Sabily
Sabily (Arabic: سبيلي, IPA: [sæˈbiːliː], My Way) is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, designed by and with the intent to be used by followers of Islam. Originally named Ubuntu Muslim Edition (presented as UbuntuME), development for Sabily was active from 2007 to 2011.
Sabily Badr 11.04 Unity desktop | |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
|---|---|
| Source model | Open source |
| Latest release | 11.10 (Uhud) / December 19, 2011 |
| Available in | Multilingual (more than 55) |
| Update method | APT (front-ends available) |
| Package manager | dpkg |
| Platforms | x86 (32 bits) and x86-64 (64 bits) |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | GNU GPL and others |
| Official website | www |
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. The full version of Sabily comes with out-of-the-box educational software, and codecs for most commonly used media formats.