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DistroWatch.com: Frugalware Linux

Frugalware Linux

Last Update: Saturday 20 March 2010 05:20 GMT

Based on: Independent
Origin: Hungary
Architecture: i686, powerpc, x86_64
Desktop: Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce
Category: Desktop
Status: Active

Frugalware Linux is an independently developed general purpose desktop Linux distribution designed for intermediate users. It follows simple Slackware-like design concepts and includes the "pacman" package management utility from Arch Linux.

Frugalware Summary
Distribution	Frugalware Linux
Home Page	http://frugalware.org/
Mailing Lists	http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo
User Forums	http://forums.frugalware.org/ Forums Frugalware (French)
Documentation	http://wiki.frugalware.org/
Screenshots	http://frugalware.org/screenshots • The Coding Studio
Download Mirrors	http://frugalware.org/download
Bug Tracker	http://bugs.frugalware.org/
Related Web Sites	Frugalware France • Freshmeat
Reviews	0.8: Planète Béranger 0.7: Blogspot • FRLinux (French) 0.6: FRLinux (French) 0.5: Polishlinux • GNEBU (Spanish) 0.4: Linux.com • QuebecOS (French) 0.3: Tuxmachines
Where To Buy	OSDisc.com • LinuxCD.org (sponsored links)

Recent Related News

• 2010-03-08: Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2
• 2010-02-22: Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 RC2
• 2010-02-08: Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 RC1
• 2010-01-11: Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 Pre 2
• 2009-11-07: Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 Pre 1
• 2009-09-07: Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.1

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Table Notes and Explanations
Select view: Major packages only (52) All tracked packages (206) Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd". Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Table Notes and Explanations

Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".

Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature	current	1.2 locris	1.1 getorin	1.0 anacreon	0.9 solaria	0.8 kalgan	0.7 sayshell	0.6 terminus	0.5 siwenna	0.4 wanda	0.3 trantor	0.2 aurora	0.1 genesis	Feature
Release Date	2010/03/20	2010/03/08	2009/09/07	2009/03/22	2008/08/26	2008/03/11	2007/10/13	2007/03/22	2006/09/13	2006/03/30	2005/10/13	2005/04/27	2004/11/02	Release Date
Price (US$)	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Price (US$)
CDs	--	19	23	20	15	13	13	11	9	2	2	3	2	CDs
Free Download	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	Free Download
Installation	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Installation
Default Desktop	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	Default Desktop
Package Management	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.BZ2)	FPM (TAR.GZ)	FPM (TAR.GZ)	FPM (TAR.GZ)	FPM (TAR.GZ)	FPM (TAR.GZ)	Package Management
Office Suite	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	GOffice, KOffice, OO.o	KOffice, OO.o	KOffice	Office Suite
Processor Architecture	i686, ppc, x86_64	i686, ppc, x86_64	i686, ppc, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686, x86_64	i686	i686	Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems	ext3, ext4, ReiserFS	ext3, ext4, ReiserFS	ext3, ext4, ReiserFS	ext3, ext4, ReiserFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS, XFS	ext3, ReiserFS	ext3	Journaled File Systems
Multilingual	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	de, en, fr, hu, it, pl, sk	de, en, fr, hu, it, pl, sk	de, en, fr, hu, it, pl, sk	de, en, fr, hu, it, pl, sk	de, en, hu, it, sk	de, en, hu, it, sk	Multilingual
Asian Language Support	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Asian Language Support
Package	current	1.2 locris	1.1 getorin	1.0 anacreon	0.9 solaria	0.8 kalgan	0.7 sayshell	0.6 terminus	0.5 siwenna	0.4 wanda	0.3 trantor	0.2 aurora	0.1 genesis	Package
abiword (2.8.2)	2.8.2	2.8.2	2.6.8	2.6.6	2.4.6	2.4.6	2.4.6	2.4.6	2.4.5	2.4.2	2.2.9	--	--	abiword (2.8.2)
alsa-lib (1.0.22)	1.0.22	1.0.22	1.0.20	1.0.19	1.0.17	1.0.16	1.0.14	1.0.13	1.0.12	1.0.10	1.0.9	1.0.8	1.0.6	alsa-lib (1.0.22)
amarok (2.3.0)	2.2.2	2.2.2	1.4.10	1.4.10	1.4.10	1.4.8	1.4.7	1.4.5	1.4.3	1.3.8	1.3.2	--	--	amarok (2.3.0)
ati-driver (8.702)	--	--	8.632	8.573	8.522	8.42.3	8.40.4	8.34.8	8.28.8	8.23.7	8.16.20	8.12.10	--	ati-driver (8.702)
bind (9.7.0-P1)	9.6.1	9.6.1	9.6.1	9.6.0	9.5.0	9.4.2	9.4.1	9.4.0	9.3.2	9.3.2	9.3.1	9.3.1	9.3.0	bind (9.7.0-P1)
compiz (0.8.4)	0.8.2	0.8.2	0.8.2	0.7.8	0.7.6	0.6.2	0.6.0	0.3.6	cvs	cvs	--	--	--	compiz (0.8.4)
cups (1.4.2)	1.3.11	1.3.11	1.3.11	1.3.9	1.3.9	1.3.6	1.3.2	1.2.8	1.2.3	1.1.23	1.1.23	1.7.13.2.23	1.1.21	cups (1.4.2)
db (4.8.26)	4.7.25	4.7.25	4.7.25	4.7.25	4.7.25	4.6.21	4.6.19	4.5.20	4.4.20	4.4.20	4.3.29	4.3.27	4.2.52	db (4.8.26)
dhcp (4.1.1)	3.0.7	3.0.7	3.0.7	3.0.7	3.0.7	3.0.6	3.0.6	3.0.5	3.0.4	3.0.3	3.0.3	3.0.3b1	3.0.1	dhcp (4.1.1)
emacs (23.1)	23.1	23.1	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.1	22.1	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.4	21.3	emacs (23.1)
evolution (2.28.3.1)	2.28.2	2.28.2	2.26.3	2.24.4	2.22.1.1	2.12.3	2.12.0	2.10.0	2.8.0	2.6.0	2.4.1	2.2.2	--	evolution (2.28.3.1)
firefox (3.6)	3.6	3.6	3.5.2	3.0.7	3.0.3	2.0.0.12	2.0.0.7	2.0.0.2	1.5.0.6	1.5.0.1	1.0.7	1.0.3	0.10.1	firefox (3.6)
freetype (2.3.12)	2.3.9	2.3.9	2.3.9	2.3.8	2.3.7	2.3.5	2.3.5	2.3.2	2.2.1	2.1.10	2.1.10	2.1.9	2.1.9	freetype (2.3.12)
gcc (4.4.3)	4.4.3	4.4.3	4.4.1	4.3.3	4.3.1	4.2.3	4.2.1	4.1.2	4.1.1	4.0.3	4.0.2	3.4.3	3.4.2	gcc (4.4.3)
gimp (2.6.8)	2.6.8	2.6.8	2.6.7	2.6.5	2.4.6	2.4.5	2.2.17	2.2.13	2.2.13	2.2.10	2.2.8	2.2.6	2.0.5	gimp (2.6.8)
glibc (2.11.1)	2.11.1	2.11.1	2.10.1	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6.1	2.5	2.4	2.3.6	2.3.5	2.3.5	2.3.3	glibc (2.11.1)
gnucash (2.2.9)	2.2.9	2.2.9	2.2.9	2.2.8	2.2.5	2.2.2	2.2.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	gnucash (2.2.9)
gnumeric (1.10.1)	1.10.0	1.10.0	1.8.4	1.8.4	1.8.3	1.7.91	1.7.10	1.7.7	1.7.0	1.6.2	1.4.3	--	--	gnumeric (1.10.1)
grub (1.98)	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.96	0.95	grub (1.98)
gtk+ (2.18.9)	2.18.7	2.18.7	2.16.5	2.14.7	2.12.11	2.12.8	2.12.0	2.10.11	2.10.3	2.8.16	2.8.6	2.6.7	2.4.13	gtk+ (2.18.9)
hal (0.5.14)	0.5.14	0.5.14	0.5.11	0.5.11	0.5.11	0.5.10	0.5.9.1	0.5.8.1	0.5.7.1	0.5.7	0.5.4	0.4.7	--	hal (0.5.14)
httpd (2.2.15)	2.2.14	2.2.14	2.2.11	2.2.11	2.2.9	2.2.8	2.2.6	2.2.4	2.2.3	2.2.0	2.0.54	2.0.54	2.0.52	httpd (2.2.15)
inkscape (0.47)	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.45.1	0.45.1	0.45	0.44.1	0.43	0.42.2	0.41	--	inkscape (0.47)
jre (6u18)	6u21	6u21	6u16	6u13	6u10	6u7	6u5	6u3	5.0_09	5.0_06	5.0_05	5.0_02	1.5.0	jre (6u18)
k3b (1.0.5)	1.70.0	1.70.0	1.0.5	1.0.5	1.0.5	1.0.4	1.0.3	0.12.17	0.12.17	0.12.14	0.12.4a	0.11.23	0.11.17	k3b (1.0.5)
kdebase (4.4.1)	4.3.5	4.3.5	3.5.10	3.5.10	3.5.9	3.5.9	3.5.7	3.5.6	3.5.4	3.5.1	3.4.2	3.4.0	3.3.1	kdebase (4.4.1)
Package	current	1.2 locris	1.1 getorin	1.0 anacreon	0.9 solaria	0.8 kalgan	0.7 sayshell	0.6 terminus	0.5 siwenna	0.4 wanda	0.3 trantor	0.2 aurora	0.1 genesis	Package
koffice (2.1.1)	2.1.1	2.1.1	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.6.2	1.5.2	1.4.2	1.4.1	1.3.5	1.3.3	koffice (2.1.1)
libgnome (2.28.0)	2.28.0	2.28.0	2.26.0	2.24.1	2.22.0	2.20.1.1	2.20.0	2.18.0	2.16.0	2.14.0	2.12.0.1	2.10.0	--	libgnome (2.28.0)
linux (2.6.33.1)	2.6.32	2.6.32	2.6.30	2.6.28	2.6.26	2.6.24	2.6.22	2.6.20	2.6.17	2.6.16	2.6.13.3	2.6.11	2.6.9	linux (2.6.33.1)
module-init-tools (3.11.1)	3.11.1	3.11.1	3.10	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.2.2	3.2.2	3.2.2	3.2.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	module-init-tools (3.11.1)
mono (2.6.3)	2.6.1	2.6.1	2.4.2.3	2.2	1.9	1.2.6	1.2.5.1	1.2.3.1	1.1.17	1.1.13.1	1.1.9.1	1.0.6	--	mono (2.6.3)
mysql (5.1.45)	5.1.43	5.1.43	5.1.37	5.0.77	5.0.67	5.0.51	5.0.45	5.0.37	5.0.24	5.0.19	4.1.14	4.1.11	4.1.7	mysql (5.1.45)
nautilus (2.28.4)	2.28.4	2.28.4	2.26.3	2.24.2	2.22.5.1	2.20.0	2.20.0	2.18.0	2.16.0	2.14.0	2.12.1	2.10.1	--	nautilus (2.28.4)
NVIDIA (195.36.15)	190.53	190.53	185.18.31	180.29	173.14.12	169.12	100.14.11	1.0-9746	1.0-8774	1.0-8178	1.0-7676	1.0-7174	--	NVIDIA (195.36.15)
OpenOffice.org (3.2.0)	3.2.0	3.2.0	3.1.0	3.0.1	2.4.1	2.4rc2	2.3.0	2.1.0	2.0.3	2.0.2	1.1.4	1.1.4	--	OpenOffice.org (3.2.0)
openssh (5.4p1)	5.3p1	5.3p1	5.2p1	5.1p1	5.1p1	4.7p1	4.7p1	4.6p1	4.3p2	4.3p2	4.2p1	4.0p1	3.9p1	openssh (5.4p1)
openssl (0.9.8m)	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.8	0.9.7g	0.9.7e	openssl (0.9.8m)
perl (5.10.1)	5.10.1	5.10.1	5.10.0	5.10.0	5.10.0	5.10.0	5.8.8	5.8.8	5.8.8	5.8.8	5.8.7	5.8.6	5.8.5	perl (5.10.1)
php (5.3.2)	5.3.1	5.3.1	5.3.0	5.2.9	5.2.6	5.2.5	5.2.4	5.2.1	5.1.6	5.1.2	5.0.5	5.0.4	5.0.2	php (5.3.2)
pidgin (2.6.6)	2.6.5	2.6.5	2.6.1	2.5.4	2.4.3	2.3.1	2.2.1	2.0.0beta6	2.0.0beta3	1.5.0	1.5.0	1.2.1	--	pidgin (2.6.6)
postfix (2.7.0)	2.6.5	2.6.5	2.6.2	2.5.6	2.5.4	2.4.6	2.4.5	2.3.6	2.3.3	2.2.9	2.2.5	2.2.2	2.1.5	postfix (2.7.0)
postgresql (8.4.3)	8.4.2	8.4.2	8.4.0	8.2.12	8.2.9	8.2.6	8.2.5	8.2.3	8.1.4	8.1.3	8.0.4	8.0.2	7.4.6	postgresql (8.4.3)
Python (3.1.1)	3.0	3.0	2.6.2	2.6.1	2.5.2	2.5.2	2.5.1	2.5	2.4.3	2.4.2	2.4.2	2.4.1	2.3.4	Python (3.1.1)
qt-x11 (4.6.2)	4.6.2	4.6.2	3.3.8	3.3.8	3.3.8	3.3.8	3.3.8	3.3.7	3.3.6	3.3.5	3.3.4	3.3.4	3.3.3	qt-x11 (4.6.2)
samba (3.5.0)	3.0.37	3.0.37	3.0.32	3.0.32	3.0.31	3.0.28	3.0.26	3.0.24	3.0.23	3.0.21	3.0.20	3.0.14a	3.0.7	samba (3.5.0)
sendmail (8.14.4)	8.14.4	8.14.4	8.14.3	8.14.3	8.14.3	8.14.2	8.14.1	8.14.0	8.13.8	8.13.6	8.13.5	8.13.4	8.13.1	sendmail (8.14.4)
thunderbird (3.0.3)	3.0.1	3.0.1	2.0.0.23	2.0.0.19	2.0.0.16	2.0.0.12	2.0.0.6	1.5.0.10	1.5.0.5	1.5	1.0.7	1.0.2	--	thunderbird (3.0.3)
udev (151)	151	151	145	139	124	118	115	106	098	088	068	057	042	udev (151)
vim (7.2)	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	vim (7.2)
xfce (4.6.1)	4.6.1	4.6.1	4.6.1	4.4.3	4.4.2	4.4.2	4.4.1	4.4.0	4.2.3	4.2.3	4.2.2	4.2.1	--	xfce (4.6.1)
xine-lib (1.1.18.1)	1.1.17	1.1.17	1.1.16.2	1.1.16.2	1.1.15	1.1.10.1	1.1.8	1.1.4	1.1.2	1.1.1	1.1.0	1.0	1-rc6a	xine-lib (1.1.18.1)
xorg-server (1.7.6)	1.7.5	1.7.5	1.6.1	1.4.2	1.4.2	1.4.0.90	1.2.0	1.2.0	1.1.1	1.0.2	(6.8.2)	(6.8.2)	(6.8.1)	xorg-server (1.7.6)

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