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News
| 2009-09-08 |
Distribution
Release: Slackware Linux 13.0 |
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Patrick Volkerding has announced
the release of Slackware
Linux 13.0, a major update of the world's oldest
surviving Linux distribution: "After
one of the most intensive periods of development in
Slackware's history, the long-awaited stable release of
Slackware 13.0 is ready. This release brings with it
many major changes since Slackware 12.2, including a
completely reworked collection of X packages (a
configuration file for X is no longer needed in most
cases), major upgrades to the desktop environments (KDE
4.2.4 and Xfce 4.6.1), a new .txz package format with
much better compression, and other upgrades all around
-- to the development system, network services,
libraries, and major applications like Firefox and
Thunderbird. We think you'll agree that this version of
Slackware was worth the wait. Also, this is the first
release of Slackware with native support for the 64-bit
x86_64 architecture!" See the
release announcement and
release notes for more information. |
| 2009-06-09 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: Fedora 11 |
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Red Hat has announced the release
of Fedora 11, the latest
version of the leading open-source Linux distribution: "The
Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and
community-supported open source collaboration project,
today announced the availability of Fedora 11, the
latest version of its free open source operating system.
The community's eleventh release includes the broadest
feature set to date, spotlights developments in software
management and sound, improves key virtualization
components and introduces Fedora Community, a portal
project beta." Read the
press release,
release announcement and
release notes for further information. |
| 2009-04-30 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: Mandriva Linux
2009.1 |
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Mandriva
Linux 2009.1 has been released: "Mandriva
announces today the launch of the final version of
Mandriva Linux 2009.1. Quicker, easier and even more
secure, this new version brings you a host of innovative
features. Main components: KDE 4.2.2, GNOME 2.26, X.Org
Server 1.6, Linux kernel 2.6.29, Xfce 4.6. Mandriva
Linux 2009.1 comes with a big improvement in boot time
and the Mandriva Control Center tools have been also
optimized. Network center is now supporting advanced
network configuration, together with additional
pre-configured Internet providers, integration with new
network devices and support for different wireless
regulatory domains. The Mandriva security framework,
msec, has been also redesigned. The ext4 file system is
now supported in stable version and available during
installation." Read the
release announcement,
product overview and
release notes |
| 2009-04-23 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: Kubuntu 9.04 |
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Jonathan Riddell has announced the
release of Kubuntu 9.04, an
Ubuntu variant featuring the latest KDE 4 desktop
environment: "The Kubuntu team is
proud to announce the release of Kubuntu 9.04, the
Jaunty Jackalope! Kubuntu 9.04 includes an upgraded
desktop containing many bug fixes, new configuration
options, as well as many new and updated applications:
KDE 4.2, containing many new features, including
significant refinements of Plasma and KWin, the KDE
workspace, many new and updated Plasma widgets, new and
improved desktop effects (enabled by default), the
return of the optional 'Classic Desktop' motif as an
option; new in System Settings are tools for managing
software and printer configuration; Quassel, a new IRC
client; Amarok 2.0.2, KTorrent 3.2, Digikam 0.10.0...."
See the rest of the
release announcement for a more detailed overview of
the release. |
| 2009-04-23 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: Ubuntu 9.04 |
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Ubuntu
9.04 has been released: "The Ubuntu
team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest
software the Open Source community has to offer. This is
their latest result, the Ubuntu 9.04 release, which
brings a host of excellent new features. New features:
Ubuntu 9.04 RC includes the latest GNOME 2.26 desktop
environment with a number of great new features,
including Brasero 2.26.0, an all-in-one CD burning
application and the default disc burning utility in
Nautilus, and improved handling of multiple monitors;
X.Org server 1.6; Wacom tablet hotplugging; new style
for notifications and notification preferences;
significantly improved boot performance; Linux kernel
2.6.28; optional ext4 files system support...."
Read the
release announcement,
release notes and
feature overview for further information. |
| 2009-04-03 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: CentOS 5.3 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the
release of CentOS 5.3, a Linux
distribution rebuilt from source package for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.3: "We are
pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS
5.3 for the i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 5.3 is
based on the upstream release EL 5.3, and includes
packages from all variants, including server and client.
This release brings in a completely new artwork stack.
Given the widespread requests for user contributed
packages directly being hosted within the CentOS
repositories, the contribs repository is now back with
CentOS 5.3. There are no packages yet, but over the next
few weeks we hope to have a policy and process in place
that allows users to submit and manage packages in the
contribs repository." See the
release announcement and
release notes for a detailed list of changes. |
| 2009-02-15 |
NEW •
Distribution
Release: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 |
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Big day for the Debian fans -
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny"
has been released: "The Debian
Project is pleased to announce the official release of
Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (code-named 'Lenny') after
22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a
free operating system which supports a total of twelve
processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME,
Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. This release
includes numerous updated software packages, such as the
K Desktop Environment 3.5.10, an updated version of the
GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop
environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3,
X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7...."
See the
release announcement and
release notes for a detailed description of the
release. |
| 2009-01-30 |
Distribution
Release: KNOPPIX 6.0 |
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Klaus Knopper has released
KNOPPIX 6.0, a brand new
version of the popular Debian-based live CD, now with
LXDE as the default desktop and ADRIANE, an audio
desktop for the visually impaired. From the changelog: "KNOPPIX
6.0.0 / ADRIANE 1.1. Complete rebuild from scratch,
based on Debian 'Lenny' (draft); new boot procedure with
highly parallelized hardware detection and
configuration; LXDE as default desktop; OpenOffice.org
3.0.1; Firefox / Iceweasel 3.0.5; starts blind-friendly,
talking ADRIANE menu by default (use boot option 'knoppix'
for directly booting into graphical desktop; very
reduced software collection in order to easily fit on
CD; NetworkManager (support for Debian interfaces
enabled); 'flash-knoppix' - create bootable USB memory
stick from CD; began porting Knoppix 5.x boot options
and features to the new system (not complete yet)."
Read the full
changelog for further information. |
| 2008-12-18 |
NEW •
Distribution Release: openSUSE 11.1 |
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openSUSE
11.1, a community Linux distribution sponsored by
Novell, has been released: "The
openSUSE project is proud to announce the release of
openSUSE 11.1. The openSUSE 11.1 release includes more
than 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major
updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, and more freedom
with a brand new license, Liberation fonts, and OpenJDK.
This is also the first release built entirely in the
openSUSE Build Service. Desktop users will find a lot to
like in this release. Users can choose from the leading
edge of GNOME and KDE development with GNOME 2.24.1 and
KDE 4.1.3. We've also included KDE 3.5.10 for users who
prefer the classic KDE experience." Read the
release announcement and
press release, and visit the
product
pages to learn more about the new openSUSE 11.1.
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