ROSA Marathon 2012 Overview

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ROSA Marathon 2012 operating system is the first product of ROSA company created using our own software development and build environment - ROSA ABF - that gives us complete control of package base and development tools, guarantying technological independence and high quality of the distribution.

Support

For Marathon 2012, ROSA company provides 5-year long technical support which implies software security updates, bug fixes for system components and updates of application software up to new versions acknowledged to be stable.

Editions

ROSA 2012 Marathon is available in two editions: Free (includes free software only) and Extended Edition (with non-free components and proprietary software, such as multimedia codecs), allowing users to either follow the spirit of Free Software, or to get as much functionality as possible "out of the box".

Software

The distribution includes application software sufficient to fulfill most of the typical tasks: multifunctional office suite, Web browser, mail client, instant messenger, programs to view and edit audio and video files, etc.

ROSA brand-name applications

Along with standard applications, ROSA Marathon 2012 operating system contains brand-name ROSA products aimed to improve ergonomics of the system. These products include:

SimpleWelcome

Grouping applications according to their functionality.

TimeFrame

"Cloud" mode of representing information in chronological order.

StackFolder

Convenient access to files

RocketBar

RocketBar provides users with a quick and convenient way to launch applications and switch between them.

Sync

Cloud storage client.

Sphere

Quick access to technical support.

KLook

A quick viewer for files of different formats.

ROSA Media Player

Media player with a number of unique features.

Compliance with Standards

ROSA Marathon 2012 is compliant with the Linux Standards Base (LSB). This allows users to launch LSB-compliant applications, including proprietary software important for enterprise users.