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Distribution Release: Endian Firewall 2.5.1

31.01.2012 02:31 Endian Firewall 2.5.1, an updated version of the Red Hat-based firewall distribution, has been released: "An update for Endian Firewall Community to version 2.5.1 is now available. This release introduces a number of new features. Connectivity - support for most modern UMTS/3G USB dongles. By adding new drivers....

Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10

30.01.2012 15:58 Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10, a new stable version of the project's utility live CD designed for disk cloning tasks: "This release of Clonezilla Live includes major enhancements and major bug fixes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded, this release is....

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 441

30.01.2012 10:01 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: PC-BSD 9.0 "Isotope" News: Ubuntu's HUD, Linux Mint's Cinnamon, Arch Linux for hardcore users Statistics: OSDisc.com sales in 2010 and 2011 Questions and answers: AppArmor, home movies, tabs in Vim, syntax highlighting Released last week: GhostBSD 2.5 New distributions: Bridge Linux Reader....

Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 RC2

30.01.2012 03:07 Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate and advanced Linux users: "Frugalware 1.6rc2 'Fermus' released. The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.6rc2, the second....

BSD Release: GhostBSD 2.5

24.01.2012 15:29 John Combs has announced the release of GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system and live media with a choice of GNOME or LXDE desktops: "After months of work, the official final release of GhostBSD 2.5 is finally here! Many bugs have been fixed and many parts of....

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 440

23.01.2012 10:00 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Let's talk tiny - Tiny Core Linux 4.2 News: Mandriva and Pardus status update, Fedora packages, Gentoo zero-day packaging, Bodhi's Blothi, ZevenOS overview Questions and answers: Clang went the compiler Released last week: Toorox 01.2012 Upcoming releases: openSUSE 12.2 roadmap New additions:....

Distribution Release: Toorox 01.2012

20.01.2012 17:21 Jörn Lindau has announced the release of Toorox 01.2012 "GNOME" edition, a Gentoo-based desktop Linux distribution featuring GNOME 3.2.1: "Toorox 01.2012 'GNOME'. A new version of the 'GNOME' edition of Toorox featuring the recent stable GNOME 3.2.1 has been finished. Some GNOME Shell extensions have been added to....

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 439

16.01.2012 10:02 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First look at Kororaa Linux 16 News: FreeBSD 9.0 update, testing Unity 5.0, new features in Fedora 17, interviews with Debian's Steve McIntyre and openSUSE's Frédéric Crozat, Linux Mint overview Questions and answers: SOPA and open-source software Released last week: FreeBSD 9.0,....

Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 RC1

16.01.2012 01:35 Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first of the two planned release candidates for Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose distribution for desktops and servers designed with intermediate Linux users in mind: "Frugalware 1.6rc1 released. The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability....

Development Release: ArtistX 1.2

15.01.2012 13:38 Marco Ghirlanda has announced the release of ArtistX 1.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for musicians and other artists, and featuring a large collection of multimedia and graphics sofware: "After nearly ten years of development and more than ten versions, the ArtistX 1.2 multimedia studio on a DVD is....

Development Release: DEFT Linux 7 RC1

14.01.2012 01:48 Stefano Fratepietro has announced the availability of the first release candidate for DEFT Linux 7, a specialist Ubuntu-based live DVD for digital forensics and penetration testing: "Finally we were able to realize a very stable DEFT Linux 7 release, solving all problems responsible for postponing the release date....

BSD Release: PC-BSD 9.0

13.01.2012 15:55 Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 9.0, a desktop-oriented distribution based on the latest stable FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD development team and iXsystems are pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 9.0. Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, this is also the first PC-BSD which offers users....

Development Release: Mageia 2 Alpha 3

13.01.2012 03:00 Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Mageia 2: "The third development release, Mageia 2 alpha 3 is now available for tests. This is the last alpha version so we really need your input now. Major new features: ships with the latest stable....

BSD Release: FreeBSD 9.0

12.01.2012 22:50 The FreeBSD Engineering Team has announced the release of FreeBSD 9.0, a major new version of the BSD operating featuring a brand-new system installer: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE. This is the first release from the stable/9 branch, which....

Distribution Release: Webconverger 11.0

12.01.2012 10:48 Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 11.0, a web browser-only specialist distribution for Internet kiosks. The new version comes with updated Linux kernel version 3.1.8, Firefox 9.0.1, and several minor security-related tweaks. From the release notes: "I'm very proud to announce Webconverger 11, with the following....