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| 2006-10-04 |
Distribution Release: Kororaa AIGlXgl Live CD 0.3 |
| The Kororaa has released a new version of their Gentoo-based live CD - this time without the controversial proprietary graphics drivers: "We are happy to release Kororaa AIGLXgl 0.3 Live CD. Major changes include the removal of non-GPL ATI and NVIDIA video card drivers, the inclusion of AIGLX now along with Xgl, 2.6.18 ck patchset based kernel, KDE 3.5.4, GNOME 2.14, updated installer and many bug fixes. The open source Radeon driver will work with many ATI cards, but not all the newer ones. If you have an NVIDIA video card, 3D effects will not be available, however you can still use this CD as a 'normal' live CD and installation to disk is available." More in the release announcement. Download: kororaa-aiglxgl-0.3.iso (680MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2006-04-06 |
Distribution Release: Kororaa Xgl Live CD 0.2 |
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| The Kororaa project has released an installable Xgl Live CD 0.2, codename "blood, sweat and tears": "We have hacked our Kororaa Installer to work with this Xgl Live CD, so easy installation is now possible! This version also sports both Radeon and Intel DRI support, KDE 3.5.2, updated Gnome 2.14, Arch-CK 2.6.16 Kernel, SCSI support and more! There are many many new features for you, some of which are listed below. Please see the Kororaa installation manual for detailed instructions if you require a guide for the install process." Find more details on the project's home and download pages. The Kororaa Xgl live CD is available via BitTorrent: kororaa-xgl-livecd-0.2.iso (695MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-03-08 |
Distribution Release: Kororaa Xgl Live CD 0.1 |
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| The Kororaa project has released a live CD demonstrating the new Xgl technology for 3D window manipulation and other unusual effects: "Today I am happy to release a Kororaa live CD showcasing Xgl technology. If you would like to find out what it's all about, then download the CD and boot up your PC! The Live CD comes with X.Org 7.0, GNOME 2.12.2, 3D support and of course Xgl. Supported drivers are 'nvidia' (NVIDIA) and 'fglrx' (ATI). Minimum recommended configuration is Pentium 3 with NVIDIA GeForce video card." Find more details on the project's home and download pages. The Kororaa Xgl live CD is available for download from here: kororaa-xgl-demo-livecd-0.1.iso (442MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-12-12 |
Development Release: Kororaa 2005 Beta 2 Release 1 |
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| An updated beta of the Gentoo-based Kororaa distribution has been released: "Today I am happy to announce the release of Kororaa Beta2 Release 1. We have made many changes to the installer for clarification purposes (the installer is much cleaner now), but have also re-written the GRUB boot loader code and various other sections to fix issues some people were having. Major changes include update to KDE 3.5, Linux 2.6.14 kernel, cleaner installer and code changes, inclusion of DVB TV support and browser plugins 'out of the box', and finally an installation manual!" See the complete release announcement on the project's home page. BitTorrent files for the Universal install CD, Kororaa (KDE-based) and Gororaa (GNOME-based) for x86 and x86_64 architectures can all be downloaded via BitTorrent from this page. |
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| 2005-11-14 |
Development Release: Kororaa 2005 Beta 2 |
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| Kororaa is an independently developed, user-friendly installation method for Gentoo Linux and a full-featured Gentoo-based distribution. The project's second beta release is now ready for testing: "After a very successful Beta1 release, I am happy to announce the release of Kororaa Beta2! Major changes include a GNOME release called 'Gororaa', as well as AMD64 editions of both. Other new features include light-weight window manager options, international keyboard language support, package selection, updated setup menus, as well as various new tools and configuration scripts and a prettier installer with progress bars." See the full release announcement on the distribution's home page, then visit its download page to select your preferred CD images to download. Here is the BitTorrent link to the Universal Install CD: kororaa-2005-beta2-install.iso (346MB, MD5). |
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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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