Archive for January, 2010

Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 1

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2010.1: "The Mandriva team is proud to announce the first alpha release of 2010.1. Many improvements and new functionalities are planned for this new version - your desktop will be smart and connected. You....


Development Release: Pardus Linux 2009.1 RC

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Onur Küçük has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Pardus Linux 2009.1, now also available as a live CD: "A release candidate of Pardus Linux 2009.1 is ready. Starting with this release, Pardus Linux ISO files are generated as hybrid images. The same hybrid image....


Development Release: Elive 1.9.56 (Unstable)

Friday, January 8th, 2010
Samuel Baggen has released a new development build of Elive, a live CD featuring a customised Enlightenment 17 window manager based on Debian stable: "The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the development version 1.9.56. Changes: 3G phones - more than 300 new operators added;....


Development Release: VLOS 2.0 Beta 1

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The first beta of VLOS 2.0, a Gentoo-based desktop Linux distribution, is now available for download and testing: "We are proud to announce the first beta release of the upcoming VLOS 2.0 live DVD. Changelog: NVIDIA and ATI drivers now automatically detected and configured; VLOS now mounts NTFS....


Development Release: Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha 3

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Anil Gulecha has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, an OpenSolaris distribution for x86/x64 servers, with a fast and easy-to-install regular releases and a selection of tightly-integrated applications: "On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of....


Distribution Release: Toorox 01.2010

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Joern Lindau has released Toorox 01.2010, a Gentoo-based distribution and live DVD with the latest KDE 4, a graphical system installer, and advanced networking capabilities: "With the beginning of this new year it's time for a new release. With the release of Toorox 01.2010 you can get a....


Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 4

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Warren Woodford has announced the availability of the fourth beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.5, a beginner-friendly distribution based on Debian's stable branch, but featuring the latest KDE 4 desktop: "SimplyMEPIS 8.4.96, the beta4 of MEPIS 8.5, is available from MEPIS and public mirrors. Warren said: 'Even though the....


Development Release: Unity Linux 2010 Beta 2

Monday, January 4th, 2010
Matthew Dawkins has announced the availability of the second beta release of Unity Linux 2010, a minimalist, base operating system with Openbox and Smart package management, based on Mandriva Linux: "The Unity Linux project is pleased to announce its second beta release, 2010 Beta 2. We have taken....


DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 335

Monday, January 4th, 2010
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Feature: A look at MINIX 3 Statistics: Page Hit Ranking statistics in 2008 and 2009 Questions and answers: Optimizing 64-bit distributions with compiler flags Released last week: Sabayon Linux 5.1 "Gaming", sidux 2009-04, ClearOS 5.1, Super OS 9.10 Upcoming releases: Frugalware Linux 1.2....


Distribution Release: Kahel OS 01-01-2010 “Light”

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Meric Mara has announced the release of Kahel OS 01-01-2010 "Light" edition, an Arch Linux-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop: "Today let us introduce to you Kahel OS 'Light' edition 01-01-2010, designed for netbooks with limited storage capacity. Just like the Kahel OS 'Desktop' edition, the 'Light' edition....