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| 2009-11-17 |
Development Release: Chakra Alpha 4 |
| Phil Miller has announced the availability of the fourth alpha release of Chakra, a desktop distribution and live CD with KDE 4 based on Arch Linux: "Today we are pleased to announce the release of alpha 4, named 'NewAge', of our very own Chakra live media. A lot has changed since alpha 3. We have a new KDE 4 theme; Tribe can install custom mount points, and we did a ton of fixes. KDEmod got updated to version 4.3.3. Chakra hardware detection got stripped down to fit X.Org Server 1.7.1.901 package, so only NVIDIA drivers are the supported proprietary drivers for now. Most noticeable changes and additions since alpha 3: Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 with fglrx patch; Chakra tools updated (aqpm, shaman, chase); ATI Catalyst support temporarily dropped...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: chakra-minimal-i686-091116-alpha4.iso (674MB, MD5), chakra-minimal-x86_64-091116-alpha4.iso (687MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-10-31 |
Development Release: Chakra Crush |
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| Phil Miller has announced the availability of a new development build of Chakra, an Arch Linux-based distribution and live CD with the latest KDE and a graphical system installer: "Today we are pleased to announce a development release named 'Crush' of our very own Chakra live media. It comes only as minimal edition this time due to minimal changes. I added our Chakra Tools from Git to test them out on the live media. It's a hybrid ISO as usual. Most noticeable changes and additions since 'Fuzzy': Linux kernel 2.6.31.5 + fglrx patch, updated KDE 4.3.2 packages, updated Tribe, Catalyst 9.10 + utilities, updated NVIDIA 190.x drivers, vesa mode test option." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information, minimum requirements and download links. The CD images are available from here: chakra-minimal-i686-crush.iso (660MB, MD5), chakra-minimal-x86_64-crush.iso (684MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-10-22 |
Development Release: Chakra Fuzzy |
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| Phil Miller has released a new development build of Chakra, an Arch-based desktop-oriented Linux distribution and live CD/DVD with KDE 4 and a graphical system installer: "Today we are pleased to announce the release of a development release named Fuzzy of our very own Chakra live media. It comes in two flavours, DVD and minimal, which contain a big amount of fixed bugs and polishing done all over the place. There is also a slew of new features like an improved hardware detection, an auto-updater called 'chase', updated Shaman and brand new hybrid images. Most noticeable changes and additions since Alpha 3: Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 + fglrx patch, KDE 4.3.2, updated Tribe, American locales fixed...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: chakra-minimal-i686.iso (668MB, MD5), chakra-dvd-i686.iso (1,385MB, MD5), chakra-minimal-x86_64.iso (684MB, MD5), chakra-dvd-x86_64.iso (1,413MB, MD5). |
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| 2009-09-30 |
Development Release: Chakra Alpha 3 |
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| Phil Miller has announced the availability of the third alpha build of the inaugural release of Chakra, a user-friendly distribution and live CD based on Arch Linux: "Today we are pleased to announce the release of Alpha 3 (Test) of the Chakra live CD. It contains a big amount of fixed bugs and polishing, which has been done all over the place. There is also a slew of new features like improved hardware detection, an auto-updater called 'chase', updated 'shaman', and a brand new USB image to allow installation without wasting a CD. Most noticeable changes and additions since Alpha 2: KDE 4.3.1 + extra applications and components; Linux kernel 2.6.30.6 including the fglrx patch; K3b 2.0 preview; Kaffeine 1.0 preview; printing support; updated theme; improved X.Org setup...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (MD5): chakra-minimal-i686-alpha3.iso (680MB), chakra-minimal-x86_64-alpha3.iso (697MB). |
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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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