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Hanthana is a Linux based operating system and a Fedora remix suitable for desktop and
laptop users.
Hanthana comes to you in the form of a LiveDVD for regular PC (i686 & x86_64 architectures)
systems.
You can run Hanthana Operating System directly from the LiveDVD and check out each and every
feature before installing it on your hard disk.
Hanthana has all the features of Fedora and loads of additional software including multimedia
players and codecs by default.
In short, Hanthana is ready to serve your office, multimedia, graphic, educational and
entertainment needs immediately after installation!
Hanthana comes to you absolutely free of charge and you are free to make copies, share and
distribute.
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Hanthana is a remix of the Fedora operating system.
The original aim of the Hanthana team was to create an easy-to-use Linux desktop with
as many useful applications preloaded, as downloading applications through Internet
is hard for many rural areas of Sri Lanka.
Hanthana's first release was on 19 September 2009.[5] Since then, Hanthana community has
released new versions of Hanthana every six months with commitment to support each release
for eighteen months by providing security fixes, patches to critical bugs and minor
updates to programs.
Once a new Fedora version is released, after some time, the corresponding Hanthana version
will be released and it contains all the software updates up to the date of release.
Hanthana packages are based on packages from Fedora's: both distributions use RedHat's
rpm package format and package management tools Yum (PackageKit).
Features
Hanthana is composed of many software packages, of which the majority are distributed under
a free software license, making an exception only for some proprietary hardware drivers.
The main license used is the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) which, along with the GNU
Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL), explicitly declares that users are free to
run, copy, distribute, study, change, develop and improve the software.
On the other hand, there is also proprietary software available that can run on Hanthana.
Hanthana focuses on usability, security and stability.
Hanthana also emphasizes accessibility and internationalization to reach as many people
as possible.
From the start UTF-8 is the default character encoding, which allows for support of a variety
of non-Roman scripts.
Hanthana comes installed with a wide range of software that includes LibreOffice, Firefox,
Pidgin, Transmission, GIMP, and several lightweight games (such as Sudoku and chess).
Installation Installation of Hanthana is generally performed
with the Live DVD.
Hanthana can be run directly from the DVD (albeit with a significant performance loss),
allowing a user to "test-drive" the OS for hardware compatibility and driver support.
Users can download a disk image (.iso) of the DVD, which can then either be written
to a physical medium (DVD), or optionally run directly from a hard drive (via UNetbootin
or GRUB).
Following minimum hardware specifications will ensure your work on Hanthana easier and
faster:
For text mode recommended processor : 200 MHz Pentium Pro or faster minimum memory (RAM):
256 MB For graphical mode recommended processor : 400 MHz Pentium Pro or faster minimum memory
(RAM): 640 MB recommended memory (RAM): 1152 MB Hard disk minimum free space of 15GB A
DVD ROM
Latest Version Hanthana Developer team has announced the
release of Hanthana Linux 30 (Vishwa), a Fedora-based distribution on a 1.9 GB live DVD with a large
number of applications, media codecs and custom artwork: "Hanthana Linux 28 (Kandula - Security
Edition of Hanthana Linux pre-released) is released.
Hanthana Linux 28 (Kandula - Security Edition of Hanthana Linux), the latest release of
Hanthana part of the Hanthana Linux project.
In addition to the host of applications, the new release has the official LibreOffice guide
provided by The Document Foundation added as well.
Please note there are various desktop editions including Gnome 3,Gnome Sugar,KDE,LXDE,XFCE.
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