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| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 67, 20 September 2004 |
Welcome to this year's 37th edition of DistroWatch Weekly. We have a screenshots galore for you in this edition after an exciting week which was marked by the birth of Ubuntu Linux and arrival of Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community, among several other interesting releases. Enjoy!
Content:
Birth of Ubuntu Linux, release of Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community
 Lots of interesting things have been happening lately on the Linux distribution scene. Ubuntu Linux has stormed into public consciousness like no other distribution before. Within the first four days of its existence, the ubuntu-users mailing list generated over 700 posts, many of which came from well-known open source developers, now working on Ubuntu Linux. This is a high-profile mailing list you want to subscribe to, even if you are not interested in the distribution itself. We'll have more on Ubuntu Linux in this Thursday's edition of Linux Weekly News.
Ubuntu Linux, with GNOME 2.8, has stormed into public consciousness like no other distribution before
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 In the meantime, everybody's favourite desktop Linux distribution has done it again - Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community was released last week. If you are a Mandrakeclub member you can get the installation ISO images via BitTorrent, otherwise you will need to do an install/upgrade over the network. The Spidertools web site is the first one with a review of Mandrakelinux 10.1; as expected, they've found a few bugs, but nothing too serious to spoil the enjoyment from the new release. As always, the Community edition is for those who are capable of solving a few problems that weren't caught during the beta cycle, so if you prefer a rock-solid product, you should wait for the release of the Official edition, which is expected in about a month from now.
 Slackware's package browser is now working again: "For some time now the Package Browser at Slackware.com has not been working.... This is no longer the case and we now have a shiny new Package Browser to use, courtesy of Andreas Liebschner. I talked to Andreas via email to get some background and info on both PB and himself. The story goes like this...." See this userlocal.com article for more information. The newly refurbished Slackware Package Browser can be accessed here.
 Two interesting Gentoo-related news items appeared last week. Firstly, a Gentoo Survey was announced "to get some feedback from Gentoo Linux users and give us a feel on how Gentoo is being used and what we can do to improve". Secondly, if you find the Gentoo installation procedure too tedious, there is a new independently developed option, courtesy of the Gentoo Installation System (GIS) project: "GIS (Gentoo Installation System) is a menu-based boot disk or boot CD that installs the Gentoo Linux distribution on your PC almost automatically. It intends to be compliant with the Gentoo Handbook installation." GIS is still in development, but the first stable version is now in sight.
 It has not been announced on Linare.com, but Linare Linux 2.0 has been uploaded to Ibiblio.org and its mirrors, and is available for free download. Linare Linux is a commercial Linux distribution based on Fedora Core. It is sold through the distribution's online store for US$40, or as a pre-installed operating system on some low cost PCs. Linare Linux is "a complete coalition of Internet software that offers you intuitive communications capabilities. Built-in tools let you be productive immediately. Linare provides a luscious, glossy look, across every application and the utilities you need to control and customize your system. Best of all, it just works." Visit Linare's product pages for more information.
Linare Linux 2.0 - a commercial, Fedora-based distribution, now available for free download
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 OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt has been talking to Computer World Australia about software security: "Microsoft’s security problems have to do with its web client which probably has 300 to 500 vulnerabilities in it which a firewall will never block as they are all in http, all inside a TCP session and a packet filter does not help you. And when you get to some of the more obscure things like the way it does ActiveX and the way it does cookie handling and the way it does zones. These things are a continual trap for the company and all the security knowledge that is protecting us in the UNIX world is useless for it." Read the interesting interview here.
Finally, a note on Ibiblio.org. We have seen it happening over and over again in recent weeks: many of the distribution's ISO images on Ibiblio.org are corrupt or incomplete. As the world's largest repository of Free Software, many Linux users turn to Ibiblio to download the latest distribution releases. Unfortunately, we have been getting many complaints about unbootable or uninstallable ISO images downloaded from Ibiblio.org. It is always a good idea to check md5sums of any large download, but in case of Ibiblio.org it is a must that might save you much frustration later.
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| Featured Distribution of the Week: Lycoris Desktop/LX |
Lycoris Desktop/LX
Although we have been critical of some of the Lycoris practices over the past few months, it is hard to deny the technical qualities of its distribution. Lycoris Desktop/LX is a product worth considering by any novice or non-technical user for its ease of use and all the magnificent eye candy. Its recently released version 1.4 brings Lycoris back into direct competition with other distributions in this target market, such as Xandros Desktop or Linspire. We haven't seen any reviews yet, but most users who have upgraded their existing Desktop/LX installation to the latest version seem to be impressed.
The company behind Desktop/LX came into existence in the year 2000 under the name of Redmond Linux: "I'm starting a project called Redmond Linux that will be a new distribution developed in the backyard of Microsoft. The first edition, Redmond Linux Personal, will be catered to new computer users and will be as easy to use as possible. This project will be free software. We are looking for developers, testers, and technical writers; if you want to contribute, or just look to see what we are doing, please visit our web site." The company was later renamed to Lycoris and the distribution to Desktop/LX, which is no longer free software.
The commercial release of Desktop/LX 1.4 comes with a number of unique features. For starters, the FreeType font rendering engine has been replaced with a commercial product called btX2 by Bitstream, claiming faster font rendering and crispier fonts. These are further complemented by new icons and wallpapers, giving the desktop a very pleasant look. The icons have also been integrated into enhanced versions of the Mozilla browser and Mozilla Mail, (called Lycoris Web Suite in Desktop/LX), while the Konqueror file manager has been modified to more closely resemble the Explorer in Windows XP. Furthermore, the ability to log in to the desktop as root has been disabled, but users can perform any administrative tasks by providing the superuser password whenever needed. The company also touts a new Advanced Application Integration Infrastructure for installing new applications, and much improved hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration.
We would highly recommend Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 to any users trying to migrate away from Microsoft Windows, especially those who are not interested in deeper technical knowledge about their operating system. To buy it, visit the Lycoris Store; at US$40, the Personal Edition is an excellent value for money.
Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 - a polished release with plenty of eye candy
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Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4
Good news for all those who have been patiently waiting for the new Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4 release - it is finally shipping: "Lycoris, the worldwide Desktop Linux leader, today announced that it has commenced shipping Desktop/LX 1.4 to customers after a brief delay in the original release schedule. Desktop/LX 1.4 is now available in Personal, Deluxe and PowerPak editions from all Lycoris resellers and direct from the Lycoris Store." Here is the full release announcement. Existing Lycoris installations can be updated via the distribution's update wizard, while new packs can be purchased from the Lycoris Store. Prices for individual editions are as follows: Personal - US$40, Deluxe - US$50, PowerPak - US$75.
Kurumin Linux 3.21
An updated release of Kurumin Linux, version 3.21, is now available. The most noticeable change is the size of the ISO image - the sub-200MB image has now swelled to 323MB. This is because of newly included OpenOffice.org 1.1.2, (called KuruminOffice in the distribution due to a trademark dispute in Brazil), Java and Ndiswrapper for wireless networking support. Additionally, a "magic icon" for installing FreeNX Server has been added. Besides all the technical changes, the project's lead developer Carlos Morimoto announced that, from now on, he would devote much less time to the development of Kurumin Linux and releases will therefore be less frequent. Read the announcement and changelog (both links in Portuguese) for further details.
Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community
Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community Edition has been released: "Mandrakesoft is proud to announce the release of its newest and most advanced operating system to date: Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community. The enhanced usability, hardware support and performance make this release a milestone on the way to widespread Linux adoption. Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community is designed for those who want the best and latest software and want it as soon as possible. The release of Community is soon to be followed by the release of a rock-solid Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official, on which Mandrakesoft's range of products for home users will be based." Read the full press release and visit the distribution's product page to find out about Mandrakesoft's latest release. Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community Edition is currently available for download to Mandrakeclub members; alternatively, it can be pre-ordered from Mandrakestore (US$59.90).
Mandrakelinux 10.1 Community has hit the streets
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Vector Linux 4.3
Vector Linux 4.3 has been released: "The Vector Linux team is proud to announce the release of Vector Linux 4.3. This small 326MB download provides you a complete and fast desktop solution, even suitable for older hardware. It features Kernel 2.6.7, support for ext2/3 and ReiserFS file systems, and XFce 4.0.6, Fluxbox and IceWM as window managers. In this release you will also find the Mozilla suite with Java and video streaming working out-of-the-box! Plus, applications covering most, if not all, of your daily tasks: email client, IRC chat, instant messaging, FTP access, P2P sharing, video and music playing, word processing, spreadsheet, CD burning, printing... even some excellent games." The full announcement.
Feather Linux 0.5.9
Feather Linux 0.5.9 has been released. What's new? "Changes from 0.5.8 to 0.5.9: added wmapm again; now both APM and ACPI dockapps are included; added reiserfsck; made dnsmasq.conf writable; reverted USB boot to previous settings - users whose systems cannot boot Feather will need minirt24.gz; included madwifi v.20040308; added new penguin background - use the 'notux' option to use a normal one." See the full changelog for details.
LinuxConsole 0.4.5.1
A new version of LinuxConsole has been released: "This is a new 0.4 ISO, with many bug fixes and some improvements. Boot messages updated and boot commands added; Patch 5.1 enabled; now English, French, Italian are German languages are available in IceWM, GNOME and Freevo; NVIDIA files have been moved from 'xfree_drivers' to 'nvidia' module; NVIDIA licence must be accepted before using those drivers, otherwise XFree86 drivers are used (without 3D acceleration); video module update - MPlayer now supports Real Media stream; development module updates - cvs and headers; PartGUImodule update - dosfs tools added; Mozilla module update - Mozilla 1.6." Read the announcement on the distribution's home page.
Development and unannounced releases
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Fedora Core 2.91
The second test release of Fedora Core 3 (also known as FC3-test2, or version 2.91) will be released later today. According to the release notes, the most important changes since test 1 include the following: "GCC 3.4; GNOME 2.8; KDE 3.3; SELinux - this includes a new 'targeted' policy that monitors specific daemons with less intrusion than the strict policy in use before; IIIMF - evolution of this new input framework continues; Indic language support; various desktop-related features, including, but not limited to Pango support for Mozilla, remote desktops using VNC, printing improvements, Evolution 2.0." Keep an eye on DistroWatch as we bring you the official release announcement with the usual links and download locations.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta
A new directory has appeared on Red Hat's main FTP server over the weekend. Inaccessible at present, it is inside a directory that was previously used to hold beta ISO images for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and its name is "nahant". If our presumption is correct, "Nahant" will be the code name for the first beta of RHEL 4, scheduled for final release in the second quarter of 2005. As always, we'll keep you updated with more details as they become available.
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New distribution additions
New on the waiting list
- BURNIX. BURNIX is a Knoppix-based live CD with support for Catalan, Spanish and English.
DistroWatch database summary
- Number of Linux distributions in the database: 338
- Number of BSD distributions in the database: 9
- Number of discontinued distributions: 35
- Number of distributions on the waiting list: 80
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Get back your boot loader - a mini HOWTO
This is an all too common scenario after installing a new Linux distribution, as expressed by a reader in last week's forums:
"Please be advised that Linare Linux automatically installs the boot loader into the Master Boot Record (MBR). Most other distros (MEPIS, SUSE, Libranet, Vector to name a few I've tried) give you a choice of MBR or root partition, but not Linare. It screwed me up real bad because I run V-Com's System Commander for OS selection, and I had to reinstall all my OSs over again from scratch. Really irritating!"
I don't know much about System Commander, but surely, reading up on the LILO or GRUB documentation should take a lot less time than reinstalling several operatins systems!
Since this situation happens frequently when you install new distributions, what follows is a step-by-step mini HOWTO to solve the problem and to restore your Master Boot Record to what it was before that give-no-choice distribution lovingly took it over. I have used LILO for years and it serves me perfectly well, but nowadays many distributions (and users) seem to prefer GRUB. Whatever your choice, both are perfectly capable of restoring your MBR.
This is the scenario: you have a Windows installation on /dev/hda1, a data partition on /dev/hda2, then your primary Linux distribution on /dev/hda5 (with your main LILO or GRUB boot loader installed in the Master Boot Record). Then you decide to install Linare and it will go to /dev/hda6. Linare has overwritten your Master Boot Record giving no choice of booting your other two operating systems. If you use LILO, follow these steps:
- Boot into Linare and log in as 'root'.
- Fire up a terminal, such as "Konsole".
- Create a temporary directory, for example "mkdir /mnt/tmp". It doesn't matter where you create it - even somewhere within your home directory is fine.
- Mount your primary Linux partition like this: "mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp".
- Chroot (change root) into your newly mounted partition with this command: "chroot /mnt/tmp".
- Type "lilo". This will restore your Master Boot Record to its original condition.
- Of course, you probably want to add your newly installed Linare to the boot loader, in which case you need to open /etc/lilo.conf in your favourite text editor and add the following two lines to the end of the file:
other=/dev/hda6
label=Linare
- Save the changes and execute "lilo" on the command line. Press Ctrl+D to get out of the chroot-ed partition. Now, next time you boot, you will be able to choose between three operating systems.
For those who prefer the GRUB boot loader, things are slightly different:
- Boot into Linare and log in as 'root'.
- Fire up a terminal, such as "Konsole".
- Create a temporary directory, for example "mkdir /mnt/tmp". It doesn't matter where you create it - even somewhere within your home directory is fine.
- Mount your primary Linux partition like this: "mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp".
- Chroot (change root) into your newly mounted partition with this command: "chroot /mnt/tmp".
- Type "grub". You will enter GRUB's interactive mode to perform further actions.
- Type "root (hd0,4)".
- Type "setup (hd0)". This should restore your Master Boot Record to its original condition.
- Type "quit".
- To add Linare to the boot menu, you will need to modify /boot/grub/menu.lst by adding a few lines to it - your best action is to copy them from Linare's own /boot/grub/menu.lst and paste them into your main Linux distribution's menu.lst.
- Save the changes, then press Ctrl+D to get out from the chroot-ed partition. That's it, next time you boot, you will see your usual GRUB menu inclusive of the newly added Linare option.
In case you are unable to perform the above steps from your newly installed distribution, you will need to boot from a good live CD, such as Knoppix. The steps are exactly the same as above. If you get stuck, there are plenty of tutorials on both LILO and GRUB on the Internet - one of the best GRUB tutorials I've seen is Getting to know GRUB by Gentoo's Daniel Robins.
That's all for this week. Happy "Linuxing" and "BSDing" and see you again next Monday!
Ladislav Bodnar
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1 • Slackware Package Browser (by Anonymous on 2004-09-20 10:02:46 GMT)
Still looks rather broken: "Sorry; the A software series does not exist in version 10.0 of Slackware Linux for Intel. " - and A is the base linux system.
2 • Distribution icons (by Offer Kaye at 2004-09-20 10:55:37 GMT)
Hi,
Just wanted to say how much I liked the distribution icons you placed at the beginning of each paragraph in the first section - very helpful and nice looking!
Good job :-)
3 • ubuntu linux (by arctic on 2004-09-20 11:30:10 GMT)
no wonder, ubuntu stormed to the top of the new distros. it features gnome 2.8 on top of a debian based system, thus being very stable (didn't have any problems so far except mounting other linux partitions... i am sure i will be able to fix that one.. but hey!, it's a pre-release version. ; ) ) and very very fast. if you want a rock-stable distro, debian-based distros are always a great choice. and you need only one cd in order to set up a wonderful-looking system with usable minor customizations made to gnome. if you want kde and the rest... simply set up the mirrors with a mouse-click and start downloading.
yes, this distro is definitely worth a watch. i was quite surprised of ubuntu and it will surely stay on my box for a longer time. keep it up! : )
4 • RE: ubuntu linux (by DarkLord on 2004-09-20 11:47:48 GMT)
Ubuntu sounds really solid. That's the ebst word I can come up with... their whole concept seems to be well thought out. Having packages from Debian checked and then after a certain period moved to their own archives and so on.. nice.
There are only two things making me not use it. First is GNOME and the "KDE is in universe" (not supported) thing and second is the FAQ entry that says you shouldn't mix and match packages from Debian in an Ubuntu system - meaning that basically Debian and Ubuntu are two distinct systems.
So I'll keep on waiting for Debian Desktop Distribution (DDD) and see what else is happening a bit closer to debian.
Though Ubuntu's AMD64 support (don't own one yet though) is pretty tempting and ther "announcement concerning KDE coming soon" could change my mind... so we'll see.
But afaik Ubuntu == GNOME, no matter what kind of announcement there will be. Maybe it's a sub-project doing more KDE-related work for ubuntu and having KDE-related releases .... that would be cool.
5 • distro icons+GIS (by cah on 2004-09-20 12:39:28 GMT)
Yes, I liked the distro icons too - maybe they could be clickable to lead to the distro's homepage too?
GIS sounds really good and will certainly remove most of gentoo's intractibility for new users- a bit like vidalinux in a way, but at least handbook compliant.
However, is that what we really want, more gentoo users who never bother to RTM?
6 • Ubuntu (by Ben on 2004-09-20 12:52:45 GMT)
I've been using Ubuntu for a couple of days and I'm very impressed. The installation just worked fine from one CD, very little user-intervention required. It's what I've wanted for ever - Debian with up to date packages, nicely configured for a desktop machine.
I have had a few minor problems, but pretty good for a preview release.
7 • Ubuntu & Userlinux (by SynatxError at 2004-09-20 13:01:15 GMT)
Have Ubuntu installed over the week-end. Very nice, though I am not familiar with GNOME desktop settings yet. Still finding my way around them. Ubuntu disables the root account and 'sudo' is used in its place.
Being new to Linux, what are the differences between 'root' and 'sudo' and why would one prefer one over the other?
Userlinux, on the other hand, would just hung indefinitely during the installation process on 2 of the PCs I tried. Changing the download source did not help. I may try again later this week.
8 • I18N (by Udo at 2004-09-20 13:09:25 GMT)
Could you please tell me if Lycoris supports other languages?
9 • RE: I18N (by ladislav at 2004-09-20 13:23:13 GMT)
Could you please tell me if Lycoris supports other languages?
Not as far as I can tell. They don't even supply Asian fonts, so if you open a web page in an East Asian language, you'll see gibberish. So much for their claim to be "a worldwide desktop leader".
10 • Updating slack (by Schumaher on 2004-09-20 13:38:53 GMT)
Hi all,
I'm kind of newbie and would like to update Slackware 10 with newer packages - Xorg, gimp, gnome come to mind.
Is there a way to do it like in debian - apt get or MDK urpmi?
I really like slack but am not too sawy to sompile myself.
Cheers
11 • RE: Updating slack (by Greyweather on 2004-09-20 14:16:39 GMT)
http://swaret.sourceforge.net/index.php
Works very much like apt.
12 • Ubuntu & Fedora (by Abel S. at 2004-09-20 14:31:28 GMT)
There are a few things that are kinda keeping me from using Ubuntu.... 1) the fact everything is sudo.... i don't like using sudo, i like using root.
2) you can't mix and match debian apt sources. Maybe they will fix that in a final release.
It seems promising... over the weekend, i installed sarge on a test system and got gnome 2.8 from a debian experimental mirror.... very nice.... and i've heard so many good things about ubuntu.... i'm just going to wait till next release or so.
And fedora... are they GOING TO RELEASE TODAY... or are they going to put it off another week *sarcasm* Fedora is a great distro... but since a few problems I've had with FC2... makes me really wanna make my main system transition to a debian.... and not just have my servers on debian.
13 • RE: Updating slack (by sclebo05 on 2004-09-20 14:54:33 GMT)
Slapt-get is another slackware package tool, somewhat similar to apt-get
http://software.jaos.org/
14 • RE: Ubuntu and Gnome 2.8 (by JoeLinux on 2004-09-20 15:28:22 GMT)
A most promising looking new kid on the block this Ubuntu. I'm sure the devels will do more on the compatability front vis-a-vis the main Debian pool. They sure boast an impressive list of devels who are the creme-de-la-creme in not just Debian (Jordi Mallach) but Gnome (e.g. Jeff Waugh) and even KDE (e.g. Jono Bacon) and Gentoo itself (e.g. Brandon Hale aka tseng). :) Most of these guys are in #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net almost 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Quite an eye opener to see stuff being suggested and worked on and DCC over in realtime. Nice bunch, helpful lot and a very user-friendly distro. Btw just grabbed Gnome 2.8 from Debian Experimental last Friday, although it may be sometime before it gets migrated to Sid, it is already pretty stable on this partition.
Must admit that I had to recompile/rebuild nautilus to get it to run for although it installed without any difficulty it just would not draw the icons or fire up the file browser but no worries, APT comes to the rescue i.e. 'apt-get -t experimental build-dep nautilus' and then 'apt-get -t experimental --build source nautilus' and there goes the 'problem' ;).
15 • GIS (by GWoSBahamut at 2004-09-20 16:28:01 GMT)
I think its less a concept of NRTM, and more a concept of people that want a grade solid system, but dont have the time to sit down and run through a gentoo build.
16 • Re: I18N (by Tim at 2004-09-20 18:55:10 GMT)
Language packs are available for Desktop/LX.
Visit www.lycoris.org for more information
17 • Vcom Part.Com. 8 (by ChiJoan at 2004-09-20 22:46:31 GMT)
This software let's you make a boot floppy that allows you to fix the MBR after a bad OS install. I'm not sure if the CD has the MBR fixer on it. But I had the bad experience of Mandrake 9 not booting after I had run Norton SystemWorks 2003 on the hard disk, if that was the reason I don't know. So I upgraded to Vcom's SystemSuite 5, but also rely on hard disk drawers more for new distro installs now.
18 • KDE + Debian (by Jose at 2004-09-21 00:02:03 GMT)
Glad to see Ubuntu is gnome based. I know a lot of folks don't really care for Gnome (I prefer Xfce and KDE), but I like knowing that there is a different stroke for different folks.
For those of us that like KDE, we have Mepis and Knoppix, For those that prefer Gnome, now there is Ubuntu as well as Gnoppix.
For those that prefer Xfce, there is Xfld.
With Debian, we all win!
19 • whats the best linux top capture dvd video and to burn it onto a 4.7GB dvd (by Robert at 2004-09-21 02:47:09 GMT)
whats the best linux top capture dvd video and to burn it onto a 4.7GB dvd?
which is the best one for doing this?
also when I say capture I mean directly to mpeg 2 dvd format not avi format
I know a lot of thrm can capture avi format but I don't want to do that
I can capture directly to mpeg in windows, so I think i should be able to do this in linux too
20 • Well done, GIS project! (by mr_pizza at 2004-09-21 08:25:01 GMT)
Great to see the folks at the GIS project doing a very promising installer for Gentoo!
There are some good Gentoo-oriented projects coming along now with ease-of-installation in mind - GIS and Vidalinux being a couple of them. Anyway, good on you, GIS team! :-)
21 • New Distrowatch Logo (by mr bg on 2004-09-21 23:51:22 GMT)
I like the new logo for distrowatch at the top...
"Put the fun back in computing. Use Linux, BSD or Windows."
22 • Yoper Linux (by Kanwar at 2004-09-22 00:09:57 GMT)
Hi all:
Yoper is one distro worth looking at by everyone. It boots lightening fast ... response of the entire system is quick - very quick and looks great.
I also have Lycoris, Xandors, SuSE and PCLinuxOS installed on the same machine (and all the latest versions) so I guess I can vouch for Yoper's agility and a well composed desktop.
Hardware support is good too ... for instance, my Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 and USB Camera are detected automatically .... in all the other distros listed above, Gnomemeeting does not open the video device successully and I have to install the pwcx driver additionally.
This one is definitely worth taking a look ...
http://www.yoper.com/
23 • RE: Yoper Linux (by ladislav at 2004-09-22 00:36:03 GMT)
I am unable to install Yoper 2.1. I keep getting the dreaded "no partitions found error", despite the fact that I have some 14 pre-formatted Linux partitions on the drive. Last time I checked the Yoper forums, the developers were stumped by the problem that seems to affect quite a few people.
24 • RE: New Distrowatch Logo (by Anonymous on 2004-09-22 01:31:09 GMT)
I don't see the words "or Windows" anywhere.
25 • RE: Yoper Linux (by Kanwar at 2004-09-22 01:36:17 GMT)
@ladislav
When I started the installation, I did not have any free partition on my hdd. I used the built-on qtparted to "clear" an old SuSE partition and assign it to yoper during installation.
However, I did not get the error you have mentioned so ymmv.
26 • RE: Yoper Linux (by Michael_Valentine on 2004-09-22 02:00:43 GMT)
Same problem here, and tried with several different HD's ranging from 10Gb to 160GB, same message every time.
27 • Re: Yoper Linux (install problem) (by Kanwar at 2004-09-22 03:21:59 GMT)
Take a look here:
http://www.yoper.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=2317
28 • Whoppix (by Paul at 2004-09-22 12:48:47 GMT)
Anyone able to download Whoppix? The FTP seems to be down.....
29 • Linare Linux 2.0 installation problem (by NORMAN LAURENT at 2004-10-03 17:54:07 GMT)
I am having a problem installing Linare on my comp. I get the error message 'error occurred transferring install image to hard drive probably out of disk space'. I get have found 2 possible solutions which are:
1) type, linux ide=nodma
or
2) allowcddma
which is all good but i boot my Linare from CD so would i have to make a boot disk and if so how?
If not what are the other choices?
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| • Issue 1151 (2025-12-08): FreeBSD 15.0, fun command line tricks, Canonical presents plans for Ubutnu 26.04, SparkyLinux updates CDE packages, Redox OS gets modesetting driver |
| • Issue 1150 (2025-12-01): Gnoppix 25_10, exploring if distributions matter, openSUSE updates tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans better handling of broken packages, Plasma to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1149 (2025-11-24): MX Linux 25, why are video drivers special, systemd experiments with musl, Debian Libre Live publishes new media, Xubuntu reviews website hack |
| • Issue 1148 (2025-11-17): Zorin OS 18, deleting a file with an unusual name, NetBSD experiments with sandboxing, postmarketOS unifies its documentation, OpenBSD refines upgrades, Canonical offers 15 years of support for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1147 (2025-11-10): Fedora 43, the size and stability of the Linux kernel, Debian introducing Rust to APT, Redox ports web engine, Kubuntu website off-line, Mint creates new troubleshooting tools, FreeBSD improves reproducible builds, Flatpak development resumes |
| • Issue 1146 (2025-11-03): StartOS 0.4.0, testing piped commands, Ubuntu Unity seeks help, Canonical offers Ubuntu credentials, Red Hat partners with NVIDIA, SUSE to bundle AI agent with SLE 16 |
| • Issue 1145 (2025-10-27): Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", advice for new Linux users, AlmaLinux to offer Btrfs, KDE launches Plasma 6.5, Fedora accepts contributions written by AI, Ubuntu 25.10 fails to install automatic updates |
| • Issue 1144 (2025-10-20): Kubuntu 25.10, creating and restoring encrypted backups, Fedora team debates AI, FSF plans free software for phones, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to website attack |
| • Issue 1143 (2025-10-13): openSUSE 16.0 Leap, safest source for new applications, Redox introduces performance improvements, TrueNAS Connect available for testing, Flatpaks do not work on Ubuntu 25.10, Kamarada plans to switch its base, Solus enters new epoch, Frugalware discontinued |
| • Issue 1142 (2025-10-06): Linux Kamarada 15.6, managing ZIP files with SQLite, F-Droid warns of impact of Android lockdown, Alpine moves ahead with merged /usr, Cinnamon gets a redesigned application menu |
| • Issue 1141 (2025-09-29): KDE Linux and GNOME OS, finding mobile flavours of Linux, Murena to offer phones with kill switches, Redox OS running on a smartphone, Artix drops GNOME |
| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
| • Issue 1120 (2025-05-05): CachyOS 250330, what it means when a distro breaks, Kali updates repository key, Trinity receives an update, UBports tests directory encryption, Gentoo faces losing key infrastructure |
| • Issue 1119 (2025-04-28): Ubuntu MATE 25.04, what is missing from Linux, CachyOS ships OCCT, Debian enters soft freeze, Fedora discusses removing X11 session from GNOME, Murena plans business services, NetBSD on a Wii |
| • Issue 1118 (2025-04-21): Fedora 42, strange characters in Vim, Nitrux introduces new package tools, Fedora extends reproducibility efforts, PINE64 updates multiple devices running Debian |
| • Issue 1117 (2025-04-14): Shebang 25.0, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, running applications from other distros on the desktop, Debian gets APT upgrade, Mint introduces OEM options for LMDE, postmarketOS packages GNOME 48 and COSMIC, Redox testing USB support |
| • Issue 1116 (2025-04-07): The Sense HAT, Android and mobile operating systems, FreeBSD improves on laptops, openSUSE publishes many new updates, Fedora appoints new Project Leader, UBports testing VoLTE |
| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
| • Issue 1110 (2025-02-24): iodeOS 6.0, learning to program, Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale |
| • Issue 1109 (2025-02-17): Rhino Linux 2025.1, MX Linux 23.5 with Xfce 4.20, replacing X.Org tools with Wayland tools, GhostBSD moving its base to FreeBSD -RELEASE, Redox stabilizes its ABI, UBports testing 24.04, Asahi changing its leadership, OBS in dispute with Fedora |
| • Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
| • Issue 1107 (2025-02-03): siduction 2024.1.0, timing tasks, Lomiri ported to postmarketOS, Alpine joins Open Collective, a new desktop for Linux called Orbitiny |
| • Issue 1106 (2025-01-27): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta 6, Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5, detecting whether a process is inside a virtual machine, drawing graphics to NetBSD terminal, Nix ported to FreeBSD, GhostBSD hosting desktop conference |
| • Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
| • Issue 1104 (2025-01-13): DAT Linux 2.0, Silly things to do with a minimal computer, Budgie prepares Wayland only releases, SteamOS coming to third-party devices, Murena upgrades its base |
| • Issue 1103 (2025-01-06): elementary OS 8.0, filtering ads with Pi-hole, Debian testing its installer, Pop!_OS faces delays, Ubuntu Studio upgrades not working, Absolute discontinued |
| • Issue 1102 (2024-12-23): Best distros of 2024, changing a process name, Fedora to expand Btrfs support and releases Asahi Remix 41, openSUSE patches out security sandbox and donations from Bottles while ending support for Leap 15.5 |
| • Issue 1101 (2024-12-16): GhostBSD 24.10.1, sending attachments from the command line, openSUSE shows off GPU assignment tool, UBports publishes security update, Murena launches its first tablet, Xfce 4.20 released |
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