StartOS 5.1

StartOS 5.1
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of StartOS 5.1
Original OS	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release date	January 17th, 2013
Author	YLMF
Country of Origin	China
Language(s)	Multilingual
Architecture(s)	x86 (32-bit)
File size	973 MB
Download link	StartOS-5.1-LiveCD-i686.iso
Date added	February 14th, 2022
Live CD?	No

StartOS 5.1 is a bootleg Ubuntu 14.04 LTS edition, which was created by YLMF. It released on January 17, 2013, and was added to the archive on February 14, 2022.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ISO. This is the second release under the "StartOS" brand, as the first release to have the branding was 5.0, which is not in the archive. Just about everything you can think of has been completely redesigned as part of the rebranding to have a completely new look, straying as far away from the original purpose of "YLMF OS" as possible, which was to look like Windows XP to ease users into Linux.

The OS has been updated with a brand spankin' new desktop environment, called YMenu 5.0 (as of this release), which is completely unique to this OS and only this OS, and is clearly NOT just a rebranded version of GNOME 2.32.1. No really! It's not GNOME at all!!! It also comes with its own app store (called the Software Center), which seems to be custom-written for the most part, along with its own tutorial (although in HTML format).

It comes with an updated boot selector, where you can access DiskGenius 4.0.1 in DOS.

Changes from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

New boot selector
New setup graphics
New boot screen
New default theme, and wallpaper
New icon set

Software

Google Chromium 20.0.1132.57

Notes

The Google Chromium homepage is set to "http://www.999.com/?OS".

Gallery

Boot selector
Setup at the partition screen
Setup while it's installing
Boot screen
Empty desktop
Start menu
Neofetch