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Saw over DistroWatch that the first beta release of SmoothWall GPL 2.0 is now available:

"Metro is the first public beta for the 2.0 series SmoothWall GPL. It is the first new release since 0.9.9 was released back in late September 2001. We imagine that the beta period will take some weeks, during which time we are also seeking translators. Please see the website for more information if you think you can help!"

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Linux and Main has posted an article about KDE and Red Hat:

"Disagreements between the developers of KDE and Red Hat are poised to burst into a full-grown feud following remarks made by Red Hat employees, changes made to KDE in the latest Red Hat beta, and what KDE developers see as the leading Linux distributor's general disrespect for the KDE development effort.

The dispute, which has simmered since Red Hat and its Advanced Development Lab promoted and worked on the GNOME desktop to the exclusion of KDE, has grown worse recently, and has been fueled by the way in which KDE is deployed in the latest Red Hat beta, codenamed "null," by an offer Red Hat made to KDE in connection with this month's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, and by email disparaging KDE that was apparently written by a Red Hat employee and was leaked to KDE developers."

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Looks like they are changing their story again:

Lindows.com is changing its strategy. The company has abandoned its efforts to woo customers away from Windows.

Lindows.com now focuses on making Linux applications easy to download and install, which makes absolutely no sense.

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Lycoris has released Lycoris Desktop/LX Build 49 Beta:

Lycoris Desktop/LX is a familiar, powerful and open alternative to Windows. Put the power back into your hands with this new, affordable operating system.

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MandrakeSoft has released Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 4:

"Changes and improvements based on previous reports include:

- Drakconf: memory leak has been fixed. Additionally, Drakconf offers an improved look and feel.
- tinyfirewall is now active.
- RpmDrake: Many improvements have been made including the ability to search package descriptions and the availability of 'noclearcache' option.

New software
- OpenOffice 1.0.1 -- a full-featured office suite is available in a new shiny version."

ChangeLog

Download CD 1
Download CD 2
Download CD 3

Only the first CD is necessary for the installation

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PCLinuxOnline has posted screenshots from the latest Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta:

"Red Hat isnt the only one getting into dressing up their main menus. Mandrake's upcoming release will also be sporting new icons for their main menu. I posted some screenshots of the default KDE and Gnome look as it stands now. You can take a peek at them here. The mandrake screenshots are named mandrakexx.jpg."

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PCLinuxOnline has posted 20 screenshots from the GNOME 2 desktop of the latest Red Hat Beta release:

"Check out the redhat.jpgs featuring the default Gnome 2 desktop. Nobody does Gnome like Red Hat. The menus have been restructured and a little easier to follow. Red Hat replaced the default Gnome 2 icons with a more colorful set. There are many new configuration tools and a very nice package manager."

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Wondering how KDE look like in this release? Check out this thread at the message forum.

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Warly from MandrakeSoft has posted a schedule for the Mandrake Linux 9.0 release on the Cooker mailinglist:

"Expect a beta 4 or rc 1 by the end of this week or beginning of next week, then a new rc in the beginning of september.

Final arround the 13th. All this may change a little bit."

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CNET News reports that Turbolinux has sold its Linux business to Japan's Software Research Associates:

"In the future, a revamped Turbolinux--which has yet to announce its new name--will concentrate on selling its PowerCockpit partitioning software, which lets administrators repurpose servers, or processors inside a multiprocessor server, on the fly. A rack of servers used to manage e-mail, for instance, can be transformed into Web servers to handle peak periods of Web activity."

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MandrakeSoft has released a first version of their Linux Clustering distribution CLIC:

Clic is a abbreviation of Cluster Linux Calcul: Linux Clustering distribution based on Free Software;(GNU/GPL licence or equivalent) answering the needs of deployment, administration and programmation dedicated to Massive Calculation Clustering.

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MandrakeSoft has released Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 3:

"Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 3 is available for download. Be among the first to discover the experimental version of the next Mandrake Linux. By downloading your copy and participating in the test cycle, you'll help us reach perfection. Join forces with the Mandrakesoft developers."

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Christoph Lameter has released version 0.7 of his Gentoo Linux Live CDs

The Live CD is a CD with lots of software that can be run directly off the CD. An attempt was made to have hardware detected and drivers loaded without any special configuration. The CD allows an easy installation of Gentoo Linux with a comfortable tool set.

New in 0.7:
- gcc 3.1.1
- Upgrade various packages
- Change bootup graphics mode

Download Gentoo Linux LiveCD Workstation
Download Gentoo Linux LiveCD Server

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The Live CD is a CD with lots of software that can be run directly off the CD. An attempt was made to have hardware detected and drivers loaded without any special configuration. The CD allows an easy installation of Gentoo Linux with a comfortable tool set. The binaries on the CDs were build for Pentium CPUs or better. The binaries are therefore not optimized for your system. Portions of the system or the whole system can be rebuild as desired after installing the software on the harddisk. Building a full Gentoo system from scratch can take days. Using the binaries off this CD can save a lot of time and takes the hassle out of installing a Gentoo/Linux system. The CDs contain compressed files using zisofs. There are about 1.5GB worth of files on these CDs and that space will need to be available on the Harddisk for installation. All LiveCDs are based on Gentoo 1.3b.

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Knoppix 3.1 has been released. Based on Debian woody 3.0, Knoppix 3.1 has KDE 3.02, OpenOffice.org 1.0, Gimp 1.2 and kernel 2.4.

KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.

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