Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Team

(please remove the “_no_spam_” prefix in the email addresses to send us emails)

Majlis

(rules governing Majlis are detailed on the Majlis page; also see the reasons for nominations)


Mehdi
Role: project administrator
Email: administrator at ubuntume dot com


Usman Najib
Role: Java developer, forums moderator
Email: usien at ubuntume dot com


Rashid
Role: Blogger, forums moderator, installation script developer/maintainer
Email: rashid786 at gmail dot com


Abdelmonam Kouka
Role: Arabic translator, forums moderator
Email: kouka.abdelmonam at gmail dot com


Ihavenoname
Role: Debian package developer, blogger
Email: zrchrn at gmail dot com

Community members


Yulian
Role: Graphic designer


Taha Selim Ustun
Role: Java developer, Islamic wallpapers designer
Email: tahaselim.ustun at gmail dot com

Translators

Mehdi, Amr
Mehdi
Zied Abid, Guillermo GarcĂ­a Rojas Covarrubias
Taha Selim
Alma, Nedim
Amr
Abdelmonam Kouka
Zabeeh Khan
Ainul Hakim
Tila

Links

We are regularly out on the web. When we find a great site we list it here for you to enjoy. From the list below choose one of our weblink topics, then select a URL to visit.

Linux/Ubuntu

A selection of links related to the Linux and Ubuntu projects.

Linux on Wikipedia
This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel.

Ubuntu
Ubuntu web site

Ubuntu documentation
The “Ubuntu Desktop Guide” is highly recommended!

Arabic Linux

Arabeyes is a Meta project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic language in the Unix/Linux environment. It is designed to be a central location to standardize the Arabization process.

Islamic softwares

A selection of Islamic softwares and tools.

Free Islamic softwares

Minbar

Prayer times application with Athan call (prayer call) and notification before the time of the prayer.

The Zekr Project

Zekr is an open platform Quran study tool for simply browsing and researching on the Holy Quran.

Learn about the real Islam

Quran Home

This site is concerned with spreading the words of Allah... The Quran. It contains about 30000 pages in more than 28 languages.

IslamWeb

Viewers find treasure of knowledge about Islam, divinely revealed religion, comprehensive way of life covering all aspects of human existence and a protection from the punishment of Allah in this life and the next.

Islamic Books "Foreign Languages"

Islam Question & Answer

This site aims to provide intelligent, authoritative responses to anyones question about Islam, whether it be from a Muslim or a non-Muslim, and to help solve general and personal social problems. Responses are composed by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Mu.

Introduction to Islam for beginners

Islam is the last religion from God, and here I selected good Islamic links for all, please have a look I only choose the best: Discover Islam, The Islamic Religion, Islam Holy Book, Muhammad, Muslim People etc.

Community support

Live Support Chat

If you want to ask questions directly to the Ubuntu Muslim Edition Community you can access our live chat IRC channel, just join the channel #ubuntume on irc.freenode.net.

If you haven’t used IRC before, find the application ‘gaim’ from Applications→Internet on your UbuntuME desktop. Then login to irc.freenode.net and join the #ubuntume channel.

Mailing Lists

You can join our mailing list if you want to participate in the development of UbuntuME. Just apply for membership in our Google group.

Google Groups
Subscribe to UbuntuME
Email:
Visit this group

Web Forums

If you prefer to use web forums, especially for support related issues, you can use or search the UbuntuME forums.

News

Ubuntu Muslim Edition 7.04 final version released

The Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is proud to announce the final version of UbuntuME 7.04. It includes an installable live Desktop CD, a second CD with additional softwares (OpenOffice, Arabic language packs, Quran recitations etc.), an installable DVD (with more Quran recitations), and a script to convert standard Ubuntu installations to UbuntuME.

Highlights:

  • WCC (parental control tool) enabled by default (so as browsing the Internet is safe)
  • Zekr (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations
  • Islamic calendar and Minbar (prayer times tool) installed
  • UbuntuME artworks: usplash, login screen, islamic wallpapers, theme etc.

Quran recitations provided by www.versebyversequran.com:

  • on the second CD: Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi (16kbps, 193 MB) and Huzify (24 kbps, 322 MB)
  • on the DVD: same as above plus Sa’ad al-Ghamadi (40 kbps, 433 MB) and Mishary Rashed Alafasy (128 kbps, 1.6 GB)

To get Ubuntu Muslim Edition 7.04: www.ubuntume.com/installation
More details about the content here: www.ubuntume.com/contents

Screenshots

Islamic calendar

Grub splash image

GDM login screen, GDM splash screen, theme and wallpaper

Other wallpapers (also used by the screensaver)

The complete list is available here: http://tahaselim.deviantart.com

Firefox toolbar

Web Content Control tool

Zekr

Minbar (prayer times)

Content

CD 1

The UbuntuME CD 1 has the same content as the standard Ubuntu CD with the following changes:

  • OpenOffice removed (available on CD 2)
  • Flash player 9 installed and configured for Firefox (to enable Quran recitations in Zekr)
  • WCC (parental control) enabled by default (so as browsing the Internet is safe) ; blacklists downloaded from http://squidguard.shalla.de
  • UbuntuME packages installed:
  • Miscellaneous packages:
    • AptOnCd
    • rar, unrar
    • vlc
    • nautilus-open-terminal

CD 2

  • All currently (08 oct 2007) available updates: Firefox 2.0.0.6, Gimp 2.2.13, Linux image 2.6.20-16 ...
  • OpenOffice 2.2.0
  • Arabic language packs
  • Ogle 0.9.2 (DVD player)
  • Offline recitations for Zekr: Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi (16kbps, 193 MB) and Huzify (24 kbps, 322 MB) (files provided by www.versebyversequran.com)

DVD

Same content as CD 1 and 2 plus recitations by Sa’ad al-Ghamadi (40 kbps, 433 MB) and Mishary Rashed Alafasy (128 kbps, 1.6 GB) (files provided by www.versebyversequran.com)

Installation


You can either install a fresh Ubuntu Muslim Edition or convert a standard Ubuntu installation:

Install Ubuntu Muslim Edition from CD

:!: Follow these steps if you don’t have any operating system installed on your computer

CD 1

Download and burn the first CD (live CD):

Download links

ubuntuME-7.04-desktop-i386-cd1.iso (695.3 MB, MD5: 12cd98df5af7a932c85d25606ca281d9)

Primary server (hosted on KuwaitNET)
Mirror 1
Mirror 2
Torrent: link
ed2k: link

12 oct. 2007

Learn how to verify that your CD download is ok: HowToMD5SUM
Learn how to create a CD from your newly downloaded file: BurningIsoHowTo

Then follow this documentation to install it.

CD 2

When your system is installed, download and burn the second CD:

Download links

ubuntuME-7.04-desktop-i386-cd2.iso (636.3 MB, MD5: 4faa40475edbe639821a802a62604fb9)
Primary server (hosted on KuwaitNET)
Mirror 1
Mirror 2
Torrent: link
ed2k: link

12 oct. 2007

To install it:

  • go to “System-Administration-Software sources”
  • click on the “Third Party Software” tab
  • click on “Add CD-ROM” and insert your CD
  • click on “Close”

Then open a terminal window (Applications→Accessories→Terminal) and type in:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install aptoncd-metapackage
sudo aptitude upgrade

Install Ubuntu Muslim Edition from DVD

:!: Follow these steps if you don’t have any operating system installed on your computer

Download and burn the DVD:

Download links

ubuntuME-7.04-desktop-i386-dvd.iso (3.2 GB, MD5: 6870496560c382810988b6667bc56c87)
Torrent: link
ed2k: link

12 oct. 2007

Learn how to verify that your DVD download is ok: HowToMD5SUM
Learn how to create a DVD from your newly downloaded file: BurningIsoHowTo

Then install it as a standard Ubuntu CD (documentation).

Convert a standard Ubuntu installation

:!: Follow these steps if you already have installed Ubuntu on your computer

You can convert Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10), Feisty (7.04), Edgy (6.10) or Dapper (6.06) to Ubuntu Muslim Edition.

Download this file (updated: 19 sep 2007) on your desktop. :!: Re-run this script if you have installed ubuntuME before this date

Open a terminal window (Applications→Accessories→Terminal) and move to the Desktop directory:

cd ~/Desktop

Make the script executable by running this command:

chmod u+x install-ubuntuME.sh

Then run the script with root privileges:

sudo ./install-ubuntuME.sh

You will be asked to accept the Java license and Zekr terms (disclaimer and Quran translations licenses). The script will install: islamiccal, ubuntume-artwork, ubuntumewcc, minbar, zekr, sun-java6-jre, flashplugin-nonfree.

Then the configuration process will ask you if you want to :

For each question answer yes (y) or no (n).