Starbuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It realizes simplicity, clearness, lucidity, suitability for daily use but also beauty at its best. OpenBox serves as window manager, Rox provides the desktop environment and the file manager and Tint2 offers the panel. In the same way the author has taken care of a well-balanced choice of the appropriate software and of a maximal modularity of the distribution, which has been realized through many self-written applications. In case the Starbuntu applications contain any dialogs, thanks to the dialogs providing program Yad these ones can be performed on the graphical user interface. Besides, the author has dispensed completely with the use of snap because of its disadvantages regarding the runtime, the required disk space and the security.
Many aspects decorate Starbuntu:
as a linguistic offer not only English, but also German, Italian and Spanish
a concept of maximal independence from hermetic desktop environments so that a user who replaces packages doesn't straightaway damage the whole system
an extremely quick file manager which has been rigged in Starbuntu in such a way that it must not shy away from being compared with the flagships among the file managers: 'two windows' option, addition of a trash bin, user change option for all file types included directories, long term and temporary bookmarks (optionally bound to a key), varying or static wallpaper, USB port surveillance, an editable access to peripheral devices and external file systems (LAN devices, ISO images, FTP, SFTP, SSH and WebDAV servers), an editable and historicising 'Send To Application' function
an enhancement of the window manager OpenBox regarding the positioning, centering and tiling of windows
an extremely practical panel which can easily be configured
an own system upgrade software with a periodic upgrade reminder
an own graphic application for the user change, mostly to the root
an own package manager for the installation or removal of Debian packages
an own stand-alone application menu totally independent from any desktop environments which also allows the input of parameters, as well as a likewise continuously updated OpenBox application menu
an editing and restructuring of the application menu easily to handle
an own 'Recently Used' history controlled by a user-specific definition of respected file types, including a regex-able filter function
a very smart restructurable note pad not only for notes but also for files, folders, web and e-mail addresses, which after clicking on them get all opened with their default application
a quick access to a self-defined restructurable collection of local files
a quick access to a self-defined restructurable collection of web addresses
a historicising Internet research entry box for the search engines Google, DuckDuckGo or Startpage
a Starbuntu-specific file type *.url as a pointer to local files and folders, to web sites, FTP, SFTP, SSH and WebDAV servers, mail recipients etc. which opens the saved address always with the mime type corresponding application
the possibility to put any command into the system tray
a well-structured editable calendar which gets opened automatically on the current date, especially after each boot or resume of a computer session
an own administration software for the user-specific key bindings sorted by labels or by hotkeys
an own clipboard manager with a separated history and editability for the primary and the secondary selection as well as for the clipboard
an own very powerful general application for all file types, addresses etc.
an optimized screen adjustment at every log-in
an own software for the session control (log out, hibernation, shut down, reboot, suspend)
a Starbuntu extension providing an immediate desktop environment for new users
an useful graphical translation program
an extremely practical JavaScript calculator
a detailed assistance for the entire Starbuntu software
a separate design setting for GTK2, GTK3 and GTK4 applications
a forum on its home page for questions and answers, suggestions and bug reports
with TinyCore a boot alternative to a small but efficient operating system in order to backup or repair Starbuntu
Anyone who, after having read this review of the qualities of Starbuntu, likes to install this distribution finds here the necessary informations.
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