Archive for January, 2010
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 337
Monday, January 18th, 2010
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: A first look at Jibbed 5.0.1 (a NetBSD live CD) News: Fedora Community Remix, Mandriva "Cooker" updates, Dreamlinux future, Arch Linux interview Questions and answers: In search of "better" applications Statistics: Online CD, DVD and USB media sales Released last week: BackTrack....
Distribution Release: Pardus Linux 2009.1
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Onur Küçük has announced the final release of Pardus Linux 2009.1: "The latest stable release of the 2009 family, Pardus Linux 2009.1 is ready. Pardus Linux 2009.1 comes with the latest stable KDE release, enhanced hardware support, and bigger software archive with up-to-date packages such as KDE 4.3.4,....
Development Release: TinyMe 2010 Beta 2
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Kaleb Marshall has released the second beta build of TinyMe 2010, a lightweight, desktop-oriented mini-distribution based on Unity Linux: "TinyMe 2010 beta 2 is here. TinyMe is a Unity-based distribution targeted at older computers and people who want a very light and fast desktop environment. This release offers....
Development Release: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name "Lucid Lynx": "Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. New features: updated packages, Linux kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.4 RC1; full removal of the HAL package,....
Distribution Release: Frenzy 1.2
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Frenzy, a FreeBSD-based live CD featuring a variety of security, system testing, networking and penetration tools, has been resurrected. After being formally put to sleep by its creator, Sergei Mozhaisky, a developer community headed by Egor Vershinin has taken over the work. The just-released version 1.2 is the....
Distribution Release: PelicanHPC 2.0
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Michael Creel has announced the release of PelicanHPC 2.0, a Debian-based live CD which makes it simple to set up a high performance computing cluster: "PelicanHPC 2.0 is available. Features: based on Debian testing instead of stable - this means that most packages have newer versions, in particular,....
Distribution Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Warren Woodford has announced the release of SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15, a new update of the beginner-friendly distribution based on Debian's stable branch: "MEPIS LLC has released SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15, an update to the community edition of MEPIS 8.0. SimplyMEPIS 8.0 uses a Debian stable foundation enhanced with a long-term support....
Distribution Release: BackTrack 4
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Offensive Security has announced the release of BackTrack 4, an Ubuntu-based live DVD containing a large collection of tools for security audits, computer forensics and penetration testing: "BackTrack 4 final is out and along with this release come some exciting news, updates, and developments. BackTrack 4 has been....
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 336
Monday, January 11th, 2010
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Examining SliTaz GNU/Linux News: Debian "Squeeze" release hints and installer changes, Slackware "Current" kernel updates, Mandriva community editions, BSD Magazine changes, future of Foresight Linux, UNR vs Moblin Questions and answers: Restoring GRUB Released last week: Toorox 01.2010 Upcoming releases: Pardus Linux....
Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2 Pre 2
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.2, a general-purpose distribution for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.2pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release. A short and....
