Dyne:bolic 2.1, GNU/Linux multimedia distro, exclusive Bittorrent release on pl.metamute.org

Dyne:bolic 2.1 - code name DHORUBA - has been released on Metamute's Public Library Bittorrent server http://pl.metamute.org. You can visit the Public Library, download the file and run it live on your computer's CD drive without effecting your existing OS. Dyne:bolic contains all the tools you need for creating and distributing, video, audio and multimedia works. 

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The software has been in development by Dyne.org where the main rasta coder Jarolmil is helped by the puredyne https://puredyne.goto10.org/ posse and many others.

Dyne:bolic represents the cutting edge in FLOSS media arts production tools. It demonstrates its message against capitalist media by giving us (and that very consciously includes lo-spec tech users) the tools to create without buying into the consumerist economic model of the computer industry, where each new software package or upgrade creates the imperative to upgrade hardware too.

On the live GNU/Linux CD there are a set of programs for multimedia, including the video editor Cinelerra, the graphics tools Inkscape and Scribus for illustrations and DTP.

There are also scripting and development tools; many novel features to help you manage and share your work easily have been included. To name a few, the software covers peer2peer, filesharing, web browsing, word processing, CD burning, email, encryption and anonymity tools.

The Dyne:bolic 2.0 download can be burned onto a CD to make a LiveCD. (If you're not familiar with the concept of a LiveCD, it's a GNU/Linux operating system on a CD which will start up from your CD drive when you reboot your machine without affecting your computer's files or system.

An additional feature to this live CD is that it allows you to create a storage section, called a Nest, on you hard disk or USB key.

“:: THIS IS RASTA SOFTWARE

Jah Rastafari Livity bless our Freedom! This is free software, share it for the good of yourself and your people, respect others and let them express, be free and let others be free. Live long and prosper in Peace!

But, no Peace without Justice. This software is about Resistance inna babylon world which tries to control more and more the way we communicate and we share informations and knowledge. This software is for all those who cannot afford to have the latest expensive hardware to speak out their words of consciousness and good will. This software has a full range of applications for production and not only fruition of information, it's a full multimedia studio, you don't need to buy anything to express your voice. Freedom and sharing of knowledge are solid principles for evolution and that's where this software comes from.

Inna babylon, money is the main requirement to make a voice possible to be heard by others. Capitalist and fundamentalist governments all around the world rule with huge TV monopolies spreading their propaganda, silencing all criticism.”

- Release announce here ftp://ftp.dyne.org/dynebolic/latest/README

Dyne doesn't stop there, as an accompanying manual has been placed online taking you through the different programmes, including instructions on command line video encoding and well researched bench mark tests on CODEC use for different video contexts; screenings, low bandwidth downloads and more. The manual contains research that came out of work carried out by Jaromil with Montevideo http://www.montevideo.nl/nl/ in the Netherlands on artists video work and CODEC use. The full conclusions of this action research will be updated in the manual at a later date.

Manual: http://dynebolic.org/manual/

:: CONTRIBUTE TO DYNE:BOLIC !

Mailing list: http://lists.dyne.org/dynebolic Documentation: http://lab.dyne.org/DyneBolic (wiki) Bugs: http://bugs.dyne.org Donate : http://dyne.org/donate.php

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