SoL 16.00 has been released:
antitachyon is pleased to announce the release of Server optimized Linux - SoL 16.00. Server optimized Linux is an operating system free of charge and can be downloaded from various mirrors on the SoL website http://www.sol-linux.com. SoL 16.00 comes with most of the common server applications pre-installed in seperate directories to simplify and clarify version-updates. Furthermore antitachyon offers a remote update system for packages named SoLrus, which can already be used for SoL 16.00.
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DistroWatch that Slackware Linux 9.0 RC 3 has been released
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PCLinuxOnline that a new fork of Knoppix is available.
OSNews has posted Choosing a Linux Distro, Part II. Thanks Thomas.
Saw over at DistroWatch that Slackware Linux 9.0-rc2 has been released
Saw over at DebianPlanet:
The release manager for sarge, Anthony 'aj' Towns has announced that he is about to allow the glibc from unstable into testing now that all of the new bugs have been fixed. He estimates this will allow some 800 binary packages to update immediately, and break php4 and possibly other packages on some architectures.
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Klaus Knopper has published more details on the upcoming release of KNOPPIX 3.2:
On this years CeBit, Version 3.2 of KNOPPIX will be presented. Pressed CDs are available at the KNOPPIX/LinuxTag booth in hall 11, and at the booth of the c't magazine (Halle 5, Stand E38). ISO-Images will be available after CeBit on the official mirrors, shortly after CeBit.
New Features:
- KDE 3.1 (woody release) from ktown.kde.org,
- Evolution 1.2.1
- OpenOffice 1.0.2 (german and english)
- KOffice 1.2.1
- Possibility to create a persistent homedir with personal data and desktop settings on a memory stick or similar, optional with AES encryption.
- Many updates and new tables for hardware detection
The german c't magazine reports that Knoppix 3.2 will be available next week on CeBIT.
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OSNews that BlackRhino GNU/Linux 1.0 for Playstation 2 has been released
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DistroWatch that Yoper 1.0 has been released
MandrakeSoft S.A. has released the second release candidate of Mandrake Linux 9.1
The LinuxInstall.org project has unleashed a "Development Release 3.0rc1":
LinuxInstall.org now supports Dual-Boot Configuration. Can a Linux Installer automatically configure Linux for Dual-Boot configuration with Windows? Yes, it can with LinuxInstall.org! It has been pre-configured to support NTFS as well as FAT32 at the time of installation and windows filesystem can be mounted with one easy script.
antitachyon is pleased to announce the release of SoL-diag 1.1.
SoL-diag is a diskless Linux operating system designed for rescue and analysis of i686 type computers. The 36MB image contains over 300 programs which can be used for education on Linux systems.
SoL-diag features linux-kernel 2.4.20 with almost all available kernel modules. With SoL-diag, watching DVD, listening to mp3s and burning CD-RWs is possible without installing Linux on your harddrive.
DistroWatch reports that Slackware Linux 9.0-rc1 has been released
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DistroWatch that a new build of Lycoris Desktop/LX Beta is available
MandrakeSoft is preparing the second release candidate of Mandrake Linux 9.1. The release number in Mandrake Cooker has been already updated to 9.1 RC 2.
RC2 is the last release candidate before the final release, which is planned for mid-March.
Gentoo Linux 1.4_rc3 has been released
Some news on the Gentoo Linux 1.4 release:
Warren Togami has setup an apt repository for Red Hat Linux 8.1 Beta 3 (Phoebe).
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DistroWatch that the first revision of the Debian-based LinEx 3.0 has been released
