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| 2008-05-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.04 |
| Ubuntu Muslim Edition (UbuntuME) 8.04, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring Islamic software, a Quran study tool and a web content filtering utility, has been released: "The Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is proud to announce the final version of UbuntuME 8.04. It includes an installable live desktop CD, a second CD with additional software (OpenOffice.org, Arabic language packs, Quran recitations, etc.), an installable DVD (with more Quran recitations), and a script to convert standard Ubuntu installations to UbuntuME. Highlights: WebStrict (parental control tool) enabled by default; Zekr 0.7.0 (Quran study tool) installed and configured to play Quran recitations; Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on installed; Monajat (display Islamic prayers); Thwab (encyclopedia); UbuntuME artworks: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers, theme etc." See the complete release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): ubuntuME-8.04-desktop-i386-dvd.iso (3,445MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-05-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: rPath Linux 2.0 |
| Michael K. Johnson has announced the release of rPath Linux 2.0, a highly customisable appliance operating system featuring the Conary package management utility: "rPath is pleased to announce that rPath Linux 2 is now available and recommended for general use as an appliance platform. What's new? rPath Linux 2 is the next step in the evolution of the rPath Linux platform. In addition to a technology refresh (new versions of included packages), rPath Linux 2 is better tuned as a platform to show off your work. Just enough OS - rPath Linux 2 is smaller than rPath Linux 1. Boot splash branding - rPath Linux 2 implements a graphical boot process which is easy to customize to look the way you want. Additional security mechanisms: - several additional runtime security measures have been added to most packages. More robust system boot - the syslinux bootloader is now the default bootloader....." Read the complete release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): rpath-2.0-x86-dvd1.iso (837MB), rpath-2.0-x86_64-dvd1.iso (896MB). |
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| 2008-05-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MEPIS antiX 7.2 |
| MEPIS has announced the release of MEPIS antiX 7.2, a lightweight, community variant of MEPIS Linux designed for older computers: "MEPIS has announced the release of antiX 7.2, 'Vetëvendosje.' Built using the MEPIS Linux 7.0 core including the MEPIS 2.6.22 kernel and utilities, along with selected additions from Debian Lenny, this lightweight operating system is especially appropriate for older hardware and users who like a very fast functional system. Pre-configured window managers Fluxbox and IceWM, as well as Conky and ROX Desktop, come ready to use. The search tool Catfish and the video player gxine have been added. New features based on community contributions include revised customized menus for better usability, a detailed set of FAQs for the new user, original wallpapers, and scripts for easy configuration of user and system files." Read the release announcement and check out the list of installed application for further details. Download: antiX-M7.2.iso (359MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Sabayon Linux 3.5 Beta 3 |
| Fabio Erculiani has announced the third beta release of Sabayon Linux 3.5: "Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 3.5 Loop 3 (beta release). Distribution features and changes since beta 2: boot time takes from 15 to 25 seconds less, thanks to Gentoo OpenRC and Baselayout-2, combined with our boot optimizations; improved VirtualBox support; Entropy binary package management infrastructure 0.14.16.1; online repository browser at 7,000 packages per architecture; installer updates - added the long discussed custom packages selector; Eee PC install mode with many bug fixes; Linux kernel 2.6.25.2 featuring improved wireless and laptop support, ext4, Unionfs 2.3.3 and Aufs file system support; X.Org 7.3 featuring NVIDIA 173.08 and AMD/ATI 8.476; enhanced desktop featuring Compiz 0.7.4 and Fusion icon to enable and disable 3D effects on the fly...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: Sabayon-Linux-x86-3.5_Loop3-r1.iso (3,984MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon-Linux-x86_64-3.5_Loop3-r1.iso (4,239MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-05-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2008.1 |
| Bernhard Rosenkraenzer has announced the release of Ark Linux 2008.1, an easy-to-use desktop Linux distribution with KDE and a selection of highly up-to-date applications: "The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2008.1, a new version of its easy-to-use, easy-to-learn operating system. Contrary to our original plan for this release, we have decided to make one more release based on KDE 3.x, to provide a stable state-of-art system that fixes all known problems with earlier versions before the big move to KDE 4.x. Major changes from the last release include updates to KDE 3.5.9, kernel 2.6.25.3, glibc 2.8 and wine 1.0-rc1, building everything with GCC 4.3 for improved performance, greatly extended hardware support, and the addition of Gnash, a free player for Flash animations." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live or installation CD image from here: arklinux-2008.1.iso (694MB), arklinux-live-2008.1.iso (601MB). |
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| 2008-05-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Litrix Linux 8.5 RC1 |
| Litrix Linux is a Gentoo-based desktop Linux live DVD featuring a graphical configuration utility, and a choice between a KDE 3.5 and a GNOME 2.22 desktop. The first release candidate for version 8.5 was released a few days ago: "Litrix Linux 8.5 Release candidate 1. The most important release of the year comes with many changes since the Litrix 7 series. Litrix Linux uses the latest packages from Gentoo's official repository; if you have any difficulties with the system, you can consult the Gentoo documentation as Litrix Linux is 100% compatible with Gentoo. The main features of this release: KDE 3.5.9, Firefox 2.0.0.14, GNOME 2.22.0 as an alternative desktop, win32codecs, WINE 0.9.61. In this version the NVIDIA driver is removed, but you can download both the NVIDIA and ATI driver from their official web sites." Visit the project's news page to read the brief release announcement. Download: litrix-8.5.iso (1,221MB). |
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| 2008-05-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Endian Firewall 2.2 RC1 |
| Raphael Vallazza has announced the first release candidate for Endian Firewall 2.2 "Community" edition, a firewall appliance based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: "The Endian team is glad to announce a new beta release of the Endian Firewall Community, with many bug fixes and enhancements. Highlights: enhanced management of WAN/RED connections (support for multiple uplinks, multiple IPs and networks on each WAN/RED interface in STATIC mode, uplink monitoring with automatic failover); Port forwarding (multiple uplink support, allowing different rules per uplink, port forwarding of traffic coming from VPN end points, option for rule-based logging); system access (external access has now been enhanced and renamed to system access, fine-grained management of permissions regarding access to the system from LAN, WAN, DMZ and VPN end points)...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: EFW-COMMUNITY-2.2-rc1-200805131128.iso (118MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-05-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 Pre 1 |
| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first preview release of Frugalware Linux 0.9: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 0.9 stable release. Changes since 0.8: the network configuration utility now lists card details next to interface names, the USB installer is now a plain image; improved security and general user support; more than 150 other minor features; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.25 + security fixes, GCC 4.3.0, GNOME 2.22, more than 900 other package updates; new packages - about 40 new Java libraries, several new Drupal modules, many new oOctave modules, more than 150 other new packages." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.9pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,265MB, MD5, torrent). |
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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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