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| 2005-08-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 4.0 Live DVD |
| The first public release of the KNOPPIX 4.0 Live DVD, with many updates over the LinuxTag edition, is now available for download. From the changelog: "V4.0DVD-2005-08-16. Project split into DVD and CD edition; OpenOffice.org 2.0 build 104 (English/German); lots and lots of package updates; bugfixes: floppyconf, knoppix-installer; kernel 2.6.12.4 update; KDE 3.4.1 from Debian experimental; added development packages: Eclipse, Mono; added most kde-i18n languages from unstable; added Knoppix books and Open Source Jahrbuch; added m23 software distribution system; added Knoppix menu item for setting root password; added alternative desktops: GNOME, Ratpoison, XFce, Openbox; replaced Mozilla with Firefox and Thunderbird...." Download: KNOPPIX_V4.0DVD-2005-08-16-DE.iso (3,170MB, SHA1), KNOPPIX_V4.0DVD-2005-08-16-EN.iso (3,170MB, SHA1); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-08-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plamo Linux 4.03 |
| A new version of Plamo Linux, a Japanese distribution originally derived from Slackware Linux, has been released. The biggest change is the addition of GNOME 2.10.2, thus increasing the size of the distribution to three CDs (with KDE and GNOME on the second CD and 'contrib' packages on the third CD), the default kernel upgraded to 2.4.31 (an optional kernel 2.6.12.4 is also available), updates to XFree86 4.50, KDE 3.4.2, GCC 3.3.6, and usual bug fixes. See the release report and changelog (both links in Japanese) for further details. Download (MD5): plamo-4.03_01.iso (633MB), plamo-4.03_02.iso (413MB), plamo-4.03_03.iso (505MB). |
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| 2005-08-15 |
NEW • Development Release: GeeXboX 0.98.6 |
| The developers of GeeXboX, a multimedia distribution based around MPlayer, have released a new version - 0.98.6: "Today the GeeXboX team is proud to introduce you its new release: the 0.98.6 version. Changes: support for the PowerPC (MAC) architecture; Linux updated to 2.6.12.3 version; use of udev to automatically populate the /dev directory; use IDE CD driver instead of the old ide-scsi emulation layer; support for CPU frequency scaling for supported CPU (generally laptops) to minimize power consumption; use LZMA algorithm instead of gzip for compressing ISO; new hotplug script : hot autodiscovery and mount/removal of external devices; updated MPlayer to 1.0pre7 (support for H.264 video and AAC audio codecs)." See the rest of the changelog for a complete list of changes. Download (MD5): geexbox-0.98.6-en.i386.iso (5.74MB) or geexbox-0.98.6-en.ppc.iso (10.2MB). French language editions are also available. |
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| 2005-08-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Ark Linux 2005.2 RC1 |
| This is the first release candidate of Ark Linux 2005.2, an independently developed beginner-friendly distribution: "The first release candidate of Ark Linux 2005.2 is available for download. Highlights of this release include OpenOffice.org 2.0-m122, KDE 3.4.2, 3D acceleration support for ATI Radeon 9600, 9700 and 9800 based graphics cards (using 100% open source software), Krita being the new default picture editor (GIMP continues to be available on the Extra Software CD and in the apt repositories), and the addition of an expert partitioning mode in the installer. Please let us know quickly if you run into any problems with this release candidate." Here is the full release announcement. Download: arklinux-2005.2-rc1.iso (691MB, MD5). The usual set of extra, server and development CDs are also available. |
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| 2005-08-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 30001 |
| BLAG Linux And GNU version 30001 has been released: "BLAG 30001 ('lederhosen') has been released. BLAG is a single-CD distribution with everything desktop users expect from a desktop, plus a collection of nice server applications. BLAG 30001 is the first update to the BLAG 30k series. Updates include a new kernel, Gaim, GIMP, OpenSSL, Perl, PHP, SpamAssassin, Thunderbird, Apache, OpenSSH, BitTorrent, MPlayer Xine, Firefox, Mozilla.... New packages are gtk-gnutella and nicotine. Overall, 139 packages were updated on the CD (16% of the total)." See the release announcement for more details. Download the latest BLAG release from here: BLAG-30001.iso (696MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent. |
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| 2005-08-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zenwalk Linux 1.2 |
| Zenwalk Linux is a new name of what used to be known as "Minislack". The change of name is accompanied by a new release - version 1.2: "We are happy to announce the first release: Zenwalk 1.2. New features are the hardware Discover service (v2.0.7), Gnome System Tools (v1.2) which provide a more user-friendly way to setup network, users, time, and Gnome CUPS Manager for easy printer setup. A large number of packages have been updated, most significant being the kernel (2.6.12.2), GCC, Firefox, Thunderbird, Gnome-libs, OpenOffice.org (1.9.122). Developers can also try the new Chai source code editor, which is available in the extra section." Read the release announcement for more information. Download: zenwalk-1.2.iso (399MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-08-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AUSTRUMI 0.9.7 |
| A new version of the AUSTRUMI mini live CD has been released. What's new? "Removed fvwm95 added Openbox; Olga Prohorenkova made the new design of the website and help files; added fbpanel - GTK2-based desktop panel; removed emelfm added emelfm2; added gtkdialog - a GUI-creation utility; updated AbiWord, Atomix, Ettercap, gFTP, XChat, UebiMiau, unrar, X.Org; removed xpai, added phpxmail (xmail administration); updated kernel (2.6.12)." Visit the newly redesigned AUSTRUMI web site to read the full changelog. Download: austrumi-0.9.7.iso (46.4MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-08-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Skolelinux Sarge Prerelease 5 |
| The developers of Skolelinux (part of the DebianEdu project) have released a new milestone of their upcoming sarge-based release. This is the project's first release with support for the PowerPC architecture. From the release notes: "PreRelease includes an image for use on PowerPC. The image is only tested on a Pegasos PowerPC, and I would like feedback from user of Mac hardware. Lessdisks as a thin client solution; I didn't try too hard to find or build LTSP packages for PowerPC clients, but instead set up lessdisks as a working solution. The packages are also added for the i386 CD." Download the ISO images from here (MD5): debian-edu_sarge-i386-pr05.iso (658MB) and debian-edu_sarge-powerpc-pr05.iso (675MB). |
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| 2005-08-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Klax 3.5 Alpha |
| If you are interested in checking out the current progress of the development of KDE 3.5, here is an easy way - with a new alpha release of the Klax live CD: "Klax is an i486 GNU/Linux live CD, very similar to SLAX, because it's created with the same Linux Live scripts. The version described here contains KDE 3.5 Alpha. It should be good enough to give you an impression of KDE 3.5 development, to verify if bugs still exist or discover new ones and to make screenshots. What it has: all KDE 3.5 Alpha modules except kdebindings, Qt 3.3.4 with qt-copy patches, K3b 0.12.3 and KOffice 1.4.1." More information can be found on the project's development page. Download: klax-kde-3.5-alpha.iso (348MB, MD5). |
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| 2005-08-10 |
NEW • Development Release: T2 2.1.0 RC2 |
| The second release candidate of T2 2.1.0 has been released for download and testing: "We are happy to announce the release of our second (and last?) candidate for T2 stable (2.1.0-rc2 aka 'Carmenere'). This release includes major bugfix and many harmless updates where most notable are: Linux kernel 2.6.11.12; glibc 2.3.5; OpenOffice.org 1.9-m104; XFce 4.2.2; KDE 3.4.1; GNOME 2.10.1. The tarball of this release can be found here. ISO images of T2-minimal and T2-desktop created with this release can be found in this directory, currently optimized for pentium-mmx, pentium4 and soon for athlon-mp and athlon-xp." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Quick links to the desktop ISO images for Pentium 4 processors (MD5): t2-desktop-2.1.0-rc2-p4_cd1.iso (652MB) and t2-desktop-2.1.0-rc2-p4_cd2.iso (442MB). |
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