Request for Developers

As time has gone on in the project, the severe lack of developer resources has caused the distribution's planned release dates to slip. Because of this, we are asking that members of the free software community that are interested in creating an innovative and easy to use KDE based distribution please step forward and help make AltimatOS a reality.

If you are interested in joining our team, please email our developer mailing list for information.

Contest!

We are pleased to announce the AltimatOS Logo Contest! We're looking for a logo that emphasis the beauty and extensibility that makes up our OS. While some would throw Tux in there, please don't. We are not designing another Linux, but a coherent operating system; one designed for the average user, not the techie. Let your creativity drive you.

So you may ask, what's in it for me as the artist?

Well, the grand prize winner will walk away with both an ASUS Eee PC and every release of AltimatOS' planned commercial releases for free. This means that we'll send you one of the first discs mastered of the final releases at each release, without charge for shipping. The second and third place runners up will be given the first release edition of AltimatOS Desktop Edition on DVD for free.

And now for the official rules:

1. All artwork submissions must be original artwork, without exception.
2. We require all submissions to be in digital formats (SVG, PNG, etc.)
3. Vector images are preferred.
4. If your work has been selected as the winner, it becomes the exclusive property of YggdrasilSoft, LLC. At that time, we require that all original sources for the artwork be sent to us and copyright and trademark rights be transferred to us. This also means that you may not in anyway keep copies of the artwork without prior consent of YggdrasilSoft, LLC.
5. If your artwork is not selected as the winning piece, we will destroy our copy to ensure that we do not violate your rights to the artwork.
6. During the contest you will grant us the right to place your artwork on display on our website(s) for open commentary.
7. The artwork should match the style of the Crystal Icon Set as designed by Everaldo for the KDE project.
8. This contest will run until July 4th, 2008. At the end of the contest, the core team for AltimatOS will judge the artwork based on the effectiveness of branding and beauty to select the new logo for our operating system. To submit your artwork, please email them to our submissions mailing list.

What is AltimatOS?

AltimatOS is a computer operating system designed for your day to day life. With an easy to use graphical environment based off the acclaimed K Desktop Environment, AltimatOS will deliver the power of Linux, yet with the ease of use associated with other more commercial systems. Currently, AltimatOS is under heavy internal development by the core development team, as we build the various components and create numerous new tools to make the desktop experience friendlier to use.

How Soon Until a Release Will be Available?

We are working hard on developing an installable live DVD that will allow you to try it out before you commit to an installation. With the current development progress, we are confident on an early preview release in either late April or early May.