| 2008-07-27 |
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| The fourth update to GNU/Linux 4.0 is available: "The
Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its stable
distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). In addition to
correcting several security problems and a few serious defects in the
stable release, for the first time in Debian's history an update for a
stable distribution also adds support for newer hardware by giving
users the option to install newer drivers. Existing Debian GNU/Linux
4.0 installation CDs and DVDs can continue to be used to install this
update. After installation, upgrading via an up-to-date Debian mirror
will cause any out of date packages to be updated. However, users of
the network-console installation method are strongly encouraged to
update their media, see the "Debian Installer" portion of this
announcement for more information. Those who install updates frequently
from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most
updates from security.debian.org are included in this update." Read the rest of the for a detailed list of all changes. As always, Debian stable revisions are available for via Debian's Advanced Package Tool (APT); alternatively, full CD and DVD images will be provided within the next few days. |
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| 2008-07-27 |
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| Paul Sherman announced the release of Linux 12.1.05, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Big
change is with the installer, "Autoinstall" option that takes care of
drive partitioning along with the Lilo setup, making install much
easier for new-comers to Linux and/or text-based installation. The
usual options for installation are also still available. Documentation
(HTML instructions for the install) have been updated both online in
the ZIP that contains the iso. Here's the changelog: Redesigned
installer to include an "autoinstall" option; Corrected internal "name"
of links2.desktop file; absgamma.py (utility to adjust gamma of
monitor) updated; Java updated to jre-6u7; gnome-icon-theme added for
compatibility with some apps; Svgpage moved to CD2." Check the (also ), , and the . : (674MB). |
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| 2008-07-26 |
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| Flavio Pereira de Oliveira today announced the availability of Premium 2008.2, a Slackware-based desktop distribution and live CD: "Main
upgrades since last stable release: Upgraded all packages. Upgraded
Kernel (2.6.24.3), AuFS, Linux live and Squashfs. Added Bookmarks to
GoblinX Panel. Added extra folders to be used as package repository.
Added media package repository to Slapt-getrc. Added package upgrade
check to Xfce panel with Xfce4-smartpm-plugin. Added interface to build
module with Slapt-get help. Added initrd.img to be used by
Suspend/Hibernate after install. Added Isolinux option to not load
customization during boot..." Visit the project's to read the full announcement. The product is available from On-disk.com. All modules of the Premium edition can be found on , and users can also another ISO file to add more modules. |
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| 2008-07-26 |
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| Heiko Zuerker announced the release of Devil-Linux 1.2.15, a live firewall and server oriented distribution. "Devil-Linux
1.2.15 is available for download. The changes include lots of program
and security updates. See the Changelog for details." Among the
changes are: ImageMagick can now correctly identify file types again;
added arping tool; added dev86 to build environment; added hotfix to
allow ntop links against net-snmp; added missing LSI fusion scsi
drivers to initial ramdisk; corrected dhcp compile; corrected motion
compile; downgraded iptables to 1.3.7 (due to missing extensions, i.e.
connlimit, time and others); increased compatibility of strongswan for
windows and cisco clients. Read the rather brief release announcement and the for more information. Download (MD5): devil-linux-1.2.15-i486.tar.bz2 (206MB), devil-linux-1.2.15-i586-SMP.tar.bz2 (207MB), devil-linux-1.2.15-i686-SMP-server.tar.bz2 (210MB). |
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| 2008-07-26 |
NEW • |
| Martin Ultima announced a new beta release of
Linux 8.4, a fast, powerful, and convenient computer operating system
which emphasizes a "common sense" approach to development and eases
common
system administration tasks. "Right now it's only
available as a slightly-more-bloated-than-usual x86 LiveCD; due mainly
to size reasons, an AMD64 version has been postponed until a later date
(but you can grab the new ultima-scripts and built it yourself, from
the package repository). As far as the new codebase goes: The desktop
code is essentially "feature-complete"; servers and development tools
are a work in progress and will be the focus of the next beta. Among
other features, in no particular order, we have kernel 2.6.24.7 with
SquashFS+LZMA support; ext2/ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, and JFS filesystems
(XFS default)..." See the and for more information. Download the live CD image: ultimalinux-8.4...LiveCD.iso (692MB). |
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| 2008-07-26 |
NEW • |
| Patrick Verner announced the 3.0 release of , a specialist live CD distribution designed to facilitate hard disk management tasks: "This
new release of Parted Magic has the most aggressive changelog of any
release to date. Almost everything has been updated and redesigned
while doing our best to maintain the same user interface. The most
significant changes are the additions of HAL and dbus, new Xorg server,
basic wireless detection, FireFTP, udpcast, Linux-2.6.26, and many
other updated and new programs. Parted Magic also has a new GRUB
version of the iso and the USB version is GRUB-ready. People have been
asking for a "Save Session" function and we added it." Visit the project's and check out the latest for a complete list of fixes and package updates. : (43.8MB, ). |
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| 2008-07-26 |
NEW • |
| The second release candidate for Firewall 2.2 "Community" edition, a firewall appliance based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, was announced: "The
Endian Team is glad to announce the latest release candidate of Endian
Firewall Community. RC2 contains many bug fixes since the previous
release candidate. Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux
security distribution that turns every system into a full featured
security appliance. Designed with usability in mind, Endian developed a
solution that is extremely flexible, easy to install and manage. The
Community version has been warmly embraced by the open source
community… This is a bugfix release, for the full change log see . Happy Testing!" Read the for further information. : (118MB, ). |
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| 2008-07-25 |
NEW • |
| Steve Langasek announced the availability of the third alpha release of 8.10, code name "Intrepid Ibex": "Welcome
to Intrepid Ibex Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha
3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be released
throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The Alpha images are known
to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while
representing a very recent snapshot of Intrepid. Alpha 3 includes a
number of software updates that are ready for large-scale testing.
Please refer to for information on changes in Ubuntu." Read the release announcement for further details. The "alternate" installation images are available from : intrepid-alternate-i386.iso (693MB, MD5, torrent), intrepid-alternate-amd64.iso (699MB, MD5, torrent). Also released: 8.10 Alpha 3 and 8.10 Alpha 3. |
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| 2008-07-25 |
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| Christoph Thiel announced the first alpha release of 11.1: "openSUSE
11.1 Alpha1 is available -- but beware, this is an Alpha with very
rough edges! While testing this on a Thinkpad R51, the system didn't
boot after first stage installation. We are still looking into this
issue (#411937). In addition to that, the default GNOME installation
will complain about a missing package (providing
gnome-session-branding). With the current bootloader issue, using the
DVDs for installing is not recommended, until we have a workaround.
Please try the LiveCDs instead!" For more information please see the . Download () the live CD images: (653MB, ), (695MB, ), (679MB, ), (697MB, ). |
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| 2008-07-24 |
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| Paul Cutler announced the release of Linux 2.0.4, an rPath-based distribution showcasing the latest GNOME technologies: "The
Foresight project is excited to announce the latest release of
Foresight, the Foresight GNOME Edition 2.0.4. This release features a
brand new theme, and a number of minor updates and bug fixes, notably a
problem when trying to install on certain RAID setups. This latest
version also introduces the Foresight GNOME Lite Edition. For the first
time, Foresight is available for installation on one CD, and features
Foresight's lightning fast tar-based installer. This edition does not
include OpenOffice.org and is English only to reduce installation size.
Users who choose to install the Foresight GNOME Lite Edition can easily
upgrade to the full version." Read the full and for further details. : (1,178MB, ), (1,251MB, ). |
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| 2008-07-23 |
NEW • |
| Gaël Duval announced the availability of Application System, code name "Sirius" Stable: "The
Ulteo Application System is a FREE installable version of Ulteo, that
ships with hundreds applications and innovative features that include:
Global Ulteo authentication; Automatic data backup/synchronization
to/from the Ulteo Online Desktop; "My Digital Life" panel to organize
your digital life easier and better; Automatic system and application
incremental upgrade; Very fast to install, very easy to use."
"Sirius" Stable is an installable liveCD that offers a Windows
alternative; it comes with a lot of applications by default, including
Firefox 2.0 and OpenOffice.org 2.3. Learn more . : (692MB). Also announced is Virtual Desktop Beta3: "It
allows you to use the best Linux applications on the Windows(TM)
operating system. It's been designed for individuals and corporate
users who want to have Linux and Windows applications together on the
same desktop without the hassles of dual booting or virtualization. It
already got great feedback from the IT press during the past three
months. If you would enjoy Ulteo Virtual Desktop on a preloaded USB key
that wouldn't require any installation, please let us know!" Learn more . |
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| 2008-07-23 |
NEW • |
| A new version of , a user-friendly firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO users, was released: "Update
is split into two parts because of a kernel update to accommodate free
space limitation. 1.4.19 contains some packages updates, most notably a
dnsmasq update to be immune on recent dns advisory.
1.4.20 installs the second part of the kernel update and configure the
new kernel. 1.4.19 could be installed separately from 1.4.20. A reboot
is not needed after 1.4.19 installation... Changes summary: Upgrade
openssh to 4.7p1; Include lzo binary so, it will match openssl version
if openssl is updated; Update dnsmasq to 2.45; Update tzdata to 2008d;
Update pcre from 7.4 to 7.7; Update apache to 1.3.41..." Read the detailed . (): (50.3MB). Update: released; only the update and the sources are available. |
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| 2008-07-22 |
NEW • |
| Jeff Moe announced a bug fix release of Linux And GNU labeled as 90001, a single-CD desktop distribution based on Fedora: "It
comes on a single CD (684 megs), is easily installed, and user
friendly. This release follows quickly on the heels of BLAG 90000, as
there were a few annoying issues with that, some of which have been
sorted, such as some broken dependencies. A number of packages have
been added to the CD, some of which appeared in earlier blag releases,
such as: bittorrent, freej, gcc, gqview, gthumb, thunderbird,
vnc-server, xchat. The CD has 97 package updates including a new
kernel-libre-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.1, firefox 3.0.1, gnome/gtk2/nautilus
packages, pidgin, xorg and more... Known issues with this release: Use
yum instead of apt, or uncomment GPG line in /etc/apt/apt.conf (or
install those keys); Automajick kickstart installs are not currently
available; On some installs you have to hit ctrl-alt-f7 after firstboot
when you add a user; this is only needed the first time." Read the complete for further details. : (684MB, , ).
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