Friday, February 02, 2007

Dyne:bolic -- Multimedia focussed operating system

Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is an operating system focusing on multimedia functionalities allowing you to surf, stream ,record ,edit ,encode and broadcast both sound and video.

Dyne:bolic doesn’t requires to install anything on your harddisks, which can be left untouched while the system is used; depending from your preferred way to operate, it can boot from CD, USB or harddisk and it can store data in a single file on a harddisk or USB stick. The whole operating system fits on a single CD, to run it from harddisk you just need to copy the dyne/ directory in it (docking), while in a diskless thin-client setup that can also be mounted via network. Thus it avoids the usual lengthy procedures and installation problems. It integrates well with other operating systems already present in your PC. It can recognize most of your hardware devices and offers a vast range of softwares for sound and video production, streaming, 3d modeling, peer to peer and filesharing, deejaying, veejaying and more.

Software in dyne:bolic includes:

Video { Veejay, Play, Record, Edit, Stream }

FreeJ
:: set the veejay free!
HasciiCam :: (h)ascii for the masses!
MPlayer :: digital video player
XawTV
:: television viewer

MP4Live
:: mpeg4 rtsp streamer

Cinelerra
:: non-linear video editing

Kino
:: DV firewire recorder


Audio { DeeJay, Play, Record, Edit, Stream }

Ardour
:: multitrack studio

Jack-it
:: multiple audio system

PD +ext :: pure data signal processing
Amarok
:: music jukebox

Jamit
:: professional equalizer

Hydrogen
:: drum machine

XMMS
:: h
ifi audio player
GRip
:: audio CD ripper

Audacity
:: multitrack audio editor

ReZound
:: audio file editor

MuSE
:: Multiple Streaming Engine

Icecast
:: streaming server


Graphic tools { 2d & 3d image manipulation }


Gimp
:: G
NU Image Manipulation Program
Blender
:: 3d modeling and rendering tool

Inkscape
:: vectorial freehand drawing

XSane
:: scanner acquisition


Text tools { read, edit and publish texts }
RTF, PDF, DOC word processing vectorial publishing with Scribus Comunication tools { web, mail and privacy } surf the web, mail encryption, filesharing and chat with Firefox, Links, Sylpheed, GnuPg, Bittorrend, Nicotine, Gnutella, XChat and more!

Dyne:bolic
is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Publi
c License as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information you can always visit visit http://dynebolic.org.