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| 2007-06-21 |
Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 2 |
| John Morris has announced the release of White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 2, a distribution built from the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: "White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 2 is now available for download. This covers Update 5 from upstream plus a few errata released since. The recent OpenOffice.org and OpenOffice.org 2 updates are included. The previous policy of skipping every other Update from upstream is being reconsidered in light of the year gap it has caused. Every quarter was a bit often for me to respin, annually seems a mite too far in the other direction." Here is the brief release announcement. The 4-CD set can be downloaded from these FTP/HTTP mirrors, while the DVDs are only available via BitTorrent: manifestdestiny-...-dvd-i386.iso (2,721MB), manifestdestiny-...-dvd-x86_64.iso (2,992MB). |
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| 2006-05-02 |
Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 1 |
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| John Morris has announced the release of White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 1, the first update to version 4 of the distribution re-built from source RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux: "White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Respin 1 is now available via both BitTorrent and FTP/HTTP. As with the original release, both i386 and x86_64 platforms are supported. This release catches up all errata through April 28. Other than errata, the only significant change is the start of renaming Firefox to IceWeasel. This is in response to a conversation last year with the legal contact at the Mozilla Foundation." Here is the full release announcement. The 4-CD image sets for both i386 and x86_64 architectures are available for download from a number of FTP and HTTP mirrors. |
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| 2005-04-01 |
Development Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 RC1 |
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| A developement preview of White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) 4 has been released: "A preview of WBEL4 is currently available via BitTorrent. It is believed to be feature complete except for the inclusion of the yum configuration info to allow updating. Since there isn't yet a download tree for 4 on the mirrors this isn't really an issue for testing yet. This release is i386 only because the x86_64 building has only just begun. There are a few small details left: as an RC, I didn't bother to GPG sign anything; the artwork is trademark clean but lame in several places, this is being worked on...." Visit the distribution's news page to read the rest of the announcement. The 4-CD ISO image set can be obtained via BitTorrent: manifestdestiny-rc1-binary-i386.torrent (2,417MB). |
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| 2003-12-18 |
Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 |
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| White Box Enterprise Linux (WBEL) was born from the ashes of Red Hat Linux, to fill the gap between Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Its initial creation was sponsored by the Beauregard Parish Public Library in DeRidder, LA, USA, which had several servers and over fifty workstations running Red Hat Linux and were left high and dry by Red Hat's recent shift in business plan. The WBEL's first initial release, version 3.0, is now available: "WBEL 3.0 final is now available for your downloading pleasure. Movement is happening on AMD64 and IA64 ports. Watch this space for details or join the -devel mailing list and get involved." Visit the distribution's web site for more information. Download: liberation-binary-1.iso (623MB), liberation-binary-2.iso (638MB), liberation-binary-3.iso (506MB).
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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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