Debian made easy, for the Arab Linux community

May 26, 2015 04:45 GMT  ·  By

The Waha Project has had the great pleasure of informing us about the immediate availability for download of the final version of their Waha Linux 8.0 distributions designed specifically for the Arab community.

Being based on the recently released Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (Jessie) operating system, Waha Linux 8.0 comes after several months of constant development and hard work. It is powered by Debian's Linux 3.16.7 kernel and built around the GNOME 3.14 desktop environment.

Waha Linux 8.0 (Hijra) comes with many under-the-hood and user-visible changes when compared to the previous version of the distribution, notably the adoption of the standard build method implemented in the Debian Live project, which is used as the base on Waha Linux.

A standard software repository that includes all the exclusive packages pre-installed in the Waha Linux 8.0 is now available as well, which also include the sources of the respective projects. Also, the new version will be supported with security patches and software updated for five years, just like the upstream Debian 8.0 Jessie release.

Highlights of Waha Linux 8.0

Prominent features of the Waha Linux 8.0 include the addition of an Assistant Setup Wizard that lets users switch input languages for their keyboard quickly, support for Arabic letters in the GNOME Terminal application, implementation of several new helpful keyboard shortcuts, and various useful desktop tweaks.

Among the updated applications, we can mention the Mozilla Firefox 31.7 ESR web browser, which also received several important additions for Arabic languages, the LibreOffice 4.3.3 office suite, the GIMP 2.8.14 image editor and viewer, as well as a simple Control Center application.

Download Waha Linux 8.0 right now from Softpedia. Users of the Waha Linux 7.0 operating system are urged to update to the 8.0 version as soon as possible through a new installation instead of using the upgrade channels. More details can be found in the release announcement.  

Waha Linux 8.0 (6 Images)

Installed apps in Waha Linux 8.0
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