Sabily

Sabily GNU/Linux

Sabily Badr 11.04 Unity desktop
OS family Unix-like
Source model Open source
Latest release 11.10 (Uhud) / December 19, 2011 (2011-12-19)
Available in Multilingual (more than 55)[1]
Update method APT (front-ends available)
Package manager dpkg
Platforms x86 (32 bits) and x86-64 (64 bits)[2]
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface GNOME
License GNU GPL and others
Official website www.sabily.org

Sabily (Arabic: سبيلي‎, IPA: [sæˈbiːliː], My Way) is a Linux distribution based on the Ubuntu, designed by and for Muslims.[3] Formerly called Ubuntu Muslim Edition, Sabily was released from 2007 to 2011, and is currently classed as "dormant" by DistroWatch.

Sabily is designed for Muslim users to have “out of the box” Arabic language support and Islamic software and tools installed, including a prayer times tool, a Qur'an study tool, a Hijri calendar, etc.

The Unity shell is based on GNOME 3 on Sabily 11.10, Unity 2D for graphic cards without 3D capabilities. The Unity shell became available on the Sabily 11.04 Badr DVD. Ubuntu Classic Desktop was the default desktop in Sabily (11.04), but Unity in Ubuntu 11.04. New applications in Badr: Islamic Date, Zakat Calc, Gufw, DesktopNova, AutoKey, recordMyDesktop, Anki.[4] The full version of Sabily comes with out of the box educational software, codecs for the most used media formats.[3][5] Wisabi is a Sabily 11.04 installer for Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 based on Wubi.[6]

History

Sabily was previously named as Ubuntu Muslim Edition (UbuntuME). Sabily is following releasing cycle of Ubuntu. After Ubuntu 9.04, It was changed to Sabily.

Versions available

There are currently three versions of Sabily.

The Ultimate version is useful mainly when not connected to the Internet, yet all Sabily versions provide online Qur'an recitations.

Sabily is available as a Live DVD, which can be booted on the host computer without installation. The Wisabi installer can install Sabily to the hard disk within Microsoft Windows, without involving risky formatting or partitioning.

Additional software

As compared to Ubuntu:

Arabic support

Sabily software

Main article: Zekr (software)

Zekr is an open platform Quran study tool for browsing and researching on the Quran. Recitations and translations are available for download.

Small version DVD available online recitations

Main article: Minbar (software)

Minbar indicates the time when Muslims should pray. It runs in background as a tray icon and plays the "athan" (call to prayer) at prayer times. Minbar works with the main calculation methods, such as Muslim League (default), Shafii, and Hanafi.[11] Muslims observe salat five times a day, and Minbar helps to remind of daily prayer times.[12]

Monajat
Developer(s) Sabily Team
Initial release 2011-09-11 (v2.6.1-3)
Operating system GNU/Linux, Windows
License GPLv2
Website https://launchpad.net/monajat

Monajat is an application for GNU/Linux and Windows that displays Azkar messages. It runs in background as a tray icon and displays hadiths.

The application an application provided by the Sabily community.[13]

Zakat Calc
Developer(s) Soire Meira, Sabily Team
Initial release 2011-05-07 (v0.3.5-2)
Development status RC
Written in Gambas
Operating system GNU/Linux, Windows
Available in Malay, Indonesian, English, Arabic, Italian
License GPLv3
Website https://launchpad.net/zakat-calc

Zakat Calc is an application for GNU/Linux. Zakat Calc helps Muslims to calculate Zakat types: Gold, silver, stones, jewels, savings in bank, property, loans, business, firms, animals (2.5%) and agriculture (10%). Zakat Calc is included in Sabily, a free, open source operating system designed by and for Muslims.

This project is for the OS Sabily. To calculate the amount of the payment of zakat. Used for educational purpose and public use. This project is free. It was created using the Gambas programming language and it runs on GNU/Linux.

Zakat or "alms giving" is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of 2.5% of one's possessions (surplus wealth) to charity, generally to the poor and needy.

Gnome Nanny (Parental Control) is an easy way to control how long users or your kids can be on the computer and what they can and can't access browsing the web.[14]

End-of-life (EOL) release

Sabily 11.10 is based on Ubuntu 11.10 and was released 19 December 2011, Ubuntu 11.10 has reached its end of life for updates and support. No further updates, including security updates, will be available for Sabily 11.10 and Ubuntu 11.10. Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution and is active. But if the Sabily system isn't updated with a new release in the future, the system may become vulnerable to exploits. Sabily has suffered from lack of resources and had e.g. made a suspension of Sabily 12.04 codename "Ibn-AlBaytar" to name the next release 12.10 "Ibn-AlBaytar". Generally to accelerate the development, more developers, graphical designers, packagers, iso builders must be found. However Ubuntu 13.04 has Islamic software: Zekr Quranic Study Tool, Minbar Islamic prayer times application, Monajat Islamic supplications tray applet, Thwab Arabic/Islamic encyclopedia system, Hijri Islamic Calendar tray applet and Othman Quran browser in the Ubuntu repository. They can be installed using the application Ubuntu Software Center. Zakat Calc is available for Ubuntu as well, but must be downloaded from the Launchpad.

See also

References

External links

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