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Ximian has released an upgrade to its Red Carpet desktop client software, which lets users download and update Linux software from Ximian and other vendors.
Highlights of Red Carpet 2.0 include a streamlined user interface, new functionality for finding installed packages and recording one's installation history and the ability to manage software on systems other than one's own.
Version 2.0 includes a Red Carpet Daemon that integrates installed machines into a larger Linux software management group.
The daemon, which runs in the background, is supposed to scan the Linux applications and packages installed on a system, automatically resolve software dependencies and detect conflicts when a user is installing new software using the Red Carpet graphical client interface. The integration is designed to let administrators perform remote updates using Red Carpet on any daemon-installed system.
With the integration of the daemon into the new Red Carpet client, administrators using Red Carpet Enterprise are supposed to be able to easily add desktop machines running the new client to the systems they already manage.
Red Carpet 2.0 also features a new command line interface that lets users perform the same actions as the graphical client like initiating updates, subscribing to software channels and searching for installed packages.
Red Carpet 2.0 is currently available under the GPL license for Red Hat 7.3, 8.9 and 9, SuSE 8.2, Mandrake 9.1 and Solaris 8 as a free download.
Red Carpet is included with the Ximian desktop software but can also be downloaded separately.
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