The Sabily Team recently announced the release of Sabily 9.04 "Taibah" (formerly Ubuntu Muslim Edition) in three versions: the small 935 MB ISO with the most important packages, a Full 1.4 GB one with multimedia support and educational software, and the full 2.8 GB version with locally installed Quran recitations.

"The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of Sabily 9.04, codename "Taibah". Sabily is the new name of Ubuntu Muslim Edition, the Operating System designed by and for Muslims (but non-Muslims are very welcome to use it too)." The Sabily Team stated in the official release announcement.

Sabily now uses the latest Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope base and, with the change of name, all the artwork has been updated to accommodate it and the new slogan ("This is my way; I invite unto Allah with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me...").

Highlights of Sabily 9.04 "Taibah":

· Hijri Islamic Calendar through the new Hijra application;
· mus-haf Othman - a powerful, complete Quran Browser;
· New Usplash, GDM and Metacity themes, wallpaper, mouse cursor;
· Zekr 0.7.2, a great Quran study tool that can also play Quran recitations;
· The Thwab encyclopedia has now support for Shamela books;
· 100% Arabic-translated desktop;
· A large suite of various applications and pre-installed codecs for both entertainment and educational purposes;
· The WebScript frontend to the popular DansGuardian Web Content Filter for easy parental control;
· Two convenient prayer-time applications: Minbar and "Pray Times" Firefox add-on.

About Sabily

Complete with customized artwork and a big collection of Muslim-specific software, Sabily (formerly Ubuntu Muslim Edition) is a robust operating system for Muslims all over the world, be they Arabic speakers or not.
 
Download Sabily 9.04 right now from Softpedia.