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Bob Beck mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis OpenBSD 4.7: We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.7. This is our 27th release on CD-ROM (and 28th via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD’s record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 4.7 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system. Install and upgrade process changes: take more care to ensure all file systems are umounted when restarting an install or upgrade; if no possible root disk is found, keep checking until one appears; the default FTP directory for -stable is now the release directory instead of the snapshot directory. Some highlights: GNOME 2.28.2, KDE 3.5.10, Xfce 4.6.1, MySQL 5.1.42, PostgreSQL 8.4.2, Postfix 2.6.5…. ...

Cabang pengembangan Slackware Linux bergerak dengan cepat menuju rilis stabil, saat ini sudah mancapai status release candidate 2: Slackware 13.1 RC2. Expect a stable release when it’s ready.” Among several recent updates there are a security update to Pidgin and a bug-fix update to CUPS: “Upgraded to Pidgin 2.7.0 and Pidgin Encryption 3.1. The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message. … Merged Till Kamppeter’s patch to restore the ability to use usblp with the USB backend (in addition to the libusb method). This package will remove any cups.blacklist.usblp.conf from a previous installation. ...

Linux Mint 9, yang memiliki code name “Isadora“, telah dirilis: The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 ‘Isadora’. New features at a glance: new Software Manager – 30,000 packages, review applications straight from Software Manager, APT daemon, visual improvements; new backup tool – incremental backups, compression, integrity checks, backup and restoration of the software selection; Menu improvements – editable items, transparent menu, always start with favorites, ‘Add to’ shortcuts; desktop settings – changes apply immediately, additional options; better look and feel – backgrounds, welcome screen, update manager; system improvements – Windows installer, Husse quotes, USB Creator, default software selection, local repository and Gnome-PPP, APT hold/unhold/held commands…. ...

Magic Linux, salah satu distribusi Linux komunitas tertua yang berasal dari cina merilis versi 2.5 setelah melalui 7 build pengembangan. Beberapa fitur baru pada rilis ini diantaranya : Menyertakan kernel 2.6.30.10 X.org Server 1.6.5 GCC 4.4.0 KDE 4.4.3 (juga disediakan KDE 3.5.10) Installer magic_win sekarang memungkinkan pengguna windows untuk dengan mudah menginstall Magic Linux tanpa konfigurasi Manual Metode Input ringan tapi nyaman fcitx juga disertakan WINE emulator dioptimisasi untuk pengguna bahasa cina Player Video SMPlayer dengan dukungan yang baik untuk subtitles dan kanal suara Aplikasi Kamus StarDict Berbagai macam aplikasi Downlolader (aMule, KTorrent, MultiGet) Aplikasi instant messaging (Konversation, Pidgin) Dan piranti konfigurasi jaringan khusus Untuk informasi lebih detail, anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis (dalam bahasa Cina tentunya 😀 ). ...

Dieter Plaetinck mengumumkan ketersediaan update untuk CD Instalasi Arch Linux version 2010.05: New installation media are available. There are fewer of them and they are smaller. But they can do more. Notable changes: all ISO files can now be burned onto CDs as well as written to media like USB sticks; more than half of the packages in core are now xz compressed; next to the single architecture images we provide dual images which can be used as 32-bit or 64-bit medium; use isolinux bootloader exclusively for booting the live media; snapshot of current core, including Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, Pacman 3.3.3 and glibc 2.11.1; updated Memtest86+; support for PXE booting; provide wpa_supplicant; support virtio…. ...

Katie McCarley mengumumkan rilis Element 1.2, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu yang ditujukan untuk digunakan sebagai home theatre atau PC media center: The Element team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Element version 1.2. This version includes general package upgrades and upstream bug fixes to the application stack in addition to introducing three new utilities: E-Bar Editor – a minimal and to-the-point configuration editor for the central launcher bar; NVIDIA HDMI Audio Switch – a simple on/off switch that channels audio through the HDMI port on ION and 8X00 series cards; Update Manager – a fork of the standard Update Manager from Ubuntu and GNOME, packaged and configured for use on Element with distribution upgrade options omitted. Other important features and requests include the addition of Thunar file sharing plugins, easier Bluetooth setup, removal of Compiz window effects, and an optimized package list. ...

Barry Kauler mengumumkan rilis Quirky 1.1, update perbaiakn bug untuk distro Quirky 1.0 yang baru saja dirilis: I am pleased to announce the released of Quirky 1.1. Briefly, the main focus was to fix bugs in 1.0, but I also upgraded many applications. Most importantly, SeaMonkey has migrated from the 1.x series, after we solved some bugs with the 2.x series. JWM is now the default window manager and tray, as it is noticeably faster (and looks nicer) than Openbox/Fbpanel. Two show-stoppers were Ayttm and You2pup which did not work, both fixed. Release notes: The ‘xfontsel’ utility was missing although had a menu entry; upgrading (and rollbacks) of the X.Org drivers; Partview utility (to view free space in partitions) fixed for more than 11 partitions; Ayttm chat client did not work, upgraded and fixed…. ...

Larry Short mengumumkan rilis Puppy Linux 5.0: Puppy Linux 5.0, code name ‘Lupu’ and also referred to as ‘Lucid Puppy’ as it is built from Ubuntu 10.04 ‘Lucid Lynx’ binary packages, is now available. It is a typical Puppy, lean and fast, friendly and fun, with some new features. Puppy 5.0 features Quickpet, with some of the best Linux productivity and entertainment programs, configured and tested, available with one-click. It also introduces choice in browsers – pick one or all and choose the default. Lupu boots directly to the desktop and has tools easily at hand to personalize Puppy, if they are needed. Language and locale are easy to set. Barry Kauler’s Simple Network Setup is another of those easy configuration tools. Updating to keep up with bug fixes is another one-click wonder. ...

Artyom Zorin mengumumkan ketersediaan Release Candidate untuk Zorin OS 3.0, distribusi berbasis Ubuntu yang didesain secara spesifik untuk: Welcome to Zorin OS 3. What’s new? Zorin OS look changer; installer slideshow; new themes (Shine Mac and Shine Dark) and better-looking splash screen; integrated social networking solutions; Rhythmbox music player updates (iPod and iPhone compatibility and Ubuntu One music store integration); OpenShot movie editor replaces Kino; VLC media player with better multimedia playback compatibility; open-source nouveau graphics card driver with accelerated 2D graphics performance; better wireless card support; performance improvements. ...

Joern Lindau mengumumkan rilis Toorox 05.2010, distribusi Live DVD berbasis Gentoo yang menampilkan desktop KDE 4 dan installer sistem grafis: Toorox 05.2010. A new version has been finished; it contains the Linux kernel 2.6.33. The KDE desktop environment has been updated to the recent version 4.4.3. All KDE 3 applications and dependencies have been removed. KlamAV has been replaced by ClamTk and K3b has been updated to the latest Qt 4 RC version. Guarddog and kdetv have been removed. Also umtsmon has been removed, but now the complete network configuration and Internet connection is handled by NetworkManager and you can establish a mobile connection via nm-applet. Nearly all packages have been updated to the latest version. The binary ATI driver (fglrx) still doesn’t support the latest X.Org Server 1.8 so this release contains version 1.7.6. ...

Sejalan dengan berbagai macam perbaikan yang dilakukan, maka tree Slackware “current” menjadi release candidate 1 (RC1) untuk rilis Slackware Linux 13.1. Beberapa fitur baru pada rilis ini diantaranya : Kernel Linux 2.6.33.4 GCC 4.4.4 CUPS 1.4.3 Emacs 23.3 GNU Diffutils 3.0 Beberapa perbaikan bug dan keamanan Perbaikan untuk dukungan keyboard USB Apple Menambahkan firmware BCM57* yang hilang Men-scan /dev/sr0 ketika mencari CD/DVD, bukan device IDE lama Untuk detail perubahan yang ada pada rilis ini, anda bisa membaca changelog . ...

Robert Gabriel mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha pertama Kongoni GNU/Linux 1.12.3, distribusi Live CD berbasis Slackware dengan KDE 4, installer sistem grafis dan manajemen paket kustom: After several months of work, Kongoni 1.12.3, code name Cicero, is here. At the moment it is still in alpha stage, as there wasn’t any proper testing done to this new release, but with your help, I hope in a couple of months this new release will enter into the stable stage. This release was fully synchronized with Slackware ‘current’, which is actually Slackware 13.1-beta. All the package are updated to the latest possible version, there is a new system installer, called Kongoni System Installer (KSI), new kernel, 2.6.32.12, Squashfs 4 with LZMA support, Aufs 2, default kernel scheduler moved to BFS scheduler for a faster desktop, custom Linux-Live scripts to support Squashfs 4…. ...