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| 2008-05-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 9 |
| Fedora 9 has been released: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 9, the latest version of its open source operating system distribution. Highlights: PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution; GNOME 2.22; KDE desktop 4.0.3 featuring upgrades to core components such as the port to Qt 4; NetworkManager improvements; Firefox 3 Beta 5; SELinux confined web browser; OpenJDK6, the release of Sun Java SDK under a free and open source license; X.Org updates; consolidated dictionary support; Bluetooth enhancements; persistent live USB support; Upstart init daemon; ext4 file system support...." See the formal press release and read the comprehensive release notes for more information. Download the installable live CD images from here: Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-x86_64-Live.iso (693MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (695MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2008-05-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 RC1 |
| Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project that provides instruction for extending a Linux From Scratch (LFS) installation into a full desktop or server distribution. The first release candidate for version 6.3 has been released: "BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for almost 500 packages (many more than that if you want to count each individual package in the auto-tooled X Window instructions). Some of the new packages introduced in this version are: Dash, ksh, D-Bus bindings, Wireshark, rxvt-unicode, Gutenprint, Pidgin, GnuTLS (and many of its dependencies), Qt version 4.x, GnuPG version 2.x, and Amarok. Major updates include GNOME 2.18.3 (with several new GNOME packages), KDE 3.5.9, Firefox 2.x, Thunderbird 2.x, and most (if not all) of the mainline server packages." Here are the full release notes. The 1,190-page BLFS 6.3-rc1 book is available for online viewing (HTML format) or direct download (PDF format). |
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| 2008-05-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 5.0 Beta 1 |
| Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the first development release of Linux Mint 5.0, code name "Elyssa" and based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.04: "After many sleepless nights and a lot of work, I am delighted to announce that the first release candidate for Linux Mint 5 'Elyssa' was released and that it is now available for download." What's new? A long list of miscellaneous improvements to mintMenu, mintUpdate and mintInstall; various feature enhancements on the GNOME desktop, performance improvements through reduced memory usage; improved look and feel; more available software; changes in default software selection (Transmission, Rhythmbox, Brasero...); upstream improvements. See the release announcement and read the detailed release notes for further information. Download: LinuxMint-5-BETA-032.iso (674MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-11 |
NEW • Development Releases: FreeNAS 0.686.4 Beta and 0.69 Beta |
| Volker Theile has announced two new releases of FreeNAS (a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free NAS services), a beta 0.686.4 (a minor update) and a beta 0.69 (major update). From the changelog of the latter: "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.3; WOL kernel patch removed because there is currently no patch available for this version; add msk (Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet) network driver; dd 'lagg' link aggregation and link failover interface support; switch back to SCHED_4BSD scheduler; add generic web server service; complete review and typo fixes in source code; upgrade rsync to 3.0.2, lighttpd to 1.4.19, NTFS-3G to 1.2412, e2fsprogs to 1.40.9, PHP to 5.2.6; use SAJAX to update misc WebGUI pages every 5 seconds to display current states; add ability to Webserver WebGUI to configure URL's requiring authentication...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.4.3281.iso (47.7MB), FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.69.3281.iso (48.1MB). |
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| 2008-05-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: paldo GNU/Linux 1.14 |
| Jürg Billeter has announced the release of paldo GNU/Linux 1.14, an independently developed, hybrid source/binary distribution with a custom package management tool: "We are pleased to announce the release of paldo GNU/Linux 1.14 with many bug fixes and updates. During this development cycle we integrated some major changes. One of the bigger moves was the update to GNOME 2.22, which brought many new features, such as better support for network file systems, a polished Evolution, and some window compositing eye-candy. Another nice improvement is the addition of OpenOffice.org 2.4. The kernel has been updated to version 2.6.24 to support the latest technologies and drivers. Further enhancements to point out: Pidgin 2.4.1, MonoDevelop 1.0, AbiWord 2.6.0, Anjuta 2.4.1." Visit the project's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: paldo-live-cd-x86-stable.iso (661MB, MD5), paldo-live-cd-x86_64-stable.iso (689MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2.2 |
| Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2.2, a specialist live CD distribution designed to facilitate hard disk management tasks: "This is another update / bug-fix in the 2.0 series. I dropped VisParted because strong development is coming from the GParted camp once again. Recent updated to PCManFM have made some new things possible on the desktop and improved the look and feel. All mountable partitions and CD-ROMs are fully supported from the desktop now, so it's never been easier to access files from Parted Magic. You will find most of the bad bugs and annoyances from 2.1 have been fixed." Visit the project's news page and check out the latest changelog for more information about Parted Magic 2.2. Download: pmagic-2.2.iso (44.9MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-05 |
NEW • Development Release: GoblinX 2.7 Beta 1 |
| Flavio Pereira de Oliveira has announced the availability of the first beta release of GoblinX 2.7, a Slackware-based live CD: "GoblinX 2.7 beta 1 is released. GoblinX Standard is the original edition, first released in October 2004. It includes five windows managers: KDE, Fluxbox, Xfce, Enlightenment and WindowMaker. Main upgrades since the last release: upgraded kernel (2.6.24.3), Aufs, Squashfs and linux-live; upgraded all GNOME libraries and applications; upgraded several more libraries and packages; upgraded KDE (3.5.9); upgraded Magic Center and Media Manager; added gosfiles to be read by our interfaces; added webmount features allowing anyone to use modules without downloading them; changes are restored and saved by default if device allows rewrite; changes can be saved to a FAT32 file system...." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement. Download: GoblinX-2.7.beta1.iso (293MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenSolaris 2008.05 |
| Here it is: the first stable release from Project Indiana, OpenSolaris 2008.05: "From dorm room to boardroom. OpenSolaris has everything you need to take your brilliant idea, build a prototype, test it, deploy it, and run it on production servers -- out of a loft, or across your enterprise. And when your application goes viral, you won't have to throw hardware at the problem, or switch to a different OS. OpenSolaris is industrial strength and built to scale from the get go. The live CD makes it simple to boot to a fully functional desktop environment, including Firefox and Thunderbird. Try it without fear -- our instant rollback feature works like a giant undo button, so your system is always protected, and you'll never lose work. And, you can load OpenSolaris 2008.05 easily in a variety of virtualization technologies including the open source VirtualBox hypervisor." Visit the newly revamped OpenSolaris web site to learn more about Solaris on the desktop. Download: os200805.iso (686MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-05-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.00 |
| Barry Kauler has announced the final release of Puppy Linux 4.00, a major updated of the minimalist desktop distribution: "Finally it has happened! The last 'official' release of Puppy was version 3.01, released October 15, 2007. Version 4.00 is happening 6 months later, which is an incredibly long time considering the previous frenetic schedule of releases. A summary of milestones: 4.00 has been totally compiled from source, using the T2-project; GTK+ 1.x and Tcl/Tk abandoned; exciting new GTK+ 2.x applications; scanner support and digital camera support are now built-in to the 'standard' live CD; theming of GTK+, JWM window manager and desktop background has been totally revised; numerous hardware-related and system-related improvements...." Read the rest of the detailed release notes for further information. Download: puppy-4.00-k2.6.21.7-seamonkey.iso (87.1MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 1.7.2 (Unstable) |
| An updated development build of Elive, a Debian-based distribution featuring the latest Enlightenment window manager, is out and ready for testing: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.7.2 This release contains support for b43 WiFi cards, a trayer, and a lot more things. Details: this is the preliminary version of improved menus, they are better organized now, with more sections, and they should show any application that the user installs; b43 wireless cards (bcm43xx) are better supported, with a configuration wizard that asks whether to use NDISwrapper or a native Linux driver; Enlightenment 17 updated and configuration improved; more virtual desktops are included by default; the segfault bug in the pager is fixed; Tray - first implementation of a trayer in Elive; the Elive User Guide is updated (and translated to German); terminal and Vim have improved functionality and looks." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: elive_1.7.2_unstable.iso (662MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 |
| Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture, has been released: "Bluewhite64 Linux has reached version 12.1. Many changes, upgrades, new feature additions and improvements have been done since version 12.0. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup, a network capable (FTP and HTTP, not only NFS) installer, and two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.2 and KDE 3.5.9. We have added support for HAL (the hardware Abstraction Layer) which allows the system administrator to add users to the 'cdrom' and 'plugdev' groups." Read the full release announcement for more information. Download: bluewhite64-12.1-install-dvd.iso (4,112MB, MD5). The official Bluewhite64 DVD is also available for purchase (€19.95). |
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