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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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| 2008-11-27 |
NEW • Development Release: VectorLinux 6.0 Beta 1 |
| Robert Lange has announced the availability of the first beta release of VectorLinux 6.0: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the first beta release of VectorLinux 6.0. The big news is that VectorLinux has a new GUI installer for the first time! This was built from the ground up and not a rehash of any of the other GUI installers. This release features the 2.6.26.8 kernel, with the latest wireless drivers and firmware updates. The default window manager is Xfce with LXDE as an alternate. We have the latest Firefox, Opera and SeaMonkey with all the media codecs and Flash so all the web and personal media content is available out of the box. For light office work you will find the latest AbiWord and Gnumeric. The included multimedia applications are the latest MPlayer, Xine, K3b and VLC." Here is the full release announcement. Download: VL6.0-STD-B1.iso (633MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-26 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 1.9.18 (Unstable) |
| The Elive project continues its rapid release cycle of development builds that will eventually lead to Elive 2.0. The latest version is 1.9.18: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the development version 1.9.18. This version includes a greatly improved new kernel and a lot of upgraded packages. Changes: Network Configurator is now perfectly usable and stable; Firefox bookmarks have been updated with new entries - a good list of GIMP links and tutorials, a big list of articles about Elive since its first version, and also some about EFL development; Linux kernel updated to version 2.6.26.8; all the currently available wireless drivers have been added, including the newest ath9k for Atheros cards; the bug about the WEP encryption in MacBooks has been finally solved using the new ath9k driver included on this kernel." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Download: elive_1.9.18_unstable.iso (680MB, MD5). |
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| 2008-11-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Caos Linux NSA 1.0 |
| Greg Kurtzer has announced the release of Caos Linux NSA 1.0, a light-weight, stable and secure distribution of Linux for servers, compute nodes and network appliances: "The Caos team of developers and contributors from Infiscale are proud to announce the public release of Caos Linux NSA version 1. Caos Linux is a community-managed and openly-maintained distribution of Linux focusing on areas where Linux naturally leads and excels: high performance computation (HPC), servers (especially LAMP and general web), and custom appliances (such as file servers and firewalls). This release identifies the stabilization and validation of the core operating system, fully tested on some of the world's fastest public and private systems and architectures. Careful tweaking and optimizations have resulted in a very streamlined, light-weight operating system still suitable for a large spectrum of uses, from simple desktops to petaflop supercomputers." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (mirror list): caos-nsa-1.0.i386.iso (584MB, MD5), caos-nsa-1.0.x86_64.iso (653MB, MD5). |
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