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Mandriva Linux 2010.1 telah dirilis: Mandriva, the leading European publisher of Linux solutions, announces today the launch of the final version of Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring. Quicker, easier and more secure than ever, Mandriva Linux offers new functionalities which revolutionise the desktop. In a nutshell, Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring offers: complete, quick-to-install system, comprising all the necessary drivers; ‘Smart Desktop’, a unique technology, which offers dynamic access to all files by labelling them and grading photos, documents, emails and videos; Mandriva Directory Server (MDS), an easy-to-use LDAP directory management solution; tools to easily secure the system, parental control is easier than ever…. ...

George Vlahavas mengumumkan rilis Salix OS 13.1 edisi “LXDE”, distribusi desktop yang ringan berbasis Slackware: Salix OS 13.1 LXDE edition has been released. Based on Slackware Linux 13.1, it features the lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, with a clean look and feel. The main applications that complete the LXDE experience are the lightweight and fast PCManFM file manager and the popular Openbox window manager. As with the standard Xfce edition, this CD image allows installation to be performed in three different modes – core, basic and full. The core mode is identical to the one you get from the Xfce edition. Basic will only install a minimal LXDE desktop with only Midori and gslapt installed as extra and full will install everything that is included on the CD image. That includes the lightweight Midori web browser, the Claws-mail e-mail client, the Transmission BitTorrent client and the Pidgin instant messaging client. ...

Dinas Ekonomi, Inovasi dan Ilmu Pengetahuan daerah Andalucia di Spanyol mengumumkan rilis final Guadalinex 7, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu dalam DVD yang didesain untuk digunakan di kantor pemerintahan dan sekolah pada wilayah Andalucia. diklaim 30 persen lebih cepat dari pendahulunya, meningkatkan kenyamanan pengguna untuk berinternet dengan memudahkan akses ke situs jejaring sosial dan juga publikasi blog. Selain aplikasi untuk browsing, email, dan chat, Guadalinex memaketkan tool dengan nama Nanny yang dikembangkan secara internal yang akan membantu orang tua melindungi anak mereka dari situs dan konten yang tidak baik. Dari sisi tampilan grafis Guadalinex memberikan perhatian spesial dengan bar (Cairo-Dock) animasi yang berisi aplikasi yang sering digunakan dan fitur-fitur menarik ...

Linux Deepin merupakan distribusi komunitas dari Cina berbasis Ubuntu, dan versi 10.06 merupakan versi selanjutnya dari versi 9.12. Dibandingkan dengan rilis beta kedua, rilis ini memperbaiki bugs yang ditemukan di Thunar dan GDM serta menggantika ibus-pinyin dengan ibus-sunpinyin yang saat ini dianggap sebagai metode terbaik untuk memasukkan huruf cina untuk membuat kalimat lengkap. Upgrade utama termasuk digunakannya kernel Linux 2.6.32-23, Firefox 3.6.6, dan plugin Flash 10.1. Komponen seperti BitTorrent dan berbagai plugin Firefox lain juga telah diupgrade ke versi terbaru. Masalah yang telah diketahui adalah error pada penanganan protokol ketika kita melakukan klik ganda di icon di desktop. Silahkan membaca pengumuman rilis (dalam bahasa Cina) untuk melaporkan masalah lainnya. ...

Ainul Hakim mengumumkan rilis BlankOn 6.0, distribusi Linux asli Indonesia berbasis Ubuntu dengan dukungan Bahasa Indonesia dan aksara daerah serta Bahasa Inggris: BlankOn 6.0 ‘Ombilin’ is the newest version of the BlankOn distribution. It was developed by the Indonesian Linux Mover Foundation and BlankOn developer team. BlankOn is an Indonesian distribution that includes a variety of software that is widely used by consumers in general, such as office programs, financial applications, Internet applications, drawing (both vector and bitmap) and support for various multimedia file formats. Features: four types of scripts, namely Bugis, Toba Batak, Balinese and Sundanese; Stardict fast dictionary; Chromium web browser; Exaile music player; USB modem switch, Shotwell photo manager; support for the AMD64 architecture…. ...

Versi terbaru Absolute Linux, distro ringan berbasis Slackware dengan IceWM, datang dengan Google Chrome sebagai web browser default dan beberapa perbaikan sekuriti: Absolute Linux 13.1.2 released. Google Chrome replaces Mozilla Firefox as default browser. Lower memory usage, faster rendering and proper URL parsing all contributed to this decision. Firefox package is still up to date and in CD2 directory of repos under /internet. Also several security-related updates as well as multimedia installer update (needed updated URL) Also updated rox-archiver to handle DEB files (to unpack, not install). Note that Google Chrome is a native Absolute build with blacklisting of Gecko Media Player plugin removed. This means that the plugin works. It was blacklisted by Google coders due to crashing complaints, but I have tested it extensively and have not experienced these issues, so I’m watching videos. ...

Estrella Roja 2.8 telah dirilis, distribusi asal Argentina yang berbasis cabang testing Debian, tetapi menggunakan desktop KDE 3.5. berdasarkan info pada pengumuman rilis (dalam Bahasa Spanyol), versi baru ini mengkombinasikan desktop KDE 3.5 yang relatif ringan dengan Kernel Linux versi 2.6.34 yang telah dioptimisasi untuk arsitektur i686 dengan patch PREEMPT dan dukungan untuk banyak chipset WiFi termasuk Intel, Atheros, Broadcom, dan Realtek. Beberapa paket yang diupdate termasuk WINE versi 1.1, Pidgin versi 2.7.1, MPlayer versi build SVN terbaru dengan dukungan bahasa Spanyol dan skins, emesene versi 1.6.2 (dengan dukungan webcam), XChat versi 2.8, dan driver NVIDIA versi 173.14.25. Juga dimasukkan wxDFast program akselerator download dan rtmpdump 2.3, aplikasi console yang menampilkan streaming Flash. ...

Kevin Thompson mengumumkan rilis Element 1.3, distribusi berbasis Xubuntu untuk home theatre berbasis PC: We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Element OS 1.3. This is the first version of Element OS to provide streaming content services out of the box through the inclusion of the Cooliris media browser. Cooliris brings to Element OS tens of thousands of web videos, TV shows, movies, and music videos from all the major networks, studios, and web channels. Categorized, searchable, and all presented in a unique 3D media wall. We also continue our gradual improvements to the 1.x series with new versions of the update manager, HDMI audio switch, and a new interface setup for Firefox. This version is based on Xubuntu 9.10; featured software includes Linux kernel 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1, XBMC 9.11, Firefox 3.5.9, Decibel audio player 1.01, Pidgin 2.6.5, Transmission 1.75, AllmyApps.com 9.10 integration, custom GTK+ themes, and version 1.0 of the Element application finder. ...

Jan Paul Tuecking mengumumkan rilis IPFire 2.7, distribusi Linux spesialis untuk Firewall: Today we are going to release IPFire 2.7. At first we will only release the ISO files, the update is not yet available via pakfire. The reason for this is the change of the IPSec software from OpenSwan to StrongSwan and the mandatory changes in the configuration of net2net connections. The update on pakfire will be released next friday, 2010-07-09, so there is enough time to change the IPSec tunnels. There are about 400 changes in the new IPFire version: updated Linux kernel to stable LTS (2.6.32.15); updated OpenSSL to version 0.9.8o; updated Net-SSLeay to version 1.36; switched IPSec from OpenSwan to StrongSwan version 4.4.0; fixed VPN-watch hang at connection re-start; updated Snort to stable 2.8.6; removed snort md5 check, added free space check; added support for alix2 LEDs; added Vodafone K3765 and K4505 usbids to option driver…. ...

Kandidat rilis kedua FreeBSD 8.1 keluar dan siap untuk tes final: The second and most likely final release candidate for the FreeBSD 8.1 release cycle is now available for amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures. There was a recent regression fix related to Atheros AR9280 cards being detected incorrectly, making them unusable. If you were having problems with a wireless card that had worked before not working with the earlier test builds; hopefully this will fix the problem. Testing of this fix would be appreciated. At this time DVD images are not available. There was a fairly serious security issue with the PNG graphics package. We will generate DVD images when the rebuilt packages become available, that will be announced when the images are ready. ...

Muayyad Al-Sadi mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama Ojuba 4, distribusi berbasis Fedora yang dioptimisasi untuk pengguna Bahasa Arab: We are pleased to announce the release of Ojuba Linux 4 beta. This is the first release to have 64-bit as well as 32-bit support which we also offer for legacy PCs. Each of these comes as a 700 MB live CD and a 4 GB installation DVD with packages from Fedora 13 and extra packages from RPM Fusion and ojuba.org. This release includes a pre-release version of Thawab, the Arabic Islamic library and many more applications and enhancements. For more information please check the Ojuba 4 release notes in Arabic . ...

Martin Pitt mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha kedua Ubuntu 10.10. Hadir dengan kernel Linux 2.6.35, dukungan untuk Btrfs file system dan Unity sebagai antarmuka default untuk edisi netbook: Welcome to Maverick Meerkat alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. New features: updated packages; the GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions, this particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API; Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS; KDE was updated to the current 4.5 RC 1 release; Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release; the new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition; Linux kernel 2.6.35 based on 2.6.35-rc3; new cloud-init features…. ...