| 2007-05-21 |
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| 2007 has been released: "Texstar and the Ripper Gang are pleased to announce the final release of PCLinuxOS 2007. Featuring kernel 2.6.18.8, KDE 3.5.6, OpenOffice.org 2.2.0, Firefox 2.0.0.3, Thunderbird 2.0, FrostWire, KTorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Beryl 3D and much more. Almost 2 GB of software compressed on a single bootable live CD that can be installed to a hard drive provided it is compatible with your system and you like the distribution. Over 5000+ additional packages available through our Synaptic Software Manager. Please note: PCLinuxOS does not ship with Win32 codecs or DVD decryption software. Proprietary NVIDIA and ATI drivers available after hard drive install." Here is the brief . Download or from one of these : (698MB, ). | |
| 2007-05-20 |
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| Ronny Aasen has announced the first release candidate for 3.0: "The Debian-Edu / Skolelinux project is pleased to announce that the next test release of Skolelinux 3.0, codename 'terra', is ready. This is the fifth test release based on Debian Etch. Highlights of RC1: Firefox is now installed by default, with a few often-used translations; the hostname is now correctly set based on DNS name; this release reintroduces the CD, it will grab the packages that did not fit on the first CD from network; debian-edu-doc is a new package containing all documentation; slbackup-php is now installed as default...." The . Download the full DVD or the network installation CD from here (): (4,478MB), (644MB). | |
| 2007-05-20 |
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| PixExcel Limited has announced the release of Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5, a UK-based commercial distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: "Update 5 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. This update includes the following enhancements: new kernel features including paravirtualised kernel for i686, updated kernel support for Infiniband, NFS performance metrics, EDAC for Opteron, diskdump support for sata_nv & ibmvscsi drivers; additional platform support for Intel ICH9 chipset, PCIe power management quirk, AMD quad-core systems; security updates, bug fixes and feature enhancements to numerous system packages; technology preview release of OpenOffice.org 2.0...." Read the full for further information. Pie Box Enterprise Linux is available for immediate purchase and download; please consult the project's for details. | |
| 2007-05-19 |
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| The second beta release of Linux 3.0, code name "Cassandra", is now available for download and testing: "This is the second beta release of Cassandra. All known bugs have been fixed, mintMenu and mintInstall are now stable. The artwork features a new logo but the mintArt team is still working on improving the look and feel. Notes: Pidgin was added and now replaces Gaim; Sunbird might be added in the stable release. Important new features in Cassandra: GNOME 2.18 (speed improvements); kernel 2.6.20 (better hardware support); OpenOffice.org 2.2; Thunderbird replaces Evolution as the default email reader; Compiz, Beryl and Emerald installed by default...." More details in the . : (697MB). | |
| 2007-05-19 |
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| Alan Baghumian has announced the second test release of GNU/Linux 0.90: "A new testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 0.90, code,name 'Barry', is available now. Changes since TEST-1: updated kernel, new GNOME logout window, new artwork, added 3D desktop support using Compiz 0.4 and desktop effects helper tool, added two new boot menu items to support wide screen monitors, added Wammu package, several bugs fixes, minor installer fixes and regular clean-ups. All packages have been synchronized with Debian testing as of May 18, 2007." Here is the full . : (701MB, ). | |
| 2007-05-19 |
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| Paul Sherman has announced the third beta release of Linux 11.1, a light-weight modification of Slackware with IceWM window manager and custom configuration utilities: "11.1b3 has been released. Many changes, most small, but some of real importance. Kernel masquerades as 'hugesmp', but it is a recompiled 'genericsmp' with several file systems built in (ReiserFS, ext3, NTFS, VFAT, ISO9660, UDF and USB mass storage). This kernel configuration was chosen to lighten things up, but still make swapping devices as simple as possible. No patches were made to the kernel. Several bug fixes and loads of recompiling; SQLite, pysqlite, K3b and many, many more. Some scripts were updated, including the alsaconf sound setup utility...." Read more in the . : (666MB). | |
| 2007-05-19 |
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| Michael Prokop has announced the final release of 1.0, an excellent Debian-based live CD with custom scripts for a variety of rescue and system analysis tasks: "grml 1.0, code name 'Meilenschwein' available. The new grml release brings 109 new packages, many new features and several improved, updated and extended configuration files. New grml-scripts: alignmargins - adjust the margins and the position of the printed contents on the paper; dirvish-setup - a simple script for setting up a basic configuration for the backup software dirvish; grml2ram - copy compressed GRML image to RAM when running grml already; grml-quickconfig - get fast access to some basic grml-scripts...." Please read the for a full list of new features. : (696MB, ); also available . The project's first 64-bit edition, as well as an updated mini edition, are also . | |
| 2007-05-18 |
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| Fabio Erculiani has announced the second public beta release (also called "loop") of 3.4. What's new? "Linux kernel 2.6.21 featuring DeviceScape Wireless Stack (mac80211) and new wireless drivers, Ext4 updates, advanced ThinkPad and SONY laptops support; Compiz 0.5.2 pre-release as an alternative option to Beryl 0.2.1; new artwork (boot splash, wallpaper, window decorations); updated to Gentoo 2007.0 profile; Elisa Media Center technology preview; Metisse desktop acceleration; automatic timed login on the live DVD. Noticeable applications: X.Org 7.3, KDE 3.5.6, GNOME 2.18.1, OpenOffice 2.2.0, Pidgin 2.0, Google Picasa 2...." Read the and for full details. Download via BitTorrent: (3,835MB), (3,927MB). | |
| 2007-05-18 |
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| A new unstable build of , a Debian-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment window manager, is out for final testing: "Elive 0.6.9 development released. We are near the next stable version! Please try out this development version to know if anything needs to be fixed. Changes: file manager (Pcmanfm) - you can use and mount NTFS partitions with Thunar now, mimetypes configured to open the proper applications for all your files; Entrance - fixed the login problems; NTFS- better support for NTFS partitions; applications - all applications renamed and re-ordered to be more intuitive to the end user; file manager - we returned to Thunar again, Pcmanfm does not seem to be very stable for now...." Find more details in the . : elive_0.6.9_unstable.iso (662MB, MD5). | |
| 2007-05-18 |
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| Henry Jensen has announced the release of Linux 0.7.2, a Linux distribution with light-weight graphical environments, specifically designed for very old computers (machines with as little as 8MB of RAM are targeted): "DeLi Linux 0.7.2 is the next and possibly the last release in the 0.7.x branch. DeLi Linux 0.7.2 have the following new features: Linux kernel 2.4.34.4; X.Org 7.2; a new default web browser, Konq-E (Konqueror Embedded) which has Javascript and CSS support; the pdq print system, which replaces lprng; improved and bug-fixed delisetup, deliget and netinstall; other new packages includes nano, Gutenprint, gv and xaw3d, and the new Liberation fonts from Red Hat." Read the and for more details. Download: (128MB, ). | |
| 2007-05-18 |
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| Tobias Gerschner has announced the availability of the first release candidate of Linux 3.0: "The Yoper team is proud to announce the first release candidate of Yoper Linux 3.0, codename 'Ilmenite'. This release candidate is available in three fashions - as a slim CD, a regular CD, and a live CD. A DVD version will not be released at this point, but will be available for the final release. This release ships with kernel 2.6.21.1, including the Con Kolivas patchset, X.Org 7.2, KDE 3.5.6, KOffice, Firefox 2.0.0.3 and lots of other cutting-edge packages." See the and for further information. (MD5): (680MB), (700MB). | |
| 2007-05-18 |
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| Jereme Hancock has announced the release of 3.1, a bug-fix update based on Ubuntu 7.04: "We have just released Ubuntu Christian Edition v3.1 (Feisty). This is a maintenance release to fix a few bugs. The bug fixes in this release were all reported promptly by Ubuntu CE users and are a testament to the wonderful community that has grown around Ubuntu CE. The updates: fixed suspend / hibernate; fixed DansGuardian proxy issues; fixed Ubuntu CE installer appending wrong sources. We have also made some enhancements to the convert_me script." Here is the complete . : (700MB, ). | |
