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| 2007-10-15 |
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| Robert Lange has announced the first beta release of 5.9: "The VectorLinux team is proud to announce the availability of the beta 1 release of VectorLinux 5.9. The 5.9 release is a major upgrade from previous releases. This release is based on Slackware 12, which introduces X.Org 7.2, glibc 2.5 and the GCC 4.1.2 tool chain. Everything in this release has been rebuilt from the ground up, resulting in greater speed and stability. We include Xfce, JWM, The GIMP, Firefox, SeaMonkey, Opera, CUPS, Audacious, GQview, popular multimedia plugins, MPlayer, vFireWall, Scribus and many other programs to maximize the desktop experience. Also new is the addition of CruxPorts4Slack and our very own vpackager for easy installation of source packages. This is a beta release but the release candidate is soon to follow after initial peer testing." Read the brief . Download: (607MB), ). |
2007-10-15 |
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| Barry Kauler has released Linux 3.01, a bug-fix update to the earlier Puppy 3.00: "Puppy version 3.01 released. Puppy 3.01 is a bug-fix upgrade of 3.00. If you are currently using 3.00 (or have tried to use 3.00 and have encountered a show-stopper bug), please read the blog first to find out if your particular problem has been addressed -- if not, it may be addressed in 3.02. The purpose of 3.01 is simply to fix the most urgent bugs and niggles in 3.00, not apply any major changes or package upgrades. This Puppy (3.00 and 3.01) is a massive upgrade from the previous (v2.17.1). I decided to aim for close binary compatibility with Slackware 12, with the objective of being able to install Slackware packages and have all or most of the required dependencies already in place. To that end, I used all the building block packages from Slackware 12, such as glibc 2.5, GCC 4.1.2 and GTK+ 2.10.13. Most of the libraries in Puppy are now from Slackware." Read the rest of the for more details. : (98.8MB), ). | |
| 2007-10-13 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Linux 0.7: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7, our seventh stable release. No new features have been added since 0.7rc2, but more than 150 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 0.6: up-to-date base system - Linux kernel 2.6.22.9, glibc 2.6.1 and GCC 4.2.1; up-to-date desktop packages - KDE 3.5.7, GNOME 2.20, Xfce 4.4.1, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 and Firefox 2.0.0.7; a live CD called FwLive is now available for this release; language-specific defaults (keymap, time zone, default mirror), the installation is now logged; supported new languages: Romanian, Swedish, Italian and Danish; new graphical tools: Gfpm (package manager) and Gnetconfig (network configurator)." Here is the full . the installation DVDs (): (4,308MB), (4,278MB). | |
| 2007-10-13 |
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| Urs Beyerle has announced the release of the live CD/DVD edition of Linux 4.5, a set of live media built from source RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5: "The Scientific Linux live CD/DVD is a bootable CD/DVD that runs Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It is based on Scientific Linux 4.5 (SL45), which is recompiled from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 sources (RHEL4 AS Update 5). The following versions of the Scientific Linux live CD are available for download: 'livecd' (fits on a CD-ROM), 'livecd64' (CD-ROM for 64-bit systems), 'livedvd' (fits on a DVD), 'livedvd64' (DVD-ROM for 64-bit systems), 'mini_livecd' (rescue system). Additional feature: live CD/DVD can be installed on local hard disk or USB key and can be mounted over NFS. Latest changes: diskless client - better detection of the network card; GParted added to live CD/DVD...." Here is the full . the live CD images from here: (699MB, ), (687MB, ). | |
| 2007-10-13 |
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| Michael K. Johnson has announced the release of Linux 1.0.7, an independently developed distribution featuring the Conary package management system: "rPath Linux, the first Linux distribution built using the groundbreaking Conary software management system, has released updated images for rPath Linux 1. The new images incorporate updates to the installation process and all package updates released as of September 26, 2007. In particular, the installation images and installed system now include a 2.6.22.7 Linux kernel, enabling installation on more recent hardware not supported by previous installation media. (Linux kernels for Xen support are 2.6.16.33 in this release.) If you have already installed rPath Linux 1, you should update your current system using Conary rather than reinstall using the new images." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. : (1,394MB), (1,492MB). | |
| 2007-10-13 |
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| Paul Sherman has released an updated version of Linux, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Absolute 12.0.7 released. Fairly extensive changes in terms of bug removal and added features. Major fixes include mounted external volumes writable by users as well as root. The clearFstab script was tamed, GUI login no longer leads to any missing resources problems, GIMP scripts were patched to ensure that they work with new 2.4 series, ePDFView replaces xPDF as default PDF viewer, Firefox updated and now also includes all header files to compile web-apps against, installer available (as root) for folks lucky enough to legally use 'restricted' multimedia files, Audacity 1.3.3 included, CheckInstall version 1.5.3 works and has been patched to behave nicely... and lots more." Read the and for further details. : (695MB, ). | |
| 2007-10-12 |
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| is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose main feature is the presence of Islamic software - prayer times, a Quran study tool and a web content filtering utility. A new stable version, 7.04, was announced earlier today: "The Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is proud to announce the final version of UbuntuME 7.04. It includes an installable live desktop CD, a second CD with additional software (OpenOffice.org, Arabic language packs, Quran recitations, etc.), an installable DVD (with more Quran recitations), and a script to convert standard Ubuntu installations to UbuntuME. Highlights: WCC (parental control tool) enabled by default (so browsing the Internet is safe); Zekr (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations; Islamic calendar and Minbar (prayer times tool); UbuntuME artworks." Here is the full . : (695MB). | |
| 2007-10-11 |
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| Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the release candidate for 7.10: "The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 7.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu, and Xubuntu codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs, and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. Highlights: Compiz Fusion - this innovative compositing window manager enables 3D desktop effects that let users work with, and see, their desktops in completely new ways; printer installation - In GNOME, printers are automatically configured for use as soon as they are connected; free Flash support with Gnash; automated Firefox plugin installation...." Read the and for more details. (): (695MB), (697MB). Also released: 7.10 RC (, ), 7.10 RC (), 7.10 RC (download) and Gobuntu (download). | |
| 2007-10-11 |
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| is a Debian-based, Brazilian live CD featuring the TexasFlood boot system, which dramatically shortens the operating system's boot time, and a software update utility called LiveUpdate. Version 2.5 was released yesterday. Some of the new features include the following: aMSN upgraded to version 0.97R1; jSMS upgraded to version 2.6; support for multimedia files; added libdvdcss2; added Barrage (a game), aDesklets, aMule, XArchive; boot speed improvements while booting from live CD; support for wireless networking in configuration panel; icons and splash screen updates; added TexasFlood version 2.1R4; various bug fixes. Please visit the project's (in Portuguese) to read the detailed changelog. The live CD image is available for download from here: (645MB, ). | |
| 2007-10-10 |
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| 6.0, a user-friendly, commercial distribution based on Ubuntu, has been released: "Linspire, Inc., developer of the Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems and CNR.com, a free Linux software delivery service, today announced the immediate availability of Linspire 6.0, the latest commercial release of the desktop Linux operating system. Building on the best of open source software using Ubuntu as its base line, Linspire 6.0 adds licensed proprietary drivers, codecs, and software in its core distribution to provide a better user experience. The first commercial release from Linspire, Inc. in over two years, Linspire 6.0 continues its traditional focus on ease-of-use and bundles proprietary software where there are no viable open source alternatives, providing improved hardware, file type, and multimedia support, such as MP3, Real, Java, Flash, ATI, NVIDIA, WiFi, and many more." Read the and visit the product's for further details. Linspire 6.0 is available for purchase and download from the company's (US$49.95). | |
| 2007-10-10 |
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| , a product of Sun Wah Hi-tech System Software, is a Chinese desktop Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. RAYS version 2.0 "Baihong" was announced earlier today. Compared to the second release candidate, the most important changes include several package upgrades (GIMP 2.4.0rc1, udev 114, alsa-lib 1.0.14, OpenSSH 4.6p1), bug fixes in the system installer, and improved stability. On the software front, Baihong is based on Debian's testing and unstable branches with kernel 2.6.22, glibc 2.6, and GCC 4.1.2, while the desktop is powered by X.Org 7.2 and GNOME 2.20. RAYS 2.0 is a pure installation CD with the language support limited to simplified Chinese and no hard disk partitioning mechanism (the system will take over the entire hard disk). For more information please read the and (both links in Chinese). Download: (655MB, ). | |
| 2007-10-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.17 |
| Guardian Digital has announced the release of Secure Linux 3.0.17, a server oriented distribution with an easy-to-use web-based administration utility: "Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.17. What's new? We have included a very alpha version of Samba 4 for our users to evaluate; support for tcb, an alternative password shadowing scheme, was added; balance, a very simple and effective load balancing application, is now available for installation. Simple to set up, balance can provide round-robin TCP load balancing for just about any daemon; powernowd, a daemon to control the CPU speed and voltage of your server, is also now available; the latest stable versions of Apache (2.2.6), Asterisk (1.4.12), Dovecot (1.0.5), PHP (5.2.4), Postfix...." Read the complete for further information. : (565MB), (567MB). | |
