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| 2008-10-11 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 2.0 Beta |
| After more than one year of development, the first beta of Hiweed Linux 2.0, a Chinese community distribution based on Ubuntu 8.10, was released. This version cannot be upgraded from the previous Hiweed 1.0 but can only be installed from scratch, and it does not include the brand new OpenOffice.org 3.0 so that the ISO image can be reduced to only 400 MB in size. Features: new Chinese TrueType font and new input method ibus, LXDE as the default desktop, a general-purpose SMplayer 0.6.1 based on MPlayer 1.0rc2, GIMP 2.6.1 with a new user interface, Firefox 3.0.3, various light-weight applications (IDE, file manager, editor, disc burner, email client, and P2P clients), Skype 2.0, and Linux kernel 2.6.27. See the release announcement (in Chinese) for more details. Download: hiweed-desktop_2.0beta_i386.iso (400MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-09-25 |
Distribution Release: Hiweed Desktop 1.0 |
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| Hiweed Desktop 1.0 has been released. Some of the changes and new features in the Ubuntu-based Chinese distribution include: improved driver installation for NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards; Firefox default page set to a simple FAQ page; screen snapshots can now be captured with the PrtScr key; Xfmedia replaced by Totem; Xgl and Compiz upgraded to their latest versions; OpenOffice.org upgraded to version 2.0.3; added Chinese translation for XChat and XFce; Gaim upgraded to support SIP; the Fcitx input method editor upgraded to version 3.3, featuring conversion between simplified and traditional Chinese (i.e. instant "translation"). Please refer to the release announcement (in Chinese) for more information. Download: hiweed-desktop_1.0final.iso (652MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2006-08-03 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 1.0 Beta 1 |
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| Hiweed GNU/Linux is a Chinese distribution based on Ubuntu. The first beta version of Hiweed Desktop, which is essentially a remastered LiveCD of Xubuntu, was just released for testing. This release features OpenOffice.org 2.0, Sylpheed Email client, Mplayer with w32codecs and Firefox plugin (so stream media embedded in web pages can be played online), d4x (Downloader for X) and gFTP, Skype and xChat, aMule and BitTorrent, Stardict, xCHM, and gnomeBaker. Find detailed information in the user manual for Desktop 1.0 (in Chinese) on the project's new web site. Download: hiweed-desktop-1.0-beta1.iso (635MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-02-24 |
Distribution Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.6 |
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| Hiweed Desktop 0.6 has been released. The most important changes since the last release candidate include the following: "Several bugs were fixed; the default locale (the LANG environment variable) was set to 'C' under the console and to 'zh_CN.UTF-8' under X; the system now boots into a resolution of 1024x768. The MPlayer and Win32 codecs packages were updated to new versions." Read the rest of the release announcement (in Chinese) for more details. Download: hiweed-desktop_0.6_i386.iso (264MB). Hiweed Desktop is a Debian-based Chinese desktop Linux distribution featuring the XFce desktop environment.
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| 2005-02-17 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.6 RC2 |
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| The second release candidate of Hiweed Desktop 0.6 has been released. This is mostly a bug-fix release with the only new feature being the addition of autofs. All packages in the distribution have been synchronised with those in the current Debian Sarge. A new Hiweed logo has also made a debut with this release. For more details, please see the release announcement (in Chinese). Download: hiweed-desktop_0.6rc2_i386.iso (264MB). Hiweed Desktop is a Chinese desktop Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and featuring the XFce desktop environment.
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| 2005-02-03 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.6 RC1 |
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| This is a new development release of Hiweed Linux, a Chinese Linux distribution with XFce based on Debian GNU/Linux. New features: the Linux kernel was upgraded to 2.6.8, XFce to 4.2.0, xine, Xfmedia, and XMMS were replaced with MPlayer and Beep Media Player; a new Hiweed Desktop Control Center was added; the Hiweed Debian docs were updated; full input method on SCIM for simplified and traditional Chinese was added; included ALSA and Firefox 1.0 Chinese edition. Read the release announcement (in Chinese) for further details. Download: hiweed-desktop_0.6rc1_i386.iso (206MB).
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| 2004-09-26 |
Distribution Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.55 |
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| After three quick beta releases, Hiweed Desktop 0.55 is out. Changes since version 0.3: the default kernel is now 2.6.8, but kernel 2.4.27 is also provided for hardware compatibility reasons; synchronised with the Debian Sarge branch; added a new control centre - hiweedconf; upgraded the SCIM Chinese input server to version 1.0, added two new input methods; replaced Xine with RealPlayer; X window is now started automatically, fixed many bugs. Read the full release announcement (in simplified Chinese). Download: hiweed-debian-desktop_0.55_i386.iso (236MB). Hiweed Desktop is a light-weight, Debian-based Chinese desktop Linux distribution with XFce as its default desktop environment.
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| 2004-09-23 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.55 Beta 3 |
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| This is the third beta release of the Debian-based Hiweed Desktop 0.55, a Chinese desktop Linux distribution. Changes: "GKsu was downgraded to fix the keyboard lock bug; gtkrc.zh_CN was removed so that the user can change the XFce font size; Mozilla Firefox was upgraded to 0.9.3-5 to fix the no-reply problem; the RealPlayer plugin for Firefox was linked to its right place; apmd was added; kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-386 was removed; the SimSun TTF font was replaced with UniSun." The announcement and changelog (both in simplified Chinese). Download: hiweed-debian-desktop_0.55b3_i386.iso (215MB).
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| 2004-09-21 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.55 Beta 2 |
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| Here comes the second beta of Hiweed Desktop 0.55, only two days after beta 1. Changes: "Major bugs were fixed; the font sizes of GDM and XFce4 were adjusted; normal users can now shut down on XFce4 or GDM; root can now login via GDM; GDM can start automatically every time the machine boots; mc can now display Chinese as normal; Xpdf was replaced with GPdf; Helix Player was replaced with RealPlayer 10; ChmSee was added; a default sources.list was added; the last version of Debian Reference (Chinese edition) was added; the console now boots into a resolution of 800x600 by default." The announcement, changelog (both links in simplified Chinese). Download: hiweed-debian-desktop_0.55b2_i386.iso (222MB).
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| 2004-09-19 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.55 Beta 1 |
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| A new beta release of Hiweed Linux, a Chinese Debian-based Linux distribution, is out: "This is a special version for the national day of China. The newest Debian installer is now used, the Linux kernel was upgraded from 2.4.26 to 2.6.8, and the Debian Sarge branch is used instead of Sid. SCIM was upgraded to 1.0 stable. A control center named 'hiweedconf' was added. The GDM display manager was added, so X will start automatically. Some other packages were added: libc6-dev, libc6-dev, kernel-headers-2.6.8-1-386, less, resolvconf, acpid, and helix-player. The sylpheed package was replaced with sylpheed-gtk2." The announcement and changelog (both links in simplified Chinese). Download: hiweed-debian-desktop_0.55b1_i386.iso (219MB).
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| 2004-08-06 |
Development Release: Hiweed-Debian Server 0.3 Beta 1 |
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| Hiweed-Debian GNU/Linux is a Chinese Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. Currently it has two branches: Desktop and Server. The Server edition is a pre-configured server with Apache, PHP, MySQL, mail, DNS, and FTP. Server 0.3 beta1 now supports customised installaion (but without auto configuration yet). For example, you can choose either MySQL Server or PostgreSQL Server to serve you database. FTP server candidates are ProFTPd, pureFTPd, vsFTPd, and wu-FTPd. Mail server candidates are Exim4, Postfix, and Sendmail. Apache2 are provided with optional support of PHP4, Perl, and Python. If you choose to install Webmin, the following modules will be auto installed according to your customisation: apache, bind, mysql, postfix, postgresql, proftpd, samba, sendmail, and wu-ftpd. The announcement (in simplified Chinese). Download: hiweed-server_0.3beta1_i386.iso (118MB).
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| 2004-06-30 |
Development Release: Hiweed Desktop 0.3 RC1 |
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| Hiweed Desktop is a Chinese Linux distribution, based on Debian GNU/Linux. Its features include preconfigured Chinese applications, such as Chinese input method, Chinese-English and English-Chinese dictionaries, and Chinese (simplified) true-type fonts. This is the first release candidate of Hiweed Desktop 0.3; the most important changes in this release are bug fixes and general clean-up to reduce the size of the ISO image. Most applications were upgraded to their current versions as per Debian Sid. Read the complete changelog (in Chinese) for details. Download: hiweed-desktop-0.3rc1.iso (202MB).
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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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