 DistroWatch Weekly |
| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 183, 1 January 2007 |
Happy New Year and welcome to this year's first issue of DistroWatch Weekly! With another exciting year safely behind us, we'll start the first issue of DistroWatch Weekly in 2007 with a statistical look at the popularity of Linux distributions and other interesting data collected here during the past year. The news section will then bring a varied collection of happenings from the distro world, including news about the latest beta release of SimplyMEPIS, updates about the forthcoming Fedora 7, information about the release blockers delaying Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, links to interviews with the developers of Ulteo and SabayonLinux, and alerts to articles of interest to users of PCLinuxOS, openSUSE and Yellow Dog Linux. Finally, we are pleased to announce that the December 2006 DistroWatch donation goes to SabayonLinux. Happy reading!
Content:
- Statistics: DistroWatch in 2006
- News: SimplyMEPIS, Fedora and Debian release updates, Ulteo and SabayonLinux interviews, openSUSE repositories, MagDriva
- Released last week: Fedora Core 6 Live CD, KNOPPIX 5.1
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 6.2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Donations: SabayonLinux receives US$450
- New additions: Thisk Server
- New distributions: AsteriskNOW, eBox, Linkat GNU/Linux, Ophcrack Live CD, Parted Magic, Slax-LFI, Super Gamer
- Reader comments
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| Statistics |
DistroWatch in 2006
Let's start the new year with some interesting statistics from the world of BSDs and Linux distributions, as collected here at DistroWatch during the past 365 days. First, a list of the top 25 distributions ranked by page hit figures in the 12 months of 2006, compared with the same period a year earlier. As the table below indicates, Ubuntu maintained its top spot for the second consecutive year, but the margin of its lead has dropped from 882 to 625 hits per day, as openSUSE appeared to be catching up fast towards the end of 2006. Mandriva, KNOPPIX and Xandros continued their downward spirals, while, interestingly, the two "geek" distributions, Slackware and Gentoo, swapped places in the table. New in the top 25 are SabayonLinux, Xubuntu and Freespire, replacing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linspire and VLOS. And the biggest climbers? Zenwalk shot up 8 and PCLinuxOS went up 5 places.
The overall page hit ranking statistics tells us which pages the visitors of DistroWatch viewed most often, but it doesn't uncover the fastest growing distributions. The table below lists 5 rising stars ranked by the number of spots they climbed in 2006 (on the left) and by the difference in their page hit ranking figures between the end of 2005 and end of 2006 (on the right). As we can see, Elive was the fastest climber in terms of number of places it rose during the year (+71), while openSUSE won by the number of visits - on average 576 more people per day viewed the openSUSE page in 2006 than in 2005. And the biggest losers? White Box Enterprise Linux (down by 55 places) and Mandriva Linux (down by 649 views per day). Only distributions that made the top 100 lists in both 2005 and 2006 were included in this comparison.
Those readers who are interested in longer-term changes in the Page Hit Ranking statistics can find additional information in Análisis del ranking de DistroWatch 2002-2005. Although the article is in Spanish, the accompanying charts provide nice visual representation of the data, once again confirming the dramatic rise in the popularity of SUSE Linux/openSUSE and a disappointing drop in interest in Mandriva Linux over the last few years.
In 2006 DistroWatch.com had another record year, but the growth of the site (in terms of number of visitors) wasn't as dramatic as during the previous years when the traffic doubled roughly every 8 months. The table below shows the year-on-year growth between December 2005 and December 2006, indicating that the total number of visits grew by 22.5% in 2006. Overall, in 2006 DistroWatch.com served a total of 128.6 million pages to 36.2 million visitors who consumed 6.99 terabytes of bandwidth. The data were collected from the main DistroWatch.com server only and do not include the five mirror sites.
| DistroWatch.com Year-on-year Growth |
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| Indicator |
December 2005 |
December 2006 |
% Change |
| Total visits |
2,556,512 |
3,132,144 |
+22.5% |
| Unique visits |
654,674 |
836,498 |
+27.8% |
| Pages viewed |
10,348,689 |
11,480,484 |
+10.9% |
| Total hits |
44,813,793 |
54,537,058 |
+21.7% |
| Bandwidth |
496.59GB |
628.60GB |
+26.6% |
Despite slowing growth, the popularity of DistroWatch.com reached all-time high during the year 2006. According to Netcraft.com, it is now the 936th most popular web site on the Internet, which makes DistroWatch one of the highest ranked Linux and open source news sites available today. For comparison, OSNews.com is ranked slightly lower, at the 965th place. Alexa.com, another engine ranking the popularity of web sites, gives different figures, however; here OSNews.com is ranked at the 6,750th place, while DistroWatch.com is the 9,140th most popular web site.
All in all, DistroWatch.com had an excellent year. Besides attracting a record number of visitors, the proceeds from advertising enabled us to donate a total of US$5,160 to various open source software projects, including FreeBSD, Gentoo Linux, Puppy Linux, SabayonLinux, Blender, Inkscape, digiKam and several other projects, and we also gave away four boxes of Mandriva Linux 2007 in a competition. The only disappointing aspect of the past year was the fact that the development of the web site stagnated due to lack of time and the implementation of many requested features had to be postponed. With the ever growing number of distributions, the constant flow of interesting news, and the regular weekly newsletter and monthly Linux Format column, things are rather hectic around here. But who knows, maybe a miracle will occur and a volunteer contributor or developer will join the DistroWatch team in 2007 to make things happen. Any takers?
Happy and prosperous New Year to all!
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| Miscellaneous News |
SimplyMEPIS, Fedora and Debian release updates, Ulteo and SabayonLinux interviews, openSUSE repositories, MagDriva
 After months of quiet work, the developers of SimplyMEPIS have released an updated CD image, marking the start of a new testing period for the popular beginner-friendly distribution. The most noticeable change after booting SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 is the new artwork, icon set and desktop theme. Gone is the wallpaper with the MEPIS pyramid and the KAquarium applet also no longer wastes space on the KDE panel. Hardware detection and auto-configuration, including support for wireless networking, have also been through some welcome improvements. Further good news awaits those users whose computers are powered by 64-bit processors: this is the first time that the SimplyMEPIS developers released an x86_64 edition of their product. However, those who expect a complete overhaul of included software will be disappointed; apart from a few visible applications, such as Firefox 2.0, most of the system was left unchanged from version 6.0. The final release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 is expected around the middle of January.
SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4 comes with a refreshing new desktop theme.
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 We talked about the upcoming changes in Fedora Core 7 in an earlier issue of DistroWatch Weekly, but it wasn't until just before the holidays that the preliminary plans for the upcoming release were finalised. As indicated previously, the biggest change will be the merge of "Core" and "Extras" into one huge repository of thousands of packages. Once Fedora 7 is released in the form of CD/DVD images, it will come in three editions - "Fedora Desktop", "Fedora Server" and "Fedora KDE". Among the many other new features the developers are promising rock solid wireless networking support, boot and shutdown speed-up, RandR 1.2, KVM virtualisation support, encrypted file systems, and other enhancements. Testing is expected to start with the launch of Fedora 7 Test1 on January 30th, while the final release is scheduled for April 24th. For more information please read this mailing list post by Bill Nottingham.
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 A number of interesting announcements appeared on the debian-devel-announce mailing list over the past couple of weeks. Firstly, Andreas Barth published a message highlighting the current release blockers that keep delaying the release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Etch. The major problems appear to be bugs in the recently uploaded Linux kernel 2.6.19, continuing issues with libpng, and a delay by the Debian-Installer team which has yet to release the second candidate of the Debian installation program. In the meantime, the release critical bug count refuses to budge below the 100 mark, suggesting that further delays might be inevitable. Finally, Steve McIntyre posted a message summarising the recent work of the debian-cd team, which has increased the number of daily and weekly builds of CD and DVD images for each release - a good read if you are planning to install Debian in the near future, but are confused by the sheer number of available options.
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 Several readers emailed us about the new release of Super Gamer, a PCLinuxOS-based live DVD, with a large collection of free and commercial demo games: "The long awaited Super Gamer 2 release is here. This release adds updated hardware drivers, including additional SATA support, USB keyboard and mouse support, and NVIDIA video drivers downloaded from NVIDIA's web site. Hardware detection has also been updated. Some extra tweaks have been added to improve application loading." If you are interested in Linux gaming, head for the project's download page to get the torrent file: supergamer2.iso (3.80GB). A review of Super Gamer 1 was previously published by Tuxmachines.
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 Karsten Kurtze from MandrivaUser.de has emailed us to announce the availability of a new issue of MagDriva, a German-language magazine devoted to (not only) Mandriva Linux: "MandrivaUser.de, a German Forum dealing with all topics of Mandriva Linux, has published another issue of its free and community magazine MagDriva (03/2006). Users having a good grasp of German are invited to download MagDriva from the project's FTP server. There are three different versions of the magazine depending on graphics quality and download size. If you have a fast Internet connection, just download the first version at maximum quality (9.6kB). The contents of MagDriva 03/2006 include news of Mandriva and Mandriva Linux, an interview with Gaël Duval, as well as several useful HOWTOs and articles. You will need a PDF reader to view the magazine. Happy reading!"
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 Those of you who would like to read the above-mentioned interview with Gaël Duval, but don't understand German are in luck - the interview has been translated into English. In it, the founder of Mandrake and Ulteo talks about his early days of developing Mandrake Linux, highlights some of the concepts of Ulteo, adds a few thoughts about the current state of desktop Linux, and even branches out into global issues, such as ecological problems and poverty. Answering the question about the differences between the business aspects of Mandrake and Ulteo, Duval replies: "I think that compared to the Mandriva experience, this time I want to keep control." Read the full interview here.
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 Speaking about interviews, here is another good one - with Christopher Villareal (better known as civil64), the co-developer of SabayonLinux: "We have implemented a lot of fixes and much better hardware detection schemes. We have the newest NVIDIA and ATI drivers included, with the binaries created at runtime. One of the greatest achievements was getting rid of the 2 GB Squashfs limit so now we can offer greater support and more fun things to play with. As always, we keep the kernel up to date, latest GNOME and KDE with a brand new Kicker that was ported over from SUSE. ... Stay tuned for 3.3, we are going to take our time on this one and focus on great new features that I'm sure the crowd will love - better upgrade procedures, more tools to help maintaining a Gentoo system simpler for the beginner, and much much more!"
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 Do you run openSUSE, but need more software than the 3,000+ packages that the project provides in its supported repositories? Then take a look at this blog post, which lists no fewer than 109 third-party repositories for the latest release of openSUSE: "Here is the most complete list of repositories that you can ever find on this planet for your openSUSE 10.2." As always, use them at your own risk: "May I remind you, that by adding unknown (what those repositories contain) and untested (the ones which are considered as unstable) repositories, you might damage your openSUSE 10.2 integrity (dependencies and so forth, the worst being you are unable to load your favourite application). Don't just blindly add them, make sure what you are doing. Also, even if you decide to add them all, it will definitely take time every time you launch YaST (with option refresh turned on) or SMART (when updating repository database)." Surely, with a long list like that, even the most demanding openSUSE users will be able to find any software package they could possibly need!
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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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| Released Last Week |
Pardus Linux 2007
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.
ZenEdu 0.3
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).
Linux Mint 2.1
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 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.
SystemRescueCd 0.3.0
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."
Kate OS 3.2
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.
Fedora Core 6 Live CD
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.
Nonux 4.0
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.
K12LTSP Linux 6.0.0
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.
Elive 0.6
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.
B2DLinux 20061226
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.
KNOPPIX 5.1.0
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.
A scene from Spitsbergen, Norway, graces the desktop of the latest KNOPPIX live CD/DVD.
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PC-BSD 1.3
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.
SME Server 7.1
Gordon Rowell has announced the final release of SME Server 7.1, with only minor changes compared to the earlier release candidate: "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." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information.
ParallelKnoppix 2.2
A new bug-fix release of ParallelKnoppix is out: "For those of you who like to start the new year with a new release, version 2.2 is out. This release meets the long term goal of removing the need to mount a storage device. Since no storage device is used, the permissions bug that affected versions 2.0 and 2.1 when VFAT file systems were used is no longer an issue. From the changelog: a major change - everything is done in RAM, hard disks and/or USB storage are no longer needed or used; current Debian unstable, rather than KNOPPIX, is now the base, all packages have been upgraded; the compute nodes boot up to KDM, and you can't log in to them - this is intended to improve security, since the only access to the cluster is through the master node or over the net." Find the full release announcement on the project's home page.
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Development and unannounced releases
- Arch Linux 0.8 Alpha, the release announcement
- LinuxTLE 8.0-beta, the release notes (in Thai)
- Freespire 3.0-alpha3, the release announcement
- SmoothWall 3.0-alpha3 "Koala", the release announcement
- Trustix Secure Linux 3.0.5-beta3, the release announcement
- SimplyMEPIS 6.0-4-beta1, the press release
- m0n0wall 1.3-beta2, the release announcement
- Damn Small Linux 3.2-rc2, the release announcement
- FreeBSD 6.2-RC2, the release announcement
- Pioneer MigrationSERVER Beta2, the press release
- Mandriva Linux 2007.1-alpha1, the release notes
- GeeXboX 2.0-preview1, the release notes
- Guadalinex 4-beta
- Berry Linux 0.77
- Musix GNU/Linux 0.79-beta19
- Thisk Server 4.1.4
- Kurumin Linux 7.0-beta6
- LG3D LiveCD 2.99.5
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| Upcoming Releases and Announcements |
FreeBSD 6.2
The FreeBSD project has updated the release schedule of the upcoming FreeBSD 6.2. The final release of the much delayed update is expected to be announced on January 10th. Please see the release schedule for further details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
The all new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will be released on 28 February 2007. That's according to this news report by CNET: "'I'm sure we will ship a gold (version) on February 28,' Chief Executive Matthew Szulik, referring to the final version, said in an interview after the company reported its quarterly financial results. ... One major feature arriving in RHEL 5 is Xen, virtualization software that lets a single computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously. The technology's initial advantage is to let administrators load up a server more efficiently, but virtualization in the longer run also holds promise for reliability and flexibility because virtual machines can be moved from one computer to another while running."
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Summary of expected upcoming releases
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December 2006 donation: SabayonLinux receives US$450
We are pleased to announce that the recipient of the DistroWatch.com December 2006 donation is the SabayonLinux project (US$450.00).
As one of the fastest growing Linux distribution of the year, SabayonLinux is a proof that innovation and aggressive push for bleeding edge features are popular traits among the readers of DistroWatch. The developers of this Gentoo-based project have produced a surprise treat for those users who enjoy the latest and greatest open source software, combined with emerging technologies, such as the 3D desktop effects. More recently, much work has also gone into its Anaconda-based installation program and easy upgradability, as well as improvements in desktop design and user interface. Compatibility with Gentoo Linux is a further bonus for those users who enjoy "emerging" new software.
It's always nice to receive a "thank you" email after any donation; this was the reaction of Fabio Erculiani, the distribution's founder and lead developer, after he learnt about the unexpected windfall: "Oh my God! I haven't any other words to express our gratitude for your HUGE and astonishing donation! Thanks a lot!!!!!"
SabayonLinux was one of the fastest-growing Linux distribution in 2006.
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As always, the monthly donations programme is a joint initiative between DistroWatch, which allocates 10% of its advertising revenue, and three online shops selling low-cost CDs and DVDs with Linux, BSD and other open source software - LinuxCD.org, OSDisc.com and TheLinuxShop.co.uk. The three CD/DVD vendors contributed US$50.00 each towards this month's donation to SabayonLinux.
Here is the list of projects that received a DistroWatch donation since the launch of the programme:
Since the launch of the DistroWatch Donations Programme in March 2004, we have donated a total of US$11,390 to various open source software projects.
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New distributions added to database
- Thisk Server. Thisk Server is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for PBX (Private Branch Exchange) environments. It uses Asterisk - a free software implementation of PBX.
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New distributions added to waiting list
- AsteriskNOW. AsteriskNOW is an open source software appliance, a customised Linux distribution that includes the Asterisk PBX software, the Asterisk GUI, and all other software needed for an Asterisk system. Based on rPath Linux.
- eBox. eBox is a Debian and Morphix-based Linux server distribution. It features eBox Management Tool, a web-based graphical user interface for configuring and managing servers from a remote machine.
- Ophcrack Live CD. Ophcrack Live CD is a SLAX-based live CD designed for a single purpose - to crack Windows passwords with the help of rainbow tables.
- Linkat GNU/Linux. Linkat GNU/Linux is an openSUSE-based distribution developed by Department of Education at the regional government of Catalonia in Spain. It is designed for deployment in local educational institutions.
- Parted Magic. Parted Magic is a 30MB live CD/USB with its only purpose being partitioning hard drives. Although GParted and Parted are the main programs, the CD/USB also offers programs like PartImage, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, etc... Parted Magic is based on the GParted LiveCD project and falls under the terms of the GPL.
- Slax-LFI. Slax-LFI is a French rescue CD based on Slackware and SLAX. It includes GParted, Partimage, KDE, ddrescue and documentation.
- Super Gamer. Super Gamer is a PCLinuxOS-based live DVD optimised for a gaming environment, with some tweaks to help speeding up its performance and with Linux native games - both free and commercial demo ones.
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DistroWatch database summary
And this concludes our latest issue of DistroWatch Weekly. The next instalment will be published on Monday, 8 January 2007. Until then,
Ladislav Bodnar
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1 • first (by Have to on 2007-01-01 09:19:22 GMT from United States)
I just have to do it, the very first comment of the year. Anywho, Ulteo is going places that we have not see before in desktop computing. I wish the best of luck to the team.
2 • a good year (by Eric on 2007-01-01 09:49:04 GMT from Canada)
i had an excellent year myself with the linux and BSD experience. 2006 proved to be a very evolutionary stage in my adoption of BSD and enjoying the daily distro tracking fun of the many diverse distros on the renound distrowatch. thanks ladislav for my #1 site on the web hands down, and cheers to my soon to be 100% migration to opensource OS's and software in 2007, aswell as anybody else considering the switch with me. ;)
VIVA LA DISRTOWATCH!!! youve got my full support, respect, and hopes for another upcoming successful year as.... "the best site ever" (rivaling the .torrent protocol in importance to me), lol PEACE!!
3 • HPD analysis (by Suge on 2007-01-01 11:05:23 GMT from United Kingdom)
This kind of analysis is always contentious, but the apparent decline of Knoppix has to be the most misleading item due to the long delay of the latest v5.1, now available. Klaus has explained that he wanted to wait for settling of updates amongst several of the principle apps he incorporates as well as conversion to aufs. Worth waiting for! Expect Knoppices to regain their prominence. Apart from that, Puppy 2.13 (now in beta2) and forthcoming 2.14 can be expected to shoot up the 2007 charts with recent radical innovations to compiling and packaging leading to substantial speed and productivity increases. Any kind of statistical assessment is, as agreed here many times, likely to be problematic in such a dynamic field. Let's hope more folk get the message after Vista appears and see it for what it really is!
4 • Great site ! Driving force of linux movement ! (by Michael on 2007-01-01 11:16:58 GMT from Malaysia)
Well, what else can i say about Distrowatch that others hadn't.
Frankly, I almost never miss a daily glance at distrowatch. It's more than just an obsession with linux. While other sites like Yahoo, Msn, etc cannot be accessed from Malaysia because of the earth quake in Taiwan, distrowatch is still omni-present !
Distrowatch will build a very strong future generation of Linux followers and innovators.
Happy New Year Distrowatch.
Michael
(Malaysia)
5 • Happy New Year (by William on 2007-01-01 11:47:03 GMT from United States)
The previous comment was bang on. DistroWatch is THE driving force behind the Linux/*BSD movement.
Like life, the beauty of DistroWatch is choice.
Thanks to all who keep this site moving at light speed.
6 • Fedora 7 plans - Ubuntu future (by herman on 2007-01-01 12:15:34 GMT from Netherlands)
Fedora 7 coming in three editions ("desktop", "server", "KDE") is a good idea. My feeling is that the Fedora developers crowd is not unaware of the often vocal bloggers that have been telling the world "hey, I left Fedora for Ubuntu". Making a "desktop" cd and a "KDE" cd, along with a server cd will make each installer disk leaner and simpler and that's what a lot of people seem to like. A common complaints in the direction of Fedora is, besides Yum's lack of speed, its huge installer disk. Which is a matter of perception, because whereas Ubuntu needs to take a lot of commonly desired packages off the internet after installing, Fedora has them on the disk. However, perception is crucial in this world - should I say, unfortunately.
Another issue is life cycle - this too has been improved: you can now easily skip a Fedora release.
So it will be 'Fedora desktop' vs. Ubuntu and "KDEdora" vs. Kubuntu. I hope there will be no separate logo for "KDEdora", though. ;) Are Fedora and Ubuntu direct competitors? Yes, and it's good. Going for market share is good, because few developers like to work for only a handful of users. It's crucial for Red Hat too, to see to it that Fedora will not lose users to Ubuntu. Mind share will be market share - conquer (part of) the server market via the desktop: it's what MS did.
Ubuntu still has the buzz and the momentum, so it will likely dominate for some time to come. However, Ubuntu's 'daddy' Debian will be releasing its new Stable and although 'Latest and Greatest' lovers will prefer something edgier, it is easier to install than ever, and it is simply a great and stable operating system. Ubuntu has Dapper as its "Long term support" OS but Debian Etch might increasingly be preferred to Dapper as Ubuntu users find out that they're using 'Debian' anyway.
On the other side, Fedora, OpenSuse, Mandriva a.o. are getting better all the time too. As said above, Fedora will be playing Ubuntu's game; OpenSuse is controversial but the OS works really well; etc.
So I guess, *the* 2007 question is, what will Ubuntu do to stay the 'coolest' distro? Will it keep up when the buzz wears out?
7 • Pleasant New Year's Surprise (by Mark W. Tomlinson on 2007-01-01 12:18:10 GMT from United States)
After a week of increasingly stagnant Linux news sites, I was pleaseantly surprised when I made my daily morning check of DistroWatch and found a brand-new edition of DWW! Ladislav, you made my day.
(Now, which do I download first: the latest Sabayon version or PC-BSD 1.3? Decisions, decisions...)
8 • No subject (by Anonymous on 2007-01-01 12:51:33 GMT from Sweden)
Happy New Year to all
"Despite slowing growth, the popularity of DistroWatch.com reached all-time high during the year 2006. According to Netcraft.com, it is now the 936th most popular web site on the Internet, which makes DistroWatch one of the highest ranked Linux and open source news sites available today."
Can you feel the power you now have!? :) dont leet us down.
"Oh my God! I haven't any other words to express our gratitude for your HUGE and astonishing donation! Thanks a lot!!!!!"
Gave me tears to my eyes. :)
9 • Happy New Year 2007 !!! (by Caraibes on 2007-01-01 13:16:39 GMT from Dominican Republic)
Hey, Ladislav, I wish you all the best for the New Year, and same to all DW readers !
I wish I had more PC's to try all those distros, as I now settled with 3 of them...
Yes, Dapper on the laptop, #1, no competition, but curiously, I now have Mandriva 2007 on my main box, and it performs better than Blag (especifically for OOo printing, and Mplayer plugins in FF).
Still have Blag & Edubuntu Dapper on other boxes, happy with it...
For this new year, I guess the apparition of MS Vista will be a phenomenon that might shed some light to lighter free alternative OS...
Another interesting year to follow...
10 • No.9 Caraibes (by PenguinGeek on 2007-01-01 15:03:21 GMT from United Kingdom)
Buy yourself a dozen plug-in carrier racks and strip out some old hard discs junked at the roadside, then you only need one PC to test everything!
11 • RE 10 Which road side? (by dbrion on 2007-01-01 15:30:10 GMT from France)
I fear shipping fees would be unrealistic, as well as plugging untested stuff: a more conservative solution would be to buy USB to/from ATA/SATA adapters, and begin qemulating (works OK with a laptop and Mandriva 2006 for legal Win98 emulations) new distrs, till you know it won't break any data...
This solution (it is the same as yours, less provocative) would seem less geeky, and I use it at work (Qemu is functionally replaced by VMplayer, and Mandriva by Microsoft Windows XP [ why do US linuxers think of a Freedom keyboqrd {azert} when they zrite about a rock solid OS]) without fire nor being fired..
By the way, what does EDUbuntu mean? I won't test UBU stuff this year... I will buy Mandriva without DWW carefully designated buttons which I use for potentially dangerous (not fully tested)distrs ....
12 • DistroWatch donation goes to SabayonLinux (by Bernard on 2007-01-01 16:30:53 GMT from United Kingdom)
Congratulations, this is really a good choice and well worth supporting IMO.
On the day to day side though I'll stick to anything slack based, it has proven to be fastest and most efficient and clean. And one Debian Etch, in hommage to an old love.
13 • elive (by ray carter at 2007-01-01 16:41:28 GMT from United States)
Glad to see Elive 'moving'. IMHO it is an excellent distro - one I always recommend that folks with 'older' equipment try.
14 • Importance of DW (by Roy S. on 2007-01-01 17:32:01 GMT from United States)
DW has been an invaluable resource for me personally. It took a long time and a lot of experimenting before I found the distro that suited me best. I still visit daily to make sure I don't miss something new and exciting. Although I am sticking with what I have, I realize that some of the more cutting edge offerings may be better for wooing new users. Last year I helped 3 of my friends and family get started on the road to freedom.
15 • Stats (by Scaramanga II on 2007-01-01 17:59:43 GMT from United States)
I'd take the Alexa figures to be more accurate - Netcraft rankings are based on those using their toolbar, who are generally more technically inclined and thus bias the results. Either way though, very impressive figures. Well done!
16 • sabayon (by random guy at 2007-01-01 19:37:23 GMT from United States)
love sabayon, it ties ubuntu as my favorite distros
17 • Mandriva 007 Flash USB Key -any users ? (by Fotograf on 2007-01-01 20:23:53 GMT from Canada)
can we download and make a USB Key at home ?
or to pay 60$ US is the Only option available ?
18 • LinuxMint (by TheoDreiser on 2007-01-01 20:30:45 GMT from United States)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the people who took
Ubuntu and raised it to the next level by making LinuxMint. This is
only the second distro i am aware of that "out of the box "plays dvd movies,wmv files,mp3 files,and has Flash 9 working great.
As for Distrowatch, i can not go a day without visiting it, it's
indispensible.
19 • Good IntelMac distro? (by Andrew on 2007-01-01 21:01:02 GMT from Canada)
Does anyone know of a distro with support for Intel-based iMacs? (Running one w/ Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz, X1600 ATI Radeon 128 MB, Superdrive, 512 MB RAM, 160GB HD, Airport.) Tried Sabayon, but the sound didn't work and there were "issues" with wireless. I'm hoping that support will be better in the next release, but until then...
20 • 2006 was a good year (by Russell on 2007-01-01 21:08:36 GMT from United States)
Congratulations to Ladislav and DWW for another excellent year of keeping us informed and entertained :) It was a good year for me in the Linux realm, with my distro disks topping 150... I really need some more storage space... Right now I have PCLOS and Mandriva 2007 on my main box, and have installed Xubuntu on some older hardware. For me, PCLOS and Xubuntu seem to work the best "out of the box". Elive has a nice look and concept, but it needs to be cleaned up before it's ready for prime time. I wasn't terribly impressed with Ubuntu, but that was Breezy. I ordered some Dapper disks from them to try out, and if it's improved I may start handing some out to potential converts.
One last comment on the M$/Vista situation: most of the "regular" computer users I know don't even have a clue what's happening with Vista. They are merrily using their 5-6 year old XP Home boxes, and complaining to me when they lock up, die, slow down, etc. The Vista issue has not impacted them yet, and it won't until their newer XP boxes reach end-of-life and they have to upgrade. The ones running the 1.4 gig Celerons with SDRAM will end up with Vista by default when their boxes die and they get their shiny new Dell/Compaq/HP from Wal-Mart, and they won't care as long as it runs and guys like me clean all the malware and virii out of them regularly. I suppose those of us who are system builders could start carrying around fully loaded laptops with Beryl installed and when the masses see the desktop and go "ooh" then we can hit them with the advantages of Linux/BSD. The momentum will have to come from us, cause Joe User doesn't really care. Anyway that's my once-a-year rant. Be well.
21 • Linux on USB key (by Fotograf on 2007-01-02 00:41:56 GMT from Canada)
who knows - which Live Linux (or hdd installed) has an Option to
USB Key installation ? Gimme a hint
22 • Re: 11 (by johncoom on 2007-01-02 01:26:36 GMT from Australia)
dbrion from France wrote "By the way, what does EDUbuntu mean?"
From DW distro description for Edubuntu (think of the word education)
Edubuntu is a partner project of Ubuntu Linux, a distribution suitable for classroom use. The aim is that an educator with limited technical knowledge and skill will be able to set up a computer lab, or establish an on-line learning environment, in an hour or less, and then administer that environment without having to become a fully-fledged Linux geek.
23 • Linux on USB stick/pen drive (by Basilio on 2007-01-02 01:44:42 GMT from Puerto Rico)
Yes, there are several Linux distros with an option to install to USB stick/Pen Drives. They vary from lightweight distros to full blown ones. Just a quick search at Distrowatch can give anyone the clues. About a good MacIntel support, most distros that have had support for the Mac in the past have now or are working on a Mactel release. Ubuntu newest relaease have Mactel support, and many others have including OpenSUSE. Tehy have even a Live CD/DVD version to try before install.
Have a good DW year!!
24 • RE: 21 (by wam on 2007-01-02 03:36:23 GMT from United States)
This works great!
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
25 • RE: 23 (by Andrew on 2007-01-02 03:55:44 GMT from Canada)
Tried Ubuntu - same problems as Sabayon; strange, given all Macs have approximately the same hardware, right? I will try OpenSUSE - I was turned off by the closed nature and lack of packages back when it was still Software Und System Entwicklung, and more recently by The Deal Which Must Not Be Named, but reviews have been good of late. Forgot - also, OpenGL refused to start on Sabayon. Thanks for the help anyhow!
26 • mandriva on a stick (by agendelman on 2007-01-02 04:56:23 GMT from United States)
re 17, 21
ok, ok, Fotograph, you're breaking my heart. Here it is:
http://www.mcnlive.org/
27 • re #21 Linux live on USB memory sticks (by rglk on 2007-01-02 05:05:34 GMT from United States)
I've installed the following Linux distros on USB flash memory drives: Puppy, DSL, Knoppix, ZenLive (use MySlax Creator to install it), slax, MCNLive, PCLinuxOS. They all work well. My favorites are PCLinuxOS and Knoppix, installed on 1 GB thumbdrives. See http://www.pendrivelinux.com for tips on how to install them.
You have to use a live file system when you run a Linux distro from a flash memory drive rather than installing it on the thumbdrive as on a hard drive. You could use a regular hard drive install on the thumbdrive and thus install almost any Linux distro on such a drive but you'd be wearing out the thumbdrive pretty fast because of excessive writes to the drive (each cell of the flash memory can be written to only a limited number of times).
Robert
28 • I am Ready to contribute to DistroWatch (by KaruppuSwamy.T on 2007-01-02 06:31:14 GMT from United States)
I use to visit DW atleast twice or thrice a day. I am interested in Distro release section, reviews on first page and of course this weekly issue. In turn I too want to contribute. What should I do? What are all possible?
I am available at KARUPPUSWAMY AT GMAIL DOT COM
29 • RE 22 : I know what Edubuntuntu _claims_, I do not know what they mean (by dbrion on 2007-01-02 07:59:13 GMT from France)
in early distributing releases, where, from the starting page, I saw blunders (typos, not technicall). The contrast between their claims and an early release might ironically result in a 10 year rejection . I know that, in France, Linux was officially encouraged (for economical results) and that most (at least 80%) of the schools use MICROSOFT WINDOWS, after some careful checks...
RE 17 For Mandriva 60$ USB install, it might be cheaper (or even easier to get by mail) than a 2 Go USB key (and you might be sure it works on both linux and Windows, if you do not like the installed OS and reformat..).
30 • re #!& #21 Linux live on USB memory sticks (by mzee on 2007-01-02 14:29:29 GMT from Belgium)
Fully agree!
ZenLive, slax, MCNLive, PCLinuxOS are really very nice. The best of two worlds : Linux installed on HD and running from LiveCD
In my eyes the best one is MCNLive Cherbourg. Even if your Bios doesn 't allow you to boot from usb-stick you boot from LiveCD with 'fromusb'-option. Then : free CDROM drive. Very fast. Most interesting programmas available. Easy to install new ones if you wish. English default language but French and Dutch also available.
Happy New Year!
31 • tnx for USB Live (by Fotograf on 2007-01-02 23:21:15 GMT from Canada)
ok ok thanks to all who responded - I downloaded all of those and will try them one by one .....starting with MCNLive - because my
Abit NF7 Mobo doesnot support USB boot......
32 • yeah right (by eternal on 2007-01-02 23:21:50 GMT from Croatia)
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
instructions given on that page tells you how to make bootable usb linux key on a windows machine.
so, i would have to use windows to make a bootable linux usb key.
yeah right. i don't use windows at all.
33 • MCN keyboard (by dbrion on 2007-01-02 23:41:44 GMT from France)
If you want to show a brand new USB Linux to French speaking ppl in order to convince to switch to GNU/linux (they may be very serious with French -from {a}sad experience of French engineers who spoke a mixture of English and French and went to Quebec; {b} if I want a good technical English to French dictionary, it is likely to be made by Quebec universities...) they might have a keyboard problem (see Alixe). If they begin with Linux, and type any text to try, they will laugh and keep Windows....
For ppl who have a French Keyboard, unless MCN changed since #nov 2006, it is more amusing: as the keyboard is Belgian, one can type some text but Bash/{Perl..} scripting will become highly unpleasant... I know it can be fixed (especially on an USB key...) but MICROSOFT DOS had fixed this trivial hardware detection problem in the late 1980.s..
I tried mcn late november, but it was so Mandriva-like I did not keep it.....
34 • RE: Good IntelMac distro? (by Amit on 2007-01-02 23:59:03 GMT from United States)
SimplyMEPIS supports the latest Intel Macs. Check it out.
35 • Summary of expected upcoming releases (by Seveners on 2007-01-03 02:29:35 GMT from Satellite Provider)
Why my favorite distro's, Slackware, never listed on upcoming releases...
hehehe, just joking :-)
36 • re #32: Linux live on a USB memory stick (by rglk on 2007-01-03 05:05:54 GMT from United States)
eternal wrote:
"... instructions given on that page tells you how to make bootable usb linux key on a windows machine. ..."
It turns out that the most reliable and least troublesome method of installing Linux on a USB thumbdrive is to do it from within Windows XP, using a FAT32 file system and generally following the tips on www.pendrivelinux.com. It can also be done entirely from within Linux, e.g. using an ext2 or ext3 filesystem, but many people have had less success with that than in doing it from within Windows with FAT32.
Using a FAT32 file system on the thumbdrive also has the advantage that any unused space on the thumbdrive can be used to set up a persistent home directory holding the system configuration as well as non-system and personal files that can then also be read and written to from within Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.
Almost everyone has access to a Windows system, and it takes only 30-60 min to install the Linux distro on the thumbdrive. After that you're free of Windows.
If you absolutely don't want to touch Windows, you may be more limited in which distros you can install easily and reliably, without tearing out your hair or possibly ruining your thumbdrive. MCNLive and slax certainly can be installed without booting into Windows, and I'm sure DSL and Puppy can so too. You'd have to go to their respective websites for install instructions.
If your BIOS doesn't support booting from USB devices, then most of the Linux distros mentioned here won't run, or at least not without additional tricks. One way to get that to work is by kickstarting the boot process from the live CD and then run the distro entirely from the thumbdrive which obviously runs much faster. MCNLive is set up to do that, and I also got ZenLive to work in that way.
One feature that I've found to be essential for any Linux distro on a USB drive to be useful, is to have provision, in extra space on the thumbdrive, e.g. on a separate partition, for storing the system configuration and for additional files or additional software. Knoppix and slax handle that fairly well. MCNLive Leuven v.2, as nice as it is, didn't have that capability; perhaps it's been included in their current version, MCNLive Cherbourg.
Robert
37 • Summary of the Year 2006: (by nedvis on 2007-01-03 05:59:16 GMT from United States)
a- Last year I've probably made at least 1000 hits at DW.com from either my five Linux/BSD computers at home or PC at work.
b-I managed to conver 5 ( formerly Windows98/ME) computers to Linux
c-After testing at least 20 distribution last year the longest lasting one is PCLinuxOS 0.92b with nVIDIA kernel module which is my favourite one ( continuously running since end of June 2006.)
d-I managed to get Linux Master Certificate at expers-exchange.com for
helping people with their Linux boxes and scored #13 in Linux Setup (overall) category and #7 in Linux ( for the year 2006.) . Not too bad for an Linux enthousiast/hobbist as I am.
e-Besides PCLinuxOS a PCBSD 1.2 was most pleasant discovery to me in
2006 and now it's PCBSD 1.3 . ( Is prefix "PC" in distribution name proof of hight quality? I don't know but it turn to be true. )
f-This year I'm going to convert three or four more computers at work to Linux/PCBSD. One is already serving our church children's center WEB site ( and old Dell 600 MHz Pentium III runing Mandrica 2006 )
g-I'm finally about to get my LPI certification ( currently reading brilliant O'reilly's "LPI Linux Certification In Nutshell" )
h-I'm small distros hunter and I'm so happy finding there are growing development forces not only behind big Linux names.
Does this all sounds like a programatic behaviour? I don't know but
I sort of like this kind of infestation!
Happy New Year to all you Linux adicts !
nedvis
38 • Elive - Just a note for Elive, Enlightenment (by Angel_Fr@gzill@ on 2007-01-03 08:08:39 GMT from Belgium)
Elive - Just a note for the Elive developpers !
Congratulations for the Distro, is excellent and different ot the average... Obne of my very favourites!
I have read in the Elive site that you are going to use KDE for next versions, even using Enlightenment as windows manager.
Well I am not sure of what you intend, by it may be a mistake, and will be similar, maybe to other Debian/KDE distros...
What is Elive appealing for is just because of its originality and difference. It is because the use of Enlightenment that give Elive its special Charm...
Also because its light and quick. The fact that now there are more memory available for PCs is not a justification to include heavy artillery , as KDE. You have a 'niche' market in Linux and you rick of spoiling and loosing it...
Also, want to point out that the last version of the Distro, Elive 0.6 apparently has a problem.
I have downloaded it twice via Torrent and the md5 I found in a ftp server tells me that the ISO is not right.
On the other hand there is not way to verify the ISO with a md5 from the Elive Web Site (the Link is broken...)
Please, if you read it try to consider all this...
Angel_Fr@gzill@
39 • No subject (by Anonymous on 2007-01-03 12:55:59 GMT from Sweden)
re #32
read #36 then see this links for additional information
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Small_Footprint_Gentoo_on_USB
http://dynebolic.org/ (??? sitedown ???)
use this instead http://freshmeat.net/projects/dynebolic/
and this for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynebolic
re #38
I have no problem what so ever with v.06_revolution
the .md5 can be found here http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03931#0
and I agree with you its a nice small footprint distro and nothing will change that http://www.elivecd.org/gb/Main/News/_articles/46.html , to merge with KDE was a joke.
Im now using Pardus linux and loving it,
cons is that there isnt that many packages ready, (that means for example no Gnome)
pros, faster package manager then .deb
useful site for people wanting to try it out http://worldforum.pardus-linux.nl/
40 • Comment 36 why FAT32? (by dbrion on 2007-01-03 15:43:23 GMT from France)
This is a very primitive filesystem (no links, some misunderstandings on permissions) limited to 2Go AFAIK : system archives (use tar eg to save) are likely to be cut... (it will be tempting if 4 Go USB flash disksare avalaible)
Self made External HD drives are economically more interesting (the Go is 30 times cheaper from the market price in my town, allthat with new stuff - I maintain Mandriva USB friends estonishing key is a bargain- ). They are ligt enough to be carried, big enough not to be lost. The only pb is power supply...
41 • My thoughts and feelings... (by Malakai on 2007-01-03 18:24:00 GMT from Canada)
First off, kudos to everyone at Distrowatch for maintaining my number 1 website... like a good credit card, I never surf without it. ;)
I firmly believe 2007 is going to open some eyes for a lot of people both inside and outside (we're coming for you...) the linux world. This should also be a pinnacle year for linux for one big reason... Windows. Vista is going to be released, and it's already very clear that hardware specs and requirements to even load the "Aero" effects are enormous, and if you can actually load it, you can sit and watch half your system resources go down the toilet in one flush. However, it goes far beyond that.
I've been stuck in the Windows world starting all the way from 3.11 for Workgroups, so I've seen a lot in my time, and while there were positives, they are overshadowed by an obvious track record of insecurity, instability and incompetence by Microsoft. I'm sorry, but an OS should not have to be reinstalled because its very core (in the case of Windows) becomes corrupted from everyday use and installation/un-installation of programs. The windows registry has the security of swiss cheese, and the stability of someone standing on a greased exercise ball. I've had to reinstall windows OS's countless times simply from corruption, and I'm not talking about viruses/spyware and the like, just using the system. Vista's core will still be the registry, and thus will still suffer from the same problems, despite MS's claims that they are clamping down on that, which I'm not buying for a minute. The registry is only part of the issue, which along with the obvious malicious software issues, DLL issues and dependancies, and security so many programs tied to the OS itself.
I still boot to windows for games, and other programs that I still need access to, but other than that, it's Linux all the way. It's a great feeling to know that there is another choice, and that's really what Linux is all about. Yes, it's stable and secure, yes, it can run on a variety of hardware (old and new), and yes, it's free/cheap. Those are all moot points IMO. Linux is choice, plain and simple. And I for one am glad I made my choice.
What distro's am I using? I have a multi-boot system right now with my Windows install, PCLOS, Debian and Mandriva 2007. Will I still be using those 6 months from now? Maybe, maybe not. I would like to try Arch and/or Gentoo, but I don't like the idea of distros where you seemingly (from reading on forums) spend more time configuring and setting up everything that should be installed by default, and then maintaining it all, than you actually do using the system. To me, that seems like too much work for little payoff (yes, they claim to be faster, but is there really THAT much of a difference?). I've had to do that too much in the Windows world, and to me that feels torturous. If anybody has thoughts to the contrary feel free to fire away.
All that being said, I can't wait to see Linux move up and take pot shots at the MS Juggernaut. Bring some popcorn, cause it's gonna be entertaining... ;)
42 • re #41 (by Eric on 2007-01-03 21:20:56 GMT from Canada)
give arch a try, it is much simpler to get going than gentoo, i have tried both, aswell as sabayon and sabayon even seemed slow to me.... i'll root for arch 100%, but maybe wait until its 0.8 Voodoo release to make sure everything gets rounded off.
enjoy arch as i have, but atm i'm running PC-BSD 1.3 and i must say im impressed, good luck
43 • Re #38 & 39 (by Andrew on 2007-01-03 22:19:06 GMT from New Zealand)
I agree with the comments about Elive.
Elive is a great distro, if they move from Enlightenment then it becomes just another distro - debian with Kde. I notice a few days ago that Debian are releasing a version with Kde, what will the difference be? Elive is not only good for PC's with old hardware it's starting to do well on new hardware also. I don't know why Enlightenment is ignored by other distros. The main ones seem to be Kde, Gnome, XFCE and Fluxbox. I believe Enlightenment has more to offer. The reasons for Elive to use Kde doen't add up to me. I would like them to give more of a reason. Please explain Elive?
44 • Elive Joke • Re #43 (by Ariszló on 2007-01-03 23:33:27 GMT from Hungary)
Don't worry. It was just a joke:
http://www.elivecd.org/gb/Main/News/_articles/47.html
45 • Sabayon md5sum (by Woody Ochs on 2007-01-04 00:33:03 GMT from United States)
I can't seem to get an md5sum match vis-a-vis the Sabayon 3.25 image which the VT HTTP Mirror transmits and the checksum which it displays. Has anyone else noticed this?
46 • DW header - title (by Today Anonymous on 2007-01-04 07:41:01 GMT from Australia)
Dear Ladislav
I think you have put the wrong thing in your html header code for Title
At present you have = Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux. BSD.
From reading the a lot of the comments that end up here I think it should be changed ?
To some thing like = Distro hoppers delight, a new distro each week, Hop Linux, BSD.
47 • Re: 45 Sabayon md5sum (by johncoom on 2007-01-04 08:05:56 GMT from Australia)
Well perhaps this has got some thing to do with it ?
For the SabayonLinux-x86-3.25c.iso - the ....3.25c.iso md5 file shows
5bd23c813e19b777d1b50d6c5f5d934f SabayonLinux-x86-3.25.iso
For the SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.25c.iso - the .....3.25c.md5 file shows
c2c0bec320e850240c22e1fbf7c2a122 SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.25.iso
NOTICE the md5sums do not seem to be for the "3.25c" issue but for "3.25"
:-(
48 • Re: 45 Sabayon md5sum (by johncoom on 2007-01-04 08:20:41 GMT from Australia)
From the other DOT dot mirror - the md5sums are different and for 3.25c issue
cf7bd7513bc01ccd3b87e3088a92d913 SabayonLinux-x86-3.25c.iso
6be2ea8175b72463005f4c3e1869c38b SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.25c.iso
I had a hell of a job getting them - see if those match your downloaded ISO ?
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49 • Down with Windoaz! Down with Mac! Down with Linux! (by iAintRobot!! on 2007-01-04 08:30:01 GMT from Canada)
DOWN WITH WINDOAZ, DOWN WITH MAC, DOWN WITH LINUX!!
Relax folks :)
Although the above-stated slogans reflect the true feelings i hold for those OpSystems, they're not meant to offend anybody. They, rather are meant to provoke you into thinking and read my post attentively.
Have you heard of a a RedHat-based operating system called Sugar???
Here's a very interesting news i found on BBC's website, which motivated me to post this message today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6224183.stm
Nicholas Negroponte, the pioneer behind the One Laptop Per Child project is quoted as saying the following:
"One of the saddest but most common conditions in elementary school computer labs (when they exist in the developing world), is the children are being trained to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint".
And he goes on and add the following crucial remarks:
"I consider that criminal, because children should be making things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation tools"
What Negroponte says matters because he's the brain behind One Laptop Per Child, one of the most important projects of our times. More importantly, he's a scientist and founder of the world renowned Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The mission for Negroponte is all about eliminating poverty with education." It's not a lap top project it’s an education project," he says.
That's why it matters what Negroponte says.
One Laptop Per Child project is not only a good technological deed for for developing world's children, but it also --perhaps more importantly-- runs on a RedHat-based operating system called Sugar --- and it very much reflects Negroponte's above-mentioned statement that it's wrong, it's a crime to train and force children (or anybody who uses a computer) to memorize, instead of exploring, learning and creating in order to operate a computer.
It's about time that start realizing that MsWindws. Mac, Linux and all other existing operating systems, are rather designed to impede creativity, and preventing the users to become more creative. From a logical point of view they all, more or less, are the same.
And sorry that Linux (as it's known) isn't an exception. The only considerable difference between Linux and Mac and Windows is a negative one --- that Linux is the ugliest, the user unfriendliest and resource hungriest of the trio. But, please, don't respond and try to argue about this particular argument i just made. Because this isn't really what i'm hoping to generate and have people discuss about it. Plus, i have my share of hatred for Windows and Mac, like many of you. Thus, there's no point to argue about Linux vs Window and Mac, etc. Let's rather debate about Negroponte's statement and what it means and it's implications. And let's download Sugar to study and tinker with it and then share our observations and thoughts.
I strongly believe this new OS, Sugar, has, potentially, very positive implications for the future direction of Linux in general and all other operating systems in particular. Perhaps, we eventually will discover that Sugar is a technological version of god-sent messiah we need in order to, finally, defeat Windowz for once and all.
Let's welcome the opinion of all those who honestly think that it's about time we question KDE, Gnome, and other GUis that makes what's Linux today: user-unfriendly, ugly and increasingly power-hungry. If we, as computer enthusiasts really want to do our part of work contributing to humanity's development for a brighter future, than we have to question and criticize Linux, just like we do criticize Windows and Mac. Whether it's Windows, Mac or Linux -- it doesn't refute the fact that they all are developed by a bunch of nerds, led by three pathetic man; Bill Gate, Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds. Why should we waste our prescious memory and time to learn applications, which reflect the limations of the above-mentioned nerds and their ilk. We shouldn't allow others to limit our creativity and vision marching toward a bright a peaceful future. We shouldn't allow others to treat us like we're robots, whose creativity and movements are limited, for they're programmed by a human being.
I very much hope that Ladislav will start playing an active and leading role in this debate about Sugar OS and it's implications. I hope he will bring all relevant people together--including Negroponte. For example, an interview with him on the DW Watch's pages would be an excellent start. Similarly, after an in-depth research, reserving a permanent space on an important corner of DistroWatch for Sugar would be a great contribution. Likewise, i hope he reserves a special corner, always visible, for Sugar on DW. I look forward to your replies and hope Ladislav will keep my posting on the front page for several weeks, so as to make sure that nobody miss this great debate :)
50 • Re: #49 (by linbetwin on 2007-01-04 09:56:05 GMT from Romania)
... and that concludes our international moment of Zen for this week's comments section. Just don't forget that sugar makes you fat, even if you spend a lot of energy reinventing the wheel.
51 • RE49 Men aint Hindu goddesses (by dbrion on 2007-01-04 11:24:54 GMT from France)
with many heads... See DW 200605xx (from memory) and Elektor (free contents, photos of Koffee Annan and "La Manivelle" in Tunis..)..
It is a 386 based PC, with a quite innovating LCD screen, an rock solid keyboard and a reliable power supply. However, I do not see how it could be upgraded with a flsh disk.
The structure is somewhat between classical PCs and embedded (mobile phones work on GNU/linuw).
Serious entiteies, such as Microsoft and Redhat, were /are interested in it.
I think there shall be no (/ very few) language blunders, but it might take time.
I found VMplayable or Qemulatable files, but in a beta version (my keyboard does not support Greek.)...
You should not tell KDE/Microsoft Windows/ Gnome are ugly: as many ppl put photos they took during their Holy Days, .it would mean that any place in the world is ugly....
52 • Dreamlinux 2.2 is OUT! (by kanishka on 2007-01-04 23:23:03 GMT from Italy)
Nobody noticed that Dreamlinux 2.2 is out and ready for download?
http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/download.html
53 • RE: 52 Dreamlinux 2.2 is OUT! (by ladislav on 2007-01-04 23:27:51 GMT from Taiwan)
Good luck with downloading it! With the speed I am getting at the moment, it will take me more than a day to download the CD! And once it's on the front page of DW, it will only get worse....
54 • RE: 52 Dreamlinux 2.2 is OUT! (by kanishka on 2007-01-04 23:33:42 GMT from Italy)
Haha you're right! I tried with my DSL and couldn't get more than 12 Kb/sec... Waiting for Linuxtracker! ^ ^
55 • LinuxConsole 1.0 is out, too (by Ariszló on 2007-01-05 00:03:54 GMT from Hungary)
linuxconsole1.0.76-cd.iso was released on January 2:
http://www.linuxconsole.org/1.0/iso/
There are also some broken links at
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linuxconsole
User Forums should point to http://www.linuxconsole.org/forumen/ (or http://www.linuxconsole.org/forumfr/),
Documentation to http://www.linuxconsole.org/wikien/doku.php (or http://www.linuxconsole.org/wikifr/doku.php),
and Download Mirrors to http://www.linuxconsole.org/1.0/iso/
56 • LG3D (by Tazix on 2007-01-05 18:46:20 GMT from United States)
Anybody try the latest LG3D?
Last time I tried it, it ran like a modern game on a budget 3D card... "stutter city"... And I have a fairly high end system / video card.
57 • DreamLinux (by wam on 2007-01-05 19:37:45 GMT from United States)
It looks sooooo sweet. Its going to take almost 2 days to download! Anyone know of a faster link?
58 • Re: 56 • LG3D (by Ariszló on 2007-01-05 19:48:21 GMT from Hungary)
I have not tried the latest live cd yet but the "Linux x86 Mega Bundle" is cool: https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/binary-builds.html
59 • lg3d (by ray carter at 2007-01-05 21:56:28 GMT from United States)
I note on DWs ld3d page a note that this can be run from a 256mb flash memory device. Anyone have any info on how to do this? I've been to their page and don't find much info.
60 • fedora on ppc ibook g4 (by robzilla on 2007-01-06 02:54:02 GMT from United States)
I am trying to install linux on my mac. I love linux and would like to use it on my ibook. I am thinking of trying fedora. I am wondering if anyone has tryed to install linux on an iBook g4 1.42ghz computer? Any thoughts, hints, suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
R
61 • olpc and elive (by dbrion on 2007-01-06 09:50:13 GMT from France)
Images for OLPC can be found (and hints for emulation) for instance in :
http://berrange.com/personal/diary/2006/02/running-olpc-within-vmware-player
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation#VMware_Player
Sugar is not an OS, but a gui (from the start , I saw a kernel 18 claim under VMplayer running under Wicrosoft Windows. I doubt the emulation was cheated...).
I took me 4 days to download Elive from a cybercafé (one should not use credit cards in cybercafés,even antiviruses). It was worth the time, as it converges towards OLPC use of mice (as one goes one the East or West side, new desktops arise). I think the OLPC sugar behavior will be fully imitated ( Nprth and South will be added to descover other icons)=> this is NOT a bug...
Elive has qemu installed (which can be called many times from the same system; it differs in that side of the free version of VMplayer). Elive can thus emulate herself and it is the actual demo. I think the new release will add preconfigured images of OLPC, and of two KDE installed Linuxes, one with KDE full installed and a system with customised KDE (in a minimalist way : no OO, many Konsoles to follow top memory prints.) and many other amusing things: it is planned for Apr 2nd. As isos will be greater, it might be tested in May..
62 • search for gnome on Distrowatch (by Anonymous on 2007-01-06 17:39:07 GMT from Germany)
http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=libgnome&pkgver=2.16.0#pkgsearch
i dont get an result when i search on distrowatch for gnome. but for kde yes. is it here against gnome and for kde?
63 • Re: search for gnome on Distrowatch (by Ariszló on 2007-01-06 18:55:36 GMT from Hungary)
How about this:
http://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=GNOME&status=Active
64 • Distrowatch Weekly Podcast (by Everett Attebury on 2007-01-07 03:28:34 GMT from United States)
I used to subscribe to the podcast with Amarok, but lately I keep getting a 403 permission error when I try to download them. Anyone else having this problem?
65 • Re: search for gnome on Distrowatch (by Anonymous on 2007-01-07 13:16:04 GMT from Germany)
ok, now today i get a result for gnome with: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=libgnome&pkgver=2.16.0#pkgsearch
i dont know why i didnt get it last times:(
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