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| 2008-08-04 |
Distribution Release: CCux Linux 0.9.9 |
| Christian Metzen has announced the release of CCux Linux 0.9.9, an independently developed desktop distribution using the RPM package management system: "After two years without a new version, we are proud to announce the availability of CCux Linux 0.9.9. From now on CCux Linux is delivered as a DVD medium. Many new features have been implemented, the installer and installation system have been totally re-worked. We think this should be the best release ever. Some highlights: KDE 4.1.0; GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox directly available for selection as a desktop environment via the installer; kernel 2.6.26; OpenOffice.org; VDR integration. There are many more things, but convince yourself!" Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation DVD image from here: ccux-linux-0.9.9.iso (3,941MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-04-20 |
Distribution Release: CCux Linux 0.9.8 |
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| The CCux project has announced the first stable release of its desktop-oriented, i686-optimised Linux distribution: "We are proud to announce the new CCux Linux release. Some highlights of this release: kernel 2.6.16; KDE 3.5.2; RPM 4.4.2 and 'smart' package manager; Firefox 1.5.0.2 and Thunderbird 1.5; many installer bug fixes (uses QTParted now). We now finally use 'smart' as the package manager, even for the installation, all old usage of apt is gone! We really hope you like this new release and give it a try." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download: ccux-linux-0.9.8.iso (698MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-05-09 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.7.1 (Alpha) |
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| CCux Linux has been upgraded to version 0.9.7.1 "We are happy to announce the newest CCux Linux Alpha release. This is mainly a bugfix release, with the excellent help from our users, we were able to track down many bugs since the last release. But there have been many enhancements in the boot process for the Installation CD, too. New boot codes have been added to make it even more comfortable for you to install. Take a look here to read more about these. As usual, there have been some version updates and additions in our repository, like kernel version 2.6.11.8. We hope you like this release and wish to thank all users that were supporting us." Here is the full release announcement. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.7.1.iso (695MB). |
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| 2005-04-30 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.7 (Alpha) |
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| A new alpha release of CCux Linux is out: "We are proud to announce the new CCux Linux release. After much work we have done in the past few weeks, many bugs were removed and new feature wishes fulfilled. But the biggest installer enhancement is the full SATA and SCSI support, we hope this will make it more interesting to new users. The completely rebuild Install CD now features a rescue mode. With this you are able to repair your system or to backup it to another machine on your network. One more enhancement is that after the redesign, more packages are located on the CD than ever before. Some highlights of this release: Kernel 2.6.11.7, X.Org 6.8.2, KDE 3.4.0, RPM 4.4, GIMP 2.2.6, Firefox 1.0.3, Thunderbird 1.0.2...." The release announcement. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.7.iso (695MB). |
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| 2005-01-30 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.6 (Alpha) |
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| This is a bugfix release of CCux a Linux, a distribution designed for new Linux users: "Today we released the newest CCux Linux version which is available on our mirror servers right now. This is mainly a bugfix release to fix some minor bugs the last version of the CCux Linux installation had. But this version has some nice new features too. Supermount no longer handles the device mounting automatically; in fact, this is now handled by dbus 0.23, hal 0.4.7 and ivman 0.5. This combination works much better when mounting CD/DVD drives, USB Sticks, cameras, and other devices." Read the release announcement for further details. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.6.iso (694MB).
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| 2005-01-25 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.5 (Alpha) |
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| A new alpha version of CCux Linux is out: "Today we released the newest CCux Linux version. This release provides kernel 2.6.10 (including ipw2100 & ipw2200, supermount, bootsplash, wlan-ng, acerhk and some more performance patches ), NVIDIA 1.0.6629, X.Org 6.8.1, KDE 3.3.2, Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0, only to mention some of the new or upgraded packages. Many bugs, especially in the CCux Linux installer, have been fixed. Many new packages have been added to our new package database that you can find on our site. As usual, NPTL and all the well-known features are still there." The release announcement. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.5.iso (694MB). CCux Linux is an attempt to build a beginner-friendly Linux distribution optimised for modern processors.
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| 2004-10-14 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.4 (Alpha) |
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| A new development version of CCux Linux, a desktop distribution designed for non-technical users, has been released: "We are proud to announce our newest release today. Features: full localization support, you can now even select the language and keyboard layout with which you want to use your system; XFS file system now selectable for the installation; some smaller bug fixes and feature additions that reached us via Bugtracker; changed the bootscript language to English; cleaned up the configuration files for easier management; udev and hotplug updates to support more hardware automatically; kernel 2.6.8.1 update - added some hardware drivers like 1GB LAN; OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 is now available; many other package updates and fixes." Read the rest of the announcement here. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.4.iso (642MB).
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| 2004-09-19 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.3.2 |
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| Due to an incomplete upload of the earlier version to mirrors, the developers of CCux Linux have released a new minor update - CCux Linux version 0.9.3.2. Changes: "CCux Linux installer now supports the ReiserFS file system for installation; some new packages including kbarcode and foobilliard; existing packages got updated (like K3B 0.11.16)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The ISO image can be downloaded from here: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.3.2.iso (649MB). CCux Linux is a new RPM-based desktop Linux distribution optimised for speed.
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| 2004-09-17 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.3.1 |
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| This is a new alpha release of CCux Linux, a new RPM-based desktop Linux distribution optimised for speed: "We are proud to announce the newest release of CCux Linux today. Main changes for this version: CCux Linux Installer - multilanguage (German, English), fixed some bugs (framebuffer problems, mount point configuration), easier selection of all or none packages in one category; kernel now supports more mainboard chipsets and mostly all WLAN cards by integrating ipw2100 (Centrino), madwifi and wlan-ng patches; updated many packages to newest versions; bug fixes for existing packages that were reported...." Read the rest of the release announcement. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.3.1.iso (647MB).
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| 2004-09-02 |
Development Release: CCux Linux 0.9.2 |
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| CCux Linux is a new desktop Linux distribution built from scratch. Currently in early development, CCux Linux is optimised for the i686 architecture and features a simple graphical installer. An alpha release has been made available for public download and testing - version 0.9.2 includes the latest kernel 2.6.8.1 and KDE 3.3, and compared to the project's previous release, it has seen many bug fixes and improvements in the installer. The announcement, as well as the distribution's web site are in German only. Download: ccux-linux-alpha-0.9.2.iso (646MB).
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| September 2009 |
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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 a 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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