ConnochaetOS is a fully free/libre GNU/Linux operating system for the desktop with old computers in mind, but with modern software. ConnochaetOS contains only free software, according to the GNU Guidelines for Free System Distributions.
We have been added to the "incoming distros" list at librelanet.org in October 2010, see http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Incoming_distros We recently released our first stable version 0.9.0 and we believe that ConnochaetOS is ready to be evaluated for being endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. The web site is at http://www.connochaetos.org Binary packages are available at http://www.connochaetos.org/os/i586/ Source code packages along with the PKGBUILDs are available at http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/ Bugs, including freedom issues, can be reported at http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/index.php?cat=11#cat11 or by using the contact form at http://www.connochaetos.org/wiki/contact The central tool to communicate is our public forum at http://www.connochaetos.org/forum We also have a group at identi.ca which can be used to contact us, see https://identi.ca/group/connochaetos We have a clear policy to only include free software. Our "Purposes and aims" can be read at http://www.connochaetos.org/wiki/purpose. Packages which have freedom issues according to the Guidelines for Free System Distributions and the list at http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Software_blacklist will be modified, replaced or removed. The server ConnochaetOS is hosted on is independent from company interests and funded by ourselves. Commercial advertisements that have been displayed on the web site before have been removed. We rely only on donations now. Since our initial announcement one years has passed, but our community has a history of already 9 years, coming originally from a GNU/Linux distribution for old computers which didn't follow the FSDG on purpose back then (OTOH, the FSDG and Linux-Libre didn't exist back in 2002). We believe that our goal to provide an free desktop operating system for old and low-spec computers is unique in the world of free operating systems which follow the Guidelines for Free System Distributions, and is wanted by many users. One Indication that support this statement is, that our beta versions and release candidates have been downloaded 30 to 50 times per day. Since our stable release two days ago, the ConnochaetOS Installation ISO image have been downloaded over 2,000 times. So we think ConnochaetOS should be added to the list of Free GNU/Linux distributions.
