about ZevenOS

ZevenOS is a German Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and focuses on a fast and easy to use system while mimicking the look and feel of Be OS. It is intended to work also on older laptops and

computers with low CPU speed and memory. The current stable version of ZevenOS is the 6.0 release (31 December 2014) and is based on Ubuntu's 14.04 LTS release.

In addition to common applications, ZevenOS and Neptune features a lot of multimedia tools and is suitable for media playback and ship with a full set of codecs as well as the Flash Player.

Neptune former name ZevenOS-Neptune is based on Debian-"Stable". It ships with a current Kernel, more drivers, and modern hardware support. Unlike ZevenOS it implements a modern KDE 4 desktop with customized theme and settings. It is optimized to run from USB stick. The release of ZevenOS-Neptune version 2.0 and 2.5 shipped in two editions - Full edition (with KDE SC) and Minimal edition (with LXDE).

Neptune includes a current KDE Plasma Workspace, Chromium, VLC, Amarok, LibreOffice etc.

The former ZevenOS-Neptune "Minimal-Edition" for minor system-requirements and smaller iso < 700 MB included PCManFM, DeaDBeef, Gnome-Mplayer (with Mplayer2), Abiword, Iceweasel and Icedove.

Since version 3.0 Neptune is exclusively built for 64-bit CPUs. The current stable version is Neptune 4.1

Versions

ZevenOS based on Xubuntu Date Name Version Ubuntu Version 2015-01-01 ZevenOS 6.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2012-12-05 ZevenOS 5.0 Ubuntu 12.10 2011-11-24 ZevenOS 4.0 Ubuntu 11.10 2010-11-14 ZevenOS 3.0 Ubuntu 10.10 2009-11-15 ZevenOS 2.0 Ubuntu 9.10 2009-02-28 ZevenOS 1.1 Ubuntu 8.10 2008-12-19 ZevenOS 1.0 Ubuntu 8.10

ZevenOS-Neptune based on Debian Date Name Version Debian Version 2014-08-30 Neptune 4.1 "It's all about you"*** Stable 7.5 wheezy 2014-06-25 Neptune 4.0 "It's all about you"*** Stable 7.5 wheezy 2013-10-09 Neptune 3.3 "Brotkasten"*** Stable 7.2 wheezy 2013-08-14 Neptune 3.2 "Brotkasten"*** Stable 7.1 wheezy 2013-05-21 Neptune 3.1 "Brotkasten"*** Stable 7 wheezy 2013-03-26 Neptune 3.0 "Brotkasten"*** Stable 6 squeeze 2012-06-03 Neptune 2.5 "fluid"** Testing 7 wheezy 2011-10-23 ZevenOS-Neptune 2.0* Testing 7 wheezy 2011-04-29 ZevenOS-Neptune 1.99 Testing 7 wheezy 2010-12-07 ZevenOS-Neptune 1.91 Testing 6 squeeze 2010-10-10 ZevenOS-Neptune 1.9 Testing 6 squeeze

ZevenOS-Neptune 2.0* with 2 editions: Neptune-"full" with KDE and Neptune-"minimal" with LXDE

Since Neptune-2.5**-release the name is changed from “ZevenOS-Neptune” to the shorter name "Neptune" to differ more from the ZevenOS distribution.

Neptune 3.0*** and the newer versions are built for modern 64-bit computers.