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| 2009-09-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.6 |
| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX 2.6, a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targetted at experienced Linux users: "CRUX 2.6 has been released. Release notes: includes glibc 2.10.1, GCC 4.4.1 and Binutils 2.19.1, Linux kernel 2.6.30.5 and X.Org 7.4; XZ/LZMA support has been added to libarchive, it's possible to use .xz and .lzma source-archives in our ports now; libusb has been updated to version 1.0, to keep compatibility to version 0.1 a new port libusb-compat has been added to core; libblkid, blkid, findfs, fsck, libuuid, uuidd and uuidgen are now provided by util-linux-ng instead of e2fsprogs; using modprobe.conf to configure modprobe is deprecated, use *.conf files in modprobe.d instead; rdate has been replaced by openrdate; lvm2 is now available during install." See the release announcement and release notes for additional technical details. Download (MD5): crux-2.6.iso (264MB). |
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| 2009-08-21 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.6 RC1 |
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| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the availability of the first release candidate for CRUX 2.6, a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users: "The first release candidate of the upcoming CRUX 2.6 release is available now. CRUX 2.6 includes glibc 2.10.1, GCC 4.4.1, Binutils 2.19.1, Linux kernel 2.6.30.x and X.Org 7.4. Important changes: XZ/LZMA support has been added to libarchive, it's possible to use .xz and .lzma source-archives in our ports now; libusb has been updated to version 1.0, to keep compatibility with version 0.1 a new port libusb-compat has been added to core; using the file modprobe.conf to configure modprobe is deprecated, use *.conf files in /etc/modprobe.d/ instead; LVM is now available during install." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download the installation CD image from here: crux-2.6-rc1.iso (264MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.5 |
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| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX 2.5, a minimalist, i686-optimised Linux distribution for advanced users: "Twelve months after the last release, today we published CRUX 2.5. Release notes: includes glibc 2.8, GCC 4.3.2, Binutils 2.19, Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and X.Org 7.4; glibc does not contain all possible locales any more; the runtime linker configuration has been greatly simplified by adding a configuration directory /etc/ld.so.conf.d; GCC depends on libgmp and libmpfr now, both have been added to core; a new port inetutils replaces inetd, netkit-ftp and netkit-telnet; hotplug has been removed because it wasn't in use since a long time; libpcre has been added to core; slocate has been replaced by mlocate; cdrtools has been replaced by cdrkit." See the release announcement, release notes and handbook for more information. Download: crux-2.5.iso (258MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-30 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.5 RC1 |
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| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the availability of the first release candidate for CRUX 2.5, a minimalist, i686-optimised Linux distribution built for power users: "The first release candidate for the upcoming CRUX 2.5 release is available now. Release notes: includes glibc 2.8, GCC 4.3.2 and Binutils 2.19; Linux kernel 2.6.27.x; ships with X.Org 7.4; glibc does not contain all possible locales any more, see handbook; the runtime linker configuration has been greatly simplified by adding a configuration directory /etc/ld.so.conf.d; GCC depends on libgmp and libmpfr now, both have been added to core; a new port inetutils replaces inetd, netkit-ftp and netkit-telnet; hotplug has been removed because it wasn't in use since a long time; libpcre has been added to core; slocate has been replaced by mlocate; cdrtools has been replaced by cdrkit." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: crux-2.5-rc1.iso (258MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.4 |
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| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX 2.4, an independent, i686-optimised Linux distribution designed for power users: "We're happy to announce that CRUX 2.4 has been released." Some of the new features include: "Toolchain updates: includes glibc 2.6.1, GCC 4.2.2 and Binutils 2.18; X.Org 7.3, note that Xprint isn't supported any more; a new ISO image with an initial RAM file system (initramfs) that allows for some convenient features: the boot sequence now tries to automatically detect the CD-ROM drive, the CD can be unmounted, install can be completed remotely." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: crux-2.4.iso (246MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.4 RC1 |
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| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the first release candidate for CRUX 2.4, a light-weight, i686-optimised distributions for power users: "We have rolled the first release candidate of the upcoming CRUX 2.4 release." What's new? "Toolchain updates - CRUX 2.4 includes glibc 2.6.1, GCC 4.2.2 and Binutils 2.18. X.Org 7.3 - CRUX 2.4 ships with X.Org 7.3; note that Xprint isn't supported anymore. New ISO image - CRUX 2.4 uses a new ISO image with an initial RAM file system (initramfs) that allows for some convenient features: the boot sequence now tries to automatically detect the CD-ROM drive; the CD can be unmounted (to make way for a CD with alternative packages, for example); install can be completed remotely: boot the CD, set a root password, configure the network (dhcpcd included), start sshd." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: crux-2.4-rc1.iso (250MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-03-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.3 |
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| Matt Housh has announced the release of CRUX 2.3, an independent, light-weight, i686-optimised Linux distribution designed for advanced Linux users: "CRUX 2.3 has been released." What's new? "CRUX 2.3 includes glibc 2.5 and GCC 4.1.2; the monolithic x11 package has been replaced by the new modular X.Org distribution - as the results of this update, crux.nu now hosts a dedicated 'xorg' ports repository, installed by default; the netkit-base port has been replaced by inetd and iana-etc; by popular request we included iproute2 and iputils in the core collection." For more information please read the release announcement, release notes and changelog. Download via BitTorrent: crux-2.3.iso (244MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-02-10 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.2.0.2 RC1 (PPC Edition) |
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| The development team of the PowerPC port of CRUX has announced a new release candidate for the upcoming 2.2.0.2 update: "The first, and hopefully last, release candidate of CRUX PPC 2.2.0.2 is available for download. It supports Apple 32-bit and 64-bit hardware, IBM Risc/6000 and pSeries, Genesi Pegasos II and Efika, and probably runs on other MPC5200B boards and on Pegasos I with a bit of tweaking. The ports tree has been widely extended, all the known issues with the previous 2.2-alpha are solved, and the Ilenia 2.2 ports management tool is now available on the CD. Now we're overhauling the documentation, waiting for a bit of feedback on the hardware support, and then after release, heading to 2.3." Here is the full release announcement. Download: crux-ppc-2.2.0.2-rc1.iso (369MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-04-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.2 |
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| CRUX 2.2 final has been released: "We are happy to announce that after a long time in development, CRUX 2.2 is finally released. The highlights of this release include udev support out of the box, GCC 4.0.3, glibc 2.3.6 and X11R6.9. For more information, have a look at the release notes. We are also sad to report that Per Lidén, the creator of CRUX, has retired from the project because of personal reasons. CRUX will, however, live on as a team effort developed by the former CLC (CRUX Linux Community) team. We wish Per good luck in his future endeavours and thank him for providing a stable base for us to improve on." Read the brief release announcement on the project's home page. CRUX 2.2, a minimalist, i686-optimised distribution for power users, is available for free download via BitTorrent: crux-2.2 (230MB). |
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| 2006-03-29 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.2 Test 1 |
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| Following the recent retirement of the founder of CRUX Per Liden, the i686-optimised minimalist distribution he created some 6 years ago now continues to live as a community effort. The first test of the new CRUX 2.2 has been released: "A test release of CRUX 2.2 is available for download and testing. We would appreciate testing and feedback; bugs should be reported using the bug reporting tool (flyspray) on the CRUX website. Please be aware that not all ports will likely build successfully yet, as we've all got limited time. Do not install this test release on a system you cannot afford to break!" The new test release includes kernel 2.6.15.6, X.Org 6.9.0, WindowMaker 0.92.0; glibc 2.3.6 and GCC 4.0.3; here is the complete release announcement. Download: crux-2.2-test1.iso (230MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-06-01 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.1 RC1 (PPC) |
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| A release candidate of the PowerPC edition of CRUX 2.1 has been released for testing: "The first release candidate of CRUX PPC 2.1 is available for download. It is based on the Linux kernel 2.6.11.11, GCC 3.4.3, and glibc 2.3.5 with NPTL support. New features include support for software-raid installation through the mdadm utility, and support for upgrading from CRUX PPC 2.0.x (at your own risk!). The ISO image has only been tested on Apple 32-bit systems, but it is supposed to work on Apple 64-bit systems, Genesi Pegasos II, and on IBM pSeries based on the Power3 and 604e processors. Please try it (specially on the untested architectures, as we don't have any more the needed hardware), any bug reports are welcome." Here is the full release announcement. Download: crux-ppc-2.1rc1.iso (286MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-04-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.1 |
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| CRUX 2.1 has been released: "I'm happy to announce that CRUX 2.1 is finally here. See the change log for a complete list of changes since the last release. Go to the download section to download the ISO image. Please use a mirror." See the release announcement and changelog for a complete list of changes. Download from here: crux-2.1.iso (222MB). CRUX is a fast (no KDE or GNOME; the only available desktop environment is WindowMaker), i686-optimised, no-frills Linux distribution designed for Linux power users. |
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| 2005-03-31 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.1 RC1 |
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| The first release candidate of CRUX 2.1 is now available for download and testing: "I'm happy to announce that CRUX 2.1 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download from the CRUX FTP (and some of the mirrors). As usual, this release candidate will go through some testing (for a week or two) and after that I'll fix the last bugs and release 2.1 (final). The list of known bugs will be updated as people report problems. Help with testing this release candidate is welcome." Find more details in the release announcement and changelog. Download: crux-2.1-rc1.iso (221MB). CRUX is a light-weight, i686-optimised Linux distribution with WindowMaker. |
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| 2004-11-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.0.1.1 (PPC Edition) |
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| The PPC edition of CRUX 2.0.1.1 (codename Simona) has been released: "Inspired, in the beginning, by CRUX Evolution for i686, it's an extended version of the CRUX PPC 2.0 GNU/Linux distribution for the Apple and Pegasos II systems that, in addition, comes ready with printing utilities, common libraries and contains pre-compiled packages for the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. This ISO contains CRUX PPC 2.0 plus pre-compiled CLC packages for GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, ALSA and printing." The ISO image can be downloaded from this HTTP server: crux-ppc-evolution-2.0.1.1.iso (507.8MB). CRUX PPC Evolution is the project's first attempt at providing a full desktop environment on top of base CRUX PPC.
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| 2004-09-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.0 (PPC Edition) |
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| The PPC edition of CRUX 2.0 has been released: "The long awaited CRUX PPC version 2.0 is now available. Supports Apple and Pegasos II systems, uses Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and Native Posix Threads Library (TLS/NPTL). Ready for ALSA and IPv6. See the download page!" The ISO image can be download from this HTTP server: crux-ppc-2.0.iso (249MB), or it can be obtained via BitTorrent. CRUX PPC is a PPC port of the fast and light-weight CRUX Linux distribution for Apple's NewWorld PowerPC computers; for further information please visit the project's web site.
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| 2004-05-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.0 |
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| CRUX 2.0 has been released: "I'm happy to announce that CRUX 2.0 is now available. This is the first CRUX release that is based on the 2.6 kernel. Other highlights include Glibc 2.3.3 with NPTL, GCC 3.3.3 and X.org's X11 6.7.0. See the change log for a complete list of new, updated and removed packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image. Please use a mirror. Due to the major changes in this release, and because quite a few packages were renamed, upgrading from 1.3 is not supported by the setup script. A fresh re-installation is highly recommended." The full release announcement. Download: crux-2.0.iso (207MB). CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users.
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| 2004-05-15 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.0 TEST2 |
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| This is from the announcement about the second test release of CRUX 2.0: "I've made the second TEST ISO for CRUX 2.0. The problems found in 2.0-test1 have been fixed and I hope this will be the last test release. Again, I would appreciate any help testing this ISO. A changelog for 2.0 is now also available." Read the rest of the announcement here. Download: crux-2.0-test2.iso (207MB). CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users.
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| 2004-05-03 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.0 TEST1 |
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| A brand new version of the i686-optimised minimalist CRUX distribution is under development: "I've made the first TEST ISO for CRUX 2.0. There's no changelog for 2.0 yet, but in short this release includes kernel 2.6.5, glibc 2.3.3, nptl, gcc 3.3.3, gtk 2.4.1, xorg 6.7.0 and about 50 other package updates. A full changelog will be available when the final release is made. The file KnownIssues.txt lists some known issues with the ISO and I will update it as people report more. Please have a look at it before reporting any additional issues." Read the rest of the announcement. Download: crux-2.0-test1.iso (207MB).
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| 2004-02-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX PPC 1.3.1 |
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| This is a new release of the PowerPC port of CRUX: "CRUX PPC 1.3.1 released. Keyboard problems at install time are fixed, ATI Radeon 9200 on iBook G4 is now supported with radeon framebuffer, packages are updated and Pegasos II platform is now supported! The ISO image is larger (~270MB) because two different boot kernels and kernel sources are used to support Apple and Pegasos II hardware." See the announcement on the CRUX PPC project's home page. Download: crux-ppc-1.3.1.iso (278MB).
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| 2004-01-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.3 (PPC Edition) |
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| A PowerPC edition of CRUX 1.3 is now available for download: "Port for PowerPC platform of CRUX 1.3. Uses kernel 2.4.23-ben1 with improved support for iBook G4 PowerMAC G5 and CPU Frequency Scaling. The distribution is source-based and uses the same ports tree from CRUX Linux Community available for CRUX x86." The project's web site has more information about the release (in Italian). Download: crux-ppc-1.3.iso (239MB).
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| 2003-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.3 |
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| A new version of CRUX, a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users, has been released: "CRUX 1.3 released. See the change log for a complete list of new and updated packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image (~194MB). Please use a mirror. Changes: USB 2.0 support added; USB storage support added; modules for most network cards added; new packages: opt/expat 1.95.7, opt/firebird 0.7, opt/fontconfig 2.2.1; removed packages: opt/mozilla (replaced by opt/firebird)..." Read the announcement and see the rest of the change log for further information. Download: crux-1.3.iso (195MB).
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| 2003-10-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX-PPC 1.1+ |
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| A community contributed, PPC edition of CRUX 1.1+ is now available. From the README file: "CRUX 1.1 for PowerPC platform with packages updated to September 2003. Some packages are added or modified to support special PPC features and some others are added from the CRUX 1.2 tree (e.g. gtk2, atk, pango and xchat2). The system boots on NewWorld machines. Updated install.txt to reflect the needed changes. Note that CRUX-PPC includes support for cvsup and httpup because it can use cvsup for the clc ports or zhware ports, but httpup is needed for the official 'base' and 'opt' ports." Download: crux-ppc-1.1+.iso (213MB).
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| 2003-10-03 |
NEW • Review: CRUX Linux |
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| OSNews has published a brief review of CRUX Linux, a light-weight Linux distribution for i686 processors: "There are no configuration tools in CRUX. Everything is handled by you and your favorite editor. As I wrote in the introduction, CRUX targets advanced users, yet I think it is a great solution for anyone who would like to learn more about Linux. I particularly appreciate the fact that ports comes with standard, default configuration files. No modification is applied to packages, and you get the applications as they are shipped by their developers. (think of a default Gnome/ KDE installation). A big, relevant exception is documentation: package guidelines for CRUX indicate to remove all documentation except man pages: HTML documentation, info pages, etc. are removed from the final package." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2003-08-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.2 |
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| CRUX 1.2 has been released. Changes: "GNU coreutils is now included and replaces fileutils, sh-utils and textutils; GTK+ 2.2.x (i.e. glib2/gtk2/atk/pango) is now included in opt; /etc/ports/clc.cvsup is now included in and installed by opt/ports (i.e. no need to download it yourself anymore); opt/ports version 1.0 with driver script support (i.e. cvsup it not the only way to download/publish ports any more); default kernel is now 2.4.21; glibc message catalogs are gone; about 50 other package updates." See the changelog for the complete list of changes. Download: crux-1.2.iso (187MB).
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| 2003-03-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.1 |
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| CRUX 1.1 has been released. Important changes: "XFree86 4.3; GNU C Library 2.3.2; initial IPv6 support; Kernel 2.4.20 with ptrace and ext3fs patches; RAID drivers were added to the ISO bootkernel; pkgconfig was added to opt; freetype2 is now an separate package in opt; opt/esd was renamed opt/esound; freetype(1.x), ttmkfdir and byacc were removed from opt; and about 50 other package updates..." More information in the release announcement and changelog. Download from one of the mirrors or from here: crux-1.1.iso (191MB). Please note that CRUX is compiled for i686 architectures (Pentium II or better) and won't run on machines with older processors.
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| 2002-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.0 |
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| CRUX 1.0 has been released: "See the change log for a complete list of new and updated packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image. Please use a mirror." You can get the ISO image from here: crux-1.0.iso (189MB). CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system which makes it easy to install and upgrade applications.
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| 2002-09-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 0.9.4 |
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| CRUX 0.9.4 has been released: "The highlight in this release is the transition to GCC 3.2. Further this release includes Linux 2.4.19, XFree86 4.2.1, Perl 5.8.0, OpenSSH 3.4p1, Sendmail 8.12.6, pkgutils 5.0, etc. See the change log for a complete list of updated packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image. Please use a mirror if possible." Links: announcement, ChangeLog, documentation, download mirrors and the ISO image: crux-0.9.4.iso (179MB). CRUX is a light-weight i686-optimised distribution with WindowMaker as the default window manager and no KDE/GNOME packages or libraries.
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| 2002-04-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 0.9.3 |
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| CRUX 0.9.3 announced and released: "See the change log for a complete list of new and updated packages. Grab the ISO image at the usual place. Also have a look at the new CRUX Handbook." Netscape has been replaced by Mozilla and most packages have been brought up-to-date in this release. Download the ISO image here: crux-0.9.3.iso (200MB) or from one of the mirrors linked to from the distribution's home page. Also don't forget to visit our updated CRUX page.
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| 2002-01-24 |
NEW • Distribution Review: CRUX 0.9.2 |
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| Linuxdot: "Is CRUX right for you? First off it's been optimised for the i686, so for other architectures it won't work. Secondly CRUX makes no pretence, to cater for the newbie. So avoid unless you're an experienced user. And thirdly be aware that CRUX fully lives up to its claim of being lightweight. This means there's only WindowMaker and no office applications. So if you're stuck big-time on the likes of KDE or GNOME, then you'll likely want to try another distribution. Personally I think it's best, not to get too stuck on the one GUI, and play with as many as possible." The Linuxdot review team of CRUX 0.9.2 was impressed with CRUX stressing the importance of lightweight over bloat: "Last time I gave CRUX the thumbs-up. This time I give it the full thumbs-up. Per Liden, you have a winner." The full review by Linuxdot.
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| 2002-01-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 0.9.2 |
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| CRUX 0.9.2 has been released: "The biggest news in this release is the the ports-system, try it using the ports tool (see ports(8) for further information) and a new version of pkgutils. See the change log for the complete list of new and updated packages. The ISO image no longer carries the source for each and every package and is therefore only ~196Mb" Download link: crux-0.9.2.iso (206MB); download mirrors are listed on the CRUX home page. More information on our CRUX page, while the complete list of included packages is available here.
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| 2002-01-14 |
NEW • Distribution Review: CRUX 0.9.1 |
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| Linuxdot: "CRUX has plenty to make it stand out from the crowd. And that's how it should be. Variety is the spice of Linux, and everyone knows, 'The spice must flow.' Well done CRUX, you get the thumbs-up."" The full review is available on Linuxdot.org web site. The review sounded like a good excuse to add CRUX to the list of distributions tracked on these pages - you can visit it here for further information. A new version of CRUX (0.9.2) should be ready by the end of January. Some useful links: CRUX home page, installation instructions, FAQs, mailing lists and the FTP server with the current ISO images.
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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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