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| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 272, 29 September 2008 |
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Welcome to this year's 39th issue of DistroWatch Weekly! A second attempt at creating a comprehensive package management cheatsheet is the main topic of this week's edition of DistroWatch Weekly. While still far from perfect, the table lists more package management tasks and utilities than the first version, but as always, corrections and suggestions are always welcome. In the news section, Linux distributions warn over a hardware damaging kernel bug, Debian publishes a list of supported languages in "Lenny", Fedora announces a further delay of its upcoming version 10, and Linux Mint unveils its first-ever 64-bit edition. Also, plenty of Gentoo-related news, including an upcoming distribution build tool called "Metro" and an alternative package management utility named "Paludis". Finally, check out Klikit-Linux, a community project based on Kubuntu, which was added to the DistroWatch database last week. All this and more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly - happy reading!
Content:
- Feature: Linux package management cheatsheet, part 2
- News: Warnings over e1000e network module, supported languages in Debian "Lenny", Fedora delays, Gentoo tools - Paludis and Metro, OpenSolaris 2008.11 desktop features, Linux Mint for 64-bit hardware, MEPIS Community
- Released last week: gOS 3.0 "Gadgets", VectorLinux 5.9.1 "SOHO", sidux 2008-03
- Upcoming releases: Fedora 10 Beta, openSUSE 11.1 Beta 2, Ubuntu 8.10 Beta
- New additions: Klikit-Linux
- New distributions: Cooperation-iws, ParsLinux, K-Rune Velo
- Reader comments
 Listen to the Podcast edition of this week's DistroWatch Weekly in ogg (13MB) and mp3 (13MB) formats (many thanks to Russ Wenner)
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| Feature Story |
Linux package management cheatsheet, part 2
The package management cheatsheet story from last week seems to have struck a solid chord with the DistroWatch readership. For those who missed it, here is a brief recap: we are trying to create a quick overview of package management commands that would cover most of the popular Linux distributions and maybe even FreeBSD and OpenSolaris. For now, it is only available online (see below), but once completed, we will turn it into a printable format so that every distro hopper can print it out and keep it around.
The number of suggestions that kept coming in throughout the week surpassed our expectations. The simple cheatsheet, as envisaged originally, has now turned into a big, time-consuming project that will take two or three more weeks to complete. Unfortunately, its creation coincided with a failed hard disk hosting the DistroWatch web site, a problem which took some resources away from perfecting the cheatsheet. The good news is that the web site is now running on a brand new hard disk, so we can concentrate once again on normal daily activities.
So for this week, we have an improved version of the cheatsheet. We added a few more package management tasks which were suggested by our readers, then grouped them into a handful of logical categories. The next step will be to add more package management tools and distributions, notably the following:
- Add the principal source-based package management tools, including Gentoo portage,Source Mage sorcery and Lunar lunar
- Add some of the distro-agnostic package management tools, such as smart and pkcon
- Add FreeBSD's binary and source package management tools
- Add alternative package management tools, such as aptitude alongside apt-get
- Add some of the lesser-known package management tools, such as those created by KateOS, GoboLinux, paldo GNU/Linux, SliTaz GNU/Linux, etc.
In the meantime, here is the latest version of the cheatsheet. As always, suggestions and corrections are most welcome!
| Task |
apt (deb)
Debian, Ubuntu |
zypp (rpm)
openSUSE |
yum (rpm)
Fedora, CentOS |
urpmi (rpm)
Mandriva |
| Managing software |
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| Install new software from package repository |
apt-get install pkg |
zypper install pkg |
yum install pkg |
urpmi pkg |
| Install new software from package file |
dpkg -i pkg |
zypper install pkg |
yum localinstall pkg |
urpmi pkg |
| Update existing software |
apt-get install pkg |
zypper update -t pkg |
yum update pkg |
urpmi pkg |
| Remove unwanted software |
apt-get remove pkg |
zypper remove pkg |
yum erase pkg |
urpme pkg |
| Updating the system |
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| Update package list |
apt-get update |
zypper refresh |
yum check-update |
urpmi.update -a |
| Update system |
apt-get upgrade |
zypper update |
yum update |
urpmi --auto-select |
| Searching for packages |
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| Search by package name |
apt-cache search pkg |
zypper search pkg |
yum list pkg |
urpmq pkg |
| Search by pattern |
apt-cache search pattern |
zypper search -t pattern pattern |
yum search pattern |
urpmq --fuzzy pkg |
| Search by file name |
apt-file search path |
zypper wp file |
yum provides file |
urpmf file |
| List installed packages |
dpkg -l |
rpm -qa |
rpm -qa |
rpm -qa |
| Configuring access to software repositories |
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| List repositories |
cat /etc/apt/sources.list |
zypper repos |
yum repolist |
urpmq --list-media |
| Add repository |
(edit /etc/apt/sources.list) |
zypper addrepo path name |
(add repo to /etc/yum.repos.d/) |
urpmi.addmedia name path |
| Remove repository |
(edit /etc/apt/sources.list) |
zypper removerepo name |
(remove repo from /etc/yum.repos.d/) |
urpmi.removemedia media |
| Task |
pkgtools
Slackware |
slackpkg
Slackware |
slapt-get
Vector |
netpkg
Zenwalk |
| Managing software |
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| Install new software from package repository |
-- |
slackpkg install pkg |
slapt-get install pkg |
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| Install new software from package file |
installpkg pkg |
slackpkg install pkg |
slapt-get install pkg |
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| Update existing software |
upgradepkg pkg |
slackpkg install pkg |
slapt-get install pkg |
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| Remove unwanted software |
removepkg pkg |
slackpkg remove pkg |
slapt-get remove pkg |
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| Updating the system |
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| Update package list |
-- |
slackpkg update |
slapt-get update |
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| Update system |
-- |
slackpkg upgrade-all |
slapt-get upgrade |
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| Searching for packages |
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| Search by package name |
-- |
slackpkg search pkg |
slapt-get --search pkg |
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| Search by pattern |
-- |
slackpkg search pattern |
slapt-get --search pattern |
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| Search by file name |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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| List installed packages |
ls /var/log/packages/ |
ls /var/log/packages/ |
slapt-get --installed |
ls /var/log/packages/ |
| Configuring access to software repositories |
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| List repositories |
-- |
cat /etc/slackpkg/mirrors |
cat /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc |
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| Add repository |
-- |
(edit /etc/slackpkg/mirrors) |
(edit /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc) |
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| Remove repository |
-- |
(edit /etc/slackpkg/mirrors) |
(edit /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc) |
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| Task |
equo
Sabayon |
pacman
Arch |
conary
rPath, Foresight |
pisi
Pardus |
| Managing software |
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| Install new software from package repository |
equo install pkg |
pacman -S pkg |
conary update pkg |
pisi install pkg |
| Install new software from package file |
equo install pkg |
pacman -U pkg |
conary update pkg |
pisi install pkg |
| Update existing software |
equo install pkg |
pacman -S pkg |
conary update pkg |
pisi install pkg |
| Remove unwanted software |
equo remove pkg |
pacman -R pkg |
conary erase pkg |
pisi remove pkg |
| Updating the system |
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| Update package list |
equo update |
pacman -Sy |
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pisi update-repo |
| Update system |
equo world |
pacman -Su |
conary updateall |
pisi upgrade |
| Searching for packages |
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| Search by package name |
equo match pkg |
pacman -Ss pkg |
conary query pkg |
pisi search pkg |
| Search by pattern |
equo search pattern |
pacman -Ss pattern |
conary query pkg |
pisi search pkg |
| Search by file name |
equo belongs file |
pacman -Qo file |
conary query --path path |
pisi search-file path |
| List installed packages |
equo list |
pacman -Q |
conary query |
pisi list-installed |
| Configuring access to software repositories |
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| List repositories |
equo repoinfo |
cat /etc/pacman.conf |
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pisi list-repo |
| Add repository |
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(edit /etc/pacman.conf) |
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pisi add-repo name path |
| Remove repository |
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(edit /etc/pacman.conf) |
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pisi remove-repo name |
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| Miscellaneous News |
Warnings over e1000e network module, supported languages in Debian "Lenny", Fedora delays, Gentoo tools - Paludis and Metro, OpenSolaris 2008.11 desktop features, Linux Mint for 64-bit hardware, MEPIS Community
Let's start this week's news section with a warning that a recent development build of the Linux kernel, one of the release candidates for version 2.6.27, has a serious bug that could damage certain Intel network cards. Since this kernel is used in current development releases of openSUSE, Ubuntu and Mandriva Linux (including its 2009 RC1, but not RC2 release) these distributions are also affected. The problematic hardware includes the Intel 82566 and 82567 network interfaces (part of the ICH8 and ICH9 chipsets) supported by the e1000e module. Here is a warning issued by Mandriva Linux last week: "A major bug was recently discovered in the upstream Linux kernel (see also Mandriva bug 44147). This issue does not affect any stable Mandriva Linux release and will not affect the final release of Mandriva Linux 2009. This is not a Mandriva-specific issue, the cause lies in the official kernel code, and the issue will affect any system or distribution that uses the affected kernels." Similar warnings have also been published by openSUSE (see Serious e1000e driver issue in openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1) and Ubuntu (see Serious, potentially hardware-damaging e1000e driver issue on Intrepid).
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 Only two days remain before the month of September comes to an end, yet there is still no official news on the upcoming release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny", originally previewed for release this month. Nevertheless, things are moving ahead. Last week, the project finalised the list of supported languages in the new Debian installer, with the number standing at 63: "After a short discussion time, my proposals have been ACKed and we will have 63 languages supported, including English, in Debian Installer for 'Lenny'. 'Etch' had 58 supported languages. The final winners are: Amharic, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Bengali, Bosnian.... Newcomers for Lenny are: Amharic, Welsh (back), Irish, Marathi, Northern Sami and Serbian. We lost Estonian which was in Etch. Those that missed the deadline are of course all other languages of the world. We will put focus on languages where an effort started at some moment but could not be complete enough: Afrikaans, Estonian, Persian, Armenian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Kannada, Kashmiri, Lao, Malagasy, Malay, Sanskrit, Secwepemctsin, Telugu, Urdu and Xhosa."
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 The beta release of Fedora 10, previously scheduled for last week, has been delayed by a week. This means that the final release of Fedora 10 is now expected on 25 November 2008, also a week later than scheduled: "After a week(end) of hacking, we're just not there yet for beta. There are a few more Anaconda issues that we're tracking down: network installs where network needs to be brought up in stage2; installs via media; doing something with tracebacks. We're fairly confident that we've got fixes for these issues, but given the current timeline we'd rather have a few more days of testing rather than rush something out that doesn't work. The release engineering team is recommending a slip of the beta release date to Tuesday Sept 30th. To go along with this slip, we recommend that all further points of the Fedora 10 schedule slip out a week as well, which would put the Fedora 10 release date at November 25th."
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 Has Gentoo Linux lost much of its mindshare, developers and users, as claimed in an blog post last week? Not at all. At least that's according to some of the Gentoo developers who cared to comment on the distribution's official Planet blog. Steve Dibb: "Experience on my part has shown that while a group of users may unitedly cry the mantra whine that Gentoo is dying, individually, the reason is never universal. It all comes down to the the perception that it's falling apart because one or a few small parts of what they want supported no longer is. Just because one popular desktop manager isn't in the tree, does that mean that the collective work of every other developer is worthless? That's an awfully short stick to measure by. I've always been positive and optimistic about the future of Gentoo. One thing, more than any, I'm certain of, is that even should the distribution collapse in on itself and completely go away, the idea will never die. Gentoo has too many original ideas swirling all around it that it will live on even if the primary project doesn't."
In the meantime, the official word from Gentoo is that there will be no stable release version 2008.1, originally planned for September 2008. Instead, the release engineering team is working on creating regular weekly builds of minimal installation CDs and stage tarballs: "In future releases, Gentoo will focus on a more back-to-basics approach that will give you up-to-date install media on a regular basis and make much better use of our human resources. We're looking into automated weekly builds of the minimal CDs and stage tarballs as well as maybe an annual live CD release. We will keep you updated as we decide on the details of this new approach. Consequently, we're canceling the 2008.1 release. The release engineering team has to reconsider its priorities - we overstretched our human resources during the prolonged 2008.0 release process. This caused too much stress for our release engineers and multiple postponements of the release."
The cancellation of the Gentoo Linux 2008.1 release has prompted the project founder, Daniel Robbins, to offer another option to install the popular source-based distribution. According to his weblog, he has started working on a new distribution build tool called 'Metro' (a replacement for 'Catalyst'), which should be available soon: "In a few weeks, I will be releasing a completely redesigned release build tool called 'Metro'. This is the tool that I use to build my daily Funtoo stages and it supports building both stable and unstable stages. It is much more capable than Catalyst and has a much better architecture. Metro is a full recipe-based build engine that will allow the larger Gentoo community to build Gentoo (and even non-Gentoo - it is not Gentoo-specific) releases and stages easily and share their build recipes with others. Metro allows anyone to set up their own automated builds and greatly simplifies the task of maintaining a web mirror of these builds. It will make it a lot easier for people to create their own Gentoo-based distributions as well."
Finally, to conclude the round-up of Gentoo-related news of the past week, an interesting tip from a Gentoo user. If you have trouble with Portage to build and install your packages, then try Paludis, an alternative (and unofficial) package manager for Gentoo Linux: "In the past, Gentoo had a reputation for being bleeding edge. The developers in the past were great in adding 'stable' new packages for Gentoo users. Now, with a large number of Gentoo developers leaving, or some would say, defecting, Portage cannot be maintained as it used to be in the past. This, in turn, has created many problems sometimes resulting in broken systems. ... A group of Gentoo developers created Paludis. I have a strong feeling that they will win over a large number of converts. Converting from Portage to Paludis can be done with a simple Bash script. Paludis functionality in consoles is similar to Portage." If you are interested in finding out more about Paludis, check out the project's web site at paludis.pioto.org.
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 In last week's DistroWatch Weekly we mentioned that there was no official feature list for the upcoming release of OpenSolaris, version 2008.11. As if by magic, a blog post by Alfred Peng entitled What's new in the next OpenSolaris release (2008.11), gives a nice summary of the most interesting desktop features that will appear in the project's second official release later this year: "Besides Songbird, a big bunch of great applications, including the GNOME 2.24 desktop, have been delivered into OpenSolaris build 99: XChat, Cheese, tsclient - a front-end application for rdesktop, VNCViewer, wfica and Xnest, GKrellM - a monitor application to show the system status in real time, Brasero - a CD/DVD burning application, and Transmission, - a BitTorrent client. The full list can be found here. Also, something like NWAM 0.5, ZFS snapshot, power suspend/resume support (for certain hardware) will also be integrated."
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 Those readers who missed a 64-bit edition from the ever-growing line-up of Linux Mint flavours have just been offered a new incentive to try this Ubuntu-based distribution. As announced over the weekend, a release candidate for the project's first ever x86_64 edition is now available for download and testing: "Linux Mint is proud to announce its very first 64-bit release: Elyssa x86_64 RC1. The purpose of the x86_64 edition is to offer the same desktop features as the main edition but in a 64-bit environment. We received a lot of requests to support the x86_64 architecture and we've managed to come up with an edition which is almost 100% on par with our main desktop. As a release candidate, this release is targeted at developers and beta testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop." Interested beta testers can download this release candidate from here: LinuxMint-5-x64-RC1.iso (682MB, MD5).
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 Finally, something to cheer up the fans of MEPIS Linux while they wait for the distribution's next release, version 8.0. A new MEPIS community web site, appropriately called MEPIS Community, complete with news, tips and extra software packages ready for installation is now available for your viewing pleasure: "The MEPIS community has unveiled a new dynamic web site to provide information and access to community activities and interests. It has no legal relationship to the official MEPIS web site, which remains the only legitimate source for development information, sales, etc. Instead, it addresses areas such as new user needs, community artwork, packaging projects, development of derivatives, documentation efforts and similar topics." The new web site went live early last week: "With a community review and a full revision cycle now finished, the group of volunteers behind the new community web site announces with no small amount of satisfaction that the site is open for business."
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| Released Last Week |
Helix 2008R1
Drew Fahey has announced the release of Helix 2008R1, an Ubuntu-based live CD with a collection of incident response and forensic analysis software: "Helix 2008R1 (2.0) has officially been released and is available for download. This is a major update to the bootable side of Helix, as it is based on Ubuntu rather than KNOPPIX. There are a number of other changes: Guidance Software Linen v6.11.2.2; AFFLIB 3.3.3 - open and extensible file format designed to store disk images and associated metadata; aimage 3.1.0 - advanced disk imaging tool; Autopsy 2.08 - GUI front-end to Sleuth Kit tools; Sleuth Kit 2.52 - open source digital investigation forensic tools; chkrootkit v0.47 - determine whether system is infected with a rootkit; chntpw 0.99.3 - utility to overwrite Windows SAM passwords...." Read the release announcement and changelog for more details.
Helix 2008r1 - an Ubuntu-based live CD designed for forensic analysis
(full image size: 610kB, screen resolution: 1280x1024 pixels)
sidux 2008-03
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of sidux 2008-03, a desktop distribution based on Debian's unstable branch: "Later than planned (due to a hard-to-find bug in VirtualBox), we now have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of the sidux 2008-03 'Ourea' release. It concentrates on integrating the changes caused by kernel 2.6.26, and on the post-install experience - by propagating the default user profile to new users as well. As a welcome side effect, hardware for common netbooks and newer chipsets is now supported. Furthermore, a large number of individual functionality enhancements and bug fixes have been applied to the full package line. A new feature in 'Ourea' is the ability to select languages other than German or US English from the GRUB menu." Read the detailed release notes for more information.
sidux 2008-03 - showcasing the latest Debian technologies in a live DVD
(full image size: 946kB, screen resolution: 1280x1024 pixels)
VectorLinux 5.9.1 "SOHO"
Robert Lange has announced the release of VectorLinux 5.9.1 "SOHO" edition, now also available as a free download: "The 5.9.1 release is a maintenance and bug-fix release for the previous SOHO 5.9 and includes 52 updates to the core system. You will also find Firefox 3.0.1, Opera 9.52, Pidgin 2.5.1, SANE 1.0.19 and a host of others. The kernel has been upgraded to 2.6.25.7 for better driver support in both sound and WiFi. After long consideration we determined that this was just too darned good and we wanted everyone to see just how good this is. We are confident that after trying the free edition you will want to come back and purchase the DELUXE edition. The default desktop is KDE 3.5.9. More than just amazing eye candy, KDE's extensive collection of graphical tools makes it easy to use for non-technical users." Read the release notes and visit the DELUXE product page for further details.
VectorLinux 5.9.1 "SOHO" - a full-featured desktop distribution with KDE 3.5
(full image size: 422kB, screen resolution: 1280x1024 pixels)
gOS 3.0 "Gadgets"
David Liu has announced the release of gOS 3.0 "Gadgets" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring a large number of pre-installed Google desktop gadgets: "Introducing gOS 3 'Gadgets'. gOS 3 'Gadgets' instantly launches Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, introducing over 100,000 possible iGoogle and Google Gadgets to the desktop. Google Documents, Calendar, and Mail launch in Mozilla Prism windows to closer resemble desktop applications. The newest release of Wine 1.0 is included to now support thousands of Windows software for our advanced users. gOS 3 Gadgets is based on the solid Linux distribution base of Ubuntu 8.04.1." Visit the project's home page to read the release announcement and see the product's features page to learn more about the distribution's capabilities.
gOS 3.0 "Gadgets" combines a GNOME desktop with a variety of Google Gadgets
(full image size: 596kB, screen resolution: 1280x1024 pixels)
Absolute Linux 12.1.07
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.1.07, a light-weight modification of Slackware Linux with IceWM: "I am happy to announce the release of Absolute Linux 12.1.07. It is package-compatible with Slackware-current (NOT Slackware 12.1). A large number of changes include new kernel 2.6.24.7, GCC 4.2.4, XULRunner 1.9.0.1, Firefox 3.0.1 built on XULRunner, both more highly optimized over previous releases and some Firefox settings have been tweaked - on a test system it uses about 20% less memory. Please note two things: base-supported CPU is now a Pentium II and the kernel source package is now on the second CD." Read the release announcement and changelog for further details.
elpicx 2.0
Karl Schock has announced the release of elpicx 2.0, a dual-boot live DVD (offering a choice between Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 KDE) with a collection of test emulators, reference cards, study notes and exercises for the LPI (Linux Professional Institute) certification exam: "I am proud to present elpicx version 2.0. The elpicx DVD is a dual-boot Linux live DVD to prepare students for the exams of the LPI certification, including documentation and exam simulators. Based on Fedora 9 KDE and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Ubuntu documentation and LPIC documentation were added together with software to prepare for the LPI exams. Changelog: added Ubuntu Desktop Course; updated the link list; exercises by Karl Schock are missing (at the moment)." Visit the project's home page and read the changelog for more information.
linuX-gamers Live DVD 0.9.4
The linuX-gamers.net project has announced the release of linuX-gamers live DVD 0.9.4, an Arch Linux-based distribution with a collection of popular 3D games, including BzFLag, Enemy Territory, Glest, Nexuiz, Sauerbraten, Torcs, Tremulous, True Combat: Elite, Warsow and World of Padman: "The linuX-gamers.net live DVD 0.9.4 released. Recently the linuX-gamers.net live DVD staff released an new compilation of the boot-and-play distribution live.linuX-gamers.net. This version was used on the Uninacht Event in Basel. Changes 0.9.4 (uninacht-basel-2008): kernel and driver updates; basic hard disk installation support added; rudimentary install script added; minor bug fixes." Read the release announcement and visit the project's home page for more details.
easys GNU/Linux 4.2
Marcus Moeller has announced the release of easys GNU/Linux 4.2, a Slackware-based desktop distribution with graphical system configuration and package management tools: "We are pleased to announce the release of easys GNU/Linux 4.2 which ships the latest KDE desktop (version 4.1.1) and makes use of Qt 4.x. Qt 3 and KDE 3 applications can still be launched with a compatibility library. The previous office suite, SoftMaker Office, has been replaced by KOffice which offers enhancements and new functionality like a presentation program. The current version (3.0.1) of the Firefox web browser is included. In addition, we have updated other applications, like the ALICE system management framework to 0.9.17 and the installation environment YaLI. easys GNU/Linux is fully compatible with Slackware 12.1 and can be extended using the graphical 'pkgmanager' or the well-known 'pkgtools'." Visit the distribution's news page to read the release announcement.
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Development, unannounced and minor bug-fix releases
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| Upcoming Releases and Announcements |
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Summary of expected upcoming releases
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New distributions added to database
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New distributions added to waiting list
- Cooperation-iws. Cooperation-iws is an intranet nomad web server based on Ubuntu. A web server - to provide hosting services of web applications (blog, Wiki, forum, electronic documents management, picture galleries) for collaborative work. Intranet - to provide these services where you want them. Nomad - to bring these services with you, on a CD/DVD, USB key, or USB hard drive.
- ParsLinux. ParsLinux is a Slax-based live and installation CD with KDE as the default desktop. Its main feature is support for the Persian language.
- K-Rune Velo. K-Rune Velo is a new Linux distribution aiming to be light-weight, appealing and fast on old computers. Currently in early stages of development.
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DistroWatch database summary
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And this concludes the latest issue of DistroWatch Weekly. The next instalment will be published on Monday, 6 October 2008. Until next week,
Ladislav Bodnar
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| • Issue 1030 (2023-07-31): Solus 4.4, Linux Mint 21.2, Debian introduces RISC-V support, Ubuntu patches custom kernel bugs, FreeBSD imports OpenSSL 3 |
| • Issue 1029 (2023-07-24): Running Murena on the Fairphone 4, Flatpak vs Snap sandboxing technologies, Redox OS plans to borrow Linux drivers to expand hardware support, Debian updates Bookworm media |
| • Issue 1028 (2023-07-17): KDE Connect; Oracle, SUSE, and AlmaLinux repsond to Red Hat's source code policy change, KaOS issues media fix, Slackware turns 30; security and immutable distributions |
| • Issue 1027 (2023-07-10): Crystal Linux 2023-03-16, StartOS (embassyOS 0.3.4.2), changing options on a mounted filesystem, Murena launches Fairphone 4 in North America, Fedora debates telemetry for desktop team |
| • Issue 1026 (2023-07-03): Kumander Linux 1.0, Red Hat changing its approach to sharing source code, TrueNAS offers SMB Multichannel, Zorin OS introduces upgrade utility |
| • Issue 1025 (2023-06-26): KaOS with Plasma 6, information which can leak from desktop environments, Red Hat closes door on sharing RHEL source code, SUSE introduces new security features |
| • Issue 1024 (2023-06-19): Debian 12, a safer way to use dd, Debian releases GNU/Hurd 2023, Ubuntu 22.10 nears its end of life, FreeBSD turns 30 |
| • Issue 1023 (2023-06-12): openSUSE 15.5 Leap, the differences between independent distributions, openSUSE lengthens Leap life, Murena offers new phone for North America |
| • Issue 1022 (2023-06-05): GetFreeOS 2023.05.01, Slint 15.0-3, Liya N4Si, cleaning up crowded directories, Ubuntu plans Snap-based variant, Red Hat dropping LireOffice RPM packages |
| • Issue 1021 (2023-05-29): rlxos GNU/Linux, colours in command line output, an overview of Void's unique features, how to use awk, Microsoft publishes a Linux distro |
| • Issue 1020 (2023-05-22): UBports 20.04, finding another machine's IP address, finding distros with a specific kernel, Debian prepares for Bookworm |
| • Issue 1019 (2023-05-15): Rhino Linux (Beta), checking which applications reply on a package, NethServer reborn, System76 improving application responsiveness |
| • Issue 1018 (2023-05-08): Fedora 38, finding relevant manual pages, merging audio files, Fedora plans new immutable edition, Mint works to fix Secure Boot issues |
| • Issue 1017 (2023-05-01): Xubuntu 23.04, Debian elects Project Leaders and updates media, systemd to speed up restarts, Guix System offering ground-up source builds, where package managers install files |
| • Issue 1016 (2023-04-24): Qubes OS 4.1.2, tracking bandwidth usage, Solus resuming development, FreeBSD publishes status report, KaOS offers preview of Plasma 6 |
| • Issue 1015 (2023-04-17): Manjaro Linux 22.0, Trisquel GNU/Linux 11.0, Arch Linux powering PINE64 tablets, Ubuntu offering live patching on HWE kernels, gaining compression on ex4 |
| • Issue 1014 (2023-04-10): Quick looks at carbonOS, LibreELEC, and Kodi, Mint polishes themes, Fedora rolls out more encryption plans, elementary OS improves sideloading experience |
| • Issue 1013 (2023-04-03): Alpine Linux 3.17.2, printing manual pages, Ubuntu Cinnamon becomes official flavour, Endeavour OS plans for new installer, HardenedBSD plans for outage |
| • Issue 1012 (2023-03-27): siduction 22.1.1, protecting privacy from proprietary applications, GNOME team shares new features, Canonical updates Ubuntu 20.04, politics and the Linux kernel |
| • Issue 1011 (2023-03-20): Serpent OS, Security Onion 2.3, Gentoo Live, replacing the scp utility, openSUSE sees surge in downloads, Debian runs elction with one candidate |
| • Issue 1010 (2023-03-13): blendOS 2023.01.26, keeping track of which files a package installs, improved network widget coming to elementary OS, Vanilla OS changes its base distro |
| • Issue 1009 (2023-03-06): Nemo Mobile and the PinePhone, matching the performance of one distro on another, Linux Mint adds performance boosts and security, custom Ubuntu and Debian builds through Cubic |
| • Issue 1008 (2023-02-27): elementary OS 7.0, the benefits of boot environments, Purism offers lapdock for Librem 5, Ubuntu community flavours directed to drop Flatpak support for Snap |
| • Issue 1007 (2023-02-20): helloSystem 0.8.0, underrated distributions, Solus team working to repair their website, SUSE testing Micro edition, Canonical publishes real-time edition of Ubuntu 22.04 |
| • Issue 1006 (2023-02-13): Playing music with UBports on a PinePhone, quick command line and shell scripting questions, Fedora expands third-party software support, Vanilla OS adds Nix package support |
| • Issue 1005 (2023-02-06): NuTyX 22.12.0 running CDE, user identification numbers, Pop!_OS shares COSMIC progress, Mint makes keyboard and mouse options more accessible |
| • Issue 1004 (2023-01-30): OpenMandriva ROME, checking the health of a disk, Debian adopting OpenSnitch, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1003 (2023-01-23): risiOS 37, mixing package types, Fedora seeks installer feedback, Sparky offers easier persistence with USB writer |
| • Issue 1002 (2023-01-16): Vanilla OS 22.10, Nobara Project 37, verifying torrent downloads, Haiku improvements, HAMMER2 being ports to NetBSD |
| • Issue 1001 (2023-01-09): Arch Linux, Ubuntu tests new system installer, porting KDE software to OpenBSD, verifying files copied properly |
| • Issue 1000 (2023-01-02): Our favourite projects of all time, Fedora trying out unified kernel images and trying to speed up shutdowns, Slackware tests new kernel, detecting what is taking up disk space |
| • Issue 999 (2022-12-19): Favourite distributions of 2022, Fedora plans Budgie spin, UBports releasing security patches for 16.04, Haiku working on new ports |
| • Issue 998 (2022-12-12): OpenBSD 7.2, Asahi Linux enages video hardware acceleration on Apple ARM computers, Manjaro drops proprietary codecs from Mesa package |
| • Issue 997 (2022-12-05): CachyOS 221023 and AgarimOS, working with filenames which contain special characters, elementary OS team fixes delta updates, new features coming to Xfce |
| • Issue 996 (2022-11-28): Void 20221001, remotely shutting down a machine, complex aliases, Fedora tests new web-based installer, Refox OS running on real hardware |
| • Issue 995 (2022-11-21): Fedora 37, swap files vs swap partitions, Unity running on Arch, UBports seeks testers, Murena adds support for more devices |
| • Issue 994 (2022-11-14): Redcore Linux 2201, changing the terminal font size, Fedora plans Phosh spin, openSUSE publishes on-line manual pages, disabling Snap auto-updates |
| • Issue 993 (2022-11-07): Static Linux, working with just a kernel, Mint streamlines Flatpak management, updates coming to elementary OS |
| • Issue 992 (2022-10-31): Lubuntu 22.10, setting permissions on home directories, Linux may drop i486, Fedora delays next version for OpenSSL bug |
| • Issue 991 (2022-10-24): XeroLinux 2022.09, learning who ran sudo, exploring firewall tools, Rolling Rhino Remix gets a fresh start, Fedora plans to revamp live media |
| • Issue 990 (2022-10-17): ravynOS 0.4.0, Lion Linux 3.0, accessing low numbered network ports, Pop!_OS makes progress on COSMIC, Murena launches new phone |
| • Issue 989 (2022-10-10): Ubuntu Unity, kernel bug causes issues with Intel cards, Canonical offers free Ubuntu Pro subscriptions, customizing the command line prompt |
| • Issue 988 (2022-10-03): SpiralLinux 11.220628, finding distros for older equipment and other purposes, SUSE begins releasing ALP prototypes, Debian votes on non-free firmware in installer |
| • Issue 987 (2022-09-26): openSUSE's MicroOS, converting people to using Linux, pfSense updates base system and PHP, Python 2 dropped from Arch |
| • Issue 986 (2022-09-19): Porteus 5.0, remotely wiping a hard drive, a new software centre for Ubuntu, Proxmox offers offline updates |
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