The Bayanihan Team releases the latest version of the Bayanihan Desktop.  Codenamed "Kalumbata", the Bayanihan 5 Desktop features a new graphical installer, which is more user-friendly and installs much faster than the Bayanihan Linux 4.  Kalumbata is bundled with applications that would be enough for an everyday-use desktop, which includes office productivity suite, communication and internet tools, multimedia players, and many more.  All these valuable applications comes in a single CD distribution, which is still easier and faster to download than multiple CD or DVD distributions.  And if these applications are not enough, a large collection of software packages is available and can be installed from our repository.  Aside from the bundled applications, this version comes with more updated drivers to support a wider range of computer devices and peripherals, including most recent ones.  This version also has a plug-and-surf capability, adding support for popular 3G wireless devices.

In line with this, a new forum has been deployed specifically for this and the succeeding versions of the Bayanihan distributions.  Users may still view the old forum but the topics are now locked.

The Bayanihan 5 Desktop is available for download from our Products page.  For comments and suggestions, send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

As part of the effort to provide better support for Bayanihan users, the Bayanihan Forum is currently under reconstruction.

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Together with the launch of  the latest versions of the Bayanihan Desktop, the Bayanihan Team brings you the BETA version of the latest Bayanihan website - an online guide for all Bayanihan users and enthusiasts.

Visitors may browse through the site's pages for information on the Bayanihan Project, including various Bayanihan products, merchandise, documentation as well as the Bayanihan Team's contact information.

Bayanihan users must also look forward to the launching of the new Bayanihan Forum and the latest updates to the Bayanihan Repository.

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The former Bayanihan website may be still be viewed here.

 The Bayanihan Team announces the availability of their latest development - BAYANIHAN for Government.

Intended for use in government offices and workstations, this version features commonly used government forms as templates, accessible via the OpenOffice.org menu. Also included are updates to the software packages typically bundled with Bayanihan such as the K Desktop Environment, OpenOffice.org productivity suite, Mozilla FireFox web browser, ClamAV antivirus, K3b CD/DVD burning application, Guarddog firewall utility, the MPlayer multimedia player and the XVidCap screen capturing tool. There is also improved support, out of the box, for various wireless devices, peripherals and printers as well as plug and surf capability for popular 3G wireless devices.

Users of this new OS will enjoy a more streamlined and user-friendly graphical installer with default, expert and rescue modes as well as a memory testing utility for checking the system's physical memory. New software packages have also been included in the default installation such as Ekiga for VOIP and videoconferencing, KNetworkManager for automatic configuration of network connections, Gwenview for browsing and categorizing images, the HPLIP utility for easy configuration and detection of supported printers and the Gnash player, an open source SWF player to support Adobe Flash based websites.

Support for installing additional applications from a collection of 18,000 software packages is available via http://apt.bayanihan.gov.ph through the Synaptic package manager.

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Please look forward to the release of Bayanihan 5 Desktop.