Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC2
March 5th, 2010
The second release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 8.5, a beginner-friendly, Debian-based desktop Linux distribution, is ready for download and testing: "Warren Woodford has released SimplyMEPIS 8.4.99, RC2 of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors. Warren reported: 'In the past week, we've fixed some bugs reported by....
Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 6.5 RC2
March 4th, 2010
The second release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 6.5, a beginner-friendly, Debian-based desktop Linux distribution, is ready for download and testing: "Warren Woodford has released SimplyMEPIS 8.4.99, RC2 of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors. Warren reported: 'In the past week, we've fixed some bugs reported by....
Distribution Release: Elive 2.0
March 4th, 2010
After a long development period lasting more than two years, Samuel Baggen announced today the release of Elive 2.0, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution featuring an optimised Enlightenment 17 window manager with plenty of desktop eye candy: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the....
Development Release: FreeBSD 7.3-RC2
March 4th, 2010
Ken Smith has announced the availability of the second release candidate for FreeBSD 7.3: "The third and what should be last of the test builds for the 7.3-RELEASE cycle, 7.3-RC2, is available for amd64, i386, pc98, and sparc64 architectures. The target schedule, as well as the current status....
Distribution Release: PC/OS 10.1 “OpenWorkstation GNOME”
March 3rd, 2010
Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of PC/OS 10.1 "OpenWorkstation GNOME" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution for the desktop: "The developers of PC/OS are excited to bring you this new installment in the PC/OS family. Users and customers have demanded it so we have now delivered it. This release....
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.9
March 3rd, 2010
Robert Shingledecker has released Tiny Core Linux 2.9, a minimalist Linux distribution in 10 MB: "Tiny Core Linux 2.9 is now posted. Change log: upgraded udev to 151 with several rule adjustments and new rules added; updated libstdc++ 6.0.9 to support exceptions; updated glibc 2.9 to support i486;....
Development Release: EasyPeasy 1.6 Beta 1
March 2nd, 2010
Jon Ramvi has announced the availability of the first beta release of EasyPeasy 1.6, an Ubuntu-based distribution optimised for netbooks: "The team has been working hard to bring you the best netbook experience. The 1.6 beta 1 is the first release of EasyPeasy 1.6, bringing with it the....
Development Release: openmamba GNU/Linux 2.0 Pre 1
March 2nd, 2010
Silvan Calarco has announced the availability of the first test release of openmamba GNU/Linux 2.0, a user-friendly Linux distribution with KDE 4 and RPM package management: "I'm happy to announce the immediate availability of openmamba milestone2 2.0pre1, the new version of the GNU/Linux operating system for laptop, desktop....
Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 6.6
March 1st, 2010
Matthew Burgess has announced the release of Linux From Scratch (LFS) 6.6, a free e-book that gives step-by-step instructions on how to build a base Linux system by compiling source code of the Linux kernel, GNU utilities and other basic components: "The Linux From Scratch community is pleased....
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 343
March 1st, 2010
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Desktop comparison - Zenwalk Linux, Salix OS and GoblinX News: OpenSolaris survives Oracle takeover, Fedora delays first alpha, Mandriva switches to nouveau, Linux Mint prepares LXDE edition, Kubuntu repositories Questions and answers: Removing zombie processes Released last week: PC-BSD 8.0, Igelle 1.0.0,....
