Announcing: EONS 0.1

The EONS project team is finally ready to announce their project, and the main purpose of this blog; EONS. EONS stands for (eCycling Omniuser Nondiscriminatory System) and is a Linux OS serving as a free alternative to Windows with all the features the average user would need and in a very lightweight version. It is designed to work on all machines, regardless of speed and has mostly been tested on sub-500 MHz machines with 64mb RAM and a 2.1 GB hard drive. We are currently only using version 0.1 in-house and are preparing install CDs for the general public once we feel it is bug-free. The main features are:

• Lightweight
• Integrated Windows program support through Wine
• Automatic unobtrusive updates
• OpenOffice.org 2.2
• Firefox and Thunderbird
• Educational and scientific software is bundled
• Looks like Windows to help ease transition for non-Linux natives

Now, we want your feedback on what features you want to see most. We have a new poll on the right side of the screen, but if there are features or questions we haven't addressed send us an email: eonsproject (at) gmail.com.

Here are some screen shots to tantalize:

EONS Tux

The desktop of EONS 0.1

EONS with OpenOffice.org Writer and KStars planetarium program.