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| 2012-11-12 |
NEW • BSD Release: m0n0wall 1.34 |
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Manuel Kasper has announced the release of m0n0wall 1.34, a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system for firewalls: "m0n0wall 1.34 released. m0n0wall 1.34 is a maintenance release with low-priority security fixes for CSRF/XSS issues in the webGUI. Changes in this release: eliminate modifying GETs from webGUI pages; make rule moving and deletion on shaper rules page work like for firewall rules; add csrf-magic for CSRF protection in webGUI; fix potential XSS in diag_ping.php and diag_traceroute.php; increase key size of auto-generated webGUI certificates to 2,048 bits; update default webGUI certificate/key; remove domain name handling from dhclient-script and change ARP command not to use sed (not used/available in m0n0wall); change virtualHW version to 7 for VMWare image to avoid errors in ESX 4." Visit the project's download page to read the full changelog. Download from here: cdrom-1.34.iso (17.8MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-11-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 14 RC |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the release candidate for Linux Mint 14 - in the usual MATE and Cinnamon flavours: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 Nadia RC. For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After six months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. We're very proud of MATE, Cinnamon, MDM and all the components used in this release, and we're very excited to show you how they all fit together in Linux Mint 14. New features: MATE 1.4 comes with numerous bug fixes, Bluetooth and mate-keyring are now functional and caja features support for Dropbox...." Read the release announcement, release notes and what's new page for more information, known issues and screenshots. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-32bit-rc.iso (966MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (961MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-32bit-rc.iso (879MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (873MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 0.8.2 |
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Carl Duff has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 0.8.2, an Arch-based Linux distribution provided in four different desktop flavours (Xfce 4.10, KDE 4.9.2, GNOME 3.4.2 and Cinnamon 1.6.4): "Manjaro Linux 0.8.2 has been released. The culmination of substantial refinements and exciting new developments, Manjaro 0.8.2 is the most polished, feature-rich and accessible release yet. Just a few of the new features provided includes support for Steam gaming, automatic desktop notifications for new system updates, and -- developed exclusively for Manjaro -- a user-friendly graphical interface to easily manage and maintain the system. Experienced users can also take advantage of support for new features, including the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), B-Tree File System (btrfs)...." Read the release announcement for further details. Quick links to download the default Xfce edition: manjaro-xfce-0.8.2-i686.iso (1,128MB, SHA256), manjaro-xfce-0.8.2-x86_64.iso (1,286MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-11-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Kwort Linux 3.5 RC1 |
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David Cortarello has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Kwort Linux 3.5, a CRUX-based lightweight Linux distribution that uses the GTK+ toolkit and the Openbox window manager: "Today I'm rolling out a new release of our system. We have been testing this release for over a week and it looks pretty stable. Our system got a complete update, from the toolchain to the latest X11 applications. We are rolling this release with Linux kernel 3.5.4, the latest Chromium (Firefox is available in the ISO image in more/xapps). The latest LibreOffice is also available in the ISO image (more/xapps) for you to install with kpkg. Most noticeable changes are in the installer and kpkg as both got a speed-up and I also gave kpkg the ability to upgrade a single package or the whole system. Ext4 has become the default file system." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: kwort-3.5rc1.iso (337MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Pentoo 2012.0 Beta 3 |
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Michael Zanetta has announced the availability of the third beta release of Pentoo 2012.0, a specialist Gentoo-based live CD containing a collection of penetration testing tools: "Today we are releasing the 64-bit edition of beta 3. The Pentoo Linux team really isn't accustomed to failure, but every single 32-bit build I've done has resulted in complete failure. Issues have ranged from horrifying and unexplained build failures, to building perfectly but being completely unbootable. That said, for those of you that don't have computers from 2003 will LOVE the updates in beta 3. The installer has been reworked so that it, ahem, works. Additionally a number of tweaks to improve updating and system customization have been made. We have shiny new WiFi drivers, shiny new video card drivers, and all your favorite password crackers updated and ready to rock out." Here is the full release announcement. Download: pentoo-x86_64-2012.0_beta3.iso (1,614MB, SHA512). |
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| 2012-11-10 |
NEW • Development Release: antiX 12.5 Alpha 2 |
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A new alpha release of antiX 12.5, a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian's testing branch, is now ready for download: "antiX-12.5-alpha2 available for public testing. New: 64-bit editions of core, base and full. The i486 flavours are bug-fix and development releases from antiX 12. Since Debian 'Testing' is relatively quiet development changes are predominantly taking place on the antiX side. Basic features: base and full use the latest 3.6.6-antix kernel; core is 'libre' using the latest 3.6.6-gnu-antix kernel; live scripts changes mean faster boot; introduction of a dynamic fstab for running live; latest applications include SpaceFM 0.8.2 and udevil 0.3.4; GCC 4.7.1; X.Org Server 1.12.4. All applications apt-get dist-upgrade on 9 November 2012." Visit the project's news page to read the release announcement. Download: antiX-12.5-full-alpha2-486.iso (692MB, MD5), antiX-12.5-full-alpha2-amd64.iso (691MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-08 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 1 |
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Will Stephenson has announced the availability of Milestone 1, which is the second official test build on the way to the stable openSUSE 12.3: "News fresh from the Factory - the openSUSE release team has made the openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 1 available for testing and feedback. There has been lots of plumbing in the infrastructure, with most prominently the removal of SuSEconfig - the capitalization of its name should give a hint about its age. If you want to get a taste of the upcoming release or want to help test and develop this awesome, green Linux distribution - come and get it! With Milestone 1, things start getting interesting. For starters, the init system continues to evolve rapidly. SysVinit has now been removed, following some discussion." Read the rest of the release announcement to learn more. Download (mirrors): openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0166-i686.iso (628MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0166-i686.iso (619MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0166-x86_64.iso (632MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0166-x86_64.iso (625MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 6.1 |
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Artyom Zorin has announced the release of Zorin OS 6.1, an updated build of the project's Ubuntu-based, user-friendly Linux distribution designed for newcomers to the popular open-source operating system: "The Zorin OS team is pleased to announce the release of Zorin OS 6.1 Core, our operating system designed for Windows users and those who are dissatisfied with the Unity and GNOME Shell offerings. Zorin OS 6.1 Core builds on top of our popular previous release of Zorin OS 6 Core with newly updated software and a newer kernel. As Zorin OS 6.1 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 it is an LTS (Long-Term Support) release, provided with 5 years of security updates. Users who already have Zorin OS 6 Core installed do not need to get Zorin OS 6.1 Core as all the aforementioned updates and improvements in 6.1 can be applied by installing the latest updates from the Update Manager." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) links: zorin-os-6.1-core-32.iso (1,391MB), zorin-os-6.1-core-64.iso (1,491MB). |
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| 2012-11-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 2.5.0 |
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The Alpine Linux development team has announced the release of Alpine Linux 2.5.0, a community-developed operating system designed for x86 routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes and servers: "We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux version 2.5. Since version 2.4, among the various bug fixes, several packages have been upgraded: Linux kernel upgraded to 3.6.6 with the grsecurity patch; Asterisk 11.0.1; Xen 4.2 Dom0 support; Freeswitch 1.2.0; PostgreSQL 9.2.1; Ruby 1.9.3; libvirt 1.0. Some of the updated packages available from the HTTP repositories are: X.Org Server 1.13, Mesa 9 and much more. The full lists of changes can be found in the git log and bug tracker." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the installation CD images from here: alpine-2.5.0-x86.iso (237MB, SHA256), alpine-2.5.0-x86_64.iso (246MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-11-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 3.1.1 |
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An updated build of SystemRescueCd, version 3.1.1, is out. What's new? "Standard kernels is long-term supported Linux 3.2.33 (rescuecd + rescue64); alternative kernels updated to latest stable 3.6.6 (altker32 + altker64); re-introduced support for Reiser4 file system in the alternative kernels; fixed the 'rootpass=' boot option by updating USE flags for shadow; fixed bugs in the installation scripts for USB sticks; updated NetworkManager to 0.9.6.4; updated btrfs-progs utilities to recent upstream version; updated e2fsprogs to 1.42.5, GParted to 0.14.0, linux-firmware 20120924, tcpdump 4.3.0, Coreutils 8.16, util-linux 2.21.2, dd-rescue 1.28, Midori 0.4.7, X.Org Server 1.12.4, ClamAV 0.97.6, SpaceFM 0.7.10; added zerofree 1.0.1 (a utility to zero out all free space on a file system); the 'docache' boot option must also cache the boot and EFI directories; fixed bugs in the installation scripts for USB sticks." Here is the full changelog. Download from SourceForge: systemrescuecd-x86-3.1.1.iso (350MB, MD5).
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| 2012-11-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Slax 7.0 RC1 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Slax 7.0, a brand-new version of the project's minimalist Slackware-based live CD with KDE 4: "I'm releasing the newest Slax 7 build as a release candidate 1. It has KDE 4 with many applications from the KDE network, KDE multimedia, KDE games, Pidgin IM, Firefox, MPlayer and more. The entire system fits to 183 MB for the 32-bit and 188 MB for the 64-bit variant and runs perfectly fine on boxes with 256 MB of RAM and more. This is most likely the version which contains all the programs for the final Slax release. Development tools are still missing though. Before I show you the download links, I'd like to remind you about the opportunity to get Slax on a cool USB device when it is released." See the release announcement for more details, screenshot and a video. Download (MD5): slax-7.0-kde4-2012-11-06-i486.iso (183MB), slax-7.0-kde4-2012-11-06-x86_64.iso (188MB). |
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| 2012-11-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 12.2 "ARM" |
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Jos Poortvliet has announced the release of openSUSE 12.2 "ARM" edition, an openSUSE build designed for BeagleBoard, Panda Board and other ARM-based boards devices: "As was promised last week, the openSUSE ARM team has released openSUSE 12.2 for the ARM architecture. Almost all of the usual openSUSE distribution (more than 5000 packages) builds and runs on all the ARM hardware it has been tested on. Initiated at the openSUSE Conference in 2011 in Nürnberg, the openSUSE ARM team has managed to bring one of the most important Linux distributions to the ARM architecture in a little over a year. At this point, the team is confident openSUSE 12.2 can be installed and used on the following devices: BeagleBoard (xM), Panda Board, Versatile Express (QEMU), chroot. Four more devices are supported as a 'best effort'." Here is the brief release announcement. For download links and installation instructions please read the openSUSE on your ARM board page on the project's Wiki. |
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| 2012-11-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2012 Alpha 2 |
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Per Øyvind Karlsen has announced the availability of the second alpha release of the new "Moondrake GNU/Linux" which is a possible new name for the venerable Mandriva Linux distribution: "Yet again keeping up the tradition of delays, a new prerelease is out: Moondrake GNU/Linux 2012 Alpha 2. Some highlights of this release are: ISO image creation tool has been rewritten in Python, made several times faster and merged with DrakX; dual-architecture ISO image features a complete set of all LXDE packages; new, complete sound theme; initial work on rewriting installer and libraries in C++ has been started; installer stage 1 and rescue mode merged; much extended set of packages built for uClibc environment; GRUB 2 has replaced isolinux for the installer; KDE 4.9.2." See the full release announcement for further notes. Download: moondrake-2012-alpha2-dual-cd.iso (704MB, MD5), moondrake-2012-alpha2-x86_64-dvd.iso (3,838MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Superb Mini Server 2.0.1 |
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) 2.0.1, a minor update of the Slackware-based server distribution, is now available: "Superb Mini Server version 2.0.1 released. This minor release upgrades the Linux kernel to version 3.2.33, upgrades server packages to latest stable versions and introduces smsconfig, a powerful script for managing services, resetting passwords and performing various tasks. New packages in this release are qpdf - a dependency of cups-filters, lightsquid - a light and fast Squid report generator, and php-suhosin - a PHP security extension (disabled by default). New packages in the 'extra' ISO image are php_suhosin, a PHP built with suhosin-patch, rutorrent - another web front-end to rTorrent, and OpenSSH built with PAM support. A 'pasture' directory has been added, with packages often required by third-party applications." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: SMS.Native.CD-2.0.1-Install.iso (687MB, MD5), SMS64.Native.CD-2.0.1-Install.iso (670MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 15.1 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 15.1, a minor update of the project's specialist Debian-based distribution for web kiosks featuring the latest Firefox web browser: "Webconverger 15.1. Our new automatic upgrade feature released in version 15 works well. Git-FS has helped us develop, debug and test better, and deliver to you an experience that improves every day. Just like the web does. Install users don't have to do anything to get these new features. Live users should download 15.1 and ideally switch to the install version by installing it to your hard drive. What's new: new hosts= feature for simple Internet blacklist and whitelist filtering; font hinting for smoother page rendering; faster browser boot times; feature and security updates to Firefox to 16.0.2; security update to Adobe Flash player 11.2.202.243; various updates to the underlying Progress Linux system" Read the complete release notes for further information. Download: webc-15.1.iso (308MB).
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