| 2008-01-30 |
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| Marcos Guglielmetti has announced the fifth test release of GNU+Linux 1.0r3, a Debian-based distribution containing a comprehensive collection of free software for musicians: "Musix GNU+Linux 1.0r3 Test 5 live DVD and CD released. This is our first DVD! Musix GNU+Linux 1.0r3 Test 5 live DVD and live CD are both testing versions produced on the basis of the stable version 1.0r2 and the reports about previous tests. Musix 1.0 is based on KNOPPIX and Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 stable. The goals of the DVD are: better language support; more education, video, graphic, and audio applications; a better general purpose system. New packages on the live DVD: OpenOffice.org (75 languages), full KDE Desktop (63 languages), dozens of educational applications, a 75Mb Steinway Piano Soundfont, full printer and scanner support, Amarok, Scribus, Cinelerra, Kino..." Read the rest of the for additional information. Download (): (701MB), (1,878MB). | |
| 2008-01-29 |
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| Michael K. Johnson has announced the first beta release of Linux 2, an appliance operating system: "The first beta test snapshot toward rPath Linux 2 has been released. This release contains: VMware support integrated into the default kernel; open-vm-tools included in vmware group flavors; SYSLINUX's EXTLINUX is the default bootloader; Conary 2.0 with several optimizations and improvements; short group flavors; appliance installer ISO images, installable ISO images and appliance installer ISO images for 32-bit and 64-bit Xen dom0. rPath Linux 2 will be an appliance operating system. In keeping with this focus, the installer ISO images for rPath Linux 2 Beta 1 are intended primarily for testing the installer, and secondarily as a platform for testing appliance development." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5) the appliance DVD images from here: (807MB), (866MB). | |
| 2008-01-29 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Linux 0.8: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 0.8rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.8 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.8pre2: Improved splash: it now displays till the very end of the shutdown process; fixed the 'packages one by one' select method in the installer; the live CD now supports copy the disc to RAM if enough memory is available to free up the CD/DVD drive; package updates - Linux 2.6.23.14, X.Org 7.3, GNOME 2.20.3, more than 300 other package updates; new packages - etckeeper, Linux Wacom, new X.Org drivers, more than 20 other new packages." More details in the . : (4,132MB, , ). | |
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| 2008-01-28 |
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| Barney Tormey has announced the release of Linux 0.6.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the Neowin.net community: "Shift Linux 0.6 released today. There are three editions released at this time: Shift Linux 0.6 GNOME, Shift Linux 0.6 KDE4, and Shift Linux 0.6 Lite (for older computers). Shift Linux Lite contains two less resource hogging window managers (Xfce and Fluxbox), but will have a full compliment of packages and utilities. All three versions of Shift Linux 0.6 are fully installable (tested and verified). Shift Linux has moved away from its Morphix base and is now based on Ubuntu. This version incorporates Firefox 3 (GranParadiso), OpenOffice.org, new themes, and a tested installer. We've also updated to KDE4. This is a transition version as we move away from Morphix and port over our previous versions to Ubuntu." Here is the complete . : (663MB, ), (529MB, ), (522MB, ). | |
| 2008-01-27 |
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| 0.6, a non-graphical distribution featuring the latest OpenSolaris technologies, has been released. What's new? "Updated to use OpenSolaris Nevada Build 80; now using a non-DEBUG build of the OS; new keyboard layout recognition and setup method, if you do not use a German keyboard, boot one of the 'Ask KBD Layout' boot entries and wait for being asked for the keyboard layout; thanks to a new mkisofs and to a new 'hsfs' driver, installing the DVD to a hard disk will now correctly hard link all hard linked files in the copy; all /opt/schily programs updated to a recent release; SCCS has been updated to the recent Schily release that adds some new features and fixes some bugs. Warning: this release does not fit on a CD any more, you need to write the image to a DVD to be able to boot it." Here is the full . : (348MB, ). | |
| 2008-01-26 |
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| The first beta of Linux 2008.1 has been released: "The first beta, codenamed 'Ophrys', for Mandriva Linux 2008.1 is now available. Major new features in this pre-release include: new XML-based package meta-information system; out-of-the-box support for the multimedia keys present on many modern keyboards; Perl has been updated to 5.10; reverted to teTeX as the default TeX system; latest NVIDIA (169.09) and ATI (8.45.2) proprietary drivers; KDE 4.0.0 final available in the Cooker; the latest version of Nautilus, the GNOME file and desktop manager; Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc8 with ALSA 1.0.16-rc1." More information can be found on the and also in the official . the installable live CDs (with either KDE or GNOME) from here: mandriva...KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso (671MB, MD5), mandriva...GNOME-int-cdrom-i586.iso (679MB, MD5). | |
| 2008-01-25 |
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| The second beta release of 3.0, a Debian-based desktop distribution with a Mac OS X-like user interface, is out and ready for testing: "We are proud to announce that Dreamlinux 3.0 beta is now available for download. Main changes: Linux kernel 2.6.23.12; support for a large variety of wireless cards; two window managers - Xfce and GNOME; a balanced set of applications, aiming to deliver an easy-to-use desktop system; the installer and the Dreamlinux Control Panel were improved technically and visually; the proprietary codecs were removed, but are easily installed at any time by Easy Install; AWN (Advanced Window Navigator) is included, together with the traditional Engage. This is a complete re-design to cope with new and easier ways to build and improve it." See the full for a more detailed list of changes and features. Download: (661MB, , ). | |
| 2008-01-25 |
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| Alan Baghumian has announced the release of GNU/Linux 1.0r0, a desktop distribution based on Debian's testing branch: "We are proud to announce that the final version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0, code name 'Ramon', is available now. The main highlights are: Improved live system with new start-up and shut-down scripts, new live structure, new Squashfs + LZMA compression system, updated installer system, new 2.6.23.14 kernel with CFS 24.1, CK, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC5, Iwlwifi and other patches, GNOME 2.20.3, lots of updated packages including OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.11, GIMP 2.4.3, glibc 2.7, Pidgin 2.3.1, all packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repository as of January 24, 2008, new GUI X.Org configuration tool ported from Ubuntu, new attractive look and feel." Read the and for further details. : (680MB, ), (698MB, ). | |
| 2008-01-23 |
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| Flavio Pereira de Oliveira has announced the release of 2.6 "Micro" edition, a minimalist live CD based on Slackware Linux: "GoblinX Micro 2.6 is released. The GoblinX Micro edition is the smallest version of our distribution and contains only Fluxbox as windows manager and GTK+-based applications. The main upgrades since the release candidate: added SLAX firewall; added more options to ISOLINUX menu; rebuilt GtkDialog interfaces to not allow resize action; corrected several errors and bugs; added ghdcpd and xrefresh; upgraded some libraries and packages including xorg-server; replaced z.Goblinx with z.Micro; replaced z.User with z.Muser; corrected some sudo issues; removed X.Org default resolution; recompiled Fluxbox against Imlib2." Visit the distribution's to read the full release announcement. : (100MB, ). | |
| 2008-01-23 |
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| The Elive development team has announced the release of 1.5.0, a new unstable build of the Debian-based distribution: "The Elive Team is proud to announce the new development version 1.5. This is a very experimental Elive. The boot system is entirely rewritten, working but not finished. Many auto-detection and configuration parts are not implemented yet. This version is not ready to be installed, this is a release for testers and collaborators who want to discuss it at the Elive testers group. Changes: updated to Debian 'testing'; Elive installer - option to 'migrate' configuration from installed Linux system; more special hotkeys for laptops working by default; Firefox - a nice feature that shows thumbnails of sites in Google search; a more integrated system of translations." Here is the full . : elive_1.5_very_unstable.iso (698MB, MD5). | |
| 2008-01-22 |
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| Clement Lefebvre has announced the second release candidate for Linux 4.0 "KDE" edition: "The second release candidate for Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna KDE Community Edition is out and available for download. Daryna KDE is nearly as 'minty' as the main edition now. The packages are (safely) up-to-date and the kernel is the Gutsy Gibbon kernel 2.6.22. Mint applications: mintInstall, mintwifi, mintUpdate, mintAssistant, mintUpload. 'Minted' versions of Firefox, Sunbird. Known issues: When shutting down or restarting the live CD it will freeze about 25% of the time at the last step. I had this problem with Gutsy too and have not found a fix for it. This happens more in virtual machines than on real ones. After adding new users log in and check their KMix settings because they will have no sound. Check the output and PCM levels." See the full for more information. : (1,002MB, ). | |
