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Template:Infobox OS Foresight is a Linux distribution comprising free and non-free software with the stated goal of showcasing the latest in Linux desktop technologies. Foresight is developed by the Foresight community. Foresight's goal is to offer an easy to use desktop featuring the latest desktop technologies. Foresight follows a rolling release cycle, instead of a time based release schedule.

History

Foresight was created by Ken VanDine as a distro to showcase the most current releases of GNOME while he was working on the GNOME Marketing team.^[1]

Vendor Support

Foresight is available pre-installed on the Shuttle's light-weight KPC system.^[2]

Features

Foresight focuses on delivering the latest in desktop technologies. Projects such as GNOME-Do, Banshee and PackageKit for the GNOME desktop. Currently Foresight features GNOME desktop but a Xfce and KDE Edition are under development. The Xfce edition has a released alpha and the KDE edition is in pre-alpha development. These two editions will have the same focus of delivering the latest desktop technologies for the respective desktop environments.

Foresight uses the Conary package management system. This system only updates those specific files in packages which need to be updated, in contrast to other formats, such as the RPM and DEB formats, which download whole packages.

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[1] "Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine". http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/57/creating-the-gnome-218-live-media-an-interview-with-ken-vandine.

[2] "KPC Specifications". Shuttle Inc.. http://us.shuttle.com/KPC/techspecs.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.

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 == History ==
-Foresight was created by Ken VanDine as a distro to showcase the most current releases of GNOME while he was working on the GNOME Marketing team.<ref>{{ cite web title = Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine | url = http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/57/creating-the-gnome-218-live-media-an-interview-with-ken-vandine }}</ref>
+Foresight was created by Ken VanDine as a distro to showcase the most current releases of [[GNOME]] while he was working on the GNOME Marketing team.<ref>{{ cite web |title = Creating the GNOME 2.18 Live Media: An interview with Ken VanDine |url = http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/57/creating-the-gnome-218-live-media-an-interview-with-ken-vandine }}</ref>
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-Foresight Linux features the [[GNOME]] desktop environment, and has tracked GNOME development closely. The distribution imported every GNOME release since 2.10 on the day each was released.
+== Features ==
-Foresight Linux features the [[Conary (package manager)|Conary]] software packaging system. This system only updates those specific files in packages which need to be updated, in contrast to other formats, such as the [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] and [[Deb (file format)|DEB]] formats, which download whole packages.
+Foresight focuses on delivering the latest in desktop technologies.  Projects such as GNOME-Do, Banshee and PackageKit for the GNOME desktop.  Currently Foresight features GNOME desktop but a Xfce and KDE Edition are under development.  The Xfce edition has a released alpha and the KDE edition is in pre-alpha development.  These two editions will have the same focus of delivering the latest desktop technologies for the respective desktop environments.
-The latest version is 2.0, including GNOME 2.22.0 as the default [[desktop environment]]. It is available as two-CD or one-DVD install media (foresight-2.0-x86) and a LiveCD.(The LiveCD takes the version number of the GNOME release.)
+Foresight uses the [[Conary]] package management system.  This system only updates those specific files in packages which need to be updated, in contrast to other formats, such as the [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] and [[Deb (file format)|DEB]] formats, which download whole packages.
-Foresight Linux 2 will include GNOME, [[KDE]] and [[Xfce]] editions; and an [[x86-64]] version.[http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/marketing/History+of+Foresight+Linux] The GNOME version was released on [[2008-03-12]].
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