation CD based on Mandriva Linux, is an easy-to-use, fast and clean XFce Linux desktop for home users.
SAM Linux Desktop is enhanced by several popular non-free applications, such Macromedia Flash plugin, Java and RealPlayer.
Enhancements:
- SAM 2007.1-test1 is available for testing. The most important changes: OpenOffice.org was dropped, here is the reason: SAM now comes with basic support for more than 50 languages, proprietary ATI and NVIDIA drivers have been added to the live CD with a nice GUI to install them, under the hood it is running a development version of kernel 2.6.20.11. All packages have been updated to their newest versions available in the PCLinuxOS repositories, some new ones have been added (PDFedit, Planner, Searchmonkey, Ntfs-config, VirtualBox...) and a fresh theme was created.

NetMAX Desktop is a live-CD distribution of Linux upon which NetMAX Server products are based. It includes best of breed applications: Secure Linux (kernel 2.6.11.5), OpenOffice.org, Blender, GAIM, Gnome 2.8, Dia, gtkam, Azureus bittorrent client, Firefox 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0, Totem multimedia player, XINE multimedia player, Wine compatibility layer, hotplug hardware detection and OpenVPN SSL VPN.
This distribution seeks to fill the role of a fully-functional enterprise class desktop system without licensing fees. In contrast to many of the other live-CD distributions out there, it has been designed to be intuitive enough for non-computer savvy folks to use -- including integrated Windows application support.
Power users will find that this distribution puts security first, adheres to published standards, and thus behaves in the way they expect it to. Unlike previous attempts to simplify Linux for the desktop, the power and customizability that has gained the hearts of the open-source community has not been removed.
Main features:
Cutting Edge Features:
- Complete desktop functionality (network files, presentations, spreadsheet, word processors, browser, art generation, digital camera support, etc.)
- Automatic detection of disks and mountable partitions, as well as automatic mounting of USB storage devices and network (NFS) shares
- Built-in NetMAX network file systems, permissions, authentication and provisioning
- Windows application compatibility
- NetMAX Desktop can be run without permanent installation
- NetMAX Desktop can create NIST-certified disk dumps for forensic analysis
- NetMAX Desktop includes a comprehensive suite of Linux-based multi-file system format disk discovery and recovery utilities
NetMAX Desktop is built for security:
- NetMAX Desktop is based on Secure Linux, and meets or exceeds most government security requirements
- NetMAX Desktop has integrated iptables firewall capabilities and SSL-based OpenVPN
Easy to Use and Install:
- Choose to run the NetMAX Desktop direct from CD, without modifying anything on your hard drive
- Or, choose to install the NetMAX Desktop to your hard drive as your default operating system

Syntax Desktop is a publishing system used to manage the contents of a Web site. Syntax Desktop project has an attractive GUI with DHTML elements.

You can use it to insert news, photos, documents, and tree data structures into your site. It features easy DB backup and style switching.

Syntax Desktop helps you to create and manage large web sites without any knowledge of HTML. Theres an integrated WYSIWYG editor with a friendly user interface similar to common office applications. You can create the contents and a template engine manages all the parts of the site allowing complete control of the application.

Syntax Desktop is based on PHP technology. It is a web application, so it works on a wide range of modern existing IT infrastructures. Syntax Desktop runs with other "open source" technologies (i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL), but it works also on commercial products (i.e. Windows, IIS, Oracle DB, MS Access).

Moreover, a great virtue of Syntax is its predisposition to being indexed from search engines. Syntax is constructed to generate pages optimized for search engines.

GNU/Linux Desktop Testing Project (GNU/LDTP) is aimed at producing high quality test automation framework and cutting-edge tools that can be used to test GNU/Linux Desktop and improve it.

It uses the "Accessibility" libraries to poke through the applications user interface. The framework has tools to generate "AppMap" by reading through the user interface components of an application. The framework also has tools to record test-cases based on user-selection on the application.

GNU/LDTP core framework uses "AppMap" and the recorded "test-cases" to test an application and gives the status of each test-case as output.

As of now, GNU/LDTP can test any GNOME application which are accessibility enabled, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, any Java application (should have a UI based on swing) and KDE 4.0 applications based on QT 4.0 (based on the press releases by KDE).

FOX Desktop is a lightweight desktop environment based on the FOX Toolkit.
It includes various tools and programs to make life easier. FOX Desktop includes a desktop and taskbar.
FOX Desktop is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Enhancements:
- The taskbar has been replaced with a more general dockbar which can be docked on all sides of the screen.
- Furthermore, each dockbar may contain different kinds of applets which can be added or removed on the fly.
- This release contains a few builtin applets and one launcher applet which can be used to launch applications.

Easy Media Desktop is meant as a user-friendly interface to working with different types of media.

Its primarily designed to be used by mobility impaired users that may be using a specialized interface that allows special switches to send signals to a PC as mouse clicks.

Athene is a commercial operating system developed by Rocklyte Systems for use in the home and office. Athene combines years of Rocklytes R&D with the latest Linux technology to create one of the fastest operating systems available today.
With boot times as fast as five seconds and advanced graphics technology not available in standard Linux distributions, Athene is the best low-cost alternative to Windows for your computer desktop.
Main features:
- Optimised for Intel Pentium and compatible processors.
- Uses SNAP graphics technology from SciTech Software instead of X11.
- Graphics throughput is 17% faster than Microsoft Windows and at least 25% faster than X11.
- Backwards compatible with all Linux X11 applications.
- Linux Kernel 2.6.9
- Fast booting - between 5 to 15 seconds on modern hardware.
- Editable XML based interface.
- Live CDROM allows you to run Athene without installing to a hard drive.
- Discounted upgrades between major versions and free upgrades for minor releases.
- Free online support and no ongoing maintenance or subscription fees.
- Included software:
- Konqueror & Firefox Web Browsers
- GIMP, MPlayer, K3b CD Burner
- GAIM, GFTP, XChat
- KDE 3.2.3 with KDE Application Suite
- KDE Office 1.3
- Open Office 1.1
- Games: Barrage, Exodus, LBreakout 2, LTris, Patience, Mahjongg and more.
- CUPS Printer Support
- The GCC 3.3.3 compiler, plus tools and applications for developers.