Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.10 released

The Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is proud to announce the release of UbuntuME 8.10. This release is only available as an installable DVD.

Highlights:

• WebStrict (parental control tool) enabled by default (so as browsing the Internet is safe)
• Zekr 0.7.1 (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations
• Minbar and Firefox “Pray Times” addon installed
• Monajat (display Islamic prayers)
• Thwab (encyclopedia)
• UbuntuME artworks: usplash, login screen, islamic wallpapers, theme etc.

Quran recitations provided by www.versebyversequran.com: Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi (16kbps, 193 MB), Huzify (24 kbps, 322 MB), Sa’ad al-Ghamadi (40 kbps, 433 MB) and Mishary Rashed Alafasy (40 kbps, 508 MB)

Tons of useful softwares have been added on the DVD:

• multimedia: libraries for reading DVDs, codecs, flash player, vlc etc.
• Education: full suite of softwares for kids (kturtle, tuxmath, tuxpaint, gcompris etc.), stellarium, celestia etc.
• Miscellaneous: scribux, inkscape, virtualbox, Adobe Reader, skype, ubuntu tweak, envyng, and a lot of utilities (compizconfig-settings-manager, nautilus-open-terminal, glipper, galternatives, startupmanager, pessulus etc.)
• Arabic support: language-pack-ar, aspell-ar, acon, bicon

The full list of packages and their description is available here: Content