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| 2009-11-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 Pre 1 |
| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first preview release of Frugalware Linux 1.2, a general-purpose community distribution for intermediate users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.2pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1: KMS (Kernel Mode-Setting) is now enabled by default for Intel and Radeon cards; PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is now part of the base system; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.31 + fixes, GNOME 2.28, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4, more than 900 other package updates, More than 70 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: frugalware-1.2pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,277MB, SHA1). |
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| 2009-09-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 1.1, a general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.1, our eleventh stable release. No new features have been added since 1.1rc2, but 177 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. Here are the most important changes since 1.0: up-to-date packages - Linux kernel 2.6.30.5, glibc 2.10.1, X.Org 7.4 with X.Org Server 1.6, GNOME 2.26.3, Xfce 4.6.1, GCC 4.4.0; major review in the documentation; an 64-bit Flash plugin is now part of the default installation; major update of the graphical installer (fwife); packaged Android SDK for those who want network access through their Android phones; new artwork includes a new wallpaper and a new GNOME theme." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-1.1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,289MB, torrent), frugalware-1.1-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,290MB, torrent). |
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| 2009-08-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.1 (code name "Getorin"), a general-purpose distribution for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.1rc2, the second candidate of the upcoming 1.1 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1rc1: updated the artwork; packaged Android SDK for those who want network access from Frugalware through their Android phones; package updates: PHP 5.3, Octave 3.2, more than 250 package updates, more than 40 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Interested testers can download the installation DVD image from here: frugalware-1.1rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,281MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2009-08-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.1 (code name "Getorin"), a general-purpose distribution for desktops and servers using Arch's Pacman as the package manager: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1rc1, the first release of the upcoming 1.1 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1pre2: Etoile is now part of the repository; major update on the graphical installer (fwife); package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.30.3, GnuTLS 2.8, more than 400 package updates, more than 100 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement, with further details available in the official changelog. Download: frugalware-1.1rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,271MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2009-07-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1 Pre 2 |
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| Miklós Vajna announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.1, a complete, general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.1 stable release. Improvements: an x86_64 flash plugin is now part of the default installation; though we ship the latest stable kernel, we did not switch the default value of the 'data' option to 'writeback', the feature which still makes ext3 seem more robust than ext4 at the time of writing. Package updates:
GNU C library 2.10.1; Linux kernel 2.6.30; Xorg 7.4 with xorg-server 1.6; GNOME 2.26.3; Xfce 4.6.1;
GCC 4.4.0; more than 980 package updates; more than 100 new packages." Here are the brief release announcement and the changelog. Interested beta testers can download the installation DVD image from here: frugalware-1.1pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,277MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2009-05-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1 Pre 1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.1, a complete, general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "Frugalware Linux 1.1pre1 'Getorin' released. The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.1 stable release.A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.0: The installer is built with debug support by default for the pre-releases to help bug reporters; major review in the documentation - numerous grammatical fixes and various extensions; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.29.2 + fixes, GNOME 2.26, Mono 2.4, more than 800 other package updates, more than 70 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Interested beta testers can download the installation DVD image from here: frugalware-1.1pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (686MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2009-03-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.0 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 1.0, a complete, general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.0, our tenth stable release. The version number 1.0 does not indicate anything really special, the new release will bring as many new features and bug fixes as usual, but it's still a milestone in the development of the last five years. Here are the most important changes since 0.9 in no particular order: support for ASUS Eee PC models; new PPC port (though security support will not be available for this architecture in this release cycle due to lack of resources); support for having a 32-bit chroot on x86_64; having '/boot' on a RAID1 device is now supported; gService, a new graphical tool for enabling and disabling services; Java plugin on x86_64; support for the ext4 file system." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-1.0-i686-dvd1.iso (4,289MB, torrent), frugalware-1.0-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,290MB, torrent). |
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| 2009-03-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.0 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.0: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.0rc2, the second (and last) release candidate of the upcoming 1.0 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.0rc1: updated the graphical installer and the artwork; fixed the detection of wireless cards (it asked ESSID for wired interfaces as well); fixed GRUB installation when /boot is on RAID1; handle existing home directories for new users; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 + fixes, KDE 3.5.10, PHP 5.2.9, more than 150 other package updates, more than 20 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: frugalware-1.0rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,281MB, torrent, SHA1). |
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| 2009-02-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.0 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.0, a general-purpose community distribution designed for intermediate users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.0rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 1.0 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.0pre2: experimental support for the ext4 file system; Java plugin for x86_64 architecture; gService - implemented a brand new graphical runlevel editor; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.28 + fixes, Python 3.0, GNOME 2.24.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6; more than 500 other package updates and more than 90 new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-1.0rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,282MB, torrent). |
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| 2009-01-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.0 Pre 2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.0: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.0pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.0 stable release. Changes since 1.0pre1: support for having /boot on a RAID1 device; improved support for detecting network card names; serial ports are now owned by the 'dialout' (instead of 'uucp') group; for Virtual Box users the kernel module is now a separate package to stop wasting bandwidth and time; for Pidgin users, an alternative MSN support has been provided in case the default one has problems, the package is called 'msn-pecan'; package updates - Mono 2.0.1, Python 2.6.1, GNOME 2.24.2, more than 800 other package updates, more than 100 new packages." See the release announcement for further details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-1.0pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,272MB, torrent), frugalware-1.0pre2-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,258MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-11-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.0 Pre 1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the first preview of what will eventually become Frugalware Linux 1.0, the project's 10th stable release: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.0pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.0 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.9: the first Frugalware installer front-end landed in the package repository, yes, a graphical one, initial 'ppc' port, it has been actively tested on Apple boxes: iBook/Power Macintosh models, but IBM hardware is not yet supported; support for having a 32-bit chroot on x86_64 has now arrived; this release should install and run fine on ASUS Eee PC models; package updates - Linux 2.6.27 + security fixes, GCC 4.3.2, GNOME 2.24.1, OpenOffice.org 3.0." Read the full release announcement for additional details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-1.0pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,267MB, torrent), frugalware-1.0pre1-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,272MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-09-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 0.9, code name "Solaria": "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9, our ninth stable release. No new features have been added since 0.9rc2, but about 40 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the pre-releases, here are the most important changes since 0.8: up to date base system - Linux kernel 2.6.26, glibc 2.8 and GCC 4.3.1; updated desktop packages - GNOME 2.22, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 and Firefox 3.0.1; setup - improved support for machines with multiple network cards, the USB installer is now easier to start, fixed/documented installation in VirtualBox and VMware; improved graphical tools - FUN (update notifier) now supports news notifications." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.9-i686-dvd1.iso (4,254MB, torrent), frugalware-0.9-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,120MB, torrent).
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| 2008-08-26 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 RC2 |
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| The second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 0.9 is out and ready for testing: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 0.9rc2, the second release candidate of the upcoming 0.9 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.9rc1: the default vi editor is now Elvis instead of Nvi (as Elvis has fewer dependencies); added crosscompile support to distcc; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.26 + fixes, GNOME 2.22.3, Git 1.6.0, more than 100 other package updates; new packages - official Synaptics touchpad driver from X.Org, utilities for the HFS+ file system, eight new Drupal modules, more than 20 other new packages." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.9rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,248MB, MD5, torrent). The final release of Frugalware Linux 0.9 is expected on September 9th. |
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| 2008-08-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced that the first release candidate for Frugalware Linux 0.9 is now ready for testing: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.9 stable release. A list of changes since 0.9pre2: removed empty documentation files (README, NEWS, etc.) from /usr/share/doc; fixed installation in VirtualBox; replaced Firefox Adblock with Firefox adblock_plus; the ROX environment is now available on x86_64 as well; more than 800 small changes; package updates - glibc 2.8, Firefox 3.0.1, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, more than 400 other package updates; new packages - dblatex (produces DVI, PostScript, PDF documents from DocBook sources), WxRuby (wxWidgets bindings for Ruby), ten new games, more than 70 other new packages." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.9rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,239MB). |
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| 2008-07-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 Pre 2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 0.9: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 0.9 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.9pre1: FUN -0.3.0, which now supports news notification (newsletters, releases, etc.); many less popular packages are no longer installed by default, reducing the required size of the default installation; replaced the ipw wireless drivers with the newer iwl ones; reworked the ROX environment, binary packages are available again; more than 2,700 small changes; package updates - GCC 4.3.1, Firefox 3.0, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1; new packages - icecc (a set of configuration tools for IceWM), libotr and irssi-otr, 10+ new Fortune modules, 20+ new games, more than 200 other new packages." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.9pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,277MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2008-05-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 Pre 1 |
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| 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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| 2008-03-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.8 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the final release of Frugalware Linux 0.8, code name "Kalgan": "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 0.8, our eighth stable release. No new features have been added since 0.8rc2, but more than 300 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the candidate releases, here are the most important changes since 0.7: up-to-date base system - Linux kernel 2.6.24.3, glibc 2.7 and GCC 4.2.3; up-to-date desktop packages - KDE 3.5.9, GNOME 2.20, Xfce 4.4.2, OpenOffice.org 2.4rc2 (ooo-build 2.4.0) and Firefox 2.0.0.12; setup - WPA support, new supported language (Czech); new graphical tool - Frugalware Update Notifier; 4,068 changes, including 251 new packages, 1,729 updated packages and 416 closed tasks." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.8-i686-dvd1.iso (4,179MB, torrent), frugalware-0.8a-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,286MB). |
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| 2008-02-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.8 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 0.8: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 0.8rc2, the second (and last) release candidate of the upcoming 0.8 stable release. Changes since 0.8rc1: Installer optimizations - a general install should now be about 30% faster; improved documentation - added details about our mailing lists; minor bug fixes to help the upgrade from 0.7; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.24 + security fixes, Perl 5.10.0, GCC 4.2.3, more than 150 other package updates; new packages - iwlwifi-4965 and iwlwifi-3945 firmware packages, several new Drupal modules, Alpine (a replacement for Pine), more than 25 other new packages." Read the release announcement for more information. Download: frugalware-0.8rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,161MB, SHA1). |
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| 2008-01-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.8 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Frugalware Linux 0.8: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 0.8rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.8 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.8pre2: Improved splash: it now displays till the very end of the shutdown process; fixed the 'packages one by one' select method in the installer; the live CD now supports copy the disc to RAM if enough memory is available to free up the CD/DVD drive; package updates - Linux 2.6.23.14, X.Org 7.3, GNOME 2.20.3, more than 300 other package updates; new packages - etckeeper, Linux Wacom, new X.Org drivers, more than 20 other new packages." More details in the release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.8rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,132MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-01-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.8 Pre 2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 0.8: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.8pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 0.8 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.8pre1: support for executing hooks inside the package manager - e.g. after a successful system upgrade; improved blacklisting support for kernel modules. Package updates: Xfce 4.4.2 - with bug fixes and translations; OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 - with security and bug fixes; Tcl and Tk 8.5 - with support for anti-aliased fonts; Octave 3.0.0 - compatibility with Matlab graphics is much better now; updated encryption libs - gnutls 2.2 and libgcrypt 1.4." See the release announcement and changelog for a more detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.8pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,307MB). |
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| 2007-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.8 Pre 1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the first preview release of Frugalware Linux 0.8: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.8pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 0.8 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.7: Linux kernel 2.6.23 + fixes; GNU C Library 2.7; GCC 4.2.2; ESP Ghostscript is now replaced with the stock Ghostscript; CompizFusion replaced Beryl, most users now can avoid XGL; more than 600 other upstream updates; more than 100 new packages, including 20 new games. New features: added FUN (Frugalware Update Notifier), which resides in the user's system tray and notifies if an update is available; added WPA support to the installer." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the installation DVD image from here: frugalware-0.8pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,295MB). |
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| 2007-10-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.7 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 0.7: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7, our seventh stable release. No new features have been added since 0.7rc2, but more than 150 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 0.6: up-to-date base system - Linux kernel 2.6.22.9, glibc 2.6.1 and GCC 4.2.1; up-to-date desktop packages - KDE 3.5.7, GNOME 2.20, Xfce 4.4.1, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 and Firefox 2.0.0.7; a live CD called FwLive is now available for this release; language-specific defaults (keymap, time zone, default mirror), the installation is now logged; supported new languages: Romanian, Swedish, Italian and Danish; new graphical tools: Gfpm (package manager) and Gnetconfig (network configurator)." Here is the full release announcement. Download the installation DVDs (MD5): frugalware-0.7-i686-dvd1.iso (4,308MB), frugalware-0.7-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,278MB). |
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| 2007-10-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.7 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 0.7: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7rc2, the last candidate of the upcoming 0.7 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.7rc1: GNOME 2.20.0; OpenOffice.org 2.3 with OOXML support and Mozilla plugin; more than 1,000 changes, mostly bug fixes; added Gfpm, a graphical package manager; new Gfpm and Gnetconfig plugins for Xfce settings manager; fixed PPPoE support; slow format (when checking for bad blocks is enabled) works again for swap partitions; fixed Swedish language support." See the release announcement and changelog for further information. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.7rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,283MB). |
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| 2007-09-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.7 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced that the second release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.7 is ready for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7rc1, the first candidate of the upcoming 0.7 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.7pre2: GNU C Library 2.6.1; replaced util-linux with util-linux-ng; more than 30 new packages; added detailed documentation for the util-linux-ng, amavisd-new and ejabberd packages; more than 900 changes: package updates, bug and security fixes; added permalinks to the documentation; rewrote the package builder daemon, which now supports distributed operation, this results in continuous package updates even if one package builder server is not available; new Danish translation." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: frugalware-0.7rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,271MB, MD5).
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| 2007-07-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.7 Pre 2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second preview of Frugalware Linux 0.7: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 0.7 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.7pre1: new graphical configuration tool, Gnetconfig, to tweak network settings; setup now puts the installer log to the target system, so that the log is not lost; the default time zone and keyboard layout is now language dependent; new Italian translation in the installer; Linux kernel 2.6.22 (+ fixes); GCC 4.2.1, with several bug fixes and a usable Java browser plugin for systems where the binary is not available; OpenOffice.org 2.2.1; Vim spellcheck dictionaries for various languages; more than 100 new packages...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.7pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,280MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-05-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.7 Pre 1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the first pre-release of Frugalware Linux 0.7, code name "Sayshell": "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.7pre1, the first technical preview release of the upcoming 0.7 stable release. A short and list of changes since 0.6: the package manager (pacman-g2) now supports checking the integrity of your database; a live CD called FwLive is now available; a new web interface has been added to help translating Frugalware; support for X.Org 6.x has been dropped; new Romanian and Swedish translations; package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.21, GCC 4.2.0, glibc 2.6, Pidgin replaced Gaim, OpenOffice.org 2.2 with updated localizations and dictionaries...." The release announcement. Download (MD5) the installation DVD: frugalware-0.7pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,273MB) or the live CD: fwlive-0.7pre1-i686-full.iso (701MB). |
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| 2007-03-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.6 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 0.6: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6, our sixth stable release. Here are the most important changes since 0.5: up-to-date base system: glibc 2.5, binutils 2.17.50.0.6 with DT_GNU_HASH support, DBUS 1.0 and Python 2.5; up-to-date desktop packages: KDE 3.5.6, Xfce 4.4, Beryl 0.2.0, OpenOffice.org 2.1, Firefox 2.0.0.2 and GNOME 2.18; all installed-by-default packages using Java are now built using gcj/ecj, the original binary javac is only provided as an alternate compiler; setup: speed improvements, support for more custom action, TFTP installs and USB sticks are now supported; full support for Xgl/Beryl in KDE." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.6-i686-dvd1.iso (4,275MB), frugalware-0.6-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,272MB). |
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| 2007-03-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.6 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the second and final release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.6: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6rc2, the second release candidate of the upcoming 0.6 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.6rc1: updated the documentation: obsolete parts are removed, new parts are written, it is more than twice longer than it was till now; finished the artwork update, it is now homogeneous again; updated the translations of the installer; GCC 4.1.2 with changes to correct regressions from previous releases; GNOME 2.18.0 RC1 with cool features, important bug fixes, great translations; more than 30 new packages." Please see the release announcement for further information. Download: frugalware-0.6rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,250MB, MD5). |
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| 2007-02-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.6 RC1 |
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| The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.6 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.6pre2: "Improvements: brand new GDM theme, which has many improvements over previous themes; many packages recompiled to take advantage of new features in glibc 2.5 and GCC 4.1. Package updates: GNOME 2.17.90 with several bug fixes and speed enhancements; Xfce 4.4 with many new features and numerous bug fixes; Beryl 0.1.99.2 with many usability, speed and reliability improvements; added a package for VirtualBox, a free opensource virtualization program; kernel 2.6.20 with KVM virtualization support and many speed enhancements; KDE 3.5.6; WINE 0.9.29 bringing stability improvements; 45 new packages." More details in the release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.6rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,250MB, SHA1). |
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| 2007-01-10 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.6 Pre 2 |
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| The second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 0.6 is ready for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6pre2, the second technical preview release of the upcoming 0.6 stable release. A short list of changes since 0.6pre1: new features in the installer, such as improved error handling and faster installation; added KDE support to fw-xgl-control and Beryl; Gnome-mount, a replacement for pmount in GNOME resulting in more reliable and flexible auto-mounting in GNOME; GNOME 2.17.3 with new features and bug fixes; Xfce 4.4 RC2; Beryl 0.1.3 with lots of new eye-candy effects; dhcpcd 3.0, resulting in more reliable network auto-configuration...." More details in the release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.6pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,239MB, SHA1). |
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| 2006-11-09 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.6 Pre 1 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the first pre-release build of Frugalware Linux 0.6, code name "Terminus": "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6pre1, the first technical preview release of the upcoming 0.6 stable release. New features: all installed-by-default packages are now built using gcj/ecj, javac is only provided as an alternate compiler; installing from a USB stick is now supported; added PHP documentation in 23 languages. Updates: Linux 2.6.18 with a much improved SATA layer and a few new drivers; GNU C Library 2.5 with support for the new ELF hash table format; Mozilla Firefox 2.0 with improved tabbed browsing and inline spell checking; Xfce 4.4rc1; KDE 3.5.5 with KHTML improvements and support for sudo in kdesu...." Read the release announcement for further details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.6pre1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,261MB). |
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| 2006-09-13 |
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.5 |
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| Frugalware Linux 0.5 has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.5, our fifth stable release. Here are the most important changes since 0.4: up-to-date packages: GNU C Library 2.4, GCC 4.1.1, KDE 3.5.4, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 (a native version for x86_64 users, too); security support: as of Frugalware 0.5, security support is provided until the release of the stable Frugalware 0.6; created a new tool called 'setup' to collect the available configuration tools; localized the package manager (French, German and Hungarian translations are available); installer improvements...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.5-i686-dvd1.iso (4,265MB) or frugalware-0.5-x86_64-dvd1.iso 4,195MB). |
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| 2006-09-01 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.5 RC2 |
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| Miklós Vajna has announced the second release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.5, the last development build before the stable release, expected at the end of September: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.5rc2, the second release candidate of the upcoming 0.5 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.5rc1: updated GNOME to 2.16 Release Candidate (2.15.92); ~300 bugfixes; updated KDE and GRUB artwork; more than 30 new packages: ntfs-3g, avifile, gnome-sharp and many more!" Here is the brief release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.5rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,264MB). |
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| 2006-08-16 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.5 RC1 |
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| Miklós Vajda has announced the first release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.5: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.5rc1, the fist release candidate of the upcoming 0.5 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.5pre2: Updates to Linux kernel 2.6.17.8, KDE 3.5.4, Firefox 1.5.0.6, Thunderbird 1.5.0.5, GNOME 2.16 Beta 2 (2.15.91); split MySQL, PostgreSQL, Samba and LDAP packages so that having these servers installed is no longer forced on a desktop machine; fwmirror - new tool to help with mirroring Frugalware; fw-xgl-control - easily enables and disables Xgl with one simple command...." Read the release announcement for more details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.5rc1-i686-dvd1.iso (4,263MB) and frugalware-0.5rc1-i686-dvd2.iso (1,035MB). |
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| 2006-08-01 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.5 Pre2 |
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| The second technical preview of the upcoming 0.5 stable release of Frugalware Linux is now available in the form of 9 CDs / 2 DVDs / 1 NetinstallCD: "Updates: Linux 2.6.17 (+ security patches); GCC 4.1.1; Apache 2.2.3; XOrg 7.1 (updated the fglrx driver accordingly, nVIDIA still doesn't work); GNOME 2.16 Beta 1 (there may be some problems with some Gnome and GTK software - see earlier news posts); OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 (this time a native version is available for x86_64 users, too). New features: All configuration tools have been updated to the new framework, type "setup" to reach them; Switched to splashy from bootsplash, so that the splash can be used with any custom vanilla kernel; Added French localisation for the package manager." Read the full announcement for more. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.5pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4487MB), frugalware-0.5pre2-i686-dvd2.iso (711MB). |
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| 2006-05-25 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.5 Pre1 |
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| Mikls Vajna has released the first preview of the new Frugalware Linux 0.5: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.5pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 0.5 stable release for the i686 architecture. Updates: GNU C Library 2.4; GCC 4.1.0; KDE 3.5.2; more than 300 new packages. New features: created a new tool, called 'setup', to summarize the available configuration tools; localized the package manager (currently German and Hungarian language support available); added Brazilian Portuguese and Indonesian translation to the setup." Read the full release announcement on the project's news page. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.5pre1-i686-cd1.iso (476MB), frugalware-0.5pre1-i686-cd2.iso (651MB). |
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| 2006-03-30 |
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.4 |
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| The fourth stable version of Frugalware Linux has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4 for the i686 and x86_64 architectures. A short list of changes since rc2: update to Linux 2.6.16, GNOME 2.14, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2.1. For those who haven't followed the changes in the pre/rc releases, the most important changes: implemented fwcpan, a new tool to install any CPAN module; network configuration has been redesigned; switched to udev as the default hotplug multiplexer; modularized X.Org 7.0, Apache 2.2.0, KDE 3.5.1, Firefox 1.5.0.1, Thunderbird 1.5...." Read the rest of the release announcement on the project's news page. Download the two i386 CD images from here (SHA1): frugalware-0.4-i686-cd1.iso (490MB), frugalware-0.4-i686-cd2.iso (604MB). |
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| 2006-03-16 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.4 RC2 |
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| The second released candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.4 is out: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4rc2, the last release candidate of the 0.4 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.4rc1: better support for changing between open source and proprietary ATI and NVIDIA drivers; all packages have been reviewed to work perfectly with X.Org 7.0; various spelling fixes in the configuration tools; fixed font settings for non-English users; reworked the mirror mechanism to ensure that the ISO images are available on all mirrors at release time; more than 60 new packages." Visit the project's news page to read the rest of the release announcement. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.4rc2-i686-cd1.iso (485MB) and frugalware-0.4rc2-i686-cd2.iso (575MB). |
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| 2006-03-02 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.4 RC1 |
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| The first release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.4 is now ready for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4rc1. A list of changes since 0.4pre2: created a package synchronization client and daemon (syncpkg and syncpkgd) to update packages faster; implemented 'fwcpan', a new tool to install any CPAN module; split OpenOffice.org, now all language packs and dictionaries can be installed and removed separately; more than 80 new packages: Xgl (with a step by step howto), Beagle...." Find more details on the project's news page. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.4rc1-i686-cd1.iso (494MB), frugalware-0.4rc1-i686-cd2.iso (605MB). |
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| 2006-02-02 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.4 Pre2 |
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| The second preview of Frugalware Linux 0.4 has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4pre2, the second technical preview release of 0.4. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.4pre1: 'libificated' Pacman to meet our needs and the newborn Pacman 3 has become the default package manager; network configuration has been redesigned; created new, more verbose documentation; switched to udev as the default hotplug multiplexer. As usual, Frugalware comes with the latest version of upstream stable releases, including Linux kernel 2.6.15, modularized X.Org 7.0 and Apache 2.2.0." Please visit the distribution's news page to learn more about the release. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.4pre2-i686-cd1.iso (491MB), frugalware-0.4pre2-i686-cd2.iso (694MB). |
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| 2005-12-08 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.4 Pre1 |
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| The first preview of the upcoming Frugalware Linux 0.4 has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4pre1, the first technical preview release of 0.4-i686. A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.3: rewrote setup from scratch in C; added lots of new features to the setup; added several translations to the setup; the init script system was redesigned: more user-friendly error messages; more than 100 new packages. As usual, Frugalware comes with the latest version of upstream stable releases, including Linux kernel 2.6.14.3, KDE 3.5.0, Firefox 1.5, GCC 4.0.2, GNU C Library 2.3.6, GNOME 2.12.2." The release announcement. Download (MD5, SHA1): frugalware-0.4pre1-i686-cd1.iso (472MB), frugalware-0.4pre1-i686-cd2.iso (650MB). |
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| 2005-10-13 |
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.3 |
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| Frugalware Linux 0.3 has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.3, our third stable release. A short list of most important improvements and news since 0.3rc2: added Spanish translation, GNOME updated to 2.12.1. Frugalware comes with the latest versions of upstream stable releases, including Linux kernel 2.6.13.3, GCC 4.0.2, Thunderbird 1.0.7." Read the complete release announcement on the distribution's home page for more details. Download (SHA1): frugalware-0.3-i686-cd1.iso (473MB) and frugalware-0.3-i686-cd2.iso (648MB). Frugalware Linux is a general purpose desktop Linux distribution with a simple, Slackware-like design and the 'pacman' package management tool from Arch Linux. |
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| 2005-10-04 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.3 RC2 |
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| The second release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.3 is ready for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.3rc2-i686, the second release candidate of the upcoming 0.3-i686 stable release. A short list of most important improvements and news since 0.3rc1: added PPPoE support; added Polish translation; now the whole installation process log saved to the installed system; new wireless packages - madwifi, wlan-ng, etc; more than 60 new packages - gprsec, squid, privoxy, tor, weechat; latest versions of upstream stable releases, including Linux kernel 2.6.13, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, Firefox 1.0.7." See the release announcement on the distribution's news page for further details. Download (MD5, SHA1): frugalware-0.3rc2-i686-cd1.iso (488MB) and frugalware-0.3rc2-i686-cd2.iso (649MB). |
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| 2005-09-16 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.3 RC1 |
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| The first release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.3 is ready for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.3rc1-i686, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.3-i686 stable release. A short list of most important improvements and news since 0.3pre2-i686: added XFS support; added mbrola and hunspell language packs; new stats-generator packages: webalizer, munin, etc; added several adesklet applet package; more than 120 new packages. As usual, Frugalware comes with the latest version of upstream stable releases, including Linux kernel 2.6.13, GNOME 2.12, GTK+ 2.8.3." More details can be found in the release announcement. Download (MD5, SHA1): frugalware-0.3rc1-i686-cd1.iso (522MB) and frugalware-0.3rc1-i686-cd2.iso (648MB). |
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| 2005-08-18 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.3 Pre2 |
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| The second preview of Frugalware Linux 0.3 has been released for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.3pre2-i686, the second preview of the upcoming 0.3-i686 stable release. A short list of most important improvements and news since 0.3pre1-i686: ivman replaced submount, which is no longer installed by default; now Frugalware can be installed to a software RAID partition; added French language support to the installer; more than 180 new packages: AbiWord, Nvu, Ndiswrapper, Kaffeine, Chkrootkit and more!" Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): frugalware-0.3pre2-i686-dvd.iso (2,614MB, MD5). CD images are also available. |
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| 2005-06-23 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.3 Pre1 |
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| The first pre-release of the upcoming Frugalware Linux 0.3 is now available for testing: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.3pre1-i686, the first preview of the upcoming 0.3-i686 stable release. A short list of most important improvements since 0.2: added a new tool - repoman - to compile packages from source; our build system now supports more than one architecture which means you can expect an x86_64 preview release soon; created a new config tool - wificonfig - to configure your wireless connection; new web interface for viewing information about packages. As usual, Frugalware comes with the latest versions of upstream stable releases, including: Linux kernel 2.6.12, GCC 3.4.4, KDE 3.4.1." Read the release announcement for more details. Download: frugalware-0.3pre1-i686-dvd.iso (2,358MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-04-28 |
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.2 |
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| Frugalware Linux 0.2 has been released: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.2, our second stable release. A short list of the most important improvements and bugfixes since 0.2rc2: updated Mozilla Suite to 1.7.7 and MPlayer 1.0pre7; new packages - irda-utils (utilities for infrared communication between devices) and frugalrledit (runlevel editor for Frugalware Linux); added patch to binutils to ignore as_needed libs that were not needed. Please refer to the Frugalware ChangeLog for more information." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.2-dvd.iso (2,460MB). CD and "netinstall" ISO images are also available. |
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| 2005-04-20 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.2 RC2 |
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| The second release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.2 is out: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.2rc2, the second (and last) release candidate of the upcoming 0.2 stable release. A short list of the most important improvements and bugfixes since 0.2rc1: updated GNOME to 2.10.1; Firefox (+ language packs) updated to 1.0.3; updated Linux kernel to 2.6.11.7; updated glibc to 2.3.5..." Find more in the release announcement and check the changelog. Download: frugalware-0.2rc2-dvd.iso (2,443MB). |
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| 2005-04-07 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.2 RC1 |
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| The first release candidate of Frugalware Linux 0.2 is out: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.2rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.2 stable release. A short list of most important improvements and fixed bugs since 0.2pre2: updated GNOME to 2.10.0, KDE to 3.4.0; updated Linux kernel to 2.6.11; Firefox and Thunderbird updated to 1.0.2; Xfce updated to 4.2.1; new OpenOffice.org and Firefox language packs; gnome-spell (a GNOME/Bonobo component for spell checking); wvdial (WVDial CLI dialer); valknut (Direct Connect 4 Linux file sharing program); courier-imap (the Courier IMAP and POP3 server); new default cursor and GNOME theme; support for XDM configuration." The release announcement. Download: frugalware-0.2pre2-dvd.iso (2,441MB). |
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| 2005-01-10 |
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.2 Pre1 |
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| The developers of Frugalware Linux have released the first preview of the upcoming version 0.2: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.2pre1, the first preview of the upcoming 0.2 stable release. A short list of most important improvements and fixed bugs since 0.1: new packages - GNOME 2.8 (including GDM), XFce 4.2rc3, Firefox 1.0 language packs, Thunderbird 1.0...; updates - updated kde to 3.3.2 (+ security fixes), KOffice updated to 1.3.5, kernel updated to 2.6.10 (+ security fixes); blender updated to 2.36...." See the release announcement and changelog for more details. Download either the three CD images or the DVD image: frugalware-0.2pre1-cd1.iso (360MB), frugalware-0.2pre1-cd2.iso (656MB), frugalware-0.2pre1-cd3.iso (522MB), frugalware-0.2pre1-dvd.iso (3,102MB).
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| 2004-11-02 |
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 0.1 |
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| This is from the announcement about the release of Frugalware Linux 0.1, a new distribution only recently included in DistroWatch: "The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.1, our first stable release. A short list of improvements and fixed bugs since rc2: added support for using a separate /boot partition; moved all removable media entries from /mnt to /media; updated KDE to 3.3.1. Setup: fixed cleaning up cache when only the first CD used; added support for displaying detailed information about MS partitions; now short descriptions are available for packages; support for USB keyboards." Read the release announcement and changelog for more details. Download the two ISO images from here: frugalware-0.1-cd1.iso (693MB) and frugalware-0.1-cd2.iso (465MB).
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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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