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{{Notability|Products|date=August 2009}}
{{Infobox OS
|name                   = moonOS
|slogan                 = Enlightening Freedom
|website                = [http://www.moonos.org/ www.moonos.org]
|developer              = Chanrithy Thim
|family                 = [[Unix-like]]
|source_model           = [[Open source software|Open Source]]
|latest_release_version = 3.0 Main Edition, 2.0 LXDE Edition
|latest_release_date    = {{Release date and age|September 2009}}
|kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel]]
|ui                     = [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]]
|license                = [[GNU General Public License]] and other licenses
|supported_platforms    = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]

}}
'''moonOS''' is a lightweight [[Linux distribution]], which uses the [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]] [[window manager]] and is based on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]. Enlightenment can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Its stiled like Mac OSX (Dock, Preview ...) The Enlightenment project is still under active development.<ref>{{cite web | title=Enlightenment homepage | url=http://www.enlightenment.org/ | work= | publisher=The Enlightenment Project | date= | accessdate=2009-08-11}}</ref> The last version release was in January 2011.

== Packages ==
As well as using the Enlightenment window manager, moonOS includes a wide variety of [[Application software|application]]s and [[Daemon (computer software)|daemon]]s{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} (a computer program that runs in the background), much of which is different than what is included in Ubuntu, however it retains the capability to run GNOME binaries. Applications included are:

* [[OpenOffice.org]], the default office program
* [[Mozilla Firefox]], the default web browser
* [[Exaile]], the default music player
* [[Transmission (BitTorrent client)|Transmission]], the default BitTorrent application
* [[GIMP]], the default graphics editor
* [[Totem (media player)|Totem Movie Player]], the default video player
* [[Brasero (software)|Brasero]], the default optical disc burning software
* [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]], the default instant messaging client

It is believed that moonOS is a fork of [[Linux Mint]]. moonOS has a similar user interface as Mint, and Moon's IRC client opens the Mint help channel when launched.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://moonos.org/ Official website]

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