PRINCIPLE OF OPERATING SYSTEM

“SYMPHONY OS”

Submitted by: LESLIE ANNE MANUELIT-31A

SYMPHONY OS

• Symphony OS is a whole new type of Operating System, based on an advanced GNU/Linux base system Symphony provides Linux’s renowned stability and immunity to Windows viruses along with what we consider to be the easiest to use interface out there, our Mezzo Desktop Environment. Installing applications is also a snap with our One Click software store (we call it a store.. but everything there is free). You can see the latest news weather and other important information at a glance on your desktop with our desklet system and breathe new life into old hardware as all of this is designed to work on much lower end hardware than KDE or Gnome.

• http://linux.wikia.com/wiki/Symphony_OS

Development Release: Symphony OS Alpha 3• The first public alpha release of Symphony OS is

now available. Symphony OS is a Debian/KNOPPIX-based desktop distribution with some radical ideas about ease of use; see screenshots for some interesting images of the "Mezzo" desktop.

• First public release was may 12,2005• The tuxmachines.org web site is the first to publish

a review of Symphony OS, a new desktop Linux distribution with some interesting ideas about usability.

Development Release: Symphony OS Alpha 4 Symphony

• OS is a Debian/KNOPPIX-based desktop distribution with some radical ideas about ease of use. Alpha 4 has just been released.

• Alpha 4 includes the KNOPPIX version of the 2.6.11 Linux Kernel and an updated base based on KNOPPIX 3.9

• OS Alpha 4 Symphony release on Aug. 8 2005

Development Release: Symphony OS Beta 1 PR1

• After a series of alpha releases, the much anticipated Symphony Os distribution has entered a beta testing phase: "The first Preview of our Beta 1 year oct. 26 2005. Some notable changes in this release include: improved stability in mezzo; new faster orchestra renderer now using .orchestra for it's profile; updated applications; added Totem media player; build no longer uses set KNOPPIX paths so it can be installed and used multi-user with GDM or KDM.

Distribution Release: SymphonyOne 2008.1

• SymphonyOne is on April 12 2008, an almost 100% rewrite of all the Mezzo desktop code, taking advantage of more features of FVWM to provide a smaller footprint and more stable environment. Based on Ubuntu 7.10, SymphonyOne provides a complete desktop environment and full Ubuntu compatibility on systems with as little as a 200 MHz processor. Some of the key features include: based on Ubuntu 7.10 with all the latest updates; completely rewritten Mezzo Desktop; Web App System (similar to Mozilla Prizm but implemented in Orchestra and fully integrated into the system).

• http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distribution=symphony

Alternative GUIs: SymphonyOS

• Symphony OS is a departure from the normal desktop interface. Since the distro is still in beta, it's not ready for mass consumption by any stretch.

• This is the concept of a desktop.

SymphonyOS login screen

• SymphonyOS comes as a live Linux CD, and uses ROX-Filer as its default file manager, and also includes Firefox; Thunderbird; Gaim (for instant messaging); and the VLC media player (the latter didn't work until it was reinstalled).

INSIDE THE LOG IN

• Once logged in, the user is presented with the main screen, which has an area for favorite programs on the left, an area for favorite directories on the right, a bunch of news feeds, and a Google search box. On the whole, it has the feel of Web page, but one that gives you access to programs and directories as well.

THE DESKTOP MANAGER

• The Desktop Manager allows you (in theory, at least) to change the contents of the desklets and launchers, as well as to change the desktop's background image.

COMPUTER MENU

• When you click on the hotspot in the upper left-hand corner, it brings you to the "Computer" page, offering you access to your partitions, various settings, and "tasks" such as shutting down the computer.

THE PROGRAMS MENU

• The hotspot in the lower left-hand corner brings up the "Programs" page, with launchers for favorite programs; all programs; and tasks (such as installing software).

FILES MENU AND TRUSH MENU

• The hotspots in the upper right-hand corner and lower right-hand corner bring up the "Files" page and the "Trash" page, respectively. At this point, they don't seem to do a lot. (Perhaps you'll be able to "drag-and-drop" in future editions.)

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17107

Review: LOTUS SYMPHONYOFFICE SUITE

• IBM's Lotus Symphony is a free alternative to Microsoft Office that contains the three most important tools an office suite has to offer: Word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation.

SPECIFICATION

• Supported Windows platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista• Supported Linux platforms: SLED 10, RHEL 5, Ubuntu• Supported Mac platforms: Intel processor-based Macs with Mac OS X 10.5• Hard drive memory: At least 750MB of free disk space on Linux, at least

540MB on Mac OS, and at least 540MB on Windows• RAM memory: At least 512MB• Note: Windows installer does not support AMD64 CPU with XP/Vista 64 bit

platforms installed• Cost: Free• Additional vendor information• Tech Republic Photo Gallery

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/product-spotlight/review-lotus-symphony-office-suite/

IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY INSTALLATION GUIDE

• The IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ installer enables you to quickly and easily install the productivity tools: IBM Lotus Symphony Documents, IBM Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets, and IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations. After you install the productivity tools, there is online user help available for each tool.

Installing IBM Lotus Symphony RPM

• The packages on SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 operating systems

• Log in as the root user.• Locate the *.rpm file that you downloaded.• Make sure that the standard C++ library libcstdc+

+.so.6, libgnomeprint, and libgnomeprint-ui packages are installed.

• Double-click the symphony-3.0.1.i586.rpm file to start the installation, and follow the instructions in the wizard.

Installing IBM Lotus Symphony DEB

• The packages on Ubuntu 10.04 operating systems• Log in to the Ubuntu system.• Locate the *.deb file that you downloaded.• Make sure that the standard C++ library libcstdc+

+.so.6, libgnomeprint and libgnomeprint-ui packages are installed.

• Double-click the symphony_3.0.1-1lucid1_i386.deb file to start the installation, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Installing IBM Lotus Symphony

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating systems

• Locate the *.exe file, such as IBM_Lotus_Symphony301_w32.exe, that you downloaded.

• Double-click the file to start the installation process.• Follow the instructions to complete the installation.

Click Finish when the wizard is complete.

Installing the IBM Lotus Symphony dictionaries

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating systems

• Locate the *.zip file, such as Lotus_Symphony301_dic_zh.zip, that you downloaded and extract it.

• Locate the setup.exe file under the folder that you extracted (for example, sym.dic.zh\setup.exe).

• Double-click the setup.exe file to start the installation process.

• Follow the instructions to complete the installation. Click Finish when the wizard is complete.

Installing IBM Lotus Symphony on Mac OS X 10.6

and Mac OS X 10.7• Double-click the dmg file to mount it.• Double-click the IBM_Lotus_Symphony.mpkg

file to start the installation.• Follow the instructions to complete the

installation. Click Finish when the installation process is complete. The installation location is: /Applications/Symphony.app.

https://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/InstallGuide