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Unity adalah shell interface untuk GNOME yang dikembangkan oleh Canonical Ltd. Unity sudah menjadi dekstop default untuk Ubuntu 10.10 Edisi netbook. Unity ini sebenarnya juga dikembangkan untuk devices yang mendukung touch-screen. Seolah tergesa-gesa, ternyata Unity akan langsung ditanamkan menjadi dekstop environtment default Ubuntu 11.04 untuk versi dekstop maupun netbook. Hal tersebut dikatakan oleh Mark Shuttleworth dalam Ubuntu Developer Summit di Florida baru-baru ini. ...

Robert Lange mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha keempat VectorLinux 7.0, distribusi berbasis Slackware untuk desktop: VectorLinux Core 7 alpha 4 is up and ready to test. Sorry to do this but I need to try out one more alpha before we start the beta stage. We had multiple problems with the 3.6 release mostly due to an upgrade to the installer’s core system to accommodate the latest kernel releases. Hopefully the install will go without problems this time and I added a few updated packages like XScreenSaver, Grip to rip CDs and DVDs, and a few other core programs. Wicd, the network manager, should work correctly now. I added a few new twists to the overall theme of things, interested to hear any reactions. I know I have thrown a lot of releases at you lately but I would like the final stages to be pretty damn perfect so the betas and release candidates should be quick and painless. ...

Philip Newborough merilis build pengembangan baru CrunchBang Linux 10, distribusi ringan berbasis Debian: New CrunchBang ‘Statler’ images are available now. The new images were built on 5th December 2010 and feature all package updates available at that time from the Debian ‘Squeeze’ and CrunchBang ‘Statler’ repositories. The main focus behind this release was to incorporate the five months worth of package updates that have occurred since the alpha 2 images were created. Changes to the application line-up and system defaults have been kept to a minimum. The only changes of note are: the artwork has been updated to reflect the recent website redesign; the Xfce variant now uses Xfce’s native panel by default…. ...

Glenn Cady mengumumkan rilis Ultimate 2.8 “Lite”, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu yang menampilkan desktop LXDE dan didesain untuk dipasang pada komputer dengan sumberdaya rendah: As promised, have the latest and the last release in the 2.8 series of Ultimate Edition. Ultimate Edition 2.8 ‘Lite’ is dedicated to those with low system resources; it is also lightning-fast on machines that have the resources. There are no bells and whistles here, no office suite, no Compiz – just the pure essentials. It was built off Lubuntu 10.10, updated and upgraded, which is based on the LXDE desktop environment. Many applications were ripped from the operating system before I even started to build. This is the first time a light edition has been released from us; not that it has not been asked for by many for some time. Ultimate Edition 2.8 ‘Lite’ will fit on a CD. ...

Jolicloud 1.1, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu untuk netbooks dengan antarmuka pengguna terkustomisasi dan integrasi ekstensif dengan layanan online dan jejaring sosial telah dirilis: With what we are releasing today, Jolicloud will bring all its users one step ahead of what Google, Apple and Microsoft are announcing. When everybody talks about HTML 5 as the future, we deliver it today, now and for everyone. We also hope that you will enjoy the brand new HTML 5 desktop that anyone on Chrome can use online at my.jolicloud.com. We have listened to your feedback and added some of the most requested features: Dashboard customization with beautiful background images; simplified access to the computer settings; ability to add any local application to your dashboard from a Jolicloud device; faster sign up and login using Facebook Connect; improved user interface design. ...

George Vlahavas mengumumkan rilis edisi “Fluxbox” yang baru saja dikembangkan untuk distribusi berbasis Slackware, Salix OS 13.1.2: After a lengthy development period, the Salix team is proud to announce the first official release of Salix ‘Fluxbox’ edition. Salix Fluxbox 13.1.2 is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and features the minimal Fluxbox window manager, customized with the Salix look and feel. The ‘Fluxbox’ edition provides the cleanest work environment compared to any other previous Salix editions and has been designed so that it stays out of the way, while providing a fast, versatile and powerful environment. The installation images allow the installation to be performed in three different modes – core, basic and full. ...

Matthew Dawkins mengumumkan rilis Unity Linux 2010.2, sistem operasi minimalis yang didesain sebagai basis untuk membuat distribusi terkustomisasi: The developers at the Unity Linux project are proud to announce a brand new snapshot of the 2010 release. The 2010.2 release provides many updates to core packages, much more stability, and refinements to the core tools of the project, like mklivecd and unity-installer. Since our 2010.1 release the changes include: updated toolchain, OpenSSL, X.Org, Python, Mono, Smart, Drak tools, Linux kernel 2.6.35.7; addition of more than 2,000 packages; Xfce 4.6.2, KDE 4.5.1, GNOME 2.32.0, Openbox 3.4.11.2, E17 0.16.999.52995 and EFL beta libraries, as well as several proprietary video drivers for NVIDIA and ATI. ...

Leszek Lesner merilis versi update ZevenOS 1.9 edisi “Neptune”, distribusi Linux yang berbasis cabang testing Debian: We are proud to announce the release of ZevenOS Neptune 1.9.1. This is the first minor release to ZevenOS Neptune 1.9 which brings an updated Linux kernel (2.6.35.9) and an upgraded KDE SC (4.5) as well as VLC 1.1.5. The base Debian online slots system was updated with security and bug fixes as well as our own applications such as ZevenOS hardware manager and Neptune installer. We are also proud to see that our effort in creating a good remastering tool, remaster-kit, has resulted in the first unofficial ZevenOS Neptune 1.9.1 release based on the GNOME desktop. Features: the newest, full-featured KDE SC 4.5 desktop with lots of animations and useful applications; the newest Chromium web browser including the newest Adobe Flash and full HTML 5 support. ...

Thierry Nuttens mengumumkan rilis versi terupdate NuTyX, distribusi Linux desktop berbahasa perancis yang dikembangkan dari Linux From Scratch dan menggunakan manajemen paket khusus yang diambil dari CRUX.Perubahan sejak Attapu: media live sekarang dapat melakukan instalasi ke hard disk lewat installer grafis; KDE telah di upgrade ke versi 4.5.5 dan sekarang memungkinkan untuk mengenerate image live CD / DVD dari sistem terinstall; juga diperkenalkan ulang edisi “MINI”, yang mengizinkan instalasi aplikasi ekstra lewat internet; saat instalasi terdapat tujuh kernel yang dapat dipilih, memberikan opsi kombinasi perangkat keras yang lebih banyak; antarmuka maintenance telah diperbaiki dan disederhanakan, sekarang menggunakan window manager JWM secara default; partisi swap yang tersedia sekarang dideteksi secara otomatis dan telah dikonfigurasi. Anda dapat mengunjungi home page proyek (dalam bahasa Perancis) untuk membaca pengumuman rilis. ...

Troy Dawson mengumumkan ketersediaan build alpha pertama Scientific Linux 6, distribusi yang dikompilasi dari kode sumber Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 yang beru saja dirilis dan diberi tambahan aplikasi ekstra: We have released the first alpha release of Scientific Linux 6. This first release installs and works. Packages that haven’t been built, and aren’t in the release include Ruby, Ekiga, Foomatic, Guile, Hivex, TurboGears2… We do not have all of the updates that Red Hat has released. Currently the installer says there is only a ‘minimal’ install available at the package selection, but if you go into ‘Customize now’ shows that a normal desktop install is selected – we plan on fixing this. There are no specialized pictures shown during the install, just the one that you see through the whole time – we are attempting to get this fixed. We are planning on SL6 alpha 2 to be released next Friday. ...

Superb Mini Server ( SMS) versi 1.5.4 telah dirlis, distribusi mini berbasis Slackware yang ditujukan untuk penggunaan server skala kecil: Superb Mini Server version 1.5.4 released (Linux kernel 2.6.35.7). This release brings new kernel and glibc so you need to put your machine in single-user mode in order to upgrade from previous versions of SMS. New packages include gdk-pixbuf2, ca-certificates, slacktrack, libmpc, libnl, libelf and mcelog. In SMS.Native.CD-Extra added httpd_vm, a version of httpd compiled for virtualmin with –with-suexec-docroot=/home and Ruby 1.8.7 for compatibility issues with many Ruby on Rails applications. Also on SMS64 added 64-bit packages for Asterisk, util-linux-ng with full PAM support and Postfix with vda patch which already existed in SMS. ...

Stefano Fratepietro mengumumkan ketersediaan kandidat rilis DEFT Linux 6, sebuah distribusi berbasis Ubuntu dalam bentuk live CD yang berisi toolkit foreksik dan pencarian bukti digital: I’m happy to announce that DEFT 6 release candidate is out. Here are the main new features of DEFT 6: LXDE desktop, Linux kernel 2.6.35, DEFT Extra 3 (Windows side), Sleuth Kit 3.2.0, Autopsy 2.24, Digital Forensic Framework (DFF) 0.8, Xplico 0.6.1, DHash 2.0.1, Guymager 0.5.7, Hunchbacked 4most 0.6, Log2timeline 0.50, Foremost, Scalpel and Photorec file carver; USB 3 ready; full integration using Wine for running Windows forensic tools under linux; full support for Intel Mac OS X systems; full support for most common file systems; full support for logical volume manager; full support for afflib and ewflib. ...