Pioneer Basic and Explorer announced

Jun 17, 2008 10:09 GMT  ·  By

Technology Alignment announced today the release of Pioneer Explorer and Pioneer Basic 3.2, the latest editions of its Linux distributions which are based on Kubuntu 8.04.

The Pioneer operating systems will continue to have a 7-year lifecycle with the Release 3 series, one of the longest lifecycles in the Linux world. The distributions come with a lot of improvements in the Programs Folder to allow you to find and install applications like codecs in a much easier way. The default web browser is Firefox 3 Beta 5 and the most important thing is that the Linux kernel was updated to 2.6.24-16. For office tasks, Pioneer comes with OpenOffice.org 2.4.0, the latest edition of the popular open source office suite.

Dianne Ursini, Technology Alignment CEO, said: We've come a long way in developing applications for the community, including our open source HIATLANTIS CRM based on PostgreSQL. We're continuing with our commitment to Linux by continuing support for the promised 7 years on our Pioneer Basic and Explorer distributions."

Bryan Christensen, Lead Developer of Linux and BSD distributions at Technology Alignment said: "We believe in continuing our deployments of Linux Operating Systems to consumers, business and the community; providing a stable computing environment. Removing much of the unnecessary bloat in Pioneer, we believe we've come up with a viable desktop."

About Pioneer Linux:

Pioneer Linux is an easy to use, desktop oriented operating system targeted at beginners and at the same time advanced users. It is based on Kubuntu and it comes in two flavors, one that's free and another one that's commercial; the latter comes with CrossOver Office and the user receives technical support.

Download Pioneer Linux 3.2 right now from Softpedia.