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LinuxInstall.org 3.0rc2 is now available.

Changes:
1) Kernel 2.4.18-27.8.0 with NTFS support
2) Security Updates (Total 31)
3) Mozilla 1.3.0
4) Evolution 1.2.3
5) Complete set of Red Hat 8.0 manual documents in HTML
6) Acrobat Reader 5.06 with Mozilla Plugin
7) Real Player 8.0 with Mozilla Plugin
8) Flash Player 6.0.79 with Mozilla Plugin
9) Microsoft TrueType Core Fonts for Web
10) Xmms 1.2.7 (Music Player) with MP3 support
11) Xine 0.9.19 (DVD/VCD/CD Player) with libdvdcss (Yes, you can watch ET on Linux!)
12) Dual-Boot Configuration with NTFS/FAT32 support (Yes, you can mount Win2K on Linux!)
13) apt 0.5.5 (Debian's Advanced Packaging Tool with RPM support) with linuxinstall script
14) synaptic 0.32 (Graphical package management program using apt) with Desktop Panel Launcher

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An updated Knoppix 3.2 ISO image is now official available.

Changes over the CeBIT Edition:
- samba, mozilla update
- icewm, larswm update
- kismet update
- evolution, fontconfig update
- gnomemeeting downgrade (gnome2 is broken)
- gnome-pilot
- cpuburn
- dvd+rw-tools

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An ISO image of the Knoppix 3.2 CeBIT Edition is now available for download.

New in Knoppix 3.2:
- 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

Note: This is a german release. For english language support, hit F2 and type knoppix lang=us. Check out this help file for more options.

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Alex de Landgraaf has released a testing release of the Morphix 0.3-3 game CD. Morphix based on Knoppix/Debian SID and runs directly from CD.

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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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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