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Jack De La Mare mengumumkan rilis iMagic OS Sho, distribusi Linux desktop komersial berbasis Ubuntu: Welcome to iMagicSho, the next in the iMagic OS line. Based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and running the latest KDE 4.4, iMagicSho is based on bleeding edge technology; a fully loaded, powerful computer operating system.” What’s new in this release? “Bright new KDE 4.4 interface built with Plasma; magicOnline with a built-in native installation system to make installations much easier; new technology that keeps your home directory safe from network computer hackers by encrypting your data; latest software, including Google Chrome, Google Earth, Skype, Songbird, Firefox 3.6, VLC media player, OpenOffice.org 3.2, Thunderbird, FileZilla, Dropbox; support for DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and MP3 decoding, as well as Flash and Java; runs Windows programs out of the box by using WINE; superior driver support. ...

Paul W. Frields mengumumkan versi terbaru Fedora 13 yang sempat tertunda diundur selama sepekan dari jadwal rilis awal telah dirilis. Salah satu distribusi Linux yang paling banyak digunakan baik di desktop maupun server dan menjadi testbed bagi Red Hat Enterprise linux: ...

Steven Shiau mengumumkan rilis Clonezilla Live 1.2.5-17, versi stabil terbaru dari live CD yang khusus untuk mempartisi dan kloning hard disk : This release of Clonezilla live includes major enhancements, changes and bug fixes: an edition with pure amd64 (x86_64) programs was created, it can support large partition (10 TB) imaging; the Linux kernel was updated to 2.6.32; Partclone was updated to 0.2.9, it has been reported that the speed of this version is much better; Memtest86+ was updated to 4.10, syslinux was to 3.86, pbzip2 to 1.1.1; boot parameter ‘nomodeset’ was added with vga=normal to avoid using framebuffer mode in safe graphic mode. Bug fixes: VGA failsafe mode was not working; a harmless warning message when running GRUB 2 installation after Ubuntu 10.04 is restored was fixed; an NFS locking issue found in Clonezilla live 1.2.5-15 was fixed. ...

Patrick Volkerding mengumumkan rilis Slackware Linux 13.1: Yes, it’s that time again! After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware version 13.1. Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you’ll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.4.3, a recent stable release of the new 4.4.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment. We continue to make use of HAL and udev, which allow the system administrator to grant use of various hardware devices according to users’ group membership. ...

Anil Gulecha mengumumkan ketersediaan release candidate pertama Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, distribusi server yang mengkombinasikan kernel dan sistem dasar OpenSolaris dengan utility “ debian dan paket piranti lunak Ubuntu: On behalf of the Nexenta project, I’d like to announce the availability of Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC1. The main changes over the beta 3 release include: dozens of ON fixes backported to b134, bug fixes. Features: based on OpenSolaris build 134+ backports/fixes from later releases; ZFS deduplication support; Crossbow support; over 13,000 packages in the repository based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repository; SMF support added to server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; 100% native Debian environment; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get. ...

Glenn Cady merilis varian khusus edisi “Gamers” distro Ultimate Edition 2.6, distribusi live DVD berbasis Ubuntu dengan tambahan banyak games : Ultimate Edition Gamers has been around for some time; however, this is the first time a page has been written for it. Our latest release 2.6 was built by Benjamin Breeg; he intends to make a PS/3 Ultimate Edition. Ultimate Edition Gamers is built off Ultimate Edition 2.6 with all updates pre-installed and a few games also pre-installed for your convenience: Urban Terror and extra maps, Aisleriot Solitaire, Atomic Tanks, Battle for Wesnoth, Boswars, Chromium B.S.U., Gbrainy, Glest, Gridwars, Mahjongg, Mines, Neverball, Play on Linux, Quadrapassel, Scorched 3D, Suduko, Warzone 2100. ...

Phil Miller mengumumkan rilis Chakra GNU/Linux Phoix, distribusi Live CD berbasis Arch Linux yang menyajikan KDE 4. Ini merupakan rilis pertama proyek Chakra yang menggunakan paket yang dikompilasi sendiri dan tidak menggunakan paket yang disediakan oleh Arch Linux. Kutipan dari pengumuman rilis : ...

Onur Küçük mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta Pardus Linux: 2009.2, distribusi berorientasi desktop yang menyajikan manajemen paket kustom dan beberapa utility yang dikembangkan secara in-house: The first testing release of Pardus 2009.2 is ready. Pardus 2009.2 beta comes with the latest stable KDE release, enhanced hardware support and bigger software archive: KDE 4.4.3, Linux kernel 2.6.31.13,OpenOffice.org 3.2.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3, GIMP 2.6.8, X.Org Server 1.6.5 and Python 2.6.5. With this release, Pardus International ISO image has grown in size and won’t fit on a CD any more. With the addition of Turkish language and many packages, almost 1 GB image can be used by burning a DVD or by putting it on a USB stick. We remind you that this is the first testing release for Pardus 2009.2. As this release is within the fast development cycle, there will be lots of package updates towards the stable release. ...

Mandriva mengumumkan ketersediaan release candidate Mandriva Linux 2010.1, build test terakhir sebelum rilis final yang direncanakan akan keluar awal bulan depan: Here comes the last development release of Mandriva Linux 2010.1. A few days left now before final release planned for 3rd of June. These ISOs are available on all public mirrors: 32-bit and 64-bit DVD images and mini dual images (both 32-bit and 64-bit) for ‘Free’ release (100% open-source software); live ‘One’ images for KDE and GNOME environments. These images can be fully tested on your hardware but also on virtual machines (VirtualBox, QEMU, KVM). You can also dump them on USB keys as an installation media. ...

SystemRescueCd, distribusi Live CD berbasis Gentoo yang berisi aplikasi utility untuk manajemen harddisk dan penyelamatan data, telah diupdate ke versi 1.5.4. Kutipan dari changelog : Updated alternative kernels to 2.6.33.4 (altker32 altker64); updated standard kernels online casino nbso to 2.6.32.13 (rescuecd rescue64); updated FSArchiver to 0.6.10 (fixes several bugs); updated GNU parted to 2.2 with patches from Ubuntu 10.04; updated Memtest86 to 4.10; updated firmware package to 20100430; disable NetworkManager when PXE / network boot options are used; fixed problem with firmware files in initramfs; fixed the pxe-boot-server service (empty directory was missing); added NetworkManager to make network configuration easier (especially wireless); print name of kernel modules before they are loaded at start-up…. ...

Rubén Rodríguez mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta Trisquel GNU/Linux 4.0, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu yang dimodifikasi agar sesuai dengan definisi Free Software yang dikeluarkan oleh Free Software Foundation : This is the first development release of the 4.0 branch, based on Ubuntu 10.04. As it is a LTS release we are starting our development cycle earlier, in order have the final version ready for the 2nd quarter. By now, the desktop live CD and the ‘netinstall’ images are available, as well as the first Trisquel mini image. They are all available in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. They all have the 3.5 artwork. The 4.0 branch will also feature the ‘Edu’ and ‘Pro’ editions, a server oriented environment, the Sugar TOAST system, and a ‘Gamer’ edition. You can help us by testing the beta images and reporting any bugs. ...

Troy Dawson mengumumkan ketersediaan Scientific Linux 5.5, varian Red Hat Enterprise linux yang dikompilasi dari source code RHEL dan diberi tambahan paket piranti lunak ekstra, driver hardware dan fitur khusus lainnya: ...