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FOSSCASTS merupakan proyek dari John Yerhot yang menyediakan Screencast mengenai Linux, Unix, dan aplikasi Open Source secara umum. Tiap Episode berdurasi kurang lebih 10 menit. Screencast ini dipublikasikan tiap Jumat. Selamat Menonton!

Troy Dawson mengumumkan rilis Scientific Linux 5.4, distribusi turunan yang dikompilasi dari kode sumber distro Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 ditambah paket-paket ekstra saintifik, file systems dan software lainnya: Scientific Linux 5.4 has been released for both i386 and x86_64 architecture. There are packages that we used to have to add to Scientific Linux, that are now in Enterprise 5, and so we do not have to add them ourselves. FUSE, and its kernel modules, are now provided by the upstream vendor. The Atheros wireless chipset is now supported by the upstream vendor. We have added the iwlwifi 5150 ucode (firmware), as well as updated the 3945, 4945, and 5000 ucode. Lua has been also been added to the release. Scientific Linux release 5.4 is based on the rebuilding of RPMs out of SRPMs from Enterprise 5 Server and Client, it also has all errata and bug fixes up until November 1, 2009. ...

Imad Sousou mengumumkan rilis Moblin 2.1 , distribusi linux yang mengkhususkan diri untuk netbooks berbasis Intel Atom: The Moblin project steering committee today announces the project release of Moblin 2.1 for Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and nettops. This project release includes the broadest feature additions, customer requested improvements, and overall polish to date. With this community release you will see significant feature additions and improvements including enhanced browser functionality and plug-in support, UI enhancements, support for 3G data connections, Bluetooth device management, input method support for localized languages, integrated application installer for the Moblin Garage, performance and stability improvements, and additional overall help and documentation. In addition to the various new features, this new version of Moblin includes several hundred bug fixes and incorporates feedback from users and the developer community. ...

Mandriva Linux 2010 telah dirilis : Mandriva is proud to introduce its brand new release: Mandriva Linux 2010, code name ‘Adelie’. Included in this new release, ‘Smart desktop’ technology, coming from a European research project. Your desktop is tasks oriented. Organize your personal data (mails, documents, images, videos). Notate it, add your comments and tags. Now your data is easy to find through your projects. Boot time has been improved again. Mandriva Linux 2010 comes with 3 brand new designs – choose the one you prefer. You can also choose one of the 11 extra backgrounds contributed by community members. ...

Dimitris Papadatos mengumumkan rilis Monomaxos 4.0, sebuah distro desktop berbasis ubuntu dengan dukungan bahasa yunani : Monomaxos Greek Linux operating system version 4.0 (based on Ubuntu 9.04). This is the fourth release of Monomaxos localized for the Greek language that comes as a live DVD. It supports playback of every kind of multimedia file (including HD video) and any kind of Internet content out of the box and can also be used for setting up a stand alone media center (including XBMC media center). It contains OpenOffice.org 3.1 in Greek with functional spellcheck. A large variety of open source software installed in this live DVD provides solutions for all needs of the modern user. ...

CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) merupakan distribusi LiveCD berbasis ubuntu yang menawarkan lingkungan forensik lengkap dengan antarmuka grafis yang mudah digunakan. Proyek ini baru saja merilis versi 1.0. Beberapa fitur rilis terbaru ini meliputi : ...

Michael Prokop mengumumkan rilis grml 2009.10, distribusi LiveCD berbasis Debian ini menyajikan kumpulan piranti lunak GNU/Linux terutama yang sering digunakan administrator sistem dan pengguna tool teks. The new stable version 2009.10 was just released. New features: ‘vesamenu’ bootsplash – provides an easy-to-use boot selection menu; the ISO can be installed to a device directly using dd; integration of Etherboot/gPXE; integration of GRUB; boot option ‘nostartx’ – if using startx as default boot option the bootoption ‘nostartx’ disables automatic startup of X; boot option ‘ethdevice’ – use specified network device for network booting (PXE) instead of default; boot option ‘netscript’ – use this parameter to download and run a script from a specific location…. ...

Phil Miller mengumumkan ketersediaaan versi pengembangan dari Chakra, distribusi LiveCD berbasis Arch Linux ini hadir dengan KDE versi terbaru dan installer grafis: Today we are pleased to announce a development release named ‘Crush’ of our very own Chakra live media. It comes only as minimal edition this time due to minimal changes. I added our Chakra Tools from Git to test them out on the live media. It’s a hybrid ISO as usual. Most noticeable changes and additions since ‘Fuzzy’: Linux kernel 2.6.31.5 + fglrx patch, updated KDE 4.3.2 packages, updated Tribe, Catalyst 9.10 + utilities, updated NVIDIA 190.x drivers, vesa mode test option. ...

Ubuntu Rescue Remix merupakan LiveCD berukuran kecil yang memberikan beberapa tool forensik dan recovery data terbaik yang berlisensi Open Source dan Free Software. Andrew Zajac mengumumkan rilis terbaru dari Ubuntu Rescue Remix : ...

Alexey Rusakov mengumumkan rilis ALT Linux 5.0 Edisi “Ark” dan “School”: ALT Linux announces public availability of two products based on Platform Five: ALT Linux 5.0 Ark, a suite designed for making integrated solutions, and ALT Linux 5.0 School, a suite that is targeted at secondary and high schools. The most prominent features of the server distributions are: enterprise-class network organization; host-based authorization of users and services; connecting distributed systems together via VPN; host-based updates of servers and workstations throughout your LAN…. Desktop distributions sport the following features: Graphical desktops: GNOME (Ark Desktop, School Junior), Xfce (School Lite), KDE 4 (School Master); improved interaction with server distributions…. ...

Edubuntu yang beberapa versi sebelumnya dilabeli “discontinued” yang kemudian hanya menjadi add-on bagi ubuntu dan bukan sistem operasi individu yang dapat diinstall dari awal kemarin bangkit dari kubur alias aktif kembali. Jonathan Carter mengumumkan dalam sebuah posting blog mengenai aktifnya kembali proyek Edubuntu ...

Joe Brockmeier mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis kandidat kedua dan terakhir dari openSUSE 11.2 : This is it folks! We’re almost there for openSUSE 11.2. Time to grab the final 11.2 release candidate and shake out any remaining bugs to get the lizard ready for release. This release includes an updated kernel, Samba, Firefox, and more. Release Candidate 2 includes a few new packages, and several of the ‘most annoying bugs’ in RC1 have been fixed. New packages include: Linux kernel 2.6.31.5, SeaMonkey 2.0, Firefox 3.5.4, Samba 3.4.2, X.Org Server 1.6.5. ...