DistroWatch Weekly |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 272, 29 September 2008 |
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
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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 |
Summary of expected upcoming releases
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DistroWatch.com News |
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 1100 (2024-12-09): Oreon 9.3, differences in speed, IPFire's new appliance, Fedora Asahi Remix gets new video drivers, openSUSE Leap Micro updated, Redox OS running Redox OS |
• Issue 1099 (2024-12-02): AnduinOS 1.0.1, measuring RAM usage, SUSE continues rebranding efforts, UBports prepares for next major version, Murena offering non-NFC phone |
• Issue 1098 (2024-11-25): Linux Lite 7.2, backing up specific folders, Murena and Fairphone partner in fair trade deal, Arch installer gets new text interface, Ubuntu security tool patched |
• Issue 1097 (2024-11-18): Chimera Linux vs Chimera OS, choosing between AlmaLinux and Debian, Fedora elevates KDE spin to an edition, Fedora previews new installer, KDE testing its own distro, Qubes-style isolation coming to FreeBSD |
• Issue 1096 (2024-11-11): Bazzite 40, Playtron OS Alpha 1, Tucana Linux 3.1, detecting Screen sessions, Redox imports COSMIC software centre, FreeBSD booting on the PinePhone Pro, LXQt supports Wayland window managers |
• Issue 1095 (2024-11-04): Fedora 41 Kinoite, transferring applications between computers, openSUSE Tumbleweed receives multiple upgrades, Ubuntu testing compiler optimizations, Mint partners with Framework |
• Issue 1094 (2024-10-28): DebLight OS 1, backing up crontab, AlmaLinux introduces Litten branch, openSUSE unveils refreshed look, Ubuntu turns 20 |
• Issue 1093 (2024-10-21): Kubuntu 24.10, atomic vs immutable distributions, Debian upgrading Perl packages, UBports adding VoLTE support, Android to gain native GNU/Linux application support |
• Issue 1092 (2024-10-14): FunOS 24.04.1, a home directory inside a file, work starts of openSUSE Leap 16.0, improvements in Haiku, KDE neon upgrades its base |
• Issue 1091 (2024-10-07): Redox OS 0.9.0, Unified package management vs universal package formats, Redox begins RISC-V port, Mint polishes interface, Qubes certifies new laptop |
• Issue 1090 (2024-09-30): Rhino Linux 2024.2, commercial distros with alternative desktops, Valve seeks to improve Wayland performance, HardenedBSD parterns with Protectli, Tails merges with Tor Project, Quantum Leap partners with the FreeBSD Foundation |
• Issue 1089 (2024-09-23): Expirion 6.0, openKylin 2.0, managing configuration files, the future of Linux development, fixing bugs in Haiku, Slackware packages dracut |
• Issue 1088 (2024-09-16): PorteuX 1.6, migrating from Windows 10 to which Linux distro, making NetBSD immutable, AlmaLinux offers hardware certification, Mint updates old APT tools |
• Issue 1087 (2024-09-09): COSMIC desktop, running cron jobs at variable times, UBports highlights new apps, HardenedBSD offers work around for FreeBSD change, Debian considers how to cull old packages, systemd ported to musl |
• Issue 1086 (2024-09-02): Vanilla OS 2, command line tips for simple tasks, FreeBSD receives investment from STF, openSUSE Tumbleweed update can break network connections, Debian refreshes media |
• Issue 1085 (2024-08-26): Nobara 40, OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME", distros which include source code, FreeBSD publishes quarterly report, Microsoft updates breaks Linux in dual-boot environments |
• Issue 1084 (2024-08-19): Liya 2.0, dual boot with encryption, Haiku introduces performance improvements, Gentoo dropping IA-64, Redcore merges major upgrade |
• Issue 1083 (2024-08-12): TrueNAS 24.04.2 "SCALE", Linux distros for smartphones, Redox OS introduces web server, PipeWire exposes battery drain on Linux, Canonical updates kernel version policy |
• Issue 1082 (2024-08-05): Linux Mint 22, taking snapshots of UFS on FreeBSD, openSUSE updates Tumbleweed and Aeon, Debian creates Tiny QA Tasks, Manjaro testing immutable images |
• Issue 1081 (2024-07-29): SysLinuxOS 12.4, OpenBSD gain hardware acceleration, Slackware changes kernel naming, Mint publishes upgrade instructions |
• Issue 1080 (2024-07-22): Running GNU/Linux on Android with Andronix, protecting network services, Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap, openSUSE Aeon Desktop gaining full disk encryption, SUSE asks openSUSE to change its branding |
• Issue 1079 (2024-07-15): Ubuntu Core 24, hiding files on Linux, Fedora dropping X11 packages on Workstation, Red Hat phasing out GRUB, new OpenSSH vulnerability, FreeBSD speeds up release cycle, UBports testing new first-run wizard |
• Issue 1078 (2024-07-08): Changing init software, server machines running desktop environments, OpenSSH vulnerability patched, Peppermint launches new edition, HardenedBSD updates ports |
• Issue 1077 (2024-07-01): The Unity and Lomiri interfaces, different distros for different tasks, Ubuntu plans to run Wayland on NVIDIA cards, openSUSE updates Leap Micro, Debian releases refreshed media, UBports gaining contact synchronisation, FreeDOS celebrates its 30th anniversary |
• Issue 1076 (2024-06-24): openSUSE 15.6, what makes Linux unique, SUSE Liberty Linux to support CentOS Linux 7, SLE receives 19 years of support, openSUSE testing Leap Micro edition |
• Issue 1075 (2024-06-17): Redox OS, X11 and Wayland on the BSDs, AlmaLinux releases Pi build, Canonical announces RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu, key changes in systemd |
• Issue 1074 (2024-06-10): Endless OS 6.0.0, distros with init diversity, Mint to filter unverified Flatpaks, Debian adds systemd-boot options, Redox adopts COSMIC desktop, OpenSSH gains new security features |
• Issue 1073 (2024-06-03): LXQt 2.0.0, an overview of Linux desktop environments, Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE introduces new features in Aeon Desktop, Fedora mirrors see rise in traffic, Wayland adds OpenBSD support |
• Issue 1072 (2024-05-27): Manjaro 24.0, comparing init software, OpenBSD ports Plasma 6, Arch community debates mirror requirements, ThinOS to upgrade its FreeBSD core |
• Issue 1071 (2024-05-20): Archcraft 2024.04.06, common command line mistakes, ReactOS imports WINE improvements, Haiku makes adjusting themes easier, NetBSD takes a stand against code generated by chatbots |
• Issue 1070 (2024-05-13): Damn Small Linux 2024, hiding kernel messages during boot, Red Hat offers AI edition, new web browser for UBports, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 released, Qubes extends support for version 4.1 |
• Issue 1069 (2024-05-06): Ubuntu 24.04, installing packages in alternative locations, systemd creates sudo alternative, Mint encourages XApps collaboration, FreeBSD publishes quarterly update |
• Issue 1068 (2024-04-29): Fedora 40, transforming one distro into another, Debian elects new Project Leader, Red Hat extends support cycle, Emmabuntus adds accessibility features, Canonical's new security features |
• Issue 1067 (2024-04-22): LocalSend for transferring files, detecting supported CPU architecure levels, new visual design for APT, Fedora and openSUSE working on reproducible builds, LXQt released, AlmaLinux re-adds hardware support |
• Issue 1066 (2024-04-15): Fun projects to do with the Raspberry Pi and PinePhone, installing new software on fixed-release distributions, improving GNOME Terminal performance, Mint testing new repository mirrors, Gentoo becomes a Software In the Public Interest project |
• Issue 1065 (2024-04-08): Dr.Parted Live 24.03, answering questions about the xz exploit, Linux Mint to ship HWE kernel, AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat, Calculate changes release model |
• Issue 1064 (2024-04-01): NixOS 23.11, the status of Hurd, liblzma compromised upstream, FreeBSD Foundation focuses on improving wireless networking, Ubuntu Pro offers 12 years of support |
• Issue 1063 (2024-03-25): Redcore Linux 2401, how slowly can a rolling release update, Debian starts new Project Leader election, Red Hat creating new NVIDIA driver, Snap store hit with more malware |
• Issue 1062 (2024-03-18): KDE neon 20240304, changing file permissions, Canonical turns 20, Pop!_OS creates new software centre, openSUSE packages Plasma 6 |
• Issue 1061 (2024-03-11): Using a PinePhone as a workstation, restarting background services on a schedule, NixBSD ports Nix to FreeBSD, Fedora packaging COSMIC, postmarketOS to adopt systemd, Linux Mint replacing HexChat |
• Issue 1060 (2024-03-04): AV Linux MX-23.1, bootstrapping a network connection, key OpenBSD features, Qubes certifies new hardware, LXQt and Plasma migrate to Qt 6 |
• Issue 1059 (2024-02-26): Warp Terminal, navigating manual pages, malware found in the Snap store, Red Hat considering CPU requirement update, UBports organizes ongoing work |
• Issue 1058 (2024-02-19): Drauger OS 7.6, how much disk space to allocate, System76 prepares to launch COSMIC desktop, UBports changes its version scheme, TrueNAS to offer faster deduplication |
• Issue 1057 (2024-02-12): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta, rolling release vs fixed for a smoother experience, Debian working on 2038 bug, elementary OS to split applications from base system updates, Fedora announces Atomic Desktops |
• Issue 1056 (2024-02-05): wattOS R13, the various write speeds of ISO writing tools, DSL returns, Mint faces Wayland challenges, HardenedBSD blocks foreign USB devices, Gentoo publishes new repository, Linux distros patch glibc flaw |
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