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| 2012-02-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 1.6.4 |
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) 1.6.4, a Slackware-based server distribution, has been released: "Superb Mini Server version 1.6.4 released (Linux kernel 2.6.39.4). This minor release brings security updates to 2.6.39 kernels for CVE-2012-0056 local root exploit, where a local user could gain root privileges by modifying process memory, and for various packages such as OpenSSL, Samba, Apache server, PHP. This is the last release with GCC 4.5.3 as we will follow Slackware 'Current' with GCC 4.6.2 and 3.2.x kernels. The 3.2.5 kernels built with GCC 4.5.3 are available from the SMS kernel repository if anyone wants an early upgrade. Also Eric Hameleer's OpenJDK packages adopted, replacing JDK and JRE packages. The SMS live CD now issues default passwords at login prompt to help the lazy ones, and comes with kernel 3.2.5, just for the fun of it. Read the rest of the release announcement which includes a changelog. Download the live or installation CD image: SMS.Live.CD-1.6.4.iso (422MB, MD5), SMS.Native.CD-1.6.4-Install.iso (698MB, MD5), SMS64.Live.CD-1.6.4.iso (439MB, MD5), SMS64.Native.CD-1.6.4-Install.iso (656MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 11.2 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 11.2, a Debian-based, browser-only live CD designed for Internet kiosks: "11.0 was a great and popular release. Thank you! 11.2 builds on that with: Firefox 10; Linux kernel 3.2 with TCP proportional rate reduction; removal of confusing tab groups from Firefox, making things simpler; stop accidental downloads of unknown mimetypes, therefore saving precious bandwidth; for developers - build upgraded to live build a42 from Debian Live and source has moved to Github; 10 second retry on net error for cases where network isn't quite ready; more (non-free) wireless firmware - realtek, libertas, brcm80211 and atheros, which means your wireless kiosk will almost certainly work. Here are the full release notes with notes on upgrading and future plans. Download the live CD image from here: webc-11.2.iso (257MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 8 |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 8, a modern Gentoo-based distribution with a choice of GNOME 3, KDE 4 and Xfce desktops: "Busier than busy bees, we're once again here to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon 8 in all of its tier-1 flavours. If you really enjoyed Sabayon 7, this is just another step towards world domination. There you have it, shining at full bright, for your home computer, your laptop and your home servers. Linux kernel 3.2, GNOME 3.2.2, KDE 4.7.4 (4.8.0 available in the testing repository), Xfce 4.8, LibreOffice 3.4.4 are just some of the things you will find inside the box. Read the full release announcement for more details and relevant links. Download: Sabayon_Linux_8_x86_K.iso (2,269MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_8_x86_G.iso (1,778MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_8_x86_Xfce.iso (1,438MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_8_amd64_K.iso (2,450MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_8_amd64_G.iso (1,969MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_8_amd64_Xfce.iso (1,631MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Snowlinux 2 RC |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 2, a desktop distribution based on Debian's stable branch and featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2, code name 'Ice'. New features: improved installer (keyboard variants, UUID in fstab; firewall; apturl; terminal colors; open as administrator; open in terminal; OpenJDK 6 Java; updated software and packages; better software selection; improved speed and response; new look and feel; system improvements. System requirements: x86 CPU; 256 MB memory; 2 GB free disk space; graphics card capable of 800×600 pixel resolution; CD-ROM drive or USB port. We are looking forward to your comment on this release candidate. Thank you for using Snowlinux and enjoy this new release. Here is the short release announcement with a screenshot. Download (SHA256) the installable live DVD images from here: snowlinux-2-ice-i386-rc.iso (698MB), snowlinux-2-ice-amd64-rc.iso (702MB). |
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| 2012-02-06 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 442 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Reviews: I dream of Linux - Dreamlinux 5
- News: Red Hat introduces 10-year support, Texstar takes leave of absence, Mint banks on Cinnamon
- Questions and answers: Revisiting Ubuntu market share numbers
- Released last week: Linux Mint 12 "KDE", PCLinuxOS 2012.2, DEFT Linux 7
- Upcoming releases: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.02, Frugalware Linux 1.6, openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1
- Donations: GnuPG receives €260.00
- New distributions: Brasa OS, Byzantium Linux, Illumian, Linux Ogigia, RebeccaBlackOS, SolusOS, Stella
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2012-02-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Netrunner 4.1 |
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Clemens Toennies has announced the release of Netrunner 4.1, the latest update of the project's Kubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the KDE 4.7.4 desktop - now also available in a 64-bit variant: "Accompanying the release of Netrunner 64-bit edition, we today release version 4.1 for 32-bit systems with the following changes compared to 4.0: switched to hybrid ISO images; Linux kernel 3.0, KDE 4.7.4 (latest stable); Muon 1.2.95; kde-gtk-config module for easy GTK+ 2/3 configuration under KDE; several bug fixes, including system freezes during automatic update. Since 4.0 had a critical bug related to the automatic package updating, we suggest that users of 4.0 manually upgrade to 4.1. Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the installable live DVD images from here: netrunner4.1-32bit.iso (1,088MB, torrent), netrunner4.1-64bit.iso (1,264MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KahelOS 020212 |
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Meric Mara has announced the release of KahelOS 020212, a desktop Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 3 desktop and based on Arch Linux: "Following the release of KahelOS 111111 last November is today's launch of KahelOS 020212. KahelOS 020212 improves on what the earlier installer can offer. It caters to advance Linux users who wish to have the freedom in the first step of installing an operating system, i.e. a manual partitioning system which also has the ability to resize (stretch and shrink) both NTFS and Linux partitions. Graphically, this enhanced installer is still GUI-friendly plus the automatic 'dual boot with Windows' option is an added feature for those who are technology neutral. Fresh features: updated Bluefish to 2.2.1, Dia to 0.97.2, Evolution to 3.2.3, Filezilla to 3.5.3.... Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download the installable live DVD image from SourceForge: KahelOS-LiveDVDdesktop-020212-i686.iso (2,868MB). |
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| 2012-02-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" |
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Cyrille Pontvieux has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live CD featuring the latest Xfce desktop: "The Live team is proud to present the final release of Salix OS Live Xfce 13.37. After some months developing, testing and improving a lot of little details, this version is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants. It will serve as a base for all other editions of Salix Live, namely KDE, LXDE and Fluxbox. This version is build using SaLT (Salix Live Technology), a new system of live tools for Slackware-based distributions, developed in-house, to build live CDs in a more dynamic fashion with very little modifications from the host system. This includes the same applications and packages as the regular Salix OS Xfce 13.37. Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (MD5): salixlive-xfce-13.37-32.iso (661MB, torrent), salixlive-xfce-13.37-64.iso (689MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 12 "KDE" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 12 "KDE" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 KDE. Linux Mint 12 KDE comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. This edition comes with the latest and recently released KDE 4.7.4. This is the first release of Linux Mint using Hybrid ISO images. Traditionally, tools such as 'Startup Disk Creator' or 'UNetbootin' were needed to install Linux Mint via USB. With hybrid images, you can simply use the 'dd' command or a graphical front-end to make a bootable USB stick with no efforts which acts exactly like a live DVD. Consult the release announcement and the what's new page for more information and system requirements. Download: linuxmint-12-kde-dvd-32bit.iso (1,111MB, SHA256, torrent), (1,139MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2012.2 |
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Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2012.02, the latest stable update of the project's mainstream distribution. There are no major new features as the Linux kernel remains at version 2.6.38.8 and the KDE desktop at 4.6.5. From the release announcement: "PCLinuxOS KDE and KDE-MiniME 2012.02 are now available for download. These are 32-bit quarterly update ISO images which can also be installed on 64-bit computers. Features: Linux kernel 2.6.38.8bfs kernel for maximum desktop performance; full KDE 4.6.5 desktop; NVIDIA and ATI fglrx drivers support; multimedia playback support for many popular formats; wireless support for many network devices; printer support for many local and networked printer devices; Addlocale allows you to convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages.... See also the download page for a list of main applications and system requirements. Get the live CD images from here: pclinuxos-kde-2012.02.iso (689MB, MD5), pclinuxos-kde-minime-2012.02.iso (439MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-02-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 |
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Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 12.04, code name "Precise Pangolin": "Welcome to Precise Pangolin Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 12.04. Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the Precise development cycle. This is the first Ubuntu milestone release to include images for the armhf architecture, for the ARM CPUs using the hard-float ABI. New packages showing up for the first time include Linux Kernel 3.2.2, Upstart 1.4, Unity 5.0, LibreOffice 3.5 beta 2. See the release announcement and read the detailed release notes for a more complete picture of what's new in this release. Download (SHA256): precise-desktop-i386.iso (714MB, torrent), precise-desktop-amd64.iso (712MB, torrent). Also released today were 12.04 alpha 2 images for Kubuntu (download), Xubuntu, (download, announcement), Lubuntu, (download), Edubuntu (download) and Mythbuntu (download). |
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| 2012-02-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 0.10.1 |
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Tails 0.10.1, an updated version of the Debian-based live CD designed for anonymous Internet surfing, has been released: "The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails), version 0.10.1, is out. This is a bug-fix release mainly aimed at fixing serious bugs and security issues. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. Notable user-visible changes include: make Startpage the default web search engine, Scroogle does not look reliable enough these days; upgrade WhisperBack to 1.5.1 (update link to bug reporting documentation); update MAT to 0.2.2 (fixes a critical bug in the GUI); upgrade Linux kernel to 3.2.1; time synchronization - serious rework that should fix most, if not all, of the infamous time-sync bugs some Tails users have experienced recently; make htpdate more resilient by using three server pools, and allowing some failure ratio...." See the release announcement for a full changelog. Download: tails-i386-0.10.1.iso (620MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-02-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.11 Core 56 |
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Michael Tremer has announced the release of IPFire 2.11 Core 56, a new stable release of the project's specialist distribution for firewalls: "Today, we are releasing Core Update 56 for IPFire 2.11. It is a minor bug-fix and security update. The most exciting new feature can be found in the pre-installed images that automatically scale up the partitions at first boot. If you use a 8 GB SD card, you install the 2 GB image and it will grow the partition sizes to use all space that is available on that SD card. Note: The minimum required size of Flash media has changed from 1 GB to 2 GB. This is because the / partition was too small for installing bigger add-ons. An update of OpenSSL to version 0.9.8t fixes a security flaw that could be exploited in a denial of service attack." Continue to the release announcement for a list of bug fixes. Download (SHA1): ipfire-2.11.i586-full-core56.iso (73.2MB, torrent). |
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| January 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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