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Red Hat, Inc. mengumumkan ketersediaan Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5, update kelima dari distribusi Linux komersial kelas enterprise ini: Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.5. Highlights of the release include hardware enablement for the Intel Boxboro-EX platform, AMD Magny-Cours processor and IBM Power 7 processor. Virtualization is improved, with support for multiple 10 GigE SR-IOV cards, and automatic usage of hugepages for virtual guest memory when enabled on the system. Interoperability improvements include updates to OpenOffice.org for Microsoft Office 2007 filters, Samba for Windows 7 compatibility and boot support for virtual machines using Microsoft-based PXE services. ...

Warren Woodford telah mengumumkan rilis SimplyMEPIS 8.5, distribusi ramah pemula dengan KDE 4 yang berbasis Debian GNU/Linux: For SimplyMEPIS 8.5 we started with the stable Debian ‘Lenny’ core and then selectively introduced updated packages that make SimplyMEPIS 8.5 a more timely operating system. Specifically, 8.5 uses a 2.6.32 kernel for up-to-date hardware support. It has the new KDE 4.3.4 desktop, yet retains much of the familiar MEPIS/KDE look and feel, so users can slowly become familiar with the new features in KDE 4.3. The new MEPIS Welcome Center guides users through their first steps with MEPIS including finding documentation, connecting with the community, and optionally installing additional applications and language packs. ...

Roberto Dohnert mengumumkan rilis PC/OS 10.1.1, rilis update perbaikan bug untuk distribusi berbasis Ubuntu ini: We are pleased to announce the delivery of PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1.1 PC/OS GNOME 10.1.1 as well as PC/OS WebStation 10.1.1. With this release we bring many bug fixes and enhancements to the platform. This release is a bug fix and precursor to the release of PC/OS 11. Some of the highlights of this release include: Linux kernel 2.6.31 PAE, with physical address extensions, users of 32-bit PC/OS can now use more RAM on 64-bit systems; Gigolo is replaced with pyNeighborhood; FileZilla is now included; Empathy has been upgraded to version 2.29.93; Empathy has been replaced with Meebo; GNOME Games has been replaced with FlashChess3…. ...

Marc Poirette mengumumkan rilis PureOS 2.0, distribusi Linux Live CD berbasis Debian yang menyajikan desktop KDE 4: PureOS 2.0 2010 is available, it’s built with the Linux-Live scripts 6.2.9. What’s new? Linux kernel 2.6.33 with Squashfs 3.4 and LZMA; KDE 4.3.4, Iceweasel 3.5.8 with Strata aero theme and Icedove 2.0.0.22 with Lightning 0.9; OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 (Calc, Draw, Math and Writer) with help; GIMP 2.6.8 with help, Gwenview with KIPI plugins and Okular; Akregator, FileZilla, qBittorrent, Kopete and wicd; K3B, VLC and Songbird 1.4.3; smxi/sgfxi scripts and scripts for module management; GParted, Krusader…. ...

Sebuah versi terbaru dari Jolicloud, distribusi Linux berbasis Ubuntu yang beriorientasi untuk digunakan di netbook, telah diumumkan dengan diberi label “pre-final”. Rilis ini diharapkan menjadi rilis pengembangan terakhir sebelum rilis stabil. Dari pengumuman : ...

Jean-Philippe Guillemin mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama Zenwalk Linux 6.4, distribusi Linux berbasis Slackware yang menawarkan desktop XFCE: Zenwalk 6.4 Beta is ready for testing. Zenwalk 6.4 provides many enhancements at system and application levels. The brand new 2.6.33.1 kernel features the new BFS scheduler, designed for the best desktop interactivity on multi-core CPUs while taking the most of lower-specification machines. You’ll notice better responsiveness of graphical applications, better real-time performance of sound applications (very low latency), and efficiency of ‘niced’ commands. Like its predecessor, Zenwalk 6.4 features ext4 as main file system, and latest versions of most applications and desktop environments. Here’s a summary of the important changes: updated version of Xfce 4.6.1; new artwork; udev 151 (faster boot); OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 (fast, optimized version); X.Org 7.5…. ...

Phil Miller mengumumkan rilis alpha kelima dari Chakra, distro Linux berbasis Arch-Linux dan live CD dengan versi terbaru dari desktop KDE, sudah tersedia untuk dicoba: After lots of testing and rebuilds we are finally there. Chakra Alpha 5 ‘Panora’ left the building and is ready to get a new home on your boxes. We focused our efforts on two aspects. Tribe, our installer, now includes an easy and advanced mode to partition the target, also the installation speed has been much approved and supports lower screen resolutions. The usability of the Chakra live CD, we added support for some important features – print, and configure printers; complete management of optic drives; drop-down Konsole technology with Yakuake; management of dial-up modems and broadband USB 3g/HSDPA. Features: Linux kernel-2.6.32.10 with LZMA support, KDEmod 4.4.1, X.Org Server 1.7.5.902…. ...

Alexander Tratsevskiy mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertamadari Calculate Linux 10.4 edisi “KDE”, distro desktop Linux berbasis Gentoo dengan bahasa Rusia: A new cycle of development of Calculate Linux – Calculate Linux Desktop 10.4 beta 1 KDE released. Features: KDE updated to version 4.4.1; added utility ‘cl-passwd’ to change passwords, authorized by CDS server; expanded support for HP, Epson and other printers; OpenOffice.org ‘Oxygen’ style, added support for KDE menu, open and save files; new parallel installation of packages; changed user profile template generation and added ability to customize application updates the $HOME/.calculate/ini.env. Package versions: KDE 4.4.1, Amarok 2.3.0, Firefox 3.6, GIMP 2.6.8, Linux kernel 2.6.32.9, OpenOffice.org 3.2.0, X.Org 7.4. ...

Matias Fonzo mengumumkan ketersediaan release candidate kedua dari Dragora GNU/Linux 2.0, distribusi independent, tanpa tujuan spesifik yang berisi hanya free software: I am pleased to announce the release candidate 2 of Dragora GNU/Linux 2.0. Dragora is a powerful and reliable GNU/Linux distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. Built with 100% free software. In this version many programs have been upgraded, including the Linux-libre kernel 2.6.32.10, GCC 4.4.3, Binutils 2.20.1, Bash 4.1.2 and more. The major changes are: the implementation of LVM2/RAID devices, added Python 2.6.5, git 1.7.0.3 + security updates, bug fixes with code correction for the init system and the package system. ...

Christophe Lincoln mengumumkan rilis SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0, distro minimalis (tetapi dapat dikembangkan) yang menyajikan desktop Linux cepat dengan menggunakan Openboxsebagai window manager default: The SliTaz team is proud to announce the release of the SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0 operating system. It’s simpler, faster, customizable, mightier and yet incredibly tiny. The new SliTaz stable version is now out after one year of development. The core desktop provides a full-featured desktop powered by X.Org 7.4, Openbox, LXDE components and home-made tools. It lets you easily connect to the Internet to surf the web with the Midori web browser, listen to music or manage your pictures. The default core system fits into a 30 MB ISO image and live CD flavors start at 8 MB. This stable version has been built by a new toolchain including GCC 4.4.1 and uses the Linux kernel 2.6.30.6. ...

Kevin Thompson has announced the release of Element 1.1, distro Linux berbasis Ubuntu untuk home theater atau media-center berbasis PC: We are pleased to announce the release of Element 1.1, which is available immediately for free download. This is the first service pack for the Element 1 series operating system; it includes several requested features, general package upgrades, upstream bug fixes, and visual enhancements to our themes. Notable additions in this release include: Element ‘Glassy’ default theme is a little quicker now and uses fewer pixmaps, it also includes new scrollbars; Jockey-Gtk ‘Hardware Driver’ utility has replaced EnvyNG as the default means for managing proprietary video and device drivers; over-scanning on NVIDIA cards is much easier; Gigolo remote file system browser has been added…. ...

Fabio Erculiani mengumumkan rilis Sabayon Linux 5.2, distribusi linux berbasis Gentoo dengan desktop GNOME/KDE dan manajer paket binary yang dibuat sendiri The best, refined blend of GNU/Linux, coming with bleeding edge edges, is eventually here. Say hello to Sabayon Five-point-Twoh, available in both GNOME and KDE editions. Dedicated to those who like cutting-edge stability, out-of-the-box experience, outstanding desktop performance and beauty. You will find outstanding amount of new applications and features, like XBMC 9.11, KDE 4.4.1, GNOME 2.28. Features: based on new GCC 4.4.1 and glibc 2.10; shipped with desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.33; installable in 10 minutes; faster boot time and lightweight default system…. ...