Archive for the ‘Linux News’ Category
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.4
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.4, an Ubuntu-based live DVD with media codecs, eye candy and -- the kitchen sink: "It has been out for about a week, but I have had a lot happening in the meantime. A burnt power supply, a smoked....
Distribution Release: ZevenOS 2.0
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Leszek Lesner has announced the release of ZevenOS 2.0, a Xubuntu-based distribution and live CD featuring the Xfce desktop and BeOS-like artwork: "We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS 2.0. ZevenOS 2.0 is based upon Ubuntu 9.10; it brings big changes like a completely new audio....
Distribution Release: VectorLinux 6.0 “KDE-Classic”
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Robert Lange has announced the release of VectorLinux 6.0 "KDE-Classic" edition: "The VectorLinux crew is proud to announce the final release of VectorLinux 6.0 KDE-Classic. This release is not about bleeding-edge technology. On the other hand, it is not about nostalgia either. KDE 3.5.10 gets the job done.....
Development Release: Linux Mint 8 RC1
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Linux Mint 8, code name "Helena": "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 RC1. The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In....
Development Release: FreeBSD 8.0-RC3
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Ken Smith has announced the availability of the third and final release candidate for FreeBSD 8.0: "The third and hopefully last of the release candidates for the FreeBSD 8.0 release cycle is now available. Unless something catastrophic comes up within the next couple of days we will begin....
Distribution Release: openSUSE 11.2
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Novell has announced the immediate availability of openSUSE 11.2, the latest version of the popular Linux distribution for desktops and servers: "The openSUSE Project announced today that openSUSE 11.2 is immediately available for download. openSUSE is a secure and stable Linux-based operating system that is easy to use....
Distribution Release: sidux 2009-03
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the release of sidux 2009-03, a desktop distribution and live media with KDE and Xfce desktops based on Debian's unstable branch: "We have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of sidux 2009-03 'Momos', shipping with Linux kernel 2.6.31 and KDE 4.3.2. For 'Momos',....
Development Release: Epidemic GNU/Linux 3.1 Beta 2
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
The second beta build of Epidemic Linux 3.1, a Debian-based Brazilian distribution for the desktop, has been released. Improvements in this release include: replacement of bootsplash by Plymouth; significant reduction of boot time; new boot options for systems with NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards; support for legacy NVIDIA....
Distribution Release: DEFT Linux 5
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Stefano Fratepietro has announced the release of DEFT Linux 5, a Xubuntu-based distribution with a collection of open-source applications dedicated to incident response and computer forensics: "DEFT Linux 5 is based on the new Xubuntu kernel 2.6.31 and DEFT Extra 2.0 (computer forensic GUI) with the best freeware....
Development Release: Trustverse Desktop 4.0 RC1
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Timofey Korolyov has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Trustverse Desktop 4.0, a Fedora-based Linux distribution (formerly known as Linux XP) with a GNOME desktop tweaked to resemble Windows XP: "We are happy to announce Trustverse Linux Desktop 4.0 Release Candidate 1. The graphical interface....