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| 2008-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Finnix 92.1 |
| Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 92.1, a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian testing: "Today marks the release of version 92.1 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms. Finnix 92.1 is a regular maintenance release. New features include Linux kernel 2.6.26, updated upstream software, and x86 boot menu cleanups. Changes: dist-upgrade; upgraded kernels to 2.6.26 (Debian 2.6.26-7); added space after boot parameters in x86 boot menu, to add extra boot parameters, simply select a menu item, press Tab, then start typing extra parameters; re-added F2 cheat codes x86 boot screen, which did not carry over in the menu transition; removed dvdrtools; added Emad, an action adventure side-scrolling RPG platformer about a boy and his loving pet pig in 38th-century Scotland." Read the release announcement and release notes for additional details. Download (MD5): finnix-92.1.iso (111MB, torrent), finnix-ppc-92.1.iso (123MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Slackware Linux 12.2 RC1 |
| Patrick Volkerding has announced that the development branch of Slackware Linux has reached release candidate status: "While there are still some documents that need updating and probably a few more tweaks and updates here and there, everything is mostly in place for the next stable release, Slackware Linux 12.2. The versions of major components like X.Org and the kernel can be considered frozen. Anything major that we haven't done yet will probably wait for the release after this next one. As Slackware 12.2 is only a 0.1 version bump, we're trying to focus on making it better without causing instability or losing compatibility with Slackware 12.1 wherever possible. Invasive changes like the new X.Org (that will require changes to xorg.conf) and merging KDE 4 should probably wait for Slackware 13.0. We will call this batch Slackware 12.2 release candidate one." Read the updated Slackware current changelog for more information. As always, Slackware doesn't publish ISO images of release candidates, but unofficial DVD images, built weekly from the current tree, are available at ftp.slackware.no; download the latest one from here: slackware-current-02_Dec_2008-DVD.iso (3,616MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenSolaris 2008.11 |
| The OpenSolaris project has updated its web site to reflect the release of OpenSolaris 2008.11, the project's second stable release. The final live CD remains unchanged from the second release candidate (RC2), so users who have downloaded the RC2 don't need to re-download the final release. "The OpenSolaris 2008.11 operating system is a point of integration for the installation, desktop, and package management system projects on OpenSolaris.org. Today, the OpenSolaris 2008.11 live CD is available with the following feature updates: ZFS Time Slider and Songbird; suspend/resume and CPU power management; Distribution Constructor and Prototype Automated Installer; WebStack with 64-bit MySQL, CherryPy, and DTrace for Ruby; GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0, and Firefox 3; Many F/OSS applications added, including top, sudo and Emacs; 700 additional man pages and Package Manager online help." Visit the project's home page to read the release overview; the more detailed release notes are available here. Download: osol-0811.iso (687MB, torrent). |
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| 2008-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: grml 2008.11 |
| Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2008.11, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml version 2008.11 has been released and is currently being uploaded to the mirrors. What's new? New grml-scripts: grml-chroot - wrapper around chroot with proc/sys/pts/dev file system handling; swspeak-setup - activating software speak(up) features. The grml-live build system: several new packages in the different flavour classes; improved error handling; improved checks for LZMA for different Squashfs tools; automatically activate grml-testing repository for development releases and daily snapshots. Special new features: integration of vcs_info within Zsh prompt; moved from syslog-ng to rsyslog...." Read the full release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: grml_2008.11.iso (674MB, MD5, torrent), grml64_2008.11.iso (694MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 RC2 |
| Volker Theile has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "This will hopefully be the last release candidate before a stable release can be published. So please test this version and report any problems. Changes: upgrade to FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE; add system firewall, please note that this is only for the local system and not for the network (this will also never be implemented, use pfSense or m0n0wall instead); upgrade Transmission to 1.40; introduce new WebGUI look (also fixes some MSIE rendering bugs); add UPS service WebGUI option to define shut-down mode; add option 'Use sendfile' to 'Services CIFS/SMB Settings'; check if configured port is already used (e.g. UPnP, BitTorrent, DAAP); fix web server security hole...." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download: FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (60.0MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69RC2.iso (65.4MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-30 |
NEW • Development Release: CRUX 2.5 RC1 |
| Tilman Sauerbeck has announced the availability of the first release candidate for CRUX 2.5, a minimalist, i686-optimised Linux distribution built for power users: "The first release candidate for the upcoming CRUX 2.5 release is available now. Release notes: includes glibc 2.8, GCC 4.3.2 and Binutils 2.19; Linux kernel 2.6.27.x; ships with X.Org 7.4; glibc does not contain all possible locales any more, see handbook; the runtime linker configuration has been greatly simplified by adding a configuration directory /etc/ld.so.conf.d; GCC depends on libgmp and libmpfr now, both have been added to core; a new port inetutils replaces inetd, netkit-ftp and netkit-telnet; hotplug has been removed because it wasn't in use since a long time; libpcre has been added to core; slocate has been replaced by mlocate; cdrtools has been replaced by cdrkit." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: crux-2.5-rc1.iso (258MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 3.2 |
| Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 3.2, the latest version of another distribution specialising in hard disk partitioning: "Parted Magic 3.2. This is mostly a bug-fix release for the 3.x series with a few new features. Some of the new updates include GParted 0.4.0, Linux kernel 2.6.27.7, Xarchiver 0.5.1, dc3dd 6.12.2, and hdparm 9.2. Jason fixed the disk wiping program and some other issues were addressed as well. The newest and most powerful new feature is 'installpkg' from Slackware Linux. You can now add programs to Parted Magic by simply adding them to the pmodules directory and booting the machine. Parted Magic automatically installs them at boot. There are several tested TGZ packages available in the forum for download. Make sure you change the tmpfs_size= boot parameter to allow more RAM for your additional packages." See the release announcement and changelog for additional information. Download the CD images from here: pmagic-3.2.iso.zip (47.5MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted LiveCD 0.3.9-13 |
| A new stable version of GParted LiveCD, a Debian-based specialist distribution with a collection of hard disk management utilities, has been released. What's new? "This release is a bug-fix release with some minor updates; based on Debian 'Lenny' on 2008-11-27, Linux kernel 2.6.26; a program called MC_HxEd was added; package cryptsetup was added; instead of entering X window automatically, we can choose to configure xorg.conf first; new mechanism to start GParted LiveCD; two more boot parameters gl_numlk and gl_capslk were added to control numlock and scrlock; ifupdown and dhcp3-client were added; bug fixed - PartImage was missing." See the release notes for more details. At the same time, the project has also announced a new testing release of GParted LiveCD 0.4.0-1, with the newly released GParted 0.4.0 and Linux kernel 2.6.26. Download the CD images from here: gparted-live-0.3.9-13.iso (94.9MB), gparted-live-0.4.0-1.iso (94.9MB). |
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| 2008-11-28 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 6.4 |
| FreeBSD 6.4, a new stable version of the project's legacy 6.x branch, has been released: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE. At this time 6.4-RELEASE is expected to be the last of the 6-STABLE releases. Some of the highlights: new and much-improved NFS Lock Manager (NLM) client; support for the Camellia cipher; boot loader changes allow, among other things, booting from USB devices and booting from GPT-labeled devices with GPT-enabled BIOSes; DVD install ISO images for amd64 and i386; KDE updated to 3.5.10, GNOME updated to 2.22.3; updates for BIND, Sendmail, OpenPAM, and other packages." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (torrents): 6.4-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.gz (1,738MB, MD5), 6.4-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (1,720MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-27 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.1 RC1 |
| The first and only release candidate for openSUSE 11.1 is out and ready for final testing: "The openSUSE Project is happy to announce that openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 is now available. If all goes well, this will be the last testing release before the final 11.1 public release on December 18th. This release includes a number of bug fixes and changes since 11.1 beta 5, as well as a new license. It is ready for widespread testing, and we are encouraging everyone to download and work with the testing releases to find any critical bugs before release. Major changes in this release include: a new, shorter distribution license; Linux kernel 2.6.27.7; glibc 2.9; additional translations; Amarok 2.0 RC1; Zypper 1.0.1." Here is the full release announcement. Download the installable live CDs: openSUSE-11.1-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso (664MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-RC1-GNOME-LiveCD-i686.iso (653MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (678MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-11.1-RC1-GNOME-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (655MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2008-11-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01 |
| Philip Newborough has announced the release of CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the light-weight Openbox window manager and GTK+ applications: "The final build of CrunchBang Linux 8.10.01 is now available. This is the third release of the distribution and as the version number suggests, it is based on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. As with previous releases, 8.10.01 has been built from scratch using the Ubuntu minimal CD. What's new? As well as being based on the latest version Ubuntu, this release sees a number of changes: a new darker theme; tablaunch has been removed; dmenu has been included; some additional default shortcut keys added, including main menu, logout and dmenu; OpenOffice.org replaced by AbiWord and Gnumeric; AcidRip removed; Twitux replaced by Gwibber; Mirage replaced by GPicView; VLC removed in favour of Totem, VLC is now a Qt 4 application; GNOME Power Manager enabled by default." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (MD5): crunchbang-8.10.01.i386.iso (666MB). |
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| 2008-11-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Poseidon Linux 3.1 |
| Poseidon Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution with a good collection of academic and scientific applications for GIS/maps, numerical modelling, 2D/3D/4D visualisation, statistics and graphics. An updated version 3.1 was released yesterday. What's new? "Based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 with security updates until 2008-10-17; for the first time Poseidon Linux comes in 32-bit and 64-bit editions; updated packages - Firefox 3.0.3, WINE 1.0, GRASS 6.3, R 2.7.2, Spring 5.0 in English, MB System 5.1.1 beta 23; new additions - VirtualBox OSE, Open Universe Simulator, Gwyddion, SagCAD, Emacs (with support for Prolog and Gri), Maxima, Prolog, Xetex, ghemical, Fontforge, Hugin panorama editor, Gnumeric, Bluefish, Avidemux, Audacity; Terraview is not included in the 64-bit edition." Visit the distribution's home page (in Portuguese) to read the release announcement (a changelog in English is available here). Download (MD5): Poseidon.3.1_32bits.iso (2,112MB), Poseidon.3.1-64bits.iso (2,145MB). |
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