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| 2012-02-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ConnochaetOS 0.9.1 |
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Henry Jensen has announced the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.1, an Arch-based Linux distribution for old computers (from i486 to Pentium MMX 166), built exclusively with "libre" software: "I am announcing the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.1. This is a maintenance release. Since the 0.9.0 release many bugs were fixed. The default kernel was upgraded to Linux-Libre 2.6.32.57 and many other packages were upgraded and we released many security fixes. ConnochaetOS 0.9.1 provides: Linux-Libre kernel 2.6.32.57, the IceWM desktop 1.3.7; a lightweight webkit based web browser - XXXTerm; GOffice word processor and spredsheet - AbiWord and Gnumeric; lightweight e-mail and IRC applications, multimedia player, file manager, CD burning tool and even some small games. Available as optional software: Linux-Libre kernel 3.2.7; Iceweasel-Libre in the versions 3.5.16.12 (LTS) and 10.0.2 (Current); LXDE 0.5.x. Visit the distribution's home page to read the release announcement. Download: connos-0.9.1.iso (392MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 2.5.0 |
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François Dupoux has announced the release of SystemRescueCd 2.5.0, a new version of the project's Gentoo-based live rescue disk for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash: "Version 2.5.0 (stable) of the SystemRescueCd project has been released. Detailed changes in version 2.5.0: updated standard kernels to long-term supported Linux 3.0.21 (rescuecd + rescue64); updated alternative kernels to latest stable linux 3.2.6 (altker32 + altker64); updated NTFS-3G to 2012.1.15 and replace ntfsprogs; updated btrfs-progs to the latest stable version from git; updated e2fsprogs to 1.42 (ext3/ext4 file system tools); updated GParted to 0.12.0 (graphical partition editor); updated system packages (glibc 2.13, GCC 4.4.6); updated firmware; added fdupes (find duplicate files); replaced Firefox with Midori to save space; updated Partclone to 0.2.38; updated TestDisk to 6.13; updated GRUB to 1.99. Here is the complete changelog. Download (MD5) the live CD image from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-2.5.0.iso (355MB). |
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| 2012-02-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 2 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first beta release of Mageia 2: "We are now entering the last run for Mageia 2 release - the first beta is now available for tests. The beta step is essential as it will focus on fixing bugs and improving integration for all distributions. This is now also the main focus for our packagers team. They are waiting for your reports! Major new features: stable glibc 2.14.1; latest stable release of kernel 3.2.6; dracut as tool for creating initrds (initial ramdisk used during boot); KDE 4.8.0; GNOME 3.3.x with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Pencil-Planner 0.4.4b, a traditional animation software package; Amarok 2.5 and Cantata 0.3.0 music players.... See the brief release announcement and the much more detailed release notes for a complete list of improvements and new features. Download (mirrors) the installation DVD images (the live CDs are not yet available): Mageia-2-beta1-i586-DVD.iso (3,418MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,465MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8: "We're pleased to announce the general availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 operating system with new and improved functionality for enhanced performance, flexibility, and security. Our commitment to continuous innovation enables Red Hat Enterprise Linux to remain a scalable and trusted data center platform accommodating mission-critical enterprise workloads in physical, virtual, and cloud IT environments. And, the extension of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 life cycle to 10 years means that our customers can plan IT deployments and migrations according to their business needs, not ours. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 supports new hardware platforms and includes the following enhancements. Continue to the release announcement and the comprehensive release notes for a detailed list of new features in the area of hardware support, virtualisation and security management. The release is available to subscribers from Red Hat Network. |
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| 2012-02-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC1 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based mini-distribution featuring Trinity (KDE 3), KDE 4, LXDE and now also the Xfce desktop: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce the first release candidate of Porteus version 1.2 This release features the addition of the Xfce desktop environment. Other major upgrades and features include: Linux kernel bumped to version 3.2.6 in the 64-bit editions, it remains at version 3.1.8 in the 32-bit editions; KDE upgraded to 4.8.0 (64-bit KDE/LXDE edition); Trinity upgraded to 3.5.13-rc14 (32-bit KDE/LXDE edition); Xfce desktop in version 4.8.0; Firefox upgraded to version 10.0; Busybox is recompiled against new uClibc library patched for support for more than 256 loop devices.... See the release announcement for a full list of new features and links to detailed changelogs. Download: Porteus-v1.2-rc1-i486.iso (251MB), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc1-i486.iso (207MB), Porteus-v1.2-rc1-x86_64.iso (274MB), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc1-x86_64.iso (202MB). |
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| 2012-02-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2012_2_19 |
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Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2012_2_19, a new stable version of the project's utility live CD designed for data rescue and disk partitioning tasks: "Parted Magic 2012_2_19 updates some programs and fixes a few bugs. The most notable updates include Clonezilla 1.2.12-10, TrueCrypt 7.1, Firefox 10.0.1, and Linux 3.2.6. When Busybox was compiled for the last release dpkg and ar were mistakenly left out. When the last kernel was compiled, the bnep module was missed. Updated programs: TrueCrypt 7.1, wxGTK 2.8.12, Linux kernel 3.2.6, Clonezilla 1.2.12-10, PartClone 0.2.45, ddrescue 1.15, e2fsprogs 1.42, hdparm 9.38, pciutils 3.1.9, nilfs-utils 2.1.1, NTFS-3G 2012.1.15, pcmanfm-mod-1.2.4, UNetbootin 568, Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1. Visit the project's home page to read the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live CD image for your processor's architecture: pmagic_2012_2_19.iso (187MB), pmagic_2012_2_19_i486.iso (187MB), pmagic_2012_2_19_x86_64.iso (188MB). |
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| 2012-02-20 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 8.3-BETA1 |
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The legacy production branch of FreeBSD, version 8, is receiving one more update - to version 8.3. The first beta build is now ready for testing: "The first beta build of the 8.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, and pc98 architectures. Since the stable/8 branch is relatively mature we hope there will only be one BETA build for this release cycle. If testing does not turn up any show-stopper caliber problems the next test build will be RC1. If you notice problems you can report them through the normal Gnats PR system or here on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use csup/cvsup mechanisms to do a source-based update of an existing system the branch tag to use is 'RELENG_8'. If you would like to use SVN instead use 'stable/8'. Read the rest of the release announcement for more info and update instructions. Download: FreeBSD-8.3-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso (886MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-8.3-BETA1-amd64-dvd1.iso (1,003MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-02-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2012-02 "Phoenix Xfce" |
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PCLinuxOS "Phoenix", an edition of the distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment, has been updated to version 2012-02: "PCLinuxOS Phoenix Edition 2012-02 is now available for download. It features the following updates: Xfce 4.8.3 desktop environment; the Linux kernel was updated to version 2.6.38.8, additional kernels are available from our repositories; X.Org Server was updated to version 1.10.4, Mesa updated to 7.11.2 and libdrm to version 2.4.26 - this update brings enhancements to the PCLinuxOS desktop including speed, 3D desktop support for most Intel, NVIDIA and AMD/ATI video cards, better font rendering, black screen fixes for most NVIDIA cards, better Flash playback and more; Toolchain - the GCC software compiler was updated to version 4.5.2 and glibc updated to 2.13.4; locales were updated to version 2.13.1; theme update.... Here is the full release announcement. Download: pclinuxos-phoenix-2012-02.iso (675MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 4.3 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.3, a small, but extensible Linux distribution for the desktop: "Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.3. The major theme for Core 4.3 is self-contained mountable and unmountable application extensions. Change log: new scm-load for scm new extension type supports icon removals and menu updates for all supported window managers; new scm an 'ab' like command line tool to maintain scms, browser repository, list local, install, uninstall, add to boot, and remove from boot; new scmbrowser an FLTK GUI to manage your scm extensions; new scm-fetch.sh and scm-search new internally used support programs for scms; updated tce-setup to load/mount scm via scmboot.lst; updated Busybox with latest password patch.... The release announcement. Download: TinyCore-4.3.iso (11.9MB, MD5), CorePlus-4.3.iso (65.0MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 6.2 "Live" |
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Urs Beyerle has announced that, following the recent release of Scientific Linux 6.2, live images with the distribution are now also available: "Scientific Linux 6.2 live CD, live mini CD and live DVD are officially released. They are available for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and come with following desktop or window managers: live mini CD - IceWM, live CD - GNOME, live DVD - GNOME, KDE, IceWM. Changes since 6.1 Live: software based on Scientific Linux 6.2; kmod-ndiswrapper removed; system-config-printer added; gDisk added; Flash plugin installer by default. Software: Linux kernel 2.6.32, X.Org Server 1.7.7, IceWM 1.2.37, GNOME 2.28, Firefox 3.6.26, Thunderbird 3.1.18, OpenOffice.org 3.2.1, KDE 4.3.4. Read the complete release announcement for additional details. Quick links to download the live CD and DVD images: SL-62-i386-LiveCD.iso (695MB, SHA256), SL-62-i386-LiveDVD.iso (2,287MB, SHA256), SL-62-x86_64-LiveCD.iso (699MB, SHA256), SL-62-x86_64-LiveDVD.iso (2,327MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-02-17 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1 |
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Kim Leyendecker has announced the availability of the first milestone release on the way towards openSUSE 12.2: "With the release of milestone 1, the development of openSUSE 12.2 has started. Milestone 1 contains many minor updates, like a new Firefox version but also major things like new artwork and KDE 4.8. Our release manager, Stephan 'Coolo' Kulow said: 'There have been enough weeks without another release, so I started now with uploading milestone 1 of 12.2. The main purpose of this release is to find all the places that need to be changed from 12.1 to 12.2 - the branding already made a great start. Milestone 1 sure looks great - and different to 12.1 already at this early stage. Great work, artwork team.' The release announcement. Download (mirrors): openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0151-i686.iso (726MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0151-i686.iso (720MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0151-x86_64.iso (741MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0151-x86_64.iso (733MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Proxmox 2.0 RC1 "Virtual Environment" |
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Martin Maurer has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Proxmox 2.0 "Virtual Environment", a Debian-based distribution designed for running virtual appliances and virtual machines: "We just uploaded the first release candidate of Proxmox VE 2.0 (new ISO and also updated the repository). This version can be upgraded to upcoming 2.0 releases including the stable release without problems. It's also the first 2.0 release which is based on a stable kernel. New features: role based user and permission management for all objects (VMs, storages, nodes, etc.); support for multiple authentication sources, including Active Directory, LDAP, Linux PAM, Proxmox VE internal authentication; vzdump uses now LZO compression by default; countless bug fixes. Read the release announcement for more information and relevant links. Download: proxmox-ve_2.0-8d4f53a0-20.iso (365MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| February 2012 |
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At one point or another gamers can hit the wall when using other OS systems such as Linux and Mac, as Windows has always been renowned as the OS of choice for the gaming community. In a lot of cases this has changed somewhat over the last few years with the use of virtualization software that helps to bridge that gap, and it can be quite successful to a point. Of course, when you virtualize another OS you can lose some of the performance, than say running a game natively, and with slowdowns and bugs comes frustration. We have listed a few resources that we think are worth a mention for different types of gamers, both online multiplayer and single player, see what you think:
- World of Goo. This is a great puzzle game that will keep you busy for hours, there's also a free playable demo version.
- If you're an online poker enthusiast we can recommend you check out the pokerlistings.com Linux poker page, it has a list of poker apps that are compatible with your OS.
- For the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) crowds you could always take a look at Vendetta online, "thousands of people can play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe", sounds great!
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