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DNALinux was a live Linux distribution based on SLAX and bundled with bioinformatics applications, such as EMBOSS, Primer3, and other software.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2024-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 47.0 |
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4MLinux is a minimal distribution which ships tools for four types of tasks: servers, gaming, multimedia and system rescue. The project's latest stable version is 47.0 which comes with upgraded applications for the Internet, including Firefox 133.0, Chrome 131.0 and Thunderbird 128.5, besides various other improvements: "The status of the 4MLinux 47.0 series has been changed to STABLE. As always, the new major release has some new features. GNOME CD Master (GUI frontend for cdrdao), Dia (program for drawing diagrams), GLiv (OpenGL image viewer), XRoar (Dragon and Tandy 8-bit computer emulator) as well as many command line MOD/MIDI players are now available out of the box. Gnubik (famous puzzle game) and GNU Backgammon have been added to the 4MLinux GamePack package (downloadable extension). Support for hundreds of old image formats is now provided by RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library with its GIMP plugin). And finally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on virtual KVM block devices (/dev/vda1, /dev/vda2, and so on)." A complete list of package updates is presented in the release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-47.0-64bit.iso (1,442MB), 4MLinux-47.0-core.iso (16MB). |
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| 2024-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2024-12-22 |
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Jacque Montague Raymer has announced the release of a brand-new version of MakuluLinux, a user-friendly distribution integrating the Cinnamon desktop and various Artificial Intelligence tools with the "Testing" branch of the Debian distribution. The latest release, labelled as version "2024-12-22", is part of the project's "LinDoz" range of products: "Welcome to MakuluLinux LinDoz 2025, our most ambitious release to date. This version marks a significant shift in the LinDoz ecosystem, introducing a new foundation, enhanced features and cutting-edge AI integrations. For the first time, LinDoz is built on a Debian base instead of Ubuntu. This change enhances stability and opens new doors for advanced functionality. Running on the Cinnamon 6.2.0 framework and Linux kernel 6.10, LinDoz 2025 offers improved performance and compatibility. Highlights: a complete overhaul of the core system for improved stability and flexibility; extensive testing to ensure a smooth experience for users; redesigned themes with light and dark modes; subtle UI changes to improve readability and visual appeal; introduction of powerful AI tools directly within the OS." See the release announcement (with a video introduction) and the release notes for further information. Download (MD5): MakuluLinux-LinDoz-2024-12-22.iso (5,756MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 2024.1.0 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the "Unstable" branch of Debian. The rolling release project's latest snapshot, version 2024.1.0, provides several desktop upgrades, including KDE Plasma 6. "The flavors we offer for siduction 2024.1.0 include KDE Plasma 6.2.4.1, LXQt 2.1.0, Xfce 4.20, Xorg and noX. GNOME, MATE and Cinnamon have not made it again, as there is no maintainer for them within siduction. They may return one day or not. Of course, they are still installable from the repository. Plasma 6 has now nearly fully arrived in 'Unstable' and 'Testing' and will be available for Debian 13 'Trixie'. Although Wayland is the default session type in Plasma 6, we have opted for X11 as the default, as Calamares currently does not take the desired keyboard layout under Wayland. This could have severe consequences in encrypted installations. However, you can at any time switch to Wayland in SDDM. As existing users, you've likely already upgraded to Plasma 6 and now the current Plasma generation is also available for fresh installations." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-2024.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (3,557MB, SHA256), siduction-2024.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (3,144MB, SHA256), siduction-2024.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (3,039MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 24.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project's latest release, version 24.12, introduces some key changes, specifically functioning cameras on Android phones. "One thing that people have been asking us over and over is, will it be possible to use cameras with postmarketOS on Androids? While of course we all would like to see that, this is a significant challenge for postmarketOS and other Linux Mobile projects that prefer using the mainline Linux kernel and don't use the proprietary Android userspace blobs for interacting with cameras. But as you can guess from the headline, there has been a significant breakthrough: the Pixel 3A and Fairphone 5 both have front and a rear camera working now, and somebody even reported being able to record video on the FP5. One of the two rear cameras of the Pocophone F1 also works now. As you would expect, this is not on-par with Android's implementation yet and some of the media has a bit of a retro appeal at the moment. Nevertheless, this is a major achievement! Thanks to Robert, Richard, Luca, Joel, Alistair as well as the libcamera and Megapixels folks!" Additional details and changes can be found in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and install options are provided. |
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| 2024-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CachyOS 241221 |
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CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It focuses on speed and security optimisations. The project's latest release focuses on performance and Bluetooth support: "One of the most notable changes is that the default kernel is now optimized using AutoFDO. Profiling workloads are run through a diverse set of tests, including sysbench, CachyOS Benchmarker, Git operations, kernel compilation, and several miscellaneous benchmarks. Currently, the profiling is done on a Zen5 machine, but in the future, we plan to support merging multiple profiles for even broader optimization. RustiCL has replaced the default OpenCL driver in the Mesa stack, bringing improved performance and compatibility. Additionally, we now use scx_loader for sched-ext scheduler management in the kernel-manager. This allows for more seamless switching between schedulers and ensures they are properly configured using a dedicated configuration file. We've also enabled Bluetooth support, enhancing the user experience for most users." The project's release announcement offers further details. Download: cachyos-desktop-linux-241221.iso (2,619MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2024.12 |
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Grml is a minimal, live distribution which is based on Debian. Grml 2024.12 drops support for x86 (i686) computers while expanding support for 64-bit ARM machines. "We are proud to announce our new stable release version 2024.12, code-named 'Adventgrenze'. This Grml release brings you fresh software packages from Debian 'Trixie' and enhanced hardware support, and it addresses known bugs from previous releases. With version 2024.12, Grml, for the first time ever, supports 64-bit ARM CPUs (arm64). As previously announced, releases for 32-bit x86 PCs have been discontinued. With the grml32 flavor removed, we've introduced UEFI 32-bit boot support on our Grml amd64 flavor to ensure 64-bit PCs with 32-bit firmware can use this release. New features: grml-lang - support language settings for UK/GB; grml-vnet - replace tunctl + brctl with ip(8); grml-paste - the Grml paste service is gone, the script uses paste.debian.net now; cpu-screen: replace C source implementation with implementation in Perl (to get arch all packages) + hide...." The release announcement and the release notes offer additional details. Download (pkglist): grml-full-2024.12-amd64.iso (917MB, signature), grml-small-2024.12-amd64.iso (498MB, signature). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.29 Core 190 |
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The IPFire project develops a minimal operating system for routers and firewalls. The project's latest release, IPFire 2.29 Core 190, provides a kernel update and begins phasing out support for RSA encryption: "We are starting the path to remove RSA from the IPFire web UI and SSH. On new installations, RSA keys won't be generated any more. On existing installations, this update removes the RSA key from the web UI, but we keep the RSA key for SSH to not break any monitoring tools, etc. We still believe that RSA is strong enough to be used in today's world, but since there is sufficient browser and SSH client support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography which is considered to be much stronger, we want to raise the bar for any potential future attacks on RSA. IPFire is also now using post-quantum cryptography for SSH key exchanges: Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 and X25519 with SHA-512 (sntrup761x25519-sha512) and Module-Lattice-based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (MK-KEM, mlkem768x25519-sha256) have been enabled." Additional details are provided in the release announcement. Download: ipfire-2.29-core190-x86_64.iso (502MB), ipfire-2.29-core190-x86_64.img.xz (427MB). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Murena 2.6.3 |
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The Murena team have announced a new version of the project's /e/OS operating system. Support for tablets has been introduced along with smoother support for QR code reading. One of the big features accompanying this release is a new on-line system installer. "We're excited to introduce our brand-new Installer for /e/OS, now in beta! Our team has been working tirelessly to make installing /e/OS on your device simpler than ever. This new Installer will replace the Easy Installer, offering you a seamless, step-by-step process to get /e/OS up and running on compatible devices. No more juggling multiple tools or complicated instructions! Also, if you're already hosting or planning to host a flash party, the Installer will be a game-changer, making the process faster, smoother, and more accessible for everyone." Further details on the new release and the new system installer can be found in Murena's release announcement and in the release notes. A list of supported devices can be found in the project's documentation. |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 10.1 |
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The NetBSD project has published an update to the highly portable operating system's 10.x series. NetBSD 10.1 mostly focuses on fixes and some driver enhancements. "Device drivers, acpiout(4) - fix brightness controls on certain machines; re(4) - add support for Realtek/Killer E2600 Ethernet; uftdi(4) - add support for a range of Brainboxes USB serial adapters; urtwn(4) - add support for the Mercusys MW150USV2 Wi-Fi adapter; viac7temp(4) - add the driver to amd64 GENERIC; virtio(4) - various fixes; apei(4) - new driver for ACPI platform error interfaces; Userspace, shmif_pcapin(1) - new utility program for shmif(4) tests; pax(1) - fixes for various edge cases, particularly when creating files; xsetwallpaper(1) - install the manual page; envstat(8), powerd(8), traceroute(8) - add support for CRUNCHOPS to enable building rumpified programs as crunched binaries; httpd(8) - create mobile-friendly directory listings; ifconfig(8), document parameters for lagg(4) interfaces; sshd(8) - fixed unsafe use of functions in signal handler (CVE-2024-6387); getentropy(3) - expose the now standardized interface to POSIX.1-2024 applications; ftp(1) - update to version 20241129." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA512, pkglist): NetBSD-10.1-amd64.iso (623MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 24.12 |
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T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). The project has published version 24.12 which supports 25 CPU architectures, introduces several fixes, and packages the COSMIC desktop. "We are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a major update with a total of 37 pre-compiled base install ISOs for various Glibc, Musl and uClibc combinations are available for 25 CPU ISAs: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, Loongarch64, M68k, Microblaze, MIPS(64), Nios2, OpenRISC, PowerPC(64), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH, i486, i686, x86-64 and x32. On most architectures the release still boots with as little as 512MB of RAM or even less, and ISO downloads are less than 2GB for base Wayland desktop with Firefox. Initial support for running on Nintendo Wii U was contributed and Linux kernel scrollback buffer handling restored. Support and stability was improved for SPARC64, Intel Itanium IA-64, Sony PS3, Sgi Octane and O2. This release also ships a significant larger desktop package selection even for non mainstream RISC architectures, including LibreOffice, OpenJDK and Qemu. The Cosmic Desktop was also added as new, next-generation, Rust-based desktop environment." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): t2-24.10-x86-64-base-wayland-glibc-gcc-nocona.iso (1,679MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2024.4 |
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The Kali Linux project has announced a new snapshot of the project's rolling release distribution. The latest version, 2024.4, upgrades Python to version 3.12, drops support for 32-bit x86 kernels and offers GNOME 47. The release announcement offers a summary: "The summary of the changelog since the 2024.3 release from September is: Python 3.12 - new default Python version (au revoir pip, hello pipx); the end of the i386 kernel and images - farewell x86 (images), but not goodbye (packages); deprecations in the SSH client - DSA keys, reminder about using ssh1 if required; Raspberry Pi imager customizations support - able to alter settings at write time; GNOME 47 - now able to synchronize your favorite colours; Kali forums refresh - new heart of the community home. Kali NetHunter - updates to the app, kernels, installer, store and website; new tools - 14 new shiny toys added (and countless updated). Python 3.12 is now the default Python interpreter. While it was released upstream a year ago, it took a bit of time to become the default in Debian, and then even more time to make it to Kali Linux, but finally it’s here. Every new version of Python brings along some deprecations or subtle changes of behavior, which in turn breaks some Python packages." Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-2024.4/kali-linux-2024.4-installer-amd64.iso (4,171MB, torrent), kali-linux-2024.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (600MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.8 |
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The PorteuX developers have announced the release of PorteuX 1.8, the latest version of the project's set of minimalist and portable Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. This brand-new build updates the Xfce desktop environment to the just-released version 4.20: "This release introduces the long-awaited Xfce 4.20, along with updates to almost all desktop environments. The kernel has been updated to 6.12.5, but there appear to be some upstream performance regressions for AMD users in specific cases, so if you experience some of these issues, you can use the kernel from PorteuX 1.7. Changes: fixed vm.max_map_count not being set during boot; fixed extensions not installing in Cinnamon if 05-devel was not activated; fixed KDE 6 night light feature not working; improved support for Steam Deck; improved PorteuX installer for Linux to only ask for admin rights instead of root user; improved all scripts in /opt/porteux-scripts to only ask for admin rights instead of root user...." Continue to the release notes for a full list of bug fixes and other changes. Download (pkglist): porteux-v1.8-current-cinnamon-6.2.9-x86_64.iso (495MB), porteux-v1.8-current-gnome-47.1-x86_64.iso (507MB), porteux-v1.8-current-kde-6.2.1-x86_64.iso (569MB), porteux-v1.8-current-lxde-0.10.1-x86_64.iso (472MB), porteux-v1.8-current-lxqt-2.0.0-x86_64.iso (495MB), porteux-v1.8-current-mate-1.28.2-x86_64.iso (480MB), porteux-v1.8-current-xfce-4.18-x86_64.iso (476MB). |
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| 2024-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 10 Stream |
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The CentOS project has announced the availability of a new version of CentOS Stream. The new 10 series branch provides a preview of what is coming up in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Version 10 ships with Linux 6.12, Python 3.12, and version 47 of the GNOME desktop. "CentOS Stream defines Enterprise Linux. It is a Linux distribution built by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) engineers, and is used as the major version branch that RHEL minor versions are created from. It has roughly a five year lifecycle and will be maintained until 2030. The exact date will be contingent on the end of the Full Support phase of RHEL 10. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and other communities use it as a trusted base for their tailored solutions. RHEL customers can use it as a preview of what's coming soon to RHEL.... CentOS Stream 10 includes several exciting new features and enhancements. Some of the highlights include: Linux kernel 6.12; Python 3.12; Go 1.23; Rust 1.82; Valkey 7.2; GNOME 47." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): CentOS-Stream-10-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso (6,848MB, SHA256), CentOS-Stream-10-20241209.0-x86_64-boot.iso (800MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 22.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint project has published a new development snapshot for Linux Mint 22.1. The upcoming release will feature support through to 2029 and offers a number of improvements to the behind-the-scenes package management utilities. The new beta also introduces easy access to power modes to help the user balance energy savings against performance. "Choosing a power mode allows you to balance between power saving and performance optimization. The following power modes are available on all computers: Power-saver mode - limits performance to conserve energy; Balanced mode - adjusts performance based on your needs; on supported systems, an additional Performance mode is available, this mode maximizes performance at the cost of increased power consumption; power-saving modes reduce performance but can extend battery life, reduce heat generation, lower CPU frequency and decrease fan noise; note that the system may override user settings based on the selected mode to adjust display brightness or make temporary adjustments to further reduce power consumption or enhance performance." Additional details can be found in the release announcement, what's new document, and release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-22.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,842MB, torrent), linuxmint-22.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,752MB, torrent), linuxmint-22.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,845MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta, a development snapshot of the company's next major version. The beta of version 10.0 includes several key package upgrades and introduces Lightspeed, a generative AI tool: "RHEL 10 marks the debut of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed, a generative AI (gen AI) tool purpose-built to help experts and novices build, deploy and manage RHEL simply and efficiently. We're building decades of expertise into RHEL Lightspeed to give you recommendations and guidance to help you make better tuning and troubleshooting decisions. It can also help you plan and protect your IT infrastructure with a proactive life cycle and security information that's offered at the moment you need it. RHEL Lightspeed also tailors release notes for your organization and package recommendations for your teams, bringing a new level of personalization to the RHEL experience. And RHEL Lightspeed replaces complex commands with plain language, lowering barriers for less experienced users." The release announcement and release notes provide more information. Red Hat customers can try out the beta (6,618MB, pkglist) for free through the company's portal. |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva 24.12 "ROME" |
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The OpenMandriva project has published a new snapshot of the distribution's ROME branch, a rolling release which is available in six desktop flavours: Plasma 6 (X11), Plasma 6 (Wayland), Plasma 5, LXQt, GNOME, and COSMIC. "Main features, and changes since ROME 24.07: KDE Plasma 6 desktop by default (x11). Spins featuring latest desktop environments GNOME, LXQt Qt6, Plasma 5 and COSMIC 1.0 alpha. Plasma 6 Wayland ISO provided as well. Please note the Wayland ISO in VirtualBox may boot to a black screen and will not work; VirtualBox users may need to set VMSVGA controller to boot successfully; It works fine on most hardware and in QEMU with KVM. Available in OpenMandriva repository proton and proton-experimental, which make Proton available outside of Steam, without the need to install any non-free code. OM-Welcome Startup and Configuration tool, specifically designed for OpenMandriva KDE Plasma desktop environment, keeps improving with some more convenient modules for easy install of the users' most wished applications." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): openmandriva.rome-24.12-plasma6.wayland.x86_64.iso (3,070MB), openmandriva.rome-24.12-lxqt.x86_64.iso (2,174MB), openmandriva.rome-24.12-cosmic.x86_64.iso (2,726MB). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1 |
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The AlmaLinux project provides a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with additional security patches. The project has published a new beta release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1. "AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta brings significant enhancements across core components enhancing development, security, and performance workflows. New versions of programming languages, toolchains, and compilers give developers access to the latest tools. Updates to control systems, servers, and databases aim to improve system performance and scalability. As for security, this release introduces post-quantum cryptography support and updates to SELinux and OpenSSH. A new sudo system role simplifies configuration management across multiple systems, while new tools like Sequoia PGP expand encryption options. This version of AlmaLinux also brings with it some deviations from RHEL 10.0, that are fully outlined in the release notes for AlmaLinux 10. We anticipate the stable release of AlmaLinux 10 coming in Q2 of next year." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, pkglist): AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-dvd.iso (6,542MB), AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-minimal.iso (1,258MB), AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso (748MB). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Archman Linux 20241207 |
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Muhterem Demiray has announced the release of Archman Linux 20241207, the latest stable build of the project's Arch-based distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop: "Archman 2024-12 'Xfce' edition, the final stable release of the year, is ready. Archman Linux is an independent, globally-oriented Linux distribution derived from Arch Linux and developed in Turkey. Archman Linux offers a fast, visual, stable and easy-to-use installation and user experience. New features and updates: the latest Xfce desktop environment provides a faster and more stable experience; modernized theme and icon sets offer a more visually appealing user interface; the latest versions of popular software packages are included in this release; the system's security has been enhanced with the latest security patches. Performance improvements: the system startup time has been optimized for faster booting; memory and CPU usage have been improved, resulting in better overall system performance; battery life has been extended for laptops...." See the complete release announcement for more information and known issues. Download: Archman_Xfce-20241207.iso (2,508MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Window Maker Live 12.8 |
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Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that applies the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. The project has released version 12.8 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "A selection of TeX Live packages for a decent TeX system, and auxiliary tools like AUCTeX for Emacs and the vim-latexsuite were also included. All of Bookworm's outdated GNUstep packages were replaced with current versions recompiled from their still up to date Debian/Trixie sources. The included GNUstep programs are more tightly integrated in the desktop. Only seeing is believing: The GNUstep packages were augmented by a few GUI themes demonstrating GNUstep's theming capabilities. The current Emacs release 29.4 has been added with its GNUstep based GUI. This emacs-gnustep variant is provided as a self-contained component and does not rely on nor conflict with the official Debian emacs packages. The bare bones Surf browser has been replaced with otter-browser since the former's AppArmor based security sandboxing proved too restrictive for casual usage. Also, the GNUstep based netsurf port WebSurf.app was added." The release announcement offers additional details. Download (MD5, pkglist): wmlive-bookworm_12.8-amd64.iso (2,865MB), wmlive-bookworm_12.8-i386.iso (2,842MB). |
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| 2024-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.2.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 24.2.0, the latest stable version of the project's rolling-release distribution with separate GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce editions. The new release updates the default Linux kernel to version 6.12: "Manjaro Linux 24.2 'Yonada' released. Since we released Xahea in October 2024, we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Yonada'. The GNOME edition has received several updates to GNOME 47 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when GNOME 47.2 was originally was in September 2024. The Plasma edition comes with the latest Plasma 6.2 series, Frameworks 6.8 and KDE Gear 24.08. Plasma 6 has come into its own over the last two releases. The wrinkles that always come with a major migration have been ironed out, and it's time to start delivering on the promises of the new Qt 6 and Wayland technology platforms that Plasma is built on top of. Kernel 6.12 is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.6 LTS and 6.1 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed." See the release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): manjaro-gnome-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,630MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,798MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,400MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). Separate images with the 6.1 and 6.6 Linux kernels are also available. |
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| 2024-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 4 |
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Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by System76 which is migrating from GNOME to the custom COSMIC desktop environment. The project's latest alpha release showcases new features in COSMIC: "A settings page has been added to System and Accounts Settings enabling you to set your default applications for various purposes, including your preferred browser, file manager, email client, music and video players, image viewer, and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos, and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_24.04_amd64_intel_13.iso (2,518MB), pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_13.iso (2,928MB). |
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| 2024-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.21.0 |
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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. The project's latest release is Alpine Linux 3.21.0. Along with several key package upgrades, the new version also introduces loongarch64 CPU support. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.0, the first in the v3.21 stable series. Highlights: Linux kernel 6.12, GCC 14, LLVM 19, Node.js (LTS) 22.11, Rust 1.83, Crystal 1.14, GNOME 47, Go 1.23, KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, PHP 8.4, Qt 6.8, Sway 1.10, .NET 9.0. Significant changes: initial support for loongarch64 was added. As always, make sure to use 'apk upgrade --available' when switching between major versions. OpenSSH service will automatically restart when upgrading to be able to accept new connections. The linux-firmware is now compressed with zstd. Users running custom-built kernels need to ensure that CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y is present in the kernel configuration. Users with / and /usr on separate filesystems (which is unsupported) need to take special care." The release announcement offers additional details and upgrade instructions. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (240MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (953MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EasyOS 6.5 |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 6.5. The EasyOS distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container. The project also includes tools for installing AppImage and Flatpak packages. Users can also set up containers to run other distributions: "The Scarthgap-series is built with packages compiled in a fork of OpenEmbedded, and optimised for EasyOS, but a small package repository; only about 1800 packages. However, more packages can be installed via Appi, the AppImage manager, and Flapi, the Flatpak manager. There is yet another avenue for adding packages to Scarthgap; another Linux distribution can be run in a container and within that container there is access to the entire package repository of that distribution. Easy Scarthgap can run Easy Daedalus in a container, which means that you don't really need to run Easy Daedalus as a separate distribution." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: easy-6.5-amd64.img (953MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nitrux e3ba3c69 |
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The Nitrux project has published a new release. The new release is referred to as version 3.8.0 in the release announcement, is given the codename "db", and is tagged with version identifier "e3ba3c69" in the ISO filename. The new release offers updated applications, some system installer fixes, and OpenRC reorganization: "The list below highlights the components we've updated in the distribution. Firefox to version 133.0. Nitrux Update Tool System to version 2.1.9. MESA 3D Graphics Library to version 24.2.8. We've updated our Calamares configuration with the following changes: Remove a non-functional kernel parameter. Add kernel parameters to prevent clock drift in some laptops. We've updated our OpenRC services configuration with the following changes: Sort various services into runlevels that make more sense given their purpose. Remove some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve boot time. We've updated our OpenRC package for Rsyslog to improve the service script. We've updated our desktop configuration with the following changes: Update check-docs-directory to update the Documentation directory on the desktop. Update Flatpaks install scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL. Update scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages. Update desktop-config to display a notification when the distribution is running in a VM or the minimum requirements are unmet." Download (MD5): nitrux-nx-desktop-plasma-e3ba3c69-amd64.iso (3,137MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.2 |
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The FreeBSD team have announced the release of FreeBSD 14.2. The new release includes several minor changes, mostly in the realm of updated hardware drivers, an update to OpenZFS 2.2.6, and a reduction in size to the boot loader. "The BIOS boot loader added back support for gzip and bzip2, but removed support for graphics mode (by default) to address size problems; the EFI boot loader is unchanged with support for all of those; lots of improvements to the network stack, including performance improvements and bug fixes for the sctp(4) stack; descriptors returned by sctp_peeloff(2) now inherit capabilities from the parent socket; AIM (Adaptive Interrupt Moderation) support has been added to the igc(4) driver, this feature has also been added to the lem(4), em(4) and igb(4) drivers; a major regression in UDP performance introduced in FreeBSD 12.0, including NFS over UDP, is believed to be fixed with this change; the LinuxKPI, particularly for 802.11, has been enhanced to improve the stability of wireless drivers such as iwlwifi(4)...." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,249MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (1,038MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2023-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: wattOS R13 |
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wattOS is a fast desktop Linux distribution based on Debian. Using the lightweight Openbox window manager as its default user interface, the distribution strives to be as energy-efficient as possible. The project's latest release, version R13, is based on Debian 12. The project's brief release announcement lists the details: "wattOS R13 has been released, with Debian 12 'Bookworm' as the basis for the operating system. Giving you a stable and reliable foundation. Features: based on Debian 12 Bookworm - stable release; LXDE as a lightweight desktop; Linux kernel 6.1 for 64-bit PC installation; much better hardware support out of the box; Calamares as the installer for a simple streamlined install from a live session; inclusion of gdebi for easy installation of .deb packages; additional configuration to enhance the out-of-the-box experience; minimal in nature so you can install and build as you like. We are on Discord: join us on our new Discord server for help, updates and details; check the social links at the bottom of the page for other updates and details; download the ISO image to create a bootable medium and give it a try; download available now." Download: wattOS-R13.iso (1,476MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nobara Project 39 |
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Nobara Project is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. The distribution comes with certain features that do not ship with the regular Fedora. The project's latest release is version 39 which streamlines a few features: "We've removed the codec installer and instead integrated it as part of the 'Update System' app. The goal here was to streamline package updates into one place and give less popups for the user on clean installation. Now, when a user performs a new installation they will receive one pop-up informing them they should update the system. Upon updating they will then be asked a few questions, including updating media codec packages, updating Flatpaks, and updating snaps. There is still a popup for NVIDIA drivers if the user decides to change GPUs and/or did not install using an NVIDIA ISO image and has an NVIDIA GPU. The layout picker has been removed as it was based around GNOME, and we are no longer focusing on GNOME as our primary desktop." Additional information is provided in the changelog. Download (pkglist): Nobara-39-Official-2023-12-24.iso (3,614MB, SHA256), Nobara-39-GNOME-2023-12-24.iso (3,449MB, SHA256), Nobara-39-KDE-2023-12-24.iso (3,539MB, SHA256). |
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| 2023-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LibreELEC 11.0.4 |
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The developers of LibreELEC, a project that develops a multi-platform Linux distribution featuring the Kodi media centre, have released the final build of the 11.x series. Version 11.0.4 updates Kodi to version 20.2: "The final stable version of LibreELEC 11.0.4 has been released, bringing Kodi (Nexus) 20.2 with additional fixes. With the final release of LibreELEC 11 we are adding experimental RPi 5 support. The focus of RPi 5 development is on Kodi 21, which will be released in early 2024. The only known issue so far is that updating the EEPROM is not yet supported in the LE setting (run rpi-eeprom-update -a from the shell). Changes since 11.0.3: Kodi updated to 20.2 with additional fixes; Linux kernel updated to 6.1.68. Raspberry Pi - 50/60fps H264 HW decoding may need force_turbo=1 or core_freq_min=500 in config.txt to avoid AV-sync-issues/skipping. Kodi at RPi4 runs in 4096x2160 instead of 3840x2160 on 4k TVs after fresh installation. Configure Kodi as described at the Wiki and optionally add hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 to config.txt and enable HDMI UltraHD Deep Color in your TV's HDMI port configuration to get 4kp60 modes." See the release announcement and the changelog for more information. LibreELEC 11.04 is available for Raspberry Pi, Allwinner, Rockchip, Amlogic, NXP and generic x86_64 devices, as well as OVA images for VirtualBox. A quick link to the generic x86_64 flavour: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-11.0.4.img.gz (227MB). |
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| 2023-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 17 |
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Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. The project's latest version, Zorin OS 17, places a focus on performance. "Speed has been a top focus in Zorin OS 17, so the desktop runs dramatically snappier on a wide range of hardware, old and new. Performance optimizations have been made at every level of the operating system, from the kernel to the desktop environment. Apps open faster, animations are smoother, and loading times are reduced so you can spend more time being productive. Thanks to these optimizations, we’ve also been able to lower the minimum system requirements of Zorin OS from 2.0GB of RAM to only 1.5GB of RAM. This makes it the perfect option to extend the life of old and low-spec computers, saving you money on upgrades and helping the environment. As the starting point of your Zorin OS experience, the Zorin Menu has been overhauled to make it even faster for you to get where you want. Search for files, calendar appointments, contacts, apps from the Software store, world clocks, and even use the menu search as a calculator." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download: Zorin-OS-17-Core-64-bit.iso (3,589MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rhino Linux 2023.4 |
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Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which offers a rolling-release upgrade approach. The project's latest release updates the distribution's desktop experience enabling the ability to auto-tile application windows. The project's package manager also introduces some new clean-up features. "After a long development period we're ready to finish off the year with a stellar release, as well as inform you, the community, of what to expect in 2024. Unicorn 39 has finally been merged, bringing optional auto-tiling to Unicorn. After updating and rebooting, a new applet will appear in the top right section of the panel. To kick start your tiling window experience, you can select the new applet, which will bring up a toggle to enable/disable tiling mode. uLauncher now appears more rounded, and has a slightly different background colour. If Nala is installed, rhino-pkg update no longer auto-removes packages by default. To clean up unneeded packages or broken dependencies on a system, users can run the new rhino-pkg cleanup command. Beginning with Pacstall 4.3.0, packages may now use Debian's priority flag." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Rhino-Linux-2023.4-amd64.iso (2,049MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0 |
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Qubes OS is a security-focused operating system which isolates system components and applications to minimialize the damage which can be done do to a security breech in any one aspect of the platform. The project's latest release, Qubes OS 4.2.0, offers both Debian and Fedora templates and shifts the default desktop from GNOME to Xfce. "Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 37. Xen upgraded to version 4.17. Default Debian template upgraded to Debian 12. Default Fedora and Debian templates use Xfce instead of GNOME. SELinux support in Fedora templates. Several GUI applications rewritten, including: Applications Menu (also available as preview in R4.1); Qubes Global Settings; create New Qube Qubes Update; Unified grub.cfg location for both UEFI and legacy boot; PipeWire support; fwupd integration for firmware updates; optional automatic clipboard clearing; Official packages built using Qubes Builder v2; Split GPG management in Qubes Global Settings; Qrexec services use new qrexec policy format by default (but old format is still supported)." Additional information is offered in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: Qubes-R4.2.0-x86_64.iso (6,215MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 23.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project offers four user interfaces (GNOME, Plasma, Phosh, and Sxmo) across 45 supported devices. postmarketOS 23.12 introduces support for 14 new devices (up from 31 in the middle of 2023) and introduces a number of useful updates: "Unlocking of encrypted installations is now done with unl0kr by default, the successor to osk-sdl. The default USB networking gadget was changed from RNDIS to NCM. The default image viewer in Phosh and GNOME is now Loupe, instead of previously Eye of GNOME (EoG). The release upgrade process has been made more robust. There are additional safety checks for a too small boot partition and for having hardcoded versions or packages installed via mrtest. Additionally a bug was fixed that caused Alpine mirrors without /alpine/ in the URL to not get properly replaced during the upgrade." Additional details and a list of known issues can be found in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices is included in the project's wiki and install options can be found on the project's download page. |
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| 2023-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 |
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The Manjaro Linux team has published a new snapshot of the project's rolling-release distribution. The new 23.1.0 release offers up to date desktop environments with the main editions offering GNOME 45, KDE Plasma 5.27, and Xfce 4.18. "One of the most noticeable changes in GNOME 45 is the new activities button. Located in the corner of the top bar, this button was previously labelled “Activities”. In GNOME 45, this static label has been replaced with a dynamic workspace indicator. The new button design is a response to user testing results over recent years, and we are confident that its purpose will be more obvious to new GNOME users. As part of this change, the old app menu (which showed the name of the currently focused app), was also retired. This retirement was another response to user testing results, and was required to make space for the new design. Search performance has been a major area of work for GNOME 45. These performance improvements have been made to a range of apps, including Software, Characters, Clocks, Files, and Calculator. Together, these changes result in faster search and reduced resource usage, which can be seen in both individual apps and in system search." Additional highlights are presented in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,723MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,588MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,935MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-6 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The project's latest release focuses on bug fixes and tightening security. "In the last three months we have released 47 security updates, most of them from the Debian base distribution. However, we have also fixed security-relevant errors in the Univention packages, e.g. password leaks via the process list. We have also further stabilized the Univention Management Console (UMC) when connecting to the individual UMC modules. We have improved the way the Univention Directory Manager (UDM) handles inconsistent user capitalization. Some data is now updated atomically by the portal, which avoids certain error patterns, and the self service now translates the forms correctly in all cases." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: UCS_5.0-6-amd64.iso (960MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-11 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1049 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Lernstick 12
- News: openSUSE updating its branding, openSUSE 15.4 nears its end of life, FreeBSD 12.x reaches its end of life, Debian pauses updates, Mint unveils new Cinnamon features, Lubuntu team talks about new features, AlmaLinux expands EPEL support
- Questions and answers: Alternatives to WINE
- Released last week: Kali Linux 2023.4, Alpine Linux 3.19.0, SparkyLinux 7.2
- Torrent corner: KDE neon, Raspberry Pi OS, SolydXK, SparkyLinux
- Opinion poll: Replacing CentOS on the Major Distributions page
- New additions: SDesk
- New distributions: Eltanin Glacies
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2023-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 21.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the release of a new development snapshot, Linux Mint 21.3 Beta. The new beta release introduces some changes to the way the distribution boots, in particular offering support for Secure Boot. "Linux Mint 21.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable. Linux Mint 21.3 comes with full support for SecureBoot and compatibility with a wider variety of BIOS and EFI implementations. GRUB is used in EFI mode. Isolinux/syslinux is used in BIOS mode. The tools and framework used by Linux Mint to produce its ISO images were updated and are now based on the latest version of live-build. The team also drastically reduced the internal differences between LMDE and Linux Mint ISO images." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,916MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,932MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,852MB, torrent).
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| 2023-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 7.2 |
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SparkyLinux is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution featuring a range of editions, most of them providing pre-configured desktop environments. The project's latest Stable release is SparkyLinux 7.2 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "Sparky 7.2 “Orion Belt” is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 'Orion Belt' of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 'Bookworm'. Changes: all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of December 5, 2023; Linux kernel PC: 6.1.55 (6.6.4-sparky and 5.15.141-LTS-sparky in sparky repos); Linux kernel ARM: 6.1.58; LibreOffice 7.4.7; Calamares 3.2.61; KDE Plasma 5.27.5; LXQt 1.2.0; MATE 1.26; Xfce 4.18; Openbox 3.6.1; Firefox 115.5.0esr (120.0.1-sparky in Sparky repos); Thunderbird 115.5.0; VLC 3.0.20; Exaile 4.1.3." Additional details are provided in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,638MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,806MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-mate.iso (1,986MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2023.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest snapshot is Kali Linux 2023.4 which features a number of usability improvements, many of them courtesy of GNOME 45: "With GNOME 45 hot off the press, Kali Linux is now supporting it! And is looking pretty in the process! For people who opt to use GNOME as their desktop environment, GNOME 45 is now here! If you do not read their changelog, below is a quick summary mixed with some of our tweaks: Full-height sidebars in many updated apps; highly improved speed of search in nautilus file manager; unfortunately the update for Nautilus was not ready for this release, but it will arrive as a later update soon; improved settings app (gnome-control-center); updated color-schemes for gnome-text-editor; updated themes for shell, libadwaita, gtk-3 and gtk-4; updated gnome-shell extensions; shell updates, including a new workspace indicator, replacing the previous Activities button; it is also possible to scroll your mouse wheel while hovering over the indicator to switch between workspaces." Additional information is provided in the distribution's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2023.4-installer-amd64.iso (4,040MB, torrent), kali-linux-2023.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (472MB, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Zorin OS 17 Beta |
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Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. The project has published a new beta snapshot to preview features coming to Zorin OS 17. "As the starting point of your Zorin OS experience, the Zorin Menu has been overhauled to make it even faster for you to get where you want. Search for files, calendar appointments, contacts, apps from the Software store, world clocks, and even use the menu search as a calculator. You can adjust which search providers are enabled from the Settings -> Search panel or by right-clicking on the menu and selecting Search Settings from the new context menu here (which also includes a link to the Edit Menu app and other system shortcuts)." A long list of new features with screenshots can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: Zorin-OS-17-Core-Beta-64-bit.iso (3,515MB, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-04 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1048 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: openSUSE MicroOS
- News: Red Hat phasing out X.Org packages, UBports makes it easier to develop on mobile devices, Fedora to support remote Wayland login sessions
- Questions and answers: The transition from X11 to Wayland
- Released last week: 4MLinux 44.0, Armbian 23.11, NixOS 23.11
- Torrent corner: Armbian, KDE neon, Proxmox, Tails
- Opinion poll: Does your desktop or window manager support Wayland, X11, or both?
- New distributions: AcorOS, Starbuntu
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2023-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 23.12 |
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Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 23.12, an updated build of the project's lightweight Linux distribution that features a customised desktop based on the Openbox window manager. The new release updates the Linux kernel to the long-term supported (LTS) version 6.6: "The December 2023 release of refreshed ISO images brings the latest 6.6 LTS kernel. Of course, there is still an ISO image available with the slightly older 5.4 LTS kernel version which may be a good choice for some older hardware. The Tint2 panel and Jgmenu are known for offering advanced users incredible capabilities and customization options. We use these possibilities in Mabox. One of the unique features of the Tint2 panel is the ability to connect your own actions (commands or scripts) to events such as left, middle or right click, mouse wheel up or down on panel elements. Conky in Mabox has been equipped with additional features that you will not find in any other Linux distribution. Here again, the wonderful Jgmenu was used with the addition of excellent glue - Bash scripts." Read the rest of the release announcement, with many screenshots, for further information. Download: mabox-linux-23.12-Istredd-231201-linux66.iso (2,332MB, MD5, pkglist), mabox-linux-23.12-Istredd-231201-linux54.iso (2,242MB, MD5). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 23 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 23, a major new version of the project's Gentoo-based, rolling-release distribution available in KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE and Xfce flavours: "We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 23. This new (year) version includes a server Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc tool, and it features mirror selection for updates. Main changes: all desktop environments have been updated, namely KDE Plasma 5.25.5, Xfce 4.18, MATE 1.26.0, Cinnamon 5.6.5 and LXQt 1.2; we launched a new server flavour, Calculate Container Manager, for running LXC containers; a new tool, cl-lxc, has been added - it allows creating and updating Calculate Linux containers; the cl-update tool now features mirror selection for binary packages; an availability test has been added for Git repositories...." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-23-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 3,103MB), cldc-23-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,826MB), cldl-23-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,872MB), cldm-23-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,869MB), cldx-23-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,778MB). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vanilla OS 22.10 |
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Vanilla OS is a fixed-release distribution based on Ubuntu with the GNOME desktop. Vanilla OS is an immutable operating system - the core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update. The project has announced its first stable release, Vanilla OS 22.10. "Vanilla OS is not an ordinary Linux distribution; it is a project that sets itself many goals and is not afraid to put itself out there, proudly displaying its unique technologies such as the Apx sub-system, its own automatic update system, and ABRoot transactions. So many terms, so many promises, so much everything. But let's see together, in detail what the strengths of Vanilla OS are, the features that make it unique. Vanilla OS comes with its own sub-system.. ehm.. package manager, called Apx. Apx introduces a whole new paradigm in package management. The idea is to use your system only as a box for storing your files, leaving it clean of packages and limiting the risk of breaking due to incompatible, poorly constructed or conflicting packages. It achieves this by installing software inside one or more containers fully managed by Apx having restricted access to your system's resources while still being able to use the same drivers and display server." Additional details are presented in the distribution's release announcement. Download: VanillaOS-22.10-all.20221229.iso (1,728MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 22.1 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the Unstable branch of Debian GNU/Linux. The project includes several updates to its featured desktop environments and the Linux kernel. It also adopts the Nala package manager: "Nala as a new frontend for Debian’s package manager frontend apt. It works as a drop-in replacement, meaning that you can use the commands you are used to from apt also with nala. Apt gets the job done, but it is neither fast nor is it very user-friendly, when it comes to how it outputs its information. Nala in comparison seems like apt on steroids. It is faster by using parallel downloads, has better output, that is presented in a user-friendly way. It also has a history function that was borrowed from Fedoras package manager frontend dnf. You can try out nala right now and if you don’t like it, return to apt any time. You can also use both, alternating between them. Some good reading about nala can be found on the website Linuxiac. Our manual also offers a section on nala here." The release announcement offers further details. Download (pkglist): siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-kde-amd64-202212291659.iso (3,192MB, SHA256), siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-lxqt-amd64-202212291722.iso (1,889MB, SHA56), siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-xfce-amd64-202212291715.iso (2,831MB, SHA256). |
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| 2022-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zephix 6 |
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Zephix is a live Linux operating system based on Debian's stable branch. It runs totally from removable media without touching any files stored on the user's system disk. The project's latest version, Zephix 6, uses the same base and most of the same package versions as Zephix 5, but introduces several improvements to the boot process. "Fixed UEFI issue of not booting on specific systems and on latest VirtualBox. Updated base to Debian 11.6 adding corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Optimised the 'toram' boot option mechanism - to boot Zephix totally in memory, it now requires 1.5GB RAM (core, firmware and desktop modules) or 512MB RAM (core module only). Updated module creation and manipulation scripts making it much easier to create new modules without having to reboot the ISO after creating a single module and also reducing the size of each module accordingly (refer to the Customise section for more details). Updated desktop and firmware modules. Optimised boot sequence code for a cleaner and smoother boot process." Additional information is available on the distribution's about page. Download (MD5): Zephix-6R-20221226-x86_64.iso (1,243MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 22.12 |
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Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 22.12, a major update of the project's Manjaro-based, rolling-release distribution with a highly customised Openbox window manager as the preferred desktop: "After more than a year of development, the new major release of Mabox Linux 22.12 'Istredd' is ready for download. In addition to numerous improvements, Istredd brings us two exciting and original features - Colorizer and context menus for Conky. Colorizer, a tool created especially for Mabox, allows you to easily and quickly adjust the colors of your desktop. Colorizer can even do this automatically based on the color palette of the currently set wallpaper. The advanced mode allows for more fine-tuning. The second functionality that is available for the first time in Mabox Istredd are context menus for Conky. The right-click context menu allows you to manage individual Conky properties, like the position on the screen, individual colors or the color scheme. The left-click context menu is for quick access to user-defined commands." Continue to the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Separate images with the 5.4 and 5.15 version of the Linux kernel are available; here are the download links: mabox-linux-22.12-Istredd-221224-linux515.iso (2,377MB, MD5, pkglist), mabox-linux-22.12-Istredd-221224-linux54.iso (2,324MB, MD5). |
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| 2022-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 22.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 22.0, a major update of the project's rolling-release distribution with separate KDE Plasma, Xfce and GNOME editions. The new version updates all major components of the three popular desktops and brings the very latest Linux kernel 6.1.1. "Since we released 'Ruah' in June, all our developer teams worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Sikaris'. The GNOME edition has received a major update to GNOME 43. It comes with a redesigned system status menu, which allows quickly changing commonly used settings. Settings which previously required digging into menus can now be changed with the click of button. The new design also makes it easy to see the status of your settings at a glance. Our in-house Layouts Switcher application has gained some new features as well as various improvements and fixes - now you can create your own dynamic wallpaper. With Gradience you can customize your theme simple from within the application." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,660MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,597MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,628MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 4 |
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Haiku is an open-source operating system, currently in development, that specifically targets personal computing and is inspired by the Be Operating System. The project's latest release is the operating system's fourth beta release. One of the big updates in this release is the expansion of new software ports: "Thanks to (at first) the new X11 compatibility layer, and (now) the new Wayland compatibility layer (more details below), there is now a working GTK3 port for Haiku! Ports of Inkscape, GIMP, and more are now available for immediate install, and more GTK applications are being added to HaikuPorts as time goes on. One of the newly available GTK applications is GNOME Web aka. Epiphany, which is based on a very recent version of WebKitGTK. This provides an unfortunately non-native but largely functional web browser for Haiku for the first time in many years, with “just works” status for major websites like YouTube and others. Haiku has had terminal-based GNU Emacs for some time, but now (thanks to Emacs developers!) has a fully-upstreamed, polished-to-a-shine native GUI. You can install it from HaikuDepot already, or check out a development branch of Emacs and build it yourself." Further information is provided in the project's release notes. Download (SHA256): haiku-r1beta4-x86_64-anyboot.iso (1,408MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 22.12.0 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The latest version, 22.12.0, provides several key package upgrades and offers twelve desktop editions along with one command line edition. "The NuTyX team is happy to announce the new version of NuTyX 22.12.0 and cards 2.6.3. New toolchain GCC 12.2.0, glibc 2.36 and Binutils 2.39; The X.Org graphics server version 21.1.6, the Mesa 3D library in 22.2.3, GTK 4.8.2 and Qt 6.4.1; the Python interpreter is updated to version 3.11.1; the Xfce desktop environment is updated to version 4.18.0; the MATE desktop environment is a 1.26.0 version; The GNOME desktop environment is also updated to version 43.0; the KDE desktop environment is available in Plasma 5.26.4, Framework 5.101.0 and applications in 22.12.0; available browsers include Firefox 108.0.1, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Epiphany 43.0; many desktop applications have been updated as well." Additional details can be found on the project's news page. Download (SHA1, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-KDE5.iso (1,988MB), NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-GNOME.iso (1,737MB), NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-MATE.iso (1,725MB). |
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| 2022-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peropesis 1.9 |
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Peropesis (personal operating system) is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. The project's latest release, version 1.9, fixes mandb and su utility function as well as introduces the JOE text editor: "In the Peropesis 1.9 edition, the ability to set the system language, region and the ability to read and write text content in your native language was implemented (Note. Only a few languages of European countries have been tested). For this reason, the GNU C Library software package was fully installed and the KBD software package was newly installed. New chapters locale, terminal font and keyboard map was created in the user manual to discuss the nuances of managing the new equipment. Also in release 1.9 a full-featured terminal-based and ncurses-based text editor, JOE, was installed." Details on the new version can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Peropesis-1.9-live.iso (181MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 10.0 Beta |
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NetBSD is a lightweight and highly portable operating system. Following three years of development, the NetBSD project has published a development snapshot for their upcoming 10.0 release: "While NetBSD 10.0 is expected to be a major milestone on performance, especially on multi-core systems, currently the BETA builds have some extra kernel diagnostics enabled that may reduce performance somewhat. Among the features you can expect to find in NetBSD 10 are reworked cryptography, including compatibility with WireGuard, automatic swap encryption, new disk encryption methods, and CPU acceleration in the kernel. In hardware support, there are updated GPU drivers from Linux 5.6, support for more ARM hardware (including Rockchip RK356X, NXP i.MX 8M, Amlogic G12¸ Apple M1, and Raspberry Pi 4), support for new security features found in the latest ARM CPUs, and support for Realtek 2.5 gigabit and new Intel 10/25/40 gigabit ethernet adapters. compat_linux has been ported to AArch64 and DTrace has been ported to MIPS. For retrocomputing enthusiasts, there's improved multiprocessor support on Alpha, and more iMac G5 support. The Xen hypervisor support has received a major rework." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA512, pkglist): NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64.iso (562MB), NetBSD-10.0_BETA-i386.iso (712MB). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.1 |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the release of Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera". The new release makes handling Flatpak packages smoother, integrating Flatpak support into the update manager and making it easier to work with both traditional deb packages and Flatpaks in the software centre. "Flatpak support was added to the Update Manager. Flatpak applications and runtimes can be updated like any other supported types of software. The Software Manager features a refreshed user interface which makes it easier to distinguish between Flatpaks and system packages. When looking at an application which is available both as a system package and a Flatpak, you can switch back and forth between its two versions. New Flatpaks from Flathub are automatically added to the Software Manager on a daily basis." These and other changes are covered in the project's What's New documents for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and further information is provided through the distribution's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (2,557MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-mate-64bit.iso (2,615MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-xfce-64bit.iso (2,525MB, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 5.8 |
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Version 5.8 of Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a Debian-based live DVD/USB that attempts to provide complete Internet anonymity for the user, is now available. Although the new version continues to be based on Debian 11, it brings some surprising changes, including improved persistence features as well as Wayland as a replacement of X.Org: "Tails 5.8 is the most important release of Tails in years. It includes both major redesign of existing features, important usability improvements, and hardened security. After 2 years of hard work, we are extremely proud to present you a complete redesign of Persistent Storage. Persistent Storage hasn't changed much since its first release in 2012 because the code was hard to modify and improve. But we learned from users that Persistent Storage could do a lot more for you if it had more features and was easier to use: you don't have to restart any more after creating Persistent Storage or each time you activate a new feature; you can change the password of Persistent Storage from this new application; you can choose to create Persistent Storage directly from Welcome Screen, if you don't have one already." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): tails-amd64-5.8.iso (1,255MB, signature, torrent), tails-amd64-5.8.img (1,265MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.12 |
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Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 22.12, an updated build of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the default desktop (and with other popular desktops available for selection during the installation process). This version ships with the just-release Xfce 4.18: "Cassini packed with new features is here. It took the development team on a longer journey than expected but we are proud to present our latest 'Cassini' release, named after the NASA mission with the Cassini spacecraft carrying the Huygens probe. Just like the NASA mission that had its fair share of nail-biting moments, this release had some nail-biting test runs because getting here required a major overhaul in how we build our ISO image. The last time we presented such a major overhaul was our ISO-Next release back in August 2021. This ISO image and the offline install comes with: Calamares 3.3.0-alpha3, Firefox 108.0.1, Linux kernel 6.0.12, Mesa 22.3.1, X.Org Server 21.1.5, NVIDIA 525.60.11, GRUB 2.06." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download: EndeavourOS_Cassini-22_12.iso (1,947MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System 1.4.0 |
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Ludovic Courtès has announced the release of Guix System 1.4.0, an advanced and "libre" distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project. Its custom pacakage management, called "guix", supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, as well as unprivileged package management. "We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 1.4.0. The release comes with ISO-9660 installation images, a virtual machine image, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries. Guix users can update by running 'guix pull'. ... One area where Guix shines is the management of software environments. The 'guix environment' command was designed for that but it suffered from a clumsy interface. It is now superseded by 'guix shell', though we are committed to keeping 'guix environment' until at least May 1st, 2023. 'guix shell' is a tool that's interesting to developers, but it's also a useful tool when you're willing to try out software without committing it to your profile with guix install." Read the detailed release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (pkglist): guix-system-install-1.4.0.x86_64-linux.iso (814MB, signature), guix-system-install-1.4.0.i686-linux.iso (777MB, signature). |
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| 2022-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium |
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John Raff has announced the release of BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium, a major update of the project's lightweight, Debian-based distribution with an Openbox window manager as the preferred user interface. Beryllium is the project's first version based on Debian 11: "The BunsenLabs team is happy to announce the release of BunsenLabs Beryllium, based on Debian 'Bullseye'. Here are some features: a handsome 'Dragon' black theme - if you're not used to dark themes, give Dragon a few days and you might appreciate it more; the BLOB utility helps you to to quickly switch to another set of theme configuration; the jgmenu menu has been refreshed and the search facility might now be more useful; the Welcome script will check for missing Debian apt sources (eg. after offline install) and offer to add them; also in the Welcome script, an offer to check for missing firmware and install; BLOB, conky and tint2 utilities improved, and various tweaks and bug fixes applied elsewhere; the documentation still needs work, but some bunsenLabs help files have been added or improved." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more information and known issues. Download (SHA256, pkglist): beryllium-1-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,511MB, signature, torrent), beryllium-1-i386.hybrid.iso (1,231MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 22.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project's latest release is postmarketOS 22.12 which includes upgrades for the mobile operating system's three user interfaces: Sxmo, Phosh, and Plasma Mobile. "Sxmo 1.12.0 replaces version 1.9.0 from v22.06. This version and previous release Sxmo 1.11.0 introduced quite a few improvements for deviceprofiles and explicit support for the OnePlus 6/6T, Pocophone F1, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 (2015) and Xiamo Redmi 2. There's other cool changes too, read the original announcement posts for more information. Originally it was planned to do a Sxmo 1.10.0 release specifically for v22.06 SP3, but that version was skipped and now you're just getting all of the great improvements at once. Phosh 0.22 brings another style refresh and 10% steps for the battery info icon, as well as actions for notifications on screen. Previously we had 0.21 in v22.06 SP2. Additionally we changed the default text editor from gedit to gnome-text-editor for new installs, and ship phosh-mobile-settings. If that is too many settings apps for your taste, we hear you and have been brainstorming on how to consolidate them." These and other changes are discussed in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and download options can be found on the postmarketOS download page. |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 22.12 |
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ExTiX is an Ubuntu-based distribution which is regularly released with alternative desktop environments. The latest release of ExTiX, version 22.12, features the Deepin desktop. "I’ve released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today (221218). This ExTiX Build is based on Deepin 20.8 released by Deepin Technology 221208. Using Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed in ExTiX) you can make your own live installable Deepin version with ExTiX 22.12 as groundwork. New functions: 1. You can run ExTiX from RAM. Use boot alternative 2 (load to RAM) or Advanced. A wonderful way to run Linux if you have enough RAM. Everything will be super fast. When ExTiX has booted up you can remove the DVD or USB stick. 2. You will have the opportunity to choose language before you enter the Deepin 20.8 Desktop. All main languages are supported. 3. I have replaced Deepin Installer with the Reborn version of Deepin Installer. Works better in every way." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: extix-22.12-64bit-deepin-20.8-refracta-2560mb-221218.iso (2,627MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Daphile 22.12 |
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Daphile 22.12 has been released. Daphile is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution whose primary focus is in storage and playback of a digital music library. It also enables the best possible audio quality and future-proof flexibility by providing plug-and-play support for USB connected digital-to-analog converters (DAC). The new release updates the Linux kernel and ads several new features: "2022-12-17 version 22.12 (x86_64, x86_64-rt and i486) changes: new feature - metadata editor for the CD Ripper; option to change audio device settings without restart; backup and restore for Daphile settings; Now Playing' screen - access via 'Audio Player' tab or nowplaying.html; keyboard and touch controls - arrow keys or swipe up/down for volume and left/right for rewind/forward, space or tab for play/pause; Gracenote support for CD ripping metadata removed due to license expiration; LMS update to 8.3 branch; Linux kernel update to 5.15.83 and 5.15.83-rt54; Perl upgrade to 5.34 version; Daphile built with GCC 11.3; bug fixes and component updates." Here is the complete changelog. Daphile 22.12 is available for the i486 and x86_64 architectures, with the latter one also provided with a real-time kernel option. Download (MD5): daphile-22.12-x86_64.iso (278MB), daphile-22.12-i486.iso (279MB), daphile-22.12-x86_64-rt.iso (279MB). |
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| 2022-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AV Linux MX-21.2.1 |
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Glen MacArthur has announced the release of AV Linux MX-21.2.1, the latest version of the project's Debian and MX Linux-based distribution for "content creators". Some of the changes in this version include: "The Openbox window manager is gone, replaced by native xfwm; Nitrogen is gone replaced by native xfdesktop; SLiM login manager is gone replaced by lightDM; the LXDE-based ISO build of MXDE is gone, the classic GTK+2 LXDE/Openbox is fading into oblivion; all 32-bit ISO builds are gone, I simply don't have the time for a use-case that has dwindled down to almost nothing; AVL-MXE Assistant has been broken into unbranded component utilities to be shared by AVL-MXE and MXDE-EFL; Liquorix kernel 6.0; full Xfce desktop with Compton compositing; Jeremy Jongepier's graphical RTCQS utility; added Auburn Sounds Lens plugin (free version); added Socalabs plugins; added Blender from blender.org at version 3.4.0...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: AV_Linux_MX_Edition-21.2.1_ahs_x64.iso (3,969MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). A separate release, MXDE-EFL 21.2.2 (featuring an Enlightenment-based desktop), is also available. |
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| 2022-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE" |
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TrueNAS SCALE is a Deban-based network attached storage (NAS) operating system. The project's latest release, TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE" introduces a bulk upgrade feature and improves upon rootless logins. "TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.0 has been released and includes many new features and improved functionality. SCALE 22.12.0 features include: Improvements to rootless login authentication methods that allow you to specify the username to connect to the remote NAS while automatically setting up keychain SSH connections. It makes /home/admin always exist and stores the SSH authorized keys in this directory. It adds API authentication when using Directory Services. This feature is a first step toward improving the local accounts feature and additional improvements are being planned for future SCALE updates. Adds a bulk Upgrade operation that updates installed applications that have available updates, adds new apps to the Available Applications catalog, and implements the overlayfs driver for Docker which improves performance over the Linux Kubernetes driver." Further details are available in the release notes. Download (SHA256): TrueNAS-SCALE-22.12.0.iso (1,652MB, signature). |
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| 2022-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: XeroLinux 2022.12 |
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XeroLinux, a distribution added to DistroWatch recently, has been updated to version 2022.12. XeroLinux is based on Arch Linux and uses KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop. Some of the features of the distribution include the Calamares installer, various under-the-hood tweaks and optimisations, built-in support for community-built AUR packages as well as Flatpak packages, and the availability of various desktop and bootloader themes developed in-house. The project's files page on SourceForge lists some of the recent changes: "A new ISO image is now live. Important changes: MHWD (Manjaro's Hardware Detection) removed due to issues; Grub is now being used for booting the live ISO image, no more systemd boot; major under-the-hood performance optimizations made to KDE Plasma; XeroLinux Hello updated with more packages and drivers now using a script. System and package updates: Arch Linux kernel updated to version 6.0.12; Qt updated to 5.15.7; KDE Plasma updated to 5.26.4; KDE Frameworks updated to 5.101, including all packages; KDE Gear tools have been updated to 22.12." Download (MD5) link: xerolinux-2022.12-x86_64.iso (2,559MB). |
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| 2022-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 2.2 |
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Kaisen Linux is a rolling release, Debian-based desktop distribution. The project aims to be useful for IT professionals and includes a set of tools for system administration. The project's latest release is version 2.2 and it rolls back or simplifies a few features: "zsh is no longer the default terminal for Kaisen Linux! It was since the first release of Kaisen Linux the default terminal, but the majority of users asked for the return of Bash by default, which has been done on this release. Several polls on the different social network pages have been done for this. However, it is still installed as it was before (with oh-my-zsh), and it is possible to reset it to the default. The documentation is here: ZSH on Kaisen Linux. The Conky theme is no longer installed by default with the GUIs, but is a separate package named kaisen-conky, which is no longer installed by default. The reason for this is that user feedback was not unanimous about the default presence of Conky on Kaisen Linux and therefore it is now considered a 'goodie' and can be installed optionally." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-MATE.iso (5,345MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-KDE.iso (5,746MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-XFCE.iso (5,205MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-LXQT.iso (5,335MB). |
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| 2022-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 22.12 |
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The developers of Puppy Linux, a lightweight distribution which can be assembled to be compatible with a variety of parent distributions, have published a Slackware-based version of Puppy Linux. It is compatible with the Slackware Linux 15.0 and Salix software repositories. The release announcement shares key details: "S15Pup is built from a 'Puppy builder' system named Woof-CE, which can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro. Each 'Puppy distro' built by Woof-CE is a distinctive distribution in its own right, with unique features. S15Pup is built from Slackware Linux 15.0 binary TXZ packages, hence has binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the Slackware and Salix repositories. It is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions. Features include: traditional Puppy Linux look and feel and features; Linux kernels from the LTS branches of 5 series - 5.15 for 64-bit, 5.10 for 32-bit; AbiWord and Gnumeric word processing and spreadsheet; FFmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and MPlayer; Joe's Window Manager 2.4.3 (JWM); LXDE add-on; lightweight web browser in adrv; browser installer for heavyweight browsers such as Chromium, Firefox and Palemoon; Samba, used to share files with Windows, included; Evince PDF viewer." Download (pkglist): S15Pup64-22.12-2B1-T.iso (346MB, MD5), S15Pup32-22.12%2B1-T.iso (331MB, MD5) |
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| 2022-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 20.8 |
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The deepin project has published a new update to the distribution's 20.x series. The new version, 20.8 introduces a number of key package updates and includes a new application called Deepin Home. "In deepin 20.8, a new application, Deepin Home, is added; it breaks the 'information barrier' between the deepin team and the users, and will work on product quality, software and hardware ecology to better serve deepin users. What is more, we have upgraded Qt to version 5.15.6, updated the DTK development library, fixed the underlying vulnerabilities, and further improved system compatibility and security. Besides that, we have developed and integrated a great number of practical functions based on the community users' feedback. The new self-developed information-aggregation application, Deepin Home, in version 1.0.0, has gathered important information platforms, such as GitHub, Wiki, forum and social media, which supports deepin ID login and sending messages. Here you can receive community news in real time, interact and communicate with others, participate in questionnaires, etc. In the future, we will establish a perfect tracking system for requirements and bugs, and special feedback channels for software and hardware to make it better for community users." The release announcement offers further details. Download: deepin-desktop-community-20.8-amd64.iso (3,596MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2022.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The Kali team has released Kali Linux 2022.4 which officially brings the distribution to the PinePhone along with several new utilities: "Before the year is over, we thought it was best to get the final 2022 release out. Today we are publishing Kali Linux 2022.4. This is ready for immediate download or updating existing installations. It would not be a Kali release if there were not any new tools added. A quick rundown of what has been added (to the network repositories): bloodhound.py - a Python based ingestor for BloodHound; certipy - a tool for Active Directory Certificate Services enumeration and abuse; hak5-wifi-coconut - a user-space driver for USB Wi-Fi NICs and the Hak5 Wi-Fi Coconut; ldapdomaindump - Active Directory information dumper via LDAP; peass-ng - a privilege escalation tools for Windows and Linux/Unix and macOS; rizin-cutter - a reverse engineering platform powered by rizin. These are new tools, there are numerous updates to the existing tools." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso (3,621MB, torrent), kali-linux-2022.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (448MB, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 21.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of a development snapshot, Linux Mint 21.1 beta, which previews new features and visual changes coming to the distribution. Some of the key adjustments involve making software management a smoother experience. "Flatpak support was added to the Update Manager; Flatpak applications and runtimes can be updated like any other supported types of software; the Software Manager features a refreshed user interface which makes it easier to distinguish between Flatpaks and system packages; when looking at an application which is available both as a system package and a Flatpak, you can switch back and forth between its two versions; new Flatpaks from Flathub are automatically added to the Software Manager on a daily basis." Additional information and screenshots of the changes can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and in the What's New documents (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,556MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,614MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,524MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of FreeBSD 12.4, the fourth update to the project's legacy 12.x branch: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: the ena(4) kernel driver has been updated to 2.6.1; the if_epair(4) driver now allows multiple cores to be used to process traffic to improve performance; the unbound(8) utility has been updated to version 1.16.3; the telnetd(8) daemon has been deprecated; the tcpdump(1) utility now allow users to set a number on rules which will be exposed as part of the pflog header; OpenSSL has been updated to 1.1.1q; OpenSSH has been updated to 9.1p1; the LLVM toolchain suite has been updated to version 13.0.0; the dma(8) utility has been updated to snapshot 2022-01-27; the file(1) utility has been updated to version 5.43. FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (959MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (800MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • OS Release: OpenIndiana 2022.10 |
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OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. The project's latest version is OpenIndiana 2022.10. The new release features a number of package changes, including upgrades to Perl and Python. The release announcement reads: "We have merged more than 2500 PR’s with fixes, updates and new packages since our last release roughly one year ago. Some notable highlights are: Initial support to mount install media via NFS has been added. A fix to use NFSv3 instead NFSv4 is underway. We have updated the NVIDIA drivers to the latest production branch version and updated older versions. LibreOffice has been updated to 7.2.7 and is now a 64 bit application. Firefox and Thunderbird have been updated to the latest ESR releases. MATE desktop has been updated to the latest 1.26 version. We have removed our old Perl versions and replaced them with 5.34 and 5.36 which are 64-bit only. Version 5.36 is now our default. Our Python versions are undergoing a similar process which is not yet finished. We began to remove versions 2.7 and 3.5 and are updating (or removing if an update is not possible or the package is superfluous). IPS has been updated already to use Python 3.9 which increased its speed slitghtly. We have updated gcc-10 to its latest version and added gcc-11. We also added clang-13 and removed older versions." Download (pkglist): OI-hipster-gui-20221123.iso (2,029MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-gui-20221123.usb (2,475MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-minimal-20221123.iso (435MB, SHA256, signature), 20221123/OI-hipster-minimal-20221123.usb (563MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • BSD Release: NomadBSD 131R |
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NomadBSD is a 64-bit live system for USB flash drives, based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release is version 131R and the release announcement offers a list of new features: "The base system has been changed to FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p5. Except for i386, We now provide two images for each supported achitecture. One which uses ZFS and one which uses UFS for the root filesystem. The file systems used on the UFS version are now created with soft updates journaling enabled to reduce file system repair problems after a crash. The automatic graphics driver detection has been improved. Support for VIA/Openchrome has been added. For Nvidia graphics card not supported by one of the Nvidia drivers nv is now used. For better support of non-latin keyboard input and switching between layouts, IBus is now used. The rc script for loading acpi modules has been improved. The display manager SLiM has been replaced by SDDM. In order to reduce image sizes, libreOffice and some multimedia packages have been removed." Download (pkglist): nomadbsd-131R-20221130.amd64.ufs.img.lzma (1,922MB, SHA256), nomadbsd-131R-20221130.amd64.zfs.img.lzma (2,053MB, SHA256). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gnoppix Linux 22.12 |
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Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix Linux 22.12, the latest stable build from a project that develops a Debian and Kali Linux-based distribution with GNOME as the default desktop. This is a "new generation" of the old Knoppix-based Gnoppix that was discontinued in 2006. The new Gnoppix also ships with some penetration-testing and reverse-engineering tools. "Today I am happy to announce the Gnoppix 22.12 release. The update includes bug fixes, security updates, Linux kernel 6.x, GNOME 43.2, lots of performance improvements and lots of new security tools. In detail, what has changed in the latest version: started with GNOME 43.2; starting preparations for GNOME 44-beta; added the Gimp image editor; added the Nikto web scanner; added the Nuclei scanner; added the Deluge BitTorrent client; added the Transmission BitTorrent client; added the Clapper music player; added the gnome-firmware updater; updated outdated firmware; upgrade to Linux kernel 6.x; added the Afrog scanner; added sandly-entropyscan; upgraded Gnoppix Patreon support network - you'll get all the new exploits exclusively on Discord before they gent into Gnoppix." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes and additions. Download (MD5): gnoppix-22.12-amd64.iso (3,782MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 41.0 |
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The independent 4MLinux distribution has published a new stable release. The new version, 4MLinux 41.0, offers a number of updates and new hardware support. A few new applications have been added to the distribution: "As always, the new major release has some new features. New applications available out of the box: FileZilla (FTP client), XPaint and GNU Paint (simple image-editing tools), nvme (command-line utility for managing NVM-Express partitions) as well as a collection of small SDL games. New applications available as downloadable extensions: BlueGriffon (HTML editor), The Legend of Edgar (platform game), ioquake3 (Quake III port), and BZFlag (tank battle game). The default video player in 4MLinux is now SMPlayer, and the default audio player is Audacious. Additionally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on a Btrfs partition with the help of Syslinux, which acts as a boot manager." Additional information is presented in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-41.0-64bit.iso (1,195MB), 4MServer-41.0-64bit.iso (1,260MB), 4MLinux-41.0-core.iso (13MB). |
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| 2022-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 22.11 |
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NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that uses the advanced Nix package manager for software management and system configuration. The project's latest release is NixOS 22.11 "Raccoon". One of the key changes in this version is an adjustment in how account passwords are handled. The release announcement shares some details: "During the NixOS 22.11 lifecycle old password hashes may need to be updated, because we plan to disable weak password hashes in NixOS 23.05. We consider password hashing methods weak, if the libxcrypt project did not flag them strong. If your system is configured with weak hashes a script will emit a warning during activation. We expect most users accounts to be set up with sha512crypt (hash prefixed with $6$) which we will continue to support. Interactively configured passwords can be updated using passwd, new password hashes can be generated through mkpasswd." Additional information and a summary of changes in the new version of NixOS can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): latest-nixos-gnome-x86_64-linux.iso (2,290MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-plasma5-x86_64-linux.iso (2,365MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso (827MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 21.10.12 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project's latest release offers more advanced manual installation options and a more complete automatic install option. "GRUB Installation: GRUB is now setup by default on EFI machine. Automatic installation: Version 21.10.12 introduces a first version of the installer in automatic mode. If all the conditions are met, the partitioning, formatting and installation of GRUB will be done automatically. The conditions being a single and blank hard disk therefore having no partition table. New mode of installation in live - full customable installation: If you choose the 'LIVE' mode when launching the IOS, you can now use the command 'KERNEL=your_favorit_kernel install-nutyx' to install NuTyX in a full manual mode. Partitionning, formatting, mounting the partitions are up to you. Please check the documentation. Dependency of a package are proctected: The 'cards remove' command will not let you remove a package used by another. Means it's a dependency." Additional details are provided on the project's news page. Download (SHA1, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-LXDE.iso (1,246MB), NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-LXQT.iso (1,299MB), NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-XFCE4.iso (1,301MB). |
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| 2021-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescuezilla 2.3 |
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Rescuezilla is a specialist Ubuntu-based distribution designed for system rescue tasks. The project's latest release offers file image verification and an option to override filesystem errors. "The main additional feature for Rescuezilla v2.3 is basic image verification, as well as a new 'rescue' option to force filesystem errors to be ignored. Virtually all Partclone-based tools other than Clonezilla always ignore errors using Partclone's --force option, which I think is a bad idea. Some bugs and important feature requests from Rescuezilla v2.2 continue to remain yet-unaddressed, including unfortunately the highly requested 'persistent partition' feature as it still requires further changes and testing. Here is a partial list of what has changed in Rescuezilla v2.3: implemented image verification feature; added 'Rescue' option to ignore filesystem inconsistencies and bad sectors; replaced Ubuntu 21.04 'Hirsute' build with build based on Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish' for best support of new hardware; added ability to restore and explore images created by 'Apart Partclone GUI; improved image scanning; fixed display of LVM shutdown error message...." The release announcement offers further details. The distribution is presented in two editions, one based on Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish" and one based on 20.04 "Focal". Download (SHA256, pkglist): rescuezilla-2.3-64bit.impish.iso (998MB), rescuezilla-2.3-64bit.focal.iso (845MB). |
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| 2021-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 21.3.0 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the 'unstable' branch of Debian. The project's latest snapshot is version 21.3.0 which introduces improvements for wireless network handling, includes OpenDoas as an alternative to sudo, and offers many package upgrades. "The flavours and versions we offer for siduction 21.3.0 are KDE Plasma 5.23.4, LXQt 1.0, Xfce 4.16, and the X.Org and noX images, where X.Org comes with the window manager Fluxbox, while noX does without X altogether. The released images of siduction 2021.3.0 are a snapshot of Debian 'Unstable' from December 23, 2021, enriched with some useful packages and scripts, a Calamares-based installer and a customized version of the Linux kernel 5.15.11, while systemd is at 249.7. The iNet Wireless Daemon (iwd), which we already shipped with siduction 2021.1.0 for the flavors X.Org and noX, is now also responsible for WiFi on Plasma, LXQt and Xfce. iwd is lightweight and establishes connections to WiFi faster than was possible with wpa_supplicant. iwd works stand alone or together with NetworkManager, systemd-networkd and Connman." Additional changes can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-kde-amd64-202112231751.iso (2,962MB, SHA256), siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-lxqt-amd64-202112231805.iso (2,488MB, SHA256), siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-xfce-amd64-202112231826.iso (2,564MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.2.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 21.2.0, an updated version of the project's rolling-release distribution featuring the continually-improved Calamares installer and the latest versions of Xfce, GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops: "Since we released Pahvo Mid-Season this year all our developer teams worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Qonos'. This release features major improvements to Calamares, including filesystem selection for automatic partitioning and enhanced support for Btrfs. For Btrfs installations, the default subvolume layout has been improved for easier rollbacks and less wasted space on snapshots. Additionally, swapfiles on Btrfs filesystem are now supported. The GNOME edition has received a major rework - update to GNOME 41.2. The default layout has been redesigned to follow more closely upstream defaults, with some adjustments to reduce the pointer travel for users who prefer using mouse with gnome." Here is the full release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,379MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,353MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,651MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.27 Core 162 |
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IPFire is a lightweight Linux distribution for firewalls, routers, and other security-sensitive appliances. The developers have released a new version, IPFire 2.27 Core Update 162 which will be the last version to support 32-bit x86 machines. "Once a few releases after upgrading to Linux 5.10, we have now rebased the IPFire kernel on Linux 5.15. Due to dropping or upstreaming our patchset this was a lot easier than the previous step to 5.10. The new kernel is long-term supported by the Linux kernel developers and comes with various new drivers and performance improvements. Noteworthy are various performance improvements on 'zero copy' for increased throughput and lower latency; Core Scheduling (for safer Hyperthreading), and a new drivers for NTFS. We have continued our work to take advantage of improvements in the kernel that help to decrease CPU usage when forwarding large numbers of packets. In certain environments, this enables IPFire to significantly more throughput and lower latency since more CPU resources are available when needed. This is the last release supporting 32-bit Intel-compatible processors - in our case i586 and older. Having announced this plan a year ago, the time has finally come." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): ipfire-2.27.x86_64-full-core162.iso (408MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 6.1 |
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The elementary team have announced the release of elementary OS 6.1 which carries the codename "Jolnir". The new release features the same base operating system as 6.0, though with a number of evolutionary improvements. Some of these changes affect the distribution's software centre: "AppCenter continues to fill out with apps from developers—and since the move to Flatpak, all apps that have been released for OS 6 will continue to be available on OS 6.1 and beyond. You can currently find over 90 curated apps in AppCenter, and developers have continued to push out rapid and frequent updates to their apps with new features and bug fixes, as they're in control of their own update schedule. Our shift from Debian packages to Flatpak for both curated and non-curated apps also means we’re able to lean more on Flatpak features, and we’ve been using this as an opportunity to make AppCenter much more engaging and informative right from the start - directly addressing feedback about the discoverability of the wide variety of apps in AppCenter." Additional information is available in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-6.1-stable.20211218-rc.iso (2,539MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: ALT Linux 10.0 Beta |
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ALT Linux is a Russian distribution which is available in Workstation and Server editions. The distribution's latest version is a development snapshot for the upcoming 10.0 release. "Members of the ALT family can run on different hardware platforms. All of these versions are built on the same codebase for Platform 10. Today, users have at their disposal ALT Workstation operating systems for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M), e2k (Elbrus), Alt Server OS for x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M , Huawei Taishan), ppc64le, e2k (Elbrus); Alt Education OS for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M, Raspberry Pi4), e2k (Elbrus) architectures. The Elbrus architecture is supported from the third version to the fifth (from 4C to 8CB). The products are based on the Linux kernel (std-def) 5.10 (5.4 for Elbrus), programming languages Perl 5.34, Python 3.9.6, PHP 8.0.13 and 7.4.26, GCC 10.3.1. The package versions of the p10 repository can be viewed at packages.altlinux.org." The release announcement (in Russian) contains further details. Download (pkglist): alt-kworkstation-10.0-beta20211014-live-x86_64.iso (3,413MB, MD5), alt-server-v-10.0-beta1-x86_64.iso (2,269MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-18 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.14 |
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The ReactOS team has announced the release of ReactOS 0.4.14, the latest stable build of the project's open-source operating system whose goal is to be able to run Microsoft Windows programs and drivers. The new version is a "maintenance" release that fixes various regressions and does not introduce many new features: "The ReactOS Team is pleased to announce the release of version 0.4.14. As with every other release, we're regularly noting improvements and updates to keep you in touch with what is being done in ReactOS. In this release, improvements range from FreeLoader fixes, Shell features, kernel fixes, NetKVM VirtIO bringup, further work on the Xbox port and support for NEC PC-9800. One of the main highlights of this release is the amount of improvements done to the Shell component, which makes up a vital part of the ReactOS user experience. Katayama Hirofumi MZ is the pioneer of the 'Send To' implementation, a feature of the Shell that can be used to send files or directories to a certain predefined location. In addition, 'Open File Location' and 'Open Command prompt here' were also implemented thanks to him. Apart from the aforementioned features, let's not forget the bug fixes that affected the operability of the Shell." See the complete release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): ReactOS-0.4.14-iso.zip (110MB), ReactOS-0.4.14-live.zip (80MB). |
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| 2021-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers. The project's latest release is an update to the 5.x series which improves user account management. "Administrators can specify an activation date when creating a new user account. User accounts with an activation date in the future are deactivated after creation and are only activated on this date. Thus, user accounts can be created in advance and UCS automatically takes care of the staggered activation. For the creation of users, there is a wizard in UCS that asks for all the required information. Administrators can specify additional attributes as required for a user account in addition to those already required, such as last name, user name, and password, for example, the e-mail address. As soon as additional attributes are defined, they are now also displayed in the UCS 5.0-1 wizard when users are created. This guarantees that administrators can also assign customized values for these attributes and not only the default values are used." Additional details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: UCS_5.0-1-amd64.iso (913MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 21.10 |
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Pop!_OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and developed by System76. The distribution's latest version is Pop!_OS 21.10 which includes initial support for Raspberry Pi computers. The release announcement shares other changes and features: "Previously when navigating to Applications, a full screen Application Wall would appear. In Pop!_OS 21.10, the Application Library opens in a small, searchable window over your current workspace. Like the former view, the Application Library can be opened from the top bar, a 4-finger swipe right on the trackpad, or by using Super + A on your keyboard. What this means for you: Better multi-monitor experience: The Application Library will launch on the display that has your mouse focus. This way, you can keep your eyes on your current workspace and launch the application on the display you intended. Easy scanning: Alphabetical listing makes it easier to scan and find the application or folder you want. Simple app organization: Drag and drop applications into custom folders. The new folders are always visible, and act like tabs to move between your personally organized applications. Search: Quickly filters your installed applications as well as apps available to install from the Pop!_Shop. Just the right size: Achieves the same information density while using much less space." Pop!_OOS is available in Intel/AMD, NVIDIA, and Raspberry Pi editions. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_21.10_amd64_intel_3.iso (2,513MB), pop-os_21.10_amd64_nvidia_3.iso (2,976MB). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 2.0 |
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Kaisen Linux is a rolling release, Debian-based desktop distribution. the project has published Kaisen Linux 2.0 which moves the base to Debian's Testing (Bookworm) branch. The project has also dropped the LXDE interface for LXQt. "Kaisen is now based on Debian Bookworm (Debian 12), also justifying the version number change. Among the most important things done on this new release, a complete overhaul of the menu with new, nicer and more modern icons, simplification of the menu and removal of about 15 launchers among the basic commands (such as mount and umount for example), new implementation of Btrfs snapshot tools, new tools dedicated to Cloud engineers! Many new packages have been packaged for the distribution for this, software such as Terraform, Trivy, Kubernetes, k6, k9s... LXDE has been replaced by LXQt because it is more modern and more compatible with Kaisen configurations such as Conky (which is now unique for all interfaces). LXDE is still installable, but will no longer be provided by default via an ISO or installed via the net-install ISO. The kaisen-lxde metapackage will no longer be installable and will be removed from the repositories when Kaisen Linux is upgraded to 3.0. This will leave at least 1.5 years for users to migrate to another interface." Further details are available in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-MATE.iso (4,118MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-KDE.iso (4,519MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-LXQT.iso (4,057MB). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 20.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint project has published a new development release. Linux Mint 20.3 Beta introduces dark theme support for the Hypnotix video streaming application and presents a new document manager called Thingy. "The Hypnotix IPTV player looks better than ever, thanks to Dark Mode support and a new set of flags. A new search function was added so you can easily find TV channels, movies and series. In addition to M3U and local playlists, the IPTV player now also supports the Xtream API. Linux Mint 20.3 introduces a brand new XApp called Thingy. Thingy is a Document Manager. It gives you a quick access to your favorite and recently opened documents and keeps track of your reading progress. The Sticky Notes application now has a search function. The look of the notes was improved by embedding the title within the note. A new control was added inside the notes toolbar to control the size of the text." These and additional changes are covered in the project's What's New document. The release notes for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) provide further information. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-20.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,141MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,129MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-20.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,024MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2021.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project has published a new release, Kali Linux 2021.4, which improves support for ARM-powered devices, including Apple M1 machines and the Raspberry Pi Zero 2. "With the end of 2021 just around the corner, we are pushing out the last release of the year with Kali Linux 2021.4, which is ready for immediate download or updating. The summary of the changelog since the 2021.3 release from September 2021 is: improved Apple M1 support; wide compatibility for Samba; switching package manager mirrors; Kaboxer theme; updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE; Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, plus USBArmory MkII ARM images; more tools. As we announced in Kali 2021.1, we supported installing Kali Linux on Parallels on Apple Silicon Macs, with 2021.4, we now also support it on the VMware Fusion Public Tech Preview thanks to the 5.14 kernel having the modules needed for the virtual GPU used. We also have updated the open-vm-tools package, and Kali's installer will automatically detect if you are installing under VMware and install the open-vm-tools-desktop package, which should allow you to change the resolution out of the box." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): kali-linux-2021.4-installer-amd64.iso (3,142MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 22 |
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Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution with several desktop editions, a cloud and a server edition. The project has published a new version, Calculate 22: "We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 22. With this new version, you will be able to smoothly update your system after a long period of time. We also ported the Calculate Utilities to Python 3, and set PipeWire as the default sound server. Calculate Linux Desktop featuring the KDE (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), Mate (CLDM) or Xfce (CLDX and CLDXS) desktop, Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) are now available for download. Changes: added support for long intervals between systems updates - now you can upgrade whenever you want, even if you have not updated your system for a long time; the latest Calculate Utils 3.7 have been fully transitioned to Python 3 and Python 2.7 has been removed from the distribution image; PulseAudio audio has been replaced by PipeWire, you can still select ALSA if this is what you prefer; added Bluetooth support for ALSA." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Default desktop and server download options are provided here. Download (pkglist): cld-22-x86_64.iso (3,263MB, MD5, torrent), cds-22-x86_64.iso (835MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.3 |
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The FreeBSD team has announced the availability of the third update to the operating system's 12.x branch. FreeBSD 12.3 includes several bug fixes to the kernel, userland updates, and improvements to network drivers. The release announcement reports: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: updates to various networking drivers; several updates to upstream contributed software; several userland application improvements and kernel bug fixes. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list. The FreeBSD Project dedicates the FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE to the memory of Ian Lepore. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, armv6, armv7 and aarch64 architectures. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures also support installing from a USB memory stick." The release notes provide a list of fixes in this release along with their security advisories. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (937MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (776MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 4.25 |
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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project's latest release is Tails 4.25 introduces a number of package updates for key components. It also features a backup utility to copy important files in persistent storage to a thumb drive. "We added a utility to make a backup of the Persistent Storage to another Tails USB stick. This utility automates the process described until now in our documentation on making a backup of your Persistent Storage, which used the command line. It's pretty basic and we still want to do something better in #7049, but we didn't want to wait more because we know that backups are a big issue for our users. External Hard Disk - we added a new entry called Tails (External Hard Disk) to the GRUB boot loader. Changes and updates: update Tor Browser to 11.0.2; update Tor to 0.4.6.8; add a shortcut to restart Tails when the Unsafe Browser was not enabled in the Welcome Screen; add a link from the error screen of the Tor Connection assistant to our documentation on troubleshooting connecting to Tor." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: tails-amd64-4.25.iso (1,129MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Freespire 8.0 |
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Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of Freespire 8.0, the latest update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. The new version continues to be based on Ubuntu's latest long-term support release, version 20.04: "Today, the PC/OpenSystems LLC FOSS development team has released Freespire 8.0, an update which delivers much needed system enhancements and security fixes. Once again we have let users decide; they have spoken and we have included all the most-requested Google services - Calendar, Docs and Gmail. For more traditional use cases, Freespire core has not changed at all - it's still a full-featured desktop OS, with all of the applications and resources of the Ubuntu repositories available as always. Freespire does not incorporate any proprietary media codecs and aside from Google Chrome, there are no other vendor-specific software applications pre-installed at all. Freespire 8.0 features a new stable kernel which fixes bugs and broadens hardware support. Google Chrome 96 includes security patches and other general browser improvements. We have upgraded Xfce 4.16, X11, Samba and other system fundamentals, including non-UEFI and secure boot systems." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: freespire-8.iso (1,436MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 21.4 |
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EndeavourOS is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project's latest snapshot is version 21.4 which includes several new improvements and fixes. "NVIDIA users have a new sanity check for NVIDIA and kernel updates. The check helps preventing boot problems after update. Apps UpdateInTerminal, eos-update-notifier and welcome include this update check. Welcome has a new button DE: information (DE is the installed desktop name) and opens the browser to the dedicated DE info page. Our eos-apps-info is added by default. The eos-apps-info-helper is now capable of showing information about many more apps, and it supports using a web browser which can be configured by yourself. An addition to paccache-service-manager has been made, which now ships with a checkbox for deleting the cache of uninstalled packages. A new and improved schedule configuration window for eos-update-notifier. The function grub-tools now adds info and warnings when needed about variable GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER in /etc/default/grub. An improvement on AKM that marks the current running kernel with the * symbol." These and other improvements can covered in the project's release announcement. Download: EndeavourOS_Atlantis-21_4.iso (1,927MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 9 |
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The CentOS project has published a new snapshot release, CentOS 9 Stream which acts as a middle ground between Fedora and the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The project's release announcement says: "Updates posted to Stream are identical to those posted to the unreleased minor version of RHEL. The aim? For CentOS Stream to be as fundamentally stable as RHEL itself. To achieve this stability, each major release of Stream starts from a stable release of Fedora Linux—In CentOS Stream 9, this begins with Fedora 34, which is the same code base from which RHEL 9 is built. As updated packages pass testing and meet standards for stability, they are pushed into CentOS Stream as well as the nightly build of RHEL. What CentOS Stream looks like now is what RHEL will look like in the near future." CentOS is available in x86_64, ARM64, and PowerPC64 flavours. At the time of writing, the release notes are not yet available. Download: CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso (8,037MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 15.4 Alpha |
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The openSUSE team have announced the avilability of a new development snapshot for openSUSE Leap. The new snapshot is lablled openSUSE 15.4 Alpha: "Alpha releases of openSUSE Leap 15.4 are now available for download on get.opensuse.org. The fourth minor release of Leap 15 has entered its alpha development stage. During the Alpha phase, regular Alpha images will be built on a rolling basis until mid-February when the point release is scheduled to transition to a Beta build phase. The beta submission deadline is February 16, according to the roadmap. The Beta phase has a similar model until the General Availability of the release. The rolling builds stop after the Beta phase is complete and Leap transitions into a maintenance and security update phase upon beoming public available." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Please note that at the time of writing the net-install download links do not work, but off-line install media are available. Download: openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Media.iso (3,945MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 21.11 |
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NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In NixOS, the entire operating system, including the kernel, applications, system packages and configuration files, are built by the Nix package manager. The project's latest release is NixOS 21.11 which includes the following highlights: "The default Nix version remains at 2.3.16. Nix has not been updated to version 2.4 due to regressions in non-experimental behavior. To upgrade to 2.4, use the nixos-unstable branch or set the nix.package option to either of nixFlakes or nix_2_4 packages. The nixUnstable attribute is a pre-release of Nix 2.5. Read the release notes for more information on upcoming changes. Please help us improve Nix by providing any breakage reports. iptables now uses nf_tables backend. PHP now defaults to PHP 8.0, updated from 7.4. kops now defaults to 1.21.1, which uses containerd as the default runtime. python3 now defaults to Python 3.9, updated from Python 3.8. PostgreSQL now defaults to major version 13." Further information is available through the project's release annoucement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): latest-nixos-gnome-x86_64-linux.iso (2,028MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-plasma5-x86_64-linux.iso (1,652MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso (765MB, SHA256). |
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| 2020-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 20.1 |
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The deepin project has published a new update to the distribution's 20.x series. deepin 20.1 features a new kernel, Linux 5.8, along with bringing the rest of the operating system up to date with Debian 10.6. There have also been a number of performance improvements. "In deepin 20.1, the operating efficiency of processors, network transmission and response, file reading and writing, and graphics display has been significantly enhanced by overall optimization of kernel configurations and codes; and conventional operations have been fully optimized. You will enjoy smoother experiences and faster responses from these improvements. Control Center: The new power settings - Power Plans supports three modes: Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance. When ultimate performance is required, the high-performance mode offers smoother user experiences." Further details and screenshots can be found in the distribution's release announcement (Chinese, English). Download: deepin-desktop-community-1010-amd64.iso (2,845MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2020_12_25 |
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Parted Magic is a small live CD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being to partition hard drives. Although GParted and Parted are the main programs, the CD/USB also offers other applications, such as Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue. The project's latest release updates the desktop to Xfce 4.14 from 4.12. "This version of Parted Magic comes with a huge number of package updates and improvements. Most notable is the upgrade to Xfce 4.14. I spent a lot of time tweaking the general look and feel. It looks significantly better than the last version. The boot menus have some changes so it's easier for people the find the more common booting work-a-arounds. Fcitx has been added to further improve input support. A menu allows you choose between Fcitx and Ibus. The old PXE version download has been discontinued. I highly suggest using the new method to boot Parted Magic via PXE: https://partedmagic.com/pxe/. If you really need to use the old slow PXE method you can build it with the included script: boot/pxelinux/pm2pxe.sh." The project's news page has more information. Parted Magic can be purchased from the distribution's online store for US$11. |
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| 2020-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 35.0 |
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Zbigniew Konojacki has announced the release of 4MLinux 35.0, a quarterly update of the project's minimalist desktop and server distribution featuring "four Ms": maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), mini-server (using the inetd daemon) and mystery (providing several small Linux games). As usual, the new release updates many of the base packages, but it also includes some new ones, such as Inkscape and Dangerous Dave (a game): "The status of the 4MLinux 35.0 series has been changed to stable. As always, the new major release has some new features. Inkscape (vector graphics editor) is now available as a downloadable extension. Dangerous Dave has been added to the collection of games which can be played via DOSBox. Notepad++ (advanced code editor) has been included in the 4MLinux Wine package. Nmap (network scanner) and ircII (IRC client) have been added to the 4MLinux Server." Here is the complete release announcement as published on the project's Blogspot pages. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-35.0-64bit.iso (777MB), 4MServer-35.0-64bit.iso (834MB). |
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| 2020-12-21 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 897 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Archman GNU/Linux 2020-11-12 "KDE"
- News: openSUSE and CloudLinux promote their CentOS alternatives, Tails talks about their adjusted release cycle
- Questions and answers: What to do in the wake of Red Hat phasing out CentOS
- Released last week: NuTyX 20.12.0, UBports 16.04 OTA-15, Q4OS 3.13
- Torrent corner: Alpine, batocera, Bluestar, KDE neon, Kwort, NuTyX, Q4OS, Tails, Ultimate Edition, Volumio
- Opinion poll: Where will you go now that CentOS Linux is being discontinued?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kwort Linux 4.3.5 |
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Kwort Linux is a CRUX-based Linux distribution that uses the GTK+ toolkit and the Openbox window manager. Its most prominent feature is a package manager, called kpkg. The project's latest version, Kwort 4.3.5, introduces updated kernel, compiler, and package management packages. The distribution's news page lists the highlights of the release: "I'm very proud to announce this new release which shows how the project got to a very mature level. New goodies included in the user interface, a few bug fixes from the previous release and of course, the latest stable packages. Let's talk a little of what we have here: Linux kernel 5.10.1 - yes, the brand new Linux LTS release. New toolchain including glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0 and Binutils 2.35.1. kpkg 130. Mirror kdb files are now included in the installation to avoid repeating issues from the past. Latest browsers including Google Chrome 87.0.4280.88 and Mozilla Firefox 84.0. The newest version of Brave is already available on the mirrors. kwort-tools now includes encryption support through /etc/rc.d/encryption using /etc/etab (format is 'directory' 'key file') and we have added a few improvements on kwort-mixer to add more stability. LLVM 11.0.0 is also included." Download: kwort-4.3.5.iso (1,113MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.13 |
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The Q4OS team have published a new update to their distribution's Debian-based desktop operating system. The project's new release updates the Q4OS 3.x series, bringing it up to date with Debian's Stable branch. For this release Canonical's Snap framework has been removed, though it can be installed from the project's software repositories. "An update to Q4OS 3 Centaurus LTS has been released. The new 3.13 Series receives the recent Debian Buster 10.7 update, updated Debian stable kernel, important security and bug fixes, and several specific Q4OS enhancements. Canonical's Snap daemon and related dependencies have been removed from the Q4OS desktop profiles, however they're still available in the default repositories. A few printing specific bugs has been patched and a new driver installer for Hewlett-Packard printers and scanners has been included in the Software center. In addition to the above, Q4OS 3.13 brings other enhancements, such as improved Calamares installer and a cumulative upgrade covering all changes from the previous stable Q4OS 3 Centaurus release." The distribution's blog offers additional information. The project provides two editions, one with the KDE Plasma desktop and the other with the Trinity desktop environment (TDE). Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.13-x64.r1.iso (897MB), q4os-3.13-x64-tde.r1.iso (697MB). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-15 |
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The UBports team has announced a new update for UBports 16.04. The new update, OTA-15, introduces stable support for more devices and provides a number improvements to the camera app, web browser, and calls: "Ratchanan finally got fed up with the "Redial last called number" button not working on his Bluetooth headset and fixed it. Now it is possible to dial calls from Bluetooth devices, including some car infotainment systems which provide an interface to browse your phone's contacts. Unfortunately, whilst dialing calls was fixed, the subsequent call audio is still broken. Some devices will still have trouble connecting two-way audio, and some have even reported adverse effects when trying it. For example, the Nexus 5 may play loud static over the Bluetooth headset instead of the caller's audio. Please try a test call (while you are in a safe place!) and report the result back to us before trying to take a call while driving. Ratchanan also added a Thai input method to our on-screen keyboard. It does not have auto-correction, but this is an excellent addition for our Thai users. Thank you, Ratchanan! If you are using a device with an arm64 build of Ubuntu Touch, you may have noticed that missed calls were reported by the caller's number rather than by their contact name. This issue has also now been fixed." Further details are available in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and download options can be found on the project's Devices page. |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 20.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint developers have published a new testing release, Linux Mint 20.1 Beta, which introduces a number of new features. There is a new IPTV application, called Hypnotix, performance improvements for the Cinnamon desktop, and there is a web app manager which helps integrate web apps and into the desktop. This development release also includes way to mark files as favourites for quick access later. "Time and time again we need to access the same files. Up until Linux Mint 20.1 we would remember where they were stored and slowly get to them using the file manager, bookmark their containing folder to get to them faster, look in the recently opened document section, hoping to find them in there, clutter our desktop with direct links... Well, there's a much better way now! If you're working on a file and you know you access it often, right-click it and select 'Add to Favorites'. You'll see a little star pop up in your panel. That's where all favorite files are, just one click away." Further information can be found in the project's release announcements for each of the distribution's three editions - (Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-20.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,894MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-20.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,960MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-20.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,857MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 Beta |
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Univention Corporate Server is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers and Microsoft Active Directory-compatible domain services. The project's latest snapshot, Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 Beta, introduces a number of changes to the user interface. "The most obvious change is the modernized design of UCS 5, which can already be seen during the installation process. In the default configuration, UCS will appear darker and, in our opinion, more elegant and uncluttered. We have visually reduced many areas and defined simpler shapes with a clearer color language, for example, for the "tiles" in the portal. As the changes in the beta are very obvious, the status of an "unfinished" beta version becomes clearly visible, in particular in this area. A lot of work is currently being done on the look and feel of UCS 5. In many places, the interfaces are still incomplete or partly still use visualizations from UCS 4." Additional information is available in the distribution's release announcement. Download: ucs_5.0-0-beta-amd64.iso (888MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 15.3 Alpha |
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The openSUSE team have published a new development snapshot of their upcoming openSUSE 15.3 release. The new Alpha snapshot introduces binary compatibility with SUSE Linux Enterprise and reorganizes the way installation media for different CPU architectures are made available. "You may notice that Installation images for all arches can be now found in the Installation tabs, and the tab Ports no longer exist. This new structure corresponds with the way how we build images in 15.3. openSUSE Leap 15.3 is based on the Jump concept that was developed over the past several months, which makes it and SUSE Linux Enterprise compatible. openSUSE Leap aligns with SLE and its Service Packs (SP), which keeps the system updated, stable and patched. Upon General Availability of this release, there will be a whole new level of harmony between Leap 15.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3." Details on the new development snapshot can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): openSUSE-Leap-15.3-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso (4,336MB, SHA256, torrent), openSUSE-Leap-15.3-NET-x86_64-Current.iso (116MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 20.12.0 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project has published a new version with multiple supported desktop editions. "21 months after the release of the first version of NuTyX 11, I am very happy to announce the new version of NuTyX 20.12.0 and cards 2.4.123. The 64-bit version is a complete new project. The compilation chain is completely rebuilt in addition to glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0 and binutils 2.34. The Xorg-server graphics server version 1.20.10, the Mesa 3D library in 20.3.0, GTK3 3.24.24 and Qt 5.15.2 are also in their latest versions. The Python interpreters are at 3.9.0 and 2.7.18. The Xfce desktop environment is updated to version 4.14.3. The MATE desktop environment is also updated to version 1.24, the latest version available. The KDE desktop environment is available in Plasma 5.20.4, Framework 5.76.0 and Applications 20.12.0. Available browsers are: Firefox 83.0, Chromium 87.0.4280.88, Falkon 3.1.0, Epiphany 3.38.2." Additional information can be found on the project's News page. Download (MD5, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-LXDE.iso (914MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-XFCE.iso (986MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-KDE.iso (1,623MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-MATE.iso (1,657MB). |
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| 2020-12-14 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 896 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: TTOS Linux 1.1.2
- News: CentOS Linux being phased out for CentOS Stream, openSUSE running on the PinePhone, Tails changing their ISO verification process, changes coming to Univention
- Questions and answers: Restoring the fstab file
- Released last week: CRUX 3.6, GeckoLinux 152.201210, Rescuezilla 2.1
- Torrent corner: Alpine, Archman, CRUX, EasyOS, Endless OS, Garuda, GeckoLinux, KDE neon, Rescuezilla, Zenwalk
- Upcoming releases: Tails 4.14
- Opinion poll: How many entries are in your fstab file?
- New additions: PakOS
- New distributions: HefftorLinux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 2 |
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Yves Brungard has announced that the second beta build of the upcoming Mageia 8 release is ready for testing: "We are happy to announce the release of Mageia 8 beta 2. After a long time since beta 1, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thoughts so that we can continue to get Mageia 8 ready for release. As we said in a previous post, a lot of work had to be done for the base system upgrade, Java, Linux kernel and the graphical stack. These upgrades are now in a state that allows for the beta 2 ISO images to be built and tested. Here are some of the major packages included in this release: Linux kernel 5.9.12 (5.10 will land in shortly), glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.1, rpm 4.16.1, Chromium 87, Firefox 78.5, LibreOffice 7.0.4, Plasma Desktop 5.20.4, GNOME 3.38.1, Cinnamon 4.8.2, Xfce 4.15.2, MATE 1.24. PHP is provided in release 8.0." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. As always, Mageia releases are available as installation or live images (with GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce); download links: Mageia-8-beta2-x86_64.iso (4,363MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,457MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,074MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,813MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescuezilla 2.1 |
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Shasheen Ediriweera has announced the release of Rescuezilla 2.1, an updated version of the project's easy-to-use disk imaging application compatible with Clonezilla. The key new feature of this version is the ability to easily mount and explore Clonezilla images to extract files: "Rescuezilla 2.1 provides key bug fixes, performance improvements and it also introduces the highly-requested ability to easily extract files from backup images. Key changes: added 'Image Explorer' (beta) to easily mount Partclone images and to extract files; accessing files from uncompressed images (created by Clonezilla's Expert mode) is extremely fast even for very large images; both Clonezilla and Rescuezilla currently default to gzip compression, which requires decompressing a lot of data and makes mounting and exploring images over 50 GB too slow - a future release of Rescuezilla will change the default compression format so mounting large images is always fast and efficient.... Read the rest of the changelog for more details. There are two images available for download - an edition based on Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" and another based on Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy" (the project recommends using the "Groovy" build): rescuezilla-2.1-64bit.groovy.iso (844MB, pkglist), rescuezilla-2.1-64bit.focal.iso (795MB).
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| 2020-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 152.201210.0 |
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GeckoLinux is a Linux spin based on the openSUSE distribution, with a focus on polish and out-of-the-box usability on the desktop. The project has published updated media for both its Static and Rolling branches. "All editions in this update receive quality of life improvements for Bluetooth audio users. The default PulseAudio configuration now prevents undesired automatic switching to the low-quality HSP/HFP device profile, and audio streams will automatically switch to newly connected Bluetooth devices using the A2DP profile. Additionally, improved support has been included for the 7zip archive format. Finally, the default GRUB boot sloader configuration has been tweaked to be cleaner and more predictable on EFI systems. A variety of GeckoLinux ISO spins are available with polished desktop environments to suit every need and preference. Each spin contains a well curated selection of preinstalled applications appropriate for the particular desktop environment." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. There are eight editions of the Static branch and nine of the Rolling branch, one of each are listed here for simplicity. Download: GeckoLinux_STATIC_Cinnamon.x86_64-152.201210.0.iso (1,289MB, MD5, pkglist), GeckoLinux_ROLLING_XFCE.x86_64-999.201205.0.iso (1,417MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 3.6 |
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Juergen Daubert has announced the release of CRUX 3.6, the latest stable build of the project's lightweight Linux distribution featuring a straightforward tar.xz-based package system, BSD-style init scripts, and a collection of trimmed packages: "The CRUX team is happy to announce the release of CRUX 3.6. CRUX 3.6 comes with a multilib toolchain which includes glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0, Binutils 2.35.1, Linux kernel 5.4.80 (LTS), X.Org 7.7 and X.Org Server 1.20.10. The ISO image is processed with isohybrid and is suitable for burning on a DVD and putting on a USB drive. UEFI support is available during installation with dosfstools, efibootmgr and grub2-efi/syslinux. Because all bootloaders are in our opt collection now, LILO is no longer installed as a core port by default. To give the possibility to select a bootloader we have added a new menu to setup. Important notes: glibc depends at buildtime on Python 3 now, Python 3 and its dependencies have been moved from the opt collection to core; glibc removed rpc and nsl stuff, we've added the libnsl and rpcsvc-proto ports; we renamed openrdate to rdate, jdk to jdk8-bin and mesa3d to mesa...." See the release announcement, release notes, changelog and the updated CRUX Handbook for further details. Download: crux-3.6.iso (819MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-07 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 895 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Pop!_OS 20.10 and FuguIta 6.8
- News: Fedora considers separate Xwayland package, FreeBSD introduces WireGuard support, RancherOS purchased by SUSE, elementary OS to get multi-touch gestures and Raspberry Pi build, Debian publishes updated Buster media
- Questions and answers: Using a Raspberry Pi to get started with a virtual assistant
- Released last week: GhostBSD 20.11.28, BlackArch 2020.12.01, Manjaro 20.2
- Torrent corner: Arch Linux, AV Linux, BlackArch, Debian, EasyOS, GhostBSD, Manjaro, Raspberry Pi OS, RebornOS, SparkyLinux, T2, Univention
- Opinion poll: Do you use a digital assistant?
- DistroWatch site news: Comparing a package version across all active distributions
- New distributions: oasis, Diamond Linux-TT
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 20.10 |
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René Rebe has announced the release of T2 SDE 20.10, a new stable version of the project's distribution build kit (originally forked from ROCK Linux) designed for advanced Linux users who wish to build custom Linux distributions. This version arrives after ten years of development: "After a decade of development, we are proud to announce the availability of the new T2 Linux Source and Embedded Linux distribution build kit stable release, version 20.10. The 20.10 release has received updates across the board, while a major working target was adding new architecture support for arm64, and RISCV as well as further improving cross compilation - all official ISO images are now fully cross-built. Over 13,800 Subversion revisions indicate the magnitude of the release, with over 1,000 new packages, new features and various other improvements and fixes, including the latest Linux kernel, GCC, LLVM, Clang, Rust, X.Org, Wayland, Firefox, KDE, GNOME and everything in between." Here is the complete release announcement as published on the project's mailing list. T2 SDE 20.10 is available for download as a set of pre-compiled installation images for mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86 and x86_64. Here are the links to the minimal desktop builds for the x86_64 architectures: t2-minimal-desktop-glibc-gcc-x86-64-avx-20.10.iso (793MB, SHA1), t2-minimal-desktop-glibc-gcc-x86-64-haswell-20.10.iso (792MB, SHA1). |
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| 2020-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2020-12-02 |
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Simon Long has announced the availability of a new version of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based distribution for Raspberry Pi computers. The latest version includes an updated Chromium web browser, a graphical front-end for configuring printers, and the PulseAudio audio control software. "We've updated the Chromium browser to version 84. This has taken us a bit longer than we would have liked, but it's always quite a lot of work to get our video hardware acceleration integrated with new releases of the browser. That's done now, so you should see good-quality video playback on sites like YouTube. We've also, given events this year, done a lot of testing and tweaking on video conferencing clients such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom, and they should all now work smoothly on your Raspberry Pi's Chromium. From this release onwards, we are switching Raspberry Pi OS to use the PulseAudio sound server." The release announcement has additional information. Download (SHA256): 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-full.zip (2,948MB, torrent, pkglist), 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip (438MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.2 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 20.2, the latest update of the project's rolling-release distribution with a choice of Xfce, KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops: "We are happy to announce our latest release of Manjaro we call 'Nibia'. The GNOME edition is the epicenter of new exciting features. It received a major overhaul, possibly the biggest update thus far. GNOME 3.38 provides performance enhancements, significantly improved application grid, parental controls, excellent welcome tour as well as many other features. The new OEM style installation makes the installation process extremely simple, and Gnome-Initial-Setup lets you easily install Manjaro for other people. Manjaro's Application-Utility got also many improvements, letting easily choose your favorite browsers, office suites and password managers. We also included two excellent forms of automatic window tiling." Here is the full release announcement as published on the project's user forum. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,688MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,950MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,689MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethServer 7.9 |
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NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. The project's latest release is NethServer 7.9 which replaces its original user interface with Cockpit, introduces a new panel to sync e-mail over IMAP, and brings the distribution up to date with its CentOS base. "Release highlights: Many new features were added since the last NethServer ISO was released, they are all available within NethServer 7.9 based. Let’s see the most important improvements. NethGUI is dead. Welcome Cockpit: The old Server Manager (namely NethGUI) is not available by default on new installations. To configure the system access the new Server Manager on port 9090 . Old Server Manager can be still installed from Software Center. Web applications are still on port 980: CGP (Collectd Graph Panel), EveBox, Rspamd UI, Lightsquid and Ntopng are still available on HTTPS port 980, even if the old Server Manager has not been installed. Security improvements: On new installations, SSH weak ciphers are now disabled by default. Default TLS policy is 2020-05-10 . TLS 1.1, TLS 1.0, SSL v3, and SSL v2 are disabled." Additional information is available in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (MD5): nethserver-7.9.2009-x86_64.iso (1,154MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.4-7 |
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Univention Corporate Server is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers. The distribution's latest release is Univention Corporate Server 4.4-7 which improves single sign-on security and introduces a customizable cookie banner for administrators working within the European Union. "The new UCS version 4.4-7 also supports this feature when a user is logged in via SAML using single sign-on (SSO). While we were at it, we added some extra security - after all, SSO is a central service that allows access to all authorized programs and services. Users with an expired password who enter an incorrect password in the password change dialog used to receive a corresponding message. This allowed unauthorized persons to find out whether a password for a particular account had expired. With UCS 4.4-7, this is no longer possible. In addition, certain files created by the listener on the server now receive correct file permissions. This way they're available for the SAML service, but not for other users. Cookie Banner for the UCS Portal - cookies may only be stored on users' computers if they have explicitly agreed to it." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: UCS_4.4-7-amd64.iso (1,299MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2020.12.01 |
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BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution designed for penetration testers and security researchers. The project has published a new snapshot, version 2020.12.01, which includes many new tools and updated packages. The project's blog post states: "Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. Many improvements and QA went through all packages and tools BlackArch Linux offers! For details see the ChangeLog below. Here's the ChangeLog: added more than 100 new tools; renamed 'Live ISO' to 'Full ISO'; updated blackarch-installer to v1.2.16; included Linux kernel 5.9.11; adapted ISO creation to the new archiso version (work in progress);removed unnecessary files from the ISO env; QAed and fixed a lot of packages (runtime exec, missing dependencies, etc.); updated all vim plugins and improved vim config options; updated all BlackArch tools and packages including config files; updated all system packages; updated all window manager menus (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox)." Download (SHA1, pkglist, username: root, password: blackarch): blackarch-linux-full-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (14,803MB, torrent), blackarch-linux-netinst-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (732MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 20.1 |
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ExTiX is a desktop distribution normally based on Ubuntu. The project's latest release, ExTiX 20.1, is based instead on deepin and features the Deepin desktop environment. The project's release announcement states: "New functions:1.You can run ExTiX from RAM. Use boot alternative 3 (Load to RAM) or Advanced. A wonderful way to run Linux if you have enough RAM. Everything will be super fast. When ExTiX has booted up you can remove the DVD or USB stick. 2. You will have the opportunity to choose language before you enter the Deepin 15.11 Desktop. All main languages are supported. 3. I have replaced Deepin Installer with the Reborn version of Deepin Installer. Works better in every way. 4. I have replaced kernel 5.3.0-rc6-exton with kernel 5.5.0-rc3-exton. 5. Spotify and Skype are pre-installed. 6. You can watch Netflix while running Firefox. 7. You can install ExTiX Deepin also in VirtualBox/VMware using Deepin Installer. (In previous versions you had to chroot into the install partition and install GRUB). 8. While installing ExTiX Deepin to a USB stick using Rufus 3.8 you can create a persistent partition on the stick. Thus all your changes of the ExTiX Deepin system will be saved directly on the stick!" Download: extix-20.1-64bit-deepin-15.11-refracta-1840mb-191230.iso (1,894MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2020.01.01 |
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Levon Kayan has announced the release of a new version of BlackArch Linux, an Arch-based distribution with a large collection of specialist tools designed for penetration testing, security research and forensic analysis: "Today we have released new BlackArch Linux ISO and OVA images. Many improvements and much QA went through all packages and tools BlackArch Linux offers. Here is the changelog: added 120 new tools; add terminus font support to LXDM; fixed the annoying 'cannot open tools via menu' bug; updated BlackArch installer to version 1.1.34; included Linux kernel 5.4.6; updated urxvt configuration to add support for changing size on the fly; Vim - replace pathogen with Vundle.vim, added new vim plugin, clang_complete; minor bug fixes and improvements; updated all BlackArch tools and packages, including configuration files; updated all system packages; updated all window manager menus (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox)." Visit the distribution's blog to read the full release announcement. Download (SHA1, pkglist, login: root, password: blackarch): blackarch-linux-live-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso (13,350MB), blackarch-linux-netinst-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso (491MB). |
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| 2019-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 20 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 20, a major update of the project's Gentoo-based, rolling-release distribution set available in KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE and Xfce flavours. This version upgrades many packages, but it also drops the i686 architecture: "For this new release, Gentoo 17.1 was used as the base profile, all binary packages recompiled with GCC 9.2, and overlays managed with eselect. Calculate Linux will no longer come in 32-bit edition. Change list: a local overlay has been added; you can run 'emerge --config' to launch the new cl-config tool for service configuration; 'modesetting' video driver supported; CPU-X has been replaced by the graphical HardInfo utility for better hardware browsing; MPlayer has been replaced by mpv; cronie replaces vixie-cron for cron job scheduling; fixed single disk auto-detection for installation; fixed bug where several applications played ALSA audio at the same time; fixed default audio device configuration; Xfce desktop has been updated to 4.14...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download links (MD5, pkglist): cld-20-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,761MB, torrent), cldc-20-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,443MB, torrent), cldl-20-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,433MB, torrent), cldm-20-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,530MB, torrent), cldx-20-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,383MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EasyOS 2.2 |
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EasyOS is an experimental Linux distribution which uses many of the technologies and package formats pioneered by Puppy Linux. The distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container. The project's latest release is EasyOS 2.2, which is built using packages from Debian 10 packages. "Lots of bug fixes, improvements, package upgrades, new applications and utilities. Version 2.2 is built with Debian 10.2 DEBs, and the kernel is 5.4.6 with lockdown enabled - lockdown is used in the 'Copy session to RAM & disable drives' boot option, to ratchet the security even higher. New applications built-in to the download file: pSynclient and SolveSpace. The SeaMonkey suite is built-in and now version 2.49.5. As usual, there is a huge collection of applications built-in, including LibreOffice, Inkscape, Gimp, Planner, Grisbi, Osmo, Notecase, Audacious and MPV. The download file is 515MB. Among many setup enhancements, there is a special patched NetworkManager tray applet, and there are considerable improvements to BootManager, SFSget, EasyContainerManager and EasyVersionControl GUI utilities." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: easy-2.2-amd64.img.gz (514MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feren OS 2019.12 |
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Feren OS, a desktop Linux distribution based on Linux Mint, has been updated to version 2019.12. This is the project's first release featuring KDE Plasma desktop by default, although a separate "Classic" edition with Cinnamon is also available. From the release announcement: "Today I am proud to announce the release of Feren OS December 2019 Snapshot, code-named 'Yttrium'. This is one of the biggest snapshots in the history of Feren OS. The first and most important change in this snapshot is the move to KDE Plasma. This means that Feren OS now has a completely different desktop environment to what it had before. KDE Plasma is an extremely stable and lightweight desktop environment in Feren OS, and it has way more support from the community since it's one of the major desktop environments available in Linux. The default Feren OS theme has had a bunch of minor visual tweaks. The most noticeable tweak is that menus are now dark and transparent rather than white and opaque. This, alongside Plasma's blur effect, makes the desktop look way more sleek by default." Download (MD5) links (pkglist): Feren OS x64.iso (1,841MB), Feren OS x64 Classic.iso (1,815MB), Feren OS x32 Classic.iso (1,778MB). |
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| 2019-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2019_12_24 |
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Parted Magic is a small live CD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being to partition hard drives, recover data and image partitions. The project's latest release is Parted Magic 2019_12_24. The new version includes Wine, DosBOX and the GNOME Disk utility. Several key packages have also been updated. "Parted Magic 2019_12_24. This version of Parted Magic adds WINE, Gnome Disk Utility, DOSBox and a new method of booting via PXE. We have also reverted back to the 2014 desktop wallpaper and GRUB screen as seen on the screen shots page. New PXE booting: 1. Extract the ISO image and copy the 'pmagic' folder to your server. 2. Use the new 'wget=' kernel cheat code and the path leading to the 'pmagic' folder. Updated Programs: testdisk 7.2-WIP, ncdu 1.14.1, kernel firmware 20191222git, ZFS on Linux 0.8.2, Linux kernel 5.4.6, xf86-video-sis 0.12.0, libdrm 2.4.100, OpenSSL 1.0.2u, nwipe 0.26, Mozilla Firefox 68.3.0esr, libtiff 4.1.0, Flashplayer Plugin 32.0.0.303, ca-certificates 20191130, BIND 9.11.14. Added Programs: Wine 4.0.2, libpwquality 1.4.1, gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1, cracklib 2.9.6, DOSBox 0.74.3, stressapptest 1.0.9, cabextract 1.9.1." Further details on the new version, along with instructions for setting up PXE booting for Parted Magic, can be found on the distribution's news page and additional information can be found in the project's changelog. Parted Magic is available for purchase for US$11 from the project's on-line store. |
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| 2019-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 19.1 |
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antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been upgraded to version 19.1. Although largely a bug-fix release, the new version also updates IceWM to version 1.6.3: "antiX 19.1 bug-fix/upgrade ISO images available. All new ISO images are bug-fix/upgrades of antiX 19 SysVInit series. Only for new users, no need to download if using antiX 19. antiX 19.1 is based on Debian 'Buster' and is systemd-free. As usual, we offer the following systemd-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures: antiX-full with four windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm, plus full LibreOffice suite; antiX-base with 4 windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm; antiX-core with no X window; antiX-net with no X window and just enough to get you connected (wired) and ready to build. The 32-bit edition uses a non-PAE kernel. Changes: 4.9.200 Linux kernel; Firefox 68.3.0esr; disk-manager included; Ceni network manager included, but ConnMan remains the default." Here is the full release announcement. Quick links to download the two "Full" variants: antiX-19.1_x64-full.iso (1,106MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), antiX-19.1_386-full.iso (1,138MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2019.12.22 |
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EndeavourOS is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project's latest release, version 2019.12.22, introduces the ability to perform installations in both on-line and off-line modes. "We are using the Calamares installer and when you are starting your install by clicking on the Start the Installer button of the Welcome app, it asks you which install you prefer: off-line or on-line. No matter which desktop environment you choose, EndeavourOS ships with some pre-installed packages and apps you already know from our current installer and some of those are: GRUB, the mainstream Linux kernel, Nano, broadcom-dkms, intel-ucode/amd-ucode, NVIDIA-installer, arc-x-icons-theme, eos-welcome, eos-update-notifier, reflector-auto, Yay and Firefox. Except for our in-house developed reflector-auto, eos-welcome and the eos-update-notifier, the rest of the packages are coming directly from the Arch repos or the AUR, so they are not customized or modified package versions in our own repo, we are still close to Arch." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: endeavouros-2019.12.22-x86_64.iso (1,646MB, MD5, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 2019 |
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Yann Le Doare has announced the release of LinuxConsole 2019, a new version of the project's independently-developed, modular distribution featuring the MATE desktop. It can be customised using pre-built modules for various tasks, such as games, graphics, multimedia, music, office and video, and it also supports installing some Windows software and games with WINE. "LinuxConsole 2019 is available for download. It comes with Linux kernel version 5.4.5 which support Extfat natively. This Linux distribution is designed to be easy to use and powerful. You can try it in a live mode and then install it on a hard drive. It is also possible to use it on old computers, with the lightweight MATE desktop. What is new? Linux kernel 5.4.5; 865 libraries and programs are in the core module; build for 'YourDistroFromScratch 2.7', with docker hybrid ISO image; parental control tool, for controlling the access time of user accounts; modular concept; MATE desktop 1.22; Chromium becomes the default web browser; Wine 4.0.3." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download links: linuxconsole.2019-x86_64.iso (1,822MB, MD5), linuxconsole.2019-x86.iso (1,624MB, MD5). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 846 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: NomadBSD 1.3
- News: Tails publishes boot fix for Mac hardware, Arch upgrade requires user intervention, Purism introduces freedom-supporting servers
- Questions and answers: Hiding and protecting files with a password
- Released last week: SUSE Linux Enteprise 12 SP5, Linux Mint 19.3, Peppermint OS 10-20191210
- Torrent corner: 4mLinux, Absolute, Alpine, ArcoLinux, AUSTRUMI, EasyOS, Emmabuntus, KDE neon, LinuxConsole, Linux Mint, NuTyX, PCLinuxOS, Peppermint OS, SmartOS, Tails, Volumio
- Opinion poll: Disk encryption and file vaults
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2019-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 |
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Raj Meel has announced the availability of the fifth service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, the current legacy branch of the company's commercial, enterprise-class distribution with long-term support for over 10 years. "SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 5 is now generally available. This release consolidates all the fixes and updates that were introduced since SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4. As you know, SUSE Linux Enterprise service packs are released on a yearly cadence. Service Pack 5 is the next service pack since the release of Service Pack 4 in Dec 2018. In addition, Service Pack 5 is also the last service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 release. With the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 5 on December 9th, general support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 will end on June 30th, 2020. Customers wishing to maintain support of their SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 installations after June 30, 2020 can continue support through the purchase of Long Term Service Pack Support." Further detaisl can be found in the company's release announcement and in the release notes. A 60-day trial edition of both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP5 (pkglist) are available from SUSE's download page (registration required). |
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| 2019-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 11.3 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project's latest release, NuTyX 11.3, features several package updates, including new versions of Firefox, Falkon, KDE Plasma, and the MATE desktop. "NuTyX 11.3 available with cards 2.4.108: I'm very pleased to announce the new NuTyX 11.3 release. The 64-bit version contains about 850 package upgrades. The 32-bit version of NuTyX is still actively supported. In the newest release, base NuTyX comes with the Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel 4.19.90 (4.9.206 for the 32-bit version). For 64-bit systems, the kernel release 5.4.4 is also available. The GNU C library, glibc, is now glibc 2.30. The graphical server is xorg-server 1.20.6. The mesa lib is 19.2.7, GTK3 is 3.24.13, and Qt has been updated to 5.13.2. Python interpreters 3.7.4 and 2.7.17 have been included in this release.The MATE desktop environment comes in 1.22.2, the latest version. The KDE Plasma desktop is now 5.17.4, the Framework is now 5.64.0 and applications are now 19.12.0." Additional details can be found on the NutyX news page. Download (MD5): NuTyX_x86_64-11.3.iso (4,489MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.11.0 |
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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes and servers. The C library used is musl and the base tools are all provided by BusyBox. The project's latest version is Alpine Linux 3.11.0. It features a new kernel and initial support for installing the GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops. Most Python 2 packages have been removed. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.11.0, the first in the v3.11 stable series. New features and noteworthy new packages: Linux 5.4 kernel (linux-lts). Support for Raspberry Pi 4 (aarch64 and armv7). Initial GNOME and KDE support. Support for Vulkan. MinGW-w64 and DXVK support. Rust is available on all architectures except s390x Significant updates: Linux 5.4.5, GCC 9.2.0, Busybox 1.31.1, musl libc 1.1.24, LLVM 9.0.0, Go 1.13.4, Python 3.8.0, Perl 5.30.1, Postgresql 12.1, Rust 1.39.0, Crystal 0.31.1, Erlang 22.1, Zabbix 4.4.3, Nextcloud 17.0.2, Git 2.24.1, Xen 4.13.0, Qemu 4.2.0." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.11.0-x86_64.iso (121MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.11.0-x86_64.iso (457MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Emmabuntüs DE2-1.06 |
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Emmabuntüs is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution designed to run on older computers. The project has published a new update to its Debian 9 "Stretch" branch, Emmabuntüs DE2-1.06. The new release offers several package updates from Debian 9 repositories along with many fixes. "This Debian Edition 2-1.06 version includes the following fixes and enhancements: Based on Debian 9.11 Stretch. Added utilities: Orage, NdisGTK. Added some French soundtracks for KTuberling. Added OpenBoard. Added open-vm-tools-desktop. Removed Minitube. Improved settings and Emmabuntüs tools windows. Improved explanations of post-installation configuration options. Fixed non-free firmware support during installation. Fixed country and keyboard selection windows during installation. Fixed security issues. Fixed information icons when updating packages for Revival-blue and Moka themes. Fixed XScreenSaver slideshow launch. Fixed network share via Samba. Updates of HPLip 3.19.11, TurboPrint 2.49-1, Teamviewer 14.5.1691, Firefox ESR 68.3.0." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: emmabuntus-de2-amd64-stretch-1.06.iso (3,187MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10-20191210 |
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Peppermint OS is a lightweight, desktop distribution based on packages from Ubuntu which merges components of the Xfce and LXDE desktop environments. Peppermint OS also tries to integrate web-based applications into the desktop, using site-specific browsers, and local programs. The project's latest release is an update to its existing version 10, offering new packages and updated hardware support. "Team Peppermint are pleased to announce Peppermint 10 Respin (20191210), the latest iteration of our operating system. Based on the 18.04 LTS (long-term support) code base, Peppermint 10 Respin still comes in both 64bit and 32bit flavours so older hardware is still supported. We hope you enjoy using it half as much as we did putting it together. Peppermint 10 Respin main changes: all 18.04 base updates to 10 December 2019, including the 5.0 kernel and HWE X.Org stack, Firefox 71; added a cursor resize utility to the settings panel; added a web browser manager GUI utility to aid with the installation and removal of some of the more common web browsers; reverted to an earlier Xenial version of pulseadio-equalizer; added a Peppermint 6 (LXDE) style xfpanel-switch profile which swaps out the Whisker menu for an old-school hierarchical menu." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): Peppermint-10-20191210-amd64.iso (1,490MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 19.3 |
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The Linux Mint team has published an update to the project's 19.x series, which is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The distribution's newest release is Linux Mint 19.3 which is available in three editions (Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce). One of the big new features in this release is proactive System Reports which will notify the user of potential problems. "You'll notice something new in your system tray after you install Linux Mint 19.3. A little warning icon tries to catch your attention and indicates there are a few things for you to review. In the past, we worked on improving documentation (such as the installation guide) and the welcome you get when you first log in (the first steps section of the Welcome Screen for instance). In Linux Mint 19.3, we're going a step further and we're trying to detect potential issues in your computer. If you're missing a language package, a multimedia codec, if a hardware driver or a new version of Linux Mint is available, this little icon will let you know and provide solutions." Further details can be found in the release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-mate-64bit.iso (2,004MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-xfce-64bit.iso (1,902MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 31.0 |
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Zbigniew Konojacki has announced the release of 4MLinux 31.0, a new stable version of the project's minimalist distribution with focus on four capabilities: maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), mini-server (using the inetd daemon) and mystery (providing several small Linux games). This is the distribution's first release without the i686 flavour: "4MLinux 31.0 STABLE released. This is a milestone release due to the fact that 4MLinux has finally dropped 32-bit support. It is now a fully 64-bit operating system. For this reason one must perform a fresh installation. There are two editions available for download - desktop and desktop with LAMP server. If you need a pure server environment (i.e. without desktop), you can try an official 4MLinux fork called TheSSS which is only about 120MB in size." The release comes with Linux kernel 4.19.86, LibreOffice 6.3.4, AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.14, Gnumeric 1.12.44, DropBox 85.4.155, Firefox 71.0, Chromium 78.0.3904.108, Thunderbird 68.3.0, Audacious 3.10.1, VLC 3.0.8 and many popular server packages and development tools. See the complete release announcement for more information and a screenshot of the default desktop. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-31.0-64bit.iso (747MB), 4MServer-31.0-64bit.iso (802MB). |
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| 2019-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Minimal Linux Live 15-Dec-2019 |
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Ivan Davidov has announced the release of a new build of Minimal Linux Live (MLL), version 15-Dec-2019. MLL is a tiny, educational Linux distribution designed to be built from scratch by using a collection of automated shell scripts. It offers a core environment with just the Linux kernel, GNU C library and Busybox userland utilities. The changelog of the current release includes the following items: "Updated software base - MLL is based on Linux kernel 5.4.3, GNU C library 2.30 and Busybox 1.31.1; the generated ISO image file is 10MB (x86_64) and requires 256MB RAM in order to run properly; CloudFlare DNS resolvers - by default MLL has three DNS resolvers: Gogle Public DNS (8.8.8.8), Quad4 (4.4.4.4) and CloudFlare DNS (1.1.1.1); GraalVM overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK, Python, Ruby and Node.JS/JavaScript; adopt OpenJDK overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK from the AdoptOpenJDK project; Zulu JDK overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK from Azul Systems...." Download links: minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_bios.iso (10MB), minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_uefi.iso (10MB), minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_mixed.iso (18MB). |
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| 2019-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15.1 |
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Artyom Zorin has announced the release of Zorin OS 15.1, an updated version from the project that develops a set of beginner-friendly Linux distributions based on Ubuntu's latest LTS (long-term support) release: "Today, we're excited to announce that Zorin OS is getting even better with the release of version 15.1. We've paid close attention to your feedback and worked hard to make the desktop experience better for work, learning, playing and everything in between. We've focused on making the desktop feel even more familiar and user-friendly to new users, especially those moving away from Windows 7 leading up to the end of its support in one month. Zorin Connect has been upgraded to make the experience between your computer and Android phone even more seamless. The Slideshow remote feature now includes a pointer that responds to your phone's movement." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Zorin OS 15.1 is available in "Core" (with Zorin Desktop) and "Lite" (with Xfce, both 64-bit and 32-bit) editions; here are the download links (MD5, pkglist): Zorin-OS-15.1-Core-64-bit.iso (2,231MB), Zorin-OS-15.1-Lite-64-bit.iso (2,259MB), Zorin-OS-15.1-Lite-32-bit.iso (2,070MB). |
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| 2019-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 10.6 |
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John Martinson has announced the release of Robolinux 10.6, the latest update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution with integrated VirtualBox for running non-Linux operating systems. The current release targets the users of Microsoft Windows 7, the support of which will end next month: "Since Windows 7 expires on January 14th, 2020, Robolinux is anticipating a massive number of new Linux users who do not want to upgrade to a newer version of Windows. This is exactly what happened back in April 2014 when XP expired. This time Robolinux will offer screen sharing in order to support these new users who do not want to go through a Linux learning curve. In order to get ready for this massive number of new Linux users we have made sure that all five of our 10 series versions - Cinnamon, Mate 3D, Xfce, LXDE and GNOME are as rock-solid as possible with new kernels, hardware drivers and over five hundred security and application updates. VirtualBox was upgraded to version 5.2.34 and we added the privacy Brave browser to our free App installers." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.6.iso (3,310MB), robolinux64-gnome-v10.6.iso (3,060MB), robolinux64-lxde-v10.6.iso (1,896MB), robolinux64-mate3d-v10.6.iso (3,044MB), robolinux-xfce-v10.6.iso (2,058MB). |
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| 2019-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArcoLinux 19.12.15 |
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Erik Dubois has announced the release of ArcoLinux 19.12.15, a new stable version of the project's Arch-based distribution featuring Xfce as the default desktop. This release brings the latest Calamares installer with several new modules: "Calamares 3.2.16 - beginning of November 2019 Calamares released a new version, we are using this version on our 19.12 release. We have added the possibility to install the NVIDIA driver to the ISO image. If you select the box on the NVIDIA page with an internet connection it will install nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-utils. There is currently no support for the 390x driver. This needs to be installed manually. We had a separate script to build LTS ISO images - this resulted in 64 ISO images. Because of the new module we went from 64 to 35 ISO images. Every ISO image can potentially install an LTS kernel. You will need internet to get it installed. If there is no internet, the LTS kernel will not be installed and installation will finish with the standard Linux kernel." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (pkglist): arcolinux-v19.12.15.iso (1,970MB, MD5). Additionally, ArcoLinuxD (a minimal distribution with scripts that enable power users to install any desktop and application) and ArcoLinuxB (a set of community editions with many popular desktops and window managers) are also available. |
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| 2019-12-10 |
NEW • BSD Release: NomadBSD 1.3 |
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Marcel Kaiser has announced the release of NomadBSD 1.3, a new stable version of the project's FreeBSD-based, desktop-oriented operating system featuring the Openbox window manager: "We are pleased to present the release of NomadBSD 1.3. Changes since 1.2: the base system has been changed to FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p1; due to a deadlock problem, FreeBSD's Unionfs has been replaced by Unionfs-fuse; the GPT layout has been changed to MBR - this prevents problems with Lenovo systems that refuse to boot from GPT if 'lenovofix' is not set, and systems that hang on boot if 'lenovofix' is set; support for ZFS installations has been added to the NomadBSD installer; the rc-script for setting up the network interfaces has been fixed and improved; support for setting the country code for the WLAN device has been added; auto configuration for running in VirtualBox has been added; a check for the default display has been added to the graphics configuration scripts - this fixes problems where users with Optimus have their NVIDIA card disabled; NVIDIA driver version 440 has been added...." Continue to the release announcement for more information. NomadBSD 1.3 is available in the form of IMG files for amd64 and i386 architectures as well as Apple computers. Here are the download links: nomadbsd-1.3.img.lzma (2,296MB, SHA256, pkglist), nomadbsd-1.3.i386.img.lzma (2,193MB, SHA256), nomadbsd-1.3.img.lzma (2,296MB, SHA256). |
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| 2019-12-09 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 844 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Project Trident Void Alpha
- News: Debian releases alpha installer for "Bullseye", SparkyLinux creates portable edition, Haiku improves hardware and filesystem support, OpenBSD publishes four new security errata, VPN hijacking vulnerability on Linux and BSD
- Questions and answers: Dealing with massive log files being generated
- Released last week: CAINE 11.0, elementary OS 5.1, Tails 4.1, Univention Corporate Server 4.4-3
- Torrent corner: Arch, CAINE, Container, elementary OS, Endless OS, KDE neon, SmartOS, SparkyLinux, Tails, Univention
- Opinion poll: Project Trident migrating from FreeBSD/TrueOS to Void
- Reader comments
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| 2019-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 3.8.1 (Beta) |
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Samuel F. Baggen has announced the availability of Elive 3.8.1, a new development snapshot of the project's desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian 10 and featuring the Enlightenment 16 desktop. This is Elive's first release labelled as "beta": "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.1. This new version includes: system updated to the last Debian 'Buster' base; reduced RAM resources usage; build improvements - these new ISO images include persistence, UEFI and SecureBoot all in a single build, we no longer require the special USB build to have only the persistence feature; language and keyboard improvements and an own tool included; Thunar features - admin mode fixed, the feature to set an image as wallpaper now works with E16 too; browsers updated, Firefox is now available with the Quantum features, Netsurf is included again as an extremely light alternative, Palemoon is available optionally in the repositories; kernel updates in the installed system are more reliable now." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The 32-bit edition of Elive 3.8.1 is available for free, while the 64-bit variant is a "donationware". Download (MD5) link: elive_3.8.1_alpha_hybrid_i386.iso (2,484MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 6.1 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox is a commercial company which offers specialized products based on Debian. The company has launched Proxmox Virtual Environment version 6.1 which is based on Debian 10.2 "Buster". The release announcement covers the highlights of the new version: "It is built on Debian Buster 10.2 and a specially modified Linux kernel 5.3, QEMU 4.1.1, LXC 3.2, ZFS 0.8.2, Ceph 14.2.4.1 (Nautilus), Corosync 3.0, and more of the current leading open-source virtualization technologies. This release brings new configuration options available in the GUI which make working with Proxmox VE even more comfortable and secure. Editing the cluster-wide bandwidth limit for traffic types such as migration, backup-restore, clone, etc. is possible via the GUI. If the optional package ifupdown2 of the Debian network interface manager is installed, it’s now possible to change the network configuration and reload it in the Proxmox web interface without a reboot. We have improvements to 2-factor authentication with TOTP and U2F. The HA stack has been improved and comes with a new 'migrate' shutdown policy, migrating running services to another node on shutdown. In the storage backend, all features offered by newer kernels with Ceph and KRBD are supported with version 6.1." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_6.1-1.iso (776MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.4-3 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The project's latest release is an update to the distribution's 4.4 series: 4.4-3. "With this release, we have found a solution to three challenges: first, we fixed problems with upgrading Docker which occurred in older UCS installations. These had led us to delay the update to UCS 4.4-2 for some environments and to extend the maintenance of UCS 4.4-1 in order to give all users sufficient time to perform updates. Less common, but all the trickier were two other cases. With some Samba 4 shares, newer versions of Windows Explorer could crash when accessing the security settings. This was caused by extended file system permissions in connection with local user accounts not stored in LDAP. From this Samba generated status codes unknown to Windows. The second and similarly difficult to pinpoint case in an Open Source software used by us was a startup problem of OpenLDAP, which only occurred with a very rare constellation of contents at the end of the database file. We were able to isolate both problems, solve them in UCS and make patches available to the OSS projects." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: UCS_4.4-3-amd64.iso (1,278MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 19.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has published a new beta version of the project's upcoming 19.3 release. The beta offers a preview of some new features, including a more advanced System Reports tool which will try to proactively let the user know about potential problems: "You'll notice something new in your system tray after you install Linux Mint 19.3. A little warning icon tries to catch your attention and indicates there are a few things for you to review. In the past, we worked on improving documentation (such as the Installation Guide) and the welcome you get when you first log in (the first steps section of the Welcome Screen for instance). In Linux Mint 19.3, we're going a step further and we're trying to detect potential issues in your computer. If you're missing a language package, a multimedia codec, if a hardware driver or a new version of Linux Mint is available, this little icon will let you know and provide solutions. In the documentation, the release notes and to some extent the welcome screen, we document broad issues which affect all users in general." Further details can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and in the What's New document. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,004MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,900MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 4.1 |
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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project's latest release is Tails 4.1 which switches the default key server, updates the Tor Browser application and Thunderbird mail client, and adds newer hardware support. "Use keys.openpgp.org as the default OpenPGP key server. keys.openpgp.org is more trustworthy than other OpenPGP public key servers because it only references an OpenPGP public key after sending a confirmation email to the email addresses listed in the key. keys.openpgp.org does not distribute third-party signatures, which are the signatures on a key that were made by some other key. Third-party signatures are the signatures used to create the OpenPGP Web of Trust. keys.openpgp.org prevents OpenPGP certificate flooding attacks, which can make your OpenPGP keyring unusable and crash your computer. Update Tor Browser to 9.0.2. Update Thunderbird to from 60.9.0 to 68.2.2. Replace the TorBirdy extension with custom settings and patches in Thunderbird that provide equivalent privacy. Update Enigmail to 2.1.3, which has a simplified setup wizard that automatically creates an OpenPGP key for new email accounts." The project's release announcement offers further details. Download: tails-amd64-4.1.iso (1,098MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 5.1 |
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elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution. Some of its more interesting features include a custom desktop environment called Pantheon and a custom software centre. The project's latest release is elementary OS 5.1 "Hera", which introduces many package updates, a refreshed login screen, and an onboarding application to guide new users through available features. "The newly redesigned login and lockscreen greeter looks sharper, works better, and fixes many reported issues with the previous greeter including focus issues, HiDPI issues, and better localization. The new design in Hera was in response to user feedback from Juno, and enables some nice new features. It now always shows usernames for all users, shows users' backgrounds as cards so you can more easily find users who maybe haven't set differentiating avatars, notifies when Caps or Num Lock are on, and makes 'Log In as Guest' more distinct when it's enabled. The new Onboarding app that ships with Hera introduces key features to users and handles common first-run tasks like managing privacy settings." Further details and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-5.1-stable.20191202.iso (1,399MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 9.0 RC1 |
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Martin Husemann has announced the availability of the first release candidate for NetBSD 9.0. The new development snapshot features kernel address space layout randomization (ASLR), updated ZFS support and support for AArch64 processors. "Here are a few highlights of the new release: Support for Arm AArch64 (64-bit Armv8-A) machines, including "Arm ServerReady" compliant machines (SBBR+SBSA). Enhanced hardware support for Armv7-A. Updated GPU drivers (e.g. support for Intel Kabylake). Enhanced virtualization support. Support for hardware-accelerated virtualization (NVMM). Support for Performance Monitoring Counters. Support for Kernel ASLR. Support several kernel sanitizers (KLEAK, KASAN, KUBSAN). Support for userland sanitizers. Audit of the network stack. Many improvements in NPF. Updated ZFS. Reworked error handling and NCQ support in the SATA subsystem. Support a common framework for USB Ethernet drivers (usbnet)." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): NetBSD-9.0_RC1-amd64.iso (465MB, torrent), NetBSD-9.0_RC1-i386.iso (569MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CAINE 11.0 |
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CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux live distribution created as a project of digital forensics. The project's latest release, CAINE 11.0, is based on Ubuntu 18.04 and reportedly supports booting on UEFI, Secure Boot, and Legacy BIOS devices. Version 11.0 includes a Btrfs forensic tool and limits access to all storage devices to read-only mode. "Important changes: All devices are blocked in Read-Only mode, by default. New tools, new OSINT, Autopsy 4.13 onboard, APFS ready,BTRFS foresic tool, NVME SSD drivers ready! SSH server disabled by default (see manual page for enabling it). SCRCPY - screen your Android device. Autopsy 4.13 + additional plugins by McKinnon. X11VNC Server - to control CAINE remotely. Hashcat. New scripts (in the Forensics Tools - Analysis menu). AutoMacTc - a forensics tool for Mac. Bitlocker - volatility plugin. Autotimeliner - automagically extract forensic timeline from volatile memory dumps. Firmwalker - firmware analyzer. CDQR - Cold Disk Quick Response tool." Further details can be found on the project's home page. Download: caine11.0.iso (4,138MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 843 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Obarun 2019.11.02 and Bluestar Linux 5.3.6
- News: New Snapcraft extension for KDE, Fedora plans to disable empty passwords, FreeBSD's quarterly status report, Red Hat explains how to deal with bit rot
- Questions and answers: Using special shell characters on the command line
- Released last week: KNOPPIX 8.6.1, Devuan 2.1, Kali Linux 2019.4
- Torrent corner: Archman, Devuan, Kali, KDE neon, KNOPPIX, LibreELEC, Volumio
- Upcoming releases: Linux Mint 19.3 Beta
- Opinion poll: Favourite shell short-cut
- New distributions: FuryBSD, Blackhat-Global OS Lite
- Reader comments
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 18.12 |
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GhostBSD is a rolling-release desktop operating system based on TrueOS, which is in turn based on FreeBSD's development (-CURRENT) branch. The project has published an update to GhostBSD 18.10, GhostBSD 18.12, which includes a number of updates and which replaces the Oktopkg graphical package manager with Software Station 0.3, a new pkgng-using software manager developed in-house. The new release also comes with updated versions of FFmpeg (4.1), Firefox (64.0), GStreamer (1.14.4), PulseAudio (12.2) and Thunderbird (60.3.3), among others. "GhostBSD 18.12 is an updated ISO image of GhostBSD 18.10 with some little changes to the live DVD/USB and with updated packages. What has changed since 18.10: removed default call of kernel modules for AMD and Intel processors; replaced Octopkg by Software Station; added back gop hacks to the live system; added ghostbsd-drivers and ghostbsd-utils; we updated the packages to the latest builds." The project's release announcement offers upgrade instructions for existing users along with screenshots of the operating system's MATE desktop environment. Download the latest version of GhostBSD from the project's download server: GhostBSD18.12.iso (2,592MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2018.12 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2018.12, a new version of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution focusing on the needs of system administrators: "So we did it again - we just released Grml 2018.12 'Gnackwatschn'. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'Testing' which will be released as a stable Debian 'Buster' in 2019. As usual, it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases. Important changes: when using the 'ssh' boot option, Grml automatically starts haveged, a userspace entropy daemon which uses HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion); the cpufrequtils package with its loadcpufreq handling has been dropped. New features: netcardconfig - added support for VLAN configuration + non-interactive mode; grml-chroot - mount /dev/pts as devpts inside chroot; grml2usb - added support for Secure Boot...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a full list of new features. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2018.12.iso (672MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2018.12.iso (313MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OviOS Linux 3.00 |
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OviOS Linux is a storage operating systems based on the Linux kernel, with open-source software needed to create a fully functional, high-performance storage server. A major new update, version 3.00 (code name 'Arcturus'), was released yesterday: "OviOS Linux 3 comes with a few package upgrades, bug fixes and new features. Upgrades: Linux kernel 4.9.144, NFS Utils 2.3.3, Samba 4.9.3, glibc 2.28, GCC 8.2.0, iSCSI Target 1.0.74, ZFS on Linux 0.7.12, ovios-shell 3.00. New features: smbjoindc is now smbovios and has new features, to join, get info and leave a domain controller, usage - smbovios --info | --join | --unjoin; new option exclude.pools - this allows the administrator to specify one or more storage pools that will not be started or stopped by ovios (HA cluster included), this is useful for the docker image where an admin can decide to manage some pools outside of the ovios environment and use ovios for some pools; nfs_export and smb_export have been enhanced to provide better logging in ovilogs; documentation has been improved; HA cluster hardened, use the HA Cluster guide from the documentation page...." Read the release notes for further details and some basic getting-started information. Download: OviOS_Linux_3.00_20181230.iso (681MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 2.7 |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop distribution featuring the Trinity desktop, a lightweight environment forked from KDE 3. The project's latest stable release is Q4OS 2.7 which improves scaling for high resolution screens. The release announcement states: "A significant update to the Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable LTS is immediately available for download. The new 2.7 series brings some important improvements for the Trinity desktop. An essential change is much improved scaling ability for hi-dpi screens, making this operating system better adapted for modern computers. Desktop profiler, Software centre, Welcome screen, Setup utility, and other Q4OS specific tools have been updated to be rendered correctly for higher screen resolutions. Apart from the scaling capabilities, Q4OS 2.7 brings numerous improvements and fixes, for example better GTK3 themes integration, fixes to XDG standard implementation and others. Current users only need to perform regular update of their systems to activate scaling capabilities, however we recommend for new users to download and make a fresh Q4OS 2.7 installation. Other changes include Q4OS installer improvements, Firefox 64 and LibreOffice 6.1.3 installers, important security and bug fixes as well as cumulative upgrade covering all changes since the previous Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable release." Download (MD5): q4os-2.7-x64.r1.iso (574MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slackel 7.1 "Openbox" |
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Dimitris Tzemos has announced the release of Slackel 7.1 "Openbox", the latest version of this distribution based on Slackware and Salix. The new version is available in 64-bit builds only and features several application updates and a new icon theme. Persistent file encryption is also supported: "Persistent file encryption is supported. Running the above script you will be asked if you want to encrypt the persistent file. Then just boot with persistent option from menus. System will understand that the persistent file is encrypted and ask to type the encrypt passphrase to unlock it. You can use the persistent file "persistent" for /home encryption. You can use this feature by changing the parameter changes=persistent to home=persistent You can rename the persistent file "persistent" to "whatever_you_like" and use it by changing the parameter changes=whatever_you_like or home=whatever_you_like. Tip: You can create a persistent file (its name is always persistent). Then rename it to e.g. home. Create again a persistent file for whole system. So you can boot with persistent option from menus to have persistent encryption for whole system or boot by changing the parameter changes=persistent to home=home to have only /home encryption." Further information, including default passwords, can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): slackellive64-openbox-7.1.iso (1,552MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OLPC OS 13.2.10 |
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James Cameron has announced the release of OLPC OS 13.2.10, an updated build of the project's specialist distribution developed under the initiative of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to provide children in developing countries with low-cost laptops. This version, still based on Fedora 18, is mostly a bug-fix release with updated "activities": "We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.10 for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. It is Sugar 0.112 on Fedora 18, with updated activities Clock-20, GetBooks-18.1, ImageViewer-64, Implode-19, Jukebox-34, Log-39, Maze-28, Memorize-55, Paint-68, Physics-34, Pippy-72, Record-103, StopWatch-20.1, Terminal-45.4, TurtleBlocks-218 and Write-99.1. Fixes: activity journal title - save on enter, clear selection and close toolbar on enter; fix Gtk.SpinButton styling; update the favourite icon when there is only one journal object; fix copy-from-journal utility - undefined name error, DBusGMainLoop; fix for activities that do not properly stop; increase icon LRU cache sizes; new translations. Clock-20: ticking clock and accurate second hand; improve documentation; simplify time translation; declare license metadata, GPLv3+ and Public Domain; update POT file...." Here is the brief release announcement, with much more details provided in the release notes. Download: 32022o0.img (751MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2019.01 RC2 |
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Luca Giambonini has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Chakra GNU/Linux 2019.01, an upcoming major new update of project's desktop distribution featuring the latest KDE Plasma: "Chakra 2019.01 'Hawking' RC2 released. The second release candidate is ready; except for the Calamares bug, the RC2 is very close to be the final version. What's new since RC1: added vdpau driver and libraries to enable hardware accelerated video; moved the Kickoff menu from the Latte dock to the top left corner; renamed 2019.01. Fixed: slow start-up in live mode; slow start of Calamares (around 1 minute the first run, caused by fc-cache); update images in Calamares and Heritage. Known issues: Calamares crashes during the partition selection (see bug report). The testing version does not contain the final release name, but it is tagged by the commit tag and date." Here is the brief release announcement which also links to the earlier RC1 announcement with some more information. Interested testers can download the new Chakra ISO image from here: chakra-2018.12.29-401367c6-x86_64.iso (2,018MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: RancherOS 1.5.0 |
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Rancher Labs has published the release of RancherOS 1.5.0, an updated build of the company's minimalist Linux distribution designed for running Docker containers. This release brings a large number of new features, as well as bug fixes: "Release 1.5.0. Versions: Linux 4.14.85, Buildroot 2018.02.7, Docker 18.06.1-ce by default, RPi64 - Linux 4.9.80; Console - Alpine 3.8, CentOS 7.5.1804, Debian 9, Fedora 28, Ubuntu 18.04. Major features and enhancements: support for LUKS; support for WiFi and 4G/LTE; support for custom rootfs of os initrd; support for Hyper-V; support for VMDK images; support for disabling access to the system from the console - added the ability to disable auto-login, added the ability to ignore rancher.password; support for multiple user-docker daemons; support for ARM server (experimental); support for built-in other consoles; support for vSphere network protocol profiles; enhancements for faster boot speed and lower memory footprint - disabled repeated system image loading, added the ability to disable cloud-init, used gzip compression initrd instead of xz; enhancement for consoles - docker top is now available for all consoles, scp is now available for CentOS and Fedora consoles...." Continue to the full release notes for a complete changelog. Download: v1.5.0/rancheros.iso (128MB). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nitrux 1.1.2 |
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Nitrux Latinoamericana S.C. has announced the release of Nitrux 1.1.2, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the "Nomad" desktop which is developed in-house and which extends KDE's Plasma with a mix of aesthetics and functionality: "We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 1.1.2. This new version brings together the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements and ready-to-use hardware support. What's new? The third release of Nitrux 1.1.x series; updated Linux kernel to mainline version 4.20; updated Plasma 5 (5.14.4), KDE Applications (18.12.0), KF5 (5.54.0). Updated znx: don't add the menu entry if no images were found; test if URL points to a local file before trying to copy it; append the release type to the file name; fixed file name for upload; use print for writing to stdout; fixed list command; for the sake of brevity, cd to/during the clean command; use %s when printing user-provided positional parameters. Update MauiKit, Index, Pix, Buho, VVave; added Nota text editor; updated Chromium and LibreOffice AppImages; updated NVIDIA binary X.Org driver...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: nitrux_release_stable-v-1-1-2.iso (1,520MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 18.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 18.12, an updated build of the project's Gentoo-based distribution for desktops and servers. This release updates the Linux kernel to version 4.19.9 and it also brings a new "Education" edition: "Calculate Linux 18.12 released. We have a bunch of news for this final 2018 release. We have added support for installation on Btrfs with zstd compression. All server editions have been optimized for size. Software can now be transferred when re-installing the system. Our ISO images are packed in the zstd format to speed up the start-up times for the live image, applications and system installation. Software: 32-bit and 64-bit builds moved to Linux kernel 4.19.9, KDE Applications updated to 18.08.3, KDE Plasma updated to 5.14.3, Cinnamon updated to 4.0.3. We also released a new Calculate flavour for educational purposes (Calculate Linux Desktop Xfce Education, or CLDXE for short)." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-18.12-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,516MB, torrent), cldc-18.12-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,235MB, torrent), cldl-18.12-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,180MB, torrent), cldm-18.12-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,297MB, torrent), cldx-18.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,140MB, torrent), cldxe-18.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce Education, 2,427MB, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2018.12 |
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A new version of KaOS, a rolling-release Linux distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop environment, has been released. Version 2018.12 comes with the very latest that the KDE and Qt projects have on offer, including Plasma 5.14.4, KDE Applications 18.12.0 and Qt 5.12.0: " KaOS is proud to announce the December release of a new stable ISO image. Two years after initially starting the move to OpenSSL 1.1 has this update become possible. All downstream libraries and applications have caught up, so the move was now smooth, without the need to have a mix of OpenSSL versions in the repositories. This move required a very large rebuild and combined with a move to Perl 5.28.1, FFmpeg 4.1, LLVM/Clang 7.0.1 and Qt 5.12.0, it is clear a new ISO was needed. The artwork saw an update to the Midna SDDM theme, gone are the QML sliding effects, instead a cleaner and simpler layout with the addition of several warnings when numlock or capslock are activated. Online Package Viewer has undergone a complete rewrite; the backend is now a very modern Go-based API, with JSON files getting the needed output, thus all loads much faster. This include the mirror status page." Read the detailed release announcement for further information. Download (SHA256): KaOS-2018.12-x86_64.iso (1,990MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 17.3 |
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch for x86 systems. The project's latest release is antiX 17.3 which includes new kernel fixes. "This is primarily a point-release upgrade of antiX-17.2 'Helen Keller' with a newer L1TF/Foreshadow and Meltdown/Spectre patched kernel, a few bug fixes, updated translations and some upgraded and new packages. The major change is that we now offer options for LUKS encrypted root, home, and swap partition at installation. So what has changed since antiX 17.2 release? New 4.9.146 kernel patched for L1TF/Foreshadow and Meltdown/Spectre exploits; all packages upgraded to Debian 9.6; LUKS encryption options on GUI installer (not yet available on the cli-installer); Firefox ESR upgraded to 60.4 (Quantum); removal of PulseAudio and Pavucontrol; Newsboat replaces Newsbeute; improved localization of applications; a few more languages were added to the F2 live boot menu." The distribution is available in four editions (Full, Base, Core and Net) with the first two offering graphical environments and the latter two providing command line interfaces. The release announcement offers further details. Download: antiX-17.3.1_x64-full.iso (952MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), antiX-17.3.1_386-full.iso (987MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2018-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 Alpha 1 |
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Cristina Sgubbi has announced the availability of the first development build of the upcoming OpenMandriva Lx 4.0. The new version brings a change in the package management department (a switch to RPM 4 and dnf) and the distribution is now compiled with Clang 7.0: "Today we are proud to introduce you to the OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 major release alpha 1. Big changes have happened - we switched to RPM 4 and dnf as the software package manager. We have had massive updates in the core system and rebuilt everything with Clang 7.0, giving you a significant speed increase. OMLx 4.0 now includes complete ports to AArch64 and ARMv7hnl platforms and has started a port to RISC-V. We have also built a version specifically for current AMD processors (Ryzen, ThreadRipper, EPYC) that outperforms the generic version by taking advantage of new features in those processors. Main features: KDE Plasma 5.14.4, KDE Frameworks 5.53.0 and KDE Applications 18.11.90...." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: OpenMandrivaLx.4.0-alpha1-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,340MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). A special "znver1" build optimised for the current range of AMD processors is also available: OpenMandrivaLx.4.0-alpha1-plasma.znver1.iso (2,441MB, MD5). The builds for the AArch64 and ARMv7 architectures were not yet ready at the time of writing. |
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| 2018-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: LibreELEC 9.0 Beta 1 |
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LibreELEC is a minimal Linux distribution for running the Kodi media centre. The LibreELEC project has published a new development snapshot, LibreELEC 9.0 Beta 1 (which also carries the build number 8.95.1). "LibreELEC 9.0 (Leia) Beta 1 has finally arrived after a long gestation period. Based upon Kodi v18 RC3, the 9.0 Beta 1 release contains many changes and refinements to user experience and a complete overhaul of the underlying OS core to improve stability and extend hardware support. Kodi v18 also brings new features like Kodi Retroplayer and DRM support that (equipped with an appropriate add-on) allows Kodi to unofficially stream content from services like Netflix and Amazon. Compared to 8.2, major changes are: Settings add-on: Changeable SSH passwords. Default firewall (iptables) with simple configurations for Home/Public networks. Updates are moved to their own menu, other options are cleaned up a little. Safe Mode boot when Kodi experiences startup problems." Further details and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.95.001.img.gz (239MB). |
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| 2018-12-24 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 795 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: First impressions of Pinebook, the $99 Linux laptop
- News: Questions and answers with Bedrock developer, Librem 5 development kits shipped, FreeBSD to use ZFS on Linux code base, Alpine being ported to RISC-V, Lubuntu dropping 32-bit support
- Questions and answers: Separate /home partition and dual booting performance
- Released last week: Linux Mint 19.1, MX Linux 18, NethServer 7.6, SparkyLinux 5.6, HardenedBSD 12-120058
- Torrent corner: Alpine, ArchLabs, FreeBSD, Mint, MX, KDE neon, NethServer, NuTyX, Peppermint, SparkyLinux
- Upcoming releases: UBports 16.04 OTA-7
- Opinion poll: Running a Pinebook
- New distributions: Onix OS, NEMS, Tux Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Elive 3.0.3 |
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Samuel F. Baggen has announced the release of Elive 3.0.3, an updated build of the project's desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian 7 "Wheezy" and featuring a highly customised Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The major stable release of Elive 3.0 has been updated. We were so pleased with this stable release of Elive and the result has been so amazing that there's almost nothing that needed to be changed from it. It was a truly a rock solid system and we wanted to update it with a slightly updated and polished build which includes: wallpaper - dynamically changes depending of the hour of the day, looking more magical and nicer for your eyes, and it also includes a hidden surprise for Christmas; pop-ups - you won't be annoyed any more by the Hotkeys Document that appears in the desktop startup, we moved it to the launcher bar of applications; desktop - disabled the screen off timeout and the asking for the presentation mode; Flash - updated the Adobe Flash player for common browsers to the last version, tested on Chrome, Firefox and Opera; multiuser - improved the multiple user desktop switching mode compatibility...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5, pkglist): elive_3.0.3_stable_hybrid.iso (3,114MB), elive_3.0.3_stable_usb.img (3,252MB). |
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| 2018-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Fatdog64 Linux 800 Beta |
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Fatdog64 Linux is a small, desktop, 64-bit Linux distribution. Originally created as a derivative of Puppy Linux with additional applications. The project has released a new development snapshot, Fatdog64 Linux 800 Beta. The new version includes a number of package updates, Redshift to make late night work easier on the eyes and support for additional wireless drivers. The release announcement states: "The Fatdog64 team is pleased to announce the second test release of the next generation Fatdog64 GNU/Linux system. Compared to the previous alpha release, this release has the following changes. Changes from 800 alpha - the following list of updates, new features and changes is only partial. Updates: AMD microcode to latest (pulled on 2018-12-18); Linux 4.19.10; findnrun 3.1.0; SQLite 3.26.0; MESA 18.2.6; OpenSSL 1.1.0j. New features: Redshift and GUI to set location; Wpa_gui updated with network activity icon and renamed Network tool. Modules (drivers): support for rtl8821ce-based wireless network adapters. Known issue: Bluetooth applet is still missing. And as usual, numerous bug fixes." Download: Fatdog64-800b.iso (431MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 10.5 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project has released NuTyX 10.5 which offers a number of software updates in Base (command line) and MATE (desktop) editions. "I'm very please to announce the new NuTyX 10.5 release. NuTyX 10.5 comes with Linux kernel 4.14.89 LTC, glibc 2.28, GCC 8.2.0, Binutils 2.30, Python 3.7.1, X.Org Server 1.20.3, Qt 5.11.3, GTK+ 3.24.1, GIMP 2.10.8, KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS, kf5 5.53.0, MATE 1.20.3, Xfce 4.12.3, Firefox 64.0. A second kernel is proposed for people who want to use the very last version of the kernel 4.19.11. NuTyX 10.4 users are invited to upgrade. Four new ISO images are available in 64-bit and 32-bit variants. Sizes are from 315 MB up to 1.29 GB. They are available on the download page. The 64-bit image is available in 'Fixed' and 'Rolling' release models as a Base and a MATE ISO image. The installer has been split in two installation modes - simple and advanced." Further information on NuTyX 10.5 can be found on the distribution's news page. Download (pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-mate-10.5.iso (1,318MB, SHA256), NuTyX_x86_64-10.5.iso (314MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9-20181222 |
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Mark Greaves has announed the release of an version of Peppermint OS 9. Peppermint OS is a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu and featuring a combination of local and web-based applications. The new version is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and offers a number of improvements: "Swapped VLC for Xplayer (we've had reports that VLC has been getting a little 'flaky' for some users over their last few releases). Removed the Linux Mint 'Levels' from mintupdate (in line with our update policy, not Linux Mints). Fixed the ICE applications 'Where in the menu ?' category names, so they now match the Xfce Whisker Menu categories (i.e. 'Sound & Video' renamed to 'Multimedia', and 'System Tools' renamed to 'System'). Added 'Accessibility Settings' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'System' Category. Added 'Enable/Disable Neofetch' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'Tweaks' Category. Added 'System Information' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'System' Category. Added a 'Transparent' wallpaper (so users can now set solid colour backgrounds via the 'Wallpapers' utility)." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download links and checksums are available on the distribution's home page. Download: Peppermint-9-20181222-amd64.iso (1,356MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: SELKS 5.0 RC1 |
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Peter Manev has announced the availability of the first release candidate for SELKS 5.0, a specialist, Debian-based distribution designed for network security management: "Yet another upgrade of our SELKS. We are very thankful to all the great open-source projects and tools for making it possible to showcase Suricata with our new distro. Features and fixes post SELKS 5 beta: Elasticsearch 6.5.3; Logstash 6.5.3; Kibana 6.5.3; Moloch 1.6.2 - the new SELKS makes use of Moloch and Moloch viewer to parse and view the full packet capture done by Suricata; Moloch comes with an arsenal of tools and features on its own like CyberChef, an extremely flexible and easy-to-use interface for FPC drill down, filtering, search and PCAP export; Scirius 3.1.0 CE - administration, ruleset and threat hunting management, blazing fast drill-down and search capability through millions of events with milliseconds response time, easy filter and grouping of alerts, any field and action is selectable and searchable...." See the full release announcement for a complete list of fixes since the beta from two months ago. Download (SHA256): SELKS-5.0rc1-desktop.iso (1,357MB, pkglist), SELKS-5.0rc1-nodesktop.iso (1,051MB). |
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| 2018-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 18 |
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The MX Linux team have announced the release of version 18 of their distribution. The new release is based on Debian 9.6 "Stretch" and features both core system updates and new versions of desktop applications. "We are pleased to offer MX-18 Continuum. MX-18 offers the following features: Updated packages - the latest updates from Debian 9.6 'Stretch', antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10 (with plugins); MESA 18.2.6; updated firmware; 4.19.5 Linux kernel (with blk-mq file system corruption patch). The new kernels feature Meltdown and Spectre mitigation, even on the 32-bit kernel. The 32-bit ISO image has a PAE kernel for RAM usage above 4 GB. Easily change kernels, say to the latest 'liquorix' kernel or downgrade to Debian 'stable' kernel (4.9) with MX Package Installer. Firefox 64.0, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1, some Xfce components updated (Xfce Settings, Thunar). New and updated mx-apps: selectable themes for installed system GRUB boot menu and Plymouth boot-splash via mx-boot-options; system-keyboard and system-locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management...." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: MX-18_x64.iso (1,375MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), MX-18_386.iso (1,389MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 19.1 |
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The Linux Mint team have published an update to the distribution's 19.x series. The new release, Linux Mint 19.1, is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and is available in three flavours: Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce. Apart from some visual and performance improvements to Cinnamon, Linux Mint also makes it easier to report bugs and help developers fix problems: "When software crashes tools such as mintreport produce a stack trace our developers can look at to understand the cause of the crash. This is the first step towards fixing such a bug. For the stack trace to be meaningful, users need to have debug symbols installed. In an effort to reduce bandwidth for their mirrors, Debian decided to move debug symbols outside of the main repositories. This decision affected not only Debian and LMDE but also Ubuntu and Linux Mint and made it much more difficult for users to install these symbols. To simplify this process, support for debug symbols was added into the Software Sources tool. Adding debug symbol repositories can now be done with a click of the mouse." Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,882MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-mate-64bit.iso (1,936MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-xfce-64bit.iso (1,841MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17 |
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Matthew Dobson has announced the release of ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17. Originally a minimalist, Arch-based live distribution with Openbox, the latest release of ArchLabs Linux is a radical departure from the original concept as the distribution is now designed for users who like to customise their system during installation. Version 2018.12.17 is provided as an installation image only and it introduces a comprehensive selection of options, including a fine-grained choice of desktops/window managers (bspwm, Cinnamon, dwm, i3-gasp, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Openbox and Xfce) and applications: "The Team and I are happy to present the ArchLabs 2018.12 release. It has been almost six months since our latest release and this one brings a different approach. We have decided to do away with the live environment. When you start your USB install you will be thrown straight into the installer. Instructions on how to start the installer are right there. No need for passwords with this live USB either. Most of the changes with ArchLabs this release is under the hood but we do have some other more obvious changes." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): archlabs-2018.12.17.iso (824MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 18 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of the upcoming MX Linux 18 is now ready for testing. MX Linux is an increasingly popular Debian-based desktop Linux distribution (with Xfce) built in a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. This release fixes several bugs present in the beta, although it still retains a few known issues: "We are pleased to offer MX Linux 18 release candidate 1 for testing. The latest updates from Debian 9.6 'Stretch', antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10 (with plugins), MESA 18.2.6, updated firmware, 4.19.5 Linux kernel (with blk-mq file system corruption patch), Firefox 64.0, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1, some updated Xfce components. New and updated MX applications: selectable themes for installed system GRUB boot menu and Plymouth bootsplash via 'mx-boot-options'; system keyboard and system locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management; updates to MX package installer, including faster performance...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: MX-18RC1_x64.iso (1,369MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), MX-18RC1_386.iso (1,382MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • BSD Release: HardenedBSD 12-1200058 |
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HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. the project has released a new stable branch, 12-STABLE, and 12-1200058 is the first version of the new series. The new branch includes the ability to run bhyve inside a jail and introduces Non-Cross-DSO Control-Flow Integrity (CFI). "Non-Cross-DSO CFI is an exploit mitigation technique that helps prevent attackers from modifying the behavior of a program and jumping to undefined or arbitrary memory locations. Microsoft has implemented a variant of CFI, which they term Control Flow Guard, or CFG. The PaX team has spent the last few years perfecting their Reuse Attack Protector, RAP. CFI, CFG, and RAP all attempt to accomplish the same goal, with RAP being the most complete and effective implementation. Clang's CFI is stronger than Microsoft's CFG and PaX Team's RAP is stronger than both CFI and CFG. RAP would be a great addition to HardenedBSD; however, it requires a GPLv3 toolchain and is patented." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-STABLE-amd64-disc1.iso (899MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 5.6 |
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SparkyLinux is a lightweight distribution based on Debian. The project's latest release is SparkyLinux 5.6 which is based on Debian's Testing 'Buster' branch. The new version includes several package updates and includes PAE support in the 32-bit kernel. Users who need non-PAE kernels are advised to switch to SparkyLinux's Stable branch. "There are new live/install ISO images of SparkyLinux 5.6 'Nibiru' available to download. This it the 4th and the last this year ISO image update of the rolling line, which is based on Debian Testing 'Buster'. Changes: system updated from Debian testing repos as of December 16, 2018; Linux kernel 4.19.9 (4.19.10 & 4.20-rc7 available at Sparky 'Unstable' repos); the Calamares installer 3.2.1; many small fixes. Changes of small window managers configuration (can be installed via Minimal ISO images or APTus): a previous sound applet changed by pnmixer; PCManFM file manager changed by Thunar; added packages: xfce4-notifyd, xfce4-power-manager, sparky-fileopen; Thunar daemon is enabled as default." See the project's release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,325MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-minimalgui.iso (956MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-minimalcli.iso (521MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethServer 7.6 |
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NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. The product's main feature is a modular design which makes it simple to assign the server various roles. The project's latest release is NethServer 7.6 which introduces multiple backup storage options, Rspamd is included for blocking unwanted e-mail messages and Fail2Ban can track attacker activity inside jails. "Today, we're happy to announce that NethServer 7.6 has been released and is publicly available. This release marks a big step forward for communication, collaboration and security, introducing: Multiple backups, with new storage backends and encryption. New modern look and feel for NethServer user interface (alpha). E-mail: Rspamd is now the default, with quarantine support. WebTop Groupware: CalDAV/CarDAV server, optimized layout for tablets, favorite folder and video calls. Fail2Ban: track the activity of the attackers with new jails. nDPI: performance and security improved. Accounts: easily delete a list of users, DC container upgraded and password expiration management improved." More information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.6.1810-x86_64.iso (1,005MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 794 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Rolling in the Void
- News: Getting an overview of open windows in GNOME, improvements to HAMMER2, Linux to drop x32 support, Quirky discontinued
- Opinion: Avoiding the effects of software bloat
- Released last week: Tails 3.11, FreeBSD 12.0, Univention Corporate Server 4.3-3
- Torrent corner: ArcoLinux, Clonezilla, EndlessOS, FreeBSD, GParted, Kodachi, Tails, Univention, Ultimate Edition, Voyager
- Opinion poll: What do you think of Void's unusual approach?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.33.0-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.33.0-1, the latest stable version of the project's specialist live CD with a collection of disk partitioning and data rescue tools: "The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 0.33.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include GParted 0.33.0 which adds the following enhancements: support copying and moving of unsupported partition content; add MINIX file system support; recognise APFS Apple file system; GTK+ 2 code modernisation; based on the Debian Sid repository as of 2018-12-14; Linux kernel updated to 4.18.20. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVDIA and Intel graphics. Note that the default boot options does not display an X desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select 'Other modes' of GParted Live and choose 'GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal)'. If this issue occurs on a 64-bit computer with UEFI then try the amd64 image." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-0.33.0-1-amd64.iso (318MB), gparted-live-0.33.0-1-i686-pae.iso (310MB), gparted-live-0.33.0-1-i686.iso (309MB). |
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| 2018-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 |
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Raj Meel has announced the availability of the fourth service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, the current legacy branch of the company's commercial, enterprise-class distribution with long-term support of over 10 years: "SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 is now generally available. Service Pack 4 marks the fourth generation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, a major code stream and product foundation with a lifecycle from 2014 to 2024 plus long-term support (10 + 3 years). This release consolidates all fixes and updates introduced since SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 3. Key features of this release include: persistent memory enhancements - Intel Optane DC persistent memory (NVDIMM) with SAP HANA is supported for faster recovery from planned and unplanned outages; new hardware support - latest Intel processors, AMD's 'Zen 2' core processor generation, IBM Z14, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper II, IBM POWER9 (Little Endian) enhancements, Arm SoC/ODM support for selected vendors including Raspberry Pi devices...." See the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. A 60-day trial edition of both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (pkglist) are available from SUSE's download page (registration required). |
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| 2018-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.3-3 |
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Stefan Gohmann has announced the release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.3-3, the latest update of the project's Debian-based distribution for servers with a web-based administration system: "Third point release for Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.3 is now available. It includes a number of important updates and various new features. The portal is the starting point for many UCS users and administrators. As described in the blog article Design the UCS Portal with Drag & Drop, you can adapt it very easily to your needs. The 'Applications' and 'Administration' categories were static until now. We have extended the portal so that you can now define your own categories. In addition, you can add static links to the portal. In many environments different users should be shown different tiles. To do this, the group members for whom a particular tile is displayed are stored in the tiles. Previously, you could only assign each tile to one group. With UCS 4.3-3 you can now assign several groups to each tile. As soon as a user is a member of one of these groups, the corresponding tile will be displayed." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: UCS_4.3-3-amd64.iso (1,225MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-11 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.0 |
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The FreeBSD team has announced the project's first release in its 12 series. FreeBSD 12.0 features a number of software updates, including OpenSSL 1.1.1, OpenSSH 7.8, and the Clang compiler has been updated to version 6.0.1. TRIM support has been improved for the UFS filesystem and the bhyve virtualization software can now be run inside a jail. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1a (LTS). Unbound has been updated to version 1.8.1, and DANE-TA has been enabled by default. OpenSSH has been updated to version 7.8p1. Additional capsicum(4) support has been added to sshd(8). Clang, LLVM, LLD, LLDB, compiler-rt and libc++ has been updated to version 6.0.1. The vt(4) Terminus BSD Console font has been update to version 4.46. The bsdinstall(8) utility now supports UEFI+GELI as an installation option. The VIMAGE kernel configuration option has been enabled by default." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (851MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (722MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2018-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 3.11 |
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A new version of Tails has been released. Tails is a Debian-based live distribution whose goal is to help its users to browse the Internet anonymously and to circumvent censorship. This version is a standard minor upgrade and bug-fix release: "Upgrades and changes: Add a confirm dialog between downloading and applying an automatic upgrade to control better when the network is disabled and prevent partially applied upgrades. When running from a virtual machine, warn about the trustworthiness of the operating system even when running from a free virtualization software. Disable Autocrypt in Thunderbird to prevent sending unencrypted emails by mistake. Update Linux to 4.18.20. Update Tor Browser to 8.0.4. Update Thunderbird to 60.3.0. Fixed problems: Fix the opening of Thunderbird in non-English languages. Reduce the logging level of Tor when using bridges. For more details, read our changelog." Further information is available in the project's release announcement. Download: tails-amd64-3.11.iso (1,168MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-10 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 793 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: openSUSE Tumbleweed (2018)
- News: Debian struggles with usrmerge, Void provides technical tips, Hyperbola gets FSF approval
- Questions and answers: Finding and removing non-free packages
- Released last week: DragonFly BSD 5.4.0, Scientific Linux 7.6, CentOS 7-1810
- Torrent corner: Antergos, AUSTRUMI, CentOS, DragonFly BSD, ExTiX, FreeNAS, GuixSD, HardenedBSD, Kodachi, Omarine, Scientific, SmartOS, SwagArch
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 12.0, Tails 3.11
- Opinion poll: How many non-free packages are on your system?
- New distributions: Sculpt OS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the initial beta release of Mageia 7, an upcoming major version from the project that forked the then defunct Mandriva Linux in late 2010: "Everyone at Mageia is very happy to get the first step towards Mageia 7. There is still a lot of work to come before Mageia 7 is ready - a big Qt and Plasma update, fixes for MATE and more checks on 32-bit hardware, as well as the artwork for Mageia 7. This release will see the return of the Classical installer as well as live images, with the standard lineup of architectures and desktop environments - 32-bit and 64-bit Classical Installers; 64-bit Plasma, GNOME and Xfce live DVDs and a 32-bit Xfce live DVD. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: Linux kernel 4.19.6, RPM 4.14.2, Plasma 5.14.2,GNOME 3.30, Xfce 4.13.4, Firefox 63, Chromium 70, LibreOffice 6.1.3." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download links: Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,742MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,346MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,232MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). A standard installation DVD is also available: Mageia-7-beta1-x86_64.iso (4,219MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-6 |
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UBports is a community project which continues the development of Ubuntu Touch, a mobile operating system originally started by Canonical. The UBports team has announced the release of a new update, 16.04 OTA-6. The new version brings fixes and stability improvements, as well as several enhancements to the Morph web browser. "OTA-6 brings a number of fixes and improvements to Ubuntu Touch. In this release, we primarily focused on bug fixes and stability improvements. Half of the confirmed closed tickets for OTA-6 affected the Morph browser. This got to be so high, in fact, it swayed the decision to start the release process! A number of high-visibility issues were fixed: Unable to restore previous session at startup. No way to accept self-signed certificates. Webapps cannot access local content on device. ReCaptcha says "browser not supported". Media playback does not stop when a tab is closed. Scrollbar theme does not match the system theme." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download instructions for supported devices can be found on the project's Get UT page. |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.16.0 |
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Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The operating system provides advanced package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. The project's latest release is GuixSD 0.16.0 which includes several new packages and improvements to the package manager. "On GuixSD, 'guix system reconfigure' will now always load replacements of system services. That way, when you deem appropriate, you can run 'herd restart service' to start the upgraded service. As usual, 985 packages were added and 1,945 were upgraded, notably the GNU C Library now at version 2.28 (which, incidentally, allowed us to get rid of our Hurd-specific glibc variant, at last!). Today Guix provides 8,715 packages. The manual is now partially translated into German. The French translation is now 90% complete. You can help translate the manual into your native language by joining the Translation Project." Further details are available in the release announcement. Download: guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz (190MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 19.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the availability a new development release, Linux Mint 19.1 Beta. The new snapshots - available in Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce editions - improve the speed of the Nemo file manager, the Update Manager has been adjusted to show alternative mainline kernel versions and Mint-Y themes were given more contrast. Some new changes are coming to Cinnamon too: "As you go through the "First Steps" section of the Linux Mint 19.1 welcome screen, you'll be asked to choose your favourite desktop layout. Cinnamon 4.0 ships with a brand new panel layout and thus with a new workflow. With a click of a button you'll be able to switch back and forth between old and new and choose whichever default look pleases you the most. The new panel ships with a window list with app grouping and window preview, a feature which has become the norm in other major desktop operating systems, whether it's in the form of a dock (in macOS), a panel (in Windows) or a sidebar (in Ubuntu). The panel looks more modern but it's also much more configurable than before." Further information can be found in the release announcements and release notes for each edition. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,880MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,934MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,840MB, SHA256, signature, release announcement, release notes). |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 11.2 |
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Ladislav Sirovy has announced the release of FreeNAS 11.2, the latest stable version of the project's specialist FreeBSD-based operating system designed for computers providing Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. The new release brings a completely redesigned web interface, among many other changes: "FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE introduces a ton of new features, including a major revamp of the web interface, support for self-encrypting drives, and new, backwards-compatible REST and WebSocket APIs. This update also introduces iocage for improved Plugin and Jail management and simplified Plugin development. FreeNAS 11.2 introduces an updated web interface. Based on Angular and Javascript, the web interface has been modernized to be more user-friendly, snappier and aesthetically pleasing. The redundant top bar has been removed and most FreeNAS configuration menus can be accessed by clicking the appropriate item in the left column. The new design streamlines the layout with cleaner dropdown menus, while maintaining the same functionality and workflow you’ve grown familiar with while using FreeNAS." See the release announcement and release notes for further information and screenshots. Download: FreeNAS-11.2-RELEASE.iso (575MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 5.3 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux. The company's latest release is Proxmox 5.3 "Virtual Environment" which includes several improvements for storage and containers. "Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH today unveiled Proxmox VE 5.3, its latest open-source server virtualization management platform. Proxmox VE is based on Debian Stretch 9.6 with a modified Linux Kernel 4.15. Ceph Storage has been updated to version 12.2.8 (Luminous LTS, stable). Proxmox VE 5.3 brings many improvements in storage management. Using the Disk management it is possible to easily add ZFS raid volumes, LVM and LVMthin pools as well as additional simple disks with a traditional file system. The existing ZFS over iSCSI storage plug-in can now access LIO target in the Linux kernel. Nesting is enabled for LXC containers making it possible to use LXC or LXD inside a container. Also, access to NFS or CIFS/Samba server can be configured inside containers. For the keen and adventurous user, Proxmox VE brings a simplified configuration of PCI passthrough and virtual GPUs (vGPUs such as Intel KVMGT) - now even possible via the web GUI." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_5.3-1.iso (641MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1810 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 7-1810, the latest update in the CentOS 7 series, built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6: "We are pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1810) for the x86_64 architecture. Effective immediately, this is the current release for CentOS Linux 7 and is tagged as 1810, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 source code. Updates released since the upstream release are all posted, across all architectures. We strongly recommend every user apply all updates, including the content released today, on your existing CentOS Linux 7 machine by just running 'yum update'. As with all CentOS Linux 7 components, this release was built from sources hosted at git.centos.org. In addition, SRPMs that are a byproduct of the build (and also considered critical in the code and buildsys process) are being published to match every binary RPM we release." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download links (SHA256, signature, pkglist): CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso (4,376MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso (918MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1810.iso (507MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1810.iso (1,406MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1804.iso (1,859MB, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 7.6 |
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Pat Riehecky has announced the release of Scientific Linux 7.6, a new update of the entereprise-class Linux distribution rebuilt from source packages provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux and sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, USA. The new release comes with several minor updates and a known issue affecting the Cinnamon desktop users: "Scientific Linux 7.6 x86_64. These are the notes for the 'release candidate' of Scientific Linux 7.6. Please also review the upstream vendor's 7.6 release notes for major upstream changes. Scientific Linux 7.x users should run 'yum clean expire-cache' at this time. Major differences from upstream 7.6: Scientific Linux features the X.Org fix listed in Bugzilla 1650634. Major differences from Scientific Linux 7.5: sl-release is updated to use the 7.6 repos; PackageKit has initial support for notification of SL7 minor release upgrades, to use this feature you must install sl7-upgrade. Known issues: Cinnamon desktop from EPEL7 prevents upgrades due to Caribou and GNOME Shell." Here is the brief release announcement, with further information provided in the detailed release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): Scientific-7.6-Install-Dual-Layer-DVD-x86_64.iso (7,994MB), SL-7.6-x86_64-netinst.iso (549MB). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 18 Beta 1 |
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MX Linux is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's Stable branch and is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. The project has released a new development snapshot, MX Linux 18 beta 1. "We are pleased to offer MX Linux 18 beta 1 for testing. The latest updates from Debian 9.6, antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10, MESA 18.2.6, updated firmware, 4.19.5 Linux kernel, Firefox 63.0.3, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1. New and updated mx-apps: system-keyboard and system-locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management; updates to MX package Installer, including faster performance, Flatpaks, and popular application entries.; mx-installer (based on gazelle-installer) now includes LUKS encrypted root, home and swap partition options; mx-codecs updated to install updated S3 texture packs (important for Valve/Steam games in particular); improved localization: almost all mx-apps received translation updates; new Conky configurations; the login screen has locale selection options now; Thunar custom actions updates...." The release announcement has further details and a list of known issues. Download: MX-18b1_x64.iso (1,303MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.4.0 |
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The DragonFly BSD project has announced a new version of their operating system. The new version, DragonFly BSD 5.4.0,includes a number of performance improvements, ships with version 8.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection, and HAMMER2 file system bug fixes. "Big-ticket items: Better support for asymmetric NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) configurations. In particular, both the memory subsystem and the scheduler now understand the Threadripper 2990WX's architecture. The scheduler will prioritize CPU nodes with direct-attached memory and the memory subsystem will normalize memory queues for CPU nodes without direct-attached memory (which improves cache locality on those CPUs). Incremental performance work. DragonFly as a whole is very SMP friendly. The type of performance work we are doing now mostly revolves around improving fairness for shared-vs-exclusive lock clashes, reducing cache ping-ponging due to non-contending SMP locks (i.e. massive use of shared locks on shared resources), and so forth. Major updates to dports brings us to within a week or two of FreeBSD's ports as of this writing, in particular major updates to chromium, and making the whole mess work with gcc-8. DragonFly now ships with GCC 8.0, and runs as the default compiler. It is also now used for building dports." Further information can be found in the release announcement. Download: dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso (989MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 792 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: GhostBSD 18.10 - Changing the base
- News: DragonFly BSD improves wireless support, Fedora plans temporary pause in development, Fedora 27 reaches EOL, Redcore changes ports management tools, interview with GhostBSD founder
- Questions and answers: When to use swap space
- Released last week: Calculate Linux 18 "LXQt", BlackArch 2018.12.01, 4MLinux 27.0
- Torrent corner: 4MLinux, BunsenLabs, Calculate, Clonezilla, HardenedBSD, KDE neon, Robolinux, Slax, Ultimate Edition
- Opinion poll: How much swap space do you use?
- New distributions: Avouch Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 27.0 |
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4MLinux 27.0 has been released. 4MLinux is a project building a set of Linux distributions for desktops (with JWM, 32-bit only) and servers (with the complete LAMP stack, 64-bit). The new version comes with assorted improvements on the multimedia and gaming fronts: "The status of the 4MLinux 27.0 series has been changed to STABLE. As always, the new major release has some new features: optional support for AV1 video coding (encoding via FFmpeg and decoding via VLC and mpv), an option to disable PulseAudio with one click (important for those who use 4MLinux to play classic video games such as DOOM), better support for display drivers when 4MLinux is running in KVM (important for those who use a VNC client to manage 4MServer). LazPaint (small yet powerfull raster image editor with layers) and Blender (professional 3D computer graphics software) have been added as downloadable extensions. Additionally, some good news for gamers: more engines available for XBoard (GNU Chess, GNU Shogi, Fairy-Max) as well as more video games to play (Duke3D, Liero, Strifle). A few small terminal-based games have been added, too." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-27.0-32bit.iso (1,136MB), 4MServer-27.0-64bit.iso (1,207MB). |
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| 2018-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 12.0-RC3 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for FreeBSD 12.0. Unless there are any unexpected showstopper bugs, this should be the last release candidate before the final release on 11th of December: "The third RC build of the 12.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.0-RC2 includes: fix for vulnerabilities in NFS server code (FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs); the if_ixlv.ko kernel module had been added as a link to if_iavf.ko for backwards compatibility when upgrading from earlier releases; various memory leak fixes; various miscellaneous fixes. A list of changes since 11.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/12.0 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 12.0-RELEASE cycle progresses. Virtual Machine disk images are available for the amd64 and i386 architectures. The partition layout is: 16 kB - freebsd-boot GPT partition type (bootfs GPT label); 1 GB - freebsd-swap GPT partition type (swapfs GPT label); 20 GB - freebsd-ufs GPT partition type (rootfs GPT label)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,703MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (3,191MB, SHA512). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 18.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the availability of a new snapshot of siduction, a rolling-release distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch. "Today we are proud to release siduction 18.1.0 with the flavours KDE, LXQt, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, X.Org and noX. The released images are a snapshot of Debian Unstable, that also goes by the name of Sid, from 2017-29-12. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, a brand new installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.14.10, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.5 and systemd 236. KDE Plasma stands at version 5.10.5, while GNOME comes in at 3.26 with some packages still at 3.24. LXQt ships at 0.12.0 and Xfce at 4.12.4, while Cinnamon comes in at 3.4.6 and MATE at 1.18.3. Sadly, right now, GNOME, MATE and LXDE are largely unmaintained. If no one steps up to keep them in a releasable state, we might have to drop these flavours with our next release. The corresponding packages will stay in the archives." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-18.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,314MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (2,295MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (1,175MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,227MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 17.1.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced a new update to the rolling Manjaro Linux distribution. The new installation media, labeled Manjaro Linux 17.1.0, ships with several package upgrades. "This is our second try with Xorg-Server v1.19.6. This time we also updated our Mesa-Stack and changed the handling of DRI/DRM. Some reported Compiz not working with this. Therefore we had it updated to the latest source currently available. Friends of GIMP may try out the latest development edition of this fantastic graphical art app. Again we have the latest Firefox and WINE added. Also linux49 and linux414 got updated to their latest point-releases. This marks the last update of Manjaro in 2017. We wish you all the best for next year. Have fun and celebrate with family and friends!" The release announcement mentions Manjaro Linux will no longer officially support 32-bit packages, but 32-bit support can be found through the related Manjaro32 project. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (1,702MB, SHA1, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (2,043MB, SHA1, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (1,754MB, SHA1, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.2 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 8.2, a set of independently-developed, RPM-based distributions designed for desktops, servers and educational institutions: "BaseALT Ltd announces the release of ALT Server, ALT Workstation and ALT Education distributions version 8.2, aimed at corporate servers and desktops, educational and personal use. Changes in version 8.2: critical security fixes in Linux kernel, Samba, OpenSSL and other software packages included along with bug fixes; iucode-tool is now used to load updated CPU microcode. ALT Server 8.2 changes: the link to access System management center printed to console; FreeIPA server added. ALT Workstation 8.2 changes: Chromium browser is not installed by default but provided in the image; FreeIPA client added...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and links to product descriptions. Download (pkglist, the live/installation images support English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian languages): alt-workstation-8.2-x86_64.iso (MATE, 3,306MB, MD5), alt-kworkstation-8.2-install-x86_64.iso (KDE, 3,776MB, MD5, alt-kworkstation-8.2-live-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,427MB, MD5). |
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| 2017-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 17.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 17.12, a set of desktop and server distributions based on Gentoo Linux. This release is comes in four desktop flavours, with KDE Plasma 5.10.5, Cinnamon 3.4.6, MATE 1.18.0 and Xfce 4.12.3: "On the New Year's eve, meet Calculate Linux 17.12! This latest release features installation on software RAID and offers still better load and memory balance. Main changes: added SoftRaid support; fixed auto-partitioning problems; third-party overlays supported; the Calculate Utilities server does not run on the background, it is launched by D-Bus; the MuQSS patch was included to the kernel configuration for better application task scheduling; the UKSM patch was included in the kernel configuration for less memory load; PAE binary kernel supported for 32-bit systems; all server kernel settings optimized; GCC updated to 6.4 and the kernel updated to v 4.14...." Read the full release announcement for further details and upgrade instructions. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-17.12-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,005MB, torrent), cldc-17.12-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 1,796MB, torrent), cldm-17.12-x86_64.iso (MATE, 1,840MB, torrent), cldx-17.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,735MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Lite 3.8 Beta |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the availability of the beta release of Linux Lite 3.8, a beginner-friendly distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. It is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. "Linux Lite 3.8 beta is now available for testing. There have been a number of changes since the 3.6 release. This is the last release for the 3.x series Linux Lite 3.8 final will be released on February 1st, 2018. The changes for Linux Lite 3.8 include more support for LibreOffice, regional support for DVDs, a font viewer and installer and we now have our own Google-based search page as the home page in Firefox. We've also added TLP for laptops to Lite Tweaks. We've added a Thesaurus (synonyms) to LibreOffice for the US English language. If you have DVDs that are from a region other than your own, you can now easily change the region so that it plays in VLC. We've added a font viewer to make viewing and installing fonts easy." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download (MD5): linux-lite-3.8-beta-64bit.iso (1,024MB, torrent), linux-lite-3.8-beta-32bit.iso (1,043MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-28 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 7.1.1 |
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Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 7.1.1, a security and bug-fix update from the project that develops a lightweight operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware platforms: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.1.1, the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 7.1 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. The following security advisories were fixed: buffer overflow via cmap for 4 graphics drivers; x86 - vulnerabilities in context handling; Vnode reference leak in the openat system call. Userland changes: dhcrelay(8) - fix bug that prevented proper operation when run in the background; Heimdal - update to 7.1; mtree(8) - don't modify strings stored in hash, otherwise filling up of directory hierarchy stops if the same hash value occurs in directory and leaf...." Here is the brief release announcement, with a detailed changelog provided in the release notes. Installation images of NetBSD 7.1.1 are available for 54 different platforms; here are the quick links to the amd64 and i386 architectures (SHA512): NetBSD-7.1.1-amd64.iso (376MB, torrent), NetBSD-7.1.1-i386.iso (408MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: FatDog64 Linux 720 |
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The FatDog64 Linux team have announced a new stable release of their distribution. FatDog64 is a lightweight distribution which has a similar style to Puppy Linux, but focuses on supporting 64-bit computers. "The Fatdog team (Kirk, James, SFR and step) is happy to announce the next version of Fatdog64, 720 Final. Fatdog64 720 Final is the next iteration of Fatdog64. It is still built on the same base as Fatdog64 710 so it has a high-degree of compatibility with 710 packages; however it has been expanded, improved, and modified to meet today's challenge. Much of the improvements in this release are from SFR and step. We like to thank those who have provided feedback, suggestions, advice, bug reports, bug fixes in the Beta cycle and in the previous releases. You know who you are." A list of key package updates and major changes since the Fatdog64 710 release can be found in the project's release announcement. More specific package information can be found in the release notes. Download: Fatdog64-720.iso (381MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 9.3.0 |
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Slax is a Debian-based distribution designed to be run from a USB flash drive. The project has released a new version of the live desktop distribution carrying the version number 9.3.0. The new version's major change is the introduction of additional firmware for wireless networking devices. "Lets recap all the changes since previous stable version: First of all, I've added lots of firmware drivers to support various WIFI devices. It is around 40MB compressed, so Slax is a bit bigger now due to this, but I fully understand that a computer without network connection is completely useless, so this had to happen. I spent some time testing Slax to boot from many different file systems and I was able to identify some problems, which are now fixed. Most importantly this includes NTFS and ext4 support, so Slax is now capable of booting from them as well." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement for Slax 9.3.0. ISO images can be downloaded from the distribution's home page. Download: slax-64bit-9.3.0.iso (256MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArchLabs 2017.12 |
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ArchLabs is an Arch Linux-based distribution featuring the Openbox window manager. Matt Dobson has announced the release of new installation media for ArchLabs bearing the version number 2017.12. Early versions of ArchLabs featured the Calamares graphical system installer, but the newest version swaps out Calamares for an alternative installer called ABIF. "The biggest addition to ArchLabs this time around is the removal of Calamares and the re-appearance of ABIF. There are a couple of reasons behind this. Firstly, both Nate and I prefer ABIF as our method of installation and secondly, we managed to trim down the ISO by a few more MBs. ABIF has been fine-tuned to suit ArchLabs needs and is a bit more of an in-depth way of installing ArchLabs. Don't be scared off by ABIF, it is surprisingly simple to use. For those of you who have never used ABIF, you will be able to find a walkthrough in the next coming days at our forum." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): archlabs-2017-12.iso (891MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Endless OS 3.3.5 |
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Endless OS is a Linux-based operating system which provides a simplified and streamlined user experience using a customized desktop environment forked from GNOME 3. The Endless team has announced the availability of Endless OS 3.3.5. The new version makes it easier for multi-language users to switch languages, even before signing into their account. "Here's what's new in Endless OS 3.3.5. Sign-on improvements. We've made it easier for users who mix English and non-English languages in their password to switch languages while signing in to unlock their computer. Improvements to apps. The new version of Flatpak and Flatpak Builder adds new features and fixes many bugs. This means users will see improvements to their apps such as: Missing icons will now appear in some apps like Telegram; prevented a situation where apps wouldn't be able to connect to the internet after changing from one wireless network to another; improvements to language and localization selection." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Endless OS is available in multiple languages and the distribution's ISOs are offered through a variety torrents on the project's Download page. |
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| 2017-12-18 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 743 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Daphile 17.09
- News: Slax improves wireless support, a cutting-edge spin of antiX, SparkyLinux runs on Raspberry Pi computers, Fedora's Modular Server delayed
- Tips and tricks: Tools for rescuing the operating system and data files
- Released last week: FreeNAS 11.1, TrueOS 17.12, MX 17
- Torrent corner: antiX, Debian, Fedora, FreeNAS, LinHES, Mint, MX
- Upcoming releases: Black Lab Linux 10.1
- Opinion poll: Dedicated computer for media playing
- DistroWatch.com news: Visitor reviews and statistics
- DistroWatch.com donation: PCLinuxOS
- New distributions: Secure-K OS, Reborn OS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 17 |
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The MX team has announced the release of MX Linux 17, a lightweight distribution based on Debian and featuring the Xfce desktop environment. The new release is based on Debian 9.3 and ships with Xfce 4.12. "MX Linux 17 final images are now available for download. This release features the following: 4.13 kernels for both 32-bit and 64-bit ISO images (yes, we still have 32-bit); the 32-bit ISO image has a PAE kernel for RAM usage above 4 GB; easily change kernels, say to the latest Liquorix kernel or downgrade to Debian Stable kernel (4.9) with MX Package Installer; the latest updates from Debian 9.3.0 and Xfce 4.12.3; all the antiX live features, including persistence (up to 20 GB) and remaster tools; automatic selection of appropriate drivers for most Broadcom chipsets (in most cases, no user intervention required); updated packages - Firefox 57.0.2, VLC 2.7, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.5, LibreOffice 5.4.1, LuckyBackup 0.4.9, Passwords and Keys 3.20.0, Xfce4 Terminal 0.8.3...." Further details, an overview of the custom MX tools and key package versions can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (MD5): MX-17_x64.iso (1,214MB, torrent, pkglist), MX-17_386.iso (1,239MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 18.3 "KDE", "Xfce" |
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The Linux Mint team has released two new editions of the project's Ubuntu-based series. The project's new offerings include editions for the KDE and Xfce desktop environments. Both new releases are part of the project's larger 18.3 release which already features Cinnamon and MATE editions. Along with support for Flatpak packages and a new snapshot tool called Timeshift, Linux Mint ships with a tool called System Reports which can gather key information to help trouble-shoot problems. "When a crash occurs, information is now gathered and a crash report is generated. The System Reports tool lists the crashes and is able to generate stack traces for them. When developers aren't able to reproduce a bug, that information is very useful. It's always been very difficult for non-experienced users to produce core dumps or stack traces. This tool helps a lot with that. In addition to crash reports, the tool is also able to show information reports." These pieces of information can be forwarded to the project's developers to help them fix bugs. Further information on Linux Mint 18.3 can be found in the release announcements (KDE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.3-kde-64bit.iso (2,077MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-18.3-xfce-64bit.iso (1,746MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes). |
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| 2017-12-14 |
NEW • BSD Release: TrueOS 17.12 |
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TrueOS is an open source operating system based on FreeBSD's development branch. TrueOS provides a rolling release platform featuring the Lumina desktop environment and the OpenRC service manager. The project's latest snapshot, version 17.12, includes LibreSSL in the base system (replacing OpenSSL), Bhyve virtual machine support, and the latest drivers supplied by FreeBSD's 12.0-CURRENT branch. "Notable changes: over 1,100 OpenRC services have been created for 3rd-party packages, this should unsure the functionality of nearly all available 3rd-party packages that install/use their own services; the OpenRC services for FreeBSD itself have been overhauled, resulting in significantly shorter boot times; separate install images for desktops and servers (server image uses a text installer); Bhyve support for TrueOS Server install; FreeBSD base is synced with 12.0-CURRENT as of December 4th; FreeBSD ports tree is synced as of November 30th; Lumina desktop has been updated to 1.4.1." Additional changes and a list of key package versions can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): TrueOS-Desktop-17.12-x64-DVD.iso (2,763MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, TrueOS-Server-17.12-x64-DVD.iso (911MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-14 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 11.1 |
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Joon Lee has announced the release of FreeNAS 11.1, an updated release of the project's specialist FreeBSD-based operating system designed for computers providing Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. This version updates the base system to FreeBSD 11.1: "The FreeNAS development team is excited and proud to present FreeNAS 11.1. FreeNAS 11.1 adds cloud integration, OpenZFS performance improvements, including the ability to prioritize re-silvering operations, and preliminary Docker support to the world's most popular software-defined storage operating system. This release includes an updated preview of the beta version of the new administrator graphical user interface, including the ability to select display themes. The base operating system has been updated to the STABLE version of FreeBSD 11.1, which adds new features, updated drivers, and the latest security fixes. Support for Intel Xeon Scalable Family processors, AMD Ryzen processors, and HBA 9400-91 has been added." See the full release announcement for more details and a screenshot of the improved administration interface. Download: FreeNAS-11.1-RELEASE.iso (598MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-12-11 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 742 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: heads 0.3.1
- News: Improvements coming to Tails, Debian makes all package code available on the web, plans automatic updates and updates install media, Ubuntu phasing out Python 2, tips for using Void
- Tips and tricks: Working with images from the command line
- Released last week: Puppy Linux 7.5, Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0, ROSA R10
- Torrent corner: Bodhi, Peppermint, Puppy, ReactOS, ROSA, Urk
- Opinion poll: Privacy protecting distributions
- DistroWatch.com news: Moving to HTTPS only -- Part 2
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 4.4.0 |
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Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 4.4.0. Bodhi Linux is based on Ubuntu LTS and features the Moksha desktop environment, a fork of Enlightenment. The new version of Bodhi Linux features several package updates, including version 4.13 of the Linux kernel. The project's release announcement states: "Today I am pleased to announce the release of Bodhi Linux 4.4.0. This is a normal update release and it comes three months after the release of Bodhi 4.3.1. Existing Bodhi 4.x.y users do not need to reinstall as the primary goal of this update release is to simply keep the current ISO image up to date. This release image includes EFL 1.19.1, Terminology 1.1.0, Ephoto 1.5, and Linux kernel 4.13. As with every release in the 4.x.y Bodhi series it is built on top of the rock solid foundation that is Ubuntu 16.04." Bodhi Linux is available in three editions: Standard, AppPack (with additional applications), and Legacy for older computers. Download (pkglist): bodhi-4.4.0-64.iso (737MB, MD5, torrent), bodhi-4.4.0-apppack-64.iso (1,342MB, MD5, torrent), bodhi-4.4.0-legacy.iso (691MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20171130 |
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Mark Greaves has announced the release of an updated build of Peppermint OS 8, a lightweight distribution based on Lubuntu (the long-term support branch) and featuring the LXDE desktop: "Team Peppermint is pleased to announce the latest iteration of our operating system, Peppermint 8 Respin, which still comes in 32-bit and 64-bit variants, with the 64-bit variant having full UEFI and Secureboot support. Whilst a respin is generally a minor release intended as an ISO image update, the Peppermint 8 Respin does contain some significant changes: Nemo 2.8.7 updated to 3.4.7 which seems more stable during large file operations and now has a separate process for controlling the desktop; OpenVPN updated in the repository to version 2.4.4 to support mixed mode IPv4/IPv6 VPNs; switched to slick-greeter, a much prettier login screen and a GUI utility in the menu called 'Login Window' for login screen settings, including the ability to add, change, remove an auto-login user; added a desktop right-click 'Open Peppermint Settings Panel' context menu item...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes. Download (SHA256) links: Peppermint-8-20171130-amd64.iso (1,266MB, signature, torrent, pkglist), Peppermint-8-20171130-i386.iso (1,189MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-06 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.7 |
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ReactOS is an open source operating system which strives to be binary compatible with Microsoft Windows and is capable of running many Windows applications. The project has released ReactOS 0.4.7 which introduces improvements to application skins, better disk usage reporting and a smoother experience when sending files to the Recycle Bin. "James Tabor has put in a great deal of effort into getting the ReactOS painting process as close to Windows as possible. Furthermore, Katayama Hirofumi MZ has fixed the anti-aliasing text when a button was grayed out (and which was impossible to read before this fix). Another major achievement brought to you by Giannis has been to solve the Clipboard and Recycle Bin bugs. Now, in 0.4.7, ReactOS won't crash due an invalid/empty clipboard as it did previously, copy/pasting multiple files and pasting folders in the background should work well and now follows the Windows specs more closely. In 0.4.7, ReactOS now correctly manages file deletions when dragging them to the Recycle Bin." Further details and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. ReactOS is available in two editions, one for installing the operating system and a LiveCD edition for testing. Download (MD5): ReactOS-0.4.7-iso.zip (101MB), ReactOS-0.4.7-live.zip (71MB). |
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| 2017-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R10 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of ROSA R10, the latest stable build of the desktop-focused distribution with support for KDE 4 and Plasma 5 desktop environments: "ROSA Desktop R10 is the second release based on the ROSA 2016.1 platform. The distribution is targeted mainly at the Linux advocates eager to try new software versions. According to the updates policy, the ROSA 2016.1 platform will have four years of technical support. Technical changes in comparison with ROSA R9: many system libraries, system and software packages were updated to their latest versions; Linux kernel 4.9.60 LTS is used by default, other kernel versions and variants are available in special repositories; the proprietary NVIDIA drivers have been updated to new versions - 384.90 and experimental 387.12 for the relatively new video cards, 340.104 for GeForce 8 and 9, 304.137 for GeForce 6 and 7; MESA has been updated to version 17.1.6 with OpenGL support up to version 4.5...." See the release announcement (in Russian) and release notes (in English) for more details. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.iso (2,004MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,022MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.iso (2,030MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,043MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 |
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Uruk GNU/Linux is a completely free-software distribution based on Trisquel GNU/Linux and featuring the MATE desktop. The project's latest release, version 2.0, includes an updated Linux-libre kernel, version 7 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), MATE 1.12 and a new welcome screen. "We grew up and the project grew up with us. At this time we worked a lot and we made great changes. The big change came today - it's Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 "lugalbanda". We use "lugalbanda" as the code name for this release. Lugalbanda is a character found in Sumerian mythology and literature in ancient Iraqi history. It comes with many changes: build new repository for Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0; Linux-libre kernel 4.9.66 LTS, GCC 7, MATE 1.12.1, Abrowser 57; new welcome screen; replaced MDM with LightDM as the default display manager; new control center; Guix installer; new customization with new themes, cursor and wallpapers; comes with many useful applications by default, including Thunderbird, Deluge, FF Multi Converter, VLC, LibreOffice, Rose Crypt, Uruk Cleaner, AIA, Diskman Indicator, LightDM setting, GIMP, upms...." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: uruk_2.0-amd64.iso (1,367MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 7.5 |
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Philip Broughton has announced the release of a new version of Puppy Linux. The new version is Puppy Linux 7.5, code name "Xenialpup". The new version of the lightweight distribution is built using packages from Ubuntu's 16.04 "Xenial" release and Puppy maintains binary compatibility with Ubuntu packages. "Puppy Linux is small, runs in RAM, is lightning fast, very versatile and good fun! It has everything a novice will need while allowing full control to the experienced user. It comes in both 32-bit & 64-bit versions that can boot in both BIOS and UEFI enabled computers. The 32-bit version has kernel 4.4.95-noPAE for better compatibility with older hardware while the 64-bit has kernel 4.9.58 for better modern hardware support. True to Puppy Linux tradition both versions come with a full range of communications, productivity and entertainment applications as well as a wide range of the unique puppy-specific utilities and applications. The 330MB ISO includes: JWM window manager and ROX file manager. Palemoon browser and Claws mail client. FTP, torrent and chat applications. MPV media player, Simple Screen Recorder and Deadbeef audio player. Abiword word processor and Gnumeric spread sheet application." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download links for 32-bit and 64-bit builds can be found on the project's home page. Download: xenialpup64-7.5-uefi.iso (330MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-04 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 741 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Pop!_OS 17.10
- News: openSUSE's Tumbleweed snapshots, Q4OS can be installed on a Windows partition, Fedora 25 reaching its end of life
- Tips and tricks: Keep terminal programs running, using the at command, reverse OpenSSH connections
- Released last week: Linux Mint 18.3, Black Lab 11.5, Lakka 2.1
- Torrent corner: Alpine, Antergos, Black Lab, deepin, Lakka, Linux Mint, Raspbian, Sabayon, SalentOS, SwagArch, Univention
- Opinion poll: Scheduling tasks
- DistroWatch.com news: Moving to HTTPS only
- New distributions: Janus Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rocks Cluster Distribution 7.0 |
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Philip Papadopoulos has announced the release of Rocks Cluster Distribution 7.0, a major new update of the project's specialist operating system for easy deployments as computer clusters. Rocks Cluster 7.0 is based on CentOS 7.4: "The latest update of Rocks, code name 'Manzanita', is now released. Manzanita is a 64-bit only release and is based upon CentOS 7.4. The Rocks-supplied OS rolls have all updates applied as of December 1, 2017." The brief release announcement doesn't give many details about the release, but the distribution's user guide has been updated to include notes about the "significant differences" compared to Rocks 6: "This section describes how to install your Rocks cluster frontend for Rocks 7. It is significantly different than Rocks 6. The minimum requirement to bring up a frontend is to have the following rolls: Kernel, Base, Core, CentOS, Updates-CentOS. Rocks 7 supports a network-only installation. All rolls must be located on a roll server on a network that is accessible by your frontend." Here are the links to download the essential Rocks 7.0 rolls (MD5, pkglist): kernel-7.0-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (1,171MB), base-7.0-2.x86_64.disk1.iso (349MB), core-7.0-2.x86_64.disk1.iso (122MB), CentOS-7.4.1708-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (7,791MB), Updates-CentOS-7.4.1708-2017-12-01-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (1,562MB). |
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| 2017-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Fatdog64 Linux 720 Beta |
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The Fatdog64 Linux distribution is a descendant of Puppy Linux for 64-bit x86 computers. The Fatdog64 project has announced the release of a new development snapshot, Fatdog64 Linux 720 Beta. The new beta features many package updates, the "spot" user's home directory has been moved and some changes have been made to Samba shares. "Fatdog64 720 beta is the next iteration of Fatdog64. It is still built on the same base as Fatdog64 710 so it has high-degree of compatibility with 710 packages; however, it has been expanded, improved and modified to meet today's challenge. Much of the improvements in this release are from SFR and step. As usual, we neither support nor recommend carrying over your savefile and savefolder from older versions of Fatdog (Fatdog does not update from any previous versions); however, if you do, there are a few gotchas that you definitely need want to know in this version. Spot's home directory has been moved from /root/spot to /home/spot - this has repercussions, please read the details here." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: Fatdog64-720b.iso (377MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-11-29 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of an updated build of Raspbian, a Debian-based distribution designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers: "We're pleased to announce that we are releasing the latest version of Raspbian 'Stretch' for your Pi today. This new release is mostly bug fixes and tweaks over the previous Stretch release, but there are one or two changes you might notice. The file manager included as part of the LXDE desktop (on which our desktop is based) is a program called PCManFM and it's very feature-rich; there's not much you can't do in it. However, having used it for a few years, we felt that it was perhaps more complex than it needed to be - the sheer number of menu options and choices made some common operations more awkward than they needed to be. So to try to make file management easier, we have implemented a cut-down mode for the file manager." Read the full release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download the standard build or the "lite" edition from here: 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch.zip (1,683MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch-lite.zip (348MB, signature, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 17 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 17, a major update of the project's Gentoo-based set of distributions designed for desktops (with a choice of KDE Plasma, MATE or Xfce) as well as servers: "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 17. Main changes: Timeless, a new server flavour, designed for those eager to try the development version of Calculate Utilities; GUI manager - updated appearance, including new own icons; command-line manager - one session for cl-console and cl-console-gui, so that you can switch between them freely; live USB - system startup possible without PulseAudio; numerous revisions in templates - new functions added, support provided for 'or' expressions, service launching, package linking, package version downgrade, ldif format; beta versions of the brand new Calculate Linux Desktop Cinnamon and Calculate Linux Desktop LXQt available in 'nightly' stages; up to 5000 binary packages are available in the Calculate repository...." See the release announcement for more information, upgrade instructions and screenshots. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-17-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,132MB, torrent), cldm-17-x86_64.iso (MATE, 1,735MB, torrent), cldx-17-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,646MB, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Kodachi 3.5 |
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Warith Al Maawali has announced the release of Linux Kodachi 3.5, a new version of the project's Debian-based, privacy-oriented distribution. This release includes a new hard disk installer from the Refracta project: "Version 3.5, based on Debian 8.6 Xfce. Added Refracta installer, now you can install Kodachi permanently on your PC; added new tool - Mat Meta data anonymization tool; improved destroy Kodachi script; improved display script with new CPU and network monitor on taskbar; detect screen resolution changes and display accordingly; introduced banned message if someone misuses the bandwidth or hosts illegal torrent files using our VPN network; added Gibru engine to search bookmarks; added new version notification; added own VPN tool so now you can use your own VPN - all you need is to paste your configuration into the correct directory located on the Kodachi desktop; fixed a few bugs; updated system, Firefox, Firefox plugins, Tor, VeraCrypt, Komodo edit, Electrum Bitcoin wallet." Here is the complete changelog. Download (SHA512): kodachi-3.5-64.iso (2,066MB, pkglist, username: "root" or "kodachi", password: "r@@t00") |
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| 2016-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus 3.2.2 |
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Porteus is a fast, portable Linux distribution based on Slackware. The project has published a new stable release, Porteus 3.2.2. The new release is available in four editions: Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce. "Porteus is on cloud nine to announce the final release of Porteus v3.2.2 and Porteus Kiosk 4.2. There have been some major changes in the desktop edition since the 3.1 release including: Linux kernel 4.9, PulseAudio, eudev, consolekit2, more complete 000-kernel firmware. Other Slackware based changes can be found here. Four desktops are available at this point: Xfce4, MATE, Cinnamon and KDE5. The base modules are a little larger than the previous release but contain a more complete set of packages for all round compatibility." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement for Porteus 3.2.2. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (272MB, signature), Porteus-KDE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (412MB, signature), Porteus-MATE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (243MB, signature, Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (239MB, signature). |
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| 2016-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenELEC 7.0.0 |
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OpenELEC is a Linux-based distribution designed to act as a media hub and, in particular, to run the Kodi media software. The project has released a new version, OpenELEC 7.0.0, which supports WeTek Core devices, includes updated AMDGPU video drivers and offers users Kodi 16.1. The project has also introduced Bluetooth and OpenVPN support. "The OpenELEC 7.0 (internal version 7.0.0) release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating." A list of new features and changes can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.0.img.gz (221MB). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.12.0 |
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The GNU Guix project has announced the release of an update to the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) operating system. GuixSD is a Linux distribution built around the Guix package manager, which offers transactional upgrades and roll-backs along with reproducible builds. The new release, GuixSD 0.12.0, includes several new services, including log rotation, CUPS and the OpenSMTPD e-mail service. "We are pleased to announce the new release of GNU Guix and GuixSD, version 0.12.0! The release comes with USB installation images to install the standalone GuixSD, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries. It’s been a little over 4 months since the previous release, during which 76 people contributed code and packages. The highlights include: New GuixSD system services, including a log rotation service, a CUPS printing service, NFS related services, and an OpenSMTPD service. Guix daemon offloading support now uses Guile-SSH. GuixSD can now be installed to a LUKS-encrypted root." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: guixsd-usb-install-0.12.0.x86_64-linux.xz (153MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot Security OS 3.3 |
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Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot Security OS 3.3, a new release of the project's Debian-based, specialist distribution with a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy and cryptography: "Parrot 3.3 released. We are sorry for all the silence behind our development process these days, but we were secretly working on two main projects, the perfect plan to conquer the world and the new Parrot 3.3 release which fixes many minor but unpleasant bugs and introduces many many updates. This release is not a definitive goal; it is just a working snapshot of the bigger work we are doing for parrot 3.4 that will be released very soon. Changelog: include Linux 4.8 kernel; fix touchpad and multitouch support; fix mismatching kernel installer; update anonsurf; fix minor MATE bugs; include GCC 6.2; update Metasploit Framework to 4.13; switch to PHP 7; upgrade most of the tools to their latest versions." See the release announcement and changelog for more details. As always, Parrot Security OS is available in several editions; a quick link to "Full" variant: Parrot-full-3.3_amd64.iso (3,565MB, SHA512, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 3.01 |
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Kate Lebedeff has announced the release of OpenMandriva Lx 3.01, an updated build of the distribution's 3.0 branch, featuring the KDE Plasma desktop, which was originally released in August: "Not long after Lx 3.0 final release we are proud to announce OpenMandriva Lx 3.01. The 3.01 release brings a number of major fixes - updated software; new drivers and kernel with better support for newer hardware; many bug fixes; stable Plasma running on Wayland. OpenMandriva Lx is a cutting-edge distribution compiled with LVM/Clang. Combined with the high level of optimisation, it gives the desktop an unbelievably crisp response to operations on KDE Plasma 5 which makes it a pleasure to use. The latest release of all the KDE applications is there to support the desktop and help give you a consistent feel. Main features: KDE Plasma 5.8.4, KDE Frameworks 5.29.0, KDE Applications 16.08.3, Qt 5.6.2, Linux kernel 4.9 with BFQ as a default CPU scheduler, systemd 232..." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): OpenMandrivaLx.3.01-PLASMA.x86_64.iso (2,018MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 16.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 16.1.0, a set of distributions based on Debian's "unstable" branch. The release arrives in two batches, with the one made available today coming in LXDE, Xfce and KDE Plasma flavours, while a second batch, featuring GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt, is scheduled for release in January. "Today we present the first batch of siduction 2016.1 which consists of the noX, Xorg, LXDE, Xfce and Plasma 5 flavours. We attempt to release a second batch with the GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt flavours as soon as possible in the new year. The released images are a snapshot of Debian 'unstable' that also goes by the name of 'Sid', from 2016-12-23. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.9, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.0 and systemd 232." Read the full release notes for more details. Download (pkglist): siduction-16.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,528MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,094MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,130MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.5.0 |
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The Alpine Linux project, an independent Linux distribution developed with embedded systems and security in mind, has released Alpine Linux 3.5.0. The new release switches the distribution from using the OpenSSL security library to LibreSSL, introduces support for ZFS as the root file system and features many package upgrades. "New features and noteworthy changes: Switch from OpenSSL to LibreSSL; Support for aarch64 (uboot only for now); Support for ZFS as root; PostgreSQL update to 9.6.x - see the PostgreSQL documentation for upgrade instructions; Samba 4.5.3; GTK+3.0 3.22.5; glib 2.50.2; Support for R, JRuby and OCaml; Better Python3 support; The nodejs package was renamed to nodejs-current and moved to the community repository. The nodejs-lts package was renamed to nodejs. This means that you get the LTS version if you do 'apk add nodejs'." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: alpine-standard-3.5.0-x86_64.iso (78.0MB, SHA256, signature), Download: alpine-extended-3.5.0-x86_64.iso (249MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: NethServer 7.3 RC3 |
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Alessio Fattorini has announced the release of a new development snapshot for NethServer, a server distribution based on CentOS. The new development snapshot, NethServer 7.3-rc3, is based on CentOS 7.3, increases the flexibility of the administrators group and improves HTTPS proxy handling. "We have changed the behaviour of the Transparent HTTPS proxy dropping the MITM (Man In The Middle) feature that inspects all the encrypted traffic, substituting it with a new implementation that sniffs only the beginning of the connection to discover the destination website (for filtering purposes). We can do this now because CentOS 7.3 introduced squid 3.5 which has a new function to intercept HTTPS connections, called peek and splice. Basically, it means that we peek at the beginning of the connection to discover the destination website (and block it if desired) and then let the traffic flow unaltered from the client PC to the secure website." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.3.1611-rc3-x86_64.iso (740MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.19 Core 108 |
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The IPFire project has announced an update to the security-minded Linux distribution. The new release fixes some issues with the project's 2.19 series and carries the name IPFire 2.19 Core Update 108. "Just before Christmas, we are going to release the last Core Update for 2016. IPFire 2.19 - Core Update 108 brings some minor bug fixes and feature enhancements, some security fixes in ntp and various fixes in the squid web proxy. Asynchronous logging is now enabled by default and not configurable any more. This made some programs that wrote an extensive amount of log messages slow down and possible unresponsive over the network which causes various problems. This was seen on systems with very slow flash media and virtual environments." The release announcement includes further details and list of updated packages. Download (SHA1): ipfire-2.19.x86_64-full-core108.iso (163MB, torrent, pkglist).
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 17.0 |
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Arne Exton has announced the release of a new version of the Debian- and Ubuntu-based ExTiX distribution. The new release, version 17.0, ships with the KDE desktop environment and is available in a single, 64-bit x86 build. ExTiX 17.0 KDE DVD 64-bit is based on Debian 8.6 'Jessie'/Debian 9 'Stretch' and Ubuntu 16.10. The original system includes the desktop environment Unity (Ubuntu). After removing Unity I have installed KDE Frameworks 5.26.0 with KDE 4.16. KDE Frameworks are 60 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. The system language is English. My special kernel, 4.9.0-11-exton, corresponding to kernel.org's kernel 4.9 - latest as of 161221. You can download 'my' kernel if you want to use it in another Ubuntu/Debian system." Additional information on ExTiX 17.0 is available in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): extix-64bit-kde-refracta-isoh-uefi-1920mb-161221.iso (1,974MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2016.12.20 |
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BlackArch Linux 2016.12.20 has been released. BlackArch is an Arch Linux-based live distribution (in 6.2 GB!) with a substantial collection of utilities made for penetration testing and forensic analysis. This new version comes with an updated Linux kernel and base system, as well as over 100 new tools: "Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISO images. Here is the changeLog: include linux kernel 4.8.13; fix LXDM shutdown and reboot issue; userland clean-ups; added more than 100 new tools; updated all BlackArch tools; updated all system packages; updated menus for window managers (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox). Following newest tools have been added: Dracnmap - tool to exploit the network and gathering information with Nmap help; OpenDoor - OWASP directory access scanner; WAFNinja - tool which contains two functions to attack web application firewalls; Hoper - trace URL jumps across links to obtain the last URL...." Visit the project's news page to read the release announcement and all the recent additions to the distribution's toolkit. Download (SHA1): blackarchlinux-live-2016.12.20-x86_64.iso (6,363MB, torrent, pkglist), blackarchlinux-netinst-2016.12.20-x86_64.iso (456MB, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 422 |
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The GeckoLinux project is an openSUSE-based, desktop oriented distribution. The project provides eight different editions with live discs for testing purposes. The latest version of the distribution, GeckoLinux 422.161213.0, is based on openSUSE 42.2 Leap and includes many package updates. "Changes to all GeckoLinux Static editions: The base system has been updated to openSUSE Leap 42.2, with updated versions of the Linux kernel (4.4.36), systemd (228), GTK+ (3.20), Qt (5.6.1) and glibc (2.22). Also the GeckoLinux language-installer.sh script for non-English language packs has been updated to be more reliable and easy to use. Also the script created by Mindaugas Baranauskas to ensure that X.Org correctly starts has been significantly improved, and SiS graphics support has also been included. Perhaps the most important change is that the old yast2-live-installer that served us well for past releases is no longer supported by openSUSE and no longer works. Therefore, it has been replaced by the Calamares universal installer framework." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): GeckoLinux_Cinnamon.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (970MB), GeckoLinux_Mate.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (1,013MB), GeckoLinux_Gnome.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (981MB), GeckoLinux_Plasma_Stable.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (1,042MB). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: OPNsense 17.1 Beta |
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The OPNsense project is a FreeBSD-based operating system developed for firewalls and routers. The project has released a new development snapshot which uses FreeBSD 11.0 as its base. "With the best wishes for the holiday season attached we hereby humbly present our 17.1-BETA images and thank everyone for their early input, valid questions and generally keeping us on our toes throughout the past months. The next major release features FreeBSD 11.0, the SSH remote installer, new languages Italian and Czech, state-of-the-art HardenedBSD security features, PHP 7.0, native PAM authentication against e.g. 2FA (TOTP), as well a rewritten Nano-style card images that adapt to the media size to name only a few. These will be the only beta images. They are not suitable for production environments. Release candidate builds will start in January in order to provide production-ready images." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OPNsense-17.1.b-OpenSSL-cdrom-amd64.iso.bz2 (254MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 18.1 |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the release of an update to the project's 18.x branch. The new version, Linux Mint 18.1, is available in two editions (Cinnamon and MATE), in 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The new release offers Cinnamon users a new screensaver that displays more information and provides media controls even when the screen is locked. On computers which feature accelerometers, the Cinnamon desktop can now rotate when the device's orientation changes. Both editions offer upgrades to the X-apps programs with the Xplayer media player now offering the ability to blank screens not being used to display video. Also, the update manager can display a list of available kernel versions with recommendations. "The screensaver in Cinnamon 3.2 was redesigned and rewritten from scratch in Python. Not only does it look better, but it's also much faster, more responsive and more customizable than the old one. Background slide shows set in Cinnamon continue to play in the new screensaver. On laptops the battery power is shown, so you can see if you're running low without having to log in." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,726MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit.iso (1,788MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GoboLinux 016 |
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Lucas Villa Real has announced the release of GoboLinux 016, an independently-developed distribution characterised by a custom (and very un-UNIX-like) file system hierarchy. This release of GoboLinux, the first stable version in over 2.5 years, ships with a minimalist desktop based on the Awesome window manager: "We are pleased to present release 016 of GoboLinux, the Linux distribution featuring a re-thought file system structure. GoboLinux was created out of a desire to try new approaches in the Linux distribution design space. GoboLinux 016 continues this journey, with a focus on the exploration of novel ideas aiming to make the system simpler yet functional. The GoboLinux ISO image serves both as an installation disc and a live environment, with a graphical desktop featuring Awesome WM. In fact, due to the modular nature of the GoboLinux file system, every program available in the image can be used directly from the Live environment." Read the detailed release notes for further information. Download: GoboLinux-016-x86_64.iso (958MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: 3CX Phone System 8.6.0 RC |
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3CX Phone System is a specialist Linux distribution designed for VoIP telephony. The project's latest "netinst" image includes a standard Debian installer which automatically installs the Linux edition of the 3CX VoIP software. A release candidate is now available for testing: "Service Pack 4 is here in time for the holidays and it's packed with new features and improvements. The V15 Linux edition is now a release candidate. We added a DECT / FXS provisioning feature that allows you to easily provision a DECT-base station and assign handsets to individual extensions. Furthermore, a new reporting module and many fixes to the reports. We have also closed the feature gap between Linux and Windows further by introducing fax, failover and the directory service to the Linux edition. You can apply these updates from the updates page in the management console." See the release announcement for more details and a list of new features. Interested testers can download the installation CD image from here: debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (265MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 16 |
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MX Linux is a mid-weight, Debian-based Linux distribution which uses Xfce as the project's default desktop environment. The project has announced the release of MX 16, code name "Metamorphosis". While based on Debian's Stable branch, MX Linux uses the SysVInit software rather than the newer systemd init technology. "The development team of MX Linux is pleased to announce the release of MX Linux 16, code named 'Metamorphosis'. Built on the reliable and stable Debian 8.6 'Jessie' base with extra enhancements from the antiX live system, it also comes with numerous up-to-date applications provided by the MX Linux packagers. Just like previous versions of MX, this release defaults to SysVInit. Available in 32-bit and 64-bit variants. Both ISO images weigh in at around 1.2 GB in size. Key default applications: Firefox 50.0.2, VLC 2.2.4, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 45.5.1, LibreOffice 5.2.2.... The new release is available in 32-bit and 64-bit builds with the 32-bit ISO image featuring a kernel that does not require PAE support to boot. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: MX-16_x64.iso (1,137MB, MD5, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 4.4 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) is a Debian-based distribution used for running virtual appliances and containers. The latest release of Proxmox VE, version 4.4, allows for the creation of unprivileged contains through the distribution's graphical interface. The project has also a new dashboard: "Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH today released version 4.4 of its server virtualization platform Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE). In addition to numerous improvements and updates the open source solution Proxmox VE brings a new dashboard for Ceph and cluster. The new Ceph dashboard gives the administrator a comprehensive overview of the Ceph status, the Ceph monitors, the Ceph OSDs, and the current performance and utilization of the Ceph cluster. Together with the existing disk management the new dashboard simplifies the ease-of-use and administration of Ceph storage and paves the way to the complete software-defined data centre." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_4.4-eb2d6f1e-1.iso (521MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OLPC OS 13.2.8 |
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James Cameron has announced the release of OLPC OS 13.2.8, the latest version of a specialist distribution developed under the initiative of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to provide children in developing countries with low-cost laptops. This release is still based on Fedora 18, but it ships with updated Sugar, the distribution's default desktop user interface: "We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.8 for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. Features: new Sugar 0.110 with completed translations; updated activities Speak 52, Measure 53, Maze 26.1, Implode 17, GetBooks 16.2, Clock 18.1 and Chat 83; add sugar-erase-bundle feature, for use by deployment scripts. Fixes: fix Fedora secondary mirror references so yum can work; remove Sugar Web Account control panel as it does nothing; remove Simple-English-Wikipedia on XO-1.5 to fit into 2 GB limit for some models; add forward and back buttons in help view; display activity instance title in join requests...." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details and installation instructions. Download: 32020o0.img (745MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1611 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 7-1611. The new release is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and offers a number of new features, including SHA2 support in OpenLDAP, Bluetooth LE and a technology preview of Btrfs. "Since release 1503 (abrt>= 2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page. Various new packages include among others: python-gssapi, python-netifaces, mod_auth_openidc, pidgin and Qt5. Support for the 7th-generation Core i3, i5, and i7 Intel processors and I2C on 6th-generation Core Processors has been added. Various packages have been rebased. Some of those are samba, squid, systemd, krb5, gcc-libraries, binutils, gfs-utils, libreoffice, GIMP,SELinux, firewalld, libreswan, tomcat and open-vm-tools..." Further information can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.iso (4,177MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1611.iso (377MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 Test 2 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of a new development snapshot of Parsix GNU/Linux. The new beta version, Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15-TEST-2, of the Debian-based project ships with GNOME 3.22 and version 4.4.35 of the Linux kernel. The Adobe Flash player has also been updated. The 64-bit builds support booting on UEFI-enabled computers. "Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 (code name 'Nev') ships with the stable GNOME 3.22 desktop environment and an updated kernel. This version has been synchronized with Debian 'Jessie' repositories as of November 27, 2016. Parsix 'Nev' ships with the LibreOffice 4.3.3 productivity suit by default. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, GRUB 2, Firefox 50.0, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.12, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.36 and an updated kernel based on Linux 4.4.35 with TuxOnIce, BFS and other extra patches. The live DVD has been compressed using Squashfs and xz." A list of changes and key package versions can be found in the project's release notes. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: parsix_8.15-TEST-2-amd64.iso (1,278MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Korora 25 |
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Jim Dean has announced the release of Korora 25, a new version of the Fedora-based distribution with various user-friendly enhancements and a choice of five desktop environments - Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce: "The Korora project has released version 25 (code name 'Gurgle') which is now available for download. Due to popular demand there is a KDE Plasma release. While it has the usual Korora extras, in order to reduce the workload in bringing this back we have made the look more vanilla. Features: Cinnamon 3.2 includes lots of refinements; GNOME 3.22 has improved support for the Wayland compositor, Wayland is now the default for the GNOME edition; Mate 1.16 focused on bug fixes; Xfce 4.12 focused on polishing the desktop and improving the user experience; derived from Fedora 25, Korora benefits from Fedora's long tradition of bringing the latest technologies to open-source software users; 64-bit only." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): korora-live-cinnamon-25-x86_64.iso (2,092MB), korora-live-gnome-25-x86_64.iso (2,188MB), korora-live-kde-25-x86_64.iso (2,442MB), korora-live-mate-25-x86_64.iso (2,201MB), korora-live-xfce-25-x86_64.iso (2,124MB). |
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| 2016-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.7 |
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BackBox Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution used for security assessment and penetration testing. The project has released a new stable version, BackBox Linux 4.7, which upgrades key components and fixes several bugs. "The BackBox team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, version 4.7. We thought to release a new minor version to give our users the opportunity to have a stable and up-to-date system until the next official major release, i.e. BackBox 5, still under development. In this release we have fixed some minor bugs, updated the kernel stack, base system and tools. The ISO images for 32-bit and 64-bit can be downloaded from the official web site download section. What's new? Updated Linux kernel 4.4; updated hacking tools - beef, Metasploit, OpenVAS, SE Toolkit, sqlmap, WPScan." Existing BackBox 4.x users can upgrade to the latest release rather than perform a fresh installation. Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256) the live DVD image from here: backbox-4.7-amd64.iso (2,358MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0 |
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Tomasz Jokiel has announced the release of Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0. The Gentoo-based kiosk platform now provides version 4.4.36 of the Linux kernel, Firefox 45.5.1 ESR and Google Chrome 54, along with many other changes. "I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0 is now available for download. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 4.4.36, X.Org Server 1.18.4, Mozilla Firefox 45.5.1 ESR and Google Chrome 54.0.2840.100. Packages from the userland are upgraded to portage snapshot tagged on 20161203. Short changelog for 4.2.0 release: All files used by the clients (wallpaper, screensaver slide show images, browser preferences, proxy configuration) can be hosted directly on Porteus Kiosk Server - no need to use 3rd party web hosting service anymore. If multiple browser tabs were set during installation then it's possible to toggle between the tabs at specific time interval. This is useful for digital signage purposes. Screensaver slideshow can display images in random order instead of alphabetic order...." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Porteus-Kiosk-4.2.0-x86_64.iso (62MB, MD5), Porteus-Kiosk-Server-4.2.0-x86_64.iso (63MB, MD5). |
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.5 |
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The SparkyLinux distribution is based on Debian and features many editions, providing many different desktop environments for its users. The project has announced the release of SparkyLinux 4.5 which features LibreOffice 5, version 4.8 of the Linux kernel and systemd 232. The Pantheon desktop environment has been removed in favour of the Deepin desktop and the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). "Changes between 4.4 and 4.5: Full system upgrade as of November 29, 2016; Linux kernel 4.8.7 as default (4.8.12 available in Sparky 'unstable' repository); Firefox 45.5.0 ESR (Firefox 50.0.2 available in our repository); Icedove 45.4 (Thunderbird 45.5.1 available in our repository); LibreOffice 5.2.3-rc1; glibc 2.24, systemd 232-6, Python 2.7.12 and 3.5.2, GCC 5.4.1 and 6.2.0; added two new desktops to be installed via the MinimalGUI/CLI and APTus - CDE (Common Desktop Environment), DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment)...." The release announcement has further details. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,381MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-mate.iso (1,490MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-kde.iso (1,541MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,373MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,220MB, SHA512, signature), |
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mageia 5.1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 5.1, an updated build of the distribution current stable branch. This unscheduled version was put together due to delays delivering the upcoming Mageia 6 which is currently in development. From the release announcement: "We are very pleased to announce the release of Mageia 5.1. This release is a respin of the Mageia 5 installation and live ISO images, based on the Mageia 5 repository and incorporating all updates to allow for an up-to-date installation without the need to install almost a year-and-a-half worth of updates. It is therefore recommended for new installations and upgrades from Mageia 4. If you are currently running Mageia 5 then there is no need to install Mageia 5.1 as it is the same as your system, provided that updates have been installed. Mageia 5.1 ships with many updated packages, including LibreOffice 4.4.7, Linux kernel 4.4.32, KDE4 4.14.5, GNOME 3.14.3 and countless other updates." See also the release notes for detailed technical information. Download links: Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,815MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,622MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,745MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 18.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the availability of a new development snapshot. The new version, Linux Mint 18.1 beta, features a new screen saver which allows the user to control the media player while the screen is locked, giving users the ability to control music playback without unlocking their computer. In the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint it is possible to enable sounds to accompany on-screen notifications and the Xplayer video player can now blank monitors not in use by the player window. "If you have more than one monitor, you can now press the 'Blank Other Monitors' button when playing a video in full screen. Your video will continue to play and all your other monitors will turn black. The blanking can be toggled back and forth and automatically stops if you leave full screen or close the player. This feature is also available if you plug an external monitor to a laptop, so it allows you to blank the external monitor, or to blank the laptop itself without having to close the lid." These and other changes can be found in the release announcements for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE), in the What's New pages (Cinnamon, MATE) and in the release notes (Cinnamon, MATE). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,703MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,783MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2016-11-25 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2016-11-25, a security update of the Debian-based distribution for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers: "The more observant among you may have spotted that we've recently updated the Raspbian-with-PIXEL image. With any major release of the OS, we usually find a few small bugs and other issues as soon as the wider community starts using it, and so we gather up the fixes and produce a 1.1 release a few weeks later. We don't make a fuss about these bug fix releases, as there's no new functionality; these are just fixes to make things work as originally intended. However, in this case, we've made a couple of important changes. They won't be noticed by many users, but to those who do notice them and who will be affected by them, we should explain ourselves! What has changed? First, from now on SSH will be disabled by default on our images." Here is the full release announcement with an explanation of the changes made in this release. Download: 2016-11-25-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,469MB, SHA1, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 15.12 |
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The developers of Calculate Linux, a Gentoo-based desktop and server distribution, have announced the release of Calculate Linux 15.12. One of the main changes in this release is the replacement of the Chromium web browser with Qupzilla. "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 15.12. Calculate Linux Desktop, featuring either the KDE SC 4 (CLD), the MATE (CLDM) or the Xfce (CLDX) environment, Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Media Center (CMC), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and CLSK with KDE SC 5, Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) are all available for download. Chromium was replaced with the QupZilla web browser on desktop CL versions. A Calculate Linux ISO image can be booted from a live hard drive volume. To do so, select the Live HDD formatting line that was added to the GRUB menu. The release announcement contains a full list of changes and updates. Calculate Linux offers users several desktop editions, including KDE, MATE and Xfce, as well as a directory server, media centre and "Scratch" editions. Download (pkglist): cld-15.12-x86_64.iso (2,392MB, MD5, torrent), cldm-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,965MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,900MB, MD5, torrent), cmc-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,343MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 15 |
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The eventful last days of the year 2015 have brought us one truly tragic piece of news, but also a brand-new release of deepin, an increasingly popular distribution developed in China and featuring the Deepin desktop environment. This is the project's first version based on Debian GNU/Linux (the "unstable" branch), rather than Ubuntu. From the release announcement: "deepin is a Linux distribution committed to providing an elegant, user-friendly, safe and stable operating system for users all over the world. deepin 15 pays more attention to internationalization, and is enhanced with brand new mirror image acceleration (CDN acceleration). Languages supported are up to 30, thus the infinite charm of deepin can be experienced globally. Newly added languages are Malay, Bulgarian, Swedish, Croatian, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, Spanish (Latin America), Hindi (India), Ukrainian. Besides, we have reached an important cooperative relationship with Intel. We will collaboratively utilize Crosswalk Project to migrate existing web applications to deepin (Linux platform), thus enriching the diversity of applications for deepin and to improve the deepin experience." Download the installation DVD image from here: deepin-15-amd64.iso (1,851MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Releases: Manjaro Linux 15.12 "i3", "bspwm" |
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The Manjaro Linux project has announced the availability of Manjaro Linux 15.12 "i3" and "bspwm" editions, two interesting variants of the distribution that features two of the less popular, but no less interesting window managers - i3 (a dynamic tiling window manager featuring extended Xinerama support) and bspwm (a tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree). The "i3" variant (release announcement with a screenshot is an official Manjaro product, while the "bspwm" flavour is the latest addition to the project's growing number of community-built Manjaro variants: "We are happy to announce a new addition to our community editions, bspwm edition. Bspwm is a manual tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning that features intuitive mouse and keyboard controls. Compared with our i3 edition, it is more minimalistic and CLI-oriented, with the 64-bit edition booting at 105 MB of RAM used. It uses minimal RAM and CPU to be as light as possible without sacrificing functionality. This edition tries to make the command line more accessible for beginners." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download links: manjaro-i3-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,157MB, MD5), manjaro-bspwm-15.12-x86_64.iso (728MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UberStudent 4.3 |
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Stephen Ewen has announced the release of UberStudent 4.3, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a collection of specialist software applications and tools designed primarily for students: "I'm pleased to announce the release of UberStudent 4.3 'Heraclitus', Xfce edition. UberStudent is a Linux distribution for everyone, especially higher education and college-bound secondary students, people who teach them, and their schools. Researchers, knowledge workers, and life-long learners will equally benefit. It has been specifically designed for complete Linux beginners, while remaining equally satisfying to the most advanced Linux user. System: Ubuntu 14.04.3 long-term stable release base supported until April 2019; Linux kernel 4.2; Xfce 4.12, X.Org Server 1.17; Mesa 10.5.9, LibreOffice 5. There are many, many new features and improvements, including latest versions of all core programs, additions to the UberStudent suite of administration tools, improved language support...." Continue to the release announcement for further information. Download: uberstudent-4.3-xfce-amd64.iso (2,778MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Solus 1.0 |
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Ikey Doherty has announced the release of Solus 1.0, the first stable release from the Linux distribution project that delivers a home-made desktop environment called "Budgie" and a custom package manager named "eopkg": "The Solus project is proud to announce the release of the first version of its operating system. Solus 1.0 is code-named 'Shannon' after the longest river in Ireland. Solus 1.0 is the result of over eight months of work, coalesced from over a dozen contributors, over 2,000 package builds, a rewrite of the premier desktop environment Budgie, and more. Solus is a Linux-based operating system built from scratch for the modern desktop and targeting the x86_64 architecture. The Solus project develops a GTK+-based desktop environment referred to as Budgie. Budgie ships with a multitude of features. Budgie has been tested and refined to ensure that high-contrast theming works out of the box, enabling usage by individuals with visual impairments. This Budgie menu enables quick access to your installed programs and offers category and compact views." Continue to the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download (SHA256): Solus-1.0.iso (819MB, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SolydXK 201512 |
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Arjen Balfoort has announced the release of SolydXK 201512, the latest stable release of project's distribution that offers a choice of Xfce 4.10 or KDE 4.11 desktops, all based on the stable Debian GNU/Linux 8: "It's time for new releases again! The new ISO images come packed with changes. I'm not going to mention them all but here are a few: the live installer can now encrypt your partitions; the USB creator has been rebuilt and it does create bootable USB pen drives for several distributions; the update manager has new icons to indicate its status; you can right-click to show the legend for the meaning of the icons; left-click has been removed, So you will need to right-click to activate the update manager window. I hope you are going to enjoy these new releases!" Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (pkglist): solydx_8_64_201512.iso (1,421MB, MD5, torrent), solydk_8_64_201512.iso (1,509MB, MD5, torrent). Besides the official releases, the project's developers have also updated their "Community" editions, including the 32-bit flavours of SolydX and SolydK, as well as the "Enthusiasts" variant (based on Debian's "Testing" branch) and a special edition for the Raspberry Pi mini-computer. |
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| 2015-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e" |
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The developers of the openSUSE educational edition, "Edu Li-f-e", have announced the launch of a new release, based on openSUSE 42.1 Leap. The new version, openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e", ships with multiple desktop environments and multimedia support. "The best Linux distribution for education got a whole lot better, your Li-f-e (Linux for Education) takes a `Leap' to 42.1. openSUSE Education community is proud to present this latest edition based on openSUSE 42.1 with all the features, updates and bug fixes available on it to date. This effectively makes it the only enterprise grade long term supported (LTS) distribution for Education. As with previous releases, we have bundled a ton of software on this live DVD/USB specially packaged for education, along with the Plasma, GNOME and MATE desktop environments, full multimedia experience is also provided out of the box thanks to the Packman repositories." Further information and download links can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: openSUSE-Edu-li-f-e.x86_64-42.1.1.iso (3,770MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 15 |
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The MX Linux project has released a new version of the antiX-based distribution. The new release, MX Linux 15, is based on Debian's Stable (Jessie) branch and is designed to work on a variety of hardware, including low-resource computers. "We are extremely pleased to announce the release of MX-15 (code name Fusion) based on the reliable and stable Debian Jessie (8.2) with extra enhancements and up to date applications provided by our packaging team. Just like MX-14, this release defaults to sysVinit (though systemd is available once installed). Available in 32- and 64-bit. The 32-bit version ships with two stable 3.16 Debian kernels (PAE and non-PAE), while the 64-bit comes with the more recent 4.2 Debian backports kernel to cater for newer hardware." The new release offers users version 4.12 of the Xfce desktop environment, Firefox 43 and LibreOffice 4.3. Further information can be found on the antiX News page. Downloads (MD5) (pkglist): MX-15.01_386.iso (1,081MB), MX-15_x64.iso (985MB). |
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| 2015-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 15.12 |
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Philip Muller has announced the release of a new version of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution. The new release, Manjaro Linux 15.12, ships with Xfce 4.12 and KDE's Plasma 5.5 desktop along with a freshly polished system installer. "Notable changes in our tools: kcm module of Manjaro-Settings got reworked; several enhancements to Pamac and Octopi; optimizations and fixes to Manjaro-Tools; a LVM issue was fixed within Thus. Package-wise we have following changes: KDE Apps got updated to 15.12, VirtualBox is now at 5.0.12, mesa is at 11.0.8, WINE at 1.8 and the kernel at 4.4-rc6. Bumblebee is now also fixed for OpenRC and small fixes went into our Samba share Thunar plugin. To round-up this update, you find here some additional packages. Some Linux 3xx kernels got updated, last-minute fixes for Plasma 5, haskell updates, renewed Deepin desktop 2015 and fixes to Firefox complete Manjaro 15.12." Further information on the latest release of Manjaro Linux can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,466MB, SHA256), manjaro-kde-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,856MB, SHA256), manjaro-net-15.12-x86_64.iso (562MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Tails 2.0 Beta 1 |
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The Tails project, which produces a live DVD designed for private and anonymous web browsing through pre-configured Tor network, has released the first development build of the upcoming version 2.0. This the distribution's first version based on Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 and it comes with the GNOME Shell desktop in "Fallback" mode. From the release announcement: Tails 2.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 8 'Jessie'. As such, it upgrades essentially all included software. The most noticeable change is probably the move to GNOME Shell, configured in Classic mode. This desktop environment provides a modern and actively developed replacement for the ageing GNOME 'Flashback'. GNOME Shell also paves the way for better supporting touchscreens in the future. Under the hood, an amazing amount of code was ported to more modern technologies. This, in turn, allowed us to do lots of small changes all around the place, that will make the Tails experience both safer, and more pleasant. For example, all custom system services are harder to exploit thanks to the use of Linux namespaces, set up by systemd. And the way Tails tells the user that 'Tor is ready' is now more accurate." Interested beta testers can download the live DVD image from here: tails-i386-2.0~beta1.iso (1,059MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.2.6 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the release of pfSense 2.2.6, an updated build of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system made for firewalls and routers. This release is largely a security update to fix issues with the software's browser-based user interface and several recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities, while it also upgrades the base system to the latest FreeBSD version: "pfSense software version 2.2.6 is now available. This release includes a few bug fixes and security updates. Security fixes and errata: webgui - local file inclusion vulnerability in the pfSense WebGUI; captiveportal - SQL injection vulnerability in the pfSense captive portal logout; webgui - multiple XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities in the pfSense WebGUI; updated to FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p25; openssl - multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL; updated strongSwan to 5.3.5; includes fix for CVE-2015-8023 authentication bypass vulnerability in the eap-mschapv2 plugin. As always, you can upgrade from any previous version straight to 2.2.6. For those already running any 2.2.x version, this is a low-risk upgrade. For those on 2.1.x or earlier versions, there are a number of significant changes which may impact you. Pay close attention to the 2.2 upgrade notes for the details." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: pfSense-LiveCD-2.2.6-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (99.2MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 |
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The SUSE team has announced the availability of the first service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12. The new release, SUSE Linux Enterprise SP1, features rollback functionality through Btrfs, the GNOME 3.10 desktop environment and the ability to download software updates during the installation process. The new release is available in Desktop and Server editions. The Desktop offering includes seven years of support while the Server edition features a thirteen year life cycle. "SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 introduces a number of innovative changes. Here are some of the highlights: Robustness on administrative errors and improved management capabilities with full system rollback based on Btrfs as the default file system for the operating system partition and SUSE's snapper technology. An overhaul of the installer introduces a new workflow that allows you to register your system and receive all available maintenance updates as part of the installation." Further information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes for the Desktop and Server product lines. SUSE Linux Enterprise is a commercial product with the company offering free 60-day trials which can be acquired from the company's Download page. |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.3.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.3.1, the latest stable version of the project's distribution designed (among other tasks) for data rescue, system restore and backups: "Version 4.3.1. Minor updates: /etc/issue updated; login.defs and .bash_profiles updated; /etc/skel directory updated; adduser script - user is now also in 'video' group; GTK+ theme updated; Tint2 clock display; Xfce panel - volumeicon2 replaced with Xfce audio mixer plugin; /var/log/boot.log removed; build and compile script updates. Live edition: UTF-8 is now enabled by default; language scripts renamed to 'setlanggerman' and 'setlangczech'. Linux kernels for Banana Pi and Cubietruck added. ARM Linux kernel versions: QEMU - 4.2.8; Raspberry Pi - 4.1.13; Banana Pi - 4.2.3; Cubietruck - 4.4-rc1." Read the rest of the changelog for a full list of changes and improvements. Download the live DVD image (with Xfce) from here: ploplinux-4.3.1-x86_64.iso (1,428MB, MD5). Installation images for standard desktop computers and various ARM devices are also available. |
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| 2015-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.2 |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the launch of SparkyLinux 4.2, the second update to the project's 4.x series. SparkyLinux is based on Debian's Testing "Stretch" branch and is available in several desktop editions. The new release features LibreOffice 5, Iceweasel (Firefox) 38 ESR and version 4.2 of the Linux kernel. SparkyLinux 4.2 also offers the Tor Messenger for private chat communications via the distribution's repositories. Further, two editions of the distribution have been discontinued and the translation system has been updated: "The latest poll has told which Sparky edition is not too popular, so these two editions have been dropped: JWM and CLI. Most Sparky tools have been re-configured and they use a simple localization system now. All of them use English and Polish language packages, and many of them, thanks to our community members, use other localizations now. The present status and files to be (still) translated are available at our wiki page." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,563MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-mate.iso (1,662MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,549MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-kde.iso (1,655MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,384MB, SHA512). |
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| 2015-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 4.9 |
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Ultimate Edition developer "TheeMahn" has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 4.9, the latest update to the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring KDE as the default desktop: "It is tradition here in the Ultimate Edition land to release a special Ultimate Edition release for Christmas and this year will be no exception. Ultimate Edition started in 2006 by releasing a Christmas version to the general populous. You can learn more about that by reading an interview Sourceforge conducted on me in 2009. What is the special release, a Christmas-themed Ultimate Edition? No, ARM steps to the plate in this release, a return to the roots of Ultimate Edition in the form of LTS (long-term support), and a step into the future all in one snap. TheeMahn, please stop being cryptic." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download (MD5): ultimate-edition-4.9-x64.iso (3,445MB). This month's Ultimate Edition release galore includes a separate 4.2.3 "Light MATE" edition and a brand-new release for the armhf architecture, version 4.2; find them all on the project's SourceForge page. |
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| 2015-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.3.0 |
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Natanael Copa has announced a new release of the Alpine Linux distribution. Alpine Linux is a minimal, independently developed Linux distribution, designed to run on firewalls, VPN services and low-resource devices like the Raspberry Pi. The latest release, Alpine Linux 3.3.0, ships with version 4.1 of the Linux kernel, GCC 5.3, LibreOffice 5.0 and version 1.12 of the MATE desktop environment. This release is available in several flavours: "We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 3.3.0, the first release in v3.3 stable series. The ISO images have been renamed. Current images are now: alpine (previously ‘alpine-mini’). Minimalist boot media for network access. alpine-vanilla (same as before). Same as ‘alpine’ but with vanilla kernel. alpine-extended (previously ‘alpine’). Same as ‘alpine’ but with slightly more packages available in the repository. Handy where network access is limited. alpine-xen (same as before). Boot media for Xen Dom 0. alpine-rpi (same as before). alpine-uboot (same as before). General ARM image." Further information on Alpine Linux 3.3.0 can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (SHA256): alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso (82MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Manjaro Linux 15.12 RC2 |
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The Manjaro Linux developers have published a new release candidate which includes a number of significant package upgrades. The new development release, Manjaro Linux 15.12-rc2, upgrades the Plasma desktop, LibreOffice and Firefox. Perhaps most importantly, the new release candidate upgrades the GNU compiler, breaking ABI compatibility with older packages. "This is one of the biggest updates we did so far. Mostly due the C++ 11 ABI change within GCC. It is recommended to rebuild your AUR packages for this ABI. With this we are finally dropping Plasma 4 for good. All users of this desktop should either switch over to Plasma 5 or any other maintained desktop, like LXQt. So what changed? We have now Plasma 5.5 with all its goodies, updated Mesa, LibreOffice 4 and 5 series. Firefox 43 is using now GTK3. You might need to check your themes if you have unwanted graphical issues due this change. However we fixed Menda, so you should be fine with that theme." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-15.12-rc2-x86_64.iso (1,454MB, MD5), manjaro-kde-15.12-rc2-x86_64.iso (1,827MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: deepin 15 Beta |
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The deepin development team has announced the release of deepin 15 beta, the latest development build of the Debian-based distribution featuring a custom desktop environment and layout: "Thanks to the warm feedback from alpha 2 users, the function completeness and stability have been significantly improved in deepin 15 beta. Completely new design style. For this version, a white system theme and winning works of Deepin wallpaper contest 2015 have been used to present you a fresh and elegant feeling. System sound and animation effects and have been thoroughly perfected. Notification, wake up and similar operations will all come with fine sound and animation effects. From now on, every operation you perform will no longer be dull. Meanwhile, we have further refined system details, e.g., finely adjusted the render effects of fonts, added a multitasking view button to the dock. All to make you use the desktop comfortably and smoothly in work and entertainment." Continue to the release announcement which includes numerous screenshots of the deepin desktop. Download the installation DVD image from SourceForge: deepin-15-beta-amd64.iso (1,884MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 1.8 |
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Tails 1.8 has been released. Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a live Linux distribution, based on Debian's latest stable release, designed for secure and anonymous web browsing. The main change in this release is the switch to Icedove (Thunderbird) as the default email client: Tails 1.8 is out. This release fixes numerous security issues. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. New features: Icedove, a re-branded variant of Mozilla Thunderbird is now the official email client in Tails, replacing Claws Mail. Claws Mail will be removed from Tails in version 2.0 (2016-01-26). If you have been using Claws Mail and activated its persistence feature, follow our instructions to migrate your data to Icedove. Upgrades and changes: Electrum Bitcoin wallet from 1.9.8 to 2.5.4, now Electrum should work again in Tails; Tor Browser to 5.0.5; Tor to 0.2.7.6; I2P to 0.9.23; Icedove from 31.8 to 38.4; Enigmail from 1.7.2 to 1.8.2." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and known issues. Download (SHA256): tails-i386-1.8.iso (1,004MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 Test 2 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of a second test release of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5, the upcoming new release based on Debian's current stable version, but featuring the brand-new GNOME Shell 3.18.3 desktop: "Hello everybody, the second testing version of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5, code name 'Atticus;, is available now. Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5-TEST-2 comes with GNOME Shell 3.18.3, an updated kernel based on Linux 4.1.13 and a whole bunch of updated packages. This version has been built on top of the rock-solid Debian 'Jessie' (8.5) platform and all base packages have been synchronized with Debian's 'Jessie' repositories as of November 14, 2015. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, GRUB 2, GNU Iceweasel (Firefox) 42.0, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.11, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.30 and a kernel based on Linux 4.1.13 with TuxOnIce 3.3, BFS and other extra patches. Live DVD has been compressed using SquashFS and xz." See the release announcement and release notes for further details and a list of upgraded packages. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: parsix_8.5-TEST-2-amd64.iso (1,238MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClearOS 6.7.0 |
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Peter Baldwin has announced the release of ClearOS 6.7.0, the latest stable version of CentOS-based distribution's legacy branch - a product designed primarily for servers and gateways: "ClearOS 6.7.0 has been released for both Community and Professional editions. Now that ClearOS 7 is available, the ClearOS 6 release series has entered maintenance mode. Security and bug fixes will continue to be released. This version features improvements and bug fixes. ClearOS 6.7 enters extended support and no further features for this version are anticipated. To upgrade an existing system to ClearOS 6.7.0, you can run the following command: 'yum upgrade'. For a full list of improvements that have been added, please review the changelogs." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download either the free "Community" edition or the subscription-based "Professional" variant from here: clearos-community-6.7.0-x86_64-DVD.iso (697MB, MD5, pkglist), clearos-professional-6.7.0-x86_64-DVD.iso (697MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1511 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the launch of a new version of CentOS. The CentOS project builds an enterprise class distribution based on source code from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The latest release, CentOS 7-1511, contains mostly minor new features and security fixes. "Since release 1503 (abrt>=2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page. sudo is now capable of verifying command checksums. A Kerberos HTTPS proxy is now available for identity management. NSS no longer accepts DH key parameters < 768 nor RSA/DSA certificates with key sizes < 1024 bits. NSS also now enables TLS1.1/1.2 by default. Various packages now support TLS1.1/1.2 and EC ciphers..." Singh reported CentOS developers are working to produce builds for ARM, Aarch64 and 32-bit x86 architectures. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes for CentOS 7-1511. Download: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso (4,129MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rockstor 3.8-10 |
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Suman Chakravartula has announced the release of Rockstor 3.8-10, the latest stable build of the project's CentOS-based specialist Linux distribution for Network Attached Storage (NAS) tasks: "Rockstor 3.8-10 is now available. This is our second release in the Stable updates channel. We closed 13 issues in this release, compared to 20 in 3.8-9. And this release took a bit longer. If you are wondering why, it’s because of the big feature improvement in this release: asynchronous replication. This feature efficiently replicates Shares on one Rockstor appliance to another by using Btrfs send/receive functionality. While this feature was added a while ago, it was a bit over-engineered and buggy, so it had to be improved. I started refactoring the existing pub-sub design and ended up completely redesigning it. The result is a much simpler and more robust implementation. I plan to write more about it here and the community wiki soon." Read the rest of the release announcement for a further details and a list of bug fixes. Download (MD5): Rockstor-3.8-10.iso (707MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" |
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Sergey Aleksandrov has announced the release of ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" edition, a lightweight edition of ROSA that features the LXQt desktop for the very first time: "After several months of ROSA Desktop Fresh R6 KDE release, we are happy to announce a lightweight edition of Desktop Fresh R6 which uses LXQt desktop environment. Up to Desktop Fresh R5, we used to release lightweight editions on the basis of LXDE. However, LXDE is based on GTK+ 2 library stack which didn't get significant updates since the year 2011 - all new features are now implemented in the GTK+ 3 series. The old GTK+ 2-based LXDE is not dead and is still developed by a group of volunteers, but their progress is not as significant as LXQt's one. In particular, there was almost no significant difference in LXDE components between LXDE editions of ROSA Desktop Fresh R4 and Fresh R5. But our distribution has a 'Fresh' word in its name, so we decided to give a chance to a new desktop environment. And after several months of experiments, integration work and bug fixes, we are ready to present a new edition of ROSA Desktop Fresh which is based on LXQt." Continue to the release notes for further information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R6.x86_64.iso (1,276MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.17 Core 95 |
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The developers of IPFire, an independent distribution which focuses on security, have announced a new update to their distribution. The latest release, IPFire 2.17 Core Update 95, offers users a number of improvements to the IPsec VPN software and an updated Linux kernel. "This is the official release announcement for IPFire 2.17 Core Update 95 which is a bigger release with a new kernel and various smaller feature enhancements and bug fixes. This update contains a minor update to the Linux kernel IPFire is using based on Linux 3.14.57. Various device drivers for Intel network controllers and some other hardware have been improved. strongswan has been updated to version 5.3.3 and much work was done on the IPsec VPN stack. The changes include feature enhancements and bug fixes. It is now possible to configure more than one subnet per IPsec net-to-net connection- That makes configuration for more complex networks easier and also reduces the overhead for the IPsec connection." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (SHA1): ipfire-2.17.i586-full-core95.iso (157MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment" |
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The developers of Proxmox, a commercial distribution based on Debian, have announced the release of Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment". The new release features improved support for ZFS, an advanced file system, and Linux containers (LXC). "The recent release is based on the latest Debian Jessie and on the 4.2.6 kernel with LXC and QEMU 2.4.1. Based on the feedback from the Proxmox community and customers, countless small improvements and bug fixes went into the product. Included are better ZFS integration for the ISO installer, better start-up and shutdown behaviour, disk resizing for LXC containers, and also several LXC technology previews like for example support for unprivileged container or LVM thin support. All TurnKey GNU/Linux V14 Appliances are now available as LXC templates." Further information on the release of Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment" can be found in the company's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_4.1-2f9650d4-21.iso (685MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SME Server 9.1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 9.1, the first update to the stable 9.x branch of the project's server distribution based on CentOS 6: "Koozali is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Koozali SME Server distribution. SME Server is intended for use on servers in small and medium businesses and is based on CentOS. The latest release, SME Server 9.1, provides users with an update to the distribution's 9.x series and is based on CentOS 6.x. SME Server 9.1 introduces support for Windows 10 domains and includes OpenSSL packages from the project's upstream distribution. Major changes in this release: added functionality to use a dummy NIC for the internal interface; set the check update frequency of 'smecontribs' through the server-manager; disable SSLv3; added Windows 10 support for SME Domain." See the release announcement and release notes for a complete list of changes. Download the installation DVD image from here: smeserver-9.1-x86_64.iso (767MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 0.3.2 |
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The developers of elementary OS have announced the launch of an updated version of the project's Freya series. The new version, elementary OS 0.3.2, fixes a number of issues, including boot issues with UEFI and Secure Boot systems. "Just in time for the holidays, it's a new release of elementary OS! Freya 0.3.2 is a minor release, mostly focused around solving some issues folks have had with UEFI & Secure Boot, but we've also managed to sneak in some internationalization updates and a couple new features. With the help of incredibly useful tips, advice, and code snippets from Antoni Norman (aka Pinguy), Cody has almost completely rewritten our .iso build system since 0.3.1. We've tested these new builds on 64-bit (U)EFI, and BIOS machines, with and without Internet, with Secure Boot and legacy boot, and everything in between. No more infamous GRUB boot error!" Further information on elementary OS 0.3.2 can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-0.3.2-stable-amd64.20151209.iso (1,098MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chapeau 23 |
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The Chapeau project has released a new version of its Fedora-based distribution. The Chapeau distribution offers users a Fedora-compatible desktop distribution for the 64-bit x86 architecture. Chapeau ships with third-party software which is not available in Fedora by default due to packaging or licensing concerns. The latest version, Chapeau 23, offers users GNOME 3.18, LibreOffice 5, PlayOnLinux, Steam and Firefox with Adobe Flash enabled by default. "New features in Chapeau 23: We have a new Hardware Helper Tool (hht). Inspect your hardware and manage your NVIDIA drivers with ease, even with NVIDIA Optimus!. The Korora repository has been removed. The default display server remains to be X in Chapeau 23, unlike Fedora 23 Workstation Wayland is disabled by default. More wallpapers! Gnome 3.18 now has Google Drive integration. Other noteworthy changes inherited from Fedora 23 are: Python 3 is now the default implementation." Further information can be found in the distribution's release announcement for Chapeau 23. Download (MD5): Chapeau_23_x86-64.iso (2,527MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-07 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.4.1 |
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Justin Sherrill has announced the release of DragonFly BSD, the latest stable release from the BSD-derived operating system that features the Hammer file system, virtual kernels and other unique characteristics. This first point release in the stable 4.4 series is provided due to the late inclusion of an important OpenSSL security update: "DragonFly BSD 4.4 has been tagged and built. DragonFly version 4.4 brings further updates to accelerated video for both i915 and Radeon users, a new locale system, and a new default linker. Significant behind-the-scenes work has also been done, with symbol versioning, Hammer1 improvements, and other changes. Version 4.4.1 was the first release due to the late inclusion of OpenSSL update 1.0.1q. ... If you have an existing 4.2.x system and are running a generic kernel, the normal upgrade process will work. Change your local /usr/src to 4.4." See the brief release announcement and the more detailed release notes for further information. Download the installation CD image from one of the DragonFly BSD mirrors: dfly-x86_64-4.4.1_REL.iso.bz2 (209MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 8.3 |
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The Robolinux project has announced the availability of a new release of their commercial, Debian-based distribution. The latest version, Robolinux 8.3, includes several new multimedia applications, including Photo Filmstrip, Spotify, Blender, OpenShot and Pinta. Robolinux 8.3 also ships with Wireshark for monitoring network traffic. Additional wi-fi and printer drivers were added while Popcorntime was removed from the list of applications. "As the Christmas and holiday season was approaching Robolinux polled its user base extensively asking `What hot new apps do you want in Robolinux Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce & LXDE Raptors?' An overwhelming number of users responded with "We want more multimedia and privacy apps in Robolinux". Interestingly many users asked for a packet sniffer to monitor their privacy amongst other things." Further information on this release can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (MD5) (pkglist): robolinux64-live-lxde-v8.3.iso (1,897MB), robolinux64-live-xfce-v8.3.iso (2,036MB), robolinux64-live-mate-v8.3.iso (1,887MB), robolinux64-live-cinnamon-v8.3.iso (2,010MB). |
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| 2015-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 17.3 |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced a new release of the Linux Mint distribution. The new release, Linux Mint 17.3, is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and is available in MATE and Cinnamon editions. Some of the key changes in this release involve the handling of software updates and managing hardware drivers. "Linux Mint 17.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable to use. Software repositories are very important. We use them all the time when installing new software or performing updates. They need to be fast and reliable. This was a major point of focus in the development of Linux Mint 17.3. Software repositories are mirrored (i.e. duplicated on many servers) all over the world. The main goal of the Software Sources configuration tool is to make it easy to find the best available mirror for you; one that is: reliable and fully up to date; fast and responsive. To find the fastest mirrors, the Software Sources tool now detects your location and starts its speed tests with mirrors near you." Further information can be found in the release announcements for the Cinnamon and MATE editions. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,508MB, SHA256, torrent), linuxmint-17.3-mate-64bit.iso (1,600MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2015-11-21 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2015-11-21, a new update of the Debian-based distribution made for the Raspberry Pi single-board mini-computer: "Amid all the excitement last week, some people have noticed that we also released an updated Raspbian image, and have been asking what is in it. Obviously, one of the most important features of this image is support for Pi Zero (which is also the main reason we didn't make any fuss about it in advance). But there are a few other small changes which apply to all versions of the Pi, so here's a list for the curious. IBM's Node-RED Internet Of Things application is now included - this allows you to rapidly create IoT applications by connecting blocks in a graphical editor. To get started, run the Node-RED application from Programming in the main menu, and then use the web browser to access port 1880 at your Pi's own address to see the editor. Under Preferences in the main menu, you will now find an option for Add/Remove Software. This launches a modified version of the GNOME Packages application, which allows you to add and remove software on your Pi." Read the full release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download the compressed image file from here: 2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,271MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Pentoo 2015.0 RC4.6 |
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Richard Farina has announced the availability of a new development update of Pentoo 2015.0, a Gentoo-based live DVD (with Xfce 4.12 and Linux kernel 4.0.8) featuring an extensive set of tools designed for penetration testing and forensic analysis: "The DEF CON 23 release was RC 3.8, and today we are announcing RC 4.6. That is 7 (publicly uploaded) builds that got tested, and we found bugs worth fixing. What you can download today, is hopefully the most impressive ISO image to date. I won't harp on how it's awesome, or why it's awesome, other than to say we tested things, made some usability improvements, and things just plain work. Isn't that what you have always wanted out of your live CD? I'll keep this announcement brief, but baring a major bug this will be your ISO for a little while. There are plans brewing for a fairly major improvement in the next release that it's totally hush hush (unless you hang out in IRC where I talk about it all the time). I will give a hint, it is something I have wanted to do for a long time, and now I finally get to." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pentoo-amd64-default-2015.0_RC4.6.iso (3,892MB, SHA512, torrent), pentoo-amd64-hardened-2015.0_RC4.6.iso (3,918MB, SHA512, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 1.4.4 |
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The developers of Q4OS have announced a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution. Q4OS features the Trinity desktop environment and can work on low-resource hardware. "The Q4OS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Q4OS 1.4.4 release. It's the maintenance release of the Q4OS 1.4 'Orion' series, and is built on and improves the previous version. The new Q4OS release ships with brand new update notifier and manager, as well as several different improvements. Update notifier pops up an icon in system tray, when updates are available from system repositories and lets administrator to apply them on request. Other improvements include optimized desktop profiles, fast data transfer from Android devices, broader support for various multimedia formats and more. Bunch of more or less important bug fixes, packages updates and security patches has been delivered as usual." Further information can be found on the project's blog. Builds of Q4OS are available for computers featuring 32-bit and 64-bit x86 processors and there is an image of Q4OS for the Raspberry Pi mini computer. Downloads (MD5): q4os-live-1.4.4-x64.iso (644MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Deepin 2014.2 |
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Deepin 2014.2, the second update of the Ubuntu-based community distribution with a custom, HTML 5-based desktop environment, has been released. The "live mode" functionality has been removed in this version, so it is no longer possible to test the distribution before committing to a hard disk installation. Other features of the release include: "Enabled brand-new Deepin themes, making the system interface more beautiful; newly added the feature of drag and drop re-ordering to the residing icons in Dock; newly added four kinds of re-ordering modes in the Launcher (by name, by category, by installation time and by frequency of use); newly added the functions of Icon, Cursor and Fonts setting in the Personalization Setting module; improved multi-screen display function; strengthened the network function and added the function of state memory; simplified the operation of choosing time zone in Control Center and newly added the function of daylight saving time...." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: deepin_2014.2_amd64.iso (1,888MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 14.12 |
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Version 14.12 of NixOS, a distribution that uses a custom package manager, deploys a unique file system layout, and offers various innovative features, has been released: "NixOS 14.12 'Caterpillar' has been released, the third stable release branch. In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous improvements; Nix has been updated to 1.8; NixOS is now based on glibc 2.20; KDE has been updated to 4.14; the default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.14. If users.mutableUsers is enabled (the default), changes made to the declaration of a user or group will be correctly realised when running nixos-rebuild. For instance, removing a user specification from configuration.nix will cause the actual user account to be deleted. If users.mutableUsers is disabled, it is no longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs." Read the brief release announcement on the project's home page, with further details available in the release notes. Download: nixos-graphical-14.12.231-x86_64-linux.iso (874MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenELEC 5.0 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 5.0, an updated release of the distribution designed for media centres - now with the news Kodi 14 media centre software a build for Freescale iMX6 devices: "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce OpenELEC 5.0. OpenELEC 5.0 is the latest stable release, which is a feature release and the successor of OpenELEC 4.2. The headline change is the update from XBMC 13 (Gotham) to Kodi 14 (Helix) and the big switch from XBMC to Kodi branding. Both project teams have conducted a major find/replace but if you spot residual mentions of XBMC anywhere please let us know. The name change affects more than the GUI; all references in code have been changed and in the OpenELEC filesystem /storage/.xbmc will be recreated as a symlink to /storage/.kodi to ensure hardcoded paths in add-ons or scripts continue to work. For information on Kodi 14 you can find here." Read the release announcement for further information. Download the generic, Raspberry Pi or Freescale iMX6 builds from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.0.0.tar (146MB), OpenELEC-RPi.arm-5.0.0.tar (104MB), OpenELEC-imx6.arm-5.0.0.tar (93.0MB). |
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| 2014-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2014.12 |
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Anke Boersma has announced the release of KaOS 2014.12, an updated build of the project's Arch-inspired, rolling-release Linux distribution featuring the KDE desktop: "KaOS is very proud to announce the availability of the December release of a new stable ISO image. It marks two major milestones for this distribution. Since its inception almost two years ago, a need to be ready for UEFI installs has always been a priority. That was tied to getting a modern Qt-based installer that could handle such UEFI installs. With this release, both are implemented. The new, Qt5/Python3-based installer is a joint effort of several distributions. In May of this year, developers of Netrunnner, KaOS and Manjaro got together to discuss the possibility to work jointly on a brand-new, Qt5-based installer. The idea was born to create Calamares. By June the coding started and by August a first, raw usable version was put into testing." Continue to the release announcement to find out more. Download: KaOS-2014.12-x86_64.iso (1,672MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2014-12-24 |
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Just in time for some holiday hacking - version 2014-12-24 of Raspbian, a Debian-based distribution designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board mini-computer, has been released. What's new? "Fix regression with omission of python-pygame; new firmware with various fixes and improvements; new UI configuration for LXDE; various package updates; python3-pygame preinstalled; 'nuscratch', scratch running on the Cog StackVM; miscellaneous other changes." Read also the "Merry Christmas! Got a New Pi? Read on!" post on RaspberryPi.org with useful tips on setting up a new Raspberry Pi. As usual, Raspbian is available for download either as a standalone image for USB storage devices or as part of NOOBS, a beginner-friendly compilation of several popular operating systems designed for Raspberry Pi. Get them from here: NOOBS_v1_3_11.zip (960MB, torrent), 2014-12-24-wheezy-raspbian.zip (934MB, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring an intuitive KDE 4.14.3 desktop: "The ROSA company is happy to present the long-awaited ROSA Desktop Fresh R5, the number 5 in the "R" lineup of the free ROSA distros with the KDE desktop as the main graphical environment. Changes in comparison with the previous release: KDE 4 desktop environment has been updated to version 4.14.3.; Firefox has been updated to version 34.0, ROSA repositories also provide Firefox ESR 24.8.0 with classical UI theme; fixed video playback problems in KLook and TimeFrame caused by migration to GStreamer 1.0 API; fixed issues with video preview in Dolphin; fixed problem with copying large files by means of kamera KIO slave...." Read the rest of the release notes for further details and system requirements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R5.x86_64.iso (1,696MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.12 |
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Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2014.12, the last build in the current series of PCLinuxOS releases before some major upgrades: "PCLinuxOS 2014.12 ISO images have been released for Full Monty, KDE, MATE and LXDE. Highlights include Linux kernel 3.18.1, FFmpeg 2.5.1, MESA 10.4.0, SysVInit (no systemd) and all popular applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird and VLC have been updated to their latest versions. Please note if you have been keeping up with your PCLinuxOS software updates then there is no need to install fresh from a 2014.12 ISO image. These images are final releases based on legacy technology. Future releases will default to GRUB 2 and will support UEFI and GPT partition formats." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pclinuxos64-kde-fullmonty-2014.12.iso (4,078MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-kde-2014.12.iso (1,724MB, MD5, pkglist), pclinuxos64-lxde-2014.12.iso (682MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-mate-2014.12.iso (700MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 27.1 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 27.1, the latest update of the single-purpose, Debian-based Linux distribution designed for web kiosks - now with updated Linux kernel, version 3.16.7: "Webconverger 27 release. Webconverger wishes you a happy new year and gives the gift of a better web experience. Highlights of Webconverger 27.1: better Intel support, we do recommend NUC hardware and this update will give more flexibility with external displays; rebranded to our new logo and do check out our refreshed website; includes Firefox 34 with accompanying security fixes; new 3.16 kernel for better hardware support; new tabswitch= API, a convenient function to switch between tabs when used for digital signage; important Flash security updates, so important that Mozilla blocked versions below 11.2.202.425; Gujarati font support." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download the live CD image from here: webc-27.1.iso (406MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 2.5.0 (Beta) |
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Samuel Baggen has announced the release of Elive 2.5.0, the latest build in the long line of development releases that characterise this Debian-based distribution with Enlightenment 17: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of beta version 2.5.0. This new version includes: Linux kernel optimizations - CK2 (Con Kolivas patches) with the BFS (Brain F@#k Scheduler) and BFQ (Budget Fair Queueing) set by default, they improve desktop interactivity and hard disk I/O; updated version 3.16.7 of the Linux kernel to include the new CKT patches that includes many of bug fixes; much more friendly way to know who and where you are in your terminal; much better integration of Dropbox in the file manager; an amazing tool called git-watcher is now in Elive; fixed a message in the boot process about a glib warning." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details and notes from the developer. Download the live DVD image from here: elive_2.5.0_beta_hybrid.iso (2,270MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Kubuntu 15.04 Alpha 1 |
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Jonathan Riddell has announced the availability of the initial development release of "Vivid Vervet", a family of Ubuntu distribution that will eventually bear the version number 15.04. This first alpha build is available for Kubuntu (now with Plasma 5 as the default KDE), Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu Kylin. From the release announcement: "The first alpha of Vivid Vervet (to become 15.04) has now been released. This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin and Ubuntu Cloud. Kubuntu uses KDE software and now features the new Plasma 5 desktop. Plasma 5, the next generation of KDE Software is still a work in progress, but is stable enough for everyday use and it keeps getting better as new versions drop frequently." See also the brief Kubuntu release notes for more information and screenshots. Download links: kubuntu/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,202MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (690MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-gnome/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,031MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,336MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 7.7.1 "LXDE" |
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John Martinson has announced the availability of a brand-new edition of Robolinux with the lightweight LXDE as the default desktop. Extremely fast and containing a pre-configured VirtualBox for running other operating systems from within Robolinux, it is, according to the developers, the project's best release to-date. From the distribution's SourceForge page: "Robolinux is very proud and excited to announce its new Robolinux LXDE 'Need for Speed' 32-bit and 64-bit variants which boot up using an unprecedented 66 MB of RAM in its 32-bit operating system. An incredible amount of effort was put into making the LXDE user interface look extremely polished and easy to use. An enormous amount of time and effort went into optimizing and streamlining the new LXDE desktop so that Linux beginners and advanced users would be very pleased. Both variants are based on the rock-solid Debian 7 source code and have one-click 'Auto Upgrade Robolinux' option in the main menu." Download (MD5) link: robolinux64-lxde-v7.7.1.iso (1,652MB, username: "live", password: "live"). |
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| 2014-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Wifislax 4.10 |
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Version 4.10 of Wifislax, a Slackware-based distribution with a collection of utilities for performing wireless connection analyses and related security tests, has been released. This the first time the ISO image file exceeds 700 MB which means that it will no longer fit on a CD. The release comes with some user-friendly enhancements, e.g. users no longer need to run "update-grub" after installing the distribution to a hard disk and there is also a new notification system for updated packages. Much of the development has focused on creating update/install scripts, with can be used to update parts of the system, including the Linux kernel. Wifislax 4.10 is built on top of Linux kernel 3.12.35 and it includes a choice of KDE 4.10.5 and Xfce 4.10 desktops. Both Spanish and English languages are supported, although the release announcement is available in Spanish only. Download the live CD image from the project's download server: wifislax-4-10-final.iso (795MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 14.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 14.12, the latest update of the project's Gentoo-based distribution with editions for desktops (KDE or Xfce), servers and media centres: "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 14.12. Main changes: updates are checked even faster in the background; Calculate utilities, Perl and Python libraries, and the rest of your packages will not be updated separately any more; if only the file header has been modified, the new configuration will be accepted automatically; all obsolete package archives are cleared; added support for installing CL as a host system on Virtio devices; icons somewhat edited and services rearranged for Calculate Console; CLD and CLDX got back several wallpapers from previous versions...." Continue to the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (pkglist): cld-14.12-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,299MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-14.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,714MB, MD5, torrent), cmc-14.12-x86_64.iso (XBMC, 1,115MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Point Linux 3.0 Beta 3 |
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Peter Ryzhenkov has announced the availability of the third beta build of Point Linux 3.0, a Debian-based distribution with a choice of MATE or GNOME desktops: "Point Linux team proudly announces the availability of the Point Linux 3.0 beta 3. The key feature of this release is the new GNOME 3.14 edition that hopefully will make a perfect company to the existing MATE desktop. Just like in the previous MATE-only releases, Point Linux GNOME edition comes in two suites, 'Full' for the fully functional out-of-the-box desktop, and 'Core', containing only the basic and free components. Based on the recently introduced GNOME 'Classic' mode, Point Linux combines it with the custom tweaks and the brand-new dark panel theme aiming to bring the best possible experience for the GNOME 2 fans. Point Linux MATE 3.0 beta 3 got many under-the-hood bug fixes and infrastructural changes." For more information please consult the release notes for the MATE edition and the GNOME variant. Download (pkglist): pointlinux-mate-full-3.0b3-64.iso (1,118MB, MD5, torrent), pointlinux-gnome-full-3.0b3-64.iso (1,119MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tanglu 2.0 |
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Matthias Klumpp announced the release of Tanglu 2.0, a desktop Linux distribution with a choice of KDE or GNOME, based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "We are glad to announce the availability of the second release of Tanglu, code name 'Bartholomea'. This release contains a large amount of updated packages, and ships with the latest release of KDE 4 and GNOME. Tanglu 2 ships with two options to install it: Debian Installer (d-i) and our own live-installer. We recommend to use Debian Installer ('Install Tanglu' option on the live CD boot menu), because a lot of testing went into it and it does a much better job compared to the live installer, which will be replaced with Tanglu 3. The KDE flavor of Tanglu received bug-fix updates for the Plasma workspaces and contains new versions of the KDE applications." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-2.0-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,367MB), tanglu-2.0-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,284MB). |
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| 2014-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 2.3 |
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Yann Le Doaré has announced the release of LinuxConsole 2.3, an independent Linux distribution made for game consoles: "LinuxConsole is primarily designed to turn old and semi-old computers into game console centers. The LXDE desktop includes some utilities, scripts to install Firefox 34, Flash player and Google Chrome), and system-management functions (like installing printers). As a bonus, a lightweight package manager called opkg-gui allows you to install and run stable source packages to fill out the basic live CD with the latest software. Several categories are available: games, office, system, education. Based on the goal to revive old computers, this distribution works well on old and semi-old computers with low resources (as low as 256 MB of RAM), it runs on old and new video cards (Intel, NVIDIA, ATI), it can be turned into a live USB image, and it can be installed as a dual-boot system with Windows. Features: locale support for English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese and Breton, Linux kernel 3.14.26...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: linuxconsole.2.3-x86.iso (700MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1, the upcoming first update in the distribution's 7.x branch: "Today, we are pleased to build on the successful launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with the beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 beta delivers a number of enhancements and improvements, with an emphasis on ease-of-use, improved manageability, security, and performance. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 streamlined system administration and system configuration through the introduction of OpenLMI. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 beta enhances OpenLMI by adding new capabilities for managing storage and introducing support for thin provisioning in LVM. In addition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 beta makes it easy for system administrators to access Ceph block storage devices out-of-the-box." Read the release announcement and check out the detailed release notes for further information. Existing RHEL customers who wish to test this beta build can download the installation images from Software & Download Center. |
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| 2014-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.1.0 |
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Natanael Copa has announced the release of Alpine Linux 3.1.0, a security-oriented distribution built from scratch and designed (not only) for server deployments: "We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 3.1.0, the first release in the 3.1 stable series. This release is built with musl libc and is not compatible with 2.x and earlier, so special care needs to be taken when upgrading. Please refer to the documentation for information on how to perform the upgrade. Some of the new features are: support for Open vSwitch; Xen 4.4; a release build for Rasberry PI (arm hardfloat); some of the desktop applications that got upgraded and are available for 3.1: X.Org Server 1.16.2, Firefox 31.2.0, Gnumeric 1.12.18, Evince 3.14.1, virt-manager 1.1.0, Claws Mail 3.11.0, Hexchat 2.10.2, VLC 2.1.5, Inkscape 0.48.5, GIMP 2.8.14, Audacity 2.0.6." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation CD image from here: alpine-3.1.0-x86_64.iso (306MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 2.3.1-18 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the release of a new stable version of Clonezilla Live, a Debian-based specialist live CD designed for disk cloning and file backup tasks: "This release of Clonezilla Live (2.3.1-18) includes major enhancements and bug fixes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2014-12-08; Linux kernel has been updated to 3.16.7; the drbl package has been updated to 2.11.13 and Clonezilla to 3.12.7; syslinux has been updated to 6.03; a mechanism has been added to check if i386 library (libc6-i386 or glibc.i686) exists on x86-64 system when running makeboot.sh due to the fact that syslinux included in Clonezilla Live is 32-bit; Linux kernel i486 has been replaced by i586 because now only i586 kernel exists in the Debian 'Sid' repository...." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (SHA256, pkglist): clonezilla-live-2.3.1-18-amd64.iso (162MB), clonezilla-live-2.3.1-18-i686-pae.iso (162MB), clonezilla-live-2.3.1-18-i486.iso (161MB). |
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| 2014-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 21 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 21, the latest stable version of Red Hat's community distribution for desktops, servers and the cloud: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21, ready to run on your desktops, servers and in the cloud. Fedora 21 is a game-changer for the Fedora Project, and we think you're going to be very pleased with the results. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 comes in three flavors: Cloud, Server, and Workstation. The Fedora Workstation is a new take on desktop development from the Fedora community. Our goal is to pick the best components, and integrate and polish them. This work results in a more polished and targeted system than you've previously seen from the Fedora desktop." Read the release announcement and release notes for detailed information about the release. Download (mirrors, torrents, pkglist): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5.iso (1,404MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-21.iso (1,953MB, SHA256, torrent). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2014-12-09 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 9.3 |
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Jordan Hubbard has announced the release of FreeNAS 9.3, a brand-new version of the specialist FreeBSD-based operating system for network-attached storage (NAS) systems: "After months of work and close to a thousand bugs resolved, we are very proud and pleased to announce the official release of FreeNAS 9.3. Please come and get it while it's hot! We have also prepared some important upgrade notes for this release which even folks coming from 9.3-BETA may wish to read. If you are one of the folks who jumped on board with 9.3-BETA then you need merely check for and apply the update that will be waiting for you - this will update you to 9.3-RELEASE and automatically jump you to the 9.3-STABLE update train (note: if you got the very last update already, you may need to simply switch manually to the 9.3-STABLE train). If you are not currently on 9.3, then simply grab the GUI or ISO update image and update in the usual way; this is the last time you will need to do so!" See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: FreeNAS-9.3-RELEASE-x64.iso (381MB, SHA256). |
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| 2014-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus 3.1 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 3.1, a set of lightweight Slackware-based distributions and live CDs that come in four separate flavours - with KDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce desktops: "The Porteus community was delighted to find that Santa had dropped into our chimney a little early this year and left a shiny new Porteus Desktop edition 3.1, as well as Porteus Kiosk edition 3.2.0. A major change in the new desktop edition is the inclusion of the new LXQt desktop which replaces both Razor-qt and LXDE. Changes in this release (relative to 3.1) include: Linux kernel 3.17.4; kernel configuration 0 compiled support for FB_EFI, increased number of Aufs branches to 1024, added input drivers; Porteus installer - user must type 'OK' before MBR will be updated; added 'ntpdate' utility from NTP package which synchronizes the clock over Internet if 'timezone=' cheatcode is enabled...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-KDE4-v3.1-x86_64.iso (215MB), Porteus-LXQT-v3.1-x86_64.iso (185MB), Porteus-MATE-v3.1-x86_64.iso (206MB), Porteus-XFCE-v3.1-x86_64.iso (174MB). |
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| 2014-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 3.6 "LXDE", "MATE", "Razor-qt", "Xfce" |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 3.6, a set of lightweight Debian-based distributions with a choice of LXDE, MATE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktops: "I am happy to announce the fourth release, and the last this year, of SparkyLinux - 3.6 'Annagerman' LXDE, MATE, Razor-qt and Xfce. At the beginning, I’d like to thank all of our small but strong community members for their help with searching and solving bugs and problems. SparkyLinux 3.6 provides (as usual) all package updates, some bug fixes and small improvements, such as: Linux kernel 3.16.7, Xfce 4.10.1, LXDE 0.99.0, Razor-qt 0.5.2, MATE 1.8.1, Openbox 3.5.2; Twitter's microblogging client Hotot has been replaced by Turpial; the new wallpaper 'Vortex'; Sparky Conky Manager updated to version 0.1.7 with a new battery status applet...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download links (pkglist): sparkylinux-3.6-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,489MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.6-x86_64-mate.iso (1,598MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.6-x86_64-razorqt.iso (1,488MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.6-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,502MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Tanglu 2.0 RC1 |
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Matthias Klumpp announced the availability of the first release candidate for Tanglu 2.0, the latest development build of the project's a Debian-based desktop distribution that comes in separate GNOME and KDE editions: "Today we are proud to announce the release of the Tanglu 2 (Bartholomea annulata) release candidate 1. Compared to the previous beta release, RC1 contains various bug fixes, most notably for bug #68 (no network-manager in GNOME flavour), #84 (fsck failure on first boot after installation with live-installer) and #99 (race between plymouth-quit and GDM). We also updated a few more packages to work better with systemd and fixed a Plymouth crash, as well as the Plymouth boot screen not being shown in case proprietary drivers are used. Also, all packages in Tanglu 2 are now installable and all remaining RC bugs are fixed." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-1.91-RC1-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,281MB), tanglu-1.91-RC1-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,364MB). |
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| 2014-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 7.0 "Xfce" |
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Jacque Raymer has announced the release of MakuluLinux 7.0 "Xfce" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a custom Xfce desktop: "Here is it, ladies and gentleman, this is what you have been waiting for, the fastest and most beautiful Xfce on the whole planet. Thought only true love could make you weak in the knees? Wait till you fire up this baby. There is a reason this version is code-named 'the concorde' or 'the bullet' as I have come to know it. I have drawn on all my experience and instinct as a Linux developer and pushed the limits and boundaries on this edition. This build has even surpassed my own expectations when I started working on it. So let’s get into the release notes and look what's inside the box: MakuluLinux Xfce 7.0 was built from the ground up; based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PAE 3.13 i686 Linux kernel, 5 year support life; a blend of Xfce 4.10 and 4.11 packages." Read the rest of the release notes for a more details. Download: MakuluLinux_Xfce_7.iso (1,419MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 14.3 |
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MX Linux 14.3 is a bug-fix update of the earlier release, an antiX-based distribution developed in collaboration with the MEPIS Community and featuring the Xfce desktop: "Upgraded bug-fix versions (PAE and non-PAE) of MX-14 are now available. This version has fixed some bugs found in MX-14.2 and Debian upstream. Major applications have been upgraded. We have added some new features, e.g. MX-Tools. MX-14.3 is based on Debian 'Wheezy' and therefore uses SysVInit. Now that Debian has frozen 'Jessie' and has moved to systemd, MX-14.3 offers a rock-solid systemd-free experience for those that would prefer to stick with SysVInit. The MX-14 series will be supported until the end of life of Debian 'Wheezy'. Features and changes since MX-14.2: in order to fit on a CD, Java has been removed; upgraded to Linux kernel 3.14; new MX-findshares; new libparted2; galculator upgraded to version 2.1.3; Iceweasel upgraded to version 31.2.0esr...." See the project's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: MX-14.3-pae.iso (679MB, MD5), MX-14.3-non-pae.iso (678MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Lite 2.2 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 2.2, an updated build of the project's lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and featuring the Xfce desktop: "Linux Lite 2.2 final is now available for download. This release is a product of the incredible contributions from both the community and the developers. We've added Backups, a very simple to use backup utility, Date & Time, File Search, and our newest members to the Linux Lite software family - Lite Cleaner, an easy-to-use point and click system cleaner and Lite Welcome which greets you on first boot, gives useful information about Linux Lite including updates, support and development. We've also added Light Locker as the new default screen locker. There are also improvements to Install Additional Software, allowing you to choose multiple programs at once to install. There is also Check Install Media that has been added to the live boot menu" Read the rest of the release announcement which includes screenshots and hardware requirements. Download (MD5): linux-lite-2.2-64bit.iso (738MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 0.8.11 |
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Phil Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 0.8.11, the latest update of the Arch Linux-based distribution featuring the Xfce and KDE desktops: "We are happy to announce the final release of Manjaro Linux 0.8.11. The Xfce edition remains our flagship offering and has received the attention it deserves. Few can claim to offer such a polished, integrated and leading-edge Xfce experience. We ship components from the Xfce 4.11 series after having tested them in-house, ensuring suitability for everyday use. This edition now uses LightDM for login management, display locking and user switching, including custom integration for Xfce. Spearheaded by the Turkish Manjaro community, our KDE edition continues to deliver this powerful, mature and feature-rich desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools." Here is the release announcement with screenshots. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-0.8.11-x86_64.iso (1,481MB, SHA256), manjaro-xfce-0.8.11-x86_64.iso (1,377MB, SHA256). |
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| 2014-12-01 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 587 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Reviews: Living free with Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0
- News: Fedora presents RC1, FreeBSD runs on 64-bit ARM, FFmpeg returns to Ubuntu, Bryan Quigley discusses open hardware, the VUA group plans to fork Debian, DragonFly BSD drops support for 32-bit CPUs
- Technology preview: Kubuntu 14.10 with Plasma 5
- Released last week: Linux Mint 17.1, siduction 14.1.0, DragonFly BSD 4.0.1
- Donations: Tails receives US$350.00
- New distributions: Devuan, InvestigateIX, RLSD, UBOS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2013-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Point Linux 3.0 Beta 1 |
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Peter Ryzhenkov has announced that the first beta build of Point Linux 3.0, a Debian-based distribution featuring the MATE desktop, is ready for testing: "I announce the availability of the first beta release of Point Linux 3.0. The new version uses the latest Debian 'Jessie' packages along with the MATE 1.6 desktop environment. Just like the 2.x branch, Point Linux 3.0 aims to give users the classic GNOME 2 like look and feel combining it with the new Debian code base. Point Linux Installer 1.7 skips the 'en_US' layout installation for latin-based keyboards (e.g. French). Point Linux 3.0 Beta 1 comes in 'core' and 'full' editions supporting i386 (PAE) and amd64 architectures. Other changes: Firefox 26.0, Thunderbird 24.1.0, LibreOffice 4.1.3." See the brief release announcement and read the more detailed release notes for more information. Download: pointlinux-mate-full-3.0b1-64.iso (980MB, MD5, torrent), pointlinux-mate-core-3.0b1-64.iso (629MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 13.2.0 |
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On the last day of 2013, Ferdinand Thommes announced the release of siduction 13.2.0, a Linux distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch. This release has taken a step into the possible future of Debian and implemented systemd as the new init system. From the release announcement: "We are very happy to present to you the final release of siduction 2013.2 'December'. Since the release of the RC we have ironed out some nasty bugs with language packs, Unicode handling in the installer and stabilization within systemd. Version 2013.2 is shipped with 5 desktop environments: KDE, Xfce, LXDE, Razor-qt and GNOME. The released images are a snapshot of Debian unstable from 2013-12-30. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 3.12, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.14.5." Download links: siduction-13.2.0-gnome-amd64.iso (1,020MB, SHA256), siduction-13.2.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,116MB, SHA256), siduction-13.2.0-lxde-amd64.iso (665MB, SHA256), siduction-13.2.0-rqt-amd64.iso (744MB, SHA256), siduction-13.2.0-xfce-amd64.iso (766MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" |
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Alexander Kazancev has announced the release of ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh LXDE" edition, an updated build of the project's lightweight distribution for the desktop: "The ROSA company presents a new update pack in the 'R' lineup — the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE is based on the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment and the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 code base. This LXDE edition meets all the criteria for being simple and beautiful - the simplicity of the GUI brings the maximum work speed. The desktop is based on the GTK+ 2 framework, but some of the components use the most recent GTK+ 3 and GNOME 3 updates. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 LXDE features: all recent code and packages updates available by 24 December 2013; the LXDE base components have been updated to their latest stable versions: PCManFM 1.1.2, LXPanel 0.6.1...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: ROSA.FRESH.R2.LXDE.x86_64.iso (1,039MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 3.2 "GameOver" |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 3.2 "GameOver" edition, a Debian-based distributions for gamers: "SparkyLinux 3.2 'GameOver' is out. It has been built on top of SparkyLinux 3.2 'Annagerman' and it's fully compatible with Debian 'Jessie'. SparkyLinux 'GameOver' is a special edition of our distro targeted at game players. 'GameOver' 3.2 offers: access to games compiled for the Linux platform; access to 'popular' and 'modern' games via Steam and Desura platforms; access to many games created for MS Windows platform via WINE and PlayOnLinux; access to 'old' games created for machines via emulators What's under the hood of GameOver 3.2: Linux kernel 3.11.10; all packages upgraded from Debian's testing repositories as of 2013-12-22; LXDE 0.5.5, Openbox 3.5.2, PCManFM 1.1.2 and a few important applications; 3rd party applications - Steam, Desura and Dropbox clients; WINE 1.4.1 and PlayOnLinux 4.2.1...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-gameover.iso (3,720MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-26 |
NEW • Development Release: PC-BSD 10.0-RC2 |
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Dru Lavigne has announced the availability of the second release candidate for PC-BSD 10.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system optimised for desktop use: "The first PC-BSD 10.0-RELEASE image, based upon FreeBSD 10.0-RC2, is now available for download. This image is still a pre-release version of the upcoming 10.0-RELEASE. There is a known issue with VirtualBox not yet working. Online updating to 10.0-RELEASE is not yet enabled, but will be for the next test revision based upon FreeBSD 10.0-RC3. Notable features: updated KMS and AMD driver support; ISO file is a hybrid USB file, and can be dd-ed to a USB media; new text-based installer; new UEFI loader on installation media; able to select between GRUB/BSD loaders during installation; new desktops - GNOME 3, MATE (replaces GNOME 2) and Cinnamon." Here is the brief release announcement. Download from here: PCBSD10.0-RELEASE-p1-x64-DVD-USB.iso (3,682MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-26 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC3 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE: "The third RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -RC2 and -RC3 include: several minor bug fixes and functionality enhancements to bhyve; add new sysctl, kern.supported_archs, containing the list of FreeBSD MACHINE_ARCH values whose binaries this kernel can run; add a pkg(8) repository configuration file for cdrom-based package installation; implement a fix to allow bsdconfig(8) to be able to install packages included on the DVD; fix pkg(8) multi-repository support by properly respecting 'enabled' flag; fix Xen build without INET; several bugfixes to bsdinstall(8); fix a ZFS-related panic triggered by an incorrect assertion...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,368MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (2,207MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 5.0r1 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of the first update build of Parsix GNU/Linux 5.0, a desktop Linux distribution with GNOME 3.8 based on Debian's "stable" branch: "We are proud to announce that an updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 5.0, code name 'Lombardo', is available now. Parsix GNU/Linux 5.0 ships with GNOME 3.8.3 desktop environment and Linux 3.8.13 kernel built on top of a rock solid Debian 'Wheezy' (7.0) platform. This version has been synchronized with Debian repositories as of December 21, 2013 and contains additional bug fixes and updates released to the Parsix repositories. We are actively working on Parsix GNU/Linux 6.0, code name 'Trev', and we are hoping to release a testing version within the next week or two. Happy release!" Read the brief release announcement and visit the more detailed release notes page for further details. Download: parsix_5.0r1-amd64.iso (1,071MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Simplicity Linux 14.1 Beta |
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David Purse has announced the availability of the beta release of Simplicity Linux 14.1, a lightweight Puppy-based distribution for desktops and netbooks: "We have finally released Simplicity Linux 14.1 beta. One of the big changes we have made this time around is that we have changed the default browser from Firefox to Chromium. This is based on what we have observed from CPU usage. Whilst Chromium may create a new instance per tab, we have noticed that Firefox uses far more CPU resources, which goes against what we are working towards - an efficient Linux distribution. As usual you get LibreOffice, Skype, Dropbox, OnLive and WINE. We have also included Java, which does make the Desktop edition a lot heavier than before, but we think that it's worth the added size. Another change we have made is not to include VLC or any other media player." Here is the release announcement. Download: Desktop141Beta.iso (523MB), Netbook141Beta.iso (233MB). |
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| 2013-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 3.0 RC1 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 3.0, a set of minimalist, Slackware-based live CDs with a choice of KDE, LXDE, MATE, Razor-qt or Xfce desktops: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce Porteus 3.0 RC1 Desktop and Kiosk editions. This release sees a move to a Slackware 14.1 base and a new Porteus Kiosk web wizard. We've also put together prepackaged modules for Google Chrome, Opera, LibreOffice, AbiWord and printing/scanning software, which can be dropped in place to get out-of-the-box functionality. Please note that the 'Development' module will now need to be downloaded as a stand-alone module if you wish to compile additional software in Porteus." Here is the release announcement with a detailed changelog. Download (MD5): Porteus-KDE4-v3.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (204MB), Porteus-LXDE-v3.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (154MB), Porteus-MATE-v3.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (199MB), Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (210MB), Porteus-XFCE-v3.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (160MB). |
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| 2013-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 14 |
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Arne Exton has announced the release of ExTiX 14, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME 3.10 desktop environment: "News about ExTiX 14. The ExTiX ISO image is now a hybrid image which means that it can very easily be transferred (copied) to a USB pen drive. You can then even run ExTiX from the USB stick and save all your system changes on the stick. You will enjoy persistence. I've found two scripts which make the installation to USB very simple. Another big improvement is that ExTiX 14 can run from RAM. Use boot alternative 2 (Copy to RAM). When the system has booted up you can remove the disc (DVD) or USB stick. You'll need at least 2 GB RAM to run ExTiX that way. ExTiX is now more stable than ever. All packages have been upgraded to the latest version by 2013-12-23." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: extix14-64bit-gnome-310.iso (1,446MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.13 Core 74 |
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Michael Tremer has announced the release of IPFire 2.13 Core 74, an updated version of the Linux-based, security-hardened distribution for firewalls: "IPFire 2.13 Core Update 74 released. It comes with a bunch of minor updates and fixes some minor bugs. Update to Squid 3.3.11. The latest maintenance update of the Squid web proxy package has been applied. The maximum number of file descriptors has again been increased to 1,048,576 and the issue which made it was impossible for the Squid daemon to set the desired configuration value has been fixed. The OpenVPN package has been updated to version 2.3.2. strongSwan, the package responsible for IPsec VPN connections, has been updated to version 5.1.1. The HTTPS key and certificate that are used for communicating with our IPFire web user interface has been increased to 4,096 bits. This follows the general advice by various authorities. New installations will automatically generate a longer key." Read the release announcement for further details. Download: ipfire-2.13.i586-full-core74.iso (103MB, SHA1). |
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| 2013-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 16 "KDE", "Xfce" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 16 "KDE" and "Xfce" editions: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 'Petra' KDE. KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.11. ... The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 'Petra' Xfce. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop." For additional information, screenshots and feature lists please visit the following links: KDE edition announcement, KDE edition what's new, Xfce edition announcement, Xfce edition what's new. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (1,333MB, torrent), linuxmint-16-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (1,184MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-22 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 9.2.0 |
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Jordan Hubbard has announced the release of FreeNAS 9.2.0, a FreeBSD-based operating system that enables the users to build networked storage: "After one early beta and two release candidates, it gives us great pleasure to announce the full and final release of FreeNAS 9.2.0. As implied from the series of pre-releases, this release has benefitted substantially from a great deal of public testing as well as several months of 'living on' testing we ourselves have done on a wide variety of hardware. This is, without a doubt, the best release of FreeNAS yet. Since 9.1.1 was released, we have fixed 268 bugs in the bug tracker, as well as countless others that were found and fixed independently of the bug tracking system. We have also made a number of enhancements to the UI and generally done our best to bring more polish to the FreeNAS system, both in usability and performance." Continue to the release announcement to find out more. Download (SHA256) from here: FreeNAS-9.2.0-RELEASE-x64.iso (163MB). |
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| 2013-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 2.0 |
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Yann Le Doaré has announced the release of LinuxConsole 2.0, a major new version of the project's Linux distribution designed primarily for game consoles: "LinuxConsole 2.0 is ready. Features: fast boot; should run on old and new video cards (Intel, NVIDIA, ATI); live CD and live USB; can be installed as a dual-boot system with Windows. Games list: OpenTTD, Tux Paint, 2H4U, BZFlag, Cultivation, ETR, Neverball, XMoto, Frozen Bubble, Danger from the deep, Do'SSi Zo'la, fooBillard, Freecraft, Supertuxkart, Teeworlds. What is new: LinuxConsole is now built from Dibab; the code has been rewritten from scratch; it is very simple to build it, you don't need root access; you can install DEB packages, all binaries are built, but there is great compatibility with the Debian ones. What is inside: BusyBox 1.21.1, Linux kernel 3.12.5, Mesa 9.1.6, X.Org 1.14.3, NetworkManager 0.9.8.6, LXDE (git release), Firefox 26.0 (with a tool that downloads it from Internet)." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: linuxconsole.2.0-x86.iso (630MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClearOS 6.5.0 "Community" |
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Peter Baldwin has announced the release of ClearOS 6.5.0 "Community" edition, a CentOS-based distribution for cloud-connected servers and gateways designed for homes, hobbyists and small organisations: "ClearOS Community 6.5.0 is now available. Along with the usual round of bug fixes and enhancements, the 6.5.0 release introduces QoS, marketplace enhancements, a network detail report, an administrators application, official Amazon EC2 support, a software RAID manager, a network map tool, UPnP support, an updated web server application, as well as new reporting features. Under the hood, some changes were made to support OwnCloud as well as web-based applications (Tiki Wiki, WordPress, Joomla, etc.). For businesses and organizations, ClearOS Professional 6.5.0 also includes: network map for business; Samba 4 and Samba Directory (beta)." See the release announcement and release notes for further information and upgrade instructions. Download (MD5) from here: clearos-community-6.5.0-x86_64.iso (553MB). |
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| 2013-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 14.01 |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 14.01, a Gentoo-based distribution with a choice several popular desktop environments: "Sabayon 14.01 is a modern and easy-to-use Linux distribution based on Gentoo, following an extreme, yet reliable, rolling-release model. This is a monthly release generated, tested and published to mirrors by our build servers containing the latest and greatest collection of software available in the Entropy repositories. Linux Kernel 3.12.5 with BFQ iosched, updated external ZFS file system support, GNOME 3.10.3, KDE 4.11.4, Xfce 4.10, LibreOffice 4.1.3, UEFI SecureBoot support for 64-bit images (with bundled UEFI shell), systemd as default init system, a greatly improved version of the Entropy package manager supporting concurrent activities...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download (torrents): Sabayon_Linux_14.01_amd64_GNOME.iso (1,943MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_14.01_amd64_KDE.iso (2,493MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_14.01_amd64_Xfce.iso (1,640MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 2.1.57 (Unstable) |
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Samuel Baggen has released Elive 2.1.57, an updated development build of the project's Debian-based distribution with a highly customised Enlightenment 0.17 desktop: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 2.1.57. This new version includes: updated Enlightenment to 0.17.5 with lots of fixes; massive Randr backports; screen setup now works better for dual-screen users; the default editor Scite now has a lot of improved features and configuration; included default configurations for tmux with commented examples. We appreciate your feedbacks about the differences in performance and resources usage of the beta versions compared to the last stable one. Note that this development release doesn't include an installer because it is not yet ready." See the full release announcement for further notes. Interested beta testers can download the new development release of Elive from here: elive_2.1.57_alpha_hybrid.iso (1,729MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinHES 8.1 |
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Cecil Watson has announced the release of LinHES 8.1, an Arch-based distribution for set-top boxes featuring the MythTV home entertainment application: "The LinHES dev team is pleased to announce the release of LinHES R8.1. This builds upon R8.0 and is the first LinHES release using MythTV 0.27. Special notes: because MythTV is not compatible with older versions, all installs should be updated at the same time; If a system is not updated it will not be able to communicate with the other systems until after it is updated. Special upgrade notes: for people with remote frontends or slave backends the order of upgrade matters - first upgrade the master backend then slave backends, finally remote frontends may be upgraded; it is not possible to update to this release with versions older than R8.0. Changes: MythTV 0.27 with fixes; removal of classic local website. New stuff: Xymon alerts will appear on the console as well as via OSD; new default LinHES theme." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: LinHES_R8.1.iso (688MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 13.1 "Education Li-f-e" |
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Lars Vogdt has announced the release of openSUSE 13.1 "Education Li-f-e" edition, an openSUSE flavour designed specifically for schools and other educational institutions: "openSUSE Education community is proud to bring you openSUSE Education Li-f-e. It is based on the recently released openSUSE 13.1 with all the official online updates applied. We have put together a nice set of tools for everyone, including teachers, students, parents and IT administrators. It covers quite a lot of territory: from chemistry, mathematics to astronomy and geography. Whether you are into software development or just someone looking for a Linux distribution that comes with everything working out of the box, your search ends here. Let's briefly go through some of the thing you may find in this release." Continue to the release announcement to learn more. Download link: openSUSE-Edu-li-f-e.i686-13.1.1.iso (3,365MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 3.2 "E17", "MATE", "CLI" |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 3.2 "E17", "MATE" and "CLI" editions, a set of Debian-based distributions with Enlightenment, MATE or command-line only user interfaces: "SparkyLinux 3.2 'Annagerman' Enlightenment, MATE & CLI is out. The new live/install media of SparkyLinux 3.2 E17, MATE and CLI feature: Linux kernel 3.11.10; all packages have been upgraded from Debian's testing repositories as of 2013-12-15; MATE 1.6; Enlightenment 0.17.3; PCManFM 1.1.2 (E17 desktop); added support for installing 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems; added the 32-bit WINE package on 64-bit systems; added the cURL package – it's a missing dependency for PlayOnLinux; sparky-aptus has been updated up to version 0.1.6 – added new option 'Fix Broken DPKG'." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-e17.iso (1,625MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-mate.iso (1,745MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-cli.iso (556MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 20 |
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Fedora 20, code-named "Heisenbug" and dedicated to well-known Fedora contributor Seth Vidal who passed away in July, has been released: "We can say with great certainty the Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 20 ('Heisenbug'), which coincides with the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Fedora Project. Fedora 20 comes with GNOME 3.10, which has several new applications and features that will please GNOME lovers. This release includes a new music application, a new maps application, a revamp for the system status menu, and Zimbra support in Evolution. In keeping with Fedora's commitment to innovation, the Fedora community has been pushing to make ARM a primary architecture." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (mirrors, torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso (953MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-20-1.iso (928MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-20-1.iso (633MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-MATE-Compiz-x86_64-20-1.iso (750MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso (648MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 23.0 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 23.0, an updated stable version of the Debian-based distribution with Firefox as the only application and designed primarily for web kiosks: "This 23.0 release is probably our last snapshot for 2013, one that should help turn your PCs into web kiosks or web digital signs. What's new? Linux 3.10 kernel for increased hardware compatibility; Firefox 26 and Flash updates; a change to make installed version upgrades and downgrades more bandwidth efficient; when using a non-English locale, accept language headers are properly set so for some web applications, pages will be automatically in your language. Some of these changes were previously announced on the mailing list, so thanks to all who helped test this release. Please download the latest release and we would love to hear from you." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: webc-23.0.iso (363MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zentyal 3.3 |
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José Antonio Calvo has announced the release of Zentyal 3.3, an updated version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution for small business servers: "The Zentyal development team proudly announces the release of Zentyal Server 3.3, a new version of the Linux alternative to Windows Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server. The most significant benefit it introduces is the option to configure Zentyal as a native Microsoft Exchange replacement. Thanks to the OpenChange integration, it is possible to configure Zentyal Server as an on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server replacement with only two clicks and assign users the most common Microsoft Exchange services just as easily. Users can access these services through a web interface, or continue to use Microsoft Outlook clients as usual without having to install any additional software or plug-in on their computers." Read the full press release for more details and a brief feature list. Download from SourceForge: zentyal-3.3-amd64.iso (651MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the second release candidate for the upcoming stable release of FreeBSD 10.0: "The second RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Note to those downloading dvd1.iso. While packages are available on dvd1.iso, the version of bsdconfig(8) provided with 10.0-RC2 will not be able to install them by default; this will be fixed for 10.0-RC3. As a workaround for installing packages from the DVD, create a directory to serve as the temporary pkg(8) repository configuration directory, and fetch the configuration file that will be included on the next set of -RC builds." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and a brief list of changes since the 10.0-RC1 release. Download links: FreeBSD-10.0-RC2-amd64-dvd1.iso (1,746MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-RC2-i386-dvd1.iso (2,212MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Quirky 6.0 |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of Quirky 6.0, a minimalist distribution (and a fork of Puppy Linux) that attempts to explore new avenues and implement unusual ideas: "Quirky is my fun project to explore new ideas for Linux. I started Quirky Linux in 2009 as a venue to explore new concepts, and I am continuing this. Quirky 6 is the 6.x version series, with a raft of new ideas that I want to try out. It has turned out well, I like it and use Quirky as my every-day Linux distribution. In a nutshell, Quirky 6 is intended to be as small as possible (hence compiled from source in T2), very fast, very simple, and optimised to run on Flash memory media. I also aimed for simplicity, and Quirky is arguably simpler to use than Puppy Linux. There are other extended ideas that are in the pipeline. Quirky 6.0 is deployed as a compressed image for an 8 GB Flash drive." Read the release notes for more information. Download the compressed IMG file from ibiblio.org: quirky6-6.0-8gb.img.xz (110MB, SHA1). |
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| 2013-12-16 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 538 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Reviews: Linux Mint 16 "Petra"
- News: Red Hat launches new beta, CentOS prepares for version 7, Ubuntu finds hardware partner, Valve launches SteamOS, FreeBSD project issues status report
- Questions and Answers: Finding drop-in replacements for unsupported operating systems
- Released last week: Tails 0.22, GParted Live 0.17.0-1, Ultimate Edition 3.8
- Upcoming releases: Fedora 20, Mageia 4 RC, Ubuntu 14.04 Alpha 1
- New additions: SteamOS
- New distributions: Osdad OS, Linux Myst, RasPlex
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2013-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 4 Beta 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second beta release of Mageia 4: "Finally Mageia 4 beta 2 is available for testing. Lots of effort was put into fixing the remaining blocking bugs. This is not yet finished but we are proud of the current results. Lots of work was done on drakxtools and classical installer to switch from that good old GTK+ 2 to GTK+ 3. The documentation and i18n teams have also improved a lot of online documents and translations to make it available in as many languages as possible. Your feedback is more essential than ever to finalize this fourth release of Mageia!" This release includes Linux kernel 3.12.3, systemd 208, X.Org Server 1.14.4, Mesa 10.0, KDE 4.11.3 and GNOME 3.10.1. See the release announcement and the technical release notes for further information. Download links: Mageia-4-beta2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,518MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,458MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,742MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: SteamOS 1.0 Beta |
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Valve has announced the availability of the much-awaited first public beta release of SteamOS, a Debian-based gaming distribution that includes the Steam client and some Steam games: "We've been hard at work to deliver on our promise of a new kind of living room entertainment environment - one that is accessible, powerful and open. In making the SteamOS Beta available to you, we're excited to take the next major step towards that goal." This early beta release is designed for developers and experienced Linux users; there is no easy-to-install ISO image - just a zipped file that needs to be decompressed onto a USB storage medium and a basic installer that will take over the computer's hard disk. SteamOS 1.0 is based on Debian GNU/Linux 7.0, but it ships with a newer kernel (3.10.11), proprietary graphics drivers (ATI 13.11 and NVIDIA 331.20), and a GNOME 3 desktop which must be manually enabled. See the SteamOS home page, the FAQs and the installation instructions for further information. Download link: SteamOSInstaller.zip (960MB). |
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| 2013-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 3.8 |
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"TheeMahn" has announced the availability of Ultimate Edition 3.8, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the MATE desktop environment with extra privacy features: "Ultimate Edition 3.8 was built from the ground up, debootstrapped from the Ubuntu 13.04 'Raring Ringtail' tree. Many of the issues I faced with the development of Ultimate Edition 3.6 and 3.7 just faded away. Finally, in my humble opinion a release worthy of the Ultimate Edition title. My main focus on this distribution was your privacy and security. I have taken steps beyond the call of duty to ensure that is exactly what happens. These integrated features may become a new de-facto standard with future releases of Ultimate Edition. No more 'big brother' watching over your shoulder and tracking your every move." Read the release notes which include a number of screenshots. Download (MD5) the live DVD image from SourceForge: ultimate-edition-3.8-x64.iso (2,412MB). |
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| 2013-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.17.0-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.17.0-1, a new version of the Debian-based live CD with tools for disk management and data rescue tasks: "The GParted team is proud to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release marks the first time that GParted can resize some file systems (Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, LVM2 pv, NILFS2, ReiserFS, and XFS) while these are online (mounted). This release also includes a number of bug fixes and language translation updates. Items of note include: based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2013-12-13; updated Linux kernel to 3.11.10. GParted 0.17.0 which includes: add support for online resize; recognize Linux swap suspend and software RAID partitions; fix busy detection for Linux software RAID and extended partitions; turn on resize2fs progress bar." The release announcement. Download links (SHA256): gparted-live-0.17.0-1-amd64.iso (169MB), gparted-live-0.17.0-1-i686-pae.iso (168MB), gparted-live-0.17.0-1-i486.iso (167MB). |
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| 2013-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 4.0 "KDE" |
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Jacque Raymer has announced the release of MakuluLinux 4.0 "KDE" edition, a distribution and live CD featuring the KDE 4.11 desktop and based on Debian's "testing" branch: "MakuluLinux is proud to present the release of KDE as you've never experienced it before. It is based on the PAE Linux kernel 3.11.2. KDE 4.11.x and a brand new installer, speed, stability and a smooth, user-friendly experience is what you will get from MakuluLinux KDE edition. Sporting a traditional look and feel much like our other releases, our users will fall right in with the upgrade to version 4.0 with the exception of a few new features. As of version 4 we now use an RSS feed to stream important information to the user's desktop; this feed will stream through important updates, bug information, and even information about major events in the Linux world. This feed will be incorporated into the new build of Xfce and any future MakuluLinux releases." See the full release announcement for more information. Download: Makulu_KDE_4.0.iso (1,832MB, MD5, username/password: makulu/makulu). |
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| 2013-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Smoothwall Express 3.1 RC4 |
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Neal Murphy has announced the availability of the fourth release candidate for Smoothwall Express 3.1, a specialist distribution for firewalls and routers: "The Smoothwall community is pleased to announce the fourth release candidate for our long awaited Smoothwall Express 3.1 firewall. RC4 corrects a few problems found in the third release candidate, settles on i586 and x86_64 as the system architectures that will cause the fewest problems when upgrading from 3.0, has a much re-worked QoS feature, and has Marco's URL Filter mod fully integrated. We expect RC4 to be the last release candidate before we release Smoothwall Express 3.1. The vast majority of the work was done 'under the hood'. Here are just a few of the software upgrades: Linux kernel 3.4, glibc 2.18, GCC 4.7.2, Perl 5.14.4, Squid 3.3.5, httpd 2.2.24, iptables 1.4.14 and Openswan 2.6.39." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and a detailed changelog. Download (MD5): Express-3.1-rc4-x86_64.iso (206MB). |
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| 2013-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 0.22 |
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Version 0.22 of Tails, a Debian-based distribution and live CD incorporating the Tor technology for anonymous web browsing, has been released: "Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.22, is out. All users must upgrade as soon as possible - this release fixes numerous security issues. Notable user-visible changes include: Upgrade to Iceweasel 24.2.0esr that fixes a few serious security issues; stop migrating persistence configuration and access rights - instead, disable all persistence configuration files if the mountpoint has wrong access rights; upgrade to NSS 3.15.3 that fixes a few serious security issues affecting the browser; switch to Iceweasel 24.2.0esr and Torbutton 1.6.5; incremental upgrades are ready for beta-testing; fix Vidalia start-up; disable DPMS screen blanking; fix checking of the persistent volume's ACL; sanitize more IP and MAC addresses in bug reports...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details and known issues. Download: tails-i386-0.22.iso (916MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the availability of a public beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7, the upcoming major release of the company's enterprise-class operating system: "Today marks an exciting milestone for Red Hat as we share news of the beta availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Since its introduction more than a decade ago, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has become the world's leading enterprise Linux platform, and it has helped set industry standards for performance, capacity, capability and security. Today, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a leading force in enterprise datacenters; it spans nearly every industry and has advanced to deliver the original cloud operating system, powering many of the world's largest clouds. With today's announcement, we are inviting Red Hat customers, partners, and members of the public to provide feedback on what we believe is our most ambitious release to date." Read the press release and consult the detailed release notes for more information. Download: rhel-everything-7.0-beta-1-x86_64-dvd.iso (4,476MB). |
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| 2013-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Qubes OS 2 Beta 3 |
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Joanna Rutkowska has announced the availability of the third beta release of Qubes OS 2, a Fedora-based distribution designed to provide strong security for desktop computing: "Today we're releasing Qubes R2 beta 3, the latest milestone on our roadmap for Qubes R2. Even though it is still called a beta, most users should install it, because, we believe, it is the most polished and stable Qubes version. Highlights: seamless GUI virtualization for Windows 7-based AppVMs, and support for HVM-based templates (e.g. Windows-based templates); a much more advanced infrastructure for system backups; it is now possible to set 'autostart' property on select VMs; we now ship the installer with multiple kernel versions (3.7, 3.9, and 3.11); new monitor layout is now dynamically propagated to the AppVMs; cleanups and fixes." See the release announcement for further information. Download from SourceForge: Qubes-R2-Beta3-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,464MB). |
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| 2013-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 3.2 "LXDE", "Ultra", "Razor-qt" |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the availability of three new editions of SparkyLinux 3.2, a set of Debian-based distributions with lightweight desktop user interfaces: "New DVD images of SparkyLinux 3.2 providing a few changes and system improvements, such as: Linux kernel 3.11.8; all packages have been upgraded from Debian's 'testing' repositories as of 2013-12-07; added support for installing 32-bit applications on 64-bit systems; 32-bit WINE package has been installed on 64-bit systems; Sparky Center LXDE and Sparky Center Openbox have been reconfigured - some applications have been extracted from sparky-center and packed separately so they can be installed on other Sparky desktops with no sparky-center; added the cURL package curl – it's a missing tool requires by PlayOnLinux...." See the full release announcement for more details. Download: sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,591MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-ultra.iso (1,485MB, MD5), sparkylinux-3.2-x86_64-razorqt.iso (1,532MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-RC1 |
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The first release candidate for the upcoming stable release of FreeBSD 10.0 is now ready for download and testing: "The first RC build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -BETA4 and -RC1 include: fix to a regression in bsdinstall(8) that prevents ZFS on GELI installation from working correctly; build Hyper-V kernel modules by default for i386; update oce(4) driver to support 40Gbps devices; improve robustness of the Xen balloon driver; fix accounting for hw.realmem on the i386 and amd64 platforms; fix poweroff(8) on XenServer; fix powerd/states on AMD CPUs; fix PKG_ABI detection in bsdconfig(8) after pkg-1.2; fix emulated jail_v0 byte order...." Continue to the release announcement for a full list of important changes. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso (727MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (589MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.12 |
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Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2013.12^Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2013.12, the holiday update of the project's "KDE", "FullMonty", "MiniMe", "LXDE" and "MATE" editions: "Happy holidays from PCLinuxOS. The PCLinuxOS team is happy to announce the availability of PCLinuxOS 2013.12, quarterly maintenance release ISO images. All PCLinuxOS ISOs for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems have been updated with the latest software updates and bug fixes from the software repository. The Linux kernel was updated to the stable release 3.4.70. The KDE on Full Monty, Standard and MiniMe editions was updated to version 4.11.3. The Mate ISO image got an updated theme from Linuzoid and reworked default desktop layout." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pclinuxos64-kde-2013.12.iso (1,591MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-kde-fullmonty-2013.12.iso (3,887MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-kde-minime-2013.12.iso (589MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-mate-2013.12.iso (690MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-lxde-2013.12.iso (678MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Pinguy OS 13.10 Beta 2 |
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Antoni Norman has announced the second and final beta release of Pinguy OS 13.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a tweaked GNOME 3.10 desktop: "Pinguy OS 13.10 (based on Ubuntu 13.10) has been released with GNOME 3.10 by default, along with some new tweaks. This is the final 13.10 release but it's called beta because only LTS releases are considered stable. The latest Pinguy OS 13.10 ships with the GNOME 3.10 desktop with GNOME Shell as the default 'shell', customized with various extensions. Since GNOME 3.10 is used, it means you'll get all the goodies available in the latest stable GNOME, which aren't available in Ubuntu 13.10 by default - client side decorations for applications such as GNOME Tweak Tool, GNOME Documents and so on, the new GNOME Shell System Menu, pagination in the GNOME Shell app picker, all the System Settings improvements included in GNOME 3.10 and more." Here is the full release announcement with a screenshot and a video. Download: Pinguy_OS_13.10-beta2-x86-64.iso (2,477MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 R2 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the availability of an updated build of ROSA 2012 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring an enhanced KDE 4.11.3 desktop: "ROSA is announcing a new major release pack for the 'R' series of its distributions - the ROSA Desktop Fresh R2. The 'R' lineup is targeted to the experienced users who care for fresh updated versions of the software and for those with new modern hardware. The R2 release includes all the updates, bug fixes and features added since the R1 release. The ROSA Desktop Fresh R2 is based on the KDE graphical desktop environment. The GNOME and LXDE editions are expected shortly as well. Users already using the ROSA Desktop Fresh 2012 R1 will get all the updates through the stardart software update process. The ROSA Fresh R2 features: better Btrfs support; KDE updated to version 4.11.3...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of improvements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R2.x86_64.iso (1,544MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 7.4 Beta 1 |
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After a hiatus lasting just over a year, Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced a new development release of Zenwalk Linux - the first beta build of the upcoming version 7.4. Zenwalk Linux is a lightweight Slackware-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment. From the release announcement (which includes a screenshot of the default Xfce desktop): "Zenwalk Linux 7.4 beta is ready for testing. In this release you will find: LibreOffice 4.1.1, GIMP 2.8.6, Xfce 4.12git, Thunderbird 24.1.0, Firefox 25.0.1, Linux kernel 3.10.20 with performance tweaks. Several applications from previous Zenwalk releases have been replaced: MPlayer is now the multimedia player (instead of Totem), LXDM is the display manager (instead of GDM), Xfburn is the CD/DVD burner (instead of Brasero), Geeqie is now the image viewer. Have fun and please report bugs." Here is the brief with a screenshot of the default Xfce desktop. Download the installation CD image from the project's main download server: zenwalk-7.4beta1.iso (656MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: DoudouLinux 2.1 |
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Jean-Michel Philippe has announced the release of DoudouLinux 2.1, an updated release of the Debian-based distribution designed specifically for children up to 12 years old: "DoudouLinux version 2.1 is out. After a few months of gestation, this is the first update of DoudouLinux 'Hyperborea' 2.0. Of course it brings several improvements, updates, fixes and two new applications. Indeed we are particularly proud to announce that two new services are now officially available to our users and supporters. Our online shop, the Doudou Shop, is now open. It is managed by the DoudouLinux association, our non-profit organization dedicated at supporting the project growth and development. You will find nice DVDs with the DoudouLinux Hyperborea graphics as well as promotional materials. Our new partner, Écodair, based in Paris, is starting a DoudouLinux computer range." Here is the release announcement with a list of major changes and improvements. Download (SHA1): doudoulinux-hyperborea-2.1-en.iso (1,073MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 4.0 |
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Canaima GNU/Linux 4.0 has been released. Canaima is a government-sponsored Venezuelan distribution based on Debian's stable branch. Code-named "Kerepakupai" (named after the world's highest waterfall), this major new release incorporates many new features and updated applications, including the following: GNOME desktop environment with GNOME Shell 3.4; Linux kernel 3.2; X.Org 7.7 X window server; LibreOffice 4.0.1 office suite; Cunaguaro 22.0 web browser (a Firefox fork); Guácharo 17.0.5 mail client (a Thunderbird fork): GIMP 2.8 image manipulation program; a software centre; Canaima welcome screen based on huayra-bullets; Jockey hardware detector; Canaima dynamic desktop backgrounds; Inkscape 0.48 vector graphics editor; Python 2.7 and 3.2, Perl 5.14 languages. Read the rest of the release announcement (in Spanish) for more information. Download the live CD image from here: canaima-popular-4.0~estable_amd64.iso (699MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.0-BETA4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the fourth beta release of FreeBSD 10.0: "The fourth BETA build of the 10.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. Changes between -BETA3 and -BETA4 include: add preliminary support for RTL8106E, RTL8168G, RTL8168GU, RTL8411B and RTL8168EP; enable fingerprint checking in pkg(8) for FreeBSD-provided binary packages; remove the WITH_LIBICONV_COMPAT build option; update nvi to 2.1.2; various iconv(3) fixes; fix mergemaster -U by forcing FreeBSD 9 compatibility in mtree when mtree is nmtree; fix to freebsd-update(8) in generating the list of old files/directories versus new files/directories." Here is the full release announcement as published on one of the project's mailing lists. Download: FreeBSD-10.0-BETA4-amd64-disc1.iso (727MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.0-BETA4-i386-disc1.iso (589MB, SHA256). |
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| 2013-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 6.5 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 6.5, the latest stable build of the enterprise-class Linux distribution compiled from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 source code: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS 6.5. CentOS 6.5 is based on the upstream release EL 6.5 and includes packages from all variants. There are many fundamental changes in this release, compared with the past CentOS 6 releases and we highly recommend everyone study the release notes as well as the upstream technical notes about the changes and how they might impact your installation. All updates released since upstream 6.5 release are also released to the CentOS 6.5 mirrors." See the release notes for detailed information about CentOS 6.5. Download (mirror list, SHA256) the installation or live CD/DVD editions from here: CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso (4,261MB, torrent), CentOS-6.5-x86_64-LiveDVD.iso (1,788MB, torrent), CentOS-6.5-x86_64-LiveCD.iso (649MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Rescatux 0.31 Beta 5 |
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Adrian Gibanel has announced the availability of a new development build of Rescatux, a Debian-based rescue CD featuring an intuitive wizard for rescuing broken Linux installations and fixing boot loaders: "Rescatux 0.31 beta 5 has been released. Fixed bugs: hard disk detection was improved when non-standard partitions such as LVM or encrypted ones are present. Internal improvement: added cryptsetup packages to default build so that we can mount LUKS partitions later. Pending features or bug fixes for the 0.31 stable release: select keyboard from GRUB 2 boot or isolinux boot so that you can type a correct password when resetting password; new option - Easy GRUB fix; new option - easy Windows admin that runs unlock user, promote user to admin and blank admin user password so that you can straight-forward as a windows admin user...." Continue to the release announcement to find out more. Download link: rescatux_cdrom_usb_hybrid_i386_amd64-486_0.31b5_sg2d.iso (429MB). |
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| 2013-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 6.5 |
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Oracle has announced the release of Oracle Linux 6.5, an enterprise-class distribution based on the recently-released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5. "Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 6.5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 bit) architectures. Oracle Linux 6 Update 5 ships with three sets of kernel packages: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (2.6.39 for x86); Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 (3.8.13 for x86_64); Red Hat Compatible Kernel (2.6.32 for x86 and x86_64). UEK R3 includes the following major improvements over UEK R2: integrated DTrace support in the UEK R3 kernel and user-space tracing of DTrace-enabled applications; Device mapper support for an external, read-only device...." The release announcement was published on 27 November, but the installable DVD images were only made available for download yesterday. Get it from here: OracleLinux-R6-U5-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso (3,705MB, SHA1). |
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| 2012-12-31 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 9.1 |
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FreeBSD 9.1 has been released: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the stable/9 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 9.0 and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: new Intel GPU driver with GEM/KMS support; netmap(4) fast userspace packet I/O framework; ZFS improvements from Illumos project; CAM Target Layer, a disk and processor device emulation subsystem; optional new C++11 stack including LLVM libc++ and libcxxrt; jail devfs, nullfs, zfs mounting and configuration file support; POSIX2008 extended locale support, including compatibility with Darwin extensions; oce(4) driver for Emulex OneConnect 10Gbit Ethernet card...." Read the release announcement for highlights and the release notes for a detailed description of new features. Download: FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso (2,407MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,551MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AgiliaLinux 8.1.1 |
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AgiliaLinux 8.1.1 has been released. AgiliaLinux is a Russian Slackware-derived distribution with a custom, dependency-resolving package manager and support for several pre-configured desktop environments. Changes in this release include: fixed problems with dBUS in Openbox causing nm-applet to work incorrectly; fixed dcron - now it creates pid-file and rc-service crond restart works correctly; fixed the PHP build on x86_64 architecture; fixed calculation of required space during installation; added phonon-gstreamer to KDE without which there were problems with sound; support for fbdev video driver and modesetting in live mode; fixed a problem with hostname and NetworkManager; fixed problem with "grey faces" in YouTube and updated libvdpau to 0.5; Firefox now uses the default system language, not English; the mpkg package manager now always uses "safe" mode to update packages; updated Linux kernel to 3.6.11, Qt to 4.8.4 and KDE to 4.9.4.... Read the release announcement (in Russian) for a full list of bug fixes and other changes. Download: AgiliaLinux-8.1.1-x86.iso (3,011MB, MD5), Agilialinux-8.1.1-x86_64.iso (3,108MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.14.1-6 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live version 0.14.1-6, a new version of the specialist Debian-based live CD designed for data rescue and disk partitioning tasks: "The GParted team is proud to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. The big news with this release is the added ability to boot the live image on UEFI firmware computers, while maintaining boot ability on traditional PC/BIOS computers. This means that GParted Live can now boot on newer Windows 8 computers. In addition to supporting UEFI firmware, two more GNU/Linux operating system images have been released: i686-PAE (Physical Address Extension) and AMD64 (x86_64). These new images permit addressing more than 4 gigabytes of RAM, and enable using multiple processor cores. Other items of note include: updated Linux kernel to 3.2.35-2; based on the Debian 'sid' repository as of 2012-12-23." Visit the project's news page to read the release announcement. Download (MD5): gparted-live-0.14.1-6-i486.iso (133MB), gparted-live-0.14.1-6-amd64.iso (134MB). |
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| 2012-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Toorox 01.2013 "KDE" |
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Jörn Lindau has announced the release of Toorox 01.2013 "KDE" edition, a Gentoo-based distribution and live CD featuring the KDE 4.9.4 desktop environment: "Toorox 01.2013 'KDE' has been finished and you can download it as 32-bit or 64-bit image. This release is based on the latest Linux kernel 3.7.1. All packages have been updated. KDE has been updated to the latest version, 4.9.4. The release also contains X.Org Server 1.13.0, LibreOffice 3.6.4.3, Chromium 24.0.1312.45, VLC 2.0.5, WINE 1.5.20, GIMP 2.8.2. With this release, Toorox makes use of UUIDs instead of simple device names in the fstab file. So a ramdisk (initramfs) is now necessary after the installation for booting the system from hard disk. The hard disk installer has been enhanced as to that. Have fun with Toorox." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live DVD image for your preferred architecture from here: Toorox_01.2013-32bit_KDE.iso (2,395MB), Toorox_01.2013-64bit_KDE.iso (2,589MB). |
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| 2012-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Snowlinux 4 RC |
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced that the release candidate for Snowlinux 4, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with MATE, is now ready for testing: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 'Glacier'. Snowlinux 4 is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 'Wheezy' and uses Linux kernel 3.5. MATE 1.4 is the default desktop environment and LightDM as the new default login manager that replaces GDM 3. Many new features were introduced, like snowMenu, the Snowlinux menu and snowMount, the Snowlinux mount tool for drives. The Snowlinux Metal theme was colored blue and the icon set was updated with the latest Faience icons. Snowlinux now uses Pidgin as the default IM client. This release comes with Firefox 17 and Thunderbird 17, LibreOffice, Rhythmbox and Shotwell." See the release announcement for more details and a screenshot. Download links (MD5): snowlinux-4-glacier-i386-rc.iso (980MB), snowlinux-4-glacier-amd64-rc.iso (1,008MB). |
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| 2012-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 13 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 13, a Gentoo-based distribution for desktops and servers: "We are proud to announce the final release of Calculate Linux 13. Main changes and fixes: meta-packages are no longer used to manage default dependencies; Portage files will be unpacked when booting for the first time; better identification of NTFS partitions; fixed the user profile configuration for VMware; Composite enabled by default for VMware; should you want to replace main applications, their launch icons will be created correctly; in case the user modified the local Portage overlay repositories, those can now be restored; Calculate Utilities were updated to 3.1; full French translation now available...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of changes. Get your preferred edition from the distribution's mirrors or download the default "KDE" variants from here: cld-13-i686.iso (2,016MB, MD5, torrent), cld-13-x86_64.iso (2,233MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-26 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 6.0.1 |
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Jeff Rizzo has announced the release of NetBSD 6.0.1, the first security and bug-fix update of the project's 6.0 branch: "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.0.1, the first security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. Please note that all fixes in security and bug-fix updates (i.e., NetBSD 6.0.1, 6.0.2, etc.) are cumulative, so the latest update contains all such fixes from the corresponding minor release (in this case, 6.0). Major changes: posix_spawn() - fix processes with attributes; resolve races between vget() and vrele() resulting in vget() returning dead vnodes...." For more details please read the comprehensive release notes. Download the installation CD images for your preferred architecture from the NetBSD FTP server or one of its mirrors. Quick links to the i386 and amd64 variants (MD5): NetBSD-6.0.1-i386.iso (313MB, torrent), NetBSD-6.0.1-amd64.iso (330MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Finnix 107 |
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Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 107, a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian's testing branch: "Today I am pleased to announce the release of Finnix 107, only two months from the previous release, but packed with new functionality and bug fixes. Finnix 107 includes Linux kernel 3.6, and includes a fix for the (overhyped, it seems) ext4 corruption bug. Average Finnix startup times have been reduced even further by the cleanup of legacy code. In addition, the shutdown procedure, which largely has not changed in years, got a revamp and is now noticeably quicker. The x86 ISO is now being built with the isohybrid method, meaning you can now write the ISO directly to a USB flash drive at the block level to boot it." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (MD5): finnix-107.iso (117MB, torrent), finnix-ppc-107.iso (117MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 2.0 RC1 |
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Ira McDaniel has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 2.0, a set of Slackware-based live images with a choice of KDE 4, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktop environments: "The Porteus community is excited to announce Porteus 2.0 RC1, the first development release of a new version for our standard and Xfce editions. Porteus is a lightweight, highly configurable and flexible live distribution based on Slackware that is optimized to run from USB drives, flash cards, CDs or other storage media. The 32-bit standard edition now ships with Razor-qt as the desktop environment, replacing Trinity/LXDE. Some of the more important changes from Porteus 1.2 include: bumped Linux kernel to 3.7.1 and userland to Slackware 14.0; switched to initramfs and added a second initramfs for PXE booting...." Visit the Porteus forum to read the full release announcement. Download: Porteus-v2.0-rc1-i486.iso (235MB), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-rc1-i486.iso (198MB), Porteus-v2.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (224MB), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (186MB).
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| 2012-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 0.8.3 |
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Carl Duff has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 0.8.3, an Arch-based distribution with a choice of Cinnamon 1.6.7, KDE 4.9.4, MATE 1.4.2 and Xfce 4.10 desktops: "Manjaro Linux 0.8.3 has been unleashed. The core system has been upgraded to boost performance and responsiveness, resulting in even faster start-up, shut-down, and operational speeds. The official Manjaro repositories have been transformed with an abundance of updated and brand-new packages. Many software packages themselves have been exclusively patched by the Manjaro team for stability. Accessibility has also been enhanced. New user-friendly desktop tools have been added to easily manage user accounts and to configure the system. A full and comprehensive 66-page user guide has been produced." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. All Manjaro 0.8.3 flavours are available for download from SourceForge; quick links to the Xfce edition (SHA256): manjaro-xfce-0.8.3-i686.iso (779MB), manjaro-xfce-0.8.3-x86_64.iso (902MB). |
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| 2012-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 7.0.1 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 7.0.1, a bug-fix update of the Slackware-based live CD: "For those who can't leave their computers even during Christmas (as I am apparently one of them), here is an update for Slax, version 7.0.1. Changes include mostly bug fixes, kernel upgrade, Broadcom SoftMac support, and textmode support for keyboard mapping and fonts. Raw changelog: Fixed double-click on location bar in Firefox; fixed Slax buildscript download, it was not working in a subdirectory with spaces; introduced bashrc with colors for Konsole; Xterm no longer needs helper in xterm.bin,; allow underscore and plus sign characters in buildscript names; fixed deactivation of modules which were activated automatically during boot; upgraded to Linux Kernel 3.6.11...." Read the brief release announcement for a complete changelog. Download (MD5): slax-English-US-7.0.1-i486.iso (213MB), slax-English-US-7.0.1-x86_64.iso (220MB). |
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| 2012-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 14 "KDE" |
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Following the recent release of the "Xfce" flavour of Linux Mint 14, the project's latest "KDE" edition is now also available: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 KDE. KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.9 which features many improvements. Dolphin: back and forward buttons; ability to show metadata such as ratings, tags, image and file sizes, author, date; grouping and sorting by metadata properties; better Places panel; improved search support; synchronization with terminal location. Konsole: ability to search for a text selection using KDE web shortcuts; new 'Change Directory To' feature when a folder is dropped on the Konsole window...." Read the release announcement and visit the what's new page for additional details. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-kde-dvd-32bit.iso (1,047MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (1,045MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-23 |
NEW • BSD Release: Jibbed 6.0 |
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Zafer Aydogan has announced the release of Jibbed 6.0, a live CD built from the recently-released NetBSD 6.0: "Announcing Jibbed 6.0. The new version of the live CD is ready for download. A novelty is that this release contains only an image for 64-bit systems (amd64). Everything else remains the same. Jibbed is a bootable live CD based on the NetBSD operating system that works directly from a CD without the need for a hard drive. Automatic hardware detection provides support for a wide variety of graphics cards, sound cards, network interfaces, and USB devices. This live CD showcases a complete NetBSD environment, including compiler sets, and provides features like tmpfs to simulate read-write access on read-only media. The capabilities range from use by experts as a rescue environment to first-time users learning UNIX. The live CD runs fine in VirtualBox, VMware or QEMU." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): jibbed-6-amd64-LiveCD.iso (695MB). |
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| 2012-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Wifislax 4.3 |
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Wifislax 4.3 has been released. Wifislax is a Slackware-based live CD containing a variety of security and forensics tools. The current release has been in development for six months, during which time the product underwent significant improvements in terms of system scripts, clean-up and hard disk installation. Wifislax also boasts an impressive range of WiFi utilities and drivers. The live system offers a choice of three different desktops - KDE 4 (the default), Xfce and Openbox, and it provides a choice between standard and PAE kernels. The Linux kernel is at version 3.5.7, well tested for support of the included wireless network card drivers. Additionally, the project develops a number of extra modules (in XZM format) that can extend the system capabilities as desired. For more information please see the full release announcement (in Spanish only) with useful links and screenshots. Download the live CD image (with support for Spanish and English) from here: wifislax-4-3-final.iso (552MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 7.0.5 |
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Klaus Knopper has announced the release of KNOPPIX 7.0.5, the final update of the KNOPPIX 7.0 line: "Version 7.0.5 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable and newer desktop packages from Debian testing and Debian unstable. It uses Linux kernel 3.6.11 and X.Org 7.7 (Core 1.12.4) for supporting current computer hardware. Optional 64-bit kernel via boot option 'knoppix64', supporting systems with more than 4 GB of RAM and chroot to 64-bit installations for system rescue tasks (DVD edition only). LibreOffice 3.6.4, GIMP 2.8, Chromium 22.0.1229.94 and Iceweasel 10.0.11, LXDE (default) with the PCManFM 1.0 file manager, KDE 4.8 (boot option 'knoppix desktop=kde'), GNOME 3.4 (boot option 'knoppix desktop=gnome'). Wine version 1.5 for integration of Windows-based programs...." Read the rest of the release notes for boot options, re-mastering notes and other details. Download: KNOPPIX_V7.0.5DVD-2012-12-21-EN.iso (3,917MB, MD5, torrent), KNOPPIX_V7.0.5DVD-2012-12-21-DE.iso (3,917MB, MD5, torrent), KNOPPIX_V7.0.5CD-2012-12-21-EN.iso (697MB, MD5, torrent), KNOPPIX_V7.0.5CD-2012-12-21-DE.iso (697MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Netrunner 12.12 |
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Clemens Toennies has announced the release of Netrunner 12.12, a new version of the Kubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the KDE desktop with integrated GNOME applications: "Netrunner 'Dryland' third edition (version 12.12) has arrived. It is based on Kubuntu 12.10 and comes with the following features: GNU/Linux OS kernel 3.5, KDE 4.9.3, Mozilla Firefox 17 with KDE integration, Mozilla Thunderbird 17, VLC 2.0.4, LibreOffice 3.6.2, GIMP 2.8, Krita 2.5.3, Gwenview 4.9.3, Skype 4.1, Kdenlive 0.9.2, Telepathy Messenger, Samba Mounter (easy NAS setup), Webaccounts (social accounts integration), Runners-ID (free and libre cloud storage and music streaming), Muon Discover 1.4, VirtualBox 4.1.18, WINE 1.5.19, and much more. If you have any questions or need further help, please use our forums." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) links: netrunner-12.12-i386.iso (1,411MB, torrent), netrunner-12.12-amd64.iso (1,509MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.0.2 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the release of pfSense 2.0.2, an updated version of the project's specialist FreeBSD-based operating system for firewalls: "pfSense 2.0.2 is a maintenance release with some bug and security fixes since the 2.0.1 release. You can upgrade from any previous release to 2.0.2. Base OS updated to 8.1-RELEASE-p13 to address FreeBSD security advisories. Added a warning to PPTP VPN configuration page - PPTP is no longer considered a secure VPN technology because it relies upon MS-CHAPv2 which has been compromised. If you continue to use PPTP be aware that intercepted traffic can be decrypted by a third party, so it should be considered unencrypted. We advise migrating to another VPN type such as OpenVPN or IPsec. Fix reference to PPTP secondary RADIUS server shared secret. PPTP 1.x to 2.x configuration upgrade fixes." See the detailed release announcement for a complete list of security and bug fixes. Download: pfSense-2.0.2-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz (76.2MB, SHA256), pfSense-2.0.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (87.6MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 14 "Xfce" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 14 "Xfce" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 Xfce. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop. It comes with some of the popular applications found in other Linux Mint editions such as Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, GIMP, Banshee, Pidgin and XChat, but it also replaces many aspects of the desktop with more lightweight Xfce alternatives: Thunar is the default file browser; Xfce Terminal is the default terminal application; Xfburn is the default CD/DVD burner application; Ristretto is the default image viewer; Blueman is used by default for Bluetooth support." Read the release announcement and visit the what's new page for further information. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso (872MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (875MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Cinnarch 2012.12.21 |
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Alex Filgueira has announced the release of Cinnarch 2012.12.21, a desktop Linux distribution that combines Arch Linux with Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME Shell): "Cinnarch 2012.12.21 released. This is a minor release with minor changes, including: automatic selection of fastest mirror; launch GParted from the CLI installer; removed deprecated hooks in mkinitcpio; fixed wrong behaviour with keymap selection on installed system; removed some packages that aren't necessary - Eye of GNOME image viewer (Shotwell already does that), Totem video player (Xnoise already does that and also people tend to use other video player solutions), Cheese (not necessary); fixed touchpad configuration to have vertical scroll from the start. Packages in Live medium updated to: Linux kernel 3.6.10; X.Org Server 1.13.1, GNOME 3.6.2, Cinnamon 1.6.7, Nemo 1.1.2, pacmanXG 4.13.9." Here is the release announcement with screenshots. Download (MD5): cinnarch-2012.12.21-i686.iso (642MB), cinnarch-2012.12.21-x86_64.iso (682MB). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 20121221 |
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Robin Johnson has announced the release of Gentoo Linux 20121221, an up-to-date live DVD showcasing the current cutting-edge state of the popular source-based distribution: "Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new live DVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers, ready to rock the end of the world (or at least southern solstice). The live DVD features a superb list of packages: Linux kernel 3.6.8, X.Org Server 1.12.4, KDE 4.9.4, GNOME 3.4.2, Xfce 4.10, Fluxbox 1.3.2, Firefox 17.0.1, LibreOffice 3.6.4, GIMP 2.8.2, Blender 2.64a, Amarok 2.6.0, MPlayer 2.2.0, Chromium 24.0.1312.35 and much more. There is no new FAQ or artwork the 20121221 release, but you can still get the 12.0 artwork plus DVD cases and covers for the 12.0 release. Special features: ZFSOnLinux; writable file systems using Aufs so you can emerge new packages." The release announcement. Download: livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-20121221.iso (3,913MB, SHA256), livedvd-amd64-multilib-20121221.iso (4,004MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zentyal 3.0-1 |
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José Antonio Calvo has announced the release of Zentyal 3.0-1, an updated build of the project's server distribution based on Ubuntu: "We are glad to let you know that a new Zentyal 3.0-1 installer is now available. This installer includes a new compilation of packages with all the bug fixes and Ubuntu system updates since the release of the first 3.0 installer. Moreover, we would like to highlight the following: this installer already includes the final Samba 4.0.0 package; it comes with improved UTF-8 support - this is specially useful for those who are not using Zentyal in English, but please note that if you are already experiencing issues with UTF-8, upgrading may not be enough and probably you need to re-install the server in order to fix them; this installer also allows to introduce your Zentyal account credentials from the beginning of the installation to automatically register your server." See the release announcement for more information and upgrade instructions. Download: zentyal-3.0-1-i386.iso (628MB, MD5), zentyal-3.0-1-amd64.iso (641MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 3.0 RC1 |
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Juergen Daubert has announced the availability of the first release candidate for CRUX 3.0, a keep-it-simple Linux distribution designed for more advanced Linux users: "The CRUX team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming CRUX 3.0. More than 11 years after the release of CRUX 0.5 for i686, CRUX 3.0 will be the first release for the x86_64 architecture. We do not have release notes yet, so some notes below: an update from 2.8 i686 to 3.0 is possible but you have to rebuild all installed packages that are not part of the ISO image - we will continue to update the CRUX 2.8 repositories for the near future but encourage all users to update to 3.0; a 32-bit compatibility ports tree is available but not enabled by default; enable CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION in your kernel configuration, without that option you are not able to build 32bit stuff, even a chroot into a 32bit system, e.g. CRUX 2.8, is not possible without it! Please give it a try and report any issues!" Here is the brief release announcement. Download: crux-3.0-rc1.iso (252MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA 2012 "Desktop.Fresh" |
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Konstantin Kochereshkin has announced the release of ROSA 2012 "Desktop.Fresh" edition, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution with the latest KDE desktop and a variety of home-made applications, utilities and tweaks: "ROSA is pleased to announce a new operating system for desktops - ROSA Desktop.Fresh 2012. The product is targeted at enthusiasts who are likely to appreciate the wide choice of fresh software components. ROSA Fresh edition is a non-commercial product distributed free of charge. The name underlines the fact that the system contains 'fresh' versions of user software and system components (compared to enterprise editions of ROSA). Among the major advantages one should mention excellent state of all repositories, stable work and fast boot of the system as a whole." See the full release announcement which includes a large number of screenshots and other information. Download links: ROSA.Desktop.Fresh.2012.i586.iso (1,488MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.Desktop.Fresh.2012.x86_64.iso (1,524MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 3 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that, after a brief delay, the first beta release of Mageia 3 is ready testing: "Mageia 3 beta 1 is finally here. This first beta release was a bit tricky as it comes with some major new features in the installer. GRUB 2 has been included as an option. Using DVDs with the classic installer you will be proposed to install some proprietary drivers and/or firmware. Just choose to add 'nonfree' media. QA team is waiting for your bug reports. Please help us to make Mageia 3 meet high-quality level." This beta release ships with the brand-new Linux kernel 3.7 with systemd 195 and it also includes the second beta of the upcoming KDE 4.10 series and GNOME 3.6.2. Read the release announcement and release notes for more information and a list of known issues. Quick links to the installation DVDs (please see the Mageia mirrors page if you prefer one of the live CD/DVD images with GNOME or KDE in your preferred language): Mageia-3-beta1-i586-DVD.iso (3,845MB, MD5), Mageia-3-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,797MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 2.0.1 |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 2.0.1, a lightweight Debian-based distribution featuring a customised LXDE desktop and plenty of games: "SparkyLinux 2.0.1 'GameOver'. No, it's not the end of the project. It's brand new release. This idea was waiting in my Tomboy for the whole year. Finally I got back to work and three weeks later it's ready to go. It was built on the latest release of SparkyLinux 2.0 and it's designed for games players. Many applications have been removed from the system and replaced by games. The main system is based on Debian 'Wheezy' and has LXDE as the default desktop. All packages has been synchronised with Debian's 'testing' repositories as of 2012-12-12. What's under the hood: Linux kernel 3.2, LXDE, Iceweasel, VLC, Leafpad, Pidgin, Transmission, XChat, Flash, Java, multimedia codecs, VLC plugin for Iceweasel...." See the release announcement for a full list of included games and a screenshot. Download: sparkylinux-2.0.1-gameover-i386.iso (3,913MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.11 Core 65 |
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Michael Tremer has announced the release of IPFire 2.11 Core 65, the latest update of the project's specialist firewall distribution: "Today, the last core update for IPFire 2.11 in this year has been released. It is the 65th of the IPFire 2 series and comes with some new features and bug fixes. Alexander Marx developed a graphical interfaces with help of which one can configure OpenVPN roadwarrior clients individually. It is possible to add routes, different DNS servers, static IP addresses to individual roadwarrior clients. One may also add networks from which IP addresses may be assigned to clients. Those subnets and static IP addresses can be used to create firewall rules and permit clients only to access certain parts of a network. More work in this area will be released in the future." More information on new features can be found in the release announcement. Download: ipfire-2.11.i586-full-core65.iso (77.9MB, torrent), ipfire-2.11.2gb-ext2.armv5tel-full-core65.img.gz (126MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-19 |
NEW • BSD Release: PC-BSD 9.1 |
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Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 9.1, a new version of the project's desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce that version 9.1 is now available. This release includes many exciting new features and enhancements, such as a vastly improved system installer, ZFS 'Boot Environment' support, TrueOS (a FreeBSD-based server with additional power-user utilities), and much more. Highlights: FreeBSD 9.1; new system installer, greatly simplified for desktop and server installs; support for ZFS mirror during installation; support for SWAP on ZFS, allowing entire disk ZFS installation; support for setting additional ZFS data-set options, such as compression, noexec; Warden jail management integrated into system; support for Warden to create Linux jails...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: PCBSD9.1-x86-DVD.iso (3,571MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.1-x64-DVD.iso (3,675MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 2 |
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Milestone 2 of openSUSE 12.3 is out and ready for testing: "A month's work since milestone 1 shows that the new release team is hitting its stride, as they it reviewed and checked in more than 470 updated packages. The biggest update is in LibreOffice, which jumps from 3.5.4 to 3.6.3. This new version of the office suite fixes a lot of annoying bugs and improves DOCX compatibility. Also this release includes a lot of new functionality, like adding the Lanczos image algorithm for resizing, which reduces aliasing in resized images. In Calc, there are several new functions, like support for color scales and data bars in XLSX and ODS document formats. In a change to policy, KDE 4.10 Beta 2 has been added to Factory already." Here is the full release announcement. Download (mirrors): openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0260-i686.iso (641MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0260-i686.iso (629MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0260-x86_64.iso (645MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0260-x86_64.iso (636MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 2.0.1-15 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 2.0.1-15, a new stable release of the distribution's live CD with specialist open-source utilities designed for disk cloning tasks: "This release of Clonezilla live (2.0.1-15) includes minor enhancements and bug fixes. Enhancements and changes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'sid' repository as of 2012-12-17; Linux kernel was updated to 3.2.35; module floppy was listed in the blacklist, the floppy is normally useless but if it exists, it might cause the disk detection delay, if floppy is required, a user still can run 'modprobe floppy' to load it; Catalan language was added and language files were updated. Bug fixes: force to run command 'partprobe' after local disk is inserted in prep-ocsroot; to avoid a GRUB 1 on ext4 issue, running the grub-install from the restored OS should be tried first...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (MD5) links: clonezilla-live-2.0.1-15-i486.iso (111MB), clonezilla-live-2.0.1-15-i686-pae.iso (112MB), clonezilla-live-2.0.1-15-amd64.iso (114MB). |
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| 2012-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Qubes OS 2 Beta 1 |
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Joanna Rutkowska has announced the availability of the first beta build of Qubes OS version 2, a Fedora-based desktop Linux distribution whose main concept is "security by isolation" by using domains implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines: "It's my pleasure to announce that the first beta for Qubes Release 2 is now available for download. This release introduces generic support for fully virtualized AppVMs (called HVMs in Xen parlance), and specifically initial support for Windows-based AppVMs integration. Generic support for HVMs means you can now install many different OSes as Qubes VMs, such as various Linux distros, BSD systems, and, of course, Windows. Essentially all you need is an installation ISO and the whole process is similar to creating a VM in a program like Virtual Box or VMware Workstation (although we believe the underlying architecture for this is more secure in Qubes)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: Qubes-R2-Beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,694MB). |
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| 2012-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 3.1 |
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Univention has announced the release of Univention Corporate Server 3.1, a Debian-based server operating system for enterprises: "The IT infrastructure software specialist Univention has published version 3.1 of its server operating system Univention Corporate Server (UCS). With UCS 3.1, the Bremen-based manufacturer of open-source software is offering organisations an easy-to-use operating and management solution for internal or cloud-hosted IT infrastructures. Thanks to the newly integrated component Univention App Center, it is now even easier to expand these infrastructures with additional applications. In addition, UCS 3.1 also includes an updated version of Samba 4 for the provision of Active Directory-compatible domain services and a tool for the simple migration of Microsoft Active Directory to UCS." Here is the full press release with additional links. Download the free-for-personal-use edition from here: UCS_3.1-0-i386.iso (1,860MB, MD5), UCS_3.1-0-amd64.iso (1,858MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Calculate Linux 13 Beta 1 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the availability of the first beta release of Calculate Linux 13, a distribution based on Gentoo Linux: "We are happy to announce the release of the first Calculate Linux 13 beta version. Main changes: meta packages are no longer used to manage default dependencies; each Calculate Linux edition is now featuring its own appearance theme; Portage files will be unpacked when booting for the first time; Calculate Utilities were updated to 3.1 beta 2; a new tool, calculate-update - for the time being, it only handles the world file, but will be able to do much more soon; KDE was updated to 4.9.4; GNOME was updated to 3.4; AxeMenu replaced the standard menu; the Parcellite clipboard will be used from now on...." Read the full release announcement for more information. Download: cld-20121211-i686.iso (2,014MB, MD5), cld-20121211-x86_64.iso (2,220MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.14.1-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.14.1-1, a bug-fix update of the project's utility live CD containing tools for disk management and data rescue tasks: "The GParted team is proud to announce the stable release of GParted Live 0.14.1-1. This is a maintenance release that includes important bug fixes and it also adds more language translation updates. Two important bugs fixed in this release are: fix Linux software RAID device detection; fix logical partition grow overlaps extended partition end. The GParted Live 0.14.1-1 image is based on the Debian 'sid' repository as of 2012-12-13." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement and which also contains a link to the GParted 0.14.1 release notes. Download the live CD image from SourceForge: gparted-live-0.14.1-1.iso (127MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 2.0.2 |
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) 2.0.2, another minor update of the Slackware-based server distribution, has been released: "Superb Mini Server version 2.0.2 released (Linux kernel 3.2.35). This is a bug-fix and security release, featuring security enhancements, packages upgrades, new features and the latest 3.2.x branch kernel. In this release we focus, amongst other things, on two recent SMS reviews. We fixed a few bugs in smsconfig and added new features and improvements. Services now force start/stop even if they are disabled, except Sendmail, but beware if services are not enabled they will not auto-start at boot. The same force start/stop feature added in Webmin also. The smsconfig utility also features a backup option, which backs up /etc with xz by date and restores it upon selection by date. SMS 2.0.2 features a secure wizard function to help you secure and optimize your server." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: SMS.Native.CD-2.0.2-Install.iso (692MB, MD5), SMS64.Native.CD-2.0.2-Install.iso (675MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LuninuX OS 12.10 |
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Emmanuel Appiah has announced the release of LuninuX OS 12.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME Shell desktop interface: "It has been a long long long journey but we have made progress. The task to improve already good quality does not mean stop when it's good enough, it simply means make it better and with the release of LuninuX OS 12.10 'Quite Quail', you will see how much better it has been made. Some of the major changes are Opera as the default web browser with privacy plugins, boxes for virtual machines, OpenJDK and many more. You can download the release on the download page and as an option to purchase a USB/DVD media that will be mailed to you." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the live DVD images from SourceForge: LuninuXOS-12.10-Desktop-i386.iso (1,460MB, MD5), LuninuXOS-12.10-Desktop-amd64.iso (1,383MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 16.0 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 16.0, a Debian-based live Linux distribution designed solely for accessing web applications: "Webconverger 16.0 showcases the proven DOOH Neon Web signage OS, under the new chrome=neon switch to Webconverger users. The only difference now really between the Neon and Webconverger products, is the extra monitoring offered in Neon, which would not be appropriate in Webconverger for privacy reasons. What's new: new chrome=neon and black background Neon theme; New homepage= expansions for WEBCID, WEBCVERSION and finally USBID for simple physical authentication in POS use cases; new noescape option for further locking down of install boot; update Firefox 17.0.1 and Flash update; bug fixes for https_proxy, xinput and disabling add-ons. Those using the install version, your will enjoy safely and silently upgrading to these new features and fixes." See the full release notes for additional details and links to relevant resources. Download: webc-16.0.iso (311MB). |
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| 2012-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 7.0 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the final release of Slax 7.0, a Slackware-based live CD with KDE 4.9.4 that fits onto a 220 MB CD: "I'm happy to announce the final release of Slax version 7.0, code name 'Green Horn'. After more than three years of silence Slax is back in action and is better than ever before. Slax 7.0 is the major update of the Slax Linux live operating system. It includes the newest Linux kernel, KDE 4 desktop, GCC compiler and lots of other stuff in a 210 MB download. Furthermore it's available in more than 50 localizations, so you can get a Slax that speaks your language. Big thanks to everybody who helped with development and testing. The work didn't end now, actually it rather just started. I'm going to prepare a modules section for the website and bring Software Center in Slax to life. The next step, however, is to start supporting buildscripts." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot. Download (MD5): slax-English-US-7.0-i486.iso (212MB), slax-English-US-7.0-x86_64.iso (219MB). |
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| 2012-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.8 Pre 2 |
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James Buren has announced the availability of the second preview release of Frugalware Linux 1.8, code name "Cinna", a general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.8pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.8 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.8pre1: package updates - Linux kernel 3.6.6, X.Org Server 1.13.0, KDE 4.9.3, GNOME 3.6. New features: CPU scaling on i686 and x86_64 now works out of the box for most hardware; cpupower is now only needed if you want to change the default behavior; video decoding acceleration libraries have been enabled in most multimedia programs." Here is the brief release announcement with a link to a more detailed changelog. Those interested in testing the release can download the 64-bit installation DVD image from here: frugalware-1.8pre2-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,281MB, SHA1). |
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| 2012-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 12.2.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the final release of siduction 12.2.0, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's unstable branch and offering four separate editions with KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktops: "We are very happy to present to you the final release of siduction 2012.2 - Riders on the Storm. Siduction is a full live distribution with an integrated installer, based on Debian's unstable branch, and we try to release snapshots quarterly. The released images are a snapshot of Debian unstable from 2012-12-09. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom-patched version of the Linux kernel 3.6.9, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.12.4." Read the detailed release notes for a list of recent changes and bug fixes. Download the KDE editions from here (for the other edition please visit the project's download page): siduction-12.2.0-kde-i386.iso (1,010MB, SHA256), siduction-12.2.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,013MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Toorox 11.2012 "GNOME" |
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Jörn Lindau has announced the release of Toorox 11.2012 "GNOME" edition, a Gentoo-based distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 3.6 desktop environment: "A new version of the GNOME edition is finished and is ready for download. It is based on the Linux kernel 3.5.7. This edition now provides support for 11 languages. It contains the latest GNOME 3.6.2, X.Org Server 1.12.4, Mesa 9.0.1, LibreOffice 3.5.5.3, GIMP 2.8.2, Wine 1.5.17 and the Chromium 24.0.1312.14 web browser. All packages have been updated. Toorox 11.2012 is available as 32-bit and 64-bit images and can be burnt on DVD, but you can also create an USB pen drive from the image file. The following applications have been tested successfully: Linux Live USB Creator and UNetbootin." Here is the brief release announcement. Download links: Toorox_11.2012-32bit_GNOME.iso (1,815MB, MD5), Toorox_11.2012-64bit_GNOME.iso (2,007MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Semplice Linux 3.0 RC |
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Eugenio Paolantonio has announced the availability of the release candidate for Semplice Linux 3.0, a lightweight desktop distribution with Openbox, Linux kernel 3.2, Chromium 22, the GNOME office suite and other lightweight applications, all derived from Debian's unstable branch: "The Semplice project is proud to announce the immediate release of the release candidate (RC) of the 3.0 branch (code-named 'pulse') of Semplice Linux. This hopefully will be the last development image before the final 3.0.0 release. Why should I care? The installer is now greater than ever. You can now enable the root account in two clicks. And with the automatic partitioning, dropping Windows is easier. Also, the 'save space' feature mentioned some time ago has been integrated directly into the installation wizard." See the brief release announcement and read the detailed release notes for further information. Those interested in testing this release candidate can download (MD5) it from SourceForge: semplice_3.0rc_290.0.iso (530MB), semplice64_3.0rc_290.0.iso (526MB). |
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| 2012-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArchBang Linux 2012.12 |
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Stan McLaren has announced the release of ArchBang Linux 2012.12, a new stable version of the project's lightweight desktop distribution based on Arch Linux: "ArchBang Linux 2012.12 is out in the wild. If you are already running ArchBang smoothly on your system then you don't need to install the new release. This 2012.12 release is a full systemd version with our latest set of minimal packages and Openbox for the competent Linux user. A few changes for this release: Linux kernel 3.6.8; GnomishDark theme with Shakey-Stapler-Dark widget; updated Openbox menu; dbus-launch removed. ArchBang still plans to have four major releases per year. Due to upgrades and improvements to the Arch Linux system, ArchBang will continue to release unofficial test images between official releases to address changes and prevent excessive workarounds in installing and updating newly installed systems." Here is the brief release announcement with a screenshot. Download (MD5): archbang-2012.12.03-i686.iso (545MB), archbang-2012.12.03-x86_64.iso (548MB). |
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| 2012-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Comfusion 4.1 |
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A new version of Comfusion, a desktop Linux distribution that combines Ubuntu with LXDE and Compiz Fusion in order to deliver some of the best 3D desktop effects available anywhere, has been released: "Now available for download, the new version of Comfusion. New in this version: added full MATE desktop 1.4.2 (GNOME 2 desktop clone, seamlessly integrates with Compiz in Comfusion 4); added wbar with Token icons, individualized for each session; wbarconf, wbar configurator; TvenLinux, a script to view our online TV on Linux, also able to show programming; updated the Skype installer to install the latest version; Picapy, an excellent image manager for Picasa Web; Darktable, a free alternative to Adobe Lightroom for Comfusion 4; Launchy, a simple application launcher for Comfusion 4; Angry Bots, a shooter game with a new game engine Unity3D; added Apt-Fast, faster downloads; added Xscroll Overlays, a modern bar like in the latest Ubuntu." Here is the full release announcement. Download the compressed DVD image from SourceForge: Comfusion4.1.7z (828MB). |
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| 2012-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: ROSA 2012 RC "Desktop" |
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The release candidate of the "Desktop" edition of ROSA 2012 is out and ready for testing: "The ROSA team is pleased to announce the release candidate of the ROSA Desktop 2012 operating system. Less than three weeks remain until the final release of the distribution. The work on the new generation of the ROSA desktop operating system is coming to its end. This release candidate is the fourth and the last test version of the distribution. Since the alpha release in August, 2012 developers have significantly improved stability of the system, fixed all critical issues and added support for a wide range of modern hardware. Among the changes implemented by company engineers especially for the release candidate of ROSA Desktop 2012, one should highlight significant updates in the semantic desktop tool (TimeFrame) and improvements in the GRUB 2 boot loader." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and images of the new icon set. Download: ROSA.2012.Desktop.RC.i586.iso (1,492MB, MD5), ROSA.2012.Desktop.RC.x86_64.iso (1,536MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.12 |
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Anke Boersma has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.12, the fourth update of the project's "Claire" series featuring the latest KDE desktop: "With this fourth and final 'Claire' release (a code name that followed the KDE SC 4.9 series and dedicated to the memory of Claire Lotion), the Chakra project team would like to make this final ISO announcement of the year, and also report on the state of the project. With this release we offer: KDE 4.9.4; Linux kernel 3.6.6 (3.0.43 optional); DVD image, including all locales and a nice selections of applications; Kapudan, Chakra's desktop greeter and all-round first setup tool; artwork theme called 'Dharma'; the latest GRUB 2.00, including graphical Dharma theme, Qt 4.8.4; enhancements to Chakra tools; updated systemd, kmod, mkinitcpio, file system, latest proprietary graphics drivers; the latest toolchain with GCC 4.7.2, updated libpng, libtiff and glew stack." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: chakra-2012.12-Claire-x86_64.iso (1,614MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Kubuntu 13.04 Alpha 1 |
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Stéphane Graber has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Kubuntu 13.04: "The first alpha of the 'Raring Ringtail' (to become 13.04) has now been released. This alpha features images for Edubuntu and Kubuntu. At the end of the 12.10 development cycle, the Ubuntu flavour decided that it would reduce the number of milestone images going forward and the focus would concentrate on daily quality and fortnightly testing rounds known as cadence testing. Based on that change, the Ubuntu product itself will not have an Alpha-1 release. Its first milestone release will be the final beta release on the 28th of March 2013. Other Ubuntu flavours have the option to release using the usual milestone schedule." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (SHA256): raring-desktop-i386.iso (972MB, torrent), raring-desktop-amd64.iso (954MB, torrent). Alpha 1 images for Edubuntu 13.04 (download, release notes) are also available. |
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| 2012-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Slax 7.0 RC3 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the availability of the third release candidate for Slax 7.0, a Slackware-based minimalist live CD with KDE: "You can download Slax 7.0-rc3. The interesting changes include: Slax is now translated to more than 50 languages; added 'slax' use like 'slax activate'; avoid unwanted error warnings about missing devices; bootinst script fixes and improvements; added some firmware including Radeon and some WiFi drivers; support from=/path/slax.iso boot parameter to load Slax data from the given ISO image; Firefox style improvements, Slax software center; added module tools, such as sb2dir, deb2sb, txz2sb; added development module; total Slax size is now around 210 MB (for the 32-bit edition); new wallpaper, hooray! I expect that the final version will not have any more changes and this RC3 will become final on Monday, 10th of December 2012." See the full release announcement for more details and a screenshot. Download: slax-English-US-7.0.rc3-i486.iso (212MB), slax-English-US-7.0.rc3-x86_64.iso (219MB). |
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| 2012-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ZevenOS 5.0 |
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Leszek Lesner has announced the release of ZevenOS 5.0, a Xubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment and a BeOS-like desktop theme: "I am proud to announce the release of ZevenOS 5.0 and thank you all for funding this release. In this release we made the switch from our deskbar tool to the Xfce panel 'deskbar' mode which introduces many new features, like extensible plugin support and the ability to configure your desktop. This release is based on Xubuntu 12.10 and is compatible with the Ubuntu repositories; it brings in many changes, such as Linux kernel 3.5, X.Org 7.7 and PulseAudio 2.1. Changes: OpenShot 1.4.3 with YouTube upload support and a lot more features; AbiWord 2.9.2, the current edge of development; Audacity 2.0, Claws-Mail 3.8.1, Firefox 17, GIMP 2.8, Inkscape 0.48." Here is the brief release announcement with an embedded video. Download (MD5) from here: zevenos5-desktop.iso (700MB). |
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| 2012-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Beta |
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Red Hat, Inc. has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4: "Today, Red Hat announced the beta availability of the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4. This release includes a broad set of updates to the existing feature set and provides rich new functionality in the areas of identity management, file system, virtualization, management, storage and productivity tools. System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) enhancements extend the interoperability experience with Microsoft Active Directory by providing centralized identity access control for Linux/Unix clients in a heterogeneous environment. pNFS client remains in technology preview, however, now delivers performance improvements with the addition of Direct I/O for faster data access." See the press release and the release notes for more details. RHEL customers wishing to test this release can download the installation DVD images from Red Hat's Software & Download Center. |
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| 2012-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2012.12 |
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Dalton Miller has announced the release of Bridge Linux 2012.12, an Arch-based desktop Linux distribution available in four separate desktop flavours with GNOME 3.6, KDE 4.9.3, LXDE and Xfce: "Announcing Bridge Linux 2012.12. This time all the editions are released at the same time, because doing them separately was a mess. Update overview: fixed the /etc/hosts file; switched to systemd; switched from ConsoleKit to Polkit; installer now changes the locale settings on the installed system based on selection at beginning of installation; added Russian, Italian, Czech, Spanish and Catalan translations; updated (U)EFI boot method; updated configuration options and only run mkinitcpio once; use xdg-user-dirs to create personal directories (documents, etc.) with proper icons; minor application changes." Here is the brief release announcement. Quick links to download (MD5) the Xfce edition (see the project's page on SourceForge for links to download the other three Bridge Linux flavours): bridge-xfce-2012.12-i686.iso (664MB), bridge-xfce-2012.12-x86_64.iso (698MB). |
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| 2012-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 5.4 "Slacko" |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.4 "Slacko" edition, a small and lightweight distribution with packages "borrowed" from the latest Slackware Linux release: "It's out! Slacko is one of our flagship puppies, built with the latest Woof from Slackware 14.0 binary packages. It is all-puppy right through, with the advantage of binary compatibility with Slackware 14.0 and access to the Slackware package repositories. Changes: significant improvements in using the Aufs layered file system; improved automatic detection and configuration of analog and 3G modems; Samba printing issues resolved; the X.Org wizard has improved detection and configuration options; many improvements and bug fixes for boot-up and shut-down scripts...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: slacko-5.4-firefox-4g.iso (162MB, MD5), slacko-5.4-opera-4g.iso (155MB, MD5), slacko-5.4-opera-PAE.iso (156MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: siduction 12.2.0 RC2 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the availability of the second release candidate for siduction 12.2.0, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's unstable branch and featuring four desktop environments - KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce: "We are happy to present to you the second release candidate of siduction 2012.2. Siduction is a distribution based on Debian's unstable branch and we try to release snapshots quarterly. Please report any bugs you find in this RC to our forum or Chili. We have fixed a number of bugs that turned up in RC1: the bluewater manual is now available in Romanian; fw-detect works again as expected for installing non-free firmware; creation of sources.list during the building of the images got an overhaul; new upstream for wbar, wbar-config added; added correct firmware-link for AR7010+AR9287 devices to fw-detect...." See the detailed release notes for further information. Quick links to download the KDE variant (for other editions please see the project's download page): siduction-12.2.0~rc2-kde-i386.iso (1,010MB, SHA256), siduction-12.2.0~rc2-kde-amd64.iso (1,013MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-12-03 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 5.2 |
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Jeff Rizzo has announced the release of NetBSD 5.2, an updated version of the project's legacy branch: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that version 5.2 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD 5.2 is the second feature update of the NetBSD 5.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Users running NetBSD 5.0.3 or earlier are encouraged to upgrade to either NetBSD 5.2 or NetBSD 6.0, depending upon their specific requirements. Please note that all fixes in security/critical updates (i.e. NetBSD 5.0.2, 5.1.2, etc.) are cumulative, so the latest update contains all such fixes since the corresponding minor release. These fixes will also appear in future minor releases (i.e. NetBSD 5.3, etc.), together with other less-critical fixes and feature enhancements." See the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for more information. For downloads please visit the NetBSD's main FTP server or one of its mirrors. Quick links to the i386 and amd64 installation images (SHA512): i386cd-5.2.iso (242MB, torrent), amd64cd-5.2.iso (241MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: aptosid 2012-01 |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of aptosid 2012.1, a new version of the project's desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's unstable branch. From the release notes: "New features in aptosid 2012-01 are Linux kernel 3.6 and numerous integration and stabilisation fixes. Special focus has been cast upon improving system compatibility with new hardware platforms like AMD Bulldozer or Intel Ivy-Bridge and reworking the live system environment. Kernel 3.6 doesn't only improve and stabilise hardware support for newer devices, it also adapts ASPM heuristics for better power-saving and improved battery runtimes. Another topic has been the kernel's entropy gathering framework, both improving its performance and quality for systems providing little entropy by themselves." Download (SHA256): aptosid-2012-01-kde-full-i386-amd64.iso" (2,054MB), aptosid-2012-01-xfce-i386.iso (509MB), aptosid-2012-01-xfce-amd64.iso (515MB). |
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| 2011-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 11.1 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 11.1, a desktop-oriented distribution and live CD/DVD based on Debian's "unstable" branch, recently forked from aptosid: "We are excited to present to you, after last week's release candidate, the first final release of siduction, a new distribution based on our great mother Debian's 'Unstable' branch and forked from aptosid. This first release ships three desktop environments - KDE SC, Xfce and LXDE, all three in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The released images represent a snapshot of Debian 'Sid' from 2011-12-30, improved with a few useful packages and scripts, an installer, and our own, patched version of kernel 3.1-6 and X.Org server 1.11.2.902." Read the remainder of the release notes for further details. Download: siduction-11.1-kde-i386.iso (965MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-kde-amd64.iso (961MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-lxde-i386.iso (630MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-lxde-amd64.iso (625MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-xfce-i386.iso (823MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-xfce-amd64.iso (819MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 9 |
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Arne Exton has announced the release of ExTiX 9, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution for 64-bit computers with GNOME Shell and Razor-qt as the available desktop environments and the latest stable Linux kernel: "ExTiX 9 x64 is a remastered build of Ubuntu 11.10. The original system includes the Unity desktop with GNOME 3.2. In ExTiX 9, I have installed GNOME Shell and Razor-qt so that everyone can compare the two desktop environments. I have replaced the original kernel 3.0.0-14-generic with 'my' kernel 3.1.6-extix. Why? Support for many different kinds of hardware has been added in the latest stable kernel. So if you have acquired new hardware which is not supported in Ubuntu 11.10 and/or Linux systems based on Ubuntu 11.10 it might be worth testing ExTiX 9. There is, among other things, support for brand-new USB devices, like printers and cameras." Visit the project's home page to read the release announcement. Download: extix-9-x64-gnome3-1260mb-111228.iso (1,292MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Deepin 11.12 |
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Linux Deepin, a free, user-friendly, and full-featured community distribution from China based on Ubuntu, announced its 11.12 release on the last day of the year. This release employs GNOME Shell with a lot of tweaks as the default desktop. Deepin Software Center is upgraded to the official 2.0 version, with features like download management and improved search experience. Deepin-Scrot 1.0, an easy-to-use yet smart utility for taking screenshots, made its début. Upgrade from earlier versions, like Deepin 11.06, is not encouraged; please try a fresh installation instead. Although currently only the Chinese Simplified edition is available, multiple ISO images will be provided, each designed for a dedicated language (Chinese Traditional, English). Check the full release notes (in Chinese). Download (MD5): deepin_11.12_zh-hans_i386.iso (654MB), deepin_11.12_zh-hans_amd64.iso (684MB).
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| 2011-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Netrunner 4.0 |
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Clemens Toennies has announced the release of Netrunner 4.0, a Kubuntu-based desktop distribution featuring a carefully-tuned KDE desktop and integrated KDE and GNOME applications: "Just 24 hours after RC came out, we officially release Netrunner 4.0 'Dryland' into the open. Dryland comes with quite a lot of changes regarding the look and features: built on Kubuntu with default integration of GNOME and WINE; one system for new users and power users; full suite of user workspace applications; KDE's Plasmoids make the system expandable; Linux kernel 3.0.0, KDE 4.7.3 desktop, LibreOffice 3.4.4 office suite, Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0.1 email client and calendar, VLC 1.1.12 media player; Clementine 0.7.1 music librarian...." Read the brief release announcement and visit the more detailed features page to learn more about the project's latest release. Download (MD5): netrunner-4.0.iso (1,232MB, torrent).
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| 2011-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Endian Firewall 2.5 |
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The Endian development team has announced the release of Endian Firewall 2.5, an updated version of the project's Red Hat-based specialist distribution for firewalls: "Endian Firewall (EFW) Community version 2.5 is now available. This release introduces new features and lots of bug fixes that make EFW 2.5 a significant improvement in the development of the Endian product family. Release notes: the whole process management in the background of the system has been rewritten - with the new Endian Jobsengine the boot procedure now takes only half as long as before; some major changes have been made to various proxy and anti-virus settings - this resulted in almost 200 MB of memory being freed in a fully configured system; many small improvements have been made and hundreds of bugs have been fixed; supports trusted time-stamping using OpenTSA...." See the complete release announcement for more information. Download: EFW-COMMUNITY-2.5-201112281641.iso (186MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 11.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 11.12, a Gentoo-based distribution set with focus on desktop and server computing: "Calculate Linux 11.12 has been released. Major changes: updating the Portage trees has become much faster since we migrated on Git; binary repositories are better handled now that all changes are synchronized with Portage updates; support has been added for PXE network booting; from now on, you can specify the domain and the domain password when booting from a live CD or a live USB or via PXE; language and time zone preferences can now be specified for any newly created ISO image; software - Linux kernel 3.1.6, X.Org 7.4, KDE 4.7.4, GNOME 2.32, Chromium 16.0.912.63...." The release announcement. Download the KDE (CLD) or GNOME (CLDG) editions: cld-11.12-i686.iso (1,886MB, MD5, torrent), cldg-11.12-i686.iso (1,504MB, MD5, torrent), cld-11.12-x86_64.iso (2,050MB, MD5, torrent), cldg-11.12-x86_64.iso (1,661MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 4.2 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.2, a nomadic, ultra-small graphical desktop operating system: "Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Core 4.2. The main theme for the 4.2 release is the re-factoring of Tiny Core Linux to be highly modular by focusing on its core. With the Core project one starts with the kernel (vmlinuz 2.4 MB) and core.gz 5 MB. Micro Core 8 MB is simply the kernel + core.gz - this is the foundation for user created desktops. Tiny Core is simply the kernel + core.gz + Xvesa.tcz or Xorg.tcz + Xprogs + fltk-1.10.tcz + (user's choice of window manager) + wbar.tcz. The original Tiny Core becomes simply an example of what the Core project can produce, a 12 MB GUI desktop. 4.2 also introduces Core Plus, a simple way to get started using the Core philosophy with its included community-packaged extensions." Read the full release announcement for a detailed changelog. Download Tiny Core Linux 4.2 and the extended Core Plus variant from Ibiblio: TinyCore-4.2.iso (11.9MB, MD5), CorePlus-4.2.iso (48.0MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 1.6.3 |
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An updated build of Superb Mini Server (SMS), a Slackware-based distribution for servers, has been released: "Superb Mini Server version 1.6.3 released (Linux kernel 2.6.39.4). This Christmas release features an upgraded Linux kernel and new glibc. If you upgrading the proper way is to boot your machine into a single-user mode and do the upgrade as describe in the SMS Wiki. The glibc 2.14.1 library comes full of patches, including restoring RPC symbols. SMS 1.6.3 brings updates, security patches and the latest stable software releases, such as BIND 9.8.1-P1, ClamAV 0.97.3, CUPS 1.5.0, Dovecot 2.0.16, Postfix 2.8.7, Samba 3.6.1 and Squid 3.1.18. New packages in this release include libarchive and libstatgrab, a library that provides statistics, and SSHFS-FUSE were you can mount file systems across networks over SSH. A new package is Postfix Admin, a web GUI to configure virtual domains for postfix." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: SMS.Live.CD-1.6.3.iso (403MB, MD5), SMS64.Live.CD-1.6.3.iso (418MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Semplice Linux 2.0.0 |
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Eugenio Paolantonio has announced the release of Semplice Linux 2.0.0, a lightweight desktop distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch and featuring the Openbox window manager: "The Semplice team is proud to announce the immediate release of the stable release of the 2.0.x branch (code-named 'emily') of Semplice Linux. The Semplice live system contains: Openbox 3.5.0, the window manager used in Semplice; Linux kernel 3.1.6, bringing the latest and greatest drivers and performance; Chromium web browser 15.0.874.121 based on the WebKit rendering engine; Exaile 0.3.2.2, a music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python; GNOME MPlayer 1.0.4, the power of MPlayer combined with a friendly interface; AbiWord 2.9.1 and Gnumeric 1.10.17; Pidgin 2.10.1 Internet messenger, a graphical, modular instant messaging client; Guake terminal 0.4.2, a GTK+ drop-down terminal." More information can be found in the release announcement and in the more detailed release notes. Download (MD5): semplice_2.0.0_200.0.iso (560MB), semplice64_2.0.0_200.0.iso (560MB).
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| 2011-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2011.12 |
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Ulrich Dangel has announced the release of Grml 2011.12, a Debian-based live CD with an excellent collection of GNU/Linux software and scripts for system administrators: "We have just released Grml 2011.12 'Knecht Rootrecht', just in time to put it under the Christmas tree. There were quite a lot of changes between RC1 and the new stable release. The most important ones are: update to Linux kernel 3.1.6; easier remastering with grml-live and existing Grml ISO images; new GRUB boot theme; syslinux will indicate its boot menu with one beep; GRUB will indicate its boot menu with three beeps; enable all mixer controls at start-up and set volume to 75%; reworked and more flexible GRUB configuration file handling; grml2usb - use the GRUB configuration from the ISO image instead of creating a new one; additional key bindings for Fluxbox; fix keyboard layout bug." See the release announcement and release notes for a full list of changes and new features. Download: grml32_2011.12.iso (315MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2011.12.iso (348MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 1.3.0 |
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Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 1.3.0, an updated version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the latest Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The Bodhi team and I are happy to announce our next update release - Bodhi Linux 1.3.0. While you will not find any earth-shattering new features in this release there are many minor improvements. Most notably you will find the use of the new 'itask' module in three of our profiles, it is far more flexible than our old taskbar module. Also worth noting is that our installer slideshow has gotten a much needed makeover, along with further updates to our on-disc documentation and a pretty new installer icon. Software-wise you will find a fresh Enlightenment desktop built from SVN this week and the Midori 0.4.2 web browser. As this is just a minor release current Bodhi users can easily update their systems to these packages following the directions here." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: bodhi_1.3.0.iso (374MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: ClearOS 6.2 Beta 2 "Enterprise" |
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Peter Baldwin has announced the availability of a new beta release of ClearOS 6.2 "Enterprise" edition, a network and gateway server designed for small organizations and distributed environments, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2: "ClearOS Enterprise 6.2.0 beta 2 has arrived. Hey, what happened to the version number - wasn't it version 6.1.0? Well, the latest ClearOS release is built on source code from a prominent North American Linux vendor. This upstream vendor released their 6.2 update earlier this month and we quickly followed suit. For the curious, you can find more information on ClearOS version numbering here. Along with the release of more than a dozen new applications, this release continues the process of creating a stable base system - installer, RPM packages, users, groups, system tools, LDAP, network, firewall, framework, and Marketplace." Read the release announcement and the release notes for a list of known issues and screenshots. Download (MD5): clearos-enterprise-6.2beta2-i386.iso (518MB), clearos-enterprise-6.2beta2-x86_64.iso (554MB).
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| 2011-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: siduction 11.1 RC |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the availability of the first public release of siduction, a desktop-oriented distribution and live CD/DVD based on Debian's "unstable" branch, recently forked from aptosid. The distribution comes in the form of three separate live CD/DVD images (for i386 and x86_64 architectures) with KDE, LXDE or Xfce desktops. From the release notes: "We are excited to present to you the first release candidate of siduction, a new distribution based on our great mother Debian's 'unstable' branch and forked from aptosid. As the logo suggests, this is a community approach. Filled with life, that means for the community as well as with and from the community." Download links: siduction-11.1-rc-kde-i386.iso (952MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-rc-kde-amd64.iso (948MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-rc-lxde-i386.iso (679MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-rc-lxde-amd64.iso (674MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-rc-xfce-i386.iso (828MB, SHA256), siduction-11.1-rc-xfce-amd64.iso (825MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AbulÉdu 11.08 |
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AbulÉdu is an Ubuntu-based French Linux distribution designed for young children, featuring a collection of educational software running on top of a highly customised GNOME desktop. A new live DVD, version 11.08, was released yesterday and announced on the project's home page (in French). AbulÉdu 11.08 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with lots of new applications and enhanced tools, such as LibreOffice 3.3, OOo4Kids with dictionaries, AbiWord, LyX, Firefox 7.0 with AdBlock Plus, DansGuardian, Thunderbird, Pidgin, TuxPaint, GIMP, Scribus, Stellarium, VLC, Audacity, TBI Sankoré 3.1, Dr Géo, Tux Math, Tux Type. It also includes all of AbulÉdu's LeTerrier pedagogics tools. The live DVD offers a possibility to test the distribution, to surf safely on the Internet, to connect to a school server in order to get one's home work done or to read private emails, and to connect the AbulÉdu client to an LTSP server. See also the features page for more information and screenshots. Download: abuledu-client-11.08.0.iso (2,686MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-21 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.0.1 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the release of pfSense 2.0.1, an updated version of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system for firewalls: "The pfSense 2.0.1 release is now available. This is a maintenance release with some bug and security fixes since the 2.0 release. This is the recommended release for all installations. As always, you can upgrade from any previous release to 2.0.1, so if you haven't upgraded to 2.0 yet, just upgrade straight to 2.0.1. For those who use the built-in certificate manager, pay close attention to the notes below on a potential security issue with those certificates. The following changes were made since 2.0 release: improved accuracy of automated state killing in various cases; various fixes and improvements to relayd...." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz (97.9MB, SHA256), pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (110MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PUIAS Linux 6.2 |
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Thomas Uphill has announced the release of PUIAS Linux 6.2 (code name "Pisa"), a distribution built by compiling the source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, with extra repositories with additional software packages. It is maintained by the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University in the USA. The announcement was made last week, but the installation DVD images only appeared on the project's download server yesterday. "PUIAS Linux 6.2 released. We are publishing the final PUIAS 6.2 today and we made it the default for PUIAS 6. Machines on automatic setup can expect to receive the update tonight - if you would like to keep your machines at 6.1 for now consider either stopping your rsync of the main mirror or creating /etc/yum/vars/releasever file with content 6.1 on such machines." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation DVD images from here: puias-6.2-x86_64-DVD.iso (4,214MB).
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| 2011-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 6.2 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 6.2, the latest version of the community distribution built by compiling the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS 6.2 for i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 6.2 is based on the upstream release EL 6.2 and includes packages from all variants. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. All updates released since upstream 6.2 release are also released to the CentOS 6.2 mirrors. With this release we are now back to a regular, managed and tested release path and time scales. However, for the time being, we are going to retain the CR/ repository in the event it's needed in the future to push ahead-of-release updates." Read the release announcement and release notes to learn more about the new release. Download the installation DVD images: CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso (3,640MB, SHA256, torrent), CentOS-6.2-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso (4,218MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 6.2 |
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Oracle has announced the release of Oracle Linux 6.2, a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux which is free to download, but requires a paid contract for security and other updates: "Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 6.2 for x86 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) architectures. Oracle Linux 6.2 includes both a 32-bit and a 64-bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. By default, both the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat Compatible Kernel are installed. Unbreakable Enterprise kernel shipped in this update has following driver updates: updated igb to version 3.0.6-k, be2net to version 4.0.160r, bna to version 3.0.2.2, bnx2 to version 2.1.11, bnx2x to version 1.70.00-0...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download links: OracleLinux-R6-U2-Server-i386-dvd.iso (2,898MB, SHA256), OracleLinux-R6-U2-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso (3,425MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linpus Linux 1.6 "Lite Desktop" |
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Linpus Technologies has announced the release of Linpus Linux 1.6 "Lite Desktop" edition, a Fedora-based distribution with GNOME 3 and several user interface enhancements: "Linpus announced today the release of Linpus Lite Desktop Edition. Linpus Lite Desktop Edition is an extremely powerful yet versatile desktop, all-in-one, notebook and netbook operating system. Based on GNOME 3, it has a significant array of enhancements that make it is the ideal choice whether you require productivity, entertainment or lead an extremely social, connected online life. In the first instance, productivity, Linpus has worked hard to improve the user experience in a number of ways. In particular to reduce the number of clicks to launch, view and manage your applications." Read the full press release and this Quick Start Guide (in PDF format) for more information. Download the installation DVD image from here: Lite1.6.1.0.019.iso (841MB).
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| 2011-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabily 11.10 |
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Mehdi Magnon has announced the release of Sabily 11.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution customised to include a collection of Islamic software and artwork: "The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of the new version of Sabily 11.10, codename 'Uhud'. What's new: new 'Uhud' pictures and wallpapers, new Plymouth and GDM themes; Hijra - better support for GNOME 3, added GNOME Shell extension; Thawab - added support for configurable themes, added bok2ki script; Monajat - prayer times reminder and Azan player; fonts-hosny-amiri - Arabic Naskh style typographically oriented font. New applications: Alfanous - Quranic search engine; GNOME Shell extension Islamic date and time - GNOME Shell extension providing Islamic date/time functions; GNOME Tweak Tool - a tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional details an an important note about Nanny, the parental web control tool. Download (MD5): sabily-11.10-desktop-i386-full.iso (1,623MB).
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| 2011-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 10.2 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 10.2, a Debian-based live CD designed for Internet kiosks: "Without further delay may I present Webconverger 10 with an accompanying site redesign. At 9.0 - 10.2 you will notice the usual Flash update, Firefox 8, additional firmware for Ralink wireless and quite a few removed packages. The removed packages are mostly unnecessary for trying Webconverger. I think it's better to customise Webconverger with your chosen locale than altering the boot menu and then choosing the appropriate dictionary once Webconverger is booted. Likewise printing is best left as a customisation option, as it makes the initial download a bit too bulky otherwise. There are a couple of other additions in this release that warrant blog posts in the new year." Here is the complete release announcement with a screenshot. Download: webc-10.2.iso (253MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 Pre 2 |
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Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose community distribution designed for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.6pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.6 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.6pre1: Package updates - Linux kernel 3.1, X.Org Server 1.11.2, KDE SC 4.7.4, Firefox 8.0.1, Chromium 16.0.912.63, Blender 2.60, 1.1.0 release of the core EFL component; all services used by the default installation now have native systemd units; installer images now use 'isohybrid' on x86, separate USB images no longer provided; Chrony is now the default NTP client; /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab now contain UUIDs on new installs." The release announcement. Interested testers can download the first of the four installation DVD images from here: frugalware-1.6pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,284MB, SHA1).
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| 2011-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2011.12 |
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Phil Miller has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2011.12, a KDE-centric desktop distribution originally forked from Arch Linux: "The Chakra development team is proud to announce the third and final release of 'Edn', Chakra GNU/Linux featuring Linux 3.1 and KDE 4.7. Edn has followed the KDE 4.7 releases, and with KDE 4.8 a new name will be used. With this release KDE is updated to 4.7.4, kernel to Linux 3.1.4. The sound group has been rebuild/updated, latest network management and Mesa stack are also included. With this release we offer: KDE 4.7.4 Linux kernel 3.1.4 (2.6.35.14 optional); updated sound-stack; DVD image, including all locales and a nice selection of applications; tomoyo-tools 2.5 added to a default install, for more security options; wqy-microhei became the new default font for Chinese, Japanese and Korean; QtWebkit 2.2...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): chakra-2011.12-Edn-i686.iso (1,367MB), chakra-2011.12-Edn-x86_64.iso (1,377MB).
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| 2011-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced that the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 is now available for testing: "Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8. This beta release includes a broad set of updates to the existing features and also provides new functionality, particularly in the areas of power and security management, and virtualization. Support for a range of new hardware is also included. Key functionality in this beta is as follows: support for Power Management Quality of Service (QoS) provides automatic power management at the device level for managing latency and throughput based on QoS needs; the configuration of IP over Infiniband (IPoIB) adapters is now supported by the system installer...." Refer to the release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. Red Hat Network subscribers interested in testing this beta can download the installation DVD images from Red Hat's Software & Download Center.
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| 2011-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kororaa Linux 16 |
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Chris Smart has announced the release of Kororaa Linux 16, a Fedora-based distribution with separate KDE and GNOME editions, both featuring a large number of user-friendly enhancements: "It was a little while in coming, but it was worth the wait! It is my pleasure to announce the release of Kororaa 16 (code name 'Chum') which is now available for download. Derived from Fedora 16, this updated release comes with the usual Kororaa extras, such as: tweaked KDE 4.7, GNOME 3.2 and base systems; third-party repositories (Adobe, Chrome, RPMFusion, VirtualBox); Firefox 8 as the default web browser (with integration theme for KDE); Firefox extensions included (Adblock Plus, DownThemAll, Flashblock, Xclear); micro-blogging client (Choqok for KDE, Empathy for GNOME); full multimedia support...." See the release announcement for additional information and screenshots. Download (MD5): Kororaa-16-i686-Live-KDE.iso (1,671MB), Kororaa-16-i686-Live-GNOME.iso (1,310MB), Kororaa-16-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (1,681MB), Kororaa-16-x86_64-Live-GNOME.iso (1,330MB).
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| 2011-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 2 Alpha 2 |
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Patricia Fraser has announced the availability of the second alpha build of Mageia 2: "Here's the next milestone on the way to Mageia 2 - alpha 2 ISO images are ready for download. Major new features: ships with the latest stable release of the kernel 3.1 with support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support, improved performances and new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework; latest stable glibc 2.14.1; Systemd for booting; with KDE 4.7.4 with the target of reaching 4.8.x for final release; GNOME 3.3.3 with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Sugar 0.95 is in the repository...." See the release announcement and release notes for additional information. Interested testers can download the installation DVD images from here: Mageia-2-alpha2-i586-DVD.iso (2,951MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-alpha2-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,940MB, MD5, torrent). Live CD images with KDE or GNOME for both architectures are also available.
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| 2011-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted LiveCD 0.11.0-2 |
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Steven Shiau has released a new version of GParted Live, a specialist utility live CD, based on Debian GNU/Linux, with graphical tools for disk management and data recovery tasks. Version 0.11.0-2 comes with updated GParted, the latest Linux kernel, GRUB 2, Dillo 3.0.2 as a simple and lightweight web browser, and the usual round of package updates from Debian's "testing" branch. From the changelog: "This is GParted Live 0.11.0-2. New in this release: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2011-12-14; new GParted release 0.11.0; Linux kernel has been updated to 3.1.5-1; program NTFS-3G has been updated to 2011.10.9AR; GRUB 2 instead of GRUB 1 is included in the release since most of the modern distributions use GRUB 2 already." Download the live CD image from SourceForge: gparted-live-0.11.0-2.iso (114MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: PC-BSD 9.0-RC3 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the third release candidate for PC-BSD 9.0, a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution and live medium: "The third (and hopefully last) release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available. This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. This is the first release available as both pre-built VirtualBox and VMware images. Each image includes the various guest tools pre-installed, ready for booting in the Virtual environment of your choice. This release also includes a new graphical boot-loader for fresh installations. Notable changes in this release: fixed the default KDE wallpaper and desktop theme; added option to skip performing system upgrades at boot-up...." Read the release announcement for a full changelog. Download the installation or live DVD images: PCBSD9.0-RC3-x86-DVD.iso (3,368MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x86-DVD-live.iso (2,096MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x64-DVD.iso (3,465MB, SHA256), PCBSD9.0-RC3-x64-DVD-live.iso (2,183MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pear OS 3.0 |
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David Tavares has announced the release of Pear OS 3.0, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution with a Mac OS X-like look and feel (as well as slogan): "Pear OS 3.0 'Panther' available. From the desktop you see when you start up your PC to the applications you use every day, everything is designed to be simple and intuitive. Of course, making amazing things simple requires some seriously advanced technologies, and Pear OS is loaded with them. Working and playing on a PC is all about applications, so Pear OS makes it simple to find and open those applications fast. The Dock is a handy place on your desktop for storing and launching your favorite applications, and it makes switching between them a breeze." The release announcement doesn't offer any details, but the product page has some screenshots alongside much marketing talk. Download links: pear-os-linux-panther-v3.0-x32.iso (895MB, MD5), pear-os-linux-panther-v3.0-x64.iso (964MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: GhostBSD 2.5 RC2 |
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Eric Turgeon has announced the availability of the second release candidate for GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution featuring GNOME 2: "The second release candidate for the upcoming GhostBSD 2.5 is now available for download. This release is based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RC2. Notable changes include: added WiFi network manager for easier wireless connection configuration; additionally, the WiFi card is now being configured during live medium boot-up; added Florence virtual keyboard for future touch screen development; added e2fsprogs to support ext2, ext3 and ext4 file system. GhostBSD 'lite' (CD medium) will be a little late this time. We have decided to swap GNOME for LXDE desktop in that version. Known issues: Brasero on the amd64 architecture still closes itself on normal user when adding data; shutdown button is not available on the amd64 and i386 mediums...." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download: GhostBSD-2.5-RC2-i386.iso (1,106MB), GhostBSD-2.5-RC2-amd64.iso (955MB).
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| 2011-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 9.1 |
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Dirk Morris has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.1, an updated version of the project's specialist Debian-based distribution for firewalls and gateways: "Untangle 9.1. With this release, we have made enhancements and fixes to the platform itself and to a number of applications. Changelog: the application order in the rack has been revised; event logs have been reimplemented, columns have been added, improvement improved, and options added; many usability improvements in the installation and setup wizards; application downloads now show progress correctly; many application settings have been moved from PostgreSQL to files; local directory users are now saved in a file; BerkeleyDB has been removed; DHCP renewing no longer restarts networking (nor disrupt VPN connections); SIP helper is now disabled by default; improve start-up time." Here is the complete changelog with more detailed notes. Download (MD5): untangle_910_x32.iso (417MB), untangle_910_x64.iso (421MB).
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| 2011-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 5.3.1 "Slacko" |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.3.1, a minor update and bug-fix release of the project's flagship distribution: "Slacko Puppy Linux 5.3.1 is a bug-fix release of the recent 5.3. It has binary compatibility with Slackware 13.37, which simply means that it is a Puppy built with packages from the Slackware, Salix and Slacky repositories. The main version has kernel 2.6.37.6 compiled with Aufs, layered file system support, in the typical Puppy manner. There is also a PAE_HIGHMEM version to cater for machines with large amounts of RAM. Both ISO images have SCSI boot support. The Seamonkey suite is the default browser and email suite, but Firefox Aurora, Chromium, Opera, Netsurf, Iron, Dillo and Links are only a few clicks away. Slickpet is a cut-down version of Quickpet to get a few handy applications without diving into the well-stocked Puppy package manager." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: slacko-5.3.1-SCSI-MAIN.iso (126MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: DoudouLinux 2011-11 |
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DoudouLinux 2011-11, a new development build of the Debian-based distribution designed for young children, is out and ready for testing: "This development release is a bit late but it is finally out! This is our second build based on Debian 'Squeeze', the current stable release of Debian GNU/Linux. Therefore our development version is perfectly stable and you can safely try it! However it still requires a lot of work before being promoted as our new official release (expected for mid 2012) and there are small remaining issues, particularly regarding to installation and reboot/shutdown that may hang. The following improvements have been brought compared to 2011-08: new application PixFrogger; animated splash during system boot; auto-login can be activated by selecting only one activity in the activities menu; internal hard disks are now all mounted read-only at boot, which really prevents children from writing on them...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): doudoulinux-2011-11-en.iso (964MB).
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| 2011-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Semplice Linux 2.0 RC1 |
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Eugenio Paolantonio has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Semplice Linux 2.0, a light distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch and featuring the Openbox window manager: "The entire Semplice team is proud to announce the immediate release of the first release candidate of the upcoming 2.0 release. What's new? As this is a release candidate, we focused on resolving bugs rather than adding new features. The Semplice live system contains Openbox 3.5.0, Linux kernel 3.1.4, Chromium 15.0.874.121, Exaile 0.3.2.2, GNOME MPlayer 1.0.4, AbiWord 2.9.1, Gnumeric 1.10.17, Pidgin 2.10.0, Guake terminal 0.4.2. Semplice Linux is a light, simple, fast and libre GNU/Linux distribution, based on Debian 'Sid', the 'unstable' branch of the Debian project. Because of its instability, Semplice Linux is not ideal for production systems." See the release announcement and release notes for more details and known issues. Download (MD5) the (installable) live CD image from SourceForge: semplice_2.0rc_190.0.iso (557MB), semplice64_2.0rc_190.0.iso (556MB).
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| 2011-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KahelOS 111111 |
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KahelOS 111111, a new version of the rolling-release desktop Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, has been released: "Announcing the release of KahelOS 111111 live CD with GUI installer, desktop edition. The fast, simple and rolling-release Linux desktop OS is also 100% free. What is new? The Mabuhay welcome center introduces you to what is in store when one installs and uses KahelOS; hassle-free automatic installation; pre-installed Apache web server, MySQL database, PhpMyAdmin and Bluefish as your editor. These are some packages that you'll enjoy when using KahelOS: Linux kernel 3.1.2, GNOME 3.2.1, Chromium 15.0.874.121, Firefox 8.0.1, LibreOffice 3.4.4, X.Org Server 1.11.2, GIMP 2.6.11, GnuCash 2.4.8, TweetDeck 0.37.5, Miro 4.0.3, Thunderbird 8.0, Bluefish 2.2.0. And finally, we are also introducing the new KahelOS mascot, MULAT." Read the full release announcement for additional information. Download the (installable) live DVD image from SourceForge: KahelOS-LiveCDdesktop-111111-i686.iso (2,602MB, MD5).
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| 2011-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 6.1 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 6.1, a new version of the popular distribution built from source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS 6.1 install media for i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 6.1 is based on the upstream release EL 6.1 and includes packages from all variants. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. All machines running CentOS-Release-CR on 6.0 would already be running code that is included in the 6.1 install media. We highly recommend everyone use the CR repository in order to get all bug-fix and security updates as soon as possible." See the release announcement and read the detailed release notes for information about known issues and upgrade instructions. Download: CentOS-6.1-i386-bin-DVD1.iso (3,645MB, SHA256, torrent), CentOS-6.1-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso (4,190MB, SHA256, SHA256, torrent). CentOS 6.1 live CD, live DVD, minimal and "netinstall" images are also available from the project's download mirrors.
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| 2011-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the third release candidate for FreeBSD 9.0: "The third and what should be final release candidate build for the 9.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. This should be the last of the test builds. We hope to begin the final release builds in about a week. The 9.0-RELEASE cycle will be tracked here. The location of the FTP install tree and ISO images is the same as it has been for BETA2, BETA3, RC1 and RC2. The layout to a large degree is being dictated by the new build infrastructure and installer. But it's not particularly well-suited to humans so I've added a shorter pathway to the ISO images. Unless there are lots of complaints about the layout we'll stick with this for the release." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and notes about upgrading from a previous release. Download: FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-i386-disc1.iso (502MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso (612MB, SHA256).
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| 2011-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, an updated version of the world's most widely deployed enterprise Linux distribution: "Today Red Hat announces the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, which delivers to customers a second wave of feature enhancements and demonstrates the continued value that Red Hat delivers as part of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 life cycle. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 delivers significant improvements in virtualization, resource management and high availability, and offers new features in storage and file system performance and identity management. The key benefits for organizations employing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 are higher levels of efficiency realized through resource management and performance optimization." See the release announcement and the press release for an overview of the release and read the release notes for technical details. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 is available from Red Hat Network (for existing subscribers); new customers can obtain the product on a 30-day evaluation basis from the product pages.
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| 2011-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r2 |
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Andreas Heinlein has announced the release of UPR (Ubuntu Privacy Remix) 10.04r2, a new revision of the project's live CD whose goal is to protect the user's privacy and prevent data theft: "The UPR team has published the second stable release of Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r2. UPR is a live system to protect from spying and data theft. Apart from the changes with UPR itself, we now offer a dual-boot ISO image for DVD or USB drive which includes the current version 0.9 of the TAILS live system, a live system focused on anonymous internet usage over the Tor network. This way, the user can choose to either work in an isolated, secure environment with UPR or use the Internet anonymously with TAILS, using the same media. Changes in UPR 10.04r2: based on Ubuntu 10.04.3; new program 'tellico', a small database; new program 'Grsync' for making backups; new program 'X-Tile' to arrange windows...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: upr-10.04r2.iso (970MB).
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| 2011-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: TurnKey Linux 11.3 |
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Liraz Siri has announced the release of Turnkey Linux 11.3, an Ubuntu-based set of highly specialised virtual appliances which integrate open-source software into ready-to-use solutions: "We've just pushed out TurnKey Linux 11.3, the final maintenance release based on Ubuntu 10.04. The next release will be based on Ubuntu 12.04. We're already shifting into high gear for that. There will be surprises. Hopefully good ones! The new images we just pushed out from our CloudTask automation swarm include fixes for various bruises and scrapes, as well as the very latest security updates. If you've already installed a previous version of TurnKey 11, you don't need to download anything because by default TurnKey is configured to automatically install all of the security updates over the network. The maintenance release will mainly be of interest to new users and existing users doing new deployments." Read the release announcement and see the virtual appliances page for further details. All of the 40+ appliances are available for download from SourceForge; here is a link to the "core" CD image: turnkey-core-11.3-lucid-x86.iso (159MB).
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| 2011-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 3.0 |
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Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 3.0, a Linux Mint-based distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 2 desktop, extra software packages, and various other enhancements: "Sorry for the great delay in release of Ultimate Edition 3.0. Ultimate Edition 3.0 is unlike any previous release. Ultimate Edition 3.0 was built from Linux Mint 11 'Katya', which in itself was built from Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal'. I hope I did not lose anyone there. A slew of issues have been resolved. I have dubbed this release 'ULTAMINT'. It is a real piece of eye-candy and it has a comprehensive software package. I have included repositories from GetDeb, Ubuntu and Linux Mint. If there is something missing you just can't live without, just a few clicks of a mouse away. On behalf of the UE development team please enjoy Ultimate Edition 3.0. Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): ultimate-edition-3.0-x86.iso (3,323MB).
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| 2011-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 |
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Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 12.04, code name "Precise Pangolin": "We are pleased to bring you the first set of developer images that capture the current fleeting reality of our Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04 alpha 1) as it starts to emerge. Alpha 1 includes the 3.2.0-2.5 Ubuntu kernel which is based on the latest mainline 3.2-rc3 Linux kernel. This is an update from the 3.0 kernel in Oneiric. Another noticeable change is the consolidation of the amd64 server flavor into the generic flavor. This will help minimize the maintenance burden over the life of this LTS release. The alpha 1 kernel also adds support for additional ALPS touchpads, contains an updated seccomp patch set, and numerous configuration changes. See the release announcement and release notes for a more detailed list of new features, changes and known issues. Download (SHA256): precise-desktop-i386.iso (703MB, torrent), precise-desktop-amd64.iso (695MB, torrent). Also made available today were 12.04 alpha 1 images for Kubuntu (download), Xubuntu, (download), Lubuntu, (download) and Edubuntu (download).
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| 2010-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Deepin 10.12 |
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Linux Deepin 10.12, a Chinese Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the GNOME desktop and numerous usability enhancements, such as Mint menu and the Mac OS X-like Cairo-Dock panel for application launch, has been released. Some of the more interesting new features in this version include: a much improved Chinese input method called Yong; Yozo Office 2009 SP1, a locally developed office suite with a look and feel of Microsoft Office; new font selector offering a choice between the default WenQuanYi font and the Windows XP-like ClearType fonts; introduction of the space-saving "global menu" feature, neatly integrated into the top panel with window controls; a brand-new icon theme. Please see the detailed release notes (in Chinese) which contain several screenshots to illustrate some of the concepts. Download the installable live CD image from SourceForge: deepin-10.12-i386.iso (652MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Dragora GNU/Linux 2.1 |
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Matias Fonzo has announced the release of Dragora GNU/Linux 2.1, a multi-purpose operating system built with free software: "I am pleased to announce the version 2.1 of Dragora GNU/Linux. Dragora is a powerful and reliable GNU/Linux distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. Built with 100% free software. The latest version is now available in a 64-bit edition. Featuring Runit as the default init scheme, a simple and powerful package system, Linux 'libre' 2.6.34.7, the GNU C Compiler Collection 4.5.1, and the GNU C library 2.12.1. Also, X.Org 7.6 with Xfce 4.8pre2 with patches, IceWM, and Scrotwm. The Bluetooth subsystem has been added, better printing support, along with scanner support. This version comes with Java through IcedTea 6, GNU IceCat 3.6.13 with Tor, Polipo and the development version of Gnash." A more complete changelog is available as part of the release announcement. Download: dragora-2.1-i486.iso (605MB, SHA1), dragora-2.1-x86_64.iso (601MB, SHA1).
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| 2010-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.7 |
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Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.7, a Fedora-based Linux distribution with the ability to turn an unused computer into an easy-to-use music server or jukebox: "We are pleased to announce the release of VortexBox 1.6. One of the most common feature requests we get is for the ability to rip DVD movies. VortexBox users have already ripped their large CD collections to VortexBox now they want to add their DVD collections as well. VortexBox delivers. VortexBox can now auto-detect CDs or DVDs and rip accordingly. All you need to do is insert a DVD movie into the VortexBox and it will be automatically ripped to MKV format. This is great for all the new media players such as Logitech Revue, Boxee Box, Windows Media Center, and XBMC. We have also added the latest version of SqueezeBox Server (7.4.2) and a bunch of other fixes and upgrades." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5): vortexbox-1.7.iso (670MB).
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| 2010-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: m0n0wall 1.33 Beta 1 |
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Manuel Kasper has announced the availability of the first beta release of m0n0wall 1.33, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system for firewalls: "m0n0wall 1.33b1 released. This beta version further improves IPv6 support (DHCP-PD, AICCU), adds user-customizable captive portal logout/status pages, fixes many small bugs and XSS vulnerabilities and contains updates for ipfilter and the Realtek driver as well as other small improvements. Changelog: updated ipfilter to 4.1.33; inbound NAT rules can now be added on the LAN interface with the WAN address as a target; replaced if_re driver by Realtek customized version to support RTL8111C (among others); IPv6 improvements; added support for user-customizable captive portal logout and status page, as well as a password change option for local CP users; added 'Bind to LAN' option for syslog, so you can syslog over a VPN tunnel...." See the project's beta versions page for the rest of the changelog. Download: cdrom-1.33b1.iso (17.7MB, SHA256).
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| 2010-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 5.8 |
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Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 5.8, a specialist Linux-based live CD designed for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks: "After several months of work, a new version is ready for release. Many bugs have been fixed and many core programs have been updated. You will notice the Linux 2.6.36 kernel and the newest version of the Gnome Partition Editor (GParted). There is also a mess of new stuff as well. Parted Magic now includes the SciTE text editor. For the first time the ISO image can be fully loaded into RAM and booted. This means, for example, that the default syslinux menu can be used for a PXE boot. The following programs have been updated: Clonezilla 1.2.6-40, Linux kernel 2.6.36.2, BusyBox 1.17.4, SimpleBurn 1.6.0, ClamAV 0.96.5, e2fsprogs 1.41.14, GParted 0.7.1." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement. Download (MD5): pmagic-5.8.iso (148MB).
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| 2010-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 5.0 "Wary" |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux "Wary" edition, a distribution for older hardware. Despite the name, this is NOT an Ubuntu-based distribution, but an independently developed distro with support for installing packages from Ubuntu repositories. From the release announcement: "Puppy Linux 'Wary' is a parallel development to our other flagship Puppy, Luci Puppy, but with a different target market - older hardware. Puppies built with recent Linux kernel and X.Org may not work properly on older computers. In particular, some analog dial-up modem drivers cannot be compiled with recent kernels. Another major area is old video hardware not working with latest X.Org drivers. Wary is built with an old kernel (currently 2.6.31.14) and X.Org 7.3 so as to provide better drivers for the older hardware. However, Wary is in all other respects at the leading-edge like the other puppies, with recent applications, and support for all modern peripherals." Download: wary-500.iso (124MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tuquito 4.1 |
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Mario Colque has announced the release of Tuquito 4.1, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution from Argentina. The biggest change of the new release, now based on Ubuntu 10.10, is the availability of a lightweight, CD edition of Tuquito featuring the LXDE desktop with the Openbox window manager. Other improvements include: update to GNOME 2.32; new welcome screen with the possibility of switching between different editions of the product; better selection of default applications; Linux kernel 2.6.35; faster boot; support for touchscreens; improvements in CPU and RAM consumption in applications and during system boot; new control centre with new modes (normal and advanced); re-introduction of Pidgin as a replacement of Empathy.... Please see the full release announcement (in Spanish) to learn more. Download (MD5): tuquito-4.1-main-32-bit.iso (891MB), tuquito-4.1-main-64-bit.iso (944MB), tuquito-4.1-lxde-32-bit.iso (602MB).
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| 2010-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: antiX M11 Test 1 |
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The first public test release of antiX M11, a lightweight Debian/MEPIS-based distribution designed for older computers, is ready for download: "First public test release of antiX M11 series. It comes in three flavours; antiX 'full', antiX 'base' and antiX 'core' for i686 and i486 (PI and K5/6) computers. It is an upgraded release of antiX M8.5 as well as incorporating several changes since the release of antiX M8.5. We are still keeping with GRUB legacy and the 2.6.32 MEPIS kernel at the moment. Features: all applications upgraded via Debian 'Testing' repositories up to 27 December 2010; bugs from antiX M8.5 fixed; antiX 'full' now defaults to an IceWM ROX desktop though other options are available in the boot menu; Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts included in antiX 'full', as well as ibus...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: antiX-M11-pt1-686.iso (617MB, MD5), antiX-M11-base-pt1-686.iso (312MB, MD5), antiX-M11-core-pt1-686.iso (110MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-27 |
NEW • Development Releases: FreeBSD 8.2-RC1, 7.4-RC1 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first release candidates for FreeBSD 8.2 and 7.4: "The first release candidate for the FreeBSD 7.4/8.2 release cycle is now available. For 7.4-RC1 the amd64, i386, pc98, and sparc64 architectures are available, for 8.2-RC1 those architectures plus ia64 and powerpc are available. Files suitable for creating installation media or doing FTP based installs through the network are available on the FreeBSD mirror sites. For this release candidate no packages (except for the doc package set for 8.2-RC1) have been provided in any of the images. If you are updating an already running machine the CVS branch tag for 8.2-RC1 is RELENG_8_2, for 7.4-RC1 it is RELENG_7_4. If you prefer SVN use 'releng/8.2' or 'releng/7.4'." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-8.2-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso (861MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-8.2-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso (973MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-7.4-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso (967MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-7.4-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso (1,063MB, SHA256).
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| 2010-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: aptosid 2010-03 |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of aptosid 2010-03, a Linux distribution based on Debian's unstable branch, but using a newer Linux kernel with improved hardware support: "Now that kernel 2.6.36.2 has entered the archive with many KMS-related bug fixes, we have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of the final aptosid 2010-03 'Apate' release. New features are in particular kernel 2.6.36.2 and numerous integration and stabilization fixes after the rename. Kernel 2.6.36.2 doesn't only improve and stabilise hardware support for newer devices, it also features improved KMS support for ATI Radeon and Intel graphics cards and performance improvements for Intel Westmere graphics chipsets. WLAN support has been consolidated, with rt2x00 now supporting Ralink rt28x0/ rt30xx/ rt35xx officially." Read the detailed release notes for more information. Download (SHA256): aptosid-2010-03-kde-full-i386-amd64.iso (2,030MB), aptosid-2010-03-xfce-i386.iso (490MB), aptosid-2010-03-xfce-amd64.iso (496MB).
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| 2010-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "LXDE" |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.1.2 "LXDE" edition, a Slackware-based distribution featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop environment: "One year after our first 64-bit release we are proud to announce the release of Salix LXDE 13.1.2. This is a triple release and it includes a 32-bit installation image, a 64-bit installation image as well as a 32-bit live CD. The most evident change in Salix LXDE 13.1.2 is that it is the first release in the LXDE series that comes with a 64-bit image. Another important change is the inclusion of slapt-src, a new tool that makes the process of downloading and building software packages from SlackBuilds.org simple and easy. Thousands of extra packages are now available through this new tool for our users." Read the rest of the release announcement to learn about other changes in this release. Download (MD5): salix-lxde-13.1.2.iso (469MB), salix64-lxde-13.1.2.iso (438MB), salixlive-lxde-13.1.2.iso (528MB).
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| 2010-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MoLinux 6.2 |
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MoLinux 6.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution sponsored by the Spanish regional government of Castilla-La Mancha and deployed extensively in the region's public administration offices and schools, has been released. Some of the most important features of the new version include: based on Ubuntu 10.10; new window design for the log-in screen; new icon theme (GNOME-Wine); hardware compatibility improvements; latest versions of applications included in the distributions; new applications and utilities such as JDownloader, a download manager, Gnome Subtitles, a subtitle editor, support for 7zip file compression in File Roller; miscellaneous improvements added to existing applications such as Nanny, a parental control utility or Hamster Applet, a time manager. Please refer to the release announcement and the comprehensive release notes (both links in Spanish) for a detailed description of the new release. Download: Molinux_6.2_Merlin_DVD.iso (1,186MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Finnix 101 |
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Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 101, a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian's 'testing' branch: "Today marks the eggnog-induced release of Finnix 101, the seventeenth release of Finnix since its beginnings over ten years ago. Finnix 101 includes major behind-the-scenes architectural changes, the re-introduction of PowerPC support, new features, and minor bug fixes. After a show of public support, Finnix is once again producing PowerPC releases. While using Finnix still has its same familiar look, much of the core infrastructure which comprises Finnix has been re-engineered. Many of the changes are intended to make development and re-development (remastering) easier and more powerful, and to help with deployment by Virtual Private Server (VPS) providers." For further details please read release announcement and the detailed release notes. Download (MD5): finnix-101.iso (127MB, torrent), finnix-ppc-101.iso (145MB, torrent).
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| 2010-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Kororaa Linux 14 Beta |
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After a period of hiatus, Kororaa Linux, famous for being one of the first live distributions with out-of-the-box support for the Xgl technology and 3D window manipulation, has been reborn as a Fedora-based live DVD for Linux beginners. Chris Smart announced the new release on the project's home page: "I know that you'll be looking for something Linux related to do over your Christmas holidays and New Year, so I've just released the first installable live DVD beta for testing. The final release will be Kororaa 14 (derived from Fedora 14), code-named 'Nemo'. As with the original Kororaa, it's based on KDE. Essentially, Kororaa has been reborn as a Fedora remix, inspired by Rahul Sundaram's Omega GNOME remix. It aims to provide all general computing uses out of the box and it aims to include software packages that most users will want." Interested beta testers can download the live DVD images from SourceForge: Kororaa-14-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (1,525MB), Kororaa-14-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (1,537MB).
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| 2010-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 201012 "Debian" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of a new build of the "Debian" edition of Linux Mint, a rolling-release distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "What a better time than Christmas to bring all the best from 2010 into an updated release of Linux Mint 'Debian'. All Mint 10 features; 64-bit support; performance boost (using cgroup, the notorious '4 lines of code better than 200' in user-space); installer improvements (multiple HDDs, GRUB install on partitions, swap allocation, Btrfs support); better fonts (using Ubuntu's libcairo, fontconfig and Ubuntu Font Family) and language support; better connectivity and hardware support; better sound support (addressing conflicts between Pulse Audio and Flash); updated software and packages." The release announcement includes a brief FAQ and additional release notes. Download (MD5): linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-i386.iso (985MB), linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-amd64.iso (974MB).
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| 2010-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 6.4.3 |
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Klaus Knopper has announced the release of KNOPPIX 6.4.3, a popular Debian-based live CD/DVD (featuring the lightweight LXDE desktop) which has recently celebrated its 10th birthday: "The anniversary edition of KNOPPIX is now available as a DVD and CD image." New features in this release: "The current version has been completely updated from Debian 'Lenny', 'Testing' and 'Unstable' and uses Linux kernel 2.6.36.1, X.Org 7.5 for supporting current computer hardware; experimental free nouveau graphics modules supporting NVIDIA cards; accelerated graphics via kernel mode settings (KMS); OpenOffice.org replaced by LibreOffice 3.3.0; Process Control Group support for terminal shells." Read the rest of the release notes for a list of new features, known issues and boot options. Download the CD or DVD image from here: KNOPPIX_V6.4.3DVD-2010-12-20-EN.iso (3,496MB, MD5), KNOPPIX_V6.4.3CD-2010-12-20-EN.iso (698MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 5 |
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Jos Poortvliet has announced the availability of the fifth milestone of openSUSE 11.4: "The openSUSE project released the fifth of six milestones in the development of openSUSE 11.4 some days ago. Milestone 5 (M5) brings a wide range of updates: Linux kernel 2.6.37-rc5 including the famous '200 line' per tty task groups patch to improve desktop interactivity and featuring the almost-complete removal of the so-called 'Big Kernel Lock', which should improve scalability; on the desktop, KDE makes the leap to version 4.6 beta with many improvements in the UI and underlying infrastructure; GNOME 2.32.1; GNUCash 2.4 RC comes with a new complete dress-up; Pidgin updates fixes several MSN and ICQ issues." The release announcement. Download (mirrors): openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0957-i686.iso (690MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0957-i686.iso (684MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0957-x86_64.iso (700MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0957-x86_64.iso (683MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2010-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 1.0.2010 |
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Yann Le Doare has released LinuxConsole Linux 1.0.2010, an independent distribution with the goal of being as easy-to-use as a game console. Features: "Very fast boot - using Dash instead of Bash, using initramfs instead of initrd, modules management completely rewritten (no more cache, all modules mounted once), LXDE is started in 4 seconds when booting CD in VirtualBox; LXDE/PCManFM now default session; IceWM/Rox Filer can also be used; LXLauncher will be used for the game center; new module management with lcmtool; new tools - select time zone, wicd can be used to set up wireless connexions; install it on live CD or live USB; applications - latest Firefox, Thunderbird, Flash player, X.Org Server 1.9.2, Linux kernel 2.6.35.8, BusyBox 1.17.2, NVIDIA driver 260.19.29...." For further details please see the full release announcement. Download: linuxconsole1.0.2010-cd.iso (530MB).
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| 2010-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mandriva Linux 2010.2 |
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Eugeni Dodonov has announced the release of Mandriva Linux 2010.2: "Welcome the Mandriva 2010.2 release which is coming to a mirror nearby you right now. As announced previously, Mandriva 2010.2 is an incremental update on top of Mandriva 2010.1, incorporating all the security and bug-fix updates since its release. Just to give you some statistics about what changes in 2010.2 when comparing to 2010.1, these are some of the numbers. Since the 2010.1 release, the security team has released a total of 5,055 RPMs via official updates, counting both security and bug-fix advisories, across 272 different packages. With such a big number of updated packages, we decided to release an updated version incorporating these packages." Read the complete release announcement on the official Mandriva blog. Download the "One" live CDs or the "Free" installation DVDs: mandriva-one-2010.2-KDE-i586.iso (692MB, MD5), mandriva-one-2010.2-GNOME-i586.iso (703MB, MD5), mandriva-linux-free-2010.2-i586.iso (3,860MB, MD5), (3,868MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zentyal 2.0-3 |
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Heidi Vilppola has announced the release of Zentyal 2.0-3, an updated version of the Ubuntu-based server distribution for small and medium-sized companies: "The development team of Zentyal, the Linux small business server previously known as eBox Platform, is glad to announce the availability of Zentyal 2.0-3 installer. This is a new compilation of all the latest Zentyal packages as well as the last system updates from Ubuntu. Please note that this installer comes with a new Zentyal Cloud-based feature - you can see a new 'Disaster Recovery' entry in the installer menu. This option allows users with a free Basic Server subscription to automatically install the modules from a previously stored configuration backup. Another mayor change in the installer is the switch from slim to LXDM as display manager." Here is the full release announcement. Download: zentyal-2.0-3-i386.iso (517MB, MD5), zentyal-2.0-3-amd64.iso (472MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 5.4 "Gaming" |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 5.4 "Gaming" edition. From the list of features: "Based on Sabayon Linux 5.4 GNOME; featuring Linux Kernel 2.6.36 and all the bells and whistles that are in our repositories as of today; remastered thanks to Sabayon's little helper called 'molecule'; filled with gazillions of games - the best free and open-source games of the Linux land, including 0ad, Alien Arena 2011, Battle of Wesnoth, FooBillard, Freeciv, Frozen Bubble, GNOME Games, M.A.R.S. a ridiculous shooter, Micropolis, NeverBall, Nexuiz, OpenArena, Pingus, PyChess, Scorched 3D, Simutrans, Spring, Stepmania, Torcs, Tremulous, Warsow, Warzone 2100 and Wormux." Read the festive release announcement for further information. Download: Sabayon_Linux_5.4_x86_Gaming.iso (4,245MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.4_amd64_Gaming.iso (4,368MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2010-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 4 |
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Artyom Zorin has announced the release of Zorin OS 4, an easy-to-use Ubuntu-based distribution designed for Linux beginners: "The Zorin OS team is proud to announce the availability of the 'Core' and 'Premium' editions of Zorin OS designed for Linux beginners. In addition to the easy-to-use interface and our unique Look Changer, Zorin OS 4 incorporates such new tools and features as the improved file manager, file previews and the redesigned sound menu which help you to get more done in less time while our splash screen manager, our Internet browser manager and the refined software center make performing customization tasks even easier. We have made changes to the core system which makes Zorin OS 4 even faster than Ubuntu. We have created new desktop and splash screen themes to further improve Zorin OS' appearance." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (MD5): zorin-os-4-core-32.iso (1,198MB), zorin-os-4-core-64.iso (1,170MB).
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| 2010-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0 |
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Phil Miller has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0, an Arch-based distribution and live CD showcasing the latest KDE desktop. From the release announcement: "This release features the brand new KDE SC 4.5.4 plus the option to install our popular Click'n'Run applications through 'tribe'. We updated all our tools and fixed lots of bugs you and we found. Tribe can now create more than one user account again. This time you can add your personal avatar to each account. For the first time you can customize your installation. We added two lists of our popular packages and bundles to choose from. Tribe got translated to Catalan, German, Italian and Spanish. Good news about CCR, our community repository: you can find now over 378 packages added by our users." Download the live CD images from here: chakra-0.3.0-i686.iso (692MB, MD5), chakra-0.3.0-x86_64.iso (691MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: PC-BSD 8.2 Beta 1 |
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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the first beta release of PC-BSD 8.2, a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.2-BETA1 which is running FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE, X.Org 7.5, and KDE 4.5.4. Version 8.2 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. Some of the notable changes are: added ability to select file system type and to encrypt partitions during installation; added ability to change hostname from installer; numerous fixes and improvements to NetworkManager, including 3G support and ability to enable/disable the lagg interface. Everyone is encouraged to test this beta and to report any bugs to the testing mailing list. Instructions for beta testers can be found in the PC-BSD Handbook." See the release announcement, changelog and release notes for details. Download: PCBSD8.2-BETA1-x86-DVD.iso (3,554MB, MD5), PCBSD8.2-BETA1-x64-DVD.iso (3,769MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Deepin 10.12 RC2 |
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Linux Deepin is an active community Linux distribution providing a highly localized Chinese desktop based on Ubuntu. Its second (but unexpected) release candidate for version 10.12 turned up soon after the first one; this is the result of an abundance of feedbacks from testers, and the pursuit of an "as bug-free as possible" official release right before the New Year necessitates this RC2. The good news is that RC2 can be had by upgrading from RC1; for those who prefer a fresh installation, everything has been packed into just one CD image instead of a bulky DVD one. Following the Deepin philosophy, user experience has again been improved, in terms of both Chinese input/rendering and a more reasonable selection of various localised applications. The NTFS handling glitch and other bugs have been fixed. Find more in the release announcement (in Chinese) which includes two screenshots. Download: deepin-10.12-rc2-i386.iso (693MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Calculate Linux 11.0 Beta 1 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the availability of the first beta release of Calculate Linux 11.0, a Gentoo-based distribution: "After four months of development the first beta of Calculate Linux 11.0 has been released. Major changes: added binary repositories for Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD, CLDG and CLDX) and Calculate Directory Server (CDS) with rolling-release support; new minimalistic distro, Calculate Scratch Server (CSS), is now available; added new package - calculate-assemble; weekly builds are now available to public; better support for netbooks; more user-friendly interface; support for combined storage of user profiles for different versions of Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD, CLDG and CLDX); updated Portage to version 2.2; Calculate Directory Server now includes new installer." Here is the brief release announcement with a version list of main software included and a few screenshots. Download: cld-20101217-i686.iso (1,779MB, MD5, torrent), cld-20101217-x86_64.iso (1,944MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2010-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 3.4 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 3.4, a minimalist graphical distribution in under 11 megabytes: "Team Tiny Core is pleased to announce the release of Tiny Core 3.4. Change log: updated appsaudit multi-select updates and md5 checking; updated fluff to 0.8.5 with integrated file type and associations as well as many UI improvements; updated mnttool to show all drives and mount launch filemgr via FILEMGR env; updated mnttool to support labels and 10+ partitions; updated wallpaper gradients and color preview; updated editor for named new file argument; updated wbarconf for control of text, zoom, and icon size; updated exittc 'Exit to prompt' to be PID driven; updated wbar for fluff startup via '~'; updated fluff .desktop item for startup via '~'; updated ab2tce.sh to terminate if appbrowser is aborted by killing X...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete changelog. Download: tinycore_3.4.iso (10.6MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2010.12 |
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Billy "Texstar" Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2010.12: "PCLinuxOS 2010.12 holiday CDs are now available for KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and Enlightenment desktops featuring the latest updates from the PCLinuxOS software repository. All CDs feature Linux kernel 2.6.33.7bfs for maximum desktop performance, NVIDIA and ATI fglrx driver support, multimedia playback support for many popular formats, wireless support for many network devices, and printer support for many local and networked printer devices. 'Addlocale' allows you to convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages. 'GetOpenOffice' can install OpenOffice.org supporting over 100 languages. 'MyLiveCD' allows you to take a snapshot of your installation and burn it to a live CD or DVD. PCLinuxOS 'liveusb' allows you to install PCLinuxOS on a USB key disk." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pclinuxos-kde-2010.12.iso (691MB, MD5), pclinuxos-gnome-2010.12.iso (674MB, MD5), pclinuxos-lxde-2010.12.iso (594MB, MD5), pclinuxos-phoenix-xfce-2010.12.iso (640MB, MD5), pclinuxos-enlightenment.2010.12.iso (699MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Scientific Linux 6 Alpha 3 |
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Troy Dawson has announced the availability of the third alpha build of Scientific Linux 6: "We have released the third alpha of Scientific Linux 6. Fixed/changes in alpha 3: SELinux - you no longer get an error about SELinux during the install and the default install has it turned on; NTP error - we believe the NTP error was because of the SELinux problems we were having - when we fixed SELinux, the NTP error went away; package check - we have compared our packages with the upstream vendor's and found several differences; we have rebuilt around 240 packages, resulting in around 360 binary packages that have changed; revisor clean-up and documentation. Known issues: packages that haven't been built and aren't in the release include Ekiga, kdepim-runtime, perl-Sys-Virt. There are no specialized pictures shown during the install." More information about the release can be found in the release announcement and in the detailed release notes. Download: SL-6-i386-DVD1.iso (4,266MB, SHA1), SL-6-x86_64-DVD1.iso (4,226MB, SHA1).
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| 2010-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenIndiana oi_148 |
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Albert Lee has announced the availability of a new development build of OpenIndiana, a community fork of Oracle's OpenSolaris: "Project OpenIndiana is pleased to announce the next development release - oi_148. This release has seen a lot of improvements in documentation and processes to enable more people to contribute releasing more development knowledge to the community instead of being locked in a small number of people's heads. Outstanding issues to be aware of: globalisation across the OS is still broken; Brasero is broken due to an updated cdrecord. Fixes and improvements since oi_147: bump consolidation versions to 148 where available with bug and security fix backports; backports from Illumos; bump NVIDIA driver to 256.44; fixed l10n in Firefox and Thunderbird; added PostgreSQL packages; fixed man pages...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: oi-dev-148-x86-20101216.iso (876MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 3.0 |
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Openwall GNU/*/Linux 3.0 is a small security-enhanced Linux distribution for servers, appliances, and virtual appliances. Today's release of version 3.0 marks the 10-year anniversary of the project: "I am pleased to announce that we have made a new major release of Openwall GNU/*/Linux, version 3.0. The ISO images include a live system, installable packages, the installer program, as well as full source code and the build environment. This release marks roughly 10 years of our project - development started in mid-2000, and Owl 0.1-prerelease was made public in 2001. With the 3.0 release, the Owl 2.0-stable branch is formally discontinued. We intend to proceed with further development under Owl-current and to maintain the newly-created Owl 3.0-stable branch until the next release, as usual." See the full release announcement for more information and upgrade instructions. Download (SHA1): Owl-3.0-release-i686.iso.gz (442MB), Owl-3.0-release-x86_64.iso.gz (448MB).
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| 2010-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6r1 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the release of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6r1, a new revision of the Debian-based distribution for the desktop: "The first updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 'Vinnie' is available for immediate download. This version merges all the published updates into the ISO images. Parsix now offers security updates. Vinnie ISO images are compiled using Squashfs 4.0 with LZMA compression and will fit on a blank DVD. We are back to using isolinux as CD/DVD boot loader, as GRUB 2 has issues such as booting from external USB devices. The updated Linux 2.6.32.26 kernel with improved configuration is patched using the latest TuxOnIce suspension and hibernation and Kon Kolivas's BFS patches. Improved live boot system loads the system faster and this version also ships our experimental USB installer that enables users to run Parsix from USB keys." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: parsix_3.6r1-i386.iso (875MB, MD5), parsix_3.6r1-amd64.iso (881MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.4 Pre 2 |
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The second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.4, an independently developed distribution designed for intermediate and advanced Linux users, is ready for testing: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.4pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.4 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.4pre1: package updates - Linux kernel 2.6.36, Firefox 3.6.12, Chromium 8.0.552.215, Glasgow Haskell Compiler 7.0; netconfig now supports mobile 3G connections though wvdial; booting from virtio devices is now supported; the GUI installer is now part of the default net/cd/dvd installer images; new default appearance for Xfce; added generic theme for Splashy; Frugalware GNOME icon theme updated with new custom icons and with new variants." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frugalware-1.4pre2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,285MB, SHA1).
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| 2010-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Asturix 3 |
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Ricardo López has announced the release of Asturix 3, an easy-to-use, Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the KDE desktop and integration of popular social networks: "Asturix 3 is officially available. This version has meant months of hard work for all volunteer Asturix development team and we are sure that it will be a turning point in the short history of the project. Some of its features: elegant and professional interface, combined with an amazing design; total integration of social and micro-blogging networks, such as Twitter, Facebook or Identi.ca; Asturix Bridge lets you to add, remove and execute web applications as native applications; face login - write your password to login is a thing of the past; libre and free music thanks to Jamendo, and it is legal!" See the release announcement and this brief feature list for more information. Download: asturix3-i686.iso (969MB, torrent), asturix3-x86_64.iso (1,101MB, torrent).
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| 2010-12-11 |
NEW • Development Releases: FreeBSD 8.2-BETA1, 7.4-BETA1 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first beta releases of FreeBSD 8.2 and 7.4, new upcoming versions in the production (version 8) and legacy production (version 7) series: "The first of the test builds for the 8.2/7.4 release cycle is now available for amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, and sparc64 architectures. Files suitable for creating installation media or doing FTP-based installs through the network should be on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites. The ISO images for this build do not include packages other than the docs. For amd64 and i386 'memstick' images are available that can be copied to a USB 'memory stick' and used for installs on machines that support booting from that type of media." Read the rest of the release announcement for details on how to upgrade from previous versions and where to report bugs. Quick download links for the i386 and amd64 architectures: FreeBSD-8.2-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso (861MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-8.2-BETA1-amd64-dvd1.iso (973MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-7.4-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso (967MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-7.4-BETA1-amd64-dvd1.iso (1,063MB, SHA256).
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| 2010-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.9, the final update of the RHEL 4 series: "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest beta update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, release 4.9 (with kernel 2.6.9-92.EL). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9 is in development and therefore the contents of the beta Red Hat Network (RHN) channels, the implemented features, and the supported configurations are subject to change before the release of the final product.This is the final minor release for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. With this release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be entering Production 3 phase during which qualified security Errata Advisories of critical impact, as well as, selected urgent priority bug-fix errata may be released." Please refer to the release announcement for further information and relevant links. Red Hat Network subscribers can download the installation ISO images from the usual place.
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| 2010-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Scientific Linux 6 Alpha 2 |
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Troy Dawson has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Scientific Linux 6, a distribution built from source packages for the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: "We have released the second alpha of Scientific Linux 6. You are now able to choose between a variety of installs, such as 'Desktop', 'Basic Server', 'Web Development Workstation', and others. As an extra bonus, 'Minimal' install is actually minimal. We have gotten the following packages to build, and they are in the release: Foomatic, Guile, Hivex, Ruby, TurboGears2. Revisor is now working, you are now able to make your own site. Documentation is better and the release notes are getting better." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: SL-6-i386-DVD1.iso (4,263MB, SHA1), SL-6-x86_64-DVD1.iso (4,223MB, SHA1).
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| 2010-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Deepin 10.12 RC |
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Linux Deepin is an active community Linux distribution providing a highly localized Chinese desktop based on Ubuntu, and its 10.12 release candidate hit the download mirrors just ten days after the beta version. One amazing feature is that the DeepWin installer, a customized Wubi, can be seamlessly integrated into Windows as an ordinary program; Windows users only need to run from the control panel to install or uninstall Deepin Linux. The release candidate also improves the desktop by adding nine web-orientated applications based on Firefox and Prism; all nine are representative applications popular in China but are rarely included in other Linux distributions. The Yong input method has been upgraded and also tweaked for better user experience. This release candidate serves as a preview of the final release before the new year; no changes except bug fixes will be considered. See the release announcement (in Chinese) with a few screenshots. Download the DVD image: deepin-10.12-rc-i386.iso (859MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3 RC1 |
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The first release candidate for Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3, an Arch-based desktop distribution with KDE, is ready for testing: "The Chakra development team is proud to announce our first release candidate of 'Ashoc'. This image is for finding any quirks we might have created due the KDE update to 4.5 series in stable. Please test multi-user creation, with all the new features we added. Also, the Marble page got a new style and is translated to German, Catalan and Spanish. The partition page got enhanced so it will be easier for newcomers to get Chakra GNU/Linux installed. Good news about CCR, our community repository: you can find now over 363 packages added by our users. Some of those already found their way into our binary repositories." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: chakra-0.2.95.1-i686.iso (696MB, MD5), chakra-0.2.95.1-x86_64.iso (670MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vinux 3.1 |
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Tony Sales has announced the release of Vinux 3.1, an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for blind and visually impaired computer users: "I am pleased to announce that Vinux 3.1 is now ready for download. It is currently available as a CD or DVD in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions (USB and Virtual Machine editions will follow shortly). It has been a long time coming, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. On top of all the usual Vinux goodies, new features include a Quick Start Guide for beginners (Ctrl+Alt+Q), Autokey-GTK which can insert text automatically as you type based on pre-defined abbreviation, the Parcellite Clipboard Manager which allows to paste text from the clipboard history, X-Tile which allows to tile windows automatically, Gnome Media Player as an accessible front-end to VLC...." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): Vinux-31-X86-DVD.iso (1,829MB), Vinux-3.1-X64-DVD.iso (1,896MB).
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| 2010-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Zorin OS 4 RC |
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Artyom Zorin has announced the availability of the release candidate for Zorin OS 4, an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution designed for beginning Linux users: "The Zorin OS team is proud to release the Zorin OS 4 Core release candidate which brings a lot of new and enhanced features to Zorin OS's GNOME desktop. New features, such as our unique Internet browser manager, the exclusive splash screen manager, the new and improved file browser, the new desktop theme and the sound menu radically improve the user interface experience. We also include our innovative look changer and all the fantastic software from our earlier releases. The Zorin OS 4 release candidate is made to get your feedback on what we have created so far. It is only available in a 32-bit edition here. The final version of Zorin OS 4 will also be available in 64-bit." For further details please refer to the release announcement and release notes. Download: zorin-os-4-core-32-rc.iso (1,199MB).
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| 2010-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 7.0 Alpha 4 |
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Robert Lange has announced the availability of the fourth alpha release of VectorLinux 7.0, a Slackware-based distribution for the desktop: "VectorLinux Core 7 alpha 4 is up and ready to test. Sorry to do this but I need to try out one more alpha before we start the beta stage. We had multiple problems with the 3.6 release mostly due to an upgrade to the installer's core system to accommodate the latest kernel releases. Hopefully the install will go without problems this time and I added a few updated packages like XScreenSaver, Grip to rip CDs and DVDs, and a few other core programs. Wicd, the network manager, should work correctly now. I added a few new twists to the overall theme of things, interested to hear any reactions. I know I have thrown a lot of releases at you lately but I would like the final stages to be pretty damn perfect so the betas and release candidates should be quick and painless." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: VL7.0-CORE-ALPHA-4.iso (685MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.8 "Lite" |
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Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate 2.8 "Lite", an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the LXDE desktop and designed for deployment on low-resource computers: "As promised, have the latest and the last release in the 2.8 series of Ultimate Edition. Ultimate Edition 2.8 'Lite' is dedicated to those with low system resources; it is also lightning-fast on machines that have the resources. There are no bells and whistles here, no office suite, no Compiz - just the pure essentials. It was built off Lubuntu 10.10, updated and upgraded, which is based on the LXDE desktop environment. Many applications were ripped from the operating system before I even started to build. This is the first time a light edition has been released from us; not that it has not been asked for by many for some time. Ultimate Edition 2.8 'Lite' will fit on a CD." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: ultimate-edition-2.8-lite-x86.iso (552MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Jolicloud 1.1 |
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Jolicloud 1.1, an Ubuntu-based distribution for netbooks with a custom user interface and extensive integration with online services and social networks, has been released: "With what we are releasing today, Jolicloud will bring all its users one step ahead of what Google, Apple and Microsoft are announcing. When everybody talks about HTML 5 as the future, we deliver it today, now and for everyone. We also hope that you will enjoy the brand new HTML 5 desktop that anyone on Chrome can use online at my.jolicloud.com. We have listened to your feedback and added some of the most requested features: Dashboard customization with beautiful background images; simplified access to the computer settings; ability to add any local application to your dashboard from a Jolicloud device; faster sign up and login using Facebook Connect; improved user interface design." Full details can be found in the release announcement. Download: Jolicloud-1.1.iso (696MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.1.2 "Fluxbox" |
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George Vlahavas has announced that a newly-built "Fluxbox" edition of the Slackware-based Salix OS 13.1.2, is released: "After a lengthy development period, the Salix team is proud to announce the first official release of Salix 'Fluxbox' edition. Salix Fluxbox 13.1.2 is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and features the minimal Fluxbox window manager, customized with the Salix look and feel. The 'Fluxbox' edition provides the cleanest work environment compared to any other previous Salix editions and has been designed so that it stays out of the way, while providing a fast, versatile and powerful environment. The installation images allow the installation to be performed in three different modes - core, basic and full." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download (MD5): salix-fluxbox-13.1.2.iso (565MB, torrent), salix64-fluxbox-13.1.2.iso (546MB, torrent).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Unity Linux 2010.2 |
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Matthew Dawkins has announced the release of Unity Linux 2010.2, a minimalist operating system designed to serve as a base for building custom distributions: "The developers at the Unity Linux project are proud to announce a brand new snapshot of the 2010 release. The 2010.2 release provides many updates to core packages, much more stability, and refinements to the core tools of the project, like mklivecd and unity-installer. Since our 2010.1 release the changes include: updated toolchain, OpenSSL, X.Org, Python, Mono, Smart, Drak tools, Linux kernel 2.6.35.7; addition of more than 2,000 packages; Xfce 4.6.2, KDE 4.5.1, GNOME 2.32.0, Openbox 3.4.11.2, E17 0.16.999.52995 and EFL beta libraries, as well as several proprietary video drivers for NVIDIA and ATI." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: Unity-i586-2010.2.iso (343MB, MD5), Unity-x86_64-2010.2.iso (369MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ZevenOS 1.9.1 "Neptune" |
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Leszek Lesner has released an updated version of ZevenOS 1.9 "Neptune" edition, a Linux distribution based on Debian's testing branch: "We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS Neptune 1.9.1. This is the first minor release to ZevenOS Neptune 1.9 which brings an updated Linux kernel (2.6.35.9) and an upgraded KDE SC (4.5) as well as VLC 1.1.5. The base Debian system was updated with security and bug fixes as well as our own applications such as ZevenOS hardware manager and Neptune installer. We are also proud to see that our effort in creating a good remastering tool, remaster-kit, has resulted in the first unofficial ZevenOS Neptune 1.9.1 release based on the GNOME desktop. Features: the newest, full-featured KDE SC 4.5 desktop with lots of animations and useful applications; the newest Chromium web browser including the newest Adobe Flash and full HTML 5 support." Here is the full release announcement. Download: neptune191-kde-final.iso (1,464MB).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX Attapu.1 |
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Thierry Nuttens has announced the release of an updated version of NuTyX, a French desktop distribution built from Linux From Scratch and using a custom package management tool borrowed from CRUX. Changes since Attapu: the live media allows hard disk installation via a graphical installer; KDE has been upgraded to version 4.5.4; it is now possible to generate a live CD/DVD image from an installed system; a "MINI" edition has been re-introduced, it allows installation of extra applications via Internet; during installation seven kernel options are available, covering a greater number of hardware combinations; the maintenance interface has been revised and simplified, now using the JWM window manager by default; an available swap partition is now automatically detected and configured.... Please visit the project's home page (in French) to read the full release announcement. Download the live CD (with Xfce) or the live DVD (with KDE): NuTyX_i686-attapu.1-LIVE-XFCE.iso (592MB, MD5), NuTyX_i686-attapu.1-LIVE-KDE.iso (3,320MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Scientific Linux 6 Alpha |
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Troy Dawson has announced the availability of the first alpha build of Scientific Linux 6, a distribution compiled from the source code of the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and enhanced with extra applications: "We have released the first alpha release of Scientific Linux 6. This first release installs and works. Packages that haven't been built, and aren't in the release include Ruby, Ekiga, Foomatic, Guile, Hivex, TurboGears2... We do not have all of the updates that Red Hat has released. Currently the installer says there is only a 'minimal' install available at the package selection, but if you go into 'Customize now' shows that a normal desktop install is selected - we plan on fixing this. There are no specialized pictures shown during the install, just the one that you see through the whole time - we are attempting to get this fixed. We are planning on SL6 alpha 2 to be released next Friday." The release announcement. Download: SL-6-i386-DVD1.iso (4,264MB, SHA1), SL-6-x86_64-DVD1.iso (4,266MB, SHA1).
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| 2010-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 1.5.4 |
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) version 1.5.4, a Slackware-based mini-distribution for small servers, has been released: "Superb Mini Server version 1.5.4 released (Linux kernel 2.6.35.7). This release brings new kernel and glibc so you need to put your machine in single-user mode in order to upgrade from previous versions of SMS. New packages include gdk-pixbuf2, ca-certificates, slacktrack, libmpc, libnl, libelf and mcelog. In SMS.Native.CD-Extra added httpd_vm, a version of httpd compiled for virtualmin with --with-suexec-docroot=/home and Ruby 1.8.7 for compatibility issues with many Ruby on Rails applications. Also on SMS64 added 64-bit packages for Asterisk, util-linux-ng with full PAM support and Postfix with vda patch which already existed in SMS." The release announcement includes a changelog of updated packages. Download: SMS.Live.CD-1.5.4.iso (358MB, MD5), SMS64.Live.CD-1.5.4.iso (368MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: DEFT Linux 6 RC |
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Stefano Fratepietro has announced the availability of the release candidate for DEFT Linux 6, an Ubuntu-based digital evidence and forensic toolkit on a live CD: "I'm happy to announce that DEFT 6 release candidate is out. Here are the main new features of DEFT 6: LXDE desktop, Linux kernel 2.6.35, DEFT Extra 3 (Windows side), Sleuth Kit 3.2.0, Autopsy 2.24, Digital Forensic Framework (DFF) 0.8, Xplico 0.6.1, DHash 2.0.1, Guymager 0.5.7, Hunchbacked 4most 0.6, Log2timeline 0.50, Foremost, Scalpel and Photorec file carver; USB 3 ready; full integration using Wine for running Windows forensic tools under linux; full support for Intel Mac OS X systems; full support for most common file systems; full support for logical volume manager; full support for afflib and ewflib." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: deft_6_rc.iso (689MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Pardus Linux 2011 Beta 2 |
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Gökçen Eraslan has announced that the second beta release of Pardus Linux 2011 is available for testing: "Live and installation images of Pardus Linux 2011 beta 2 release for 64-bit and 32-bit architectures are ready. More hardware support, bug fixes for our manager family and lots of new packages and updates are included in beta 2. In addition, some of the operations previously achieved in YALI, now have been moved to the first boot of the system and some visual changes applied to YALI interface. Also, one of the most important bugs, USB installation failure is now fixed. Keep in mind that this is a beta release and because of the fast development process, you will get massive number of package updates as more bugs are fixed." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation or live DVD images from here: Pardus-2011-Beta-2-i686.iso (1,071MB, MD5), Pardus-2011-Beta-2-x86_64.iso (1,090MB, MD5), Pardus-2011-Beta-2-Live-i686.iso (1,269MB, MD5), Pardus-2011-Beta-2-Live-x86_64.iso (1,290MB, MD5).
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| 2010-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 |
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Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 11.04, code name "Natty Narwhal": "Natty Narwhal is doing a first bit of spy hopping, also known as alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 11.04." New features include Unity as the default user interface: "Unity is now the default in the Ubuntu desktop session. The Unity Launcher is now available; it can be used to launch applications that are pinned to the launcher and switch between running applications. It supports quick lists on context menu. It can be set to auto-hide. Places is not yet available in alpha 1. Clicking the Ubuntu logo in the upper left of the screen will open the applications directory." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (SHA256): natty-desktop-i386.iso (717MB, torrent), natty-desktop-amd64.iso (723MB, torrent). Also available are the first 11.04 alpha builds for Kubuntu (download, announcement), Xubuntu (download), Edubuntu (download, release notes) and Ubuntu Studio (download).
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| 2010-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 4 |
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Will Stephenson has announced the availability of the fourth milestone release of openSUSE 11.4: "On Monday, the openSUSE project released the fourth of six milestones in the development of openSUSE 11.4. Milestone 4 (M4) brings a wide range of updates, both major and minor. Linux kernel 2.6.37-rc3 is the basis of M4, including the famous '200-line' per tty task groups patch to improve desktop interactivity, and featuring the removal of the so-called 'Big Kernel Lock' that will improve scalability. NetworkManager was updated to 0.8.2, seeing several last minute fixes in cooperation with upstream developers. On the desktops, KDE makes the leap to version 4.6 beta 1." The release announcement. Download (mirrors): openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0908-i686.iso (675MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0908-i686.iso (667MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0908-x86_64.iso (684MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0908-x86_64.iso (666MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2010-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Deepin 10.12 Beta |
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The beta version of Linux Deepin 10.12, an active community Linux distribution aimed at a highly localized Chinese desktop based on Ubuntu, has been released after two alpha builds and with quite a few exciting features. OpenOffice.org has been replaced with the 2009 personal edition of Yozo Office, a domestic and fully functional office suite with the look and feel from Microsoft Office. The input method is switched to "Yong" and ibus, the former of which is less known but found to be very convenient; please check its manual page to get started. Firefox and Google Chrome are both extended with Easy Link, so that the browser can also handle download links dedicated for Thunder and FlashGet. Wine is added and configured, where the domestic instant messenger QQ is accommodated. See the full release announcement (in Chinese) for more information and a few screenshots. While a customized CD image is specially created for a few users, general users are referred to the complete DVD image. Download: deepin-10.12-beta-i386.iso (892MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: blackPanther OS 10.1 |
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Charles Barcza has announced the release of blackPanther OS 10.1, a Hungarian desktop Linux distribution built from components and concepts borrowed from several major distribution projects. The new version is built on Linux kernel 2.6.32.2 and includes X.Org Server 1.7.3, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, GIMP 2.7.0, KDE 4.3.1 and other popular applications. Some of the notable changes include: EasyInstall - an installation routine which ensures that even older and less powerful hardware is set up correctly; DisplayController - a program whose function is to bring up a graphical subsystem under any circumstances; DesktopSelector - an application that provides new users with an option to choose a preferred desktop environment based on visual impressions; MyInfo-Tool - a graphical hardware information program.... See the rest of the release announcement (in Hungarian) for further details and screenshots. Download the live CD image from here: blackPantherOS_v10.1.1.iso (700MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: sidux 2009-04 |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of sidux 2009-04, a desktop distribution with KDE and Xfce based on Debian's unstable branch: "We now have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of sidux 2009-04 'Moros', shipping with Linux kernel 2.6.32 and KDE 4.3.4. For 'Moros', the development concentrated on updating the bootloader infrastructure for live and installed systems, but also took into account upstream changes like kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.3.4 and further KDE 4 applications. On the installed system, GRUB 2 now replaces the traditional GRUB bootloader, while the live system now employs isolinux and an improved gfxboot theme. Kernel 2.6.32 doesn't only improve and stabilise hardware support for newer devices, it also allows KMS for Intel graphic chipsets and supports DRI and basic 3D support for ATI Radeon graphics cards." See the detailed release notes for more information. Download (SHA256): sidux-2009-04-kde-i386-amd64.iso (2,134MB), sidux-2009-04-xfce-i386.iso (492MB), sidux-2009-04-xfce-amd64.iso (500MB).
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| 2009-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 2009.2 |
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Thierry Nuttens has announced the release of NuTyX 2009.2, a Gentoo-based French Linux distribution with binary packages for four desktop environments: GNOME, KDE, LXDE and Xfce. According to the release announcement, this version has had over 900 commits, mostly package upgrades and dependency updates, but also some bug fixes. There is a new theme that is now a common feature across all the different desktop environments. An alternative kernel, supporting more than 4 GB of RAM, is now included in the distribution. Some of the package upgrades include: ALSA 1.0.22, Amarok 2.2.1.90, Firefox 3.5.6, GNOME 2.28, KDE 4.3.4, Linux kernel 2.6.32.2, K3b 1.69.0alpha4, LXDE 0.5.0, Midori 0.2.1 and X.Org Server 1.7.3. Read the release announcement (in French) for more details and screenshots of the new theme. Download: NuTyX_i686-2009.2-LXDE.iso (300MB, MD5), NuTyX_i686-2009.1-XFCE.iso (481MB, MD5), NuTyX_i686-2009.2-GNOME.iso (594MB, MD5), NuTyX_i686-2009.2-KDE.iso (626MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Deepin 9.12 |
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Linux Deepin 9.12 has been released. The new version of the Ubuntu-based Chinese community distribution, formerly known as Hiweed Linux, comes with the following features: a careful selection of lightweight, easy-to-use and optimised software packages; usability enhancements of desktop start menu and file manager right-click menus; inclusion of popular software for day-to-day use, including OpenOffice.org; customised system installer with only two steps that need manual intervention; streamlined post-install configuration; various enhancements in Mozilla Firefox, such as replacement of rarely-used search engines with more popular ones, addition of several pre-configured add-ons, Flash Player 10 and multimedia plugins; graphical configuration tool for ADSL (PPPoE) and other high-speed and mobile Internet providers.... Read the detailed release notes (in Chinese) for additional information. Download: Deepin-9.12-final.iso (628MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Super OS 9.10 |
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Super OS is a Linux distribution that can be described as an Ubuntu enhanced with various extra software and features for improved out-of-the-box usability. Version 9.10, announced a few hours ago, adds the following applications and features: "Better multimedia support - VLC, support for DVD-playback, support for MP3 and other media formats, like QuickTime video, Real video, Windows Media Video, Flash Video, DivX, Xvid; Internet software - aMSN, Opera, Google Chrome, Skype, Firefox with Flash and Moonlight; portable applications available (RUNZ included); programs are easier to run - App Runner is included; mount tar.gz, .zip, .rar and .iso files with file mounter; other software - Java, Ubuntu Tweak; system beep is disabled; Super OS now has its own repository, in addition to the official Ubuntu repositories; most commonly used KDE and Qt libraries included." Read the release notes for further details. Download: Super_OS_9.10.iso (1,076MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 1.3.4 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescueCd 1.3.4, a Gentoo-based live CD containing a collection of data rescue and hard disk management utilities. What's new? "Updated the standard kernels to Linux 2.6.31.9 with btrfs update from 2.6.32; updated the alternative kernels to Linux 2.6.27.41; updated X.Org Server to version 1.6.5 (graphical server and drivers); Updated NTFS-3G to 2009.11.14 (standard release); updated gDisk to 0.5.1 (gDisk is a GPT partition table manipulator); updated FSArchiver to 0.6.2 (default, stable version); added FSArchiver 0.6.3-beta10 (alternative, beta version); added scsiadd which allows to add and remove SCSI devices; added suspend-usb-device script to safely disconnect USB disks; Memtest+ 4.00 is now booted as a kernel to fix issues; replaced AIDA with HDT 0.3.6 (hardware detection tool floppy disk image)." Here is the full changelog. Download: systemrescuecd-x86-1.3.4.iso (240MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabily 9.10 |
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Mehdi Magnon has announced the release of Sabily 9.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with Islamic software and web content filtering tools: "The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of Sabily 9.10. New in this release: Noor - new Quran browser; sample books for Thwab; Fsool - the Sira of the prophet Mohammed; Rejaal - men around the prophet Mohammed; Arabeyes Qamoos - and Arabic - English dictionary. Changes: new theme; new structure of Islamic software; Monajat is re-developed in Python. Main features: parental control tool (WebStrict); Zekr (Quran study tool), able to play Quran recitations; prayer times - Minbar and Firefox Pray Times add-on; Thwab (encyclopaedia); custom artwork; full support for Arabic; the DVD edition contains multimedia, scientific and educational software." More details in the release announcement. Download: sabily_9.10_small.iso (1,035MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: pfSense 2.0 Beta 1 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the availability of the first beta release of pfSense 2.0, a FreeBSD-based firewall system: "Our Christmas gift to the community is the 2.0 release reaching the beta milestone. The release is feature complete, with no new features being added, and should stay relatively stable throughout the remainder of the development process. That's not to say it's production-ready though, most of our developers are using it in production and have been for months, but unless you have a solid understanding of the underlying system and can manually verify the configuration, 2.0 is not yet for you. If you have a non-critical environment where you can try it out, you can find the latest build on the snapshot server. Please report your experiences on the 2.0 board on the forum." Read the complete release announcement for further details and known issues. Download: pfSense-2.0-BETA1.iso.gz (75.6MB, SHA256).
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| 2009-12-26 |
NEW • Development Release: Pardus Linux 2009.1 Beta |
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Onur Küçük has announced the availability of the beta release of Pardus Linux 2009.1: "The first testing release of Pardus Linux 2009.1 is ready. Like always, you can download it from the Pardus FTP servers. Pardus Linux 2009.1 beta comes with the latest stable KDE release, enhanced hardware support, and bigger software archive with up-to-date packages such as KDE 4.3.4, Linux kernel 2.6.30.9, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6, GIMP 2.6.7, X.Org Server 1.6.5, Python 2.6.4 and many more in just one CD. We remind you that this is the first testing release and not all of the features and optimizations of the final release are ready. As this release is within the fast development cycle, there will be lots of package updates towards the stable release." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download: Pardus_2009.1_Beta.iso (696MB, SHA1).
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| 2009-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KahelOS 12-25-2009 |
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Meric Mara has announced the release of KahelOS 12-25-2009, an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution with GNOME and GTK+ applications: "On this very day of 'gift-giving', three months after our first installer release 09-09-2009, we give you the new KahelOS (Desktop edition) installer version 12-25-2009. KahelOS now has Linux kernel 2.6.32, X.Org 7.5 and GNOME 2.28.2 by default." Some of the other improvements include: "simplified installation, the installer appears automatically upon boot-up; KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) is automatically detected, which means faster boot process, faster X server load, seamless graphical 3D effects, faster graphics, and an improved animated boot sequence; faster boot-up - the start-up process has been tweaked enormously to speed up the boot process." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional information. Download (MD5) the installation CD image from here: kahel-desktop-122509-i686.iso (696MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Berry Linux 1.00 |
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Yuichiro Nakada has announced the release of Berry Linux 1.00. The project, which started in November 2002 with version 0.01 (based on Red Hat Linux 8.0) and continued with regular incremental updates, has now produced exactly 100 releases. Version 1.00 is based on Fedora 11, but includes updated Linux kernel 2.6.32.1 (with SMP, ndev/udev, bootsplash and Aufs support), KDE 4.3.2, Rasp-UI 0.14 window manager, up-to-date versions of MPlayer and xine, the latest Mozilla Firefox, (version 3.5.6, with Flash plugin updated to version 10.0.32) in English and Japanese, and WINE 1.1.32. The MadWiFi kernel modules have been removed from the live CD. See the complete changelog for further details. Berry Linux is a user-friendly live and installation CD designed primarily for Japanese-speaking users, but support for English is also available as an option in the boot menu. Download (MD5) the landmark release from here: berry-1.00.iso (573MB).
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| 2009-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 3 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the availability of the third beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.5, a beginner-friendly, Debian-based distribution and live CD with KDE 4: "MEPIS has announced that SimplyMEPIS 8.4.95, the third beta of MEPIS 8.5, is available from MEPIS and public mirrors. SimplyMEPIS 8.x is based on a Debian stable foundation, but is enhanced with cherry-picked updates to important applications. The 8.5 release features a KDE 4.3.4 desktop, while the 8.0 release continues to support KDE 3.5.10. Warren Woodford reported: 'This beta includes kernel 2.6.32.2, which we reconfigured slightly, based on user feedback, so Kdenlive works with DV cameras. Kipi plugins were updated to the new 1.0.0 release. And the beginning defaults for Dolphin and the desktop were adjusted to be more 'MEPIS-like.'" Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.95-b3_32.iso (696MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.95-b3_64.iso (691MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tuquito 3.1 |
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Mario Colque has announced the release of Tuquito 3.1, a user-friendly, Ubuntu-based distribution for desktops developed in Argentina. New features in this release include: Linux kernel 2.6.31; GNOME 2.28.1; new functions added to Garfio, a system configuration tool; improved Tuquito RSS feed; addition of Banshee and VLC players; 100% compatible with MS Office file formats; support for reading and writing to FAT and NTFS partitions; automatic mounting of NTFS partitions; support for booting from USB storage device or DVD drives; addition of Google Chrome browser; support for netbooks; improved support for Broadcom wireless chipsets; support for Windows wireless drivers; ext4 as the default file system; out-of-the-box support for MP3 and DVD playback; support for ADSL modems; integration of VINE; addition of VirtualBox.... Read the rest of the release announcement (in Spanish) for more information and screenshots. Download: tuquito3.1-32bits-full.iso (945MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 5.1 "Gaming" |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of a special "Gaming" edition of Sabayon Linux 5.1: "This is our Christmas gift to our beloved community. A Sabayon DVD full of games to instantly play on every PC. This release comes straight from the north pole, I've found it under my Christmas tree this morning and wanted to share it with you. Santa made it for all our users. A cute Sabayon Linux 5.1 x86 full of games to not get bored during the holidays. Feature list: based on Sabayon Linux 5.1 x86 GNOME; filled with gigabytes of games, the best free and open-source games in the Linux land. Games included: Battle of Wesnoth, Foobillard, Freeciv, Frozen Bubble, GNOME Games, NeverBall, Nexuiz, OpenArena, Pingus, Pychess, Scorched 3D, Spring, Stepmania, Torcs, Tremulous, Warsow, Warzone 2100, Wormux." Visit the Sabayon Linux forum to read the release announcement. Download: Sabayon_Linux_5.1-r1_x86_GAMING.iso (3,734MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 1.9.54 (Unstable) |
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The regular bi-weekly updates to Elive, a Debian-based desktop distribution featuring a highly customised Enlightenment 17 desktop, continue with the release of unstable version 1.9.54: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.9.54." What's new? "ElPanel removed, all its features are moved elsewhere, it is more user-friendly now, but if you like ElPanel you can still install it; some Enlightenment 17 modules added, also, you can now configure the start-up sound and elive-news features; NVIDIA - if you use nvida-settings to configure a dual-monitor setup by generating an xorg.conf, you can recover your keyboard configuration; kernel version 2.6.30. Note that this is a development version." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: elive_1.9.54_unstable.iso (679MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.0.2 |
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George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix OS 13.0.2, a Slackware-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the default desktop: "The Salix team is proud to announce the release of Salix 13.0.2. The most important change is the addition of a 64-bit port of Salix OS. As the 32-bit counterpart, Salix64 is fully backwards compatible with Slackware64 and provides a simple and fast way to install an Xfce-based system that follows the 'one application per task' philosophy. The 64-bit repositories already include a considerable number of packages, making it the largest third-party package repository for Slackware64 users available. The Salix team has also created and maintains a repository that includes dependency information for all Slackware packages, 32-bit and 64-bit." Read the rest of the release announcement for a more detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): salix-13.0.2.iso (540MB), salix64-13.0.2.iso (520MB).
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| 2009-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClearOS 5.1 |
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ClearFoundation has announced the availability of ClearOS 5.1, a CentOS-based server and gateway distribution for small businesses formerly known as ClarkConnect: "ClearFoundation released the ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 final version. What's new? anti-phishing, Windows 7 support, graphical console tool, improved usability and web interface, core system upgraded to CentOS 5.4. ClearOS 5.x supports upgrades from ClarkConnect 4.x and later. Upgrades from earlier versions (or systems originally installed with an earlier version) are not supported. When you run the ClearOS installer, make sure you select the upgrade option. As with any upgrade, please backup any critical data. For those of you upgrading from ClarkConnect 5.0, a live upgrade (via yum) will be made available shortly." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (MD5): clearos-enterprise-5.1.iso (689MB).
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| 2009-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.0 |
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Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.0, a Fedora-based server distribution that turns an unused computer into a music server or jukebox: "VortexBox 1.0 released. After several months of hard work we have released VortexBox 1.0. It has many of the features requested by the community including: FLAC to Apple Lossless (m4a) mirroring through the web GUI; MusicBrainz and CDDB used for ID3 tags; tool tips for each section in the GUI; Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.4.1 pre-installed and configured; software upgrade through the web GUI. VortexBox 1.0 also has a lot of bug fixes including better handling of existing cover art. You can update to this version from the command line." Read the release announcement and visit the project's home page to learn more about this distribution. Download (MD5): vortexbox-1.0.iso (524MB). Warning: VortexBox is a server operating system that requires a complete hard disk (it cannot be installed to a hard disk partition).
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| 2009-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 4.7 |
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Patrick Verner has released Parted Magic 4.7, a small live CD with a collection of hard disk partitioning, hardware testing and data rescue tools. What's new? "Parted Magic 4.7 adds and removes some programs and fixes a few bugs. Key changes: Partclone 0.1.9 was added again despite Clonezilla being removed, people still wanted to use it from the command line; Xfburn and libburnia are replaced by SimpleBurn and cdrtools; LXMusic 0.4.0 was added with a very limited xmms2 build; util-linux is replaced by util-linux-ng; Firefox is replaced by Google Chrome (official beta version); Linux kernel is updated to 2.6.32.2 with Squashfs and LZMA compression; a mistake in the kernel configuration was fixed and Broadcom wireless drivers work again; some major problems were fixed in the wireless scripts; lsof 4.78, workman 1.3.4, hddtemp 0.3-beta15 were added." The full release announcement can be found on the project's home page. Download the live CD or the live USB image from here: pmagic-4.7.iso.zip (72.2MB), pmagic-usb-4.7.zip (72.2MB).
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| 2009-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r1 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of the first revision of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0, a desktop distribution and live CD based on Debian's testing branch: "The first update of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 is available for immediate download. This version merges all security and bug-fix updates. Also, a bug in installer that prevented detection of other installed operating systems has been fixed. Parsix 3.0 brings a vast amount of new features, like GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2. In other news, Parsix 3.5 repositories are up and running and all community users are welcome to start testing and using it. The final release is planned for March 2010." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: parsix_3.0r1-i386.iso (686MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r1-amd64.iso (693MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.7 |
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Robert Shingledecker has released of Tiny Core Linux 2.7, a minimalist Linux distribution in only 10 megabytes: "Tiny Core Linux 2.7 is now posted. The theme for 2.7 is to make Tiny Core and Micro Core easier to use by promoting a single extension installation method (mount) while still supporting copy into file system. Change log: updated appbrowser - single 'Install' button and renamed 'Download Only' to 'OnDemand'; updated appsaudit - new menu option 'Install Options' to maintain copy2fs.flg and copy2fs.lst; new ondemand - create flwm right-click menu shortcuts to load and start applications from /tce/optional - tune your system for much faster boot times; updated tce-load - dropped l, m, lm, ml testing, ldconfig always called; stripped more libraries for smaller size, now at 10.1 MB...." for additional details please see the full changelog. Download: tinycore_2.7.iso (10.1MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: kademar Linux 4.9.1 |
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Adonay Sanz Alsina has announced the release of kademar Linux 4.9.1, a Debian-based desktop distribution and live CD/DVD with support for the Catalan language and some custom configuration tools. Some of the changes in this version include: major improvements in the PulseAudio sound server; ext4 as the default file system; NetworkManager applet replaced by wicd; new CADI module for configuring multimedia keyboards; Linux kernel 2.6.31.5 compiled for the i686 architecture and with NVIDIA proprietary kernel module version 185.18.36; system installer improvements with initial support for GRUB 2 bootloader, a console-mode installation option, various improvements in graphical interface and corrections in the Catalan-language translations. Read the full release announcement (in Spanish) for additional notes. Download (MD5): kademar_V4.9.1_Desktop-DVD.iso (1,761MB), kademar_V4.9.1_Lyra.iso (692MB).
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| 2009-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 13.0.5 |
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Paul Sherman has released Absolute Linux 13.0.5, an updated version of the Slackware-based distribution featuring the lightweight IceWM window manager: "Absolute Linux 13.0.5 released. Monthly minor release cycle? Primarily security updates (kernel, GIMP, Firefox, BIND, etc.). Also removed Brasero (CD burning) as it is too dependent upon GNOME and switched to a simpler Xfburn. It has a few Xfce-related dependencies but these are small and they also allow easier development for users if they want to use the libraries. You may also notice that wxGTK libraries are in the base install, used by the CHM help viewer and also support Audacity, now compiled and sitting on CD2 in the multimedia folder." Visit the project's home page to read the release announcement. Download (MD5): absolute-13.0.5.iso (678MB).
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| 2009-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: ClearOS 5.1 RC2 |
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ClearFoundation has announced the availability of the second release candidate for ClearOS 5.1, a server and firewall distribution formerly known as ClarkConnect: "ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 Release Candidate 2 is now available! This second release candidate has all the features available and is ready for production use. Changes since RC1: remedied most of the slowness caused by unnecessary DNS/hostname lookups; completed graphical console implementation; completed ClarkConnect upgrade implementation; fixed text encoding on report page; fixed the network-multiwan missing group in the installer (gateway mode); improved network and user related pages; fixed some minor cosmetic look and feel issues; fixed time values on the intrusion prevention page has incorrect time values; cleaned up some Samba implementation issues." See the release announcement and release notes if you need to know more. Download: clearos-enterprise-5.1-rc2.iso (689MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: TinyMe 2010 Beta 1 |
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Kaleb Marshall has announced the availability of the first beta release of TinyMe 2010, a Unity Linux-based minimalist distribution with Openbox: "I am glad to announce the release of TinyMe 2010 'Acorn' Beta 1! TinyMe is a Unity-based distribution targeted at older computers and people who want a very light and fast desktop environment. Release notes: you will be automatically logged into the guest account when booting up the live CD; due to the lateness of the year, I decided to change TinyMe 2009 to TinyMe 2010; at this point, only an LZMA-compressed ISO images is offered. Features: Linux kernel 2.6.31.6, Pragha audio player, AbiWord - a light and fast word processor, Midori web browser...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: TinyMe-2010-Beta-1.i586.iso (199MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Untangle Gateway 7.1 |
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Untangle Gateway 7.1 has been released. Untangle is a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications like spam blocking, web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, VPN, SSL VPN and firewall. From the release announcement: "We are pleased to announce broad availability of our latest version, Untangle 7.1, which includes a host of new features and improvements: hierarchical policy management - managing multiple policies is now much more productive, with much less task repetition; automated sessions ending - sessions are now automatically ended is the user's policy changes at a point in time; safe search - Esoft web filter can now enforce safe search for popular search engines, such as Google; password override - administrators can now allow for block pages to be bypassed using a password...." Download: untangle_710.iso (435MB), untangle_710_amd64.iso (421MB).
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| 2009-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha 2 |
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Anil Gulecha has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, an OpenSolaris distribution for x86/x64 servers with a selection of tightly-integrated applications: "On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform (NCP) 3.0 alpha 2. This is the second release in NCP3. The main changes over the Alpha1 release include: move from OpenSolaris b124 to b129, this brings the long awaited ZFS deduplication support to the distribution; many additional network drivers; nexenta-on-source changes. From the release of NCP3 on, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): nexenta_3.0-b129-alpha2_x86.iso.zip (557MB).
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| 2009-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 2 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the availability of the second beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.5, a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Debian stable, but with updated KDE 4 desktop. From the announcement: "The rapid response of the Debian KDE team made it possible for us to recompile KDE 4.3.4 in time for this beta. And we were able to fix the perpetually problematic Python toolchain well enough that system-config-printer finally works. Also there have been numerous suggestions from the community; some are included now, and some will be in the next beta. The MEPIS artistic team made some tweaks to the theme graphics. To also improve the look, mepis-init has been changed to default to 24-bit depth display for most modern graphics drivers. We're being cautious about this change, since we don't want to make things worse for users with older graphics chips." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional notes. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.94-b2_32.iso (696MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.94-b2_64.iso (693MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 5.8 |
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Kai Hendry has released Webconverger 5.8, a specialist, Debian-based distribution for web kiosks, with Firefox as the only available desktop application. What's new in this release? "The big difference with this release is using i686 builds instead of i486. This means that Webconverger will not boot on very old PCs and some cheap CPUs like Geode. If this is problem for you, let me know! For the rest of us with i686-compatible hardware, Webconverger should be a litter faster. In other news, the spelling from the previous release 5.7 with Firefox 3.5 should now be working for you. The CJK support might not quite work on these free images; however, if you purchase Webconverger with Chinese (or Korean or Japanese) support I will ensure all the relevant fonts and input tools are pre-installed." Check out the release notes for further information. Download (MD5) the live CD or the live USB image from here: webc-5.8.iso (227MB), webc-5.8.img (234MB).
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| 2009-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 1.9.52 (Unstable) |
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Samuel Baggen has announced the availability of a new development release of Elive, version 1.9.52, a Debian-based distribution featuring the latest build of the Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.9.52." Changes since Elive 1.9.51: "Enlightenment 17 modules - a new set of Enlightenment 17 modules for Elive, they are found in the features category of the Enlightenment 17 Preferences; Trayer moved to the system tray of Enlightenment 17; Bluetooth featured on the fly; power manager featured for laptops; MSN - aMSN replaced by emesene for now due to resources and stability reasons; Linux kernel version 2.6.30. Note that this is a development version." Here is the brief release announcement. Those interested in helping to test the release can download the live CD image from here: elive_1.9.52_unstable.iso (681MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 5.1 |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 5.1, a Gentoo-based desktop distribution with GNOME or KDE desktops: "The best, refined blend of GNU/Linux, coming with bleeding edge edges, is eventually here. Features: based on the new GCC 4.4.1 and glibc 2.10; ships with a desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.31; provides extra server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories; installer now available in multiple languages; complete ext4 file system support; features X.Org 7.5 and up-to-date FLOSS, NVIDIA, AMD video drivers; containing GNOME 2.28 (with GNOME Shell) and KDE 4.3.4; outstanding 3D desktop applications (Compiz, Compiz Fusion and KWin)...." See the release announcement for a complete list of new features and changes. Download the KDE (K) or GNOME (G) edition for your preferred architecture: Sabayon_Linux_5.1-r1_x86_K.iso (1,936MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.1-r1_x86_G.iso (1,734MB, MD5, torrent). Sabayon_Linux_5.1-r1_amd64_K.iso (2,032MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon_Linux_5.1-r1_amd64_G.iso (1,882MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Epidemic GNU/Linux 3.1 Beta 3 |
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The Epidemic development team has announced the availability of the third beta release of Epidemic GNU/Linux 3.1, a Brazilian Debian-based desktop distribution with KDE and out-of-the box support for popular graphics drivers, media codecs and 3D desktop effects. The focus of the development effort since beta 2 was on correcting bugs and polishing the system, but there have been also some important additions, such as a new boot option that allows booting directly from an ISO image located on a hard disk, speed improvements in the boot process with elimination of text messages, and integration of ESU (a user-friendly authentication module developed in-house) with KNotification. Please see the full release announcement (in Portuguese) which lists all the main new features and additions in this version. Download the live DVD image from here: epidemic-3.1-b3-1-i686.iso (1,560MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: MOPSLinux 7.0 Beta 1 |
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The first beta release of MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian Slackware-based community distribution with an advanced package manager, is ready for download and testing. According to the release announcement, the distribution has now reached a reasonable level of stability to call this release a "beta". The most important changes since alpha 4 are bug fixes in various packages, as well as fixes in the mpkg package manager and the system installer. Most notable updates include: the Qt library has been updated to version 4.6.0 final; Inkscape has been updated to version 0.47; KDE 4.3.4; GCC 4.3.4; miscellaneous other package upgrades. Also new in this release is the ability to choose from a set of pre-configured setup variants depending on the purpose of the system. Read the full release announcement (in Russian) for further information. Download the installation DVD from here: MOPSLinux-7.0-beta1.iso (1,696MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-11 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 1.2.3 |
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Chris Buechler has released pfSense 1.2.3, a specialist firewall distribution based on FreeBSD: "pfSense 1.2.3 is now available! This is a maintenance release in the 1.2.x series, bringing an updated FreeBSD base, some minor enhancements, some bug fixes, and a couple of security updates. We have been waiting a few weeks in anticipation of a FreeBSD security advisory for the SSL/TLS renegotiation vulnerability, which came last week and allowed us to finalize the release. Change list: upgrade to FreeBSD 7.2; embedded edition switched to NanoBSD; dynamic interface bridging bug fix; IPsec connection reloading improvements; dynamic site-to-site IPsec; sticky connections enable and disable; ability to delete DHCP leases; polling fixed; ipfw state table size; UDP state timeout increases...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes and enhancements. Download: pfSense-1.2.3-RELEASE-LiveCD-Installer.iso.gz (55.2MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 |
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Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name "Lucid Lynx": "Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. New features: updated packages, Linux kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.4 beta 1, HAL removal. Known issues: the nv driver used by default for NVIDIA video chipsets on the live CD is reported to lead to X server crashes; the firmware for the bnx2 driver is not available on the alternate and server installer images at install time; manual partitioning in the graphical installer is reported to cause the installer to crash; clicking on the installer icon on the Kubuntu desktop CD fails to launch Ubiquity; the Kubuntu alpha 1 desktop ISOs are too large to fit on a CD." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (SHA256): lucid-desktop-i386.iso (685MB, torrent), lucid-desktop-amd64.iso (690MB, torrent). Also released today: Kubuntu 10.04 alpha 1 (download, release notes) and Xubuntu 10.04 alpha 1 (download).
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| 2009-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.5 |
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Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.5, an Ubuntu-based live DVD in over 3 gigabytes - with GNOME, KDE, Xfce and thousands of applications: "Ultimate Edition 2.5 was built off Ultimate Edition 2.4 (Ubuntu 9.10 based), all upgrades pre-installed as of current. It has KDE, Xfce and GNOME, user-selectable at login, three new themes and tons of applications. This release is huge, obviously bigger then Ultimate Edition 2.4. I am not going to spend my time writing a web page, just a post, even though it is a very worthy release and deserves a web page. I have a lot on my plate in programming and other activities. It has been out about a week, forum users have been grabbing it left and right." For more information please see this brief release announcement. Download (MD5): ultimate-edition-2.5-x86.iso (3,040MB), ultimate-edition-2.5-x64.iso (3,057MB).
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| 2009-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Unity Linux 2010 Beta 1 |
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Unity Linux is a Mandriva-based minimalist distribution with the Openbox window manager and Smart advanced package management tool. The project's main goal is to provide a core operating system upon which more complete solutions can be built. The first public development release was announced earlier today: "The Unity Linux project is pleased to announce its first beta release, 2010 Beta 1. Mandriva-based Unity Linux uses the MkLiveCD project, which allows developers to create their own distribution on top of a Unity Linux core. Nearly 7,000 packages are available after installation. In an effort to give distribution developers maximum flexibility, the core is kept small and usable, but not too basic. Unity Linux provides developers with the bare minimum - just enough to make use of remastering tools, the Smart package manager, a 2.6.31.6 kernel, and RPM 5." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Unity32-2010-Beta1.iso (261MB, MD5), Unity64-2010-Beta1.iso (298MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: xPUD 0.9.2 |
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Chen Ping-Hsun has announced the release of xPUD 0.9.2, a minimal, kiosk-type distribution with Mozilla Firefox, based on Ubuntu: "We're pleased to announce the release of xPUD 0.9.2. xPUD is a minimal and fast booting browser operating system, based on Mozilla Firefox, with a web-based user interface on top. New features: new SysTray; improved backup and restore; new page curl effect; WebApp mode; Opt-Get application store; new File tab. Based on the latest Ubuntu 9.10 repository and Linux kernel 2.6.31, xPUD 0.9.2 now comes with Vietnamese support and a total 15 different languages, and now we have X.Org and PCManFM built into the core system. The porting to ARM and MIPS architectures has also been completed." Read the rest of the release announcement (with screenshots) for more information and known issues. Download: xpud-0.9.2.iso (64.0MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 1 |
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Warren Woodford has announced that the first beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.5, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with KDE 4, is now ready for testing: "MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 8.4.90, the beta 1 of MEPIS 8.5. Warren Woodford reported on the progress in the 8.5 release cycle: 'This beta includes a 2.6.32 kernel that is one patch short of the final. The next beta will probably contain kernel 2.6.32.1. We still use KDE 4.3.2 but we're hoping we can leverage the dedicated efforts of the Debian KDE Team to update to a newer version soon. We've had a lot of input from users. We're trying to tweak 8.5 to reflect their suggestions and preferences. In particular, our thanks go out to the community members who designed and tested a new desktop theme for 8.5.'" Here is the brief release announcement. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.90-b1_32.iso (693MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.90-b1_64.iso (687MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: StressLinux 0.4.136 |
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Carsten Schöne has announced the release of StressLinux 0.4.136, an openSUSE-based live CD designed for testing computer system(s) on high load and monitor their health under extreme conditions: "Release published (0.4.136). This release is the first one which is available as 32-bit and 64-bit build; it contains all official updates from the base distribution and additionally updates the following packages to current versions: stress, nbench, nepim, netperf, lm_sensors, Memtest86+ and BusyBox. These packages are added to the distribution: dbench, tiobench, rsync and firmware packages for different kernel drivers. There are some fixes to smartd, hddtemp, ifstatus, environment and usability." Visit the project's home page to read the release announcement. Download the live CD images from here: stresslinux.i686-0.4.136.iso.bz2 (141MB, MD5), stresslinux.x86_64-0.4.136.iso.bz2 (144MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pentoo 2009.0 |
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Michael Zanetta has announced the release of Pentoo 2009.0, a Gentoo-based live CD featuring a selection of applications and tools designed to perform penetration testing: "Pentoo 2009.0 final is there. Nights after nights, we polished this version, and it looks really nice. The most notable changes: new Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 with Aufs and Squashfs-LZMA; new WiFi stack 2.6.32-rc7 with injection and fragmentation patches; QEMU with virt-manager so you can play some virtual machines in there; lots of tools updates (MSF, exploit-db, Kismet, SQLmap, Firefox and add-ons); some tools additions (Airpwn, Wapiti, PPPd) and some graphics fixes (NVIDIA, Intel); enhanced cracking software (NTLM/MD4/MD5 CUDA brute force cracker; WPA PSK rainbow tables generation accelerated through CUDA, STREAM or PADLOCK; John The Ripper with MPI support)." Visit the project's home page to read the complete release announcement. Download: pentoo-i686-2009.0.iso (666MB, MD5, pentoo-x86_64-2009.0.iso (698MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 10.0 |
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Calculate Linux 10.0, a Gentoo-based distribution for desktops and servers, has been released. The new version comes in several editions, including Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Desktop with either KDE 4.3.3 (CLD) or Xfce 4.6.1 (CLDX), and Calculate Linux Scratch without a desktop (CLS) or with GNOME 2.26.3 (CLSG). Some of the features in this release include: a complete client-server solution; full compatibility with Gentoo Linux, support for German, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian; addition of a pre-configured AdBlock Plus add-on to Firefox, addition of EisKaltDC P2P client, Kbluetooth.... See the release announcement (in Russian) for additional details. The various Calculate editions are available for download from the distribution's FTP and HTTP mirrors; quick links to the CLD edition: cld-10.0-i686.iso (1,738MB, MD5, torrent), cld-10.0-x86_64.iso (1,823MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: VLOS 2.0 Alpha 1 |
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After 3.5 years of inactivity, the VLOS project has been resurrected. A new test build of the distribution which is now built using Daniel Robbins's Funtoo stages and which uses the Entropy package manager and the Sabayon Linux system installer, has been released: "After three and a half years on hold, the VLOS project returns with a new vision for the future. Today we are pleased to introduce the first alpha of what will be our stable VLOS 2.0. It includes countless improvements: based on stages from Funtoo by Daniel Robbins with Linux kernel 2.6.31, GNOME 2.28.1, GCC 4.3.3, glibc 2.9 and X.Org Server 1.7.2; based on Sabayon Linux using Entropy package manager and installer; VLOS is now a live DVD and can be used as a rescue disc; moved from HAL to DeviceKit-power, DeviceKit-disks and udev; includes WINE by default and is able to run supported Windows applications; uses the ext4 file system by default." For further details please see the release announcement. Download the installable live DVD images via BitTorrent: Vidalinux_2.0_alpha1_i686.iso (827MB), Vidalinux_2.0_alpha1_amd64.iso (911MB).
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| 2009-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu Christian Edition 6.0 Beta |
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David Kuntadi has announced the availability of the beta release of Ubuntu Christian Edition 6.0, a distribution based on Ubuntu 9.10 and incorporating a variety of Christian and parental control software: "Ubuntu Christian Edition 6.0 beta release. One problem with the Ubuntu 9.10 release is a bug in DansGuardian, but Ubuntu Christian Edition 6.0, based on Ubuntu 9.10, comes with DansGuardian enabled and fully functional. In addition, the DansGuardian GUI now makes Internet filtering and sharing easy. With just a few clicks, you would be able to share Internet connection to your LAN, with or without Internet filtering. There is a major change in e-Sword installer as well, it now uses WINE stable (1.0.1) instead of WINE development. In addition to the desktop edition, we have also released a server edition." See the release announcement and changelog for more information. Download via BitTorrent: ubuntu-9.10-christian_edition_v6.0-i386_beta.iso (770MB), ubuntu-9.10-christian_edition_v6.0-amd64_beta.iso (825MB).
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| 2009-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Deepin 9.12 Beta 1 |
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Linux Deepin is a Chinese distribution consisting of elaborately selected software applications and configurations, with the goal of being easy and convenient to use. Version 9.12 is the first public release since the project changed its name from Hiweed Linux, and after five internal alpha tests the first beta version has just been announced. Although there is a change in both the project name and the logo, the slogan continues to be "relieving novices from painfully getting started with Linux as well as saving the time for veterans". Moreover, the distribution still claims to be lightweight. Linux Deepin 9.12 is based on the software repository of Ubuntu 9.10 and is only complied for the i386 architecture. Features inherited from the upstream distribution are Linux kernel 2.6.31 with USB 3.0 support and Xfce 4.6.1 with enhanced desktop experience. Check the project introduction and the release notes (both links in Chinese) for more information. Download: Deepin-9.12-beta1.iso (695MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2009-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mangaka Chu |
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Linux Mangaka is an Ubuntu-based distributions designed primarily for the fans of Japanese Manga and Anime, with an innovative set of desktop themes, a large variety of programs for graphics design, many freely available Google applications, and a number of games. The project's second release, named Chu, is now available for download: "The English edition of the free, complete, easy and fast Anime Community Linux Operating System is out. Features: EXE programs compatibility, MAC/WIN key open menu, music preview on mouse-over-file, codecs for video and audio; Flash Player plugin for Google Chrome; huge pack of multimedia and Internet tools." Read the release announcement and visit the distribution's About page to learn more. The Linux Mangaka Chu live DVD image is available for download via BitTorrent (2,382MB).
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| 2009-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CDlinux 0.9.5 |
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Ben Zhao has announced the release of CDlinux 0.9.5, a compact, minimalist live CD with the Xfce desktop and several popular applications: "This is yet another maintenance release concentrating on stability and usability. There are only a few new features: UTF-8 console (use the 'fbcon' command); add AbiWord back and upgrade to 2.8.1; Korean support; more optional add-on modules. And some bug fixes: fix a bug in the drcom package; modify rc.font to omit removable devices. Package upgrades: Linux kernel 2.6.31.6, X.Org Server 1.6.5, CUPS 1.4.2, Poppler 0.12.2, Samba 3.4.2, Firefox 3.5.5, JRE 6 u17. CDlinux 0.9.5 will be the last version using the good old X.Org 7.4. In the upcoming 0.9.6 we'll upgrade to the brand new X.Org 7.5." Visit the distribution's news page to read the release announcement. Download (MD5): CDlinux_CE-0.9.5.iso (214MB, MD5).
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| 2009-12-01 |
NEW • BSD Release: m0n0wall 1.3 |
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Manuel Kasper has announced the release of m0n0wall 1.3, a minimalist firewall distribution based on FreeBSD: "After almost three years in beta, I have decided that m0n0wall 1.3 is now good enough for production. It's basically a re-release of 1.3b18, with two fixes thrown in. No major bugs have been reported any more, but as always, upgrade on your own risk. Major changes in this release (since 1.23): switched base operating system to FreeBSD 6.4; consolidated net45xx, net48xx and wrap images into a single 'embedded' image; switched bridge implementation to if_bridge - bridge member interfaces will now always be filtered; IPv6 support (enable on advanced setup page); firewall support for IPsec traffic; IPsec NAT-T, DPD and dynamic tunnels; countless bug fixes and other improvements." Read the release announcement and changelog for additional details. Download (MD5): cdrom-1.3.iso (17.5MB).
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| 2008-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MoLinux 4.2 |
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MoLinux 4.2, an Ubuntu-based, general-purpose distribution developed by the regional government of Castilla La Mancha in Spain, has been released. Code named Toboso, the new release of MoLinux is based on Ubuntu 8.10, which means that most of the included applications have been upgraded to their latest versions; these include Linux kernel 2.6.27, X.Org Server 1.5.2, GNOME 2.24.1, Firefox 3.0.5 and OpenOffice.org 3.0.0. The distribution's artistic team has delivered new desktop backgrounds depicting images from the autonomous community and some abstract designs, as well as brand new icons for the panels, menus and desktop. An interesting new feature is a new backup manager that automates backing up of data to external devices or over the local network. There is more - please see the full release announcement (in Spanish) for further details. Download the installable live CD from here: Molinux_4.2_Toboso.iso (649MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Berry Linux 0.94 |
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Yuichiro Nakada has announced the release of Berry Linux 0.94, a Fedora-based live CD with KDE 4 as the default desktop: "Berry Linux 0.94 released." This is the project's first version based on the stable Fedora 10, with Linux kernel 2.6.27.10, glibc 2.9, GCC 4.3.2, X.Org Server 1.5.3 and KDE 4.1.3 as the default desktop. Besides the kernel and toolchain, other major packages were also upgraded to their latest versions; these include Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5, OpenOffice.org 3.0.0, Flash Player 10, Samba 3.2.5, WINE 1.1.9, Digikam 0.10.0 and Inkscape 0.46. The distribution, which promotes itself as "the most beautiful OS in the world", comes with support for both English and Japanese (selectable from the boot menu), a control centre for configuring network interfaces and update features, and a simple graphical hard disk installer. For further information please refer to the full changelog. Download (MD5): berry-0.94.iso (542MB).
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| 2008-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: GeeXboX 1.2 Beta 3 |
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The third beta release of GeeXboX 1.2, a bootable, Linux-based media player, is now ready for testing: "Here comes beta 3 which is definitely a candidate for 1.2 release. We've performed a huge amount of bug fixes in various areas and were able to correct some longstanding issues we had. Two major changes come with this release: a completely new auto-mounter that now relies on D-BUS and HAL and the restoration of installer feature. Finally you should be able to install GeeXboX again, on both your hard disk drives and USB keys. Other parts of GeeXboX also had a few changes, mostly regarding the player that received a few fixes for audio CDs, DVDs, AAC and RealVideo 9 playback. Changelog: upgraded Linux kernel to 2.6.27.10; upgraded ATI Radeon and RAGE 128 drivers; updated MPlayer to r28184 (provides native RealVideo 9 / RV30 decoder)...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): geexbox-1.2-beta3-en.i386.glibc.iso (19.0MB), geexbox-1.2-beta3-en.x86_64.glibc.iso (20.4MB).
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| 2008-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lunar Linux 1.6.4 |
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Stefan Wold has announced the release of Lunar Linux 1.6.4, a source-based distribution designed for advanced Linux users: "The Lunar team proudly announce the final release of Lunar Linux 1.6.4, code name 'Lacus Autumni'. It is our most polished release to date. New features: working software RAID configuration; improved language selection; installation from a USB stick or other media; ships with kernel 2.6.27.10; ReiserFS, XFS and JFS file systems are now also built-in with the precompiled kernels. Summary of changes since beta 1: isolinux updated; all modules refreshed; installer will now skip the 'swap file' step if a swap partition has been added; USB modems in the precompiled kernel have been disabled since they require firmware images that we don't supply; added lsb-release." Refer to the full release announcement for more details. Download: lunar-1.6.4-i686.iso.bz2 (296MB, MD5), lunar-1.6.4-x86_64.iso.bz2 (305MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 2.0 Test 1 |
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The first test release of the upcoming Parsix GNU/Linux 2.0, a desktop distribution and live CD based on Debian's testing repository, is ready for download: "The first testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux, code name 'Boss Skua', is finally out. It took little longer due to more dramatic changes in GNOME 2.24 than in the older releases. Parsix 'Boss' ships with a brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.26.8, with extra patches and drivers. The live CD compression system has been upgraded to version 3.4 which brings higher compression rate, Unionfs is default for live CD mode. Several bugs have been fixed and many packages updated. Highlights: GNOME 2.24.2, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.5, GParted 0.4.1, Pidgin 2.4.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Compiz Fusion 0.7.8, VirtualBox OSE 2.0.6 and GNU Flash Player 0.8.4." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: parsix_2.0r0-test-1-i386.iso (641MB, MD5), parsix_2.0r0-test-1-amd64.iso (653MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-26 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.0 RC1 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the availability of the first release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 8.0: "ISO files of RC1 of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 have been released for 32-bit and 64-bit processors. The kernel in RC1 has been updated to upstream version 2.6.27.10 and the wl wireless driver has been updated to improve reliability. Some minor changes have taken place "under the hood" to address issues that were reported by individual testers. Warren Woodford, the builder of SimplyMEPIS, says: 'There have been lots of good updates from the upstream Debian developers. I know they are working very hard to finalize the release of Lenny, which is the foundation for SimplyMEPIS 8.0.'" Here is the brief release announcement. Besides the new SimplyMEPIS release candidate, the project has also announced the availability of the first test of MEPIS antiX, a lightweight distribution for older computers. Download the CD images from here: SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.94-rc1_32.iso (657MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.94-rc1_64.iso (651MB, MD5), antiX-M8-public-test1.iso (389MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-26 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 1.2.1 |
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pfSense 1.2.1, a maintenance and bug-fix update of the FreeBSD-based mini-firewall system, has been released: "The pfSense team has a Christmas present for you all - the 1.2.1 final release. The only changes since RC4: fixed problem preventing RIP from starting; fixed broken link in VLAN reboot notification; fixed problem with SSL certificate generation. This is a strictly a maintenance release, meaning it contains only bug fixes in the pfSense code, no new features. Though we also upgraded the base operating system from FreeBSD 6.2 to 7.0, which necessitated numerous changes in how things were configured. The change to FreeBSD 7.0 brings improved performance and more hardware support." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Download the installation CD from here: pfSense-1.2.1-LiveCD-Installer.iso (49.2MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 4 |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 4: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we're pleased to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 4. Bringing a more accessible, easy-to-use and fast way of doing business and home computing in a web 2.0 flavour is what we are going to achieve by the beginning of the new year. Sabayon Linux 4 offers an easy-to-use and attractive desktop coming with thousands of tools and applications, such as effortless connections to any kind of wireless network, web and multimedia applications (Java, Flash player, Google Earth, Picasa), browsers (Firefox, Opera, Konqueror), instant messaging clients (Pidgin, Kopete, aMsn), multimedia and playback tools (Elisa media centre, GeeXboX, VLC, SMPlayer), productivity tools (OpenOffice.org, AbiWord, GNU Calc, Kontact, Adobe Reader). Technically, Sabayon Linux 4 has been completely rebuilt on top of GCC 4.3, for i686 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) architecture." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Sabayon-Linux-x86-4.iso (3,960MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon-Linux-x86_64-4.iso (4,282MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 7.1-RC2 |
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Ken Smith has announced the second release candidate for FreeBSD 7.1: "FreeBSD 7.1-RC2 is now available, the second of the release candidates. Unless an as yet undiscovered show-stopper comes along the release itself will be anywhere from a week to two weeks from now. We might be doing it next week since the release test cycle has gone on for quite a while now and the latest thing that delayed the release was a security advisory (SAs don't typically get or need much in the way of public testing). The traffic we're seeing on the lists and in Gnats is certainly stuff we'll pay attention to and deal with but isn't quite severe enough to warrant further delaying an already severely delayed release." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and update instructions. Download: 7.1-RC2-i386-dvd1.iso.gz (1,809MB, MD5), 7.1-RC2-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (1,807MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 5.4 Beta 1 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the availability of the first beta release of Zenwalk Linux 5.4, a Slackware-based desktop distribution: "The first beta of Zenwalk Linux 5.4 is ready for testing. This beta version is a good preview of the upcoming Zenwalk 5.4, as we are mostly waiting for Xfce 4.6 final. The most important changes: Linux kernel 2.6.27.10 with gspca (supports many USB webcams); Xfce 4.6-beta2; faster boot; PAM authentication has been added to the system; wicd has become the main network configuration tool; improved suspend and hibernate with Xfce power manager; new Netpkg with orphan dependencies and 'offline operation' support; new Zenpanel with integrated disk manager, WiFi and wired network manager; Gksu keyring based desktop granting system; new artwork; many new applications." Here is the full release announcement. Download: zenwalk-5.4BETA1.iso (462MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2009.1 Alpha 1 |
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Adam Williamson has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2009.1, now shipping with KDE 4.2 beta 2: "The first pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2009.1 is now available. This alpha concentrates on updating to the major desktop components of the distribution, including KDE 4.2 beta 2, GNOME 2.25.2, Xfce 4.6 beta 2, X.Org server 1.5, and kernel 2.6.28-rc8. It is also the first distribution to introduce the major new Tcl/Tk release, 8.6. The alpha is available only in the DVD 'Free' edition with a traditional installer and no proprietary applications; future pre-releases will add the live CD 'One' edition with proprietary drivers. Please help test this first pre-release and report bugs to Mandriva." Read release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: mandriva-linux-free-2009.1-alpha-dvd-i586.iso (4,451MB, MD5), mandriva-linux-free-2009.1-alpha-dvd-x86_64.iso (3,903MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: sidux 2008-04 |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of sidux 2008-04, a desktop distribution with KDE 3.5 or Xfce based on Debian's unstable branch: "After fixing the problem with multiple optical disc drives, which occurred in our first preview, and quite some infrastructural changes, we now have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of sidux 2008-04 'Pontos'. Pontos concentrates on integrating the changes caused by kernel 2.6.27, init optimisations accomplished by insserv and, in particular, overhauling the installer. Features: based on Debian 'sid' as of 2008-12-22; Linux kernel 2.6.27.10 (SMP, hard pre-emption); X.Org 7.3; KDE 3.5.10; new SVG-based, art theme; offline manual for English and German directly on the disc, online manuals for more languages online; support for Intel P4x, G4x and Q4x chipsets...." Read the detailed release notes for further information and a list of supported hardware. Download: sidux-2008-04-kde-i386-amd64.iso (1,950MB, MD5), sidux-2008-04-xfce-i386.iso (385MB, MD5), sidux-2008-04-xfce-amd64.iso (390MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 6.0 RC1 |
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Robert Lange has announced the availability of the first release candidate for VectorLinux 6.0: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the first release candidate of VectorLinux 6.0. This release is the result of the excellent bug reporting feedback from members of our community. We have tried to squash most of the bugs reported and add some additional polish to the default theme and the GUI installer. The installer has gone through many rewrites, we think you will find many improvements both in design and execution. We have updated several software packages and have added the all-new slapt-get notifier which automatically notifies the user via a tray icon that software updates are available. The browser plugins have been updated to the latest Flash 10 and MPlayer Plugin. Firefox, Opera, Seamonkey, gFTP, Pidgin and our own Vl-hot have all been updated." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: VL6.0-STD-RC1.iso (699MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: CDlinux 0.9.0 |
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Ben Zhao has announced the release of CDlinux 0.9.0, a compact live CD with Xfce as the desktop environment: "CDlinux 0.9.0 has been released. This is a development release, considered a major step towards CDlinux 1.0. There are many changes and enhancements over the last release, including: support for 'persistent mode', auto save and restore user changes; support for printing; support for booting directly from ISO image; Samba client and printing support; support for Java; a new boot splash; a revised and more efficient package management system. And many package upgrades including: Linux kernel 2.6.27.10, glibc 2.8, X.Org 7.4 (xorg-server 1.5.3), Xfce 4.4.3, Firefox 3.0.5." Here is the complete release announcement. Download the larger Community edition or the smaller Standard edition from here: CDlinux_CE-0.9.0.iso (190MB, MD5), CDlinux-0.9.0.iso (59.0MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Nexenta Core Platform 2.0 Beta 1 |
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Anil Gulecha has announced the availability of the first beta release of Nexenta Core Platform (NCP) 2.0, a free and open source distribution combining the OpenSolaris kernel with Ubuntu userland: "This is to announce availability of Nexenta Core 2.0 beta - an Ubuntu/OpenSolaris native environment (unstable 'Hardy' branch). The packages are relatively stable, and we've thus moved NCP to beta, and aim for a stable release early next year. Release highlights: OpenSolaris build 104+ with critical patches; over 6000 packages in the repository, and autobuilder; based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 'Hardy Heron' repository; includes latest APT, GCC, Binutils, Coreutils, Perl, Python, Ruby, Qt libraries, GTK+ libraries; SMF support added for server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: nexenta-core-platform_2.0-b104-beta1_x86.iso.zip (436MB).
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| 2008-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: iMagic OS 2009 |
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Carlos La Borde has announced the release of iMagic OS 2009, a commercial Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.10: "After months of development and design, iMagic OS 2009 is ready! Nine new features: new window design - a new refreshing theme washes away all traces of iMagic OS 7.0; web applications - now, you can split web software like GMail, Google Docs, YouTube, iMagic OS Downloads, and CNR right out of the web browser and run them just like normal applications; OpenOffice.org support - Now runs OpenOffice.org much better; educational software - now includes more educational software that will help you and your children; BitTorrent software - More BitTorrent software brings you more pre-loaded choice, and lets you handle torrents more easily; improved boot time - thanks to some boot re-profiling, boot up time is now diminished by over 10 seconds on most present-day computers; sample tutorials...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. iMagic OS 2009 is available for purchase from the project's online store (US$85.00).
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| 2008-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2 |
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Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope": "The Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 9.04, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu. New features: packages -- applications and software of all kinds -- are being updated at a rapid pace; the latest X.Org server, version 1.6, is available; includes the 2.6.28-3.4 kernel based on 2.6.28-rc8. Known issues: The binary ATI and NVIDIA proprietary drivers and are not yet supported for this server and will exhibit various serious issues if run against it; choosing the 'encrypt home' option on the Ubuntu server or alternate CD will cause the installation to fail at user setup time...." Read the release announcement and visit the features page on Ubuntu Wiki to find out more. Interested beta testers can download (MD5 the desktop CD images from here: jaunty-desktop-i386.iso (692MB, torrent), jaunty-desktop-amd64.iso (698MB, torrent). Also released today were alpha 2 desktop and alternate CD images for Kubuntu 9.04 and alternate CD images for Xubuntu 9.04.
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| 2008-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ZevenOS 1.0 |
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Leszek Lesner has announced the release of ZevenOS 1.0, an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution with a BeOS-like user interface, performance and support for older hardware: "We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS 1.0." From the changelog: "Added a new dark theme; added a low-level desktop (uses PCManFM and LXPanel instead of xfdesktop and Xfce panel); added new static deskbar menu; bug-fixed menu localization in deskbar; made JFS the default file system; fixed permission errors after install in /etc/sudoers; added SuM and BuM; removed Streamtuner and Ristretto; improved MAGI 2 visual appearance; added advanced configuration in MAGI 2; added Wmconfig (MAGI 2); added new Zeven GTK+ theme; added Darklooks GTK+ theme; added two new Sawfish themes to fit the new dark look...." Visit the project's web site and read the rest of the changelog for more details. Download: ZevenOS-1-GM.iso (689MB, torrent).
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| 2008-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.5 |
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Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX 2.5, a minimalist, i686-optimised Linux distribution for advanced users: "Twelve months after the last release, today we published CRUX 2.5. Release notes: includes glibc 2.8, GCC 4.3.2, Binutils 2.19, Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and X.Org 7.4; glibc does not contain all possible locales any more; the runtime linker configuration has been greatly simplified by adding a configuration directory /etc/ld.so.conf.d; GCC depends on libgmp and libmpfr now, both have been added to core; a new port inetutils replaces inetd, netkit-ftp and netkit-telnet; hotplug has been removed because it wasn't in use since a long time; libpcre has been added to core; slocate has been replaced by mlocate; cdrtools has been replaced by cdrkit." See the release announcement, release notes and handbook for more information. Download: crux-2.5.iso (258MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Trisquel GNU/Linux 2.1 |
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Rubén RodrÃguez Pérez has announced the release of Trisquel GNU/Linux 2.1, a 100% "libre" distribution based on Ubuntu and recommended by the Free Software Foundation (FSF): "We are very proud today to announce the release of the 2.1 version of Trisquel GNU/Linux in its three editions, including, for the first time, the education-oriented branch along with the domestic and enterprise ones. From this release on, the three editions include the linux-libre kernel, and lots of small improvements have been made to improve the user experience and other aspects such as security and performance. All these upgrades can be applied over an existing installation using the automated update system." Read the release announcement for further details. Download: trisquel-2.1-i686.iso (692MB, MD5, torrent), trisquel-2.1-amd64.iso (703MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 11.1 |
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openSUSE 11.1, a community Linux distribution sponsored by Novell, has been released: "The openSUSE project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1. The openSUSE 11.1 release includes more than 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, and more freedom with a brand new license, Liberation fonts, and OpenJDK. This is also the first release built entirely in the openSUSE Build Service. Desktop users will find a lot to like in this release. Users can choose from the leading edge of GNOME and KDE development with GNOME 2.24.1 and KDE 4.1.3. We've also included KDE 3.5.10 for users who prefer the classic KDE experience." Read the release announcement and press release, and visit the product pages to learn more about the new openSUSE 11.1. Download (mirror list) one of the installable live CDs: openSUSE-11.1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso (663MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-GNOME-LiveCD-i686.iso (652MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-KDE4-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (683MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-GNOME-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (682MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kiwi Linux 8.12 |
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Jani Monoses has announced the release of Kiwi Linux 8.12, an Ubuntu remix with multimedia support, designed mostly for Romanian and Hungarian users: "Kiwi Linux 8.12 is a desktop CD based on Ubuntu 8.10 for the x86 architecture. It contains packages necessary for playing restricted multimedia formats by default and supports the SpeedTouch 330 USB ADSL modem. The list of available languages is English, French, German, Hungarian and Romanian. Differences between Ubuntu 8.10 and Kiwi Linux 8.08: packages up to date as of 2008-12-15; added Wubi; OpenOffice.org 3.0 with up to date Romanian translation; GUI for pppoeconf; a graphical tool for restoring GRUB boot menus lost after installing other operating system; Evolution removed; Flash plugin and GStreamer codecs for restricted audio and video formats...." Read the rest of the release notes for further details. Download (MD5): kiwi-8.12.iso (703MB, torrent).
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| 2008-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 9.0 |
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Vagner Rodrigues has announced the release of Litrix Linux 9.0, a Gentoo-based Brazilian live DVD. According to the release announcement, Litrix Linux 9.0 is designed as a general-purpose distribution that can be used in live mode or as a complete operating system installed run from a hard disk. It contains a good mix of applications for both work and entertainment. The main components of the new release include: Linux kernel 2.6.27, KDE 3.5.9 desktop environment, OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 web browser, The GIMP 2.6 image manipulation program, WINE 1.0 - a translation layer for running Windows applications on Linux, support for Portuguese and English languages, newly added OpenLDAP. Please visit the distribution's revamped home page (in Portuguese) to read the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live DVD image from here: litrix-9.0.iso (1,293MB).
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| 2008-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 3.3 |
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Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 3.3: "This release of Parted Magic offers better support for video drivers and adds NFS. gFTP was also added and a few other core packages have been upgraded. The contents of the USB version have been altered to clean things up a bit. All GRUB files are in /boot/grub and all syslinux files are in /boot/syslinux. You will need to alter your syslinux command syntax or move the configuration file back to the root of the USB drive." From the changelog: "Downgraded to xorg-server to version 1.4.2; added DHCP 3.0.7; added gFTP 2.0.19; updated NTFS-3G to version 1.5130, udev to version 135, GParted to version 0.4.1, BusyBox to version 1.13.1; added Portmap 6.0 and nfs-utils 1.1.2." Read the full release announcement and changelog for further information. Download: pmagic-3.3.iso.zip (51.7MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Magic Linux 2.1 |
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Magic Linux is a Chinese community distribution loosely based on Fedora. Version 2.1, released yesterday, is mostly a bug-fix release with updated applications. Code-named "Houyuan", the new release comes with the following components and features: Linux kernel 2.6.25.20 witch glibc 2.3.6 and GCC 3.4.6; X.Org server 1.5.2 with KDE 3.5.8 as the default desktop; a collection of popular KDE applications, including Amarok and Kaffeine. Some of the changes since RC3 include a variety of localisation fixes for better support for Chinese, upgrade to WINE 1.1.8 and minor updates to HAL and udev. For more information please see the release announcement (in Chinese), which also contains a planned feature list for the upcoming release of Magic Linux 2.5. Download the installation DVD image from here: MagicLinux-2.1.Houyuan.dvd-1.iso (947MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 6 |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 6, code name "Felicia": "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 'Felicia'. Based on Ubuntu 8.10 'Intrepid Ibex', Linux 2.6.27, GNOME 2.24 and X.Org 7.4, Linux Mint 6 comes with a brand new software manager, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Windows installer), tabbed browsing in Nautilus and a lot of other improvements." Besides the main edition, the project has also announced a new Linux Mint 6 "Universal" edition, a complete Linux Mint live DVD with support for dozens of languages, but without any media codecs (these can be installed separately). Consult the release announcement and feature overview for system requirements, known issues and upgrade instructions. Download: LinuxMint-6.iso (664MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 |
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Attila Crăciun has announced the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture: "Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 brings new features and important updates since the previous release. Some of them includes new Linux kernel 2.6.27.7 with advanced features and a new feature to install Bluewhite64 Linux via Samba shares. Also, this release includes newly added packages like pm-utils (power management utilities), SQLite 3.6.6.2 (simple, self contained database engine) and wich (wired and wireless network manager for Linux). Some of the updated packages include KDE 3.5.10 and Xfce 4.4.3 desktop environments, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 web browsers, and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 and KMail 1.9.9 email clients." Read the rest of the release announcement and release notes for additional details. Download: Bluewhite64-12.2-install-dvd.iso (4,083MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-15 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 282 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - HowTo: Getting a lean system with a custom Ubuntu install
- News: openSUSE prepares 11.1, Debian "Lenny" installer in deep freeze, Fedora FAQ updates, Glasgow University switches to Slackware, interviews with MEPIS and OpenSolaris developers, The Economist recommends Linux
- Released last week: Slackware Linux 12.2, PC-BSD 7.0.2, Slax 6.0.9
- Upcoming releases: openSUSE 11.1, Linux Mint 6
- New additions: Jibbed
- New distribution: Jaris, Tiny Core Linux, Ubuntu Privacy Remix
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly....
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| 2008-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: pfSense 1.2.1 RC3 |
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Scott Ullrich has announced the third release candidate for pfSense 1.2.1, a FreeBSD-based firewall system: "pfSense 1.2.1-RC3 is here! Changes since RC2 include: do not accept backslash8 in alias field names; fix setup wizard WAN configuration page since removal of BIGPond; replace route get default with netstat -rn equivalent; no longer synchronise CARP configuration when not needed; do not use broadcast on CARP addresses; added OpenNTPD to Status Services; remove enable filter bridge checkbox; fix 'no state' rules; corrected description for bogon rule; now shows rejected rule icon correctly on firewall edit page; minor fixes for embedded upgrades; create a backup of config.xml prior to package installations; correct interface polling; minor PHP Shell changes/fixes.... If all goes well we will be releasing 1.2.1 final on Christmas!" Here is the full release announcement. Download: pfSense-1.2.1-RC3-LiveCD-Installer.iso (49.3MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: sidux 2008-04 Preview 1 |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the availability of the first pre-release of sidux 2008-04, a distribution and live CD based on Debian's unstable branch: "After some infrastructural changes. sidux 2008-04 is now ready to enter the preview season. It concentrates on integrating the changes caused by kernel 2.6.27, init optimisations accomplished by insserv, and in particular overhauling the installer. ... Starting with this release, sidux is using "insserv" to reorder and optimise the SysV init scripts used during the system boot. Release highlights: Debian 'sid' as of 2008-12-14; Linux kernel 2.6.27.9 (SMP, hard pre-emption); X.Org 7.3; KDE 3.5.10; new SVG-based art theme." Read the rest of the release notes for more details. Download: sidux-2008-04-pre1-kde-i386.iso (451MB, MD5), sidux-2008-04-pre1-kde-amd64.iso (456MB, MD5), sidux-2008-04-pre1-xfce-i386-amd64.iso (684MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: GeeXboX 1.2 Beta 2 |
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The second beta release of GeeXboX 1.2, a bootable Linux-based multimedia centre, is ready for testing: "Here comes the second beta release of GeeXboX 1.2. There are no major changes in terms of features, but the distribution is now much more stable. Most of the corrections took place at the driver level, as many people encountered some issues with hardware support. The few PowerPC users that still exist will also be pleased to know that we've manage to resurrect the port to this architecture. Changelog: upgrade Linux kernel to 2.6.27.9; massive firmware upgrades, fixes many driver loading issues; update uClibc to 0.9.30; restore PowerPC architecture support; update X.Org server to 1.5.3; add HAL support, X.Org now uses evdev/XInput to handle input devices; upgrade MPlayer to r28089; native RealVideo 10 decoder...." Visit the project's home page to read the complete release announcement. Download: geexbox-1.2-beta2-en.i386.glibc.iso (18.9MB), geexbox-1.2-beta2-en.x86_64.glibc.iso (20.3MB).
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| 2008-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: K-DEMar 4.7 |
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Adonay Sanz Alsina has announced the release of K-DEMar 4.7, a Debian-based distribution and live CD designed primarily for Catalan and Spanish speakers. The biggest change is the switch to Linux-Live scripts for building the CD image, with the "copy to RAM" support and improved speed of loading applications. Other improvements: update to KDE 3.5.9; new desktop artwork and theme; improved installer with documentation; new desktop icons for launching the hard disk or USB media installer; inclusion of CSS-Miami, a WYSIWYG web site creator and editor for KDE; a new one-click GRUB bootloader restore function; updated kernel 2.6.27.6 optimised for the i686 architecture and with better support for wireless networks and webcams; many updated applications, including WINE 1.1.10, various bug fixes. Read the rest of the release announcement (in Spanish) for more details. Download: K-DEMar_V4.7_Lyra.iso (699MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 6.0.9 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 6.0.9, a live CD based on Slackware Linux: "The newest Slax, version 6.0.9, has been released. It fixes the problems with Unsquashfs, which appeared in the previous version. Moreover, it updates Slax to the latest Slackware 12.2, with kernel 2.6.27.8." From the changelog: "Upgraded Samba; added libcap; fixed a bug in Unsquashfs (lzm2dir) which happened on SMP machines; removed bluez* packages; upgraded to KDE 3.5.10; upgraded to Squashfs 3.4, including the tools; added support to start Slax as a PXE server; loadlin didn't work any more due to big file size of vmlinuz and initrd, it has been replaced by linLd, which allows to boot Slax from DOS again; auto-detect and auto-mount LVM partitions...." See the release announcement and changelog for more information. Download: slax-6.0.9.iso (190MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ASPLinux 14 |
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ASPLinux, a Russian company developing Linux solution and providing a variety of Linux services, has announced the release of ASPLinux 14, code name "Cobalt". The latest version of this Fedora-based distribution promises to expand the functionality of Linux as an operating system with new services, such as Linux telephony, support for webcams, full support for sleep and stand-by modes on laptops, automatic network setup, and easy configuration of GPRS, CDMA and VPN services. The product uses Linux kernel 2.6.26 and glibc 2.8, and ships with X.Org server 1.5, GNOME 2.22, KDE 4.1, OpenOffice.org 3.0, Firefox 3.0 and other popular open source applications. It also includes several non-free device drivers, including ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers, and non-free software, such as Adobe Flash player and Opera. For further information please see the ASPLinux product page (in Russian). The installation DVD is available for download from here: ASPLinux-14-i386-DVD.iso (3,994MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-11 |
NEW • BSD Release: PC-BSD 7.0.2 |
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Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 7.0.2, the second bug-fix update of the user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 7: "The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.2, with an updated FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE under the hood and the latest KDE 4.1.3. Version 7.0.2 contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. Some of the changes are: KDE 4.1.3; improved desktop performance with NVIDIA cards; improved NTFS write support; HAL fixes and improvements; installation bug fixes. This version of PC-BSD can be downloaded and installed as a fresh install or, alternatively, can be updated to from PC-BSD 7.0.1 via the System Update tool or via a stand-alone PBI." See the release announcement and changelog for further details. Download (MD5) the installation DVDs from here: PCBSD7.0.2-x86-DVD.iso (1,622MB), PCBSD7.0.2-x64-DVD.iso (1,647MB).
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| 2008-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slackware Linux 12.2 |
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Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 12.2: "Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.2 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.1) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.3 and KDE 3.5.10. Slackware 12.2 uses the 2.6.27.7 kernel bringing you advanced performance features such as journaling file systems, SCSI and ATA RAID volume support, SATA support, Software RAID, LVM (the Logical Volume Manager), and encrypted file systems." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: slackware-12.2-install-dvd.iso (3,962MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: TinyMe 2008.1 |
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TinyMe 2008.1, a minimal, but expandable desktop Linux distribution based on PCLinuxOS, has been released: "KDulcimer is proud to announce the birth of TinyMe 2008.1 'Droplet'. Weighing in at a small 150 MB, this slimmed-down offshoot of PCLinuxOS gives you a very minimal, very fast and lightweight, yet powerful and easily expandable Linux desktop. If you want a system where you choose your own programs, yet customization is easy, 'Droplet' is perfect for you. Features: SLiM to log you in; PCLinuxOS control center to configure your system; Synaptic to install programs and keep your system up to date; PCManFM, file and desktop manager; TinyCC to configure the desktop; Openbox, a window manager; LXPanel to keep track of the windows you have open; Nano, a command-line text editor." The full release announcement is available at the project's latest release page. Download: TinyMe-2008.1-Droplet.i586.iso (150MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.22 |
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Guardian Digital has announced the release of EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.22, a server distribution featuring a comprehensive web-based administration tool: "Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.22. This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes and some feature enhancements to the EnGarde Secure Linux installer and the SELinux policy. New features include: several improvements to the backup and restore module in WebTool - we've added a help page, made several improvements to the layout of the module to make it easier to use, and enhanced the 'Perform Backup Now' functionality by running it in the background and sending an email upon completion; support for USB serial devices, such as Keyspan USB serial adapters; the latest stable versions of BIND (9.4.3), Dovecot (1.1.6), Linux kernel (2.6.27), OpenLDAP (2.4.12), Squid (3.0.STABLE10)." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (MD5): engarde-community-3.0.22.i686.iso (636MB, torrent), engarde-community-3.0.22.x86_64.iso (644MB, torrent).
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| 2008-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeBSD 7.1: "FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 is now available, the first of the release candidates. There will be at least one more release candidate before the release so the release itself is likely around three weeks from now - if no new show-stoppers are uncovered during testing. In addition to general testing, we're looking for information about potential problems with the boot loader. And a late arrival that's not possible to test without the packages, sysinstall's issues with excessive disc swapping when installing large sets of packages off the CDROMs should be fixed. Testing to make sure that's working would be appreciated." Read the release announcement for more known issues and binary/source upgrade instructions. Download: 7.1-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso.gz (1,808MB, MD5), 7.1-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (1,806MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R6 |
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Marcos Guglielmetti has announced the availability of an updated release of Musix GNU+Linux, a Debian-based distribution featuring a large collection of free audio software: "After three months of testing, the stable release of Musix GNU+Linux live DVD 1.0R6 is out. It's a 100% free operating system for artists focused on music production, graphics design and video editing, based on Debian 'Etch' and KNOPPIX. Some packages were upgraded since Musix live DVD 1.0R4, the knoppix-installer fonts now look good, an old kernel 2.6.16 from Musix 0.99 was added to support old hardware. Also, there are many backports made by the Musix team; we highlight LMMS, Jackd, Mscore, Rosegarden and Ardour. This DVD is used daily in music schools, so we know what teachers and students need." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: Musix1.0R6.iso (2,479MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 6 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the sixth beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.0: "ISO files of the sixth and last anticipated beta of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 are available for 32 and 64 bit processors. In beta 6, the kernel has been updated to upstream version 2.6.27.7 and the extra drivers have been rebuilt for the new kernel. This kernel release fixes an error in the last release that resulted in the tg3 driver being disabled. An 'Alternate' CD boot selection has been added in response to feedback that this provides a workaround for a problem that some users have had when trying to boot from CD. Flash has been updated to version 10 and there have been several updates to the MEPIS Assistant applications in response to suggestions from the community." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.93-beta6_32.iso (612MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.93-beta6_64.iso (686MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-23 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the availability of an updated release of Clonezilla Live, a free Debian-based live CD containing Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning software similar to Norton Ghost: "Clonezilla live 1.2.1-23 (stable) released. This is a bug-fix version with some minor updates: based on Debian 'Lenny' repository on 2008-12-08; kernel 2.6.26-11; some typographic errors in en_US were fixed; added HexEdit and cryptsetup; serial number of disk is shown when saving partitions; Clonezilla now will honor the boot parameter ocs_pre_run, and it will be run during boot-up; '-b' option was added to restore mode; new gPXE 0.9.6; bug fixed - list of locales in ocs-live-hook.conf without comma; bug fixed - when creating recovery ISO/ZIP file with 'ocs-sr -x', the 'reboot, shutdown, none' option was asked twice." Here is the full release announcement. Download: clonezilla-live-1.2.1-23.iso (92.3MB).
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| 2008-12-08 |
NEW • BSD Release: BSDanywhere 4.4 |
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Stephan Rickauer has announced the release of BSDanywhere 4.4, a live CD based on the latest stable version of OpenBSD: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of BSDanywhere 4.4 - Enlightenment at your fingertips. As always, we release our OpenBSD based images in two flavours: i386 (32bit) and amd64 (64bit). Here's a quick summary of the not-to-intense changes since 4.3: removed packages: GIMP, AbiWord, Audacious, Mutt, rsnapshot, Darkstat - we are really limited in space that's why we decided to concentrate on the primary focus of BSDanywhere, which is hardware testing and system rescue; added packages: Dnstop, dnstracer; we now enabled 'machdep.kbdreset' which permits console CTRL-ALT-DEL to do a nice halt; new artwork." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5): bsdanywhere44-i386.iso (612MB), bsdanywhere44-amd64.iso (683MB).
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| 2008-12-08 |
NEW • BSD Release: Frenzy 1.1 |
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Sergei Mozhaisky has announced the release of Frenzy 1.1, a FreeBSD-based toolkit for system and network administrators. This, according to the developer, will be the project's last release: "At last, Frenzy 1.1 is released. This is a final release of Frenzy, I decided to discontinue the development of this project." What's new? "Added Unionfs support; introduced FEM (Frenzy Extension Modules) system, which allows to plug-in additional software without rebuilding ISO image; Frenzy can now be booted from ISO image on hard drive; added options to boot with DMA disabled on ATAPI or ATA devices; added parameters to loader menu - 'mode' to choose resolution in console mode, 'sound' for sound card auto-detection, 'nofem' to disable FEM modules search and loading; added feature to use FAT partition as boot partition; bug fixes." Read the detailed release notes for a complete list of changes and new features. Download (MD5) the English or Russian edition from here: frenzy-1.1-std-EN.iso (199MB), frenzy-1.1-std-RU.iso (197MB).
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| 2008-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 6.0 Beta 2 |
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Robert Lange has announced the availability of the second beta release of VectorLinux 6.0: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the second beta release of VectorLinux 6.0. We have worked hard to debug the first beta release based on reported bugs, and we have also refined the look and feel with a brand new theme. The GUI installer is just about there - more feedback is welcome. This release features the 2.6.27.7 kernel with the latest wireless drivers and firmware updates. The default window manager is Xfce, with LXDE as an alternate. We have the latest Firefox, Opera and SeaMonkey with all the media codecs and Flash so all the web and personal media content is available out of the box. We have some of the all-time favorite games, including Penguin command, Pysol and Xgalaga. The latest stable Perl 5.10 has also been added." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: VL6.0-STD-B2.iso (691MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.1.2 |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 4.1.2, the latest update to the 4.1 series of the popular mini-distribution: "Puppy 4.1.2 released. Puppy 4.1.2 is a bug-fix release for 4.1 and 4.1.1. In summary, I fixed a bug when looking for USB drives at boot-up, ohci-hcd USB driver was not loading in the initial ramdisk so some interfaces were not working at that stage, bug fix for .deb package extraction, /tmp/version clean-up fix at version upgrade, Pmetatagger bug fix, some modem detection improvements, tweak for network connection at boot-up, can now load 3 SFS files, fixed a Pmount crash, prevented invalid RAM-save-interval, fixed recognition of PCMCIA in the initrd." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: puppy-4.1.2-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso (94.4MB, MD5), puppy-4.1.2retro-k2.6.21.7-seamonkey.iso (94.8MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 1.1.3 |
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An updated version of SystemRescueCd, was released today. What's new? "Updated the standard kernels to Linux 2.6.27.7 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernels to Linux 2.6.27.7 with Reiser4; updated Squashfs with LZMA support (kernel driver and tools) to version 3.4; updated GParted to version 0.4.1; updated the Memtest86+ floppy disk image to version 2.10 (Memtest86+ boot entry); updated NTFS-3G to version 1.5130 (NTFS full read-write support); FSArchiver to version 0.1.6 (tool to backup Linux file systems); backported ext4 file system support from Linux 2.6.28-rc; added ISCSITarget and Core-iSCSI-tools version 3.5; fixed bug with the permissions which prevents thttpd from working; fixed bug in the PXE network boot to get a dynamic address." Here is the complete changelog. Download (MD5): systemrescuecd-x86-1.1.3.iso (241MB).
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| 2008-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: PCLinuxOS 2009 Beta 2 |
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The second public beta release of PCLinuxOS 2009 is out and ready for testing: "The Ripper Gang is pleased to announce the second public beta ISO release of what will ultimately become PCLinuxOS 2009. This beta features Linux kernel 2.6.26.8, KDE 3.5.10, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Firefox 3.0.4, Thunderbird 2.0.0.17, Frostwire, KTorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Compiz Fusion 3D and much more. We request that only our more experienced PCLinuxOS users test this beta release. Testers are advised to install this beta into a separate partition for temporary use only. This, and any subsequent beta ISO images are considered static installs and will not be upgradeable to the 2009 final, so please don't install this with the idea of using it long-term as a work station." Here is the full release announcement with a list of up-to-date download mirrors. Get the installable live CD from here: PCLinuxOS-N1PTT-TR5.iso (690MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Finnix 92.1 |
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Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 92.1, a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing: "Today marks the release of version 92.1 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms. Finnix 92.1 is a regular maintenance release. New features include Linux kernel 2.6.26, updated upstream software, and x86 boot menu cleanups. Changes: dist-upgrade; upgraded kernels to 2.6.26 (Debian 2.6.26-7); added space after boot parameters in x86 boot menu, to add extra boot parameters, simply select a menu item, press Tab, then start typing extra parameters; re-added F2 cheat codes x86 boot screen, which did not carry over in the menu transition; removed dvdrtools; added Emad, an action adventure side-scrolling RPG platformer about a boy and his loving pet pig in 38th-century Scotland." Read the release announcement and release notes for additional details. Download (MD5): finnix-92.1.iso (111MB, torrent), finnix-ppc-92.1.iso (123MB, torrent).
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| 2008-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Slackware Linux 12.2 RC1 |
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Patrick Volkerding has announced that the development branch of Slackware Linux has reached release candidate status: "While there are still some documents that need updating and probably a few more tweaks and updates here and there, everything is mostly in place for the next stable release, Slackware Linux 12.2. The versions of major components like X.Org and the kernel can be considered frozen. Anything major that we haven't done yet will probably wait for the release after this next one. As Slackware 12.2 is only a 0.1 version bump, we're trying to focus on making it better without causing instability or losing compatibility with Slackware 12.1 wherever possible. Invasive changes like the new X.Org (that will require changes to xorg.conf) and merging KDE 4 should probably wait for Slackware 13.0. We will call this batch Slackware 12.2 release candidate one." Read the updated Slackware current changelog for more information. As always, Slackware doesn't publish ISO images of release candidates, but unofficial DVD images, built weekly from the current tree, are available at ftp.slackware.no; download the latest one from here: slackware-current-02_Dec_2008-DVD.iso (3,616MB, MD5).
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| 2008-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenSolaris 2008.11 |
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The OpenSolaris project has updated its web site to reflect the release of OpenSolaris 2008.11, the project's second stable release. The final live CD remains unchanged from the second release candidate (RC2), so users who have downloaded the RC2 don't need to re-download the final release. "The OpenSolaris 2008.11 operating system is a point of integration for the installation, desktop, and package management system projects on OpenSolaris.org. Today, the OpenSolaris 2008.11 live CD is available with the following feature updates: ZFS Time Slider and Songbird; suspend/resume and CPU power management; Distribution Constructor and Prototype Automated Installer; WebStack with 64-bit MySQL, CherryPy, and DTrace for Ruby; GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0, and Firefox 3; Many F/OSS applications added, including top, sudo and Emacs; 700 additional man pages and Package Manager online help." Visit the project's home page to read the release overview; the more detailed release notes are available here. Download: osol-0811.iso (687MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: grml 2008.11 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2008.11, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml version 2008.11 has been released and is currently being uploaded to the mirrors. What's new? New grml-scripts: grml-chroot - wrapper around chroot with proc/sys/pts/dev file system handling; swspeak-setup - activating software speak(up) features. The grml-live build system: several new packages in the different flavour classes; improved error handling; improved checks for LZMA for different Squashfs tools; automatically activate grml-testing repository for development releases and daily snapshots. Special new features: integration of vcs_info within Zsh prompt; moved from syslog-ng to rsyslog...." Read the full release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: grml_2008.11.iso (674MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2008.11.iso (694MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2008-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 RC2 |
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Volker Theile has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "This will hopefully be the last release candidate before a stable release can be published. So please test this version and report any problems. Changes: upgrade to FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE; add system firewall, please note that this is only for the local system and not for the network (this will also never be implemented, use pfSense or m0n0wall instead); upgrade Transmission to 1.40; introduce new WebGUI look (also fixes some MSIE rendering bugs); add UPS service WebGUI option to define shut-down mode; add option 'Use sendfile' to 'Services CIFS/SMB Settings'; check if configured port is already used (e.g. UPnP, BitTorrent, DAAP); fix web server security hole...." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (60.0MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (65.4MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Endian Firewall 2.2 Beta 2 |
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Raphael Vallazza has announced the second beta release of Endian Firewall 2.2, a RHEL-based firewall with anti-virus/spam tools, content filters, SSL/TLS VPN, IDS, and other features: "The Endian Team is glad to announce a new release of the Endian Firewall Community version 2.2 Beta 2. Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Changes from 2.2 Beta 1: Updated kernel to version 2.6.22.15 (features a lot more drivers, better SATA, SCSI and NIC support); updated ClamAV to version 0.92; updated Openswan to version 2.4.11; updated Snort to 2.8.0.1; 55+ bug fixes and minor feature enhancements." Read the release announcement and changelog for a detailed list of changes. Download: EFW-COMMUNITY-2.2-beta2-200712281931.iso (109MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R3 Test 4 |
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Marcos Guglielmetti has announced the availability of the fourth test release of Musix GNU+Linux 1.0r3, a Debian-based distribution containing a large collection of free multimedia applications: "We released Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R3 Test 4, a testing version produced on the basis of the stable version 1.0R2. This release solves several problems, among them, the 'Inconsistent Filesystem Structure' bug after an improper shut-down and, finally, it solves the SATA hard drive installation bug. English is now the default boot language and new functionality was added, for instance: auto-mount of CDs, DVDs and USB memory devices, or the 'install' boot argument. Fundamental programs have been updated: Ardour 2.1, jackd 0,103, Solfege 3.6.4, MusixControl 1.5. New packages were added: Firefox 2.0.0.3, aMSN 0.97, MusixStarter and Gnumeric." See the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download the live CD image from here: 6.3-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (700MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RC2 |
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Ken Smith has announced the second release candidate for FreeBSD 6.3: "Sorry for the delay with this phase of the 6.3 release. A few glitches were found during testing of the 6.3-RC2 ISOs that included pre-built packages. The 6.3-RC2 builds for amd64 and i386 should now be available on the majority of the FreeBSD mirror sites. This is the last planned RC for 6.3. Unless a major show-stopper problem is found, the release of 6.3 should happen in about two weeks. If updating an older system using cvs or c[v]sup based mechanisms, the branch tag to use is RELENG_6_3. Or you can give FreeBSD Update a try, see the instructions here." More info in the release announcement. Download (MD5): 6.3-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (625MB), 6.3-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (673MB).
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| 2007-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 5.9 Beta 1 "Live CD" |
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Following the recent release of VectorLinux 5.9, the first beta build of the project's "Live CD" edition is now also available: "The VectorLinux team is pleased to announce the release of VectorLinux 5.9 live CD beta 1. This is the first live release of 5.9. The hard drive installer has been updated and works well; it includes GParted for hard drive partitioning. The live CD demonstrates all that is making the 5.9 VectorLinux release famous, like browser plugins, SeaMonkey, Firefox and Opera. The newest Xfce desktop, AbiWord and Gnumeric, vasm and vl-hot. The latest wireless drivers and configuration tools, support for read and write to NTFS partitions via FUSE and NTFS-3G. There are great graphics and lots of fun and games." Here is the full release announcement. Download: VL5.9-STD-LIVE-B1.iso (661MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Annvix 3.0 |
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Vincent Danen has announced the release of Annvix 3.0, a Mandriva-based, secure Linux distribution designed for servers: "Annvix 3.0-RELEASE (Freya) is now available! Today marks the fifth public release of the Annvix Linux distribution; this version is the fruit of almost a year's worth of hard work. We believe that 3.0-RELEASE is the best version of Annvix available. It is recommended that everyone using 2.0-RELEASE upgrade, as it is no longer supported. Some of the new features include: 2.6.22.15 kernel with AppArmor support (RSBAC is no longer supported); updated services, including PHP 5.2.5, MySQL 5.0.51, PostgreSQL 8.2.5, Apache 2.2.6, and Samba 3.0.28; many other upgraded system packages, including glibc 2.6.1." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: annvix-netinstall-i586-3.0-RELEASE.iso.tar.bz2 (190MB), annvix-netinstall-x86_64-3.0-RELEASE.iso.tar.bz2 (201MB).
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| 2007-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeBSD 7.0: "FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 available. The ports team has gotten the release package sets built for most of the architectures (sparc64 is still a long way off) so we have begun including the pre-built packages on the ISOs. Even a very basic post-build test turned up one latent bug in sysinstall, and once that was fixed a more extensive test (load both KDE and GNOME) turned up two more latent bugs. The 7.0-RC1 builds have one of the three bugs fixed in them. The other two bugs aren't fatal to installs on 7.0-RC1 and we have more 7.0-RCs coming so I went ahead with making 7.0-RC1 available as-is." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: 7.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso (510MB, MD5), 7.0-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso (501MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: PCLinuxOS "GNOME 2.21.2" |
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The PCLinuxOS development community has announced the release of PCLinuxOS "GNOME 2.21.2", a remastered, community edition of PCLinuxOS containing the latest beta version of GNOME 2.22: "Ken Dotson has announced the release of PCLinuxOS GNOME edition 2.21.2. Featuring kernel 2.6.22.15, GNOME 2.21.2, GNOME office applications, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Frostwire, Azureus, XMMS, Flash, JRE, a ton of multimedia apps, and much more. Almost 2 GB of software compressed on a single bootable live CD that can be installed to a hard drive. Over 7000 additional packages available through the Synaptic Software Manager. All new bootsplash, backgrounds and really nice features, upgraded to a great-looking operating system and the best out-of-the-box look." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pclos-gnome-2.21.2.iso (691MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: grml 1.1 RC1 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the first release candidate for grml 1.1, a Debian-based live CD containing a large collection of GNU/Linux software and custom scripts for system administrators: "The first release candidate of grml 1.1 is available. New features: several improved, updated and extended configuration files; new grml-scripts (arename.pl - rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging information, grml-live - build framework based on FAI for generating a grml and Debian-based live system); new boot parameters; grml2hd (install grml to harddisk); grml-terminalserver (boot grml via network); special new features (all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new grml-live framework, Squashfs with LZMA support, X.Org 7.3, glibc 2.7)...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a detailed description of all new features. Download: grml_1.1-rc1.iso (619MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2007-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r7 |
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Martin Schultze has announced the availability of the seventh revision of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 "Sarge", the project's legacy (or "old stable") branch: "The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh update of its old stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1. This is the first time we update the old stable distribution during the lifetime of the stable distribution. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the 'oldstable' release, along with a few adjustments to serious problems. With this release the installation system for sarge gains full support for installing 'oldstable' from network mirrors. This includes base-config. The installer also uses and supports the updated kernels included in this revision." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r7 is available as an update from the project's main FTP server and its mirrors.
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| 2007-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0 Test 2 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the second test release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0: "The second testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0, code name 'Ramon', has been released. Changes since TEST-1: updated kernel to 2.6.23.9, fixed reported bugs, updated Parsix graphics. Parsix Ramon brings lots of improvements and new features integrated with the latest open source technologies right to your laptop and desktop computers. The main highlights are: Improved live system with new start-up and shut-down scripts, new live structure, new Squashfs + LZMA compression system, new kernel with CFS v24, CK, TuxOnIce, Iwlwifi and other patches, GNOME 2.20.2, lots of updated packages...." See the release announcement and release notes for a full list of new features. Download: parsix_1.0r0-test-2-i386.iso (669MB, MD5), parsix_1.0r0-test-2-amd64.iso (686MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 5.0 Beta |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the first beta release of Zenwalk Linux 5.0: "Zenwalk 5.0 will be a major release, introducing several new systems. Firstly, version 5.0 is the first Zenwalk release to introduce the freedesktop.org HAL system. Noticeable enhancements to Zenwalk found in version 5.0 are the numerous software updates, including the latest X.Org 7.3 suite of X servers, drivers, fonts and other software packaged in a modular and easily manageable fashion. The modern and powerful wicd WiFi browser replaces WiFi Radar, while Intel's wireless device firmware is provided out of the box. Following tradition, Zenwalk's default desktop environment is Xfce and is now at version 4.4.2." Read the complete release notes for more details and download links. Interested beta testers can download the installation CD image from here: zenwalk-5.0.iso (475MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r2 |
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The Debian project has announced the availability of the second revision to Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch": "The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustments to serious problems. The installer has been updated to use and support the updated kernels included in this release. This change causes old 'netboot' and floppy images to stop working; updated versions are available from the regular locations. Other changes include stability improvements in specific situations, improved serial console support when configuring GRUB, and added support for SGI O2 machines with 300MHz RM5200SC (Nevada) CPUs (mips)." Here is the full release announcement. The updated release is available from these Debian mirrors - they can be applied with the usual Debian package management tools or downloaded in the form of full installation ISO images.
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| 2007-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: sidux 2007-04.5 |
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The sidux development team has announced the release of sidux 2007-04.5, a special Christmas edition of the Debian-based live CD: "This updated release of sidux 2007-04.5 concentrates on additional hardware support and stability improvements for wireless and DVB devices, combined with newly available hardware support for various ATI graphics cards, in interaction with the new X.Org 7.3 / XRandR 1.2 X detection. A new feature is the combined DVD ISO which supports i386 and amd64 architectures. As a special Christmas present for our non English and German speaking users, sidux 2007-04.5 ships an xdelta to add initial localisations for all currently supported languages." Read the rest of the release notes for further details. Download: sidux-2007-04.5...i386-amd64.iso (1,428MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-26 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 0.686 |
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FreeNAS 0.686, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services, has been released: "FreeNAS 0.686 stable out. Changes and bug fixes: Refactor port makefiles; upgrade netbsd-iscsi (iscsi-target) to 20071221, fusefs-ntfs to 1.1120; disable firmware upgrade via WebGUI for 'full' installations, use the 'full' upgrade mode from live CD instead; changed boot splash screen and WebGUI logo images; try to fix AFP Time Machine problem; fix bug in 'full' upgrade / install routine (live CD); do not delete log files during boot process on 'full' installations; it is not possible to format a SoftRAID disk with MSDOS FAT16/32; it is not possible to encrypt a disk partition, only complete disks are supported." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686.iso (43.7MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vine Linux 4.2 |
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Daisuke Suzuki has announced the final release of Vine Linux 4.2, a Japanese community distribution designed for desktops and servers. Version 4.2 is a maintenance release, where the base system and most applications were left at their original versions (except for Firefox - updated to 2.0.0.11, LVM - updated to 2.02.28, and a few minor packages). Other changes include new or updated kernel drivers, updated X.Org graphics drivers, addition of Totem plugin for Mozilla and new usbutils package. Please read the full release announcement (in Japanese) for a more detailed list of changes and updates. Download the i386 and PowerPC CD images from here: Vine42-i386.iso (649MB, MD5), Vine42-ppc.iso (677MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nonux 4.3 |
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Nonux is a Slackware-based Linux distribution optimised for office use in Dutch-speaking office environments. A new version, Nonux 4.3, was unveiled just before the holiday break. Some of the updates and new features include: upgraded Mozilla Firefox to version 2.0.0.11, upgraded OpenOffice.org to version 2.3.1; added GnuCash, an accounting software package; fixed bugs in scanner support; added improvements in default desktop theme; minor package updates (GParted, VLC); added Linux kernel source to the CD image; added support for automatic upgrades of existing Nonux installations to latest version. Please visit the distribution's news page (in Dutch) to read the complete release announcement. Download (MD5): nonux-4.3.iso (698MB).
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| 2007-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linpus Linux 9.4 "Lite" |
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Linpus Technologies has announced the immediate availability of Linpus Linux 9.4 "Lite", a specialist distribution designed for low-cost computers, such as Intel Classmate PC or Samsung UMPC: "Linpus Linux Lite is designed specifically to meet all low-cost PCs and mobile devices requirements: runs smoothly on a lower grade hardware unit; manages power efficiently; rich web applications supported; built-in networking - WiFi, WiMAX, HSDPA, HSUPA, Ethernet, BT, IR, UPnP; user interface designed specifically for handheld 4"- 7" screens; extensive collections of widgets to select from; two desktop modes - simple and advanced; fully supports UNICODE encoding and multilingual desktop environment in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese." Visit the company's product page for more information and screenshots. Download (MD5): LinpusLinux-LiveCD-i386.iso (674MB).
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| 2007-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Sabayon Linux 3.5 Beta 1 |
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Fabio Erculiani has announced the first beta release of Sabayon Linux 3.5: "We are happy to announce Sabayon Linux 3.5 Loop 1 beta release. Features: new theme, new logo, new ideas, new stuff; introducing Entropy binary package management infrastructure, featuring Equo package manager; installer has been completely rewritten and polished to work with Entropy; Linux Kernel 2.6.23.12 featuring extended wireless and laptop support, Ext4, Unionfs and Aufs support; both architectures are now based on GCC 4.2 and Python 2.5; X.Org 7.3 release featuring NVIDIA 169.07 and AMD 8.42.3; enhanced desktop featuring CompizFusion 0.6.2 using AIGLX...." Find more details in the release notes. Download: Sabayon-Linux-x86-3.5_Loop1-r1.iso (3,963MB, MD5, torrent), Sabayon-Linux-x86_64-3.5_Loop1-r1.iso (4,145MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2007-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: SAM Linux 2008 RC1 |
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Nico Reuter has announced the first release candidate for SAM Linux 2008, a desktop Linux distribution based on PCLinuxOS: "After more than half a year without a new SAM we are happy to give you a nice Christmas present: SAM 2008 'claw' release candidate 1. What's new: It uses the newest Xfce 4.4.2 as default desktop; it supports around 60 languages out of the box; it comes with proprietary ATI and NVIDIA drivers on the live CD, and CompizFusion pre-installed; many packages are updated to their newest versions available in the PCLinuxOS repositories; OpenOffice.org was replaced by GNOME Office; it has a new start menu, a 'hacked' menu from Linux Mint; the deskbar applet in combination with the tracker search tool gives you a powerful desktop search." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: SAM2008-claw-rc1.iso (695MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SimplyMEPIS 7.0 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the long-awaited final release of SimplyMEPIS 7.0: "MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 7.0. Some of the important packages included with the 7.0 release are: an updated and security-patched 2.6.22.14 kernel, X.Org 7.1, KDE 3.5.8, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Thunderbird 2.0.0.6, Digikam 0.9.2, Sun Java 6, Amarok 1.4.7, MPlayer 1.0rc1.... Some of the additional packages in the MEPIS 7.0 pool include: Acrobat Reader 7.0.9, Evolution 2.10.3, NVIDIA driver 100.14.19, ATI driver 8.43.2, Compiz 0.6.3. This release contains a new desktop theme and a detailed user manual, both developed and contributed by the MEPIS community." Here is the full release announcement. Download the CD images from here: SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.0-rel_32.iso (677MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.0-rel_64.iso (693MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 2.4 |
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Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the release of CRUX 2.4, an independent, i686-optimised Linux distribution designed for power users: "We're happy to announce that CRUX 2.4 has been released." Some of the new features include: "Toolchain updates: includes glibc 2.6.1, GCC 4.2.2 and Binutils 2.18; X.Org 7.3, note that Xprint isn't supported any more; a new ISO image with an initial RAM file system (initramfs) that allows for some convenient features: the boot sequence now tries to automatically detect the CD-ROM drive, the CD can be unmounted, install can be completed remotely." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: crux-2.4.iso (246MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: VectorLinux 5.9 |
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Robert Lange has announced the final release of VectorLinux 5.9: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the release of VectorLinux 5.9 final GOLD edition. This is the fruit that has resulted from several months of coding, debugging and testing by the core development team and the VectorLinux community. It follows our legendary tradition of stability (inherited from Slackware 12.0), blazing speed on even modest hardware and simplicity of design and function. The release features fully working browser plugins including Flash, Java, mp3, Real media, Windows media, PDF and QuickTime. Additional features include: X.Org 7.3, Linux kernel 2.6.22.14, fully customized Xfce 4.4.2...." Read the release announcement for full details. Download: VL5.9-STD-Gold.iso (676MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ZenEdu Live |
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Pierrick Le Brun announced the availability of ZenEdu Live Christmas Edition, a special edition of Zenwalk Linux: "Zenwalk community, on the occasion of this festive season, is pleased to offer you a Special Edition of ZenEdu Live. A live CD based on Zenwalk snapshot and focusing on educational and fun contents which can be used independently by educational institutions, families, students and children alike. Along with the legendary speed, lightness and full multimedia support you can expect from a Zenwalk derived production, key features include the famed educational suite GCompris, the universal OpenOffice.org suite and the indispensable over-the-network teaching and viewing tool iTALC, already pre-configured with teacher/student parameters." Here is the full announcement. Download: zenedu_specialed_2007.iso (697MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: GoblinX 2.6 RC1 "Mini" |
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GoblinX 2.6 RC1 "Mini" was released: "The GoblinX Mini Edition is the son of GoblinX and contains only XFCE as window manager and GTK/GTK2 based applications. Main upgrades since release 2.5: Upgraded Xorg and several other packages; Upgraded Xfce to the new 4.4.2 release; Upgraded several scripts and interfaces; Corrected some bugs; Compiz and Mesa are included in a separated module; Removed Sylpheed and Beryl... This is the second ISO released in the 2.6 series and already includes some corrections and upgrades in comparison with the Micro 2.6 rc01." Visit the project's news page to read the complete release announcement. Download: GoblinX.Mini-2.6.rc_01.iso (155MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 2 |
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Steve Langasek announced the second alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) on late night of Dec 21 GMT: "Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-2, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04. Pre-releases of Hardy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Hardy development cycle. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Hardy." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download from your nearest mirrors or via BitTorrent (MD5): hardy-desktop-i386.iso (679 MB, torrent), hardy-desktop-amd64.iso (679 MB, torrent). Also available are 8.04 alpha 2 CD images for Kubuntu (download, release notes), Edubuntu (download), Xubuntu (download) and other Ubuntu subprojects.
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| 2007-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R3 Test 3 |
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Marcos Guglielmetti announced the availability of the third test release of Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R3, a Debian-based distribution designed primarily for musicians and other creative artists: "1.0 R3 Test3 solves several Musix 1.0 R2's problems, among them, the "Inconsistent Filesystem Structure" bug after an improper shutdown, and it tries to solve the SATA HD installation bug... Fundamental programs have been updated since Musix 1.0 R2: Ardour 2.1, Jackd 0,103, Solfege 3.6.4, or Musixcontrol. New packages were added: Firefox 2.0.0.3 (iceweasel) aMSN 0.97rc1, Musixstarter or Gnumeric, turning Musix into a friendlier system for general users. Our software repository now contains LMMS 0.3.1, which can handle native VST plugins." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: MusixGNU+Linux1.0r3_Test3.iso (700MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-19 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 4.0 |
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Geert Hendrickx announced the availability of the official release of NetBSD 4.0: "Major achievements in NetBSD 4.0 include support for version 3 of the Xen virtual machine monitor, Bluetooth, many new device drivers and embedded platforms based on ARM, PowerPC and MIPS CPUs. New network services include iSCSI target (server) code and an implementation of the Common Address Redundancy Protocol. Also, system security was further enhanced with restrictions of mprotect(2) to enforce WX policies, the Kernel Authorization framework, and improvements of the Veriexec file integrity subsystem, which can be used to harden the system against Trojan horses and virus attacks." See the release announcement and the complete list of changes for more information. ISO images for a variety of architectures are available from the NetBSD mirrors; quick links to the i386 and x86_64 CD images: i386cd-4.0.iso (242MB, MD5), amd64cd-4.0.iso (166MB, MD5). Torrent files are available here.
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| 2007-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Damn Small Linux 4.2 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the final release of Damn Small Linux 4.2. From the changelog: "New mtpaint replaces xpaint; New black/blue theme with "Fractal Movements" background; New folder for better support of Visual Styles for JWM .jwmrc-theme and downloadable themes; New setTheme.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style; New folder for better support of backgrounds, downloadable "DSL Classics"; New generic folder.xpm link for easier theme of folders; Updated wallpaper.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style; Improved support for JWM keybindings with .jwmrc-keys; Improved support for battey names in torsmo, fetched from /proc..." Download: dsl-4.2.iso (48.2MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-17 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 233 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Commentary: Distributions in 2007
- News: Mandriva enters alpha development, Fedora loses project leader, MEPIS updates desktop artwork, Ulteo announces online services, Daniel Robbins releases Gentoo "stages"
- Released last week: CentOS 4.6, LliureX 7.11, Litrix Linux 7.12
- Upcoming releases: NetBSD 4.0, FreeBSD 6.3
- New distributions: ChurchPup, DEFT Linux, EduPup, Keldix Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly....
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| 2007-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 4.6 |
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Johnny Hughes has announced the release of CentOS 4.6, a newly updated version of the distribution's legacy 4.x branch: "The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 4.6 for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64. This release corresponds to the upstream vendor 4.6 release. Also released in the updates repository for CentOS 4.6 are all updates through December 15th, 2007. Major changes for this version are: Samba has been updated to version 3.0.25b; Autofs5 is included in this release as a Technology Preview, it resolves several long-standing interoperability issues in multi-vendor environments; there is a technology preview of OpenOffice.org 2.0 included in the updates directory; a new yum included in CentOS 4.6 requires the installation of a metadata parser for yum." See the complete release announcement for additional information. Download (mirror list) the installation DVD images from here: CentOS-4.6-i386-binDVD.iso (2,303MB, MD5, torrent), CentOS-4.6-x86_64-binDVD.iso (2,559MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2007-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeNAS 0.686 Beta 3 |
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Volker Theile has announced the third and final beta release of FreeNAS 0.686, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "FreeNAS 0.686b3 has been released. This will hopefully be the last beta before it becomes stable. Major changes: add file system check support during boot process; add attribute 'Store DOS attributes' to Samba and CIFS WebGUI; modify idmap syntax in smb.conf; upgrade Adaptec AACRAID driver to v5.2.0 Build 15317; upgrade WOL patch to version from 25.11.2007; add AFP share support; upgrade netbsd-iscsi (iscsi-target) to 20071130; upgrade PHPMailer to 2.0.0; modify rsync client and local WebGUI to define individual source and destination paths; modify rsync server WebGUI and rc-script, now it is possible to manage rsync shares...." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-liveCD-0.686b3.iso (43.7MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 1.2.3 (Unstable) |
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A new development build of Elive, version 1.2.3, is ready for testing: "The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.2.3. This version of Elive includes even more stability and usability of the live CD mode, especially when you install applications or do a lot of stuff on it. We have also switched to a newer 2.6.23.9 kernel while we wait the final release of 2.6.24 that Elive is going to use. The installer includes many useful and innovative new features that permit you to convert any Linux OS to an Elive system. If you have another Linux installation on the partition where you want to install Elive, Elive automates the process by saving all your users, files, passwords, and minor system configurations. Note that this feature at the moment only works on systems that use a separate /home partition." Here is the full release announcement. Download: elive_1.2.3_unstable.iso (667MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Alpha 1 |
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Adam Williamson has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2008.1: "Kicking off the 2008.1 development cycle in earnest, the first alpha is here. This alpha features X.Org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8, KDE 4.0 RC2 (in /contrib), GNOME 2.21, kernel 2.6.24, OpenOffice.org 2.3, new NVIDIA and ATI proprietary drivers, PulseAudio by default and more. Despite being a first alpha, it is also in a fairly stable and reliable state, though as always, we do not suggest you use it in a production environment. It is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86_64 DVDs for the Free edition and an i586, KDE-based CD for the One edition." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Quick download links to the live CD and installation DVD images: mandriva-linux-2008...cdrom-i586.iso (686MB, MD5), mandriva-linux-2008.1-free-dvd-i586.iso (64,176MB, MD5), mandriva-linux-2008.1-free-dvd-x86_64.iso (4,235MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Litrix Linux 7.12 |
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A new stable version of Litrix Linux, a Brazilian desktop distribution based on Gentoo Linux, has been released. According to the brief release announcement (in Portuguese) on the distribution's web site, Litrix 7.12 uses Linux kernel 2.6.22 and includes KDE 3.5.8 desktop, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0 office suite (called BrOffice in Brazil), GCC 4.1.2 compiler suite, Picasa image viewer, XSane scanner frontend, NVIDIA 100.14.19 proprietary graphics driver, and native support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems. The distribution is optimised for i586 processors (Intel Pentium III and newer). Litrix Linux 7.12 comes in the form of an installable live DVD, which can be downloaded from here: litrix-7.12.zip (975MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0 Test 1 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced that the first beta release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0 is available for testing: "The first testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0, code name 'Ramon', has been released. This version brings lots of improvements and new features integrated with the latest open source technologies. The main highlights are: Improved live system with new start-up and shut-down scripts, new live structure, new SquashFS + LZMA compression system, new 2.6.23.1 kernel with CFS, CK, TuxOnIce, Iwlwifi and other patches, GNOME 2.20.2, lots of updated packages, including OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.8, GIMP 2.4.1, glibc 2.7, Pidgin 2.2.2, Exaile 0.2.10, new GUI X.Org configuration tool ported from Ubuntu, new attractive look and feel." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: parsix_1.0r0-test-1-i386.iso (651MB, MD5), parsix_1.0r0-test-1-amd64.iso (668MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LliureX 7.11 |
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LliureX is an Edubuntu-based live DVD developed by the Council of Culture, Education and Sport at the Municipality of Valencia in Spain, designed for deployment in schools throughout the region. A new version, based on Edubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn", was announced yesterday. New features include: full support for Valencian and Spanish, with additional language modules for other regional languages of Spain, as well as English, French, German, Arabic, Russian and Romanian; improved hardware support and up-to-date software with two years of guaranteed security updates; GNOME 2.18 desktop, OpenOffice.org 2.2 office suite, Firefox 2.0 web browser and Linux kernel 2.6.20; new and more robust system of auto-configuration with a transparent installation of configuration files. Read the full release announcement (in Spanish) for further details. Download: lliurex-711-i386-livedvd.iso (1,102MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Frenzy 1.1 Beta 3 |
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Sergei Mozhaisky has announced the third beta release of Frenzy 1.1, a portable toolkit for system and network administrators based on FreeBSD 6.2: "At last, a new beta version of Frenzy is released. Here are most important changes since 1.0: base system is FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE, X.Org updated to 7.3; system moved to Unionfs file system, you can edit almost all files after boot; added Frenzy Extension Module (FEM) support, a utility for FEM creation is available on FTP server; added ability to boot from ISO file on hard disk; boot options with disabled ATAPI DMA or ATA DMA; loader options 'mode' (select console resolution) and 'sound' (sound card detection); added options for work with serial console; GCC removed from base system, it will be available as FEM module; added more than 100 applications, among them ntfs-3g." Here is the full release announcement. Download: frenzy-1.1-std-en-BETA3.iso (198MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: GoblinX 2.6 RC1 "Micro" |
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GoblinX "Micro" is a new edition from the developers of the Slackware-based distribution - a 100 MB live CD with Fluxbox: "The GoblinX Micro 2.6 rc01 is released. The GoblinX Micro edition is the smallest edition of our distributions and contains only Fluxbox as windows manager and GTK+-based applications. The edition is designed for those users whose like to do fast tests, learn more about Fluxbox or want to rebuild the live CD. GoblinX Micro is created mostly to help us to develop better and smaller applications that can be used for all small windows managers such as Fluxbox, and also to prepare a live CD without all the unnecessary files. We also intend to use it to test Web 2 and Ajax applications." Visit the project's news page to read the complete release announcement. Download: GoblinX.Micro-2.6.rc_01.iso (99.4MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Damn Small Linux 4.2 RC1 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the first release candidate for Damn Small Linux 4.2. From the changelog: "New mtPaint replaces XPaint; new folder for better support of Visual Styles for JWM .jwmrc-theme and downloadable themes; new setTheme.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style; new folder for better support of backgrounds, downloadable 'DSL Classics'; updated wallpaper.lua, drag-n-drop or double click application style; improved support for JWM key bindings with .jwmrc-keys; improved support for batter names in Torsmo, fetched from /proc; fixed '?' icon to open 'Getting Started'; updated iconViewer for mtPaint change; 21 icons have been changed, updated, or replaced; updated /opt/.dfmext with more associations; clean-up of unused files, modules, and directories (pnp & xfs)." Download: dsl-4.2RC1.iso (48.4MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.4 RC1 |
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Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the first release candidate for CRUX 2.4, a light-weight, i686-optimised distributions for power users: "We have rolled the first release candidate of the upcoming CRUX 2.4 release." What's new? "Toolchain updates - CRUX 2.4 includes glibc 2.6.1, GCC 4.2.2 and Binutils 2.18. X.Org 7.3 - CRUX 2.4 ships with X.Org 7.3; note that Xprint isn't supported anymore. New ISO image - CRUX 2.4 uses a new ISO image with an initial RAM file system (initramfs) that allows for some convenient features: the boot sequence now tries to automatically detect the CD-ROM drive; the CD can be unmounted (to make way for a CD with alternative packages, for example); install can be completed remotely: boot the CD, set a root password, configure the network (dhcpcd included), start sshd." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: crux-2.4-rc1.iso (250MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Vine Linux 4.2 RC1 |
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Daisuke Suzuki has announced the first release candidate for Vine Linux 4.2, a Japanese community distribution for desktops and servers. This is the second maintenance release of the Vine Linux 4.x series; if no major bugs are found, the final version can be expected in about 10 days from today. The most important changes since version 4.1 are the inclusion of various new or updated device drivers into the kernel (forcedeth, 3w-9xxx, r8169, intel-agp, tg3, suspend2, e1000e, atl1, Broadcom NetXtremeII...), addition of new packages (scim-bridge, Totem plugin for Mozilla, usbutils and ipw3945 driver utilities), incorporation of all errata and security fixes, and package updates (Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11, LVM 2.02.28, device-mapper 1.02.22, dvd+rw-tools 7.0...). Please visit the project's beta page (in Japanese) for a detailed changelog and a list of known issues. Download from here: Vine42-rc1-i386.iso (644MB, SHA1).
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| 2007-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 4.0 RC5 |
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Manuel Bouyer has announced the availability of the fifth release candidate for NetBSD 4.0: "On behalf of the NetBSD Release Engineering team, I am happy to announce the availability of NetBSD 4.0 Release Candidate 5. This release candidate has several bug fixes and other changes since the previous release candidate - RC4. Most important bug fixes are: a bug that could prevent hpcmips from booting has been fixed; aac(4) is now fully supported on amd64; a bug in the st(4) driver that could cause a kernel panic or data corruption on tape error has been fixed; a bug that would cause kernel panic with lfs has been fixed; com*/lpt* at acpi has been removed from GENERIC kernels, so that the on-board com(4) and lpt(4) ports will be at their traditional locations." See the release announcement and changelog for a more detailed list of changes. As usual, ISO images for a variety of architectures are available from these NetBSD mirrors; quick links to the i386 and x86_64 CD images: i386cd.iso (242MB), amd64cd.iso (166MB).
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| 2007-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Berry Linux 0.87 |
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Yuichiro Nakada has announced the release of Berry Linux 0.87, a desktop-oriented live CD based on the Fedora distribution. This is the project's first version built from the recently released Fedora 8. Some of the changes include: powered by Linux kernel 2.6.23 with Fuse 2.7.0, SSH file system and glibc 2.7; read and write support for NTFS partitions with NTFS-3G; removed ATI proprietary driver; upgraded to AIGLX with X.Org 7.2 and CompizFusion 0.6.99; up-to-date KDE applications, including KDE 3.5.8, Kaffeine 0.8.3, Digikam 0.9.2, KPDF 0.5.8; the GIMP image manipulation program 2.4.2; Samba upgraded to version 3.0.27a, WINE to version 0.9.49; removed SIM. Read the complete changelog for further information. Download (MD5) the CD image from here: berry-0.87.iso (509MB).
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| 2007-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Big Linux 4.0 Beta 3 |
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The third beta of Big Linux 4, a Brazilian distribution based on Ubuntu, has been released for download and testing. What's new? The package set synchronised with Ubuntu "Gutsy" repositories; the Linux kernel upgraded to version 2.6.23.1; bug fixes applied to kernel drivers for wireless network cards; improvements in graphics card detection and configuration; newly added support for several USB modems, cellular connection devices and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); improvements in handling audio and video, including new converters for many audio and video formats; support for downloading YouTube videos; Audacious replaced by XMMS; KDM login manager replaced by GDM and many other changes. See the release announcement (in Portuguese) for a detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): BIGLINUX4-BETA3.iso (700MB).
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| 2007-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 0 |
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Stephan Kulow has announced the availability of the first development release of openSUSE 11.0: "We'd like to kick start the development of openSUSE 11.0 with releasing the current state of Factory as Alpha0 release. Since the release of 10.3, we checked in 2,187 packages including such fundamental package updates as GCC 4.3.0, Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc4, X.Org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8 and 4.0 RC1, CUPS 1.3.4, ALSA 1.0.15, GIMP 2.4 and YaST 2.16. The change between 10.3 and Alpha0 is big, but it still works pretty nicely. So please join the openSUSE 11.0 development in downloading, testing and using Alpha0 or daily updated Factory distribution. So far there are some glitches in the installation process that are mostly harmless. But the new kernel in particular can cause some regressions we would love to hear about those through Bugzilla." See the release announcement for more information. Download the installation DVD images via BitTorrent: openSUSE-11.0-Alpha0-DVD-i386.iso (4,164MB), openSUSE-11.0-Alpha0-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,165MB).
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| 2007-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Geubuntu 7.10 |
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Geubuntu is an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution that combines the power of GNOME and the beauty of Enlightenment into an eye-catching and efficient desktop. Version 7.10, code name "Luna Nuova", was released today: "Geubuntu 7.10 'Luna Nuova' has been released. There has been a huge amount of restyling and improvements since 'Prima Luna'. Many suggestions by users in the forums have been implemented: you can now switch from Sunshine to Moonlight edition instantly from the live CD or an installed system, with a single click! That's why there's no need for two ISO files any more. Geubuntu is now also faster, since it uses Thunar instead of Nautilus and Xfce panel instead of GNOME panel. You can also upgrade any previous Geubuntu Prima Luna installation from packages." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): geubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso (697MB, torrent).
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| 2007-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Skolelinux 3.0r1 |
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Holger Levsen has announced the availability of a maintenance release of Skolelinux 3.0, a Debian-based distribution tailored to schools and universities: "The Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is proud to announce the 3.0r1 maintenance release. It includes more than 40 bug fixes and security updates that came to our attention after the 3.0r0 release. The most notable change is the much improved documentation, especially the Getting Started and Maintenance chapters are much more complete and cover everything which needs to be done to get started. The translations into German, Norwegian Bokmal and Italian (new) have been updated. Both HTML and PDF versions now include images, some localized, and provide internal document links. Important bugs have been fixed in the LDAP web-based Administration Tool. A load-balancing feature is included in the thin client system." Read the rest of the release announcement for a detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): debian-edu-...-3.0r1.iso (4,478MB).
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| 2007-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the fourth beta release of FreeBSD 7.0: "The 7.0-BETA4 builds are now available. If you would like to download an ISO image to install from they are available here. If you would like to use cvsup to update an older machine the branch tag to use is still RELENG_7. For users of FreeBSD Update due to some last-minute bumps in system libraries, installed third-party applications must be recompiled as per normal for a 'major' upgrade, even if upgrading from an earlier 7.0 BETA." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation CD images from here: 7.0-BETA4-i386-disc1.iso (385MB, MD5), 7.0-BETA4-amd64-disc1.iso (406MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 7.0 RC2 |
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Warren Woodford has announced the second a final release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 7.0: "The 7.0 rc2 master image contains package updates from Debian as well as a bug fix and security update of the kernel to version 2.6.22.14. The mepis-config is updated to include a fix for the predefined group memberships for new users, a new KDM theme, and a change to the default package pools to include Debian 'volatile' updates. The MEPIS manual, written by community members, is also updated. By user request, ATI driver 8.43.2 and gtk2-engines 2.12.2 are now in the MEPIS 7.0 pool." The final release of SimplyMEPIS 7.0 is expected no later than 19 December. Please read the complete release announcement for further details. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.0-rc2_32.iso (680MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.0-rc2_64.iso (695MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Astaro Security Gateway 7.1 |
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Astaro has announced the release of Astaro Security Gateway 7.1, a specialist, security-enhanced firewall and gateway distribution: "Astaro is pleased to announce that Astaro Security Gateway 7.1 GA is available now. Version 7.1 integrates exciting new web security features like Active Directory SSO native mode, improved performance, lower resource usage (without Squid now), intelligent caching, re-added black and white list and audio/video streaming support. On top of that we now support interface-based packet filter rules, offer a detailed network accounting report and much more. Furthermore you will experience convenience changes and performance improvements." Read the rest of the release announcement and release notes (PDF format) for further information. Download: asg-7.100-071203-2.iso (448MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2007-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Trinity Rescue Kit 3.3 Beta, Build 304 |
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Tom Kerremans has announced a new development build of Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) 3.3, a small Mandriva-based live CD aimed at system rescue, repair, password resets and cloning. What's new? "Major nifty feature addition in this release: boot other TRKs over the network from a running TRK - you can now boot a TRK from CD or USB stick and then boot other machines over PXE without any change to your network environment. Next, there are a few bug fixes. The biggest bug fix is the fact that on many computers 'mountallfs' just hung. Apparently it was the kernel built-in NTFS driver that froze. Another fix is for USB bootable TRKs. On certain volumes it refused to read the volume label because it stated the volume was dirty. I added a parameter to ignore the dirty state so TRK can continue. The third minor bug fix is in VirusScan." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): trinity-rescue-kit.3.3-build-304.iso (111MB).
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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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| 2007-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.18 |
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EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.18 has been released: "Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.18. This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes, some feature enhancements to Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, and a few new features. What's New? The Guardian Digital Health Center - this new WebTool module allows you to monitor system temperature, fans, and hard drive S.M.A.R.T. data so you can proactively notice hardware failures; two new tools - fwknop and psad; a new stress testing suite, contained in the new stress-kernel package; several new packages; the latest stable versions of MySQL, Asterisk, Dovecot, Linux kernel, Openswan, Samba...." See the release notes for a more detailed list of changes. Download (MD5): engarde-community-3.0.18.i686.iso (545MB, torrent), engarde-community-3.0.18.x86_64.iso (547MB, torrent).
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| 2007-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 5.9 RC3 |
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Robert Lange has announced the availability of the third release candidate of VectorLinux 5.9, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution for the desktop: "We are proud to release the RC3 of VectorLinux 5.9 Standard. We are almost ready for final. We have updated Firefox, SeaMonkey and the Xfce to their latest. There is new artwork and several new tools to further streamline the user experience. The new tools include an all new control panel and a very easy-to-use WiFi configuration utility. Several bugs have been squashed including the Terminal crash and the shutdown problem. We also included TuxOnIce to help with laptop stand-by and hibernation problems. We decided with the upgrade to Xfce that we better do a RC3 instead of going straight to final, just in case." Here is the full release announcement. Download: VL5.9-STD-RC3.iso (676MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 0.4.2 |
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SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD with hard disk partitioning and data rescue utilities, has been updated to version 0.4.2. What's new? "Updated the kernel to Linux 2.6.23.8 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernel to Linux 2.6.22.12 with Reiser4; updated NTFS-3G to 1.1120; introduced support for smbfs (Samba) again; disabled Unicode by default in the console; added MadWiFi; added extra ntfsprogs tools; added boot options - 'rootpass=xxx' sets the root password to xxx at start-up, 'ethx=ipaddress' sets the IP of all the Ethernet interfaces; 'gateway=ipaddress' sets the default route; 'dns=ipaddress' sets the dns name server (useful for PXE); solved problems with accented characters in zsh...." Read the rest of the changelog for more details. Download: systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.2.iso (162MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MoLinux 3.2 |
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MoLinux 3.2 final, code name "Hidalgo", has been released. MoLinux is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution developed by the regional government of Castilla la Mancha in Spain. The new version is based on Ubuntu 7.10 and comes with the following main components: Linux kernel 2.6.22, GNOME 2.20; Evolution 2.12.1; OpenOffice.org 2.3 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0.10. Some of the new features include improved hardware support, data and settings migration assistant, system restore feature, NTFS read and write support, database converter from Microsoft Access to OpenOffice.org Base, improved Spanish translation, Amaya web development environment, and other features. For more information please read the full release announcement on the distribution's home page (in Spanish). Download the live CD image from here: Molinux_3.2_Hidalgo.iso (686MB, MD5). Update: The release has been withdrawn.
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| 2007-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: dyne:bolic 2.5.2 |
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Denis "Jaromil" Rojo has announced the availability of dyne:bolic 2.5.2, a multimedia oriented Linux distribution designed primarily for media activists: "2.5.2 'DHORUBA' is out. This is a major bug-fix release for USB detection, encrypted nesting, international keyboard input, firewire video capture and playback. New software includes DarkIce, Snow, OggFwd and dvgrab for minimalistic command-line streaming receipts. Updated software includes Blender, Cinelerra and FreeJ. The image.dyne module is included by default. The User's Manual has been completed with more information. New dyne:II core features: it is a multi-user system, private data can be encrypted; can boot from CD, network and USB stick, perfect for thin clients; it's modular, so you can easily add and combine .dyne modules; it includes all compiler and development tools needed to build dyne:bolic." More details in the release announcement. Download: dyne-2.5.2.iso (683MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Damn Small Linux 4.1 |
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Robert Shingledecker has announced the final release of Damn Small Linux 4.1. From the changelog: "Updated pciutils to 2.2.9; new iconView.lua - view & edit XPM icons; new notepad (editor.lua); new mini icons in JWM mydsl menu when available; new boot option 'user=name'; new boot option 'settime'; updated Torsmo to v0.18 - now supports noswap; updated .dfminfo now a plain text file; updated processing order of extensions with .tar.gz now last to better support myconf.tar.gz; root menu solely under user control - defaults to selected window manager menu; updated Firefox default preferences to use SansSerif font; new key bindings for JWM; added 'toram' to frugal installed GRUB checkfs menu item; updated several murgaLua programs to reflect the dropped fl_ask GUI widget; updated 'Getting Started' with Esc and Backspace key definitions for DFM...." Download: dsl-4.1.iso (48.7MB, MD5).
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| 2007-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 5.1 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 5.1, a Linux distribution built by recompiling the source RPM packages for the recently released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1: "We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.1 for the i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS-5.1 is based on the upstream release 5.1, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. And the option to further enable external repositories at install time is now available in the installer. This is the first release where we are also publishing a special 'netinstall' ISO image that can be used to start a remote install." Read the release notes and release notes for further information. Download: CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso (3,667MB, MD5, torrent), CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso (4,237MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2007-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPCop 1.4.18 |
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A new version of IPCop, a user-friendly firewall distribution geared towards home and SOHO users, has been released: "IPCop 1.4.18 is released. Some changes have been introduced since rc2 related to NTP (fix ntp user with ntpdate), Squid upgraded to 2.6.STABLE17, timezone upgraded to tzdata2007i, Snort rules permissions again. Update is split into two parts to accommodate free space limitation related to the numerous new packages added since the recent releases. A way to recover some free spaces has been created, allowing to select one of the two 'kernel type' installed. Most of the work has been made on bug fixes and update interface changes." Read the detailed release notes for a complete list changes and new features. Download (MD5): ipcop-1.4.18-install-cd.i386.iso (47.5MB).
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| 2007-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Muslim Edition 7.10 |
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Ubuntu Muslim Edition, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution enhanced with Islamic software, has been updated to version 7.10 "The Ubuntu Muslim Edition team is proud to announce the final version of UbuntuME 7.10. This version has exactly the same features as the 7.04 version but is built on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)." Some of the differences between Ubuntu 7.10 and UbuntuME 7.10 include: "OpenOffice.org, Gnome Games removed (available on CD 2); Flash player installed and configured for Firefox (to enable Quran recitations in Zekr); WCC (parental control) enabled by default (so as browsing the Internet is safe); UbuntuME packages - Islamic Calendar, Minbar, Zekr; miscellaneous packages - AptOnCd, rar, unrar, VLC." Read the release announcement and content information for further details. Download (MD5): ubuntuME-7.10-desktop-i386-cd1.iso (700MB, torrent), ubuntuME-7.10-desktop-i386-cd2.iso (689MB, torrent).
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| 2007-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Caixa Mágica 12 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of Linux Caixa Mágica 12, a Portuguese Linux distribution, is now available for download and testing. The most interesting change is the fact that this release is no longer based on openSUSE, as was the case with the project's all previous releases, but on Mandriva Linux 2008. Also, the RPM packages are now managed with APT and Synaptic, while Mandriva Control Centre is used for general system configuration. This version includes the proprietary ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers and supports popular media codecs. Please read the release announcement (in Portuguese) for further information and known issues. Interested beta testers can download the installation DVD from here: CM12_32_RC1_dvd.iso (4,387MB, MD5). |
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| 2006-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: GeeXbox 2.0 Preview |
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The first preview of the upcoming GeeXbox media centre version 2.0 is now available for testing: "Time has come to let you discover our very first technological preview of GeeXboX 2.x series. The decision has been taken to make use of Freevo 2.0 (still work in progress, but so is GeeXboX 2.x) and Kaa, its multimedia framework, as our new user interface reference. As a consequence, many new packages had to be added (such as Python) to our distribution. In the near future, GeeXboX and Freevo projects will be closer than ever, and we should be the official Freevo live CD, still keeping in mind our embedded and easy-to-setup approach. Unfortunately, ISO grew up radically (it is now 20 MB) and so did RAM usage (at least 128 MB is now mandatory)." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download from here: geexbox-sherkhan-20061231-en.i386.iso (20.8MB).
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| 2006-12-31 |
NEW • BSD Release: PC-BSD 1.3 |
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PC-BSD 1.3 has been released: "Just in time to ring in the New Year, the PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 1.3 for public download. This release incorporates many new features and options which make desktop computing easier than ever. Some of the new features include KDE 3.5.5, the 'PF' firewall, HAL backend support, a new 'Services' menu and much more! Additionally, the team is launching a web design contest for PC-BSD's new web site." Find more details in the release announcement, changelog and release notes. Download (MD5): PCBSD-1.3-x86-CD1.iso (686MB), PCBSD-1.3-x86-CD2.iso (525MB). PC-BSD is a user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, with a simple graphical installer and an intuitive package management utility.
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| 2006-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Pioneer MigrationSERVER Beta 2 |
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The second beta of Pioneer MigrationSERVER has been released for testing: "Technalign, Inc. has released its Beta 2 of MigrationSERVER. Beta 2 includes many more requested applications, such as SSH, Fetchmail, DHCP Server, Shorewall firewall, and the Squid proxy server. Beta 2 of MigrationSERVER is reaching the final stages based on feedback received on its Beta 1 released. RC 1 is expected to be released in early January 2007. Dianne Ursini, CEO of Technalign, Inc. stated, 'Beta 2 now includes more applications interfaced with Webmin as requested from both our business community as well as our community users.' Pioneer MigrationSERVER will be free to individuals and non-profit organizations wanting to run a web server." Please read the full press release for further information. Download: Ta_MigSERV_Beta2_1230.iso (648MB).
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| 2006-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 5.1.0 |
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Klaus Knopper has announced the release of KNOPPIX 5.1.0 live CD and DVD: "Finally, it's done. Just in the past couple of months, there has been quite a lot of new and exciting development in the GNU/Linux world, which of course should also be present in the current KNOPPIX version, even if some of the new and optional features (like the 3D desktop with Beryl) are still experimental. New kernel, KDE and OpenOffice.org releases have spoilt our planned release dates, but now all these are available in the new release. New: update to Debian Etch; Linux kernel 2.6.19.1 + FUSE 2.6.1; Cloop 2.05 real-time decompression; replace Unionfs with Aufs...." See the comprehensive release notes for more details. Download: KNOPPIX_V5.1.0CD-2006-12-30-EN.iso (698MB, MD5), KNOPPIX_V5.1.0DVD-2006-12-30-EN.iso (4,113MB, MD5). The CD and DVD images are also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS-64 6.0-4 Beta 1 |
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The first ever 64-bit release of SimplyMEPIS is now available for download and testing: "Today MEPIS LLC has released Beta1 of SimplyMEPIS-64 Version 6.0-4. SimplyMEPIS is a complete and safe desktop computing environment designed to meet the needs of everyday computer users and software professionals alike. The 64 bit version of SimplyMEPIS offer the same advanced hardware auto-detection, multimedia integration, and easy-to-use installer that is included with the 32 bit edition. This release includes Firefox 2.0.0.1, Flash Player 9, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, the very stable 3.5.3 build of KDE desktop, and a rock solid, security patched 2.6.15 Linux kernel with support for the newest sound chips and Apple hardware." Read the full press release for further details. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_6.0-4-beta1_amd64.iso (687MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: SME Server 7.1 RC1 |
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Gordon Rowell has announced the first release candidate for SME Server 7.1: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.1. This release has many new features and fixes for previously reported issues. All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. Major changes from SME Server 7.0: the CD no longer boots automatically into the installer; the installer now provides many Raid and LVM configuration options; the Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during installs and to deal with large update sets; local mail delivery is noticeably faster." More details in the release announcement. Download the latest release of the CentOS-based distribution from here: smeserver-7.1rc1.iso (475MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-28 |
NEW • News: Free Download of Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 |
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Those who intend to install a Linux distribution on a Sony PlayStation 3 will be pleased to learn that Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 is now available for free download. Originally released on 27 November, Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 is a Fedora-based distribution tailored to run on Sony PlayStation 3. It features a graphical installation program and includes the Linux kernel 2.6.16, X.Org 7.0 (3D acceleration not supported), Enlightenment 17 as the default desktop (KDE 3.5.3 and GNOME 2.14 are also available), Firefox 1.5, OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 and other popular open source software applications for desktops, servers, media playback and software development. For more information please read the Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 product pages. Here is a quick link to the latest DVD image: yellowdog-5.0-phoenix-20061208-PS3.iso (3,409MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RC2 |
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Ken Smith has announced the availability of the second release candidate of FreeBSD 6.2: "Since RC1 we have been working out a few more bugs in device drivers, a few device drivers were updated, BIND was updated, and bugs in several other areas of the kernel have been worked out. We also wound up having hardware problems with the primary distribution machine that took some time to resolve. All problems we felt needed to be addressed before 6.2 could be released have been taken care of. Unless further testing turns up something new RC2, which is available now for downloading, will be the last of the Release Candidates and 6.2-RELEASE should be ready in about 2 weeks." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download (i386, MD5): 6.2-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (573MB), 6.2-RC2-i386-disc2.iso (639MB).
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| 2006-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Damn Small Linux 3.2 RC2 |
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The second release candidate of Damn Small Linux 3.2 is out: "DSL v3.2RC2 is now ready for testing. Cumulative changelog: added wpasupplicant; new mouse configuration Lua GUI; added default tone generator for XMMS; improved MyDSL download via the Lua GUI; moved powerdown to use standard RC scripts; new dsl-dpkg.unc and adjustments to core; dsl-pendrive.bat for QEMU to detect booted pen drive; dsl2unc converter; updated madwifi-ng modules; updated BusyBox with >2GB file support; new cron - a Perl cron, with new boot option 'cron' and toggle from control panel; new boot option 'checkfs'; new mkmydsl - simplified custom ISO maker now even easier; updated MyDSL to support direct downloading to all supported and mounted drives and directories; added volume setting to persist via .umix...." There is more in the release announcement. Download: dsl-3.2RC2.iso (49.9MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: B2D Linux 20061226 |
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A new stable release of B2D Linux, a Taiwanese desktop distribution based on KNOPPIX, has been released. The most important change is the addition of the light-weight LXDE desktop, which can be selected as an alternative desktop environment after booting, alongside the default KDE and the optional GNOME. Other changes include: upgraded to kernel 2.6.18.1; removed the proprietary NVIDIA kernel module, added NdisWrapper; removed StarDict; solved the problem with multiple programs accessing the audio device and other bug fixes; added Kdenlive video editor, KlamAV front-end for ClamAV anti-virus scanner, Cheops graphical utility for managing network connections; updated some packages available for installation with Klik (OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Java Development Kit 6, Sodipodi and Songbird). Please read the release announcement (in Chinese) for further details. Download: B2DpureKGB20061226.iso (698MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Elive 0.6 |
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A bug-fix update of Elive "Revolution" has been released. Here is a brief list of some of the changes: "Fixed SCSI emulation CD-ROM driver; fixed Czech boot option; fixed special character problems in menus; added new sounds to the 'Elive look'; installer updates which will fine-tune a new installation on first boot; new drivers for wireless networking; added Flash 9 beta browser plugin; removed OpenOffice.org from the ISO image due to space reasons; added Java; added Transmission - a small, fast, simple and effective BitTorrent client; added Torus trooper - a game; made Thunar the default file manager; updated Cinelerra to version 2.1; added KQEMU, a KDE front-end from QEMU; added measures to prevent root login into graphical desktop...." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement. Download: Elive_Revolution_rl2.iso (655MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: K12LTSP Linux 6.0.0 |
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Eric Harrison has announced the release of K12LTSP Linux 6.0.0: "Still looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the spouse? K12LTSP 6.0.0 is now available for all of your gift-giving needs!" What's new in this release? "K12LTSP 6.0.0 is based on Fedora Core 6, with a large number of changes including: LTSP 4.2 update 4; a bunch of packages from Fedora Extras; hundreds of updated FC6 packages; a handful of K12LTSP packages, just to spice things up. This release of K12LTSP is slightly different than past releases in that there is no specific 'LTSP' install option. If you want do a 'normal' Fedora Core 6 install from K12LTSP 6, simply uncheck the 'LTSP' package group. The 'Education' package group has been split up into two groups." More details in the release announcement. Download: K12LTSP-6.0.0-32bit-dvd.iso (3,841MB, MD5), K12LTSP-6.0.0-64bit-dvd.iso (4,369MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: m0n0wall 1.3 Beta 2 |
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The second beta of the m0n0wall firewall, version 1.3, is available for download and testing. Changes since beta 1: "enabled NAT-T support for IPsec VPN (enable via webGUI); compiled SNMP agent with support for memory usage information MIB; back-ported MSS clamping fix from MPD 4.0b5 to MPD 3.18 (fixes MTU problems with PPPoE client); enabled hostap for wireless cards supported by the ral(4) driver; forced PIO mode for ATA driver to work around problems with quirky hardware (IDE controllers, CF cards); automatic keyboard detection for generic-pc(-cdrom); fallback to serial console if no keyboard found; enabled AES for IPsec phase 1; Captive portal fix (jdegraeve): now always sends the session time in RADIUS accounting messages instead of only sending it within an Accounting-Stop." Please visit the project's development pages to find out more. Download: cdrom-1.3b2.iso (8.09MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 Beta 1 |
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The MEPIS project has announced the beginning of a testing process for SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4, an updated version of its user-friendly, desktop-oriented Linux distribution: "MEPIS LLC has released Beta1 of SimplyMEPIS version 6.0-4, aka SystemUpdate1. SimplyMEPIS is a complete and safe desktop computing environment designed to meet the needs of everyday computer users and software professionals alike. MEPIS continues to offer advanced hardware auto-detection, multimedia integration, and an easy-to-use installer. Of special note, this update includes Firefox 2.0; the latest updates of other packages; and a rock-solid, security-patched 2.6.15 Linux kernel with support for the newest sound chips and Apple hardware. The current development cycle at MEPIS is on a fast-track schedule with a targeted release date of approximately January 10, 2007." Read the complete press release for further information. Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_6.0-4-beta1_i386.iso (687MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nonux 4.0 |
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A new version of Nonux, a Slackware-based live and installation CD designed for Dutch-speaking office environments, has been released. Version 4.0 is a major update, now based on Slackware Linux 11.0 and Linux kernel 2.6.18.2. The Dropline GNOME desktop environment has been updated to version 2.16.2, with many speed tweaks and other optimisations, while Firefox now comes in version 2.0 and OpenOffice.org in 2.0.4. Other changes include better hardware detection and power management, improved email notification applet, updated GParted partitioning tool and its associated components, and several newly included applications (graphics editing, graphical application for encryption and key management, and software for retrieving stock market quotes). Please visit the project's news page (in Dutch) to read the full release announcement. Download (MD5) from here: nonux-4.0.iso (691MB).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 Live CD |
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David Zeuthen has announced the release of an official Fedora 6 live CD: "After lots of feedback, bug fixing and testing of the beta live CD announced 3 weeks ago, I'm pleased to announce the first official Fedora live CD. This live CD is based on packages from the Fedora Core 6 (code named 'Zod') and Fedora Extras package collections and is 100% free software. At a glance, the live CD features: Linux 2.6.18, GNOME 2.16 desktop environment, GStreamer 0.10 multimedia framework, X.Org 7.1, AIGLX and Compiz for 3D desktop, lots of applications including, but not limited to Beagle (desktop search), F-Spot (photo management), Evolution (email and calendering), Firefox (web browsing), Ekiga (IP telephony)...." Read the complete release announcement for additional details. Download via BitTorrent or directly from Red Hat's server: FC-6-i386-livecd-1.iso (683MB, SHA1).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Trustix Secure Linux 3.0.5 Beta 3 |
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The third beta release of Trustix Secure Linux 3.0.5 is ready for testing: "We are pleased to announce that the third beta release of Trustix Secure Linux 3.0.5 is now available. Thanks to many reports and suggestions, this release contains some critical fixes and improvements in the installer and other software. The highlights of third beta are: kernel 2.6.19.1; MySQL 4.1.22; Postfix 2.2.11; multiple security fixes; major upgrades to some critical packages; added support for XFS, ReiserFS and JFS; enabled keyboard selection screen; fixed partition table sync issue during installation. Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to date from day one using swup, the automated software updater." Here is the full release announcement. Download: trustix-3.0.5.beta3.i586.iso (632MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.0 Alpha "Koala" |
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A new development build of SmoothWall Express 3.0 has been released for public testing: "Express 3.0 is our latest version of the long running and successful SmoothWall Express firewall. This is an alpha release, code name "koala". This means that although this build is working and usable, it is not feature-complete." Some of the new features relative to version 2.0 include: "Based upon the latest 2.6 kernel; brand new theme; includes many new NIC drivers; brand new update system; NTP service for the local network; local hosts list that can be served through the DNS proxy; replacement traffic stats page; SIP NAT support; many internal changes to make the code more organised and easier to work with...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: smoothwall-express-3.0-koala.iso (48.1MB).
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| 2006-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Pioneer MigrationSERVER Beta 1 |
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Technalign has announced the first beta release of Pioneer MigrationSERVER: "Technalign, Inc. has released its SOHO/SMB server with the ease of use that Windows users have been looking for. MigrationSERVER Beta 1 is out for testing and available for download immediately on the TaPioneer web site. The new server is targeted toward the SMB market as well as workgroup servers in enterprise networks. The server provides not only a robust and simple to use interface for server administration using Webmin 1.300 as the interface, but the familiar KDE interface. MigrationSERVER uses Kubuntu as a base and includes additional features which were found in Version XI including clustering support." Read the rest of the press release for further information. Download: Ta_MigSERV_Beta1_1119.iso (632MB).
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| 2006-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Freespire 2.0 Alpha 3 |
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The Freespire development team has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Freespire 2.0: "This is the third release of Freespire 2.0 Alpha 3 (Build 1.1.84)." The most interesting feature of the release is the newly added upgrade path from Freespire 1.0. As always, Freespire's alpha releases are designed for testers, rather than production machines; some of the known bugs and missing features include: "Automatic boot menu management does not always work; KDE su dialog appears when attempting to change settings from within the start-up wizard; 'Configure Network Settings' in Startup Wizard does not function at this time; KNetworkManager does not auto-start and requires root permissions to load properly; firewall is disabled; modem drivers are not included; CNR is not included; some wireless cards don't work...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download via BitTorrent: freespire_1.1.84.iso (694MB).
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| 2006-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kate OS 3.2 |
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Kate OS 3.2 has been released: "Kate OS 3.2 is the third edition of the III series. It brings, as usual, many fixes, updates, and novelties the community has been waiting for. It includes a new graphical package management tool, KatePKG, which allows for easy and intuitive installation, removal, and updating of packages. KatePKG can handle any number of repositories, including user-created ones on the local drive. KatePKG was written in PHP using the PHP-GTK2 library. Kate OS 3.2 uses glibc library 2.5 which ensures binary compatibility with future editions. It also includes the Xfce environment version 4.4RC2, GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Firefox 2.0, and many other current applications." Read the rest of the release announcement on the project's home page. Download: KateOS_3.2-DVD.iso (2,199MB, MD5). The CD images are also available for download via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 0.3.0 |
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A new major version of SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD with tools for system repair, data recovery and partition editing, has been released. From the changelog: "Updated the kernel to Linux 2.6.18.5 with Reiser4 file system; added X.Org graphical environment with WindowMaker; added GParted 0.3.3 to replace QtParted; added ntfs3g (full NTFS read and write); added graphical editors (gVim, Leafpad); added graphical web browsers (Firefox 2.0 and Dillo); updated the file system tools (Parted, e2fsprogs, xfsprogs); updated the system (glibc, ClamAV); updated the bootdisks." Download SystemRescueCd 0.3.0 from here: systemrescuecd-x86-0.3.0.iso (141MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 2.1 |
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A new stable version of Linux Mint has been released: "Linux Mint 2.1, code name "Bea", is out and available for download." Here is a brief list of some of the changes since version 2.0: "OpenOffice.org 2.1; mintDesktop, which adds a lot of desktop improvements; quick access to the computer, home places and terminal; ability to delete files directly without sending them to the trash; mintDesktop home folders; Beagle search; Tomboy notes; network manager; mintWifi, the purpose of which is to configure a wireless card without an Internet connection; tutorials to install and configure WiFi cards; a collection of WiFi drivers to support about 40 different wireless card models; RealPlayer was replaced with MPlayer plugins with support for QuickTime, AVI, MPG and a lot of other web content; Flash plugin was upgraded to version 9 Beta 2...." Read the detailed release announcement for further information. Download (MD5): LinuxMint-2.1.iso (695MB).
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| 2006-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ZenEdu 0.3 |
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The Zenwalk Linux project has announced the release of ZenEdu 0.3, a distribution whose main goal is to provide an easy-to-install, stable and free operating system to nurseries and primary schools. ZenEdu includes a good collection of teachers' tools for their daily educational work as well as games dedicated to children. ZenEdu 0.3 is based on Zenwalk Linux 4.0, with a number of applications removed and replaced with educational software, such as Dr Geo, GCompris, GNU Chess, OpenOffice.org, TuxMath, Tux Paint, Tuxtype, and many others. The distribution currently supports French only. For more information about the project and its goals please read the release announcement and visit ZenEdu's presentation page with screenshots (both links in French). The CD image is available for download from here: zenedu-0.3.iso (663MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: LinuxTLE 8.0 Beta |
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LinuxTLE is a community distribution developed in Thailand and targeting the Thai speaking audience. The project's latest release is a beta build of LinuxTLE 8.0 (code name "Patong"), a distribution now based on Ubuntu instead of Red Hat and Fedora Core as was the case with the previous versions. The release is a re-mastered edition of the Ubuntu 6.10 installation CD, with kernel 2.6.17.10, GNOME 2.16, Firefox 2.0, LibThai 0.1.7 (a set of Thai language support routines), updated TLEDict Thai dictionary and TLE-Center administration module, APT and Synaptic package management utilities, and the usual range of open source software packages and some proprietary kernel modules. More information can be found in the release announcement (in Thai). Download from here: linuxtle-8.0-20061218-i386.iso (645MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Arch Linux 0.8 Alpha |
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The first alpha release of Arch Linux 0.8 is ready for download and testing: "Hi Arch community, I'm sure you all saw the bump to 0.8 'Voodoo' yesterday; new release also means new installation ISOs. Short summary what happened and what still needs to be done: full mkinitcpio support; updated packages (including Linux 2.6.19.1); installation on PATA and IDE possible (PATA is default now); ide-legacy option included for old IDE subsystem; dropped install floppy support; switched from BusyBox to archboot usage; USB devices (keyboards, CD, DVD) should now work; usage of hwdetect and udev auto-detection during boot; added Memtest86+ to ISO; added installation support on CCISS devices..." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download: current-0.8-20061218-i686.iso (546MB, MD5), current-0.8-20061219-x86_64.iso (529MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pardus Linux 2007 |
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After several months of beta testing, Pardus Linux 2007 final has been released. Here is a brief list of the distribution's most interesting features: "Multilingual installer - it is possible to install Pardus in Turkish, English, Spanish, German or Dutch; smaller packages, faster updates - thanks to the improvements to the Pardus package manager PiSi; package manager - the intuitive graphical interface of PiSi makes updates and installation of software much easier; fast start-up - the new init system developed using the Pardus configuration framework ÇOMAR makes the start-up much faster; new and up-to-date applications - more than 640 packages are installed from the CD, and more than 1000 available over the Internet." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Pardus Linux 2007 is available for download as an installation CD (Kurulan) or live CD (Calisan) from here: Pardus-Kurulan-2007.iso (676MB, SHA1), Pardus-Calisan-2007.iso (694MB, SHA1).
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| 2006-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: VectorLinux 5.8 |
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VectorLinux 5.8 has been released: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the release of VectorLinux 5.8 Standard, code named 'Santa' (Merry Christmas!). This is the fruit that has resulted from several months of coding, debugging and testing by the core development team and the VectorLinux community. This release follows our legendary tradition of stability (inherited from Slackware 11.0), blazing speed on even modest hardware, and simplicity of design and function. The release features fully-working browser plugins, including Flash 9, Java, mp3, Real and Windows media, and DVD playback. Additional features include: Linux kernel 2.6.18.5, fully customized Xfce 4.3.99.2, SeaMonkey 1.0.6, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.10, the GIMP and Xara LX for your graphic needs, AbiWord and Gnumeric for your office tasks...." More details in the release announcement. Download: VL-5.8-std-Gold.iso (551MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NetSecL 2.0 |
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Iuri Stanchev has announced the release of NetSecl 2.0, a security-focused distribution based on Slackware Linux: "NetSecL 2.0 is out! This release has packages for i486 machines up to 64 bit, it includes the NetSecL firewall that has the ability to work with Snort Inline, more than 200 updates! The security was improved thanks to the new Binutils supporting PT_PAX_FLAGS - all i486_64 packages are compiled with it. Also I have included Tork and with it you can use tor to anonymize yourself on the web. Most hardened distros still go with the X.Org 6.8.2, well guess what - we have Xorg 6.9.0. I have finally fixed most problems with the PAX permissions and we now use a generic 2.6.x kernel which is also a paranoia kernel. The hardware recognition was also improved with the new version of Discover and some additional modules." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: netsecl-2.0-cd1.iso (599MB, MD5), netsecl-2.0-cd2.iso (486MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Foresight Linux 0.9.9 |
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Ken VanDine has announced the availability of Foresight Linux 0.9.9, the latest development build of the desktop-oriented distribution based on rPath Linux and its Conary package management system: "I am very pleased to announce the release of Foresight Linux 0.9.9. What is new in this release? Compiz is now included. Also included GnuCash, GnomeScan, and the Synaptics driver. There have been a number of version updates, here are a few of the highlights: added Compiz 0.3.4, GnuCash 2.0.3, GnomeScan 0.3.1, Synaptics 0.14.6; updated kernel 2.6.19.1, Conary 1.1.13, Beagle 0.2.14, GIMP 2.3.13, OpenSSH 4.5p1, Tomboy 0.5.1, Gaim 2.0.0beta5, CUPS 1.2.4...." Read the release announcement for a more complete list of changes. Download the DVD image from here: foresight-0.9.9-x86-dvd1.iso (1,201MB).
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| 2006-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: m0n0wall 1.3 Beta 1 |
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The first beta of the FreeBSD-based m0n0wall firewall, version 1.3, has been released. What's new? "Changed base system to FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 (final 1.3 version will be based on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE); added support for new wireless features in FreeBSD 6; Atheros cards are finally supported; channel selection on interface setup page now reflects actual capabilities of card; wireless status page shows scanned APs in client mode and associated stations in hostap mode; WPA support is expected in the next release; the configuration may now also be stored on an USB memory stick (instead of a floppy disk); removed MTU option from Interfaces: WAN page; a rather intrusive kernel patch was required to make concurrent traffic shaping + NAT on the WAN interface possible." Read the full changelog on the project's beta page for more details. Download: cdrom-1.3b1.iso (8.14MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux-EduCD 0.7 |
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Linux-EduCD is a Polish live DVD based on KANOTIX, with focus on education, graphics, office, multimedia and software development. Version 0.7 was released yesterday; some of the more important new features include: addition of the Compiz desktop; integration of GParted into the hard disk installer; new boot options; Linux kernel 2.6.18 with extra drivers and modules; KDE 3.5.5; OpenOffice.org 2.0.4; a range of educational software (Celestia, OpenDX, PyMOL, Rasmol, DrGeo, Yacas); multimedia applications (GIMP 2.2.13, Blender 2.42, Amarok, Audacity, Xine); network and system administration software (Wireshark, Nessus, Iptraf, EtherApe, Cheops); new development packages (DrScheme, Ruby, VisualPython, GPS, GNAT, Glade). Read the release announcement (in Polish) for further details and download links. The Linux-EduCD 0.7 live DVD is available from here: linuxeducd_07dvd.iso (1,352MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Symphony OS 2006-12 (Beta) |
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After a long, involuntary break, the Symphony OS project is back with a new development release - version 2006-12: "The Symphony OS Project is pleased to announce the release of Symphony OS 2006-12. This release, the first since May, brings more stability and enhanced features to the young desktop environment and Linux distribution. Based on Debian Testing, Symphony OS 2006-12 now includes the GNOME System Tools within its System target menu, finally providing GUI system management functions that were sorely missing from previous releases. The system also features Firefox 2, many other updated packages, and performance improvements." Read the full release announcement for more information. The Symphony OS 2006-12 CD image is available for download via BitTorrent: symphonyos-2006-12.iso (633MB).
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| 2006-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Damn Small Linux 3.2 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of Damn Small Linux 3.2 is out. From the changelog: "Updated madwifi-ng modules; updated BusyBox with >2GB file support; new Cron - a Perl cron, with new boot option 'cron' and toggle from control panel; new boot option 'checkfs'; simplified MyDSL structure using the level 1 default auto-scanned /mydsl directory or user specified level one directory which contains extensions; new mkmydsl - simplified custom ISO maker now even easier than before and supports new MyDSL layout and works for both isolinux and syslinux CD versions; updated MyDSL to support direct downloading to all supported and mounted drives and directories; added volume setting to persist via .umix...." Download from here: dsl-3.2RC1.iso (49.8MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SabayonLinux 3.2 "miniEdition" |
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A new version of the single-CD edition of SabayonLinux has been released. From the changelog: "Linux kernel 2.6.18.4 with Intel Pro wireless 3945 out-of-the-box support; improved and production-ready GPU automatic detection; OpenGL sub-system wrong auto-detection and user error detector (will greatly improve the number of NVIDIA and ATI supported cards); new HAL 0.5.8.1, supports full NTFS read and write out-of-the-box through FUSE and in general much more powerful; NVIDIA drivers 1.0-9631 (fixes bug on GeForce3/4 video cards); ATI drivers 8.31.5; KOffice 1.6.1; fixed nohdparm boot option; improved NetworkManager; fixed installation from USB CD/DVD media." The release announcement. Download via BitTorrent: SabayonLinux-x86-3.2a.miniEdition.iso (697MB), SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.2.miniEdition.iso (698MB).
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| 2006-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: PC-BSD 1.3 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of PC-BSD 1.3 is ready for testing: "Version 1.3RC1 of PC-BSD has been uploaded to the mirrors, and is now available on our Beta download page. Many bugs have been squashed for this release in preparation for 1.3 final." What's new? "Fixed icon size issues in KMenu; installer now does not display extended partitions; installer now can use empty primary partition space to install; fixed issue with BSDStats not properly reporting usage; fixed problem with 'Start' icon text not being translated properly; fixed issues when using installer to upgrade system from 1.2 to 1.3; closed numerous other issues from BETA2." See the release announcement, release notes and changelog for further details. Download (MD5): PCBSD-1.3RC1-x86-CD1.iso (668MB).
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| 2006-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 0.5.5 (Unstable) |
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A new unstable build of Elive is out: "Elive 0.5.5 development released." The release announcement hints at some reasons for the new release; as an example, those who wish to upgrade to the latest version of X.Org will find that their ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers no longer work, a new version of GCC from Debian will prevent the proprietary kernel drivers from installing successfully without recompiling the kernel, and there is also a serious bug affecting certain SCSI-emulated CD-ROMs. The new release comes with a downgraded kernel version 2.6.15.7 and several WiFi driver modules. Please read the release announcement for more information. Download: elive_0.5.5_unstable.iso (651MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: SystemRescueCd 0.3.0 Beta 1 |
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The first beta of the all new SystemRescueCd 0.3 is ready for download and testing: "Version 0.3.0 beta1 of the SystemRescueCd project has been released. This is a major update. This new version comes with the X.Org graphical environment that allows running GParted. Several graphical software have been added such as Firefox 2.0 (we may need browsing the web to find how to repair a system) and graphical editors (gVim and SciTE). This new release also provides ntfs3g beta. It allows mounting an NTFS partition with a full read/write support, and replaces CaptiveNtfs. All the programs were updated, and several small network tools and utilities were added." Read the comprehensive release notes for further details. Download: systemrescuecd-x86-0.3.0-beta1.iso (144MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Atomix 4.0 |
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Atomix is a Serbian Linux distribution based on Fedora Core. Version 4.0, released today, is a major update bringing the following changes: includes more than 2,700 packages; major components: Linux kernel 2.6.18.2, KDE 3.5.5 and OpenOffice.org 2.0.4; development tools: GCC, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby; complete support for Java development: Java 1.4.2, (GCJ), Eclipse 3.2.1, Jakarta Tomcat 5.5.17; support for virtualisation with Xen 3.0.3; Firefox 2.0 and Thunderbird 1.5.0.8; administration tools for configuring desktops and servers. Read the brief release announcement and release notes (both links in Serbian) for more information. Atomix 4.0 comes in the form of an installation DVD and a live DVD; download the ISO images from here: Atomix-4.0-DVD.iso (3,785MB, MD5), Atomix-4.0-live.iso (888MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PUD GNU/Linux 20061208 |
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Chen Pin-shiun has announced the release of a new edition of PUD GNU/Linux, an Ubuntu-based mini-distribution and live CD. The most interesting part of this release is the fact that it uses LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), a new GTK+-based, light-weight and standards compliant desktop environment designed for older computers and impatient desktop users. It also comes with a fast and versatile file manager called PCManFM. Firefox, Gaim, aMule, Thunar, Beep and VLC media players, GQview image viewer, and a number of popular utilities are also included. Please read the release notes for further information. Download from here: lxde-20061208-23.iso (182MB, MD5). PUD GNU/Linux supports English and Chinese (both simplified and traditional) languages.
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| 2006-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Freespire 2.0 Alpha 2 |
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The second development build of Freespire 2.0 has been released: "Freespire version 2.0 Alpha2 (1.1.73) is now available for download. This is the second alpha build that might not be good for the health of a production machine. Expect improvements as future builds are released." From the release notes: "Automatic boot menu management does not always work - do not install if you are not experienced at repairing GRUB configurations and MBRs; no upgrade path available from Freespire 1.0; kernel is not SMP enabled; apt repository is pointing to Debian sid; sound for quick switched user accounts inoperative...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (BitTorrent only): freespire_1.1.73.iso (690MB).
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| 2006-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pioneer Linux 1.0 |
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Technalign, Inc. has announced the inaugural release of Pioneer Linux, a Kubuntu-based, desktop-oriented distribution for home and business users: "Technalign, Inc. has announced it has released its new Pioneer Linux operating system to the community. The first release is the 32-bit version to be followed immediately by the 64-Bit Version. The community edition includes many features found previously in Frontier and is available for download at the tapioneer.com website. Both Pioneer 32 and 64 include Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird and KMail email clients, OpenOffice.org, and many others." More details in the press release. Pioneer Linux comes in two flavours: as a freely downloadable live and installation CD, and as a commercial boxed edition with CrossOver Office and technical support. Here are the links to download the free edition: Ta_Pioneer_Free_i386_1124_05.iso (678MB), Ta_Pioneer_Free_i686_1125_05.iso (672MB).
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| 2006-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 6.0.2 |
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Rene Rebe has announced the release of T2 6.0.2, a Linux distribution build kit originally forked from ROCK Linux: "We are pleased to announce the maintenance release T2 6.0.2 named 'Continuity'. It also comes with some updated packages, but mostly security updates, bug fixes and some improvements. The release primarily focuses on ironing out all known SPARC64 issues for smooth support on Sun T1 Niagara CPU systems such as the T1000 and T2000 - but also includes non-SPARC security fixes, updates and improvements along the lines." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The scripts for building a custom distribution are available for download from here, while a pre-built minimal binary distribution for SPARC64 can be downloaded from this server: t2-minimal-6.0.2-sparc64-ultrasparc_cd1.iso (225MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 10.2 |
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openSUSE 10.2 has been released: "After a lot of work, we proudly announce the availability of openSUSE 10.2, formerly known as SUSE Linux 10.x As usual, we ship all the latest open source packages available at the time. But we want to give a special mention to the redesigned GNOME and KDE desktop, Firefox 2.0, ext3 as the new default file system, support for internal SD card readers, new power management and, last but not least, our improved package management. We'd like to thank you all for testing heavily, reporting bugs, giving feedback on mailing lists. Have a lot of fun!" Here is the full release announcement. The CD and DVD images for the i386, x86_64 and PowerPC architectures are available via the BitTorrent protocol or directly from the openSUSE download mirrors; here are a couple of quick links to the DVD images (MD5): openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386.iso (3,701MB), openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-x86_64.iso (3,750MB).
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| 2006-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Frenzy 1.1 Beta |
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Sergei Mozhaisky has announced the first beta release of Frenzy 1.1, a light-weight FreeBSD-based live CD with a collection of utilities for security and forensic analyses. New features in this release include: support for Unionfs; experimental inclusion of "fem-modules" (Frenzy extension modules); option to boot from ISO image on hard disk; optional "combined boot" from CD and USB storage device; new boot parameter 'no-fem' to exclude loading Frenzy extension modules; new "devel" scripts; support for large MS DOS partitions; new "wheel" group with write privileges to mounted hard disk partitions. Read the full release announcement (in Russian) for further details. Download: frenzy-1.1-BETA-ru.iso (198MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Ulteo Sirius Alpha 1 |
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Gaël Duval has announced the first test release of Ulteo, a new distribution that promises to introduce revolutionary concepts in managing and updating an operating system and applications. From the release announcement: "Here is the first public version of Ulteo! Its codename is 'Sirius' because we want to make it a star." The brief release notes explain some of the ideas behind Ulteo: "This installable live CD is based on Debian and Ubuntu packages. It's installed on the hard-drive using "Yuch". A daemon, called UGD (Ulteo General Daemon), is always connecting to Ulteo servers to see if a newer, more up to date system is available. It can then upgrade to this new system." This release of Ulteo is based on Ubuntu 6.06 and uses kernel 2.6.15, X.Org 7.0, KDE 3.5.2 and Firefox 1.5.0.8. The CD image is available for download from here: ulteo-kde-i386-sirius-20061206-1.iso (622MB, MD5) and via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: grml 0.9 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the final release of grml 0.9, a Debian-based live CD designed for system administrators and users of text tools: "We have a new release: grml 0.9 with codename 'Dioptrienotto'." Some of the new features include the following: "updated to X.Org 7.1.1; Unicode support; added FreeDOS 1.0 from the Balder project; new handling for added and removed devices; split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the latter one provides the core configuration files for e.g. zsh, Screen and Vim); boot option 'grub' boots into 'The All In One Boot Floppy' (which provides Grub)." More information in the release announcement and release notes. Download via BitTorrent or directly from this FTP server: grml_0.9.iso (693MB, MD5). A new version of the project's minimalist edition, called 'grml-small', is also available.
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| 2006-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 7.04 Alpha 1 |
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The first development build of Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn", also known as "Herd CD", has been released for testing: "Welcome to Feisty Fawn Herd 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 7.04. Herd 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Feisty development cycle. The Herd images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing very current snapshots of Feisty. The primary changes from Edgy have been the re-merging of changes from Debian. Common to all variants, we have upgraded the kernel to 2.6.19." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (MD5): feisty-desktop-i386.iso (679MB), feisty-desktop-amd64.iso (686MB). On a related note, Herd 1 CD images for Kubuntu are also available.
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| 2006-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: VLOS 1.3.1 RC1 |
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The VLOS project has announced the availability of the first release candidate of VLOS 1.3.1: "VLOS 1.3.1-rc1 is ready for download. This release includes the following updates and enhancements: updated to latest udev and dbus; new modular KDE-VLOS with revamped new look using new Kickoff menu; updated to Beryl 0.1.2, GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5; new theme and icons in GNOME; updated ATI and NVIDIA drivers; Songbird now included as media player; new webcam driver; new rt73 driver for the RaLink RT73/2571 wireless chipset; new hardware auto-detection system based on udev and hotplug; faster boot time; new X.Org with AIGLX support; updated Azureus to latest version." Here is the full release announcement. Download via BitTorrent: vlos-1.3.1-rc1-dvd_i686.iso (1,418MB), vlos-1.3.1-rc1-dvd_amd64.iso (1,386MB).
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| 2006-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 2.1 Beta |
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The first beta of Linux Mint 2.1 has been released: "This release is based on [Linux Mint 2.0] Barbara. It is the first release candidate for Linux Mint 2.1 'Bea' which will be released on the 20/12/2006. Bea comes with improved artwork and better branding. The Ubuntu branding was removed and replaced with artwork made for Linux Mint. We received a lot of suggestions from the community and we decided to include the following new software in Bea: Beagle, which makes it easy to find stuff from the desktop; NetworkManager, which manages your wired and wireless connections, OpenOffice.org Impress, thanks to which you can now see Impress and PowerPoint presentations...." Read the release notes for further details. Download: LinuxMint-2.1-BETA-023.iso (686MB, MD5).
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| 2006-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Pardus Linux 2007 RC |
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The Pardus Linux project has announced the availability of a Pardus Linux 2007 release candidate. According to the changelog, the new version comes with support for Spanish during system installation, a new graphical tool for managing disk partitions (Disk Manager) and updated versions of PiSi, the package management utility and Comar, the system administration module. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 2.6.18.4, while a number of other packages, including CUPS, GnuPG and NdisWrapper have also been upgraded to their latest versions. Many bugs reported on the distribution's bug tracker have been fixed. Visit the project's home page to read the full release announcement. The Pardus Linux 2007 RC installation CD (Kurulan) and live CD (Calisan) are available for download from here: Pardus-Kurulan-2007-RC.iso (663MB, SHA1), Pardus-Calisan-2007-RC.iso (624MB, SHA1).
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| 2006-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ParallelKNOPPIX 2.0 |
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Michael Creel has announced a new major release of ParallelKNOPPIX: "ParallelKNOPPIX 2.0 is released. The 2.x series makes setting up and using the cluster even easier than before. It is also much easier to save a ParallelKNOPPIX setup for re-use. Of course, it is also possible to use a ParallelKNOPPIX cluster without leaving traces on the host machines. The 2.x series is focused on MPI-based parallel computing - PVM is no longer supported. Some details: kernel 2.6.18.3, KDE 3.5.4, new non-parametric multivariate density estimation example using MPITB for GNU Octave." Visit the project's home page to read the release announcement. Download: parallelknoppix-2.0.iso (600MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 0.85 |
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Parsix GNU/Linux 0.85 has been released: "We are proud to announce that a brand new version of Parsix GNU/Linux is available now. This version brings the latest open source technologies to your PC. Highlights are: GNOME 2.16.2, X.Org 7.1, Linux kernel 2.6.18 with many extra patches and drivers including CK performance and Suspend2 patches and many wireless drivers, Intel ipw3945 wireless support, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, GNU IceWeasel 2.0 web browser, seamless hibernation and suspend support, newly released xFarDic 0.8.0 multilingual dictionary, updated installer, new artwork, NTFS read/write support using ntfs3g, updated documentation and support for 3D desktop using AIGLX/Compiz. Packages are synchronized with Debian Etch repository as Nov 30, 2006." The release announcement. Download: parsix_085.iso (692MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Netwosix 2.0 RC1 |
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Following the recent release of Linux Netwosix 1.3, the developers are now focusing on the next major release - version 2.0: "After the third Netwosix release a few days ago, Netwosix 1.3, Linux Netwosix 2.0-rc1 has been released. This is the first release of the 2.x branch and includes a new improved setup tool based on CRUX. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements you will find a stable, complete and cleaned GNU/Linux box for your network security jobs." Besides the release, a new community forum of Netwosix users has also been unveiled. Find more information in the release announcement. Download: netwosix2.0-rc1.x86.iso (243MB, MD5). Linux Netwosix is a light-weight distribution designed for network security and related jobs.
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| 2005-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 1.0.7 |
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Puppy Linux 1.0.7 has been released. What's new? "The big news is the move from the Xvesa Kdrive X server to the sophisticated X.Org X server (6.8.1). However, Xvesa is retained as a fallback. The Xorg Video Wizard has been written from scratch to give a very pleasant experience setting up and modifying X.Org. Gaim is upgraded from version 1.0.2 to 1.5.0. Puppy has the full set of plugins supplied with the source package. There is now a very nice little program to graphically view the sizes of directories and files, called Gdmap. Xarchive archiver replaces guiTar, and there is a desktop icon called PupZip that is a drag-and-drop frontend to Xarchive...." More details can be found on the project's news page. Download: puppy-1.0.7-mozilla.iso (60.5MB, MD5) or puppy-multisession-1.0.7-mozilla.iso (60.5MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-30 |
NEW • BSD Release: MirOS #8 |
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MirOS is an operating system based on OpenBSD, but with a number of notable differences (listed at number one is "no hot-tempered head developer"). A new version has been released: "The MirOS Project is proud to announce the immediate release of MirOS XP, consisting of MirOS BSD #8 and the MirPorts Framework. This release is the first in the MIRBSD_8 branch and still highly experimental in some parts, especially ports, but has been thoroughly tested and deemed stable." For more information and a detailed list of changes please see the release announcement. A bootable ISO image of MirOS #8, inclusive of the sources and ports tree, is available for download via BitTorrent: MIR51223.ISO (image size: 354MB).
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| 2005-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: STX Linux 1.0 RC3 |
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A new release candidate of STX Linux 1.0 is ready for testing. What's new? "Changed back to Slackware 10.2 instead Current; included compiler and stuff as demanded (GCC, automake, includes, etc from the Slackware 10.2 repository); included Ndiswrapper; VNC server (vino) for desktop sharing; dial-up and DSL connection setup work now; Gnumeric replaces Planmaker; Pterm replaces gnome-terminal; corrected menu links and symlinked gimp-2.3 to gimp; language setup for console and EDE fixed (follows the installer language now), just the menus/desktop items don't get translated; included BitTorrent; the usual package updates." Find the release announcement and changelog on the project's news page. Download from here: stx-1.0-rc3.iso (418MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: RR64 Linux 3.0 Beta 0 |
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A new development release of RR64 Linux, a Gentoo-based live DVD for 64-bit processors, is out. From the changelog: "32-bit Java installed; X.Org 7.0 RC4 with fully working XKB layout change; Portage snapshot updated to 15/12/2005; 32-bit applications now work perfectly (/emul is created at boot - DVD mode); changed package manager GUI from Kuroo to Porthole; Opera 8.50 works; NX infrastructure works; update Installer script; added RealPlayer 10; Klik tested and fully working; Gensplash, KDM Login, KDE theme, GNOME theme beautifications; KDE video properties dialog box on startup; Ifplugd now works better; Bluetooth detection fixes...." The new DVD image is available for download via BitTorrent: RR64-Linux-3.0.b0.iso (image size: 2,228MB).
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| 2005-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pardus Linux 1.0 |
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Following the release of a live CD edition earlier this year, the developers of Pardus Linux have now announced the first official release of the Pardus installation CD. Developed by the Uludağ Project in Turkey and designed for desktop use, the distribution is an interesting effort providing several custom utilities, including a nicely designed graphical installation program, a configuration manager, and a control panel. It uses a unique package management called "PiSi". Although developed primarily for Turkish speakers with several Turkish utilities and a dictionary, the system installer and user interface also support English. See the release announcement on the distribution's home page for further details about Pardus Linux. The ISO image can be downloaded from here: pardus-1.0.iso (692MB, MD5, SHA1).
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| 2005-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: ASP Linux 11 Beta |
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The developers of Russia's ASP Linux have announced the beginning of a new beta testing period, leading towards the release of version 11. Based on Fedora Core 4, but inclusive of many bug-fixes and more up-to-date packages (kernel 2.6.14, KDE 3.5.0, GNOME 2.12, and Firefox 1.5), the company is now seeking beta testers willing to test-drive the new release. Testing will last until 10 January and bugs, together with detailed system information, should be submitted to Bugzilla. More information can be found in the release announcement (in Russian). The beta release of ASP Linux 11 comes on four CDs and is available for free download from the distribution's main FTP server and a number of mirrors.
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| 2005-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kurumin Linux 5.1 |
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An updated version of Kurumin Linux has been released. Version 5.1 is a minor update, except for the replacement of XFree86 with X.Org 6.8.2 with support for the 3D desktop; other changes include an update to KDE 3.4.2, addition of Nmap, amaroK media player and Synergy (for sharing a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers), update to OpenOffice.org 2.0.0 (Brazilian Portuguese edition), various bug fixes, script updates and application upgrades. The development of Kurumin Linux 6.0 has also started and the first alpha release should be available in early January. Find out more in the release announcement and changelog (both links in Portuguese). Download: kurumin-5.1.iso (457MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2005-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: FoX Desktop 1 |
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The first stable version of FoX Desktop Linux, a Fedora-based desktop-oriented distribution optimised for modern processors, is now available: "After a lot of work by the FoX Linux Team, FoX Desktop 1 has been released. This is the first stable version of FoX Desktop, based upon Fedora 4, recompiled for better optimization. Here are the best features of FoX Desktop 1: FoX Desktop repository for updates and software installation; a tool that finds updates; a new Fox Control Center completely redesigned for better usage; a better looking style; 'smart' is the default software manager; many users can use the system simultaneously through graphical interface." See the complete release announcement for additional information. Download: foxdesktop-1-lite.iso (691MB, MD5, SHA1).
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| 2005-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Netwosix 1.3 |
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Linux Netwosix 1.3 has been released: "After the second Netwosix release of 2004, Netwosix 1.2, Linux Netwosix 1.3 continues its tradition of reliability, stability, and security. This is the present-release for Christmas 2005. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements you will find a stable, complete and cleaned GNU/Linux box for your network security related jobs. Linux Netwosix 1.3 uses the latest 2.6.14.4 stable kernel bringing you advanced and reliable performance. We could consider the latest release like a good GNU/Linux alternative to *BSD secure systems." Read the release announcement for full details. Download: netwosix1.3.x86.iso (241MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: NepaLinux 1.0 Beta |
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NepaLinux is a Debian-based live and installation CD localised into the Nepali language, complete with Nepali fonts, input method, spell and grammar checker, dictionary, and GNOME theme. A beta version of the distribution has been released for download: "With the launching of the software, Nepali people who are using pirated software can use Nepali software free of cost. People can simply download it from the Internet of install in from a CD. Some of the packages included in NepaLinux are Linux kernel 2.6.12, GNOME 2.10 desktop environment, OpenOffice.org 2.0, GIMP graphics editor, IRC Client, Gaim messenger, development tools (includes C and C++)...." Find more information in this news article on Nepalnews.com and also on the project's web site. Download: nepalinuxb10.iso (687MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-23 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 3.0 |
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NetBSD 3.0 has been released: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that release 3.0 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD is widely known as the most portable operating system in the world. It currently supports 57 different system architectures, all from a single source tree, and is always being ported to more. NetBSD 3.0 continues our long tradition with major improvements in stability, performance, networking, security, also includes support for two new platforms (iyonix and hp700), and many new peripherals." More details can be found in the release announcement. CD images for all the supported architectures are available from a number of mirrors worldwide, as well as via BitTorrent; here is a quick link to the i386 CD image: i386cd-3.0.iso (200MB, BSDSUM).
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| 2005-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Mediainlinux 4 RC5 |
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Mediainlinux is a KNOPPIX-based live CD with a wide collection of open source audio, video and graphics software. A new development version has been released: "The Mediainlinux team is proud to introduce you to Mediainlinux 4 (RC5). Thanks to the free and libre open source software movement, this GNU/Linux live CD brings a full toolbox of creativity to the multimedia audience of digital artists. Main features: based on KNOPPIX 4; kernel 2.6.12; GNOME 2.10 desktop environment; more than 200 GNU/Linux free software packages for 2D/3D graphics, audio and video production; final release out in 2006...." Read the full release notes for further information. Download: ML4-RC5.iso (692MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 5.1 RC1 (SOHO) |
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The first release candidate of VectorLinux 5.1 SOHO edition is out: "Proud to say JohnB and yours truly have released SOHO 5.1 rc1. Lots of work went into bug fixes since the beta release. This should be close to a final but we will let you make that judgement. Here's the list of what has been done: updated kdebase with a patch so command center works correctly; root login fixed for virtual terminals; new MPlayer without Samba dependency; vliloconf fixed so LILO installs properly with or without boot splash; new boot splash graphics; hopefully KDM issues are fixed; updated kernel source, please try your NVIDIA driver now; more hotplug fixes; some boot time tweaks to get things up faster...." See this forum post for all the details. Download: VLSOHO-5.1-rc1.iso (685MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BeleniX 0.3 |
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The developers of the BeleniX have released a new version of their OpenSolaris-based live CD: "A new version of the live CD has been released, containing several new software packages and enhancements. The highlights: Perl Curses hard disk installer ('hdinstaller' utility) that can dump the contents of the CD to a Solaris2 partition; enhancements to speed up the booting process; based on OpenSolaris build 27 with the new 128-bit ZFS filesystem; included a very minimal package file registry in /pkgs to support an ISO remastering tool; a missing driver in earlier releases caused Creative SB audio cards to not work, this has been fixed; included the 'ae' driver from Masayuki Murayama so the network now works in VMware...." Read the full release announcement on the distribution's home page. Download: belenix-0.3.iso.bz2 (282MB).
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| 2005-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Magic Linux 2.0 RC2 |
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The second release candidate of Magic Linux 2.0 has been released. The changes in this Chinese community distribution since RC1 include the following: miscellaneous bug fixes in Magic Installer; addition of GIMP; fixes in the embedded MPlayer plugin for Firefox and Konqueror; bug fixes in WINE and addition of EasyWine; further bug fixes and usability improvements in Kaffeine and Konqueror; BitStormLite replaces KTorrent; addition of GParted, games, new Chinese fonts; upgrade to kernel 2.6.15-rc5-git7. Please see the release announcement (in Chinese) for a more detailed list of changes. Download: MagicLinux-2.0rc2-1.iso (679MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2005-12-20 |
NEW • Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Updated (r1) |
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The first security and critical bug-fix update to Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 "sarge" has been released: "This is the first update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename 'sarge') which mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with some corrections to serious problems. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update. Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the 'apt' package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors." As usual, this Debian update brings no major package upgrades, but it does incorporate security fixes into existing packages. See the release announcement for a detailed list of changes. The updated release is available from the project's main server and many mirrors.
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| 2005-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Coyote Linux Personal Firewall 3.00.37 |
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Coyote Linux Personal Firewall has been updated to version 3.00.37: "Coyote Linux 3.00 build 37 is available for download. This release has the following changes: fix for bug#1 - changing the remote admin ACLs will now properly reload form the web admin; added a new setup interview script that is much less complex than the original. It only asks enough questions to bring up the WAN and 1 LAN interface and sets the remote admin permission for https and ssh to only be permitted from the LAN. Any remaining configuration can then be done via the console or web admin." Here is the full release announcement. The ISO image is available for download from this page (image size: 17.7MB).
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| 2005-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Edubuntu 6.04 Flight CD 2 |
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Following the recent release of new Ubuntu "Dapper" development CDs, the Edubuntu project has also released its "Flight CD": "As always, a little later than the other Ubuntu flavours, the Edubuntu team is happy to announce the first milestone CD image in the Dapper development cycle. Apart from the notable changes in this release that apply to all Ubuntu flavours, the following additional enhancements have gone into this CD images: themed graphical login manager for the LTSP clients; preparation for the Ubuntu boot splash on LTSP clients; support for multiple architectures; the first Edubuntu live CD has finally made it, it contains all of the Edubuntu workstation install and is available for all 3 supported architectures." Read the release announcement for more details and visit this page to download the installation and live CD images.
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| 2005-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: pocketlinux 2.0 |
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Version 2.0 of the Slackware-based pocketlinux distribution has been released: "This is a Christmas present to our fellows: a new version of pocketlinux. This is a major change, as we have rebuilt the complete system on Slackware 10.2. We have also added many development packages to make it easier to update KDE light using the 'SlackBuild' Scripts. This release also includes the current version of Mozilla Firefox and is the first version that comes with KDE kiosktool. This will help you to lock down the desktop. Main features: upgraded core system to Slackware 10.2; replaced KDE with the current packages from Slackware 10.2; added localised versions of 'motd' and 'login issue' to the installer...." See the release announcement for more information. Download: pl-2.0.iso (439MB).
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| 2005-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Arabian Linux 0.6 RC1 |
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Arabian Linux is a beginner-friendly, Debian and Kurumin-based distribution with support for Arabic and English. The latest version is 0.6 RC1, released yesterday. What's new? "Kernel 2.6.13; X.Org 6.8.2; using LSB color system; interactive boot-up system; KDE 3.4.3 (compiled locally); several fixes in Unionfs and modules system; many bug fixes in the system structure; created a wizard manager for Arabian's installer (Arabic and English languages are supported); OpenOffice.org 2.0 final; comprehensive Linux textbook of Muayad Al-Sadi (Arabic version) updated; Holy Quran (for Arab Muslims); Java 1.5 enabled as default; Arabeyes / KACST Arabic TTF fonts; Arabic language is now enabled in consoles...." Find more details in the release announcement. Download: arabian0.6rc1.iso (696MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MoLinux 2.0 |
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MoLinux 2.0 "Sancho", an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by the regional government of Castilla la Mancha in Spain, has been released. The new version is based on Ubuntu "Breezy" 5.10 and includes the following: kernel 2.6.12; GNOME 2.12; Evolution 2.4; OpenOffice.org 2.0 with support for the OpenDocument format and OpenBase database application; Firefox 1.0.7; a new system for installing packages (gnome-app-install); new artwork and bootsplash; integration of the hardware notification system from Guadalinex; new translations of some of the applications. Please refer to the release announcement (in Spanish) for further details. Download from here: Molinux2.0_Sancho_install.iso (651MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 3.4-2 RC1 |
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A new release candidate of SimplyMEPIS 3.4 has been released: "After some minor - and major - changes, SimplyMEPIS offers another release candidate, version 3.4-2 rc1. Look for it in the testing subdirectory at the MEPIS Subscriber's Site and public mirrors. The latest Firefox 1.5 has been pulled in from Debian unstable. Warren says, 'It's the final version of 1.5 except for changing the name from Deerpark to Firefox. So the code should be identical to Firefox 1.5 Final. Barring unforeseen problems, we are ready to release SimplyMEPIS 3.4 in one week.'" Find more details in this press release. Download from here: SimplyMEPIS_3.4-2.rc1.iso (695MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu Linux 6.04 Flight CD 2 |
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The second milestone of the development of Ubuntu Linux 6.04 "Dapper Drake" has been reached: "Flight CD 2 is ready. This release has been somewhat delayed due to the switch to Linux 2.6.15 and the new hardware detection and activation infrastructure that comes along with it (new udev and the demise of the old hotplug scripts. Other significant changes affecting the installer and live CD include: new graphical x86 CD bootloader screen, using gfxboot; default vga16fb resolution changed to 640x400; new udev-based PCMCIA infrastructure supporting the new kernel...." Read the rest of the release announcement and see this list of changes (with screenshots) for further details. The installation and live CD images for the three supported architectures can be found in this directory; here is a quick link to the i386 installation ISO: dapper-install-i386.iso (607MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Quantian 0.7.9.1 |
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A year has passed since its last release, but the Quantian project is now back with a new version: "A shiny new release of Quantian is now available! Release 0.7.9.1, available as an ISO file of 2.5GB, contains almost 7GB of quantitative, numerical or scientific software. This release is the first one based on KNOPPIX 4.0.2 and features: kernel 2.6.12, KDE 3.4, OpenOffice.org 2.0 and more from KNOPPIX 4.0.2; a backport of the openMosix enabled 2.4.27 kernel and openMosix tools from the last clusterKNOPPIX release; very comprehensive support for GNU R with over 800 packages from CRAN and BioConductor, plus ESS, Ggobi, Rpad, RKward; newly added packages such as scigraphica, polyxmass, gromacs and more...." See the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download: Quantian_0.7.9.1.iso (2,448MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SchilliX 0.4 |
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A new version of SchilliX, a live CD based on OpenSolaris, has been released. What's new? "Updated to use OpenSolaris Nevada Build 28; WLAN support added; if there is an 'open' WLAN available that supports DHCP, the related interface is automatically configured after the boot; to configure the WLAN, check the 'wificonfig' command (man page included); support is available for the following WIFI devices: Atheros 52xx chipset via the 'ath' driver, Pro/Wireless 2100 chipset via the 'ipw' driver; Pro/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG chipsets via the 'iwi' driver; DHCP now sets /etc/resolv.conf and hostname; new Grub menu entry allows to forward to the default hard disk boot." Here is the release announcement. Download: SchilliX-0.4.iso.bz2 (252MB).
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| 2005-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Damn Small Linux 2.1 RC2 |
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The second release candidate of Damn Small Linux 2.1 has been released for download and testing: "DSL 2.1 Release Candidate 2 is now available in the download area. Change log for RC2: updated Calendar - supports year and full page printing Calendar; improved Torsmo display; Torsmo now displays IP; fixed boot error when trying to boot DSL embedded via CDROM; fixed Mountpoint function to correctly handle multiple mounts of the same device; fixed umount-ing UCI type extensions while running Fluxbox." Read the complete release announcement for details. Download: i386cd-3.0_RC6.iso (49.9MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 3.0 RC6 |
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The sixth (and possibly the final) release candidate of NetBSD 3.0 is available: "On behalf of the NetBSD Release Engineering team, I'm happy to announce the availability of NetBSD 3.0 RC6 for testing. NetBSD 3.0 RC6 (including ISO images) is available in the 'daily builds' section of your local FTP mirror and we encourage you to test it out and report any bugs. We expect that this will be the final release candidate for NetBSD 3.0, barring any major issues or security problems. Here is a brief summary of changes from NetBSD 3.0_RC5 to 3.0_RC6: fix problems with USB keyboards on newer amd64 and i386 systems; added support for Intel ICH7 and 6300ESB to auich(4)...." Find more details in the release announcement. The binary files and installation ISO images are available from NetBSD mirrors; here is a quick link to the i386 installation ISO: i386cd-3.0_RC6.iso (200MB, BSDSUM).
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| 2005-12-12 |
NEW • 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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| 2005-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: RR64 Linux 3.0 Alpha 0 |
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RR64 Linux is a sister project of RR4 Linux, a Gentoo-based live DVD for 64-bit AMD and Intel processors. The first alpha release of version 3.0 is ready for testing: "RR64 Linux is the best cutting edge, handy 64-bit live Linux distribution based on Gentoo Linux that you have ever seen. The top features: Linux kernel version 2.6.14 with Reiser4 support; ISOLINUX bootloader; full SMP support; eight boot modes; latest NVIDIA and ATI drivers; full wireless support; PCMCIA and Bluetooth support; software RAID support; fake RAID support using dmraid; powerful hardware detection; X.Org 7.0 RC3; KDE 3.5.0; GNOME 2.12.1...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. The DVD image is available for download via BitTorrent: RR64-Linux-3.0.a0.iso (2,212MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Foresight Linux 0.9.2 |
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A new version of Foresight Linux, a desktop-oriented distribution based on rPath Linux, has been released: "It has been a long hard road, but 0.9.2 ISOs are now posted. I will say they aren't perfect, but a huge jump from the previous ISOs released. What has changed? The GTK theme has been hacked to use colors that match our look better; default icon set is 'Tango'; stripped out stuff that folks won't even miss, which shaved 120MB off the 2nd CD; added laptop-tools, which includes some nice wireless drivers, NetworkManager, GNOME Power, and ndisgtk (GUI for configuring windows wireless drivers); convert back to using GNOME Systems Tools; package selection in the installer." More details can be found in the release announcement. Download (MD5): foresight-0.9.2-i386-disc1.iso (648MB) and foresight-0.9.2-i386-disc2.iso (236MB).
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| 2005-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: STX Linux 1.0 RC2 |
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STX Linux is a Slackware-based distribution featuring the light-weight Equinox Desktop Environment and suitable for installation on older computers. A new release candidate has been released for testing: "RC2 is available for download. Overview: a complete Linux Desktop; light-weight (about 1.1GB installed, 368MB ISO); Slackware 10.2 based; works nicely on old hardware (oldest system tested so far: K5/75, 64MB RAM, 130MB swap ... very slow but works); live CD hard disk installer from Pocketlinux; very much like Windows 98/2000 - means easy switching." Visit the distribution's home page for additional information about the project and its latest release. Download: stx-1.0-rc2.iso (368MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2005.2 |
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A new major version of Ark Linux, an easy-to-use distribution designed for non-technical users, was released today: "The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the release of Ark Linux 2005.2. The highlights of this release include: an upgrade to the KDE 3.5 desktop; OpenOffice.org has been upgraded to version 2.0; 3D acceleration on ATI Radeon 9600 and 9800 based hardware is now supported; handling of auto running inserted CDs and DVDs has been improved; hardware support has been improved; unsupported PCI / wireless network cards can now automatically be configured to use a Windows XP driver through the Ndiswrapper emulation layer; some USB printers are configured fully automatically...." More details are available in the long press release. Download: arklinux-2005.2.iso (686MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2005-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Skolelinux Sarge Pr06 |
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A new development preview of Skolelinux has been released. From the changelog: "A lot of time has passed since the last pre-release, and some bug fixes have been done. The biggest change is that we use new LTSP packages, which are built by Debian packages. Since this is more or less the same tool that is used with lessdisks, lessdisks is no longer on the CD. Also, to get more educational applications onto the CD, some of the developer tools are removed. There is no image for the PowerPC this time, I hope to get back with more info in that department later on." Download: debian-edu_sarge-i386-pr06.iso (699MB, MD5). Skolelinux is a Debian-edu project aiming to provide an out-of-the-box localised environment tailored for schools and universities.
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| 2005-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Coyote Linux Personal Firewall 3.00.31 |
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Build 31 of the Coyote Linux Personal Firewall distribution 3.00 has been released: "Coyote Linux 3.00 build 31 is available for download. This release fixes the following problems: UPnP service not working properly; web admin page not working for http remote access config; web admin reload function fixed to prevent blocking access to the web admin after a reload; several unused files were cleaned from the root firmware image. This release also contains an updated version of the firmware loader. NOTE: This release can not be upgraded to using the firmware update web admin page. Until the firmware loader specs and process are finalized, this function can not be used." The release announcement. The ISO image is available for free download from the project's download page (file size: 17.8MB).
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| 2005-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: rPath Linux 0.99.2 (Beta) |
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Another new beta of rPath Linux has been released: "rPath Linux 0.99.2 is now available for download. It contains Conary 0.80.0 (the most recent version with lots of new features), Firefox 1.5, a new version of udev, new MAKEDEV and dev packages adjusted for udev, and Linux kernel 2.6.13.4 (downgraded because of IDE problems in a few cases in upstream 2.6.14 releases). It also contains new packages that are requirements for OpenOffice.org 2.0.0. It does not contain OpenOffice.org 2.0 because of a bug affecting saving new files; we hope to have OpenOffice.org 2.0 in an rPath Linux release in the near future." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): rPath-Linux-0.99.2-i386-disc1.iso (649MB), rPath-Linux-0.99.2-i386-disc2.iso (531MB). ISO images for the x86_64 architecture are also available.
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| 2005-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Berry Linux 0.65 |
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A new version of Berry Linux has been released: The most important changes in version 0.65 include the following: upgrade to Linux kernel 2.6.14.3 with SMP, udev and bootsplash, upgrade to KDE 3.5.0, upgrade to Firefox 1.5, newly added Thunderbird mail client version 1.5rc1. XMMS and Mozilla have been removed and MPlayer upgraded to its latest development release. GCC has been upgraded to version 4.0.2. See the complete changelog for further information. Download the new Berry Linux ISO image from here: berry-0.65.iso (486MB). Berry Linux is a Fedora-based live CD with good hardware detection and full support for Japanese, as well as English.
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| 2005-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SLAMPP 1.0 "Lite" |
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A "lite" edition of the SLAMPP 1.0 live CD project for home servers has been released: "As I promised before, a lite version of SLAMPP is now available for public download. It contains only essential server applications and other tools that will support your web development work. To keep SLAMPPLite small and make it easy to update, I've chosen to include a ready-made solution called XAMPP, developed by nice people at Apache Friends. ... A new linux kernel 2.6.14.3 has been used. To compile all things into a live CD, I also updated the linux live scripts which will be available for you to use as well. You can use it to edit or re-master SLAMPPLite if you have intention to do so in the future." Here is the full release announcement. Download: slampp-lite-1.0.iso (205MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClarkConnect Gateway/Server 3.2 R1 |
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The recently released ClarkConnect Gateway/Server 3.2 has received its first bug-fix revision: "From time to time, we release ISO downloads with all the latest updates and bug fixes. Revision Notes: intrusion detection report generation; system watch connection issues with some ISPs; PPTP VPN blocked access to local server; PPPoE configuration issue on a new network interface; Webmail configuration error on a new installation; cosmetic issue with the rpm command." Read the complete revision notes for further details. As usual, existing ClarkConnect installations can be updated online; for new installations here is a link to the new ISO image: home-3.2.R1.iso (377MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • 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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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Ufficio Zero 0.7 |
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Hot on the heals of the recently released version 0.6, the developers of Italy's Ufficio Zero, based on Ubuntu Linux, have announced another new release: "Ufficio Zero 0.7 has been released. This release features a big step forward with the new version of 'automatico', an automatic software installer based on gnome-app-install. A simple guide through all daily tasks has been included in the distribution so users can find information right on their desktop." Like the previous version, Ufficio Zero 0.7 is a live CD only, without a hard disk installation option. Read the full release announcement (in Italian) for further information. Download: ufficiozero-0.7.iso (619MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 64 Studio 0.6.0 |
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64 Studio is a Debian-based Linux distribution with a collection of software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware. It's based on the pure 64 port of Debian GNU/Linux, but with a specialised package selection and lots of other customisations. The latest version is 0.6, released yesterday: "I'm glad to announce the 0.6.0 version of the 64 Studio distribution. The release features many major software upgrades and system enhancement, for further details just have a look to the list of closed tickets for this milestone." More information is available in the release announcement and on the project's web site. Download the latest release from here: 64studio-install_0.6.0_amd64.iso (576MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: B2D Linux 20051207 |
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The December release of B2D Linux is now available for download. B2D Linux is a Taiwanese live and installation CD based on KNOPPIX, with complete support for traditional Chinese. The major changes in this release are: upgrade to kernel 2.6.13.3, upgrade to Firefox 1.5, inclusion of OpenOffice.org 2.0.0 (an enhanced Chinese edition packaged by OpenDesktop.org.tw), newly added ability to switch between UTF8 and Big5 locales from within a graphical utility, switch to xcin 3.0 for Chinese input, and several other enhancements. See the release notes (in Chinese) for a more detailed description of the changes. The "PureGNOME" and "PureKDE" editions are available for free download from here: B2DpureGNOME20051207.iso (682MB, MD5) or B2DpureKDE20051207.iso (695MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Helix 1.7 |
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Helix is a customised distribution of the KNOPPIX live CD dedicated to incident response and forensic analysis of compromised computer systems. A new version 1.7 has been released: "Helix 1.7 has been released. This edition revamped the GUI on the Windows side with all new code and added some new tools. The Linux side has been dramatically updated with a brand new 2.6.14 kernel that features many new RAID and SATA drivers." Read the release announcement and changelog for further information. Download the latest Helix release from here: Helix_V1.7-12-07-2005.iso (691MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kate OS 2.3 |
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The Kate OS distribution has been updated to version 2.3: "We are proud to present the newest milestone release of Kate OS II series. Kate OS 2.3 brings 2.6.14.2 kernel with Reiser4 support, the newest glibc library, XFce 4.2.3.2 desktop environment and many other applications in current versions. We have modified system boot scripts so they present the boot sequence in a clear way. Another new addition in Kate OS is a hardware detection tool 'discovery', which detects and configures system hardware. ... Additionally, the DVD edition contains GNOME 2.12.1 and KDE 3.4.3 (optimized for i686 class processors)." Read the complete release announcement on the project's home page. Download: Kate_OS_2.3-CD1.iso (696MB, MD5) and Kate_OS_2.3-CD2.iso (262MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Damn Small Linux 2.1 RC1 |
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The developers of Damn Small Linux have announced the availability of the first release candidate of version 2.1: "The first release candidate for Damn Small Linux version 2.1 is now posted. Change log: improved SATA boot time support; USB 2.0 boot time support fixed typo; torsmo replaces asmem, wmcpuload and wmnet to better support both window managers; Ted replaces Flwriter; updated xtdesk improved dragging when double click enabled; new Icontool GUI controls many icon features; added missing tools section to JWM menu." Read the complete release announcement here. Download: dsl-2.1RC1.iso (49.9MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nonux 2.1 |
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The development of Nonux, a Slackware-based distribution designed for office use and optimised for Dutch speakers, continues at a rapid pace. The new version 2.1 comes with an updated kernel 2.6.14.3 and the latest Firefox browser 1.5. Several bug fixes and additional display options for NVIDIA graphics drivers have been implemented. Users who experience problems starting up the graphical part of the system can now try new boot parameters as documented on the distribution's web site. For more information please consult the release announcement on the project's news page (in Dutch). The Nonux 2.1 ISO image is available for download from here: nonux-2-1.iso (583MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 5.1 Beta 2 (SOHO) |
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The SOHO edition of VectorLinux continues its development process with the release of a new beta: "Beta2 of SOHO 5.1 is up and ready for more testing. We made a concerted effort to fix the major stuff in beta1 and hopefully we have done that. Early reports say the pesky KDE 'end current session' bug is gone for some but remains for others. This will need further attention. On the new front you now have the option to use a splash screen on boot-up versus the old text message screen; just pay attention to your LILO configuration during the install and choose 'bootsplash' from the modes menu. We have updated Firefox to 1.5 with some new plugin updates as well. Samba and CUPS have been updated...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: VLSOHO-5.1-beta2.iso (698MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: dyne:bolic 2.0 Beta 5 |
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A new beta of the dyne:bolic 2.0 multimedia live CD has been released: "This new release runs on a Linux kernel 2.6.14.3 patched for low latency desktop use, uses the next generation VESA framebuffer driver, includes FreeJ video scripting interpreter and ogg/theora streamer. Beta 5 introduces several improvements to usability and boot scripts, hardware support and optimization, automatic setup for network printers and more, getting very close to the final release with a desktop that runs in less than 64MB ram on any Pentium 1 and successfully achieves realtime audio/video performance on faster system." Find out more in the release announcement. The ISO image can be downloaded from here: dyneII-beta5.iso (425MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ParallelKNOPPIX 2005-12-02 |
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A new, security enhanced version of ParallelKNOPPIX was released over the weekend. From the changelog: "Passwords are reset for 'root' and 'knoppix'; RSA keys are regenerated; the 'knoppix' user is removed from /etc/sudoers. The cluster is secure for connection to the internet using a second network interface on the master node, and can be reached by ssh, scp, etc. The cluster is not secure from damage by malicious / incompetent users with physical access to the nodes, since they can still easily get root access (or hit the nodes with a hammer!) The security enhancements are new and only lightly tested. Please report means of gaining root access from hosts outside the cluster." Visit the project's home page for further details about the new release. Download: parallelknoppix-2005-12-02.iso (616MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: MEPISLite 3.3.2-1 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of MEPISLite 3.3.2-1 is ready for testing: "MEPISLite 3.3.2-1 rc1 has been uploaded to the testing subdirectory at the MEPIS Subscriber's Site. The updated MEPISLite has been synchronized to Debian Sarge. Some of the included applications are KDE 3.3.2, KOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Amarok, Kplayer, Skype, and a good assortment of games. The MEPIS kernel is also the DCC version of Debian kernel 2.6.12-10 which has enhanced built-in hardware support. The MEPIS 2.4.29 kernel is still available in this release, for those who need it. The 2.4 kernel is not DCC compliant." More details can be found in the release announcement. Download: MEPISLite-3.3.2-1.rc1.iso (626MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 3.0 RC5 |
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The fifth release candidate of NetBSD 3.0 is out, inclusive of installation ISO images: "NetBSD 3.0 RC5 available. In a message to the netbsd-announce list, Matthias Scheler announced the availability of NetBSD 3.0 RC5 on the FTP server of the NetBSD project. This latest release candidate solves some security issues and fixes a few driver problems. For downloads of NetBSD 3.0 RC5, please consider one of the mirrors of the release engineering FTP server. In addition to the usual set of archive files there were also ISO images created for NetBSD 3.0 RC5." Visit the project's news page to read the full release announcement. Here is a quick link to the ISO image for i386 processors: i386cd.iso (200MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 2.0.1 |
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Zenwalk Linux 2.0.1 has been released: "This release is based on the 2.6.14.2 kernel, with Reiser4 filesystem support and many enhancements and updates. Zenwalk 2.0.1 is the biggest jump in Zenwalk evolution since the beginning of the project. Main software updates are XFce 4.2.3.2, xine 1.1.1, Firefox 1.5, KDE 3.5 available from 'netpkg'. GTK has been updated to version 2.8.7, based on the Cairo library designed for a better use of display hardware acceleration. All GTK applications that can take advantage of Cairo were rebuilt or upgraded. Zenwalk 2.0.1 includes full OpenOffice.org 2.0...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: zenwalk-2.0.1.iso (477MB, MD5).
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| 2005-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 4.2 |
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Scientific Linux 4.2 for i386 and x86_64 processors is out: "Scientific Linux 4.2 was officially released. We want to thank all those tested, re-tested, and worked with the developers. This release might have taken longer than usual to be released, but it hopefully is one of the more stable. Scientific Linux release 4.2 is based on the rebuilding of RPMs out of SRPMs from [Red Hat] Enterprise 4 AS, including Update 2. Its biggest improvement over 4.1 would be the new yum 2.4, Yumex (a graphical front end for yum), and the various yum plugins." Find more details and links to release notes in the official announcements for i386 and x86_64 architectures. The two 4-CD sets are available for free download from this directory.
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| 2005-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 6.1.1 |
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Linux From Scratch 6.1.1 has been released: "The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS 6.1.1. This release includes fixes for all known errata since LFS-6.1 was released 4 months ago. You can read the book online, or download to read locally." Besides the usual book, the project also released a new Automated LFS (ALFS) profile, as well as an LFS 6.1.1 LiveCD: "The LFS LiveCD team is proud to announce the release of the x86-6.1.1-1 version of the LFS LiveCD. This version is built using LFS 6.1.1 and BLFS packages from the svn branch. Other new features include: XFce Terminal with helpful menus, including copy and paste; jhalfs 0.2 included; nALFS LFS 6.1.1 Profile; more new packages: rsync, sudo, wireless_tools." Download the new LFS LiveCD from here: lfslivecd-x86-6.1.1-1.iso (390MB, MD5, SHA1).
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| 2005-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Wolvix 1.0.4 |
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The Wolvix live CD has been updated to version 1.0.4: "Wolvix Desktop Edition 1.0.4 released. Release highlights: XFce 4.2.3.2, OpenOffice.org 2.0.0, Evolution Groupware Suite 2.4, Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Azureus 2.3.0.6, GnomeBaker 0.5.0, GnomeMeeting 1.2.2, lots of packages have been added from the Freerock GNOME project giving the release a more unison GTK look; better mime handling in Firefox and Xfe; many upgraded applications and libraries. I hope you all like this release, I've been working on it nonstop the last few weeks. The base is still SLAX 5.0.6 with the 2.6.12.2 kernel...." See the full release announcement for more information. Download: Wolvix Desktop Edition 1.0.4.iso (461MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2005-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Underground Desktop 021 |
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Underground Desktop 0.21 has been released: "Underground Desktop 021 is out. This release fixes various bugs which showed up after 020, especially in the installer, and adds experimental SCSI disk support for installation. This is a development release, so don't expect to find everything in place and working. Install at your own risk. Here is what you will find in this release: a Reiser4 root filesystem after installation; KDE 3.5.0; everything i686 optimized (it's based on Arch); kernel 2.6.14 optimized for desktop performance, based on archck5; 600+ MB of software (~1.7 GB installed) including: Kaffeine media player 0.7.1, K3b CD/DVD burning software 0.12.7...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download: underground_021.iso (635MB, MD5).
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| 2004-12-31 |
NEW • Knowing KNOPPIX |
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Just released - a free 128-page book in PDF format for KNOPPIX (and Linux) beginners. Why KNOPPIX? In the words of the book's author Phil Jones: "Knowing KNOPPIX is a beginner-friendly book designed to help with these situations: 1. You can't start Windows! Disaster? Possibly not. It is often possible to rescue files using KNOPPIX from crashed Windows computers, even when Windows cannot be started. This guide takes you step by step through the process. 2. You are curious about Linux, and you want to discover what all the fuss is about. 3. You want a useful guide to help you get started with KNOPPIX." The new book is entitled Knowing KNOPPIX and is available for free download from the author's web site.
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| 2004-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Caixa Mágica 10 Beta |
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A first beta release of Portugal's Caixa Mágica 10 "Desktop" edition is now available for download and testing. Some of the major new features include the following: easier management of RPM packages with apt-get and Synaptic, NTFS partition resizing during installation, GRUB has replaced LILO, support for wireless network and Bluetooth devices, support for SATA serial drives, improved hardware support, an upgrade path from version 8.1 is provided. The main components are: kernel 2.6.8, X.Org 6.8.1, KDE 3.3.0, OpenOffice.org 1.1.3, Firefox 1.0, Thunderbird 0.9. For more information and to find out how to report bugs please consult the release announcement (in Portuguese). Download: CMdesk10_beta.iso (695MB). |
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| 2004-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Mediainlinux 3 SE |
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This is a "Special Edition" (SE) release of Mediainlinux, a Linux live CD designed for multimedia production: "Christmas gift from the Mediainlinux Team: download our Mediainlinux 3 Special Edition! Our distribution is now written from scratch (not based on KNOPPIX any more), depends on Debian Sid, and comes with GNOME 2.8 (which is the most wonderful Linux desktop ever made, in our opinion). Hurry up: this 'offer' is limited to the days which take us to 2005. Many many new features, from the bootsplash to real-time kernel. Please note that this is a highly experimental version. Use at your own risk!" Find out more on the distribution's web site. Download the ISO image from here: mediainlinux-20041225.iso (583MB).
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| 2004-12-30 |
NEW • Review: Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition |
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Linux.com has reviewed Xandros Desktop OS 3: "The installation is the best I've seen. Xandros Desktop OS 3 gets high marks from me for correctly configuring the built-in wireless card and the display, both without any assistance whatsoever from me. Even the installation screens look as polished as any I've ever seen. The default installation results in a complete and highly functional desktop box. My only complaints about Xandros have to do with their software selections and their rebranding of projects." The 2-page review starts here.
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| 2004-12-30 |
NEW • A Month Later with Mandrake Linux 10.1 Official |
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LinuxForums.org has published a new review of the Official Edition of Mandrakelinux 10.1: "Whether you're new to Linux or an experienced guru, Mandrakelinux offers some excellent features for a home or small network environment. You can configure and install virtually everything using the Mandrake Control Center. Almost everything can be done using a wizard. This can be both comforting and daunting, depending on whether you're a Linux newbie or a Linux guru. In the end, Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official is by far the most user and hardware friendly distribution that I've ever used. I would recommend it to anyone requiring a stable, reliable and robust distribution." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeeXboX 0.98.5 |
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A new release of GeeXboX, a Linux-based media player, is out: "Ho ho ho ... here comes a new GeeXboX release. As a tradition, many free software projects release on Christmas and so do we (with a little bit delay, just to be original :-). So, here's our gift to you to end 2004: GeeXboX 0.98.5. The 0.99 release will come with a completely new interface which is not yet completely finished. But 4 months have past since the last release and much work has been done. You probably won't notice any big differences in terms of functionality by comparison to the old 0.98 release. The reason for it is quite simple: we did a major rewrite of our code, build toolkit and all major packages and there were so many deep changes that we needed to make a new release before adding the new interface." Here is the full announcement. Download: geexbox-0.98.5-en.iso (6.25MB) or geexbox-0.98.5-fr.iso (6.25MB).
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Debian Weekly News - December 28th, 2004 |
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This year's final issue of Debian Weekly News has been published: "Welcome to this year's 51st issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Piotr Roszatycki reported that he has created preliminary packages for PHP5 already. We would like to thank all contributors and translators of this online resource who have helped provide high quality information to our readers. We are seeking more contributions in order to be able to maintain DWN in 2005 as well." Other topics of interest include a request for translating the Sarge release notes and an upcoming stable update (3.0r4) expected before New Year's eve. Read more....
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: gnuLinEx 2004r1 |
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A revised release of gnuLinEx 2004 is now available. The principal new features include support for serial ATA drives, support for installation on USB hard disks, and correction of bugs reported since the release of version 2004 in July. Most packages have been upgraded to their current stable version; this includes Firefox 1.0 with automatic installations of various plugins, Evolution 2.0, GNOME 2.8, Firestarter and other applications. Newly included is the K3B CD/DVD burning utility. Many hardware drivers have been added to the kernel. The gnuLinEx repository now includes over 10,000 packages from Debian Sarge for trouble-free installation of extra applications. Read the full release announcement (in Spanish) for further details. Download from here: gnuLinEx2004r1.iso (699MB).
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Knopperdisk 0.2.0 |
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For all fans of Linux distributions designed for USB pen drives, here is a new toy called Knopperdisk, based on Gentoo Linux. Version 0.2.0 was released yesterday: "Finally, a new release with a lot of improvements. A snapshot of some of them: kernel 2.6.10; expanded the list of supported hardware; syslinux 2.11 for booting; using SquashFS for the root file system image instead of cloop, which actually results in a smaller image while there's more data on it; added CVS software; a lot of upgraded software (udev, hotplugging, coreutils and more); no more nasty errors while shutting down and rebooting! All this made me decide to make this release the final 0.2.0." Read the announcement on the project's news page. Download: knopperdiskusb-0.2.0.tar.bz2 (29.1MB).
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 29th, 2004 |
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An anniversary issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure: "The 52nd and last issue in 2004 of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter celebrates its own second anniversary since the very first issue was published on 23 December 2002! We're looking back on another exciting year of major events for Gentoo Linux and its users. Author and translator profiles give transparency to who's behind the GWN, the Bugzilla statistics cover the entire year 2004 rather than the usual weekly overview. This week's Future Zone looks at the new Qt making inroads to Portage, community coverage and press clippings are included, too, and last but not least several new developers have joined the team - right on time to move on to 2005!" Read the rest here.
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| 2004-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Buffalo Linux 1.6.0 |
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Buffalo Linux 1.6.0 has been released: "Buffalo Version 1.6.0 contains numerous updates -- including the new kernel 2.6.10. Kernel 2.6.8.1 is still available at install time due to issues with some USB features in 2.6.9/2.6.10. Included are Sylpheed 1.0.0, IceWM 1.2.18, OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 and updates to KDE 3.3.2 on the extras CD2. Also available on the main FTP site are additional packages in directory 'other', for example 'libmng' is needed by KDE and was left off CD2 by mistake. Version 1.6.1 is anticipated shortly as a bug fix to this version. It will be available as an auto-update from 1.6.0. No auto-update is provided to 1.6.0 due to the very large size of the changes." Read the release announcement on the distribution's main page. Download: buffalo-1.6.0-cd1-02.iso (698MB), buffalo-1.6.0-cd2-01.iso (646MB).
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| 2004-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: CentOS 3.4 Beta |
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Following the recent release of RHEL 3 Update 4 (U4), the CentOS project is preparing its own new release - CentOS 3.4: "I have uploaded the tree containing the latest updates. This contains U4 and all of the updates released to date. Please install and bugzilla any problems. Alternatively point your yum.conf at the repository and yum update to test the U4 stuff. Assuming no problems with this I will push U4 updates in a couple of days." Here is the release announcement, inclusive of release notes and known issues. Download from here: CentOS-1.iso (603MB), CentOS-2.iso (630MB), CentOS-3.iso (608MB).
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| 2004-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ASP Linux 10 |
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ASP Linux 10, code name "Karelia", has been released. ASP Linux is a Russian distribution based on Fedora Core. The latest release has been developed with three main characteristics in mind - it should be immediately usable out of the box, most of system configuration should be achieved via a graphical interface, and it should support a wide range of multimedia formats, including DVD, mpeg4 and mp3 playback. It has been built on top of a Linux kernel 2.6.9, and it includes GNOME 2.8.1, KDE 3.3.1, OpenOffice.org 1.1.2, Firefox 1.0, Novell Evolution 2.0.2, and many other applications. More details are available in the press release (in Russian). ASP Linux 10 can be ordered from the company's online store, or alternatively, an unsupported edition can be downloaded from one of these mirrors sites: aspl_v10-d1.iso (696MB), aspl_v10-d2.iso (686MB), aspl_v10-d3.iso (638MB).
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| 2004-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.2 Cooker Snapshot |
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The Mandrakelinux developers have released a "cooker snapshot", an ISO image that represents a pre-beta of the upcoming Mandrakelinux 10.2: "Available on any good mirror, a Christmas cooker snapshot. Only one CD, but with the extra sources addition feature during install. Installation procedure now uses the Move technology, a compressed loopback, and not a ramdisk any more. Packages are the ones from cooker, except the bootsplash and the mandrakelinux-theme ones. This first snapshot in the 10.2 development cycle is only a preview of the future beta period which is likely to start during January. The estimated schedule programs a 10.2 Community version for March, and an Official version for April." The full release announcement. Download: Mandrakelinux-10.2-Cooker-20041225.i586.iso (685MB).
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| 2004-12-27 |
NEW • First Look at Xandros Desktop 3 Deluxe |
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Mad Penguin has published a comprehensive review of Xandros Desktop 3: "In light of the high availability of support that Xandros has to offer new users, the complete ease of use, simple updates, secure Internet browsing, VPN support, CD/DVD burning facilities, and overall system stability, it's an easy choice when deciding which distro to purchase for first time Linux users. Xandros it is. Whether you or someone you know is interested in giving Linux a shot, Xandros is a sure thing, and a very safe bet. The thing is, they will work out the rough spots, which is more than I can say for their higher priced proprietary competition. All things considered, including the pros and cons, Xandros is still king of the newbie Linux desktop in my book. Job well done guys!" Here is the rest of the review with screenshots.
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| 2004-12-27 |
NEW • Development Release: T2 2.1.0 Beta 2 |
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The second beta release of T2, a recently created community fork of ROCK Linux, has been released: "The T2 project tagged and released the internal milestone 2.1.0-beta2 ('Your own sweet way'). The release includes more ROCK to T2 naming transitions, including the rename of the internally used toolchain directory from ROCK to TOOLCHAIN, fixes for Findutils, and enhanced X.org Radeon support (especially on PowerPC). The command wrapper code got a significant restructuring so that ccache works more reliable now, as well as general ccache fixes and basic distcc support. We now support marking download URLs as 'no mirror'. And the many updates include GTK+ 2.6.0 as well as FreeType 2.1.7." Read the release announcement as published on the distribution's home page. The source tarball for building T2 is available from here: t2-2.1.0-beta2.tar.bz2 (1.6MB).
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| 2004-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 0.9.8 |
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A new release of Puppy Linux is here. From the release notes: "Puppy now has PlanMaker Free Edition - Excel compatible spreadsheet editor. Although this is closed-source, it is free, no usage restrictions and no embedded advertisements. There is a new accounting program called Grisbi. This is excellent for personal finance and would suit many organisations. Grisbi is able to import GnuCash files. There is a new presentation design program called Impress, similar in concept to PowerPoint. Note that PowerPoint presentations can be indirectly imported into Impress by exporting them from PowerPoint in Postscript format...." Download either the Firefox or the Opera edition from here: puppy-0.9.8-firefox.iso (51.9MB), puppy-0.9.8-opera.iso (49.5MB).
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| 2004-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feather Linux 0.7 |
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A new major upgrade to Feather Linux has been released. From the changelog: "Feather is now bound by a 128MB limit instead of a 64MB one; added Firefox, Thunderbird, AbiWord, Ethereal, GAIM, rox-filer, MPlayer, IceWM, Siag Office, Imposter, wmDrawer and fireFTP; updated tmsnc to 0.1.4, ndiswrapper to 0.12, Fluxbox to 0.9.10, Dillo to 0.8.3, OpenOffice.org script to 1.1.3; updated Java script; added xls2csv, a program to convert Excel files into CSV spreadsheets; added script to download and install LT modem drivers; added script to configure ndiswrapper; added webcam support (this includes webcamd and xawtv); removed Mutella and links-hacked." Download: feather-0.7.iso (103MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AUSTRUMI 0.9.2 |
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This is a new release of AUSTRUMI, a Slackware-based business card-size live CD with fvwm'95 as its desktop environment. What's new? "Added Skype - free Internet telephony; added PHP support; added LNF forum (for education); removed beaver, added tea; removed gkdial, added wvdial; updated Ugunsvarti, AbiWord and Opera; removed MinGV developer studio; added same 1GB ethernet card support; fixed bugs." Visit the distribution's home page to read the changelog and other information about AUSTRUMI. Download: austrumi-0.9.2.iso (51.0MB).
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| 2004-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: ProMEPIS 2005 Beta 3 |
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The third beta release of the ProMEPIS 2005 is available for download and testing: "MEPIS has announced the release of Beta 03 of ProMEPIS Linux. It is available for test and evaluation at the usual mirror sites and from the MEPIS premium ftp site. The changes since Beta 02 include improved font support in Firefox and simple screen font resizing from the OS Center. In response to user requests, GAIM is now the default instant messenger client, Xchat is the IRC client, kdenetwork filesharing handles basic NFS share management, telnet client is included, and Guidedog manages IP routing. Also Kino DV video editor and PTPP VPN client and kernel support have been reinstalled in ProMEPIS." Here is the complete press release. Download from here: ProMEPIS-2005.b03.iso (689MB).
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| 2004-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LBA-Linux R2 |
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A new stable release of LBA-Linux (formerly known as SOT Linux and Best Linux) is out: "The Linux Business Alliance, an association of companies dedicated to producing usable, open, and legally safe software has released the second version of its LBA-Linux operating system. The new version, LBA-Linux R2, offers many completely new features, including integrated office software and encrypted directories for each user. The R2 release also incorporates all security updates released since the first LBA-Linux distribution was published in May 2004." Read the press release for further details. Download: lba-linux_r2.iso (652MB), lba-linux_r2_CD2.iso 481MB), lba-linux_r2_CD3.iso (581MB). A DVD image is also available: lba-linux_r2_DVD.iso (1,923MB).
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| 2004-12-24 |
NEW • Craft a load-balancing cluster with clusterKNOPPIX |
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IBM's developerWorks has published an article about creating your own "suppercomputer" with the help of clusterKNOPPIX: "Supercomputer is a generic term that refers to a computer that can perform far better than an ordinary computer. A cluster is a collection of computers that are capable of (among other things) transferring workload from an overloaded unit to other computers in the cluster. This feature is called load balancing. In this article, you'll learn how to set up a load-balancing cluster. By balancing loads effectively, a cluster improves its efficiency and earns its place in the family of supercomputers. For passing loads, computers in a cluster must be connected to each other." The full story.
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| 2004-12-24 |
NEW • Review: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 |
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Apple-X.net has published a new review of Yellow Dog Linux 4.0: "Overall, I enjoy Yellow Dog very much, but I wish Terra Soft would test their software better. Essentials like X, sound, and the system clock should have worked without my intervention. I can't blame them for not having Airport Extreme drivers. But come on, the system clock? Surely that's a simple thing to fix? I also found that some applications, like XMMS and Mac-On-Linux, were simply broken. Out of the box, XMMS segfaulted, and Mac-On-Linux was lacking a recommended kernel module, plus it gave me a blank screen, with no error messages. I uninstalled XMMS and reinstalled it from the YDL CDs, and still, no luck." Read the complete review here.
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| 2004-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Freeduc-Sup 1.1 |
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Freeduc-Sup is a French live CD (with a graphical hard disk installer) based on Morphix and designed for use in education (it includes a comprehensive Linux administration book in HTML format). Version 1.1 was released yesterday and is available in two editions - "base" and "informatique", the latter of which includes developer tools, including programming languages (C, C++, PHP, Perl, Python, XML) and development environments (Kdevelop, Quanta, Qt Designer). Read the distribution's news page (in French) for more information, or visit the screenshots page to see Freeduc-Sup in action. Download: freeduc-sup-base-1.1.iso (617MB) or freeduc-sup-1.1-modinfo.iso (701MB).
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| 2004-12-23 |
NEW • Ubuntu Traffic #14 For 2004/11/26 |
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A new issue of Ubuntu Traffic is out (delayed because of the recent Ubuntu conference in Mataró): "Welcome to the fourteenth edition of Ubuntu Traffic. This issue covers the week of November 20 - 26, 2004. Ubuntu Traffic summarizes the most important mailing list and IRC discussions involving the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution. Threads covered: live CDs for PPC (and more!), downgrading from Hoary, Ubuntu merchandise, documentation team update; more on language packs, dropping support for the Mozilla suite, encrypted home directories, apt authentication, concerns with sudo...." The latest issue of Ubuntu Traffic is available here.
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| 2004-12-21 |
NEW • Debian Weekly News - December 21st, 2004 |
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A new issue of Debian Weekly News is out: "Welcome to this year's 50th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. The Oxford University's computer centre will complete its move to PostgreSQL running on Debian as the back-end database over the next year. The next stable update is being prepared and expected before New Year's eve. For those of you who celebrate Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas." Also in this issue: Sarge release progress update, status of the AMD64 port, and the usually list of security updates and new packages. Read the latest issue of Debian Weekly News here.
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| 2004-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Luit Linux 0.4 |
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Luit Linux is a mini live CD with XFce 4, based on Damn Small Linux. A new version was announced today: "Latest release: v 0.4. The main feature of this new distribution is its modularity. Additional CDs can be mounted to get additional packages at any time when needed, from the desktop menu, or through a command prompt. All can be combined to make a mini CD version." Visit the distribution's home page to read the release announcement and feature list. The bootable live CD can be downloaded from here: luitlinux-0.4.iso (50.0MB). The two supplemental CDs with additional applications are available from this directory.
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| 2004-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: gNOX 1.0 Beta |
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gNOX is a new distribution in our database - a Slackware-based live CD with Dropline GNOME as its default desktop environment. The first beta of the upcoming version 1.0 was released earlier today: "gNOX-1.0 [beta] is now available! This version is currently considered beta and with the help of feedback I can move towards a final 1.0 release of gNOX." Read the release announcement for more information. Due to limited bandwidth, downloads are currently restricted to registered users - if you'd like to help with beta testing, please visit this page to create an account and request a link to the download location.
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| 2004-12-20 |
NEW • Review: FreeSBIE 1.1 - Free System Burned in Economy |
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OSNews has published a review of FreeSBIE 1.1, a live CD based on FreeBSD 5.3: "It should also be noted that once this distro is installed to your hard drive, it can be upgraded to a complete FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE installation using cvsup. That is a huge benefit for those people thinking of checking out FreeBSD but might be intimidated by a regular FreeBSD install and manually configuring everything to get the level of customization achieved in FreeSBIE." Read the rest of the review here. Also available - a 52-page FreeSBIE screenshot slide show at OSDir.com.
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| 2004-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Vector Linux 5.0 RC1 (SOHO) |
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The first release candidate of the upcoming Vector Linux, SOHO Edition, has been released for download and testing: "The Vector Linux development team is proud to announce our first release candidate of the SOHO version 5.0. SOHO is our small office/home office version of the standard Vector Linux to give the end user a productive, fast, full featured linux desktop for home or office. Here are some of the highlites of this release: the desktop - a highly customized version of KDE and alternate IceWM + Rox-Filer with all new graphics (you need to see to believe); the software - OpenOffice.org, GnuCash, Firefox, QCad, MPlayer, the Gimp, its all here...); documentation - completely reworked and updated...." There is more information in the release announcement. Download from here: vlsoho-5.0_rc1.iso (639MB).
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| 2004-12-20 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 20th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter reports about Catalyst, Gentoo's release engineering tool, and reiterates the urgent call for presenters at the UK Gentoo event in March 2005. Both Future Zone and International sections take a short break in this slightly trimmed pre-Christmas issue of the GWN, but Tips & Tricks gets to introduce a tiny, very useful application, and lots of press and community coverage are included, too. Due to the holidays, the next issue will be published two days later, on 29 December 2004." This issue of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is available here.
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| 2004-12-19 |
NEW • Slackware Linux Current Updates |
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There is a new entry on the Slackware's Current ChangeLog and it's good news - Patrick Volkerding is back, feeling much better: "Hi folks. Well, I'm back in California and I'm happy to let you all know that I'm feeling much better. :-) Here are a few updates so you can see that I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. Hopefully 10.1 won't be too far off (I'm still trying to figure out just how far behind we are, and what other fixes need to get merged in), and then we can look at what exactly needs to be done to try to switch over to the new kernel series for 11, or sometime later on. I still don't think it's time for that yet (it will be best to wait until 2.4 can be abandoned)." Some of the updates include kernel (2.4.28), KDE (3.3.2) and ALSA (1.0.7). Find out more in the Current ChangeLog.
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| 2004-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: INSERT 1.2.17 |
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A new release of Inside Security Rescue Toolkit (INSERT) is now available: "Unlike planned, this release is another maintenance release with many updated packages and some tools added. The virus scanner clamav now comes in version 0.80 which makes use of all of the signatures of the new database format. The GUI avscan also has been updated to reflect this. The next major release is planned to come without the accelerated X-servers and instead delivering X from the KDrive servers. This would make room for exciting new tools and toys:) Also plans are to move to Linux kernel 2.6. Please give feedback on those two major issues!" See the full changelog for more information. Download: INSERT-1.2.17_de.iso (50.0MB) or INSERT-1.2.17_en.iso (50.0MB).
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| 2004-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.1 RC1 |
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A release candidate of the upcoming AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.1 has been released: "The first release candidate of A/DeMuDi 1.2.1 is available. It should be quite stable and usable, but it is meant for testers only. An official announce will be made as soon as we get to the final 1.2.1, so please be patient. All the known bugs of the beta have been fixed and some new bleeding-edge packages have been included too. Testers, please check that everything is OK for you. It would be helpful to test both fresh installs and upgrades from A/DeMuDi 1.2.0. If you find bugs, please read here." More details and download links are available in the release announcement. Get the ISO image from here: demudi_1.2.1-rc1_i386.iso (644MB).
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| 2004-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: PCLinuxOS Preview 8 |
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The much awaited new preview of PCLinuxOS has been released: "PCLinuxOS Preview 8 is now available. This release includes updating of the mklivecd scripts by Tom Kelly and the mklivecd team to support the 2.6 kernel and udev. The 'livecd' installer has been updated and experimental USB key support has been added to allow the user to save their settings to a USB key disk. PCLinuxOS Preview 8 comes with kernel 2.6.7 with udev support. KDE 3.3.2, OpenOffice.org 1.1.3, Firefox 1.0 with plugin support, Thunderbird 1.0, P2P filesharing for Kazza and Gnutella, K3b 0.11.18 CD burning software and many more applications. There are almost 2GB of programs compressed on a single 600MB live CD!" Read the full release announcement. Download either the standard or the NVIDIA edition from here: pclinuxos-p8.iso (615MB) or pclinuxos-NV-p8.iso (615MB); alternatively get them via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROOT GNU/Linux 1.4 |
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A new stable version of ROOT GNU/Linux is out: "ROOT GNU/Linux 1.4 has finally been released! This is the most stable, well-polished version of ROOT ever released. The 1.4 generation of ROOT contains many major changes from the previous release 1.3. This is a small list of new features or other changes: ROOT now includes a much more advanced package system with many new features based on pkgutils from CRUX; the system installer has been updated, it fixes many bugs and is generally more stable; the latest stable KDE, version 3.3.2, is included; GNOME1 and GNOME2 libraries are included for compatibility with programs. However, the GNOME2 desktop is not included because it's hard to maintain and takes up too much space on the CD." Read the full release notes for more details. Download: rootlinux-1.4.iso (685MB).
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| 2004-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Kurumin Linux 4.0 Beta 2 |
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The second beta of the upcoming Kurumin Linux 4.0 is now available for testing. New in this release is the addition of web cam drivers, many of which should be detected and set up automatically. Support for scanners has also been included and Xsane can now be used to scan images and capture images from web cams. OSS sound drivers have been removed and replaced with ALSA, while Audacity was added for audio recording and editing. More details can be found in the release announcement (in Portuguese). Download: kurumin-4.0_kernel2.6-beta2.iso (396MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: QiLinux live! 1.1 |
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A new live CD edition of QiLinux has been released: "QiLinux live! 1.1 is ready and available for immediate download. The main features of this release are enhanced usability (no more root or user password required), a lot of bugfixes since release 1.0, and two new applications added: Wine and Tux Racer. Detailed changelog: Italian and English versions are two distinct CDs; no root and user password needed anymore; enabled screen saver (random); default gateway is now correctly configured when manually configuring network; lisa daemon is now correctly configured (lan:/ browsing); fixed root icon and volume label as seen from Windows...." Read the release announcement for more details. Download: QiLinux-livecd-en-1.1.iso (657MB) or QiLinux-livecd-it-1.1.iso (682MB).
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| 2004-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: T2 2.1.0 Beta |
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T2 is a new Linux distribution (or a "distribution build kit" to be more precise) recently forked from ROCK Linux. Its main purpose is to serve as a clean framework for spin-off projects and customised distributions. The project has released a first beta build, version 2.1.0: "The T2 Project today announced the immediate availability of the milestone release T2 2.1.0-beta 'Today is gonna be the day'. The release includes updates to Gnome 2.8.2, KDE 3.3.2, as well as updates in the toolchain and many other packages. Furthermore, we like to announce that Alejandro Mery was elected as stable release maintainer for the 2.1-stable series." Here is the full announcement, as published on the project's mailing list. Custom distributions can easily built with T2 by downloading the build scripts and by following these instructions.
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| 2004-12-17 |
NEW • SUSE LINUX 9.2: Let the Branding Begin! |
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LinuxPlanet has published a new review of SUSE Linux 9.2: "SUSE 9.2 is robust, complete, and well thought out. It now says Novell, but that's a good thing. Novell has the budget, the motivation, and the enterprise experience to help SUSE be more than it might have been otherwise. If you're looking for a supported, complete, commercial Linux distribution, look at this page. Between products such as SUSE 9.2, SUSE Enterprise Server, and the promise of future versions of NetWare hosted on Linux (guess which flavor), I think that we'll all be seeing a good bit more of SUSE in the future." The 6-page review with screenshots starts here.
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| 2004-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ParallelKNOPPIX 2004-12-16 |
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This is a new version of ParallelKNOPPIX, a KNOPPIX-based live CD that allows setting up a cluster of machines for parallel processing. The latest version is based on the recently released KNOPPIX 3.7. What's new? "Same functionality, but newer packages; image size is somewhat larger (550MB) - too lazy to trim fat, but now you can play frozen-bubble; the script to copy to hard disk for remastering has been improved a bit." Visit the distribution's web site to find out more about the latest release. Download: parallelknoppix.iso (548MB).
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| 2004-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPCop Firewall 1.4.2 |
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A new bug-fix release of IPCop Firewall is now available. Some of the fixes include: "fix KA Advisory 0411291 in proxylog.dat; fix dhcp.cgi bug in header.pl; fix eciadsl-nortek to use correct USB alt interface in rc.red; fix insecure dependency related to Fritz DSL modems in rc.red; fix 'ends never' in DHCP lease; fix DOMAIN_NAME to DOMAIN_NAME_GREEN in rc.updatered rc.netaddressup; fix wireless.cgi when IP addresses in use; fix IBOD DOV deselection in pppsetup.cgi; fix doatmdial with STATICIP (start rc.updatered, reverse test with atmarp); fix status.cgi page menu without Java script; fix dhcp.cgi: read timesettings for correct test...." Read the release announcement for more details. Download: ipcop-1.4.2.iso (40.1MB).
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| 2004-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SuliX 2.0 |
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SuliX is a Hungarian live CD developed by a small group of teachers and designed for use in schools. Unlike the previous releases, which were based on KNOPPIX, SuliX 2.0 is a remastered edition of Berry Linux with full support for the Hungarian language. It comes with kernel 2.6.9, KDE 3.3.0, Konqueror web browser, Hungarian edition of OpenOffice.org 1.1.2, GIMP 2.0.4, a wide selection of educational software and a digital school bag. More details are available in the release announcement (in Hungarian). Download from here: SuliX.iso (604MB).
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| 2004-12-16 |
NEW • Review: Xandros Desktop OS 3.0 - Deluxe Edition |
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Linux Links has published a new review of Xandros Desktop 3.0: "If you want a slick integrated graphical interface, combined with the power of Linux, we can heartily recommend Xandros Desktop Version 3 - Deluxe edition. You'll still be able to use the key Windows programs, but also have available the wealth of Linux software at your fingertips. Version 3 represents a huge upgrade and Xandros deserves credit for assembling the most slick Linux operating system we've ever used. The improvements made to Xandros File Manager and Xandros Networks are also noteworthy, although we'll have to wait a week to see what their online shop will offer." The 6-page review with screenshots starts here.
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| 2004-12-16 |
NEW • Red Hat Magazine - Issue 2, December 2004 |
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A new issue of Red Hat Magazine is out: "Just in time for the holidays, issue 2 of Red Hat Magazine is hot off the presses. Well OK, it is hot off our smoking keyboards. After you eat more turkey, spend all night playing your new PS/2 games, and watch your kids come down from a sugar high courtesy of the grandparents giving them more candy that one person should consume all year, sit down with a hotty toddy or drink of your choice and relax while reading the second issue of the magazine." Includes the second part of "Better Living Through RPM", three stories about how Red Hat got its name, a geek giving guide, configuring devices with udev, Fedora status report, tips and tricks, and many other interesting topics. Read more in the latest issue of Red Hat Magazine.
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| 2004-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MoLinux 1.0 |
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MoLinux is a new Debian-based Linux distribution developed by the regional government of Castilla la Mancha, the land of Don Quijote, in central Spain. The distribution is designed primarily for desktop use; it ships with GNOME 2.6 as the default desktop environment and OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 as its principal office suite. In line with other regional governments in the country, the goal of the MoLinux project is to introduce a Linux-based operating system into offices and schools around the region and to reduce cost associated with use of proprietary software. More information is available on the project's web site and in this discussion on Barrapunto (both links in Spanish). Download: Molinux-1.0.iso (678MB).
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| 2004-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SimplyMEPIS 2004.06 |
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SimplyMEPIS 2004.06 has been released: "MEPIS LLC has released SimplyMEPIS 2004.06. This latest CD adds font support for Simplified Chinese and Japanese. Additional CJ support is planned. Other CD improvements include an updated GRUB bootloader for better hardware compatibility and updated parted and qtparted for improved disk formatting support during installation. An updated version of alsa-modules for kernel 2.6 is preinstalled and also available in the MEPIS pool. meauto and meauto-data have been improved for better hardware compatibility, especially for sound card support." Read the official press release for further details. Download: SimplyMEPIS-2004.06.iso (690MB).
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| 2004-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Berry Linux 0.51 |
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A new release of Berry Linux is out. Version 0.51 is the first Berry Linux live CD based on the recently released Fedora Core 3; some of the more visible changes include: "mini_fo 0.1; remove translucency 0.7 (original version for kernel 2.6); KDE 3.3.2 (Fedora Core 3/Stable); OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Japanese and English); Digikam 0.7; IPA Fonts; remove Kochi Mincho and Gothic fonts." Many other packages were updated to their latest versions; see the changelog and package list for more details. Download: berry-0.51.iso (477MB).
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| 2004-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Quantian 0.6.9.3 |
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This is a new development release of the Quantian live CD: "Version 0.6.9.3, third release based on KNOPPIX 3.6. Quantian software changes: the Rpad interactive web-based R Gui by Tom Short, fully configured and launchable via a simple command or menu entry; about ten new packages from CRAN released since Quantian 0.6.9.2; about fifteen CRAN packages updated to current versions as of December 11; addition of the dse, CoCo, gregmisc CRAN bundles omitted in 0.6.9.2; new packages such as clustalw, clustalx, clustalw-mpi, seaview, iraf; Octave and Scilab updated to the newest versions from Debian unstable." The full changelog. Download the DVD image from here: Quantian_0.6.9.3.iso (1,961MB).
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| 2004-12-14 |
NEW • Debian Weekly News - December 14th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Debian Weekly News is out: "Welcome to this year's 49th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Bruce Byfield released a short introduction into apt-get on NewsForge. Again, developers were advised to close bugs automatically with a changelog entry only in connection with a proper description. Jason Boxman wrote a guideline for using Exim 4 and Courier IMAP on a Debian system." Other topics covered include recent Debian-related articles in the media and the transition of GNOME 2.8 into Sarge. Read more in this week's issue of Debian Weekly News.
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| 2004-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: UHU-Linux 1.2 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of UHU Linux 1.2 has been released. This version represents corrections of bugs reported since the release of a previous beta; especially in hardware detection modules, udevinit, and halt, reboot and poweroff commands. Several applications that previously had problems dealing with the UTF-8 encoding were fixed; these include mc, slang, less, links, gtk+ (version 1), figlet, mysqlcc, mhonarc, and sympa. It is now possible to upgrade previous UHU-Linux installations (versions 1.0 and 1.1) to 1.2-rc1. For more details about the release please see the official release announcement (in Hungarian). Download: uhu-linux-1.2-rc1-cd1.iso (697MB) and uhu-linux-1.2-rc1-cd2.iso (698MB).
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| 2004-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SAM Xmas Fun 2004 |
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This is a special holiday edition of the SAM Mini Live CD: "At the end of the year here is a small gift to all game fanatics out there: SAM Xmas Fun 2004, a game-collection for your pocket with around 40 games. Only the best of the best in Linux games are included, like Supertux, Pingus, Frozen Bubble, Enigma, Gnocatan, Freeciv, Wesnoth, Slash'em, BZFlag, GLTron and much more. Also the basic things for having fun with Linux are there: Firefox 1.0, Gaim 1.1, Xchat, Totem, Leafpad... And again all together on a 210MB mini CD. Merry Christmas and have fun!" The release announcement. Download from here: sam-xmasfun-2004.iso (210MB).
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| 2004-12-13 |
NEW • Review: Xandros Desktop 3 Deluxe |
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OSNews has published a new review of Xandros Desktop 3.0, released last week: "Xandros is possibly the prettiest Linux I've seen thus far. It's smooth without being effortful, colorful without being garish, clean without being too simple, and functional without being novelty. It includes useful applications, and provides tools that are essential to computing. Frankly, what it has that many miss the mark on seems pretty simple: it looks and feels like a unified system. The entire experience adds a legitimacy to desktop Linux seldom seen elsewhere. The nay-sayers will say that Xandros is dumbed down or a Windows wannabe, but I'd argue that the Xandros people are listening to what's needed and providing it." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2004-12-13 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- December 13th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is out: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter reports about the brand new Chinese user forum set up only yesterday. The Future Zone looks at all available or upcoming virtualization techniques in Portage or on their way there, while the Tips & Tricks section introduces two great new tools for editing the USE flags and other system settings, profuse and portage-prefpane. Check the photo gallery from the Gentoo Christmas bowling event in Germany, and if you're in Tokyo around the 28th, don't miss the GentooJP year-end party!" Read more in this week's issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.
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| 2004-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROCK Linux Live CD rev4860 |
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A pair of new live CDs have been put together by the ROCK Linux development team. The most interesting part is that one of them is designed for PPC systems; as far as we know, this is the first full bootable live CD designed and tested to run on iBooks and PoweBooks. From the release announcement: "The current default package selection uses the minimal-desktop template, which incorporates a full KDE desktop and some other applications like MPlayer, xine, etc. Of course this package selection can be altered to fit your needs. In the default configuration the system takes up only about 400MB, so there's still some space left." Here are the download links: livecd-x86-pentium-mmx-rev4860.iso (401MB) and livecd-powerpc-604e-rev4860.iso (448MB).
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| 2004-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: ClarkConnect Broadband Gateway 3.0 Beta 3 |
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This is the third beta of ClarkConnect Broadband Gateway 3.0: "We're calling this the 'Beta 3' release. There are still a few known issues: some reports are unavailable (Snort and Web); some upgrade issues still exist (the firewall is the major one); bug fixes to the bandwidth manager were not added to this build. The PPTP and Megaraid driver issues with the kernel were resolved. Unless we find major issues with the latest kernel build (2.6.9-5.cc), then it will be the final release kernel. A note to PPTP users: you can not use the PPTP server and NAT PPTP connections at the same time. In other words, PPTP connections originating from your LAN will not work if you have the PPTP server running." The complete release notes. Download: home-3.0.iso (343MB).
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| 2004-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Specifix Linux 0.17 (Alpha) |
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Specifix Linux 0.17 has been released. From the release announcement: "We fixed the bugs noted for the 0.16 release, updated several packages, particularly GNOME packages, to latest upstream version, and made several changes to packages that won't be very visible yet but will become visible later. We modified packages that need to know about servicedir, which we can then change to /srv to comply with the latest FHS; this is a recipe change that will not show up in the binaries until we change the definition of servicedir. We also changed recipes to make it easier to change to Python 2.4 in the future. We added a few more requirements, as well. Lastly, we have started to move files from :runtime components to :lib components as necessary to ensure that dependency resolution works more reliably." Download: specifix-linux-0.17-disc1.iso (636MB) and specifix-linux-0.17-disc2.iso (419MB).
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| 2004-12-10 |
NEW • Review: Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition |
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The first review of the new Xandros Desktop OS 3.0 has been published by Extreme Tech: "We're very pleased with this version of Xandros. There's quite a bit of value here for anyone and we feel very comfortable recommending it to anyone who wants to move off of Windows and onto Linux. It's stable, easy to use, and comes with a good range of applications. Laptop wireless problem aside, in terms of ease of use, we think that Xandros has set a new standard for Linux distributions. We can't wait to see what version 4 of Xandros will look like..." The 8-page review with many screenshots starts here.
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| 2004-12-10 |
NEW • Debian Articles Round-Up |
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Several new Debian-related articles have been published over the last few days: Debian on AMD64 by LWN: "Although still labelled as beta, Debian's AMD64 port has so far proved to be a trouble-free, high-quality distribution that is certainly ready for deployment on high-end developer workstations." An apt-get primer by NewsForge: "If any single program defines the Debian Linux project, that program is apt-get." Debian Women: Geek feminists in action by NewsForge: "Debian Women began after Clark and Amaya Rodrigo, two of the few female Debian package maintainers, began privately discussing the lack of women in Debian last spring." A constructive critique of Debian Linux by Desktop Linux: "Overall, I consider Debian to be a competent, robust distribution -- having few flaws as an operating system, but possessing some critical ones that have led to the unfortunate perception of it being an elitist distribution." Why Debian needs to release by Planet Debian: "It is necessary that Debian itself releases. That some spin-offs (or subprojects, or however you want to call them) like Ubuntu release is not enough. No, Debian itself need to release. We need to do that for the sake of our users and for our own sake." Happy reading!
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| 2004-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Lormalinux 5 RC1 (AMD64) |
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A release candidate or Lormalinux 5 for AMD64 processors is out: "Lormalinux AMD64 RC1 comes with 2 CDs customized and optimized for your 64-bit workstation. Here are the changes from Beta2 to RC1: modified the anaconda installer, the package selection part was also modified and unnecessary options removed; updated the kernel from 2.6.6 to 2.6.9; updated k3b, GIMP, Gaim to latest versions; added KDEnetwork - networking applications for the K Desktop Environment; added OpenOffice.org; added GnuCash - personal finance manager." The release announcement. Download: lormalinux5-64-rc1.cd1.iso (624MB) and lormalinux5-64-rc1.cd2.iso (130MB).
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| 2004-12-09 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 2.0 |
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The long awaited NetBSD 2.0 has been released: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that release 2.0 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD 2.0, the tenth major release of the NetBSD Operating System, has been released, with binary distributions for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement. NetBSD 2.0 continues our long tradition with major improvements in file system and memory management performance, major security enhancements, and support for many new platforms and peripherals. The addition of a native threads implementation for all platforms and symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) on i386 and other popular platforms were long-standing goals for NetBSD 2.0. Both of these goals have now been met -- SMP support has been added for i386, SPARC, and PowerPC, and the SMP support on Alpha and VAX has been improved." Download (i386): i386cd.iso (171MB), also available via BitTorrent. A large number of screenshots can be viewed here.
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| 2004-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 3.7 |
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KNOPPIX 3.7 has been released: "KNOPPIX Version 3.7 public download release. The public download edition of 3.7 of KNOPPIX is now available via BitTorrent, and on the KNOPPIX mirrors. Some of the current features include: lots and lots of package updates; kernel 2.4.27 + 2.6.9 (with ACPI); KDE update: 3.3.1 from Debian unstable; FreeNX 0.2.5 (Fabian Franz); Java security update (1.4.2_06); more supported graphics cards; isdntool-knoppix for easier text+GUI based ISDN configuration." The full announcement is available on the distribution's home page. Download from one of the mirrors: KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-EN.iso (699MB) or KNOPPIX_V3.7-2004-12-08-DE.iso (699MB). A BitTorrent tracker should be available shortly from here.
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| 2004-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxTLE 7.0 |
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LinuxTLE version 7.0 (code name "Waghor") has been released. LinuxTLE is a project of OpenTLE, Thailand's premier open source development community, partly sponsored by the Thai government. The distribution is loosely based around Fedora Core, although many of the included packages are independently maintained. Version 7.0 includes kernel 2.6.9, GNOME 2.8, KDE 3.3.1, Thai-enabled OpenOffice.org, pre-configured apt, scripts for easy installation of the NVIDIA driver, Flash plugin, wireless network card drivers and other applications. For more information, please read the release announcement and release notes (both links in Thai) and visit the screenshots page. Download: waghor-7.0-i386-cd1.iso (689MB), waghor-7.0-i386-cd2.iso (693MB), waghor-7.0-i386-cd3.iso (621MB). Alternatively, a DVD image is also available: waghor-7.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso (2,012MB).
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| 2004-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: BeatrIX 2005.1 1PR |
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A pre-release version of BeatrIX 2005.1 is now available: "Introducing BeatrIX 2005.1. BeatrIX 2005.1 1PR represents more than 16 months of research and work by us and we hope it shows. This is a test release of our final version, which is due out in January. For those of you just joining us, we are a Debian/Ubuntu distribution, with a KNOPPIX bootloader and a customised installation script. BeatrIX is an under-200MB distribution that is nothing but the basics - but the best-of-breed basics: kernel 2.6.7,GNOME 2.8, Firefox 1.0 with AdBlock, Evolution 2.0, OpenOffice.org 1.1.2, APT, GAIM, Beep music player. Look around; there's a lot more stuffed in there!" The full release announcement. Download: forum.iso (188MB).
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| 2004-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 6.0 |
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The first Linux From Scratch release built around kernel 2.6 is now available for your compiling pleasure: "The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS 6.0. This major revision of the book includes a number of major package upgrades, including GCC 3.4.x, Linux kernel 2.6.8.1, and the udev software package, allowing for dynamic creation of device nodes. The text has also been vastly re-written for improved readability. You can read the book online, or download to read locally." Here is the changelog for more detailed information. Linux From Scratch is a project that provides users with the steps necessary to build a custom Linux system and to learn about Linux internals in the process.
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| 2004-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Xandros Desktop 3.0 |
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Xandros, Inc. has announced the release of Xandros Desktop 3.0: "Xandros, the leading developer of easy-to-use Linux solutions, today announced the version 3 release of the Xandros Desktop Operating System (OS). Xandros Desktop 3 provides the ultimate Linux desktop experience for laptops and PCs with enhanced wireless support, drag-and-drop DVD burning, and automatic alerts to Xandros Networks updates. Employing a Xandros-enhanced KDE 3.3 and an underlying 2.6.9 Linux kernel, the new version also provides enhanced security with a Personal Firewall wizard, simple access to virtual private networks, and automatic encryption of user home folders." Here is the full press release. Xandros Desktop 3.0 Deluxe (US$89.95) and Standard (US$49.95) editions can be ordered directly from the Xandros Store.
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| 2004-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: ProMEPIS 2005 Beta 2 |
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The first public beta release of the upcoming ProMEPIS 2005 is now available for download: "The public beta of ProMEPIS Linux is available for test and evaluation at the usual mirror sites and from the MEPIS premium FTP site. ProMEPIS is designed for enthusiasts, early adapters, and IT professionals. ProMEPIS is intended to be the long term foundation for enterprise and OEM variants of MEPIS Linux, like SphinxOS. It includes both KDE 3.3.1 and GNOME 2.8 core. For developers, ProMEPIS includes Kdevelop3 and the QT development tools. Also a number of servers are preinstalled including Apache, MySQL, ProFTDd, TFTP, DHCP3, rsync, BIND, and exim." The release announcement. Download: ProMEPIS-2005.b02.iso (685MB).
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| 2004-12-07 |
NEW • Debian Weekly News - December 7th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Debian Weekly News is out: "Welcome to this year's 48th issue of Debian Weekly News, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Frank Ronneburg has updated his book about Debian to cover the upcoming release of Sarge and will present it on December 14th in Berlin, Germany. Europcar has switched 1,500 computers in branch offices to Debian based thin clients, and is now moving 3,500 more machines in headquarters to GNU/Linux." Also in this issue - further disscussions about "Hot Babe", the status of Debian Sarge and finding a better release process. Read more in this week's issue of Debian Weekly News.
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| 2004-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Overclockix 3.7 |
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A new version of Overclockix, the "eye-candy" live CD based on KNOPPIX, has been released: "Brand new Overclockix 3.7 debuts. Lots of new features. You'll find this release a seamless blending of version 3.4 with LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) 2.1. Not quite as tweaked as 3.4, but featuring all the enhanced folding features found in LTSP 2.1. Some new package highlights such as KNOPPIX firewall, VLC, SuperKaramba, KDE 3.3.1 and many more." Find the full release announcement on the distribution's home page. Download through BitTorrent: (692MB).
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| 2004-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: kmLinux 5.1 |
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kmLinux is a SUSE-based distribution developed by the regional government of Germany's Schleswig-Holstein and designed for educational institutions. Version 5.1 was released yesterday. The most significant changes include modifications to the installer and package upgrades. The installer is now capable of resizing NTFS partitions and supports installation to existing partitions, while USB mice are now also supported during installation. Problems with touchpads on notebooks have been fixed. Many packages were upgraded to their latest versions; these include KDE 3.3.1, KOffice 1.3.5, OpenOffice.org 1.1.3, Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0.... Read the release announcement (in German) for further details. Download: kmLinux-5.1-CD1.iso (686MB) and kmLinux-5.1-CD2.iso (667MB).
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| 2004-12-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Conectiva Linux 10 Update (Beta 2) |
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A new beta "Update CD" of Conectiva Linux 10 is available: "We just released the second beta of Conectiva Linux 10 updates CD. In the Release Notes you can find a list of bug fixes and updated packages; the most relevant are Mozilla (1.7.3), Linux kernel (2.6.10-rc1), NVIDIA driver (6629), alsa-lib (1.0.7), alsa-oss (1.0.7), the inclusion of drbd module (0.75) and updated user level utilities, as well as many other security fixes. The updates are available via apt-get, but the complete collection is now also available on a single ISO image, which can also perform a fresh install." Download (via BitTorrent): cl10updbeta2.torrent (673MB). As this is a beta release, you are kindly requested to report any problems to Conectiva's bugzilla.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Interview with Head of cAos Foundation |
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Linux Times has published an interview with Greg M. Kurtzer, the leader of cAos Foundation of cAos and CentOS fame: "There are 2 successful community based distributions available (Debian and Gentoo), but neither uses RPM which is what a large percentage of the community has standardized on. One of the reasons why there has been little need for the community to create this was because it was supplied by a distribution vendor for free. While the vendor still developed the distribution in a closed and commercial manner, it was well maintained, and updates were very reliable. The community seemed satisfied. Recently this model changed leaving a niche open for a freely available solution that had a reasonable life span of updates and maintenance." Read the full interview here.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: FreeSBIE 1.1 |
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The second release of FreeSBIE, a FreeBSD-based live CD, is now available: "It's our honour and pleasure to announce FreeSBIE 1.1, a live CD based on FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. Some of the innovation since 1.0 include: a renewed series of scripts to support power users in the use of FreeSBIE 1.1; an installer to let users install FreeSBIE 1.1 on their hard drives, thus having a powerful operating system such as FreeBSD, but with all the personalizations FreeSBIE 1.1 carries; the presence of the best open source software, chosen and personalized, such as X.Org 6.7.0, XFce 4.2RC1, Firefox 1.0 and Thunderbird 0.9. Moreover, many bugs were solved thanks also to the help of numerous beta testers which we are honoured to thank." Read the official release announcement for additional details. Download: FreeSBIE-1.1-i386.iso (596MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Games KNOPPIX 3.7 |
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Games KNOPPIX, a special edition of the upcoming KNOPPIX 3.7, has been released: "Finally, the first release of the Games KNOPPIX (St. Nicholas Day Release) is ready for download. The following games have been lately added: Castle-Combat, Globulation 2, Hatman, Kobodeluxe, Miniracer, Pingus, Rafkill, lots of small games. If there is a graphics card with possible acceleration detected, you will be asked whether you want to use the NVIDIA or ATI drivers. To use this option, you need at least 400MB RAM. The joystick configuration tool is started via 'joystick-config' inside the console. We'll add a small HOWTO about how to turn your Linux box into a game console soon." Here is the full release announcement with additional details. Currently, the ISO image is only available for download via BitTorrent: GamesKNOPPIX-3.7-0.1.torrent (683MB). Happy gaming!
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Novell Serves up an Operating System Winner with SLES 9 |
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Network World Fusion has reviewed SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 and the reviewers were clearly impressed: "Several features make SUSE a Clear Choice winner. It outperforms the competition. Its compatibility list is strong. Even though there are a few exclusive items, it would take quite some time to assemble the open source components Novell has put in the SLES 9 framework and make them all run together cohesively. Moreover, the YaST improvements will give GUI comfort to those who don't want to memorize server application variants. The combination gives SLES 9 far wider appeal than previous versions." Read the full review here.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Fedora Core 3: A Whole New Level |
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NewsForge has published a review of Fedora Core 3: "If I were a movie reviewer, I would give FC3 a thumbs-up. It is a solid release with few problems, and most of those are specific to certain hardware. Its ease of installation and package management system make it an excellent choice for newbies who want to learn Linux without the horrendous learning curve associated with having to compile everything yourself. Its functional SELinux component is a powerful incentive to install it just to learn what will certainly become a standard in the near future. Indeed, SELinux alone probably takes FC3 to a whole new level." The full story.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Arch Linux Newsletter for December 05, 2004 |
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A new issue of Arch Linux Newsletter is out, covering the availability of KDE 3.3.2 for Arch Linux, and other interesting topics: "KDE 3.3.2 in testing. The new KDE version is now in testing - they are pre-packages but if nothing changes they will be the final ones. Please test them and report errors in this forum thread. Changes since 3.3.1 can be found here. Changes from my side: kdebindings now compile again with Java support; added qscintilla to kdebindings; the startkde script has been changed again - please the guys with tcsh problems test it; added pkg-config to kde.sh; modified arch splash screen a little bit; cleaned up and added depends." The latest Arch Linux Newsletter is available here.
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - December 6th, 2004 |
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A new issue of Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is now available for your reading pleasure: "Two upcoming developer meetings and a maintenance release for Gentoo 2004.3 are reported in this week's Gentoo Weekly Newsletter. 'Gentoo on a stick' is this week's topic in the Future Zone, describing a non-official Gentoo spinoff project for bootable USB keys. The Gechi (Gentoo Channel Italia) sent their report from the GentooDay in Prato, heading off the international news section with some more articles from Europe, and then there's the press coverage with a pointer to good news from Gentoo Embedded and an update on the ZDNet coverage of 2005.0. And this week's tips and tricks will bring back fond memories for many weathered Unix users: We're bringing back the Compose Key!" The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.
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| 2004-12-05 |
NEW • New Reviews of SUSE LINUX 9.2 |
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Two new reviews of SUSE LINUX 9.2 appeared this weekend. Mad Penguin: "With the exception of the missing Novell Connector for Evolution and the lack of proper multimedia support, SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 is hands down one of the best distributions I've seen this year, and considering it's December there's not much hope that another distro can top it at this point." Linux Gazette: "SUSE 9.2 is a system that is extremely easy to install, at least to an empty machine. It updates a prior version very well. Adding and removing software packages is essentially a no-brainer. It now deals with removable media as many people expect, including USB. Printer support has improved dramatically, although proprietary anything does remain problematic. SUSE 9.2 is ready for the desktop."
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| 2004-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Specifix Linux 0.16 (Alpha) |
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A new alpha release of Specifix Linux is now available for download and testing: "This is the first version built following some internal infrastructure changes. These changes mean that every package in the distribution has been rebuilt. It also means a few new bugs. Oh, well. This is the first release to include KDE (thanks to Andrew McCall for doing the initial KDE packaging!). We have a new and much improved version of inkscape, and lots of security updates. Known issues: su is not setuid (to fix, log in as root, chmod u+s /bin/su); ntsysv is missing (to fix, conary update ntsysv); the distribution release file is still version 0.15...." Here is the full release announcement. Download from this mirror: specifix-linux-0.16-disc1.iso (636MB) and specifix-linux-0.16-disc2.iso (419MB).
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| 2004-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Kurumin Linux 4.0 Beta 1 |
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After three alpha releases, the first beta of the Kurumin Linux 4.0 is available. Changes include: new boot splash screen (progress bar still not functional); a new function that verifies sudo privileges before turning on "Magic Icons"; the SSH server is now disabled by default, improved support for wireless network cards, update scripts for loading Lucent soft modems and Playstation joysticks; various bug fixes and package updates, including Firefox. Find more information in the release notes (in Portuguese). Download from this mirror: kurumin-4.0_kernel2.6-beta1.iso (381MB).
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| 2004-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: ClarkConnect Broadband Gateway 3.0 Beta 2 |
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The second beta release of ClarkConnect Broadband Gateway is ready for testing: "Over the last few months, the development team was adding features that were not part of the 3.0 Roadmap: LTSP, Kerio mail and groupware integration, SUSE migration (ongoing); Exchange4Linux (abandoned); and a few to-be-announced features. One of the primary objectives of an x.0 release is to seamlessly upgrade the underlying software components. The upgrade list includes: kernel 2.6, Samba 3.0, DansGuardian 2.8, SpamAssassin 3.0, Postfix 2.0...." Visit the project's beta notes page to learn more about all the new features. Download: home-3.0.iso (343MB).
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| 2004-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Damn Small Linux 0.9.0 |
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A new release of Damn Small Linux is now available: "Change Log for 0.9.0: added Firefox web browser; MediaPlayer, enjoympeg and ascd doc app replaces XMMS; Minimum Profit editor replaces Scite and Zile; added spell checking for Sylpheed email; update emelfm filetypes for multimedia; many space saving cuts were implemented; dropped Tuxnes and Mutella." See the complete changelog for further information. Download: dsl-0.9.0.iso (49.8MB).
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| 2004-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Astaro Security Linux 5.1 |
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Astaro Security Linux 5.1 has been released: "We are pleased to announce Astaro Security Linux V5.1. Updates and bugfixes: upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.0.1 with Razor2 (online database spam check), DCC (online database spam check), SURBL (spam realtime blocklist); backend bugfixes for backup converter, licensing, logging, reporting; overall system performance increase; new kernel with bugfixed conntrack code. New features: additional features for better junk mail control - Greylisting (advanced spam blocking method); BATV reverse path signing (block virus and spam backscatter); checking SPF records (joe-job, phishing protection)...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download the trial edition here: asl-5.100-041201-3.iso (273MB).
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| 2004-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.1 Beta |
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A beta release of the AGNULA/DeMuDi audio distribution, version 1.2.1, is available for download and testing: "It's an experimental version for testers only. An official announcement will be made as soon as we get to the final 1.2.1, so please be patient. It would be helpful to test both fresh installs and upgrades from AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.0. Before using it please have a look at the READMEs. If you find bugs, please read here." This is the full announcement with further details and download links. Get it from here: demudi_1.2.1-beta_i386.iso (629MB).
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| 2004-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Quantian 0.6.9.2 |
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A new development release of Quantian, a distribution tailored to numerical and quantitative analysis, is out. From the announcement: "Version 0.6.9.2 - the second release based on KNOPPIX 3.6. Quantian software changes: added about 1.2GB (uncompressed) in R packages from CRAN and BioConductor: by providing essentially all CRAN and BioConductor packages, Quantian offers unparallelled support for statistical computing, data analysis and graphical methods via the R environment and language. Several new packages (aspell, auctex, dia, electric, eukleides, festlex, gij, hdf5-tools, kseg, ksimus, mozilla-firefox...), some included most packages in recommended by the already installed ones. Updated packages with newer Debian versions: apache, aribas...." Download the DVD image from here: Quantian_0.6.9.2.iso (1,920MB); alternatively, get it via BitTorrent.
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| 2003-12-31 |
NEW • Interview with Gentoo's Daniel Robbins |
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The latest issue of Gentoo Weekly News features two interviews with the creator and Chief Architect of Gentoo Linux Daniel Robbins: "Q: Gentoo 1.4 was released a while ago, what can we expect from the upcoming Gentoo release? A: We're moving to a new year-based versioning scheme, so the next release of Gentoo will be called Gentoo Linux 2004. We're also moving to a quarterly release schedule, and all our releases will be built with the new catalyst build tool. Users will be able to rebuild the entire release using a stage1 and a portage snapshot. Our LiveCDs will be user-rebuildable and tweakable, thanks to catalyst. You can learn more about our plans at the release engineering project page." Find the two interviews in this week's Gentoo Weekly News.
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| 2003-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: GoboLinux 010 RC2 |
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This is a new release candidate of the upcoming GoboLinux 010: "GoboLinux 010rc2 is available for download! Many bugs were fixed, and a lot of tests were already made with this new ISO, so we expect to tag it '010 final' in about one week. Just to remember: GoboLinux 010 will come enclosed in a Brazilian Linux magazine, so we will be very conservative making changes in this release." Read the announcement on the distribution's web site. Download: GoboLinux-010rc2-i686.iso (634MB). GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution with a redefined file system hierarchy.
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| 2003-12-29 |
NEW • Xandros 2.0 Deluxe Edition Review |
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OSNews has published a new review of Xandros Desktop 2.0: "Overall I found Xandros to be one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions available. Xandros did a good job narrowing the focus and coming out with something that is actually usable. As a more advanced user I found a few things that annoyed me, but I think that less experienced Linux users will enjoy it. I would give Xandros a 7/10 as a desktop operating system. I rated it down 1 points because it needs to be a little more polish graphically and 2 points because it completely ignores GNOME applications." The 2-page review with screenshots starts here.
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| 2003-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Buffalo Linux 1.0.5 |
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A new version of Buffalo Linux has been released: "This is a new bug-fix/update release in the 1.0.x series. Current version 1.0.5. Changes include: more cleanup of install procedure, includes patch for some hangs in AUTOSETUP. Improved integration with Codeweavers Crossover Office. Upgraded to latest version of Sylpheed (0.9.8a) mail client. Added more internal help files. Bug squashing and file cleanup." Download: buffalo-1.0.5.iso (576MB). Buffalo Linux is a derivative distribution based on Vector and Slackware; it is targeted at the small business workstation market.
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| 2003-12-29 |
NEW • Review: Lycoris Desktop/LX |
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OSNews has published a review of Lycoris Desktop/LX Update 3. The author's conclusion? "Great system overall. Something that can be competitive with other home user Linux systems. I give this system a 9 out of 10. I dropped that one point because of the lack of GAIM...other things I could deal with. I think this system is worth a try from anyone and everyone. I used to think that "home Linux" was a bad idea until I found a reason to need a home linux system. This is secure, easy to use, and overall fun. Give her a spin and share your thoughts." Read the full review with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-28 |
NEW • Review: Why I use Xandros Desktop 2.0 |
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DesktopOS.com has reviewed the newly released Xandros Desktop 2.0: "What is better about Xandros 2.0 over 1.0? A lot of the above functionality was available in the excellent Xandros 1.0. Here are some of the specific improvements of Xandros 2.0 over 1.0: Cd-burning capabilities of Xandros File Manager is totally new. Xandros Networks has been dramatically improved and works faster as it is now based on Konqueror, although Xandros do need to populate it with more commercial applications. At the moment there is just Opera and Codeweavers. At this stage, I would say that Xandros has the infrastructure in place, and they just need to invite software vendors over to join the party. Xandros File Manager is much snappier and more stable." The complete review with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Aurox Live 1.2.0 |
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This is a new release of Aurox Live CD, based on Aurox Linux 9.2. Changes: "This edition has NVIDIA binary drivers 44.96 and Macromedia Flash plugin installed. Aurox Live 1.2.0 contains: KDE 3.1.4 (default graphical desktop); web browsers Mozilla 1.5 and KDE's Konqueror; Office suites (KOffice 1.2.1, OpenOffice.org 1.1.0); multimedia support: sound and movie players Kaboodle, Xine (libs 1.0.0 RC2), non-accelerated games (KDE games); examples of games using hardware acceleration (Chromium, GLaxium); graphical e-mail clients (KMail, Evolution 1.4.5)..." Read the rest of the release notes. Download: 9.2-Live-1.2.0.iso (698MB).
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| 2003-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feather Linux 0.3 |
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A new version of Feather Linux has been released. From the changelog: "Changelog from 0.2.2 to 0.3: Well, it's got a lot bigger - 14Mb bigger, in fact; MPlayer, LinNeighborhood, aumix, ndiswrapper and nmap added; HD install script tweaked; updated Samba; added ALSA and aRts sound support; added CUPS and Foomatic printing support." Download: feather-0.3.iso (62.0MB). Feather Linux is a light-weight Linux live CD based on KNOPPIX.
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| 2003-12-24 |
NEW • Introducing Lorma Linux 4 |
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OSNews has published a brief review of Lorma Linux 4, a Fedora Core-based distribution release: "This distro has a great potential to become a mainstream player only if it gets its target audience well defined. Single-CD distros just don't have enough room to please everyone. With Redhat itself going after corporate users, Lorma Linux should concentrate more on home users. That means installation classes like 'office workstation' have to go. Second thing is that as of now, it is not doing any value addition other than supplying packages missing in Fedora. It would be good if it did something like what Lycoris does. Install the whole CD as an image. With just one CD, the package selection should not be an issue." The full story.
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| 2003-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.1 |
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Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.1 has been released: "After another year of development and many public Owl-current snapshots, Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) release 1.1 is finally out. Owl 1.1 is currently available for purchase on a CD and will also be available for download after January 7, 2004. The major changes made since 1.0 are documented." Read the announcement on the distribution's web site and the complete changelog for further details. The product can be ordered from the distribution's online store for US$9.35. Openwall GNU/*/Linux is a security-enhanced operating system with Linux and GNU software as its core, intended as a server platform.
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gibraltar Firewall 1.1 |
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A new version of the Debian-based Gibraltar Firewall has been released. From the changelog: "Version 1.1, published 2003-12-23. This is the Christmas release, with only a few new features, but being a lot more resistant against buffer overflows and thus more secure due to the use of the PAX kernel patch. Updated the kernel to 2.4.23, which fixed the recently discovered brk() vulnerability. In addition to the update, the context patch (for virtual servers), the PAX patch and support for the zorp transparent proxy suite were added. Minor additions are an AES optimization and cryptoloop." Read the rest of the changelog for full details. Download: (137MB).
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Linux Desktop Distro Shootout Part IV: LindowsOS 4.5 |
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OSNews has reviewed the newly released LindowsOS 4.5: "Lindows recognized and auto configured my Lucent winmodem. Lindows even knows and loves my network card, the one that I don't even use because I don't bother with a LAN. The video on my secondary system holds no terrors for Lindows. My CD drive purrs with satisfaction and does the automount thing with ease and grace. NO hardware issues of any kind whatsoever." The 2-page review starts here.
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CollegeLinux 2.5 |
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The long awaited CollegeLinux 2.5 has been released: "We are glad to announce the long awaited release of CollegeLinux 2.5 'Obi Wan'. Once again we did a release taking the necessary 6 months to bring something new, exclusive and never seen within the Linux community. Whilst there is a growing trend to release as often as possible, we have chosen to implement some important and innovative features and release only when there is something worth your time and bandwidth." Among the more interesting new features are a server robot which automatically installs and configures Apache, PHP, MySQL, SQLite, Webmin and PHPMyAdmin, and a slapt-get based auto-update engine integrated into Konqueror. See the full announcement for details. Download: cl_v2.5_23_12_2003__13_06_52.iso (601MB). CollegeLinux is a Slackware-compatible Linux distribution designed for desktop and development workstations with many user-friendly enhancements.
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Aurox Linux 10 Beta |
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An early preview of the forthcoming Aurox Linux 10, scheduled for release in June 2004, is available for download and testing: "This live edition is a preview of what you will find in Aurox 10. It is neither finished nor stable, but it has a number of interesting features, so we think it is worth downloading and checking out." The live CD contains highly experimental software packaged for Aurox Linux and Fedora Core, including KDE 3.2-beta, KOffice 1.3-rc, XFree86 4.4.0-rc1, kernel 2.6.0-test11 and other software; see the release notes for further details. Download from here: 9.90-Live-1.5.0.iso (382MB).
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LRs GNU/Linux Creme-13 |
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A new version, Creme-13, of the recently revived LRs GNU/Linux distribution is out: "Merry Christmas and happy LRs with our brand new release Creme-13. Includes LFS-5.0, Linux-2.4.23, KDE-3.1.4 and much more. Some people don't need a full-blown LRs, so we will release three more ISO images in the next few days: LRs_with_X_and X-stuff (without KDE); LRs_Only_Console_tools; LRs_Pure_LFS." Visit the distribution's web site to learn more. Download: LRs-Linux-Creme-13.iso (664MB).
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Review: LindowsOS 4 |
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UnixReview.com has reviewed LindowsOS 4.0: "Since Lindows really is Linux, I don't see many reasons for a single user who is familiar with Linux to adopt Lindows. The niche for Lindows is with home users who don't know a lot about Linux. In that context, Lindows is not only a good alternative to the Linux distros, but also a good alternative to Windows. Unless you're heavily into multimedia and game technologies, you can do almost anything with Lindows that you could do with Windows. Open Office is very functional for word processing, accounting, and presentations, and the Mozilla suite is at least as good as Internet Explorer." Read the rest of the review with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-23 |
NEW • Review: Lorma Linux 4 |
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The cahtech website has published a review of the recently released, Fedora Core based Lorma Linux 4: "A very promising distribution overall. My congratulations go to the Lorma team for making a good distribution even better with only a few minor quirks. Unfortunately it is let down by its roots, but the future is certainly optimistic since both are in their early stages of development. 7.5/10 - good as a self-contained fast distribution but limited in expandability." The complete review.
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| 2003-12-22 |
NEW • FedoraNEWS.ORG Launched |
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A new Fedora community web site has been launched at FedoraNEWS.ORG: "FedoraNEWS.ORG is a non-commercial, non-profit organization to serve Fedora Community with useful and helpful information. It is not sponsored by Red Hat but privately funded by Linux enthusiasts like you. The goal of FedoraNEWS.ORG is to create a public community news information site for Fedora Users." FedoraNEWS.ORG, together with FedoraMAIL.ORG was launched by the former developer of the LinuxInstall.org distribution. On a related note, a new Fedora community site for Spanish users, Grupo Fedora en Español, was also recently unveiled.
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| 2003-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 0.7.9 |
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Puppy Linux, version 0.7.9, has been released: "Puppy version 0.7.9 is uploaded. The ISO file is 44.2M. Release notes: This version is still 'Red Hat based', meaning that Puppy requires a i686 class of CPU minimum. Minimum RAM requirement is 128M, except for the new lo-RAM USB installation. There is now a script that makes it very easy to install Puppy on a USB memory device, such as a Flash card. Furthermore, the script has an option of a lo-RAM installation, which will work on PCs with much less than 128M -- a minimum has not yet been tested. This script is in the 'Utilities' menu." Read the rest of the release announcement for additional details. Download: cd-puppy.iso (44.2MB).
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| 2003-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Devil-Linux 1.0.3 |
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A new version of Devil-Linux is now available: "It's time for another maintenance release of Devil-Linux. We mainly updated some sources because of vulnerabilities and fixed some minor issues. Here are the details: jail script now works fine with subdirectories; updated zlib to v1.2.1, vsftpd to v1.2.1, sagator to v20031201, pcmcia-cs to v3.2.7, lftp to v2.6.10, iANS to v2.3.63b, e1000 to v5.2.22, e100 to v2.3.33, cyrus-sasl to v2.1.17, cyrus-imapd to v2.1.16, SpamAssassin to v2.61, cvs to v1.12.4; ownership of /etc isn't changed anymore to root during boot; updated kernel mppe patch (fixes pptp problems); added kernel patch against do_brk vulnerability; fixed dhcrelay init script." See the rest of the announcement for further details. Download: devil-linux-1.0.3-i486.tar.bz2 (94.0MB) or devil-linux-1.0.3-i686-SMP.tar.bz2 (94.4MB).
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| 2003-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Conectiva Linux 10 TP1 |
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Conectiva has released an experimental technology preview of the distribution's upcoming Conectiva Linux 10 release. It is highly bleeding edge with kernel 2.6.0, glibc 2.3.3 and KDE 3.2 beta2. From the release notes: "Welcome to the Conectiva Linux Technology Preview. This release contains a snapshot of the development branch of Conectiva Linux for those who want to evaluate the current status of the distribution and contribute providing feedback information to the development team. Note that the Snapshot contains up-to-date, experimental and untested packages that are not recommended for production systems, including the newest 2.6.0 kernel." At the time of writing, the ISO image is only available via BitTorrent (611MB), but it should appear on Conectiva mirrors within the next few days. Find additional information on this page.
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| 2003-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Aurox Linux 9.2 |
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Aurox Linux 9.2, code name "Water" has been released: "Most important updates since Aurox 9.1: OpenOffice.org 1.1 (with Polish and other dictionaries), KDE 3.1.4, GNOME 2.4.1, libxine 1.0.0RC2, MPlayer 1.0pre2. With fluxbox, sylpheed, mozilla-firebird and rox-filer, you can use a graphical environment on slower machines (no KDE or GNOME is needed). New packages: Blender, Sodipodi, Scribus, tools for mobile phones, internet communicators, games (trackballs, pingus, glaxium, enigma)." There are 4 ISO images provided for download with available language choices being French, German, Polish and Spanish. Find out more about the Aurox Linux on the distribution's web site.
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| 2003-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Source Mage 0.8 |
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Source Mage GNU/Linux, version 0.8 and code name "Mending", has been released. From the changelog: "sorcery 1.6 is used (no more lockexec); latest stable grimoire; kernel 2.4.23 with XFS patches; raid support, wifi, lvm added (untested)... feedback needed; JFS support added while installing; plain WIP help file during install; depends for eagle driver are available now on base system." Download: smgl-0.8.0-i386.iso.bz2 (135MB).
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| 2003-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeeXboX 0.96 |
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A Christmas edition of GeeXboX has been released: "It's Christmas time! So comes the new release, ready to be put under Xmas tree :-) Most of the changes are essentially bug fixes and hardware support just to please more and more users. Here's part of the Changelog: new remotes support (this feature was broken in previous release when used with autoplay function); switch MPlayer to 1.0pre3 release and ALSA to 1.0rc2; support for DirectFB video mode; support for 3Dfx cards..." See the rest of the announcement on the distribution's home page. Download: geexbox-0.96-en.iso (4.78MB) or geexbox-0.96-fr.iso (4.78MB). GeeXboX is a standalone Linux media player based on MPlayer.
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| 2003-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nasgaïa 1.0 |
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The first stable version of Nasgaïa has been released: "Nasgaïa-1.0 is now available, it comes on two CDs, the 1st (Nasgaïa-1.0.iso) is the installation CD, with binaries. The second one, completely optional (nasgaia_source_1.0.iso), contains the sources of the CD1 plus some extra sources (notably kde3). To celebrate this occasion, we've written an article and an interview that LinuxFrench has kindly published. As you can guess with the site's name, this article is in French." Download: Nasgaïa-1.0.iso (427MB). Nasgaïa is a GNOME-centric Linux distribution optimised for the i686 architecture and designed primarily for French speakers. |
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| 2003-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MandrakeMove |
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MandrakeMove, a bootable live CD based on Mandrake Linux 9.2, has been released: "MandrakeMove is available! - MandrakeMove is a special version of Mandrake Linux which focuses on Office/Internet/Multimedia features and comes with a USB-key to save configuration and personal data. And no need to install anything: MandrakeMove is a live CD! Order now at MandrakeStore. Mandrake Club Members benefit from an early access to MandrakeMove Download Edition, and Silver Members and above are offered to download a MandrakeMove ISO with all USB capabilities plus additional commercial add-ons such as RealPlayer, FlashPlayer, NVidia drivers and others." Find out more on the MandrakeMove product page. MandrakeMove costs US$69.90 (inclusive of a 128MB USB key) or US$129 (inclusive of a 256MB USB key).
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| 2003-12-18 |
NEW • Review: MandrakeMove RC1 |
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PC Techforums has published a brief review of MandrakeMove, a new product by MandrakeSoft, currently in beta testing: "I was a little disappointed that I could not get it to run on my desktop PC, I was also disappointed that I could not get audio working on my laptop. Hopefully these issues will be resolved in the final release. The fact that most of the programs worked right from the start is a plus that cannot be ignored. This is a good tool for someone that is thinking of switching to Linux but wants to get the feel of it first." See the full review with screenshots. On a related note, Mandrake developers have also released a bleeding-edge cooker ISO image "to test the 2.6 kernel, XFree 4.4, kde 3.2, gcc 3.3.2, one ISO." Find it on your favourite mirror: MandrakeLinux-20031217-i586.iso (692MB) or get it via BitTorrent.
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| 2003-12-18 |
NEW • Running 64-bit Linux on a G5 |
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An OSNews contributor has been experimenting with the 64-bit Yellow Dog Linux on Apple's new G5 and these are his conclusions: "Yellow Dog Linux for the Apple G5 is quite stable for a beta and it works in SMP mode. It does have problems, which are mostly tied to the video subsystem, and these really need to be resolved before this 64 bit Linux will be a viable working environment. The installer could use an overhaul, especially in the X department, to give Mac owners an easier time configuring their systems." The full story.
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| 2003-12-18 |
NEW • 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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| 2003-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: K12LTSP Linux 4.0 |
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A brand new K12LTSP Linux, version 4.0 and based on Fedora Core 1, has been released: "K12LTSP 4.0 (K12 Linux Terminal Server Project) released on December 17. K12LTSP is FREE Linux desktop server software with a successful record of saving millions of dollars for schools, public agencies and businesses. Developed in 2001 by Oregon educators as a FREE alternative for schools using the Microsoft Windows(tm) operating system, K12LTSP is now used widely around the world. Version 4.0 represents a significant step forward in speed, ease of use and features. More than 50,000 schools, government agencies and businesses downloaded K12LTSP last year." Read the rest of the press release. Download the 4 ISO images from here: K12LTSP-4.0.0-disc1.iso (649MB), K12LTSP-4.0.0-disc2.iso (640MB), K12LTSP-4.0.0-disc3.iso (631MB), K12LTSP-4.0.0-disc4.iso (439MB).
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| 2003-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Xteam Linux Preview 5 |
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China's Xteam has released a preview edition of their upcoming Xteam Linux 5.0. This is a i686-optimised, highly bleeding edge release: "Xteam Linux, the first specialized Linux Company in China, has released a Preview 5 product featuring many latest software packages. Preview 5 is based on kernel 2.4.23, XFree86 4.3.99.15 and KDE 3.2-beta 1. Firebird 0.7, Thunderbird 0.4, KOffice 1.2.94 and MPlayer 1.0pre2 are included, and OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 is provided as an optional component to be available from Xteam's website soon. A famous E-dictionary, StarDict 2.4.0, is shipped for the convenience of Chinese users." Find out more information in the announcement (simplified Chinese). Download: preview-ins.iso (691MB).
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| 2003-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: DeLi Linux 0.5 |
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DeLi Linux, one of the few distributions designed for old hardware, is now available in version 0.5. From its changelog: "Enhanced delisetup. It is a (almost) complete administration tool now; new tool delipkg for installing software packages; new tool vesaconfig for configuring XFree86 with Xvesa; new xwmconfig for selecting window manager; replaced mc in the base package with the smaller mc-MP; wrote new stuff for delihelp; bugfixes in deliinstall in the root.gz disk; some cleanup of the base package." Read the download and installation instructions for information about how to get DeLi Linux up and running.
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| 2003-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Xandros Desktop 2.0 |
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Xandros Desktop 2.0 is now shipping. Some of the more interesting features include: "Four-click installation with automatic disk partitioning; industry-leading hardware detection and configuration; drag-and-drop CD burning in Xandros File Manager; ability to run Microsoft Office and other key Windows programs (Deluxe only); seamless sharing of files and resources on Windows networks; single-click access to a huge inventory of free Linux software." Read the official press release and check out the new features page for further details. Xandros Desktop 2.0 is available online for US$39.95 (Standard Edition) or US$89.95 (Deluxe Edition).
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| 2003-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LindowsOS 4.5 |
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LindowsOS version 4.5 has been released: "Lindows.com Inc. announced today the immediate availability of LindowsOS 4.5. This latest version taps into free worldwide calling technology by integrating SIP software into the LindowsOS operating system. LindowsOS 4.5 also delivers remote desktop sharing, integrated search features, and translation tools that place six different languages at users' fingertips." What is SIP? "LindowsOS 4.5 now comes SIP-ready with easy-to-use software, any computer with a microphone and speakers running LindowsOS 4.5 can make free worldwide calls." Read the official press release and check out the new features page for further details. LindowsOS 4.5 is available online for US$49.95 (download) or US$59.95 (retail package).
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| 2003-12-16 |
NEW • Review: Introducing PCLinuxOS 2K4 |
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MadPenguin has published the first ever review of the Mandrake-based PCLinuxOS, developed by Texstar: "Even with the flaws that I have found in my short time with this distribution, it reeks of dedication and insight. When complete, this distro is going to be huge. Why? The creator obviously knows what makes a great Linux distro and has put all of that knowledge to work for him. The desktop is fast, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. All of the applications work the way they should, everything is organized and well thought out, and the experience from beginning to end is smooth. Everything fits together like a quality puzzle." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-15 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 28 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly:- Winners and losers of 2003
- A quiet release of Ark Linux Alpha 10
- Upcoming releases: Xandros Desktop 2.0, LindowsOS 4.5, Mandrake Linux 10.0 beta, Yoper v2
- New additions: CPUBuilders, Ankur Bangla, Kinneret, MIKO GNYO, PHLAK
- New on the waiting list: Biadix, IndLinux, PROTOS, Slo-Tech, ZipSpeak
- Reader feedback: on adding new packages to the package list
- And more...
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 28...
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| 2003-12-15 |
NEW • Interview with Mandrake Linux Founder Gaël Duval |
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LinuxQuestions has published an interview with the founder of Mandrake Linux, Gaël Duval: "It was not serious anymore to release a Linux distribution without a good package management like RPM. I seriously considered to switch to Debian as a base because at the time, Red Hat's reaction was very unclear (as far as I know, forking from a commercial Linux distribution never happened before Mandrake). But back in 1998, Debian's installation procedure was really not friendly at all. As a result, a key success of Mandrake was also that all packages made for Red Hat were compatible with Mandrake, including commercial packages. So the choice of RPM was the good one." The full interview. Another interview with Gaël Duval was recently published at KDE Enterprise.
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| 2003-12-15 |
NEW • Migrating to Astaro Security Linux |
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Linux Journal is featuring a brief story about a user with strong security needs migrating to Astaro Security Linux: "Facing a time-consuming and expensive upgrade process, Lloyd found an ideal solution: he turned to an all-in-one security product. Lloyd set up his own network at home where he downloaded a free 30-day trial of Astaro Security Linux. 'To meet my own firewall requirements for my Linux- and Windows-based network, I investigated several open-source solutions. I looked at SmoothWall, IPCop and Astaro, among others, and as I investigated the features offered by each, I found that with Astaro I could turn an inexpensive server into an all-purpose security appliance', he said." The full story.
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| 2003-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Buffalo Linux 1.0.4 |
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Buffalo is Linux is a new distribution based on Vector Linux. Version 1.0.4 was released over the weekend: "This release (1.0.4) is a free Christmas release. Its enhancements over 1.0.3 include: improved login security/actions; major cleanup of printer drivers; added CUPS 1.1.20 stable; added numerous help pages; added GIMP 1.3; installation cleanup; Christmas theme." Download: buffalo-1.0.4xmas.iso (598MB). Buffalo Linux is targeted at the small business workstation market. Besides a free edition, the project also develops enhanced editions with pre-installed database access (DB2 and Oracle) and Microsoft product execution using CodeWeavers products for US$25 over licensing costs. Visit the distribution's web site for further information.
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| 2003-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ByzantineOS 20031212 |
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A new version of ByzantineOS is available. The major changes in 20031212 are: "Built with LFS-5.0; kernel (2.4.22); tmpfs + tar as replacement for initrd; support for XPInstall (now you can install ByzantineOS DropIns just by clicking on a *.xpi link); Mozilla-1.5 (+ minimalistic file manager); busybox-1.00-pre4; metacity-3.6.0 (compiled for embedded systems - no GConf); ssh, sftp, scp; DirectFB-0.9.20 (dfbclock is works again); Acrobat5 as a XPI ByzantineOS DropIn." Read the full changelog for system requirements and visit the distribution's home page for further information. Download: ByzantineOS-20021125.tar.gz (61.5MB).
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| 2003-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CensorNet 3.2 |
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CensorNet 3.2 has now been officially released. The announcement came in the 1st issue of CensorNet Bulletin: "CensorNet 3.2 is now available to download from our web site. There is a migration script for those wishing to upgrade from a previous version of CensorNet and a HOWTO document explaining the migration process. For a changelog, please see this post." This is an interim release prior to CensorNet 4.0; a GPL edition of is available for free download after registration. CensorNet? is a Linux-based Internet management software designed to control and monitor individuals accessing Internet resources on a local area network.
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| 2003-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feather Linux 0.2.2 |
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A new version of Feather Linux has been released. From its changelog: "Samba added; sshd setup script, Opera download script and HD install script added to menu; 'Run command' option added to menu - uses fbrun; Naim icon and Monkey webserver startup fixed; added keymap selection to X setup script." Download: feather-0.2.2a.iso (46.3MB). Feather Linux is a Linux distribution based upon KNOPPIX 3.3, which can fit on a 50MB CD; it aims to have a wide range of desktop applications and to be relatively simple to use and set up.
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| 2003-12-12 |
NEW • Review: Slackware Linux - Back to Basics |
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Slackware Linux is not your ordinary Linux distribution. For starters, it rarely figures in news headlines, preferring to keep a low profile instead. Its developers have stubbornly resisted any attempts to make their users' lives easier: the distribution provides no graphical configuration utilities, it's package management does not resolve dependencies and its simple, text-mode installer has undergone very few changes in years. Yet, Slackare Linux remains one of the top 5 Linux distributions in use today. What is the reason for its tight hold on many users? Surely, in the absence of any convenient features found in other modern distributions, the only explanation is that Slackware holds supernatural powers - try it once and you will never be able to leave it again for any other product. Or is it something else?
Robert Storey has set out to investigate...
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| 2003-12-11 |
NEW • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0 Review |
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OSNews has published a review of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0: "If you currently use RHL and are looking at RHEL as an upgrade path to a supported system, I think it's a great choice (IMHO). This is especially true if you qualify for the educational deal with Red Hat and can obtain it at a greatly reduced rate. I feel that the normal fee for the system ($1500) is pretty steep but if a company were to find that the advantages outweigh the cost then this is definitely the way to go." The 2-page review starts here.
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| 2003-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: e-smith SME Server 6.0 |
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MITEL has announced the release of e-smith SME Server 6.0. From the release notes: "Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of the final version of the 6.0 SME Server. The changes in this release include engineering improvements, a new look and feel and Spanish language support for the server manager web interface, and the inclusion of a port forwarding panel." Read the rest of the Release Notes for further information. Download: smeserver-6.0unsupported.iso (271MB). Earlier, MITEL announced that version 6.0 would be the company's last unsupported developer (i.e. freely downloadable) release. However, the SME Server user community has been setting up a project framework at contribs.org over the last few weeks to continue with the development; see The road ahead... for more information. Update: The ISO image has now been withdrawn due to missing kernel sources.
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| 2003-12-10 |
NEW • Review: Mandrake 9.2 Download Edition |
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MadPenguin has reviewed Mandrake Linux 9.2, download edition: "Over all this is about what I expected from Mandrake. The install was smooth, configuration seems to be handled well except for the audio. My biggest disappointments are with the preconfigured elements. The K menu is kept short, but not very well thought out for a home desktop. The sound and video don't appear to be any easier to work with than any other distro, as far as I am able to discern. And the system takes longer to boot up and open programs than other distros I've tried, and Windows 2000 on the same machine." The full review. On a related note, the site has also published a Mad Penguin Mandrake 9.2 Peer Review with some interesting and conflicting recommendations.
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| 2003-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PHLAK 0.2 |
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PHLAK is a new distribution in our database; the name stands for "Professional Hacker's Linux Assault Kit". PHLAK is a Morphix-based security tool, geared to be used as a live CD. It was created to become the only tool security professionals would need to perform security analysis, penetration testing, forensics, and security auditing. PHLAK comes with two light GUIs (fluxbox and XFCE4), packages for printing, publishing, a little multimedia, many security tools, and a file cabinet full of security related documentation for your reading/educational purposes. Version 0.2 was released today: "For all you who have been waiting in the trenches for PHLAK 0.2 to show up, well it is here. Go grab it in the Downloads section." Visit the distribution's web site to read the announcement and learn more about PHLAK's features. Download: phlak-0.2.iso (581MB).
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| 2003-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Damn Small Linux 0.5.1 |
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A new version of Damn Small Linux has been released. What's new in 0.5.1? "Added .bash_profile for user control of startup programs, both Live CD (with restore option) and hard drive installed users will benefit; improved system architecture and hard-drive install scripts to allow for a more traditional multi-user installation, each added user's environment is like the Live CD's damnsmall user, user damnsmall can now be removed; updated fluxbox; scite in place of nedit (size issue); mformat (needed to take advantage of the restore script use with floppy); modified install script to work with low RAM systems; NTFS read made to work with user damnsmall... " The full changelog. Download: damnsmall-0.5.1.iso (48.4MB).
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| 2003-12-08 |
NEW • Linux Desktop Distro Shootout Part III: MEPIS Review |
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OSNews has reviewed the latest release of MEPIS Linux: "I am really torn here. I am having fun playing with MEPIS. In fact, I haven't had this much pure fun tinkering with a distro in a long time. I also think that MEPIS is rapidly evolving into a force to be reckoned with. At the moment the MEPIS community is small but fierce, and growing fast. Warren is obsessed with quality and constantly hammering on the latest version of Debian to turn out a solid bleeding edge product. On the other hand, I can't afford to trust my day-to-day operation to a bleeding edge system. I just don't dare." The 2-page review starts here.
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| 2003-12-08 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 27 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly:- Anaconda for Debian
- Lindows fights AIDS
- Upcoming releases: SmoothWall Express 2.0 and Gentoo Linux 2004
- New site additions: BLAG Linux, Buffalo Linux, cAos, Feather Linux, Gentoox, KnoppMyth, Linux LiveCD Router, MUMi-LinuX
- New on the waiting list: Condorux, Ehad, Generations Linux, OpenGET, ASLinux
- How to submit new distributions
- DistroWatch T-shirts
- And more...
Read in this week's DistroWatch Weekly...
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| 2003-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feather Linux 0.2.1 |
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Another new distribution in our database is Feather Linux. As the name suggests, Feather Linux is a light-weight distribution that fits on a business card type CD. It is a live CD based on KNOPPIX with an experimental hard disk installation script, suitable for older machines or for carrying around in your wallet (similar in its target market to Damn Small Linux and Flonix). Version 0.2.1 has been released. "Changelog from 0.2 to 0.2.1: antiword, rdesktop, sqlite and links-hacked added; Opera download script fixed; hard drive install script added, still experimental." Find out more on the distribution's web site. Download: feather-0.2.1.iso (44.8MB).
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| 2003-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BLAG 9001 |
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BLAG is a new Linux distribution on our list. BLAG (BLAG Linux And GNU) is a single CD product based on Red Hat 9 with many useful applications missing from the original Red Hat Linux (e.g. mp3, p2p, apt...). Version 9001 was released over the weekend: "BLAG9001 is an updated release of BLAG9000. The major changes are lots of Red Hat errata fixes (new kernel, new XFree86, new glibc), some BLAG package updates, and a handful of new packages. If you are running 9000, you can get all of these updates via apt-get or synaptic." Read the rest of the announcement. Download: BLAG-9001.iso (687MB) or via BitTorrent. More information on the distribution's web site.
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| 2003-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vine Linux 2.6r3 |
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A new revision of Vine Linux 2.6 for i386 processors has been released. This version incorporates all security updates since the release of Vine Linux 2.6r1, including the recently discovered kernel, gnupg and rsync exploits. Detailed information about other security and bug fixes, as well as other changes can be found in the official announcement on the distribution's home page (in Japanese). Download: Vine26r3-i386.iso (635MB). Vine Linux is a widely-used Japanese RPM-based Linux distribution with integrated Japanese environment for general desktop and notebook use.
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| 2003-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.3 |
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A new version of CRUX, a lightweight, i686-optimised Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users, has been released: "CRUX 1.3 released. See the change log for a complete list of new and updated packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image (~194MB). Please use a mirror. Changes: USB 2.0 support added; USB storage support added; modules for most network cards added; new packages: opt/expat 1.95.7, opt/firebird 0.7, opt/fontconfig 2.2.1; removed packages: opt/mozilla (replaced by opt/firebird)..." Read the announcement and see the rest of the change log for further information. Download: crux-1.3.iso (195MB).
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| 2003-12-06 |
NEW • Announcement: How To Submit New Distributions |
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It is time to face the facts: the number of Linux distributions is growing at an alarming rate. On average, around 3 - 4 new distributions are submitted to this site every week, a fact that makes maintaining the individual pages and monitoring new releases increasingly time consuming. The DistroWatch database now lists a total of 205 Linux distributions (of which 24 have been officially discontinued) with 75 more on the waiting list. It is no longer easy to keep up. A solution? If you have put together a Linux distribution or if you have a personal favourite which has yet to be listed here, please use our new distribution submission form. Fill it in as completely and accurately as possible and your distribution will be listed within 24 hours. Please note, that floppy-based, embedded and Windows-based distributions are still excluded from listing on DistroWatch. Thank you, your kind cooperation is greatly appreciated!
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| 2003-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lorma Linux 4 |
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Lorma 4 has been released. New features: "First Distro based on Fedora Core (outside of Red Hat)! Scenario Chooser allows user to specify an installation scenario during installation; 5 installation scenarios. Optimized for i686 faster for today's computers; try it! Automount CD and floppy, instant access to CD and Floppy with one click; no mounting commands necessary, click and go! Flash plug-in fully integrated into Konqueror and Mozilla, no additional configuration required. DivX 5 codec fully integrated into Xine and MPlayer. K3B CD/DVD writer - awesome CD/DVD burning software. Synaptic online update graphical system and software updates for instant online updates...." Read the long list of features on the distribution's home page. Download: LormaLinux4Final.iso (699MB).
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| 2003-12-06 |
NEW • Follow-up Interview with Jeremy Hogan of Red Hat |
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LinuxQuestions.org has published a follow-up interview with Red Hat's Manager of Community Relations Jeremy Hogan: "The consumer desktop is a pretty big market, and we already have a chunk of it, but it's fickle, it's full of folks happy enough, or used to what they have. It's full of people using technology because they have to, or using an OS because it came installed. A number of things have to be right to really get into that, technological superiority, as we've seen is not enough or else OSX would have the desktop. (I've decided to make it a tradition of plugging OSX in these interviews.)" Read the rest of the interview.
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| 2003-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MEPIS Linux 2003.10.01 |
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The MEPIS Linux project has released an updated to is 2003.10 release to correct installation issues: "Today, MEPIS LLC announced the release of MEPIS Linux 2003.10.01. This is a minor update to 2003.10 CD #1 primarily with changes to address installation time issues. The change log is here. If you have successfully installed MEPIS Linux 2003.10, you do not require this update. If you have never installed MEPIS Linux or if you encountered difficulties installing an earlier version of MEPIS Linux on a particular machine, you are invited and encouraged to try this updated version." The updated ISO is only available via BitTorrent at present, although it should start appearing on mirrors within the next day or two. On a related note, two reviews of MEPIS Linux have been written by users: rccia.tripod.com and crazybaglok.com.
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| 2003-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AL-AMLUG Live CD 0.3 |
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AL-AMLUG Live CD 0.3 is out: "A new version of AL-AMLUG Live CD has been released with new features and packages. Version 0.3 is designed to act as a workstation for persons using temporary computers (when travelling, working in the field or don't own a computer) to access mail and to work with documents and accounts. With a 64MB or higher capacity thumb drive, it acts like a PC with customized user ID to save files and emails and more. It includes KDE, KOffice, Scribus desktop publishing, Opera web browser and email client, Quanta web development tool, Apache, PHP, MySQL, CUPS printer daemon and QTParted (a Partition Magic clone)." Read the complete announcement and visit the distribution's project page for further information and screenshots. Download: al-amlug-livecd-0.3.iso.tar.bz2 (243MB).
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: RUNT 3.1 |
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Version 3.1 of the ResNet USB Network Tester, or RUNT for short, has been released: "RUNT 3.1 has been released. The kernel has been updated to 2.4.23. A module is now available for the Cypress SL811HS USB host controller. I know nothing about this device or what uses it, so I did not include it on the bootdisk for this release. If it would be useful to anyone to be able to boot a USB storage device connected with such a controller, please email me and I will include this in future releases." See the full announcement on the distribution's web site. Download: runt-3.1.zip (48.5MB). RUNT is Slackware-based mini distribution designed to boot and run from a 128 MB USB pen drive.
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Three Months with Slackware Linux |
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OSNews has published a brief summary of their experiences of using Slackware Linux 9.1 for three months: "I think I have used more than 25 Linux distribution versions in the last 4-5 years (more than 12 unique ones). Slackware is the first one that 'stuck' on me. Not because it fixes long term problems with the Unix/X usability or doing anything so different from the rest, but because it is simple, it is easy to understand its 'way', it's stable, and it's easy to install applications. In general, Slackware wins on the edges, it is not that different from the rest, but different enough on the places that count to offer a consistent experience." The full story.
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Linux Review: Gentoo Linux |
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Linux Journal has reviewed the latest version of Gentoo Linux: "Another huge plus that I have found has little to do with the Gentoo distribution itself but the support community and the Gentoo web site. Gentoo's documentation is surprisingly commercial-grade, even more so than some documentation for the commercial distributions. The Gentoo group's reliance on XML and CSS for its Web site gives it a uniform look, feel and implementation. It's clean, robust and functionally usable." The complete story.
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Interview with Andreas Typaldos, Xandros CEO |
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Linux Weekly News has published an interview with the recently appointed CEO of Xandros Corporation, Andreas Typaldos: "We've offered free single-click updates for bug fixes and patches since the initial release of Xandros 1. That policy will not only continue with Xandros 2, but Xandros Desktop users will also have access to one of the world's largest inventories of free Linux software. Xandros Networks is an important sales channel, so expect to hear some interesting announcements about it in the near future. Rest assured that any subscriptions or direct sales will be for real value add, such as version enhancements or third-party software that's been QA'd by Xandros engineers. I should also point out that Xandros provides everything most users need right out of the box and we don't charge for updates to otherwise free software such as OpenOffice.org or the Mozilla communications suite." Read the rest of the interview.
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| 2003-12-04 |
NEW • Review: Bonzai Linux 3.1 |
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The cahtech web site has reviewed the recently released Bonzai Linux 3.1: "The key to Bonzai is that it is a nice small initial download with only the Debian installer creating any delays. Debian gives you a good solid and stable core which is expandable with ease. You can make it into anything you want. It might need more effort as you go along, but it is worth cutting down on the crap. That might be harsh and vulgar, but it is true. Most of the packages that are installed today with a 'full' distribution are dire and often are ignored...if you even know what half of them do." The full review.
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| 2003-12-03 |
NEW • Gentoo: 2004 and Beyond |
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A couple of interesting news items from the Gentoo Linux project. First, an announcement about the launch of three major efforts: Gentoo Linux 2004, Portage-ng and catalyst: "Starting with the next release of Gentoo Linux (Gentoo Linux 2004) Gentoo Linux will move to a quarterly release schedule. More info is available in the Roadmap for Gentoo Linux 2004. In addition, we're pleased to announce the start of development on 'portage-ng', the successor to the ever-popular portage package manager." The second announcement concerns a security breach on the rsync.gentoo.org server: "On 2 December at approximately 03:45 UTC, one of the servers that makes up the rsync.gentoo.org rotation was compromised via a remote exploit." Read both announcements on the Gentoo Linux home page.
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| 2003-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: UHU Linux 1.1 RC 1 |
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The first release candidate of UHU Linux 1.1, code name "Barack" is now available. Major changes: "Major changes: Lots of cleanups and patches, especially around kernel (upgraded to 2.4.23, support for IEEE1394 and a whole lot more), glibc (Oracle 9i can be installed now), gcc (include objc, java, fortran and pascal compilers), samba, apache, php, and the printing system. Added missing menu entries for most of the applications. Many bugfixes and feature enhancements in the installer, including better XF86Config generation. Ability to test the integrity of the CD (or ISO image) without knowing its checksum. Graphical splash screen added for the boot loaders. Brand new boot floppy now also includes GRUB with network support as well as the Smart Boot Manager." The full announcement (in Hungarian). Download: uhu-linux-1.1-rc1.iso (651MB).
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| 2003-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: PCLinuxOS Preview 4 |
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Texstar's PCLinuxOS has now entered its 4th preview stage: "I was going to wait until the mirrors synced up to post anything about it but the cat is out of the bag. Preview 4 ISO has been posted and should start appearing as soon as the mirrors sync up which should take a day or so. A lot of things need to be tested in this release." See the rest of the forum post for more details. PCLinuxOS is a community based non-profit distribution initially based on Mandrake Linux. Just think of it as Mandrake Linux enhanced by Texstar on a single bootable live CD with 1.5GB of desktop applications and the ability to install right to your hard drive with everything ready to work out of the box. NVIDIA drivers, Flash, Java, urpmi setup, and of course all the cool application updates by Texstar. Download: pclinuxos-1130.iso (648MB).
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| 2003-12-02 |
NEW • Moving from Red Hat to Mandrake |
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This article by NewsForge might be useful for those considering a switch from the now discontinued Red Hat Linux to another distribution - in this case to Mandrake Linux 9.2: "The Thanksgiving weekend is over and I'm riding a new Linux horse. The major difference between my new steed and the old one is that Mandrake Linux has not given up on the Linux desktop, while Red Hat apparently has. I've had a few minor bumps thus far in the migration from Red Hat to MandrakeLinux, but no more than might be expected. It will take me a little bit of time and effort to become as familiar with urpmi and the Mandrake configuration tools as I've become with the Red Hat counterparts, but all the signs point to no loss at all in functionality, security, or ease of use." The full story.
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| 2003-12-02 |
NEW • Libranet 2.8.1 Flagship Edition - Distro Review |
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Another review of Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1 has been published by linmagau.org: "There certainly are faults, I won't deny them, the memory footprint of a newly installed system is quite large when you've become used to 2.7's, and unfortunately some packages from the pool that Libranet uses are quite unstable, but this is quite simply my favourite distribution. For those of you that loved the time of releases like Red Hat 6.2, when you could use a standard desktop without worrying about what's completely different in a distribution, you'll breathe a sigh of relief with Libranet. ... At the end of the day, a great piece of work." The complete review with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-02 |
NEW • Linux Desktop Distro Shootout Part II: Libranet Review |
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OSNews has reviewed Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8.1: "Meanwhile, back at the main box, I was engaged in an ongoing struggle to find something else to complain about. Wasn't having much luck either. Once I had gotten it installed, and the video setup straightened out, nothing else had caused any problem of any kind on my main system. So I thought I would try something dangerous. Libranet claims that it is 100%, no holds barred, smack dab on target compatible with debian. I decided to test that, so I opened a console and did the apt-get update, apt-get install, apt-get upgrade thing. Left it on all night and went to bed." The 3-page review starts here.
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| 2003-12-01 |
NEW • Review: SUSE LINUX 9.0 Professional |
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The Inquirer has published a review of SUSE LINUX 9.0 Professional, entitled "SUSE LINUX Pro 9.0 screeches out of Fernando's Hideaway": "I give SUSE LINUX Pro 9.0 four Fernandos in my 'one to five' product scoring scale. Our editor promises he will have a nice graphic scoreboard with 'tiny little faces of me' ready soon, for your admiration and horror. If they fixed the 'end user experience' - that is, the default install selections - and got rid of the linuxspeak like LindowsOS has done, this would be a perfect linux for everyone. Until then, I think SUSE 9.0 Pro is the best linux distro you can get, for people who already have Linux experience, and for someone looking for a quality distro to deploy into a workplace." The full review.
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| 2003-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: MandrakeMove RC |
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MandrakeSoft has announced a new product - MandrakeMove, a bootable live CD based on Mandrake Linux 9.2: "The MandrakeMove Download Edition is a new product based on Mandrake Linux 9.2 which provides a complete personal desktop operating system on a bootable CD. With MandrakeMove, bring your Mandrake Linux system everywhere: demo it, use it to connect to the Internet, listen to MP3s, watch DivX movies -- the possibilities are endless! In addition, the MandrakeMove Boxed Edition provides the ability to save configuration and personal data to a USB key. There's no need to install a system before using it: MandrakeMove runs 'on the fly' directly from a CD on any supported PC." More information on the MandrakeMove page. Download the first release candidate: MandrakeMove-rc-i586.iso (615MB).
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| 2003-12-01 |
NEW • Hola, ADIOS Boot CD |
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NewsForge has published an overview of the recently released ADIOS Linux Boot CD 2.00: "If you dismiss the ADIOS Linux Boot CD as just another bootable Linux live CD, you might be missing out on an interesting project with several unique characteristics. Which other distribution provides users with a pre-configured User Mode Linux so that you can run several new instances of Linux within the existing system? Which one comes with a kernel patched with all the latest security safeguards? Can you name another live CD that gives a choice to boot into Security-enhanced Linux, a Linux kernel developed by the National Security Agency (NSA)? Or boot with the Linux Intrusion Detection System turned on?" Read on....
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| 2003-12-01 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 26 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly:- One year of number crunching: a light-hearted look at popularity of Linux and Linux distributions in various countries
- Upcoming releases: CollegeLinux 2.5, e-smith SME Server 6.0, Linux-Live 3.9.1.0, Libranet GNU/Linux 3.0
- New additions: AL-AMLUG, Aleader, BrlSpeak, INSERT, NordisKNOPPIX
- Adelie Linux, Feather Linux, JoLinux, Knoppel, Linux Live-CD Router
- And more...
On to DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 26...
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| 2002-12-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Alt Linux 2.2beta (Master) |
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A beta version of the upcoming Alt Linux 2.2 has been released. It features GNOME 2.1, KDE 3.1rc5, Linux Kernel 2.4.20, GCC 3.2.1 and font anti-aliasing via libXft2 in most applications. There are three ISO images to download: d1.iso (644MB), d2.iso (625MB) and d3.iso (495MB) and if you wish to help with beta testing, the ALT Bugtracker is the place to report bugs. As this is the last post of the year, I'd like to express my gratitude to all of you who have supported DistroWatch with your donations, sponsorship deals and bug reports and I wish all of you a happy and prosperous New Year 2003. Be sure to visit these pages often as we keep following the exciting world of Linux distribution development for many more years to come!
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| 2002-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Gentoo Linux 1.4_rc2 |
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The latest edition of the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter (GWN) reports that a second release candidate of Gentoo Linux 1.4 is to be released on the final day of 2002: "The last release candidate prior to the final version of Gentoo Linux 1.4 is scheduled to be released on December 31st. As several Gentoo users have already discovered, most of the 1.4_rc2 files have already been placed on ibiblio. Last minute additions to rc2 not ready at press time included some finishing touches to the installation CDs (LiveCDs) and documentation. New to the 1.4_rc2 release are: the first release of the Gentoo Reference Platform (GRP) -- a collection of ebuilds specifically tested for stability; new LiveCDs with increased hardware support, better technology and more eye candy; upgraded versions of gcc, binutils, portage and many other packages. Users interested in living on the bleeding edge can see the new LiveCD technology in action by trying out one of the experimental LiveCDs." The newsletter also gives information about the stable 1.4 release scheduled for 14 January, just in time for LinuxWorld New York.
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| 2002-12-28 |
NEW • Review: Mandrake Linux 9.0 |
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TechSeekers looks at Mandrake Linux 9.0 in this 7-page review: "Mandrake is pure Linux with a really nice configuration utility. However my first impressions of it were not good. All the icons promoting Mandrake sites on the desktop are unnecessary and take up space. They were deleted quickly. The menu should be better thought out, something Red Hat has done with its newest 8.0 offering. Red Hat 7.3's menu layout was nearly as bad as Mandrakes. Although i do have to give Mandrake credit for their 'What To Do' menu item. Now if only they'd use that as the main menu they would be in a better position, however I'd guess they'd get slated for doing that instead. It's a no win situation and they took the best of both worlds, a fully featured menu with a easy to use menu built in. There is something to be said about catering for everyone." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2002-12-28 |
NEW • Development Release: ESware365 1.9beta |
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A new development version of ESware Linux was released just before Christmas and these are the principal new features of the 1.9beta: "New installation features (graphical with html) - see it online here; new ssh remote installation; new hardware detection system; new text installation; new update software tool e-pad; ESware network, a new integrated web user workspace (registered users only); KDE3 GNOME2... and much more." ESware is a Spanish distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and if you understand Spanish, you can find a lot more information on the ESware's web site. Download: esware365-1.9b.iso (545MB).
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| 2002-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPCop 1.2.0 |
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This announcement was presented to the IPCop users' mailing list: "It was late Christmas Day and all was quiet in Santa's workshop. A warm fire crackling in the fireplace illuminating the room with a flickering red glow. Suddenly the door opened and into a burst of snow and wind. Through this cloud trudge in a familiar figure, his red suit covered with ice, soot, and snow. Shutting the door behind him, he lumbered over towards the fire and just stood there for a moment slowly thawing out in front of the warm flames. Then he stretched and started unfastening his coat and boots so he could get properly warm and dry...". The rest of the announcement, the changelog, release notes and download: ipcop-1.2.0.iso (22MB).
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| 2002-12-24 |
NEW • Announcing the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter |
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The Gentoo Linux community has produced the first issue of its new weekly newsletter: "The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is intended to give users of Gentoo one source of information about Gentoo. The GWN summarizes the key events in the Gentoo Linux project each week and presents them in a clear, concise format. With sections covering general news, security, bugs, portage and other topics, the GWN should offer something for everyone. Initially, the GWN will be distributed via web and mailing list formats, with additional formats being considered based on your feedback. To subscribe to the GWN mailing list, send a blank email to gentoo-gwn-subscribe@gentoo.org. The GWN will also be available in English and Spanish, with other languages becoming available as translators join the team." You can access the newsletter here.
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| 2002-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Linux 8.1 Beta 1 |
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Just in time to interfere with our last-minute Christmas shopping - an unexpected new beta release from Red Hat, code-named "Phoebe" and numbered as 8.0.92 has hit the mirrors. According to the RELEASE-NOTES, some of the more significant changes include a new boot diskette layout, modified Red Hat bootstrap process, restructured XFree86 configuration, detection of existing Red Hat installations, the ability to take installation screenshots and upgraded GNU parted disk partitioning program. Also, the minimal installation now requires more than a single CD. Download links: phoebe-i386-disc1.iso (622MB), phoebe-i386-disc2.iso (642MB), phoebe-i386-disc3.iso (607MB). Thank you, Red Hat, for the surprise Christmas present!
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| 2002-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MSC.Linux November 2002 |
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The November 2002 release from MSC.Linux is now available for i686 processors. This brief announcement, claiming LSB certification, is the only indication of the new release. "MSC.Linux is the definitive cluster distribution designed for the most demanding computational environments in engineering and life sciences. If you're lucky enough to have to build a cluster, this is the distribution for you." The changelog and download: msccdrom.iso (696MB).
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| 2002-12-20 |
NEW • MandrakeSoft's Future |
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"Many of you have followed the evolution of MandrakeSoft throughout the past few years. Everyone who is concerned with the company's future is encouraged to read and distribute the following message. ... If you are concerned about MandrakeSoft's future, this is the time to mobilize! Three options are available: 1) Join the MandrakeClub or upgrade your current membership level. If you use Mandrake Linux day to day, now is the ideal time to purchase a Mandrake Club membership or upgrade your current Club membership. The Club offers many valuable services while membership fees are used to directly finance MandrakeSoft's development efforts. 2) Purchase products & support at MandrakeStore. Many products are available, including - of course - the Mandrake Linux distribution, security appliances, support packs, and also goodies. You will certainly find a product that suits your current needs. 3) Help the current Increase of Capital. Maybe you are a qualified investor, or you can convince qualified investors to participate. Remember, MandrakeSoft is a company close to profitability, with an attractive value, with impressive business growth in a promising market, and with reputable products that are sold in more than 135 countries. The distribution is also number one in several countries in terms of number of users. If you are a qualified investor who would like to participate in the current round of financing, please contact investors@mandrakesoft.com with the amount you wish to invest." The complete message.
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| 2002-12-20 |
NEW • OFB's Penguin Shootout: Xandros Desktop 1.0 |
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Open For Business is running a "penguin shootout" of the major Linux distributions, one of which will walk away with the OFB award for the best distribution. Xandros Desktop is the first one in the review lineup: "All of this considered, Xandros is still a real contender for those requiring an easy migration path from Windows that includes support for some legacy applications (such as Office 2000). In many cases, running Windows software under Linux is not necessary, still there are times when the need does arise, and for those cases, Xandros is definitely a drop-in solution." You can read the review here and we look forward to the rest of the reviews and the announcement of the award winner.
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| 2002-12-20 |
NEW • Suse Linux 8.1 Professional Review |
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The LinuxFormat magazine has made some of their magazine reviews available online - this one (in PDF) is a full review of SuSE Linux 8.1 Professional: "Over the last ten years, SuSE's distribution has matured into a polished product for the professional user. It is the fine detail which sets this distribution apart from the rest -- the little touches that make the system easier, and more enjoyable to use. 10 years ago, few dreamt that SuSE, and Linux, would be where they are today -- so, with that in mind, SuSE can look forward to the next ten years with a solid product base on which to build." Get the rest of the review here (PDF).
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| 2002-12-19 |
NEW • Interview with Robert Lange, Vector Linux |
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The tinyminds.org web site has published an interview with Robert S Lange, the creator and lead developer of Vector Linux: "Vector's popularity stems from the large base of old hardware users. All of the major distros have pretty much abandoned the old hardware users so I think I have a real responsibility to keep the Vector Linux option open to those people. Vector has really branched into two systems; one for the old hardware and one for the new hardware. As long as I can keep my sanity I will do my best to maintain both areas. The big distros are going great guns to hide the inner workings of Linux to lure the paying MS minions into a far better experience. This is all well and good, but I would like to keep Vector Linux around for people that want to learn their operating system and really get the most out of it at the risk of getting their hands dirty." Nice interview, see the rest here.
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| 2002-12-19 |
NEW • User Review of Slacware Linux 8.1 |
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Slackware Linux is the oldest surviving Linux distribution; its beginnings precede even the Linux Kernel 1.0. With the advent of newer, flashier and more commercialised distributions, all vying for media attention, it is easy to forget why Slackware is here and why it has been around for such a long time. Let us revisit the simple principles which make up the Slackware distribution and take a look at how ten years of development have changed it.
The review...
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| 2002-12-19 |
NEW • Review: Mandrake Linux 9.0 |
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UnixReview has published a comprehensive review of Mandrake Linux 9.0: "While I can't say that I've found the perfect Linux distribution with Mandrake 9.0, it is certainly one that I would recommend to my friends looking to try their first Linux. It is easy to install, easy to use, and friendly. With its great collection of games, desktop productivity and office applications, as well as 3D and multimedia support, it makes the transition from Windows pretty painless. In terms of cost, if you can't get a friend to pass you a copy or your Internet connection isn't suitable for downloading three CDs, putting out $30 for a boxed set isn't too hard on the pocket book either. For the businesses out there, the friendliness of the Mandrake desktop makes it a great transitional tool. Given that Mandrake Linux is Linux, it's also an excellent server solution." Read the complete review here.
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| 2002-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Arch Linux 0.4 |
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Arch Linux 0.4, code named "dragon", has been released: "We are pleased to present Arch 0.4 to the public for general consumption. This release comes with KDE 3.1rc5 and GNOME 2.0.2 as well as the latest versions of all our usual packages. Dragon still provides a streamlined package set (323 packages) but if you want more you can always access our unofficial package repository, which has about 350 more packages and is growing fast. Happy holidays!" The announcement, changelog, package list, documentation and download: arch-0.4.iso (543MB).
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| 2002-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: YOPER 3.2.1 RC2 |
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The second release candidate of YOPER 3.2.1 is out: "Yoper Limited, the New Zealand Linux company, is proud to announce Release Candidate 2 of Ydesktop...The sky-rocket-like success of Ydesktop-rc1 is proof that a desktop oriented OS does not have to be closed software, or expensive, to deliver extreme performance, cool eye-candy and ease of use. The user feedback has been enormous and so many positive emails, especially from Linux newbies, are making this newcomer the top contender for the Linux desktop crown of 2003." Visit YOPER's much improved web site to read the announcement and to download the new ISO image: ydesktop-i686-3.2.1.iso (654MB).
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| 2002-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: JAMD Linux 0.0.4 |
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A new version of JAMD Linux has been released. Changes: "JAMD now has an update system; apt and Synaptic are what I am using for software management, and are going to be the basis for adding additional components; other minor cleanups." Read the complete announcement. JAMD is a Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux, but recompiled for the i686 architecture. It includes many user-friendly modifications, such as a 4-step installation process; visit the following links for more information: JAMD Linux web site, FAQs, documentation and screenshots.
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| 2002-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 |
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Woody's first revision - Debian 3.0r1 is out. The revisions of Debian's stable branches are released to incorporate all security updates and critical bug fixes since the last stable release and this one is no exception. The following major packages were affected: the Linux Kernel (the default Kernel upgraded to 2.2.22), apache, ethereal, fetchmail, gaim, glibc, kdelibs, php, postfix, python, samba, snort and xinetd, among many others; see the complete ChangeLog for details. More information about Debian 3.0r1 can be found on this page maintained by the release manager of the Debian's stable branch. As usual, the ISO images will take a few more days to appear, but you can start upgrading your Woody installation straight away.
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| 2002-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 1.0 |
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CRUX 1.0 has been released: "See the change log for a complete list of new and updated packages. Go to the download section to download the ISO image. Please use a mirror." You can get the ISO image from here: crux-1.0.iso (189MB). CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system which makes it easy to install and upgrade applications.
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| 2002-12-13 |
NEW • Original Review: Libranet 2.7 - Debian Made Easy |
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Libranet GNU/Linux, a commercial Linux distribution based on Debian, has been given increasingly positive coverage in Linux media. Its recipe for success is simple - it attempts to remedy some of the often cited shortcomings of Debian proper, by providing a simple installer, user-friendly system configuration tools and up-to-date selection of software packages. Combine that with a friendly user community and you have a winner. Let us investigate what Libranet is about and why you should give it a serious thought when choosing your Linux distribution.
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| 2002-12-12 |
NEW • Original Article: Review of Xandros Desktop 1.0 |
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Xandros Desktop Linux has emerged. From the brightness of many minds of talented developers, through the darkness of processor cycles, the millions of lines of code have been transformed into an elegant-looking CD containing a complete operating system for your computer. The goals have been clearly defined by Xandros: this product is for all of us. It's no longer necessary to be a computer enthusiast or a geek in order to run Linux; Xandros has designed it so that anyone can install it and be immediately productive. That was the vision. Let's set out and discover how far Xandros has gone in making the Linux desktop a reality.
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| 2002-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MandrakeSecurity MNF |
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This just in, as pre-announced on MandrakeClub's web site: a new product from Mandrake, called "MandrakeSecurity Multi Network Firewall" has been released. "MandrakeSoft's integrated network security solution, Multi Network Firewall (MNF), combines firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN), intrusion detection, and traffic management functions into an easy-to-use product. Through a secure Web interface which utilizes finely-tuned wizards, network administrators can easily build a network, define access rules, filter and monitor Internet content, and perform administration tasks." More on this page with further links to product features. Home users can get it and use it for free under GPL, but companies will require a license costing US$1,990. Download: MandrakeSecurity-MNF.i586.iso (250MB).
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| 2002-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClarkConnect 1.2 |
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The ClarkConnect team has released a new version of this popular broadband gateway - ClarkConnect 1.2. Changes: "Based on Red Hat 7.3; virtual host support for the Apache web server; virtual host support for the Postfix mail server; additional configuration options in the web-based administration; updated firewall; bandwidth limiter; new look and feel; Red Hat 7.3 updates to December 1, 2002; Postfix has replaced the Exim mail server." Some useful links to find out more: product description and features, list of changes, install options (CD-ROM and network installations are supported), upgrading information and download: clarkconnect-1.2.iso (176MB). The commercial version of ClarkConnect Broadband Getaway, called ClarkConnect Office is scheduled for release later this week.
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| 2002-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 3.1-2002-12-07 |
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A new build of KNOPPIX 3.1, numbered 3.1-2002-12-07, has been released. Changes include upgrade to Linux Kernel 2.4.20 with XFS and JFS patches and return to GNOME2. Other items from the CHANGELOG: automatic desktop icons for USB storage devices, PCMCIA workarounds for Dell notebooks, DRI support for some ATI graphics cards. As for package updates, Gnumeric, IceWm, ImageMagick, Mozilla and WINE, among many others, have been updated to later versions. Download it here: KNOPPIX_V3.1-EN.iso (701MB), KNOPPIX_V3.1-DE.iso (701MB) or from one of the many mirror sites.
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| 2002-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Lycoris Build 66 Beta |
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Another new development release of Lycoris Desktop/LX - Build 66. Changes: "Added eval to AfterSysInitBeforeGUI in SysVinit-scripts; added default cursor blink on vc's; rllibs no longer removes /tmp/.rlupdate_cache_100; new login top for kdm; new pictures from youssef ismail - organic light photography; changed default screensaver to youssef's images; updated windows icon image; updated printer defs in foomatic; added lexar cf reader unusual_dev entry; added hpijs 1.3; new booting/rebooting/shutdown messages; upgraded kbd to 1.06, samba to 2.2.7; rlupdate no longer updates packages with pluses [+] in their name; rlupdate automatically updates devtools and ppak, if installed; added kdialog --licensebox, cosmetic fixes to --inputbox; updated license to show update 3 beta." The usual links: changelog, build 66 bugs forum and download: cd1_en_binary.iso (530MB).
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| 2002-12-07 |
NEW • Xandros is Managing Well, Thank You |
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Consulting Times has published an overview of XFM, a star feature of Xandros Desktop 1.0: "A major technical achievement of XFM is that it is built for truly asynchronous operation. Unlike Windows Explorer, XFM does not block (hang) when doing an operation, such as browsing a network location. You can click to open a large remote folder and keep working while it is being opened. Any file operations (such as copy, move, delete or download) are also implemented asynchronously. You can start large file transfer and keep using XFM. You can even initiate multiple file operations and then close XFM without an impact on these." The complete story with some interesting screenshots.
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| 2002-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: YOPER 3.2.1 RC |
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YOPER (Your Operating System) is a brand new Linux distribution: "Yoper Limited (a New Zealand Operating System Company) is proud to announce the first public release (release candidate) of Ydesktop. This is the first part of Your Operating System that Yoper Limited is developing. This Operating System contains the latest software, which includes Linux-2.4.20, KDE-3.1-rc5, Mozilla 1.1 and OpenOffice. The CD is optimized for i686 and higher X86 CPU's. The final release will contain KDE-3.1 and Mozilla 1.2.1 and other updated packages." YOPER was originally based on Linux From Scratch, it uses Slackware's TGZ package format with support for RPMs and DEBs and employs Red Hat's kudzu for hardware detection. Find out more on the distribution's home page. Download: ydesktop-i686-3.2.1.iso (595MB).
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| 2002-12-05 |
NEW • Interview with Klaus Knopper of KNOPPIX |
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OSNews talks to Klaus Knopper about his CD-ROM based Linux distribution known as KNOPPIX: "How does the KNOPPIX boot process differ from a conventional hard drive based Linux install? Klaus Knopper: A Ramdisk is used as root file system. The first part consists in actually identifying the CD-ROM (loading SCSI drivers) where the CD is located, and mounting the compressed loopback file KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX. Then a script is run for identifying all supported hardware components, generating links in /dev and config files. After that, the boot process does not differ much from a harddisk-installed version." The four-part interview starts here.
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| 2002-12-05 |
NEW • Xandros Desktop 1.0 Review |
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OSNews has posted a new user review of Xandros Desktop 1.0: "So what do I think? Is it worth it? No easy answer here. At $99.00, Xandros is one of the more expensive distros out there. But that's still less than any legal copy of Windows, except maybe an upgrade CD. If you're a Windows user who's looking for a stable, easy-to-use introduction to Linux, I'd say 'yes', this is worth it. Plus you can keep Windows and set up a dual-boot. If this describes you, I'd say 'go for it!' My summary: Installation is a breeze and most normal computing tasks are easy and fairly Windows-like. This distro is crying for a firewall, and as mentioned above, the CD-burning program is as basic as it gets. Overall, I give it an 8 out of 10. It's a winner." The full story.
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| 2002-12-05 |
NEW • Red Hat vs. SuSE Linux |
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ZDNet sets out to compare the latest versions of Red Hat and SuSE Linux in terms of suitability as a Windows replacement. SuSE Linux is declared the winner: "SuSE Linux 8.1 is an extremely friendly choice for Windows users. If you're switching or dual-booting, make this distribution your first choice. SuSE Linux 8.1 offers the best-looking Linux desktop OS around. It's also easy to use and well organized, and it performs adequately. Its installation process is so smooth and uncluttered, in fact, that this alone merits a chance from Windows die-hards." The story starts here and it continues with this detailed Red Hat review as well as a SuSE review.
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| 2002-12-04 |
NEW • Lindows 3.0 More Stable |
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ExtremeTech revisits the LindowsOS in this new review: "The Lindows folks have accomplished much of what they set out to do. They've delivered a Linux distro that's easy for newbies to install, attractive and makes it possible for neophytes to use Linux as a desktop operating system. While the amount of software in the Click'NRun library isn't as large as we want, it still provides a lot of value. Normal (i.e. non-techie) users will find that it covers a lot of their day-to-day needs. We recommend Lindows as the best Linux OS for newbies who do not need extensive Windows software support." Click here to read the review and to see some LindowsOS screenshots.
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| 2002-12-04 |
NEW • Review: Slackware Linux 8.1 |
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UnixReview has taken a look at the latest version of Slackware Linux: "If you're looking for a distro that will do everything for you, with wizards to configure everything, you might want to look elsewhere. If you're looking for a solid Linux distro to run a server or to make use of an older machine or machines, give Slackware a try first. The setup and install are pretty easy, so if you're comfortable with text-based administration tools and configuration files, you'll probably like Slackware. Overall, Slackware is very easy to install and use, even without the GUI tools for installation and maintenance. I give Slack a big thumbs up for anyone who wants a rock-solid Linux distro without all the cruft." The complete review.
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| 2002-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Lycoris Build 65 Beta |
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Build 65 is a brand new beta release from Lycoris: "Now that we had a [relatively] stable beta build in 64, it's time to give you lots of [buggy?] new features! without further ado, we give you: fixed visor.o zire loading; added Sony Clie N760C kernel support; added autoconf-compat to devtools; added more mime types to ark; removed am-utils 'in sync' syslog msg; added ttyUSBx devices; xine default skin now celomachrome; updated kdm login background; upgraded grub to 0.92, changed bootlogo; updated kernel bootlogo; upgraded acpid to 1.0.1; added new intro viewlet; removed the linked file view from the view management profile; added -s to amd mount option; added brief notification screen to rlinstall; added pda icon; fixed automounter upgrade bug; added AfterSysInitBeforeGUI reg entry support; new korganizer alarmd icons." The announcement also mentions a possibility of stable Amethyst Update 3 being released by Friday. Download: cd1_en_binary.iso (528MB) and bug reports: Build 65 Bugs Forum.
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| 2002-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: ClarkConnect 1.2 Beta |
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ClarkConnect 1.2 Beta is now available. Changes: "The internal workings of ClarkConnect have changed quite a bit. We are a few steps closer to publishing the 'Black Box API' -- this will allow us and others to develop software faster and better. Based on Red Hat 7.3; virtual host support for the Apache web server; virtual host support for the Postfix mail server; additional configuration options in the web-based administration; updated firewall; bandwidth limiter; new look and feel; Red Hat 7.3 updates to December 1, 2002; Postfix has replaced the Exim mail server." The complete list of changes, bug fixes, known issues and bug reporting procedure can be found on the ClarkConnect 1.2 beta page. Download: clarkconnect-1.2.beta.iso (176MB).
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| 2002-12-02 |
NEW • DistroWatch Clean Up |
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It's almost the end of the year and time for a little clean up. Those distributions that did not produce any release during the entire year and which do not appear to have any active development branches will be moved onto the Inactive Distributions page. The following distributions will be affected: BYO Linux (the last record in their changelog is dated January 2001), OEone (it seems to have started as a full distribution, but it has changed its focus and became a "desktop environment" for Red Hat and Mandrake) and Red Office (a Chinese product, version 0.98 was a complete distribution, but nowadays the developers seem to focus on modifying OpenOffice.org for Chinese use.) Other distributions under consideration are LASER5, Madeinlinux and Xteam who have not produced any new releases for far too long, although their respective web sites are still reasonably active. If you know something I don't or if you have any objections, please voice them now, before the year 2002 is over.
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| 2002-12-02 |
NEW • Review of LindowsOS 3.0 |
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And another one on LindowsOS, which couldn't escape Eugenia's critical eyes (no, I didn't think she would really quit working on OSNews either :-): "Whatever Lindows.com tries to tell you about CnR, I proved and mentioned above that it is not perfect, neither it includes the whole range of quality applications found in the Linux development community and market. CnR feels restricted (not many apps, neither newest versions), limited (not enough CnR-application options, UI is weird at times) and buggy (crashed it twice already, StarOffice was a pig to get it installed with fast cable line). It is unfortunate that the default installation of LindowsOS has very few applications in it. The whole deal sounds like 'we don't put many apps in the OS, so you will buy the CnR services'." A recommended read, a highly amusing, geek's view of a supposedly nongeek-friendly Linux-based OS.
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| 2002-12-01 |
NEW • Lindows: Beyond Windows, Before Linux |
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InformationWeek's Fred Langa test-drives the latest version of this Linux-based Windows work-alike operating system to see if it's ready for prime time: "It's a little overstated -- but only a little -- to think of Lindows as 'Linux with training wheels'. To be sure, experienced Linux users probably won't like it. But it could be a good choice for people whose only previous computing experience has been with Windows or for people and businesses looking for the smallest possible initial speed bump in transitioning to a Linux environment from Windows. Lindows is easy to set up and use -- and that goes a long way toward making converts." The 4-page story starts here. The author has also set up a user forum for Lindows users to voice opinions and share experiences.
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| 2001-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Mandrake 8.1 |
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TUXREPORTS.COM: "This distribution is miles ahead of our expectations. DrakX continues to be an awesome tool for beginers. MandrakeFirstTime is a wonderful wizard for setting up themes, choosing a graphical environment, and helping set up the Internet Connections. The Control Center continues to be improved. MandrakeUpdate is an idea that will be enhanced (again, failed dependencies can be identified therefore the OS should be able to find them and install them along with the new software!)" Read the full review of Mandrake Linux 8.1 as produced by the TUXREPORTS team. Also, don't forget to visit our Mandrake page for more information about Mandrake Linux!
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| 2001-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Mandrake 8.1 |
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The Register: "Mandrake 8.1 easier than Win-XP. ...Other virtues include the simple pleasure of 'getting clean' following years of addiction to the Microsoft upgrade dependency scam. The sweet sensation of rehabilitation alone is worth the purchase price. If you'd like to eXPerience that sensation, Mandrake 8.1 is, hands down, the easiest way to get started." The full Mandrake 8.1 installation experience, with a large doze of British humour, can be found right here.
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| 2001-12-16 |
NEW • Site Changes |
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Lack of updates. In the process of re-coding the site with PHP, I hat to give up some of the regular updates of the site - my apologies for that. The recent releases of ASP Linux 7.2, LASER5 Linux 7.2 and Kondara MNU/Linux 2.1 will appear on DistroWatch. I am currently getting all the data into a MySQL database so maintaining the static HTML pages is no longer a priority. The current HTML to PHP transformation will not be done overnight, but when it's done, the site will offer a more complete picture of the distributions, it will track close to 200 packages in more than 60 Linux distributions. Other requested features, such as searches, queries, ability to sort the tables and mailing lists will also follow. So, thank you for your patience and keep visiting DistroWatch!
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| 2001-12-08 |
NEW • Making Distributions |
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It is not easy to create a new and complete distribution without a considerable amount of experience. Redmond Linux has announced the shipping date of its distribution to be on 1 December, yet there are still no traces of the finished product on any of the mirrors. Gentoo Linux has been in a "release candidate" state for many months. The well-received Libranet Linux has been promising a new release in their newsletters since August, but still no luck. These three distributions attracted plenty of interest here, indicating that there is room for new distributions. Some other new ones have also been mentioned - Voodoo Linux, a Red Hat-based distribution was announced, but very little information or download links have been provided.
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| 2001-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Beehive 0.4.4 |
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Speaking of smaller distributions, Beehive Linux is apparently one of the more successful stories, now permanently occupying the number 6 position in our page hit ranking. Beehive has also announced a new release, version 0.4.4, after a "mismatch with the ReiserFS tools on the 0.4.3 CD image". A fix has been posted. New 0.4.3a ISO image (612MB) is now available and a brand new 0.4.4 ISO image with many updates should be up in a few days. As usual, more information on the Beehive page.
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| 2001-12-08 |
NEW • Asian Distributions Update |
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Some updates from the Asian Linux distribution front. Linpus Linux has released version 8.1 in Taiwan and Hong Kong, offering a host of journaling file systems and a new enhanced selection of Input Method Editors for Asian languages. Two new Japanese releases have also been announced - Omoikane GNU/Linux, a Debian Woody-based distribution released version 2.0, while LASER5 Linux has announced the release on 14 December of version 7.2 of their Red Hat-based distribution.
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| 2001-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Review: SuSE 7.3 PPC |
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TuxPPC: "Considering all the positive aspects of SuSE Linux, rapidity, stability, ease of use, enormous amount of included software, the manuals and last but not least the free 60 day installation support, I think SuSE Linux has made it's way to being the best retail Linux distribution currently available for PowerPC machines." Read the complete review of SuSE Linux PowerPC Edition 7.3 here. The product is not yet available for free download, but can be purchased from SuSE's online store (US$79.95). For more information, please visit the SuSE PowerPC page and this site's SuSE and PPC Distributions pages.
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