| 2007-12-01 |
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| Steve Langasek has announced the first alpha release of 8.04, code name "Hardy Heron": "The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. The Hardy Heron Tribe 1 is the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features. The feature list for 8.04 has been slowly taking shape since Heron opened late last month. While much is yet to be decided for 8.04, here are some of the new things that have already arrived, as well as a good look at the approved specifications for Hardy Heron." Read the release announcement and for more information. Download (MD5): hardy-desktop-i386.iso (697MB), hardy-desktop-amd64.iso (698MB). Also available are 8.04 alpha 1 CD images for (download, ), (download), (download) and other Ubuntu subprojects. | |
| 2007-12-01 |
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| The first release candidate of Linux 12, a Portuguese Linux distribution, is now available for download and testing. The most interesting change is the fact that this release is no longer based on openSUSE, as was the case with the project's all previous releases, but on Mandriva Linux 2008. Also, the RPM packages are now managed with APT and Synaptic, while Mandriva Control Centre is used for general system configuration. This version includes the proprietary ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers and supports popular media codecs. Please read the (in Portuguese) for further information and known issues. Interested beta testers can the installation DVD from here: (4,387MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-30 |
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| ASPLinux has announced the availability of 12, a new major release of the Fedora-based Russian distribution. The most significant new feature in this version is the "works out-of-the-box" philosophy, with common audio and video codecs, ATI and NVIDIA proprietary video drivers, and files enabling full support for Russian throughout the system, all provided as an integral part of the package. Also included is a graphical system administration utility that allows users of all skill levels to be instantly productive. As for the system components, ASPLinux 12 uses Linux kernel 2.6.22 and includes X.Org 7.1, GNOME 2.18, KDE 3.5.7, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5, GIMP 2.2.17 and other popular open source software. Read the and visit the (both links in Russian) for further details. : (3,316MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-29 |
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| Ken Smith has announced the first release candidate for 6.3: "The first of the release candidate builds for FreeBSD 6.3 is now available. There is one more release candidate planned, which will be followed by the release unless a major show-stopper issue crops up during testing. The release branch has been created so if you plan to use cvsup to update an already installed machine you should use the RELENG_6_3 branch. Or you can give FreeBSD Update a try, see the instructions here. The ports folks are getting very close to finishing up the release package builds for a couple of the architectures. I'm planning to fiddle a bit with figuring out the disc1 and disc2 package sets that we will be trying to provide as part of the final release." Here is the brief . : (499MB, ), (580MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-29 |
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| Turbolinux has announced the final release of 11 Server, a commercial Linux distribution designed for mid-range enterprises, with long-term support. Some of the features include: improved performance and security with the incorporation of the Tomoyo Linux security system; incorporation of the Zend Framework for building PHP-based web applications; inclusion of an enterprise-class load balancing software; long-term maintenance support, including security updates and service packs for the period of 3 or 5 years; advanced diagnosis of hardware compatibility for companies migrating from Windows or Solaris; improved system interoperability with Microsoft products. Please read the and visit the (both links in Japanese) for more details. Turbolinux 11 Server is available for purchase from the company's official , starting at ¥49,350 (US$450). | |
| 2007-11-27 |
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| Alexey Sokolov has announced the availability of a release candidate for 2.0, a desktop live DVD based on FreeBSD 7: "TrueBSD 2.0-RC1 released. Release notes: Instead of a CD, a DVD with a big collection of applications (including KDE, GNOME, Compiz/Beryl, Amarok, OpenOffice.org) is used; migration to UTF-8 (except for system console); migration to FreeBSD 7; migration to modular X; support for Macromedia Flash in all browsers installed on system; auto-configuration of X server; 'uname -sr' now prints current version of FreeBSD, instead of TrueBSD, because it prevented building of ports; fixed bug with incorrect font size on some monitors...." Read the rest of the for more details. : (1,897MB). | |
| 2007-11-27 |
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| Technalign has announced the final release of Linux 3.0.2: "Technalign, Inc. has announced the release of Pioneer Explorer workstation 1.2.0.9 RC2 and Pioneer Basic workstation 3.0.2.0 final. The workstation uses a live CD that allows the end user to test the workstations before installation. Pioneer Renegade and Pioneer Explorer are both community editions to test changes before they are made to Basic. The latest release of Pioneer Explorer RC2 uses KDE 3.X and 4.0 as the interface. Users may select KDE 3 or 4, providing the ability to test and use 4.0 as desired. Another notable correction has been the network interface under system tools identifying the release has been corrected." Read the rest of the for further details. : (700MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-26 |
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| The Elive development team has announced the release of 1.0.2, a new unstable version of the Debian-based desktop distribution: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.0.2. The big change is the switch to the greatly anticipated new version of Enlightenment 17. Users can now get themes, backgrounds and animated icons from get-e.org and other places. Here is an excerpt from the changelog: audio - multiple simultaneous sound sources; aMSN - better configuration system; login sound changed; some applications updated; option to install other window managers (KDE, GNOME, etc) and have them available in the login manager directly; option to install applications and have them show directly on the menus; boot from external devices...." Here is the full . : elive_1.0.2_unstable_2007-11-25.iso (657MB, MD5). | |
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| 2007-11-26 |
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| Robert Shingledecker has announced the third release candidate for Linux 4.1: "The third release candidate for DSL v4.1 is now available." From the : "New notepad (editor.lua); updated pciutils to 2.2.9; added pop-ups to JWM tray; added *.siag to supported dfm extensions (.dfmext); restored fluxter.bb to LHC 4-in-a-row; fixed bug in exitcheck; fixed reported bug in cpanel when booted legacy; fixed reported bug mountci (permissions and menus); fixed reported bug in netcardconf; completed support for alternate window managers; removed background / wallpaper control from dfm and .xinitrc; updated wallpaper.lua to use new structure; updated 'Getting Started' with Esc and Backspace key definitions for dfm." : (48.7MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-26 |
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| Linux 0.5, a Debian-based live CD developed by the Neowin.net community, has been released: "Shift Linux is a Linux project that was created by the Neowin community. Based on Morphix Linux, Shift is Debian-based live CD; therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Several editions of Shift Linux have been developed to produce for computers with lighter or more robust hardware configurations. We have produced Shift with Fluxbox as the predominant desktop manager for lower resource computers, and Shift with GNOME and KDE desktop managers, for heartier machines. Shift Linux 0.5 has all of the most commonly used packages that are available and is designed to be extremely fast as a live CD." Read the rest of the for more information. : (661MB, ), (573MB, ), (448MB, ). | |
| 2007-11-25 |
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| StartCom has release an updated set of DVD images of Enterprise Linux 4, a distribution built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: "StartCom is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the updated release for the legacy AS-4.0.x series of StartCom Enterprise Linux. The sixth update release provides additionally supported and updated drivers, an updated kernel with new features (version 2.6.9-67), updated Samba (SMB file sharing), mirrored root support for Logical Volume Management (LVM) and updated GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). AS-4.0.5 supports the Xen hypervisor which allows for the running of multiple virtualized server instances on the hardware." Read the for further details. (): (2,130MB), (2,442MB). | |
| 2007-11-25 |
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| The second alpha release of is ready for download and testing: "Myah OS 3.0 Alpha 2 is now available. There have been many improvements since Alpha 1 was released. The main focus was on bug fixes and updates. There are still some unfinished aspects of 3.0 before it will enter the beta phase. There have been around a hundred packages updated to the latest available stable version. One of the new features you will notice in Alpha 2 is the graphical login named Slim. A new version of Myah's xconf program will help auto detect video settings at boot-up. This means Alpha 2 will auto detect your best video settings and bring you into a graphical state of Myah OS. For those with newer ATI cards, the new 'radeonhd' driver is included and works well. There will be downloads available to test out the latest fglrx and NVIDIA drivers." Read the for further details. : (677MB). | |
