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Development Release: GeeXboX 2.0 Alpha 2
The second alpha build of GeeXboX 2.0, a Linux mini-distribution for Home Theatre PCs (HTPC) and media centres, is available for testing: "It has already been one month since 2.0-alpha1 release so here is alpha2. This release fixes many bugs that have been encountered by our users on....
Distribution Release: eBox Platform 1.4-1
José Antonio Calvo Fernández has announced the release of eBox Platform 1.4-1, an Ubuntu-based server distribution for small and medium-size businesses: "eBox 1.4-1 installer released. I just wanted to let you know that we've done a lot of bug fixing and small improvements since the release of the....
Distribution Release: PC/OS 10.1
Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of PC/OS 10.1, a Xubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution: "We are very pleased to announce the delivery of PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1 as well as PC/OS WebStation 10.1. With this release we bring many bug fixes and enhancements to the platform. This release is....
Distribution Release: VortexBox 1.2
Andrew Gillis has announced the release of VortexBox 1.2, a Fedora-based Linux distribution with the goal of turning an unused computer into an easy-to-use music server or jukebox: "VortexBox 1.2 released. The VortexBox community has been working hard on this release. We have added a lot of new....
Development Release: Unity Linux 2010 RC1
Matthew Dawkins has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Unity Linux 2010, a minimalist distribution and live CD based on Mandriva Linux: "The Unity Linux project is pleased to announce its first candidate for release, 2010 RC1. We have taken the last nine weeks to....
Development Release: Fedora 13 Alpha
Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Fedora 13: "The Fedora 13 'Goddard' alpha release is available. Among the top features for end users, we have: automatic print driver installation so when you plug in a USB printer, Fedora will automatically offer to....
Development Release: MCNLive Kris Beta 1
MCNLive, a Mandriva-based distribution and live CD, has been resurrected by the members of the Dutch Mandriva Club. The first beta of the brand-new MCNLive Kris, is now available for download: "After a few years of silence around MCNLive, here we are again with a brand new MCNLive....
Development Release: PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1
The first beta build of PCLinuxOS 2010 has been released: "PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1 features 2.6.32.8 kernel using the BFS scheduler for maximum desktop performance on i686 computers. This kernel supports up to 4 GB of memory. A PAE kernel is available from the Synaptic package manager providing....
Development Release: SME Server 8.0 Beta 5
Ian Wells has announced the availability of the fifth beta release of SME Server 8.0, a CentOS-based server distribution: "The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 8.0beta5 which is based on CentOS 5.4 and will be the next major release of....
Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 1.2
Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 1.2, a general-purpose, community-built distribution for intermediate Linux users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.2, our twelfth stable release. No new features have been added since 1.2rc2, but 62 changes have....
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 344
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Taking a look at PC-BSD 8.0 News: Ubuntu unveils new desktop theme, KNOPPIX releases 6.3 CeBIT edition, openSUSE adds LXDE desktop to install media, multicd.sh Questions and answers: RHEL 6, useful shell tips Released last week: Elive 2.0, Linux From Scratch 6.6....
@emjayess ok, thanks I'm learning, I'm watching the drupal.org install video, my problem was permissions, installing a new ftp client now
@emjayess ok, thanks I'm learning, I'm watching the drupal.org install video, my problem was permissions, installing a new ftp client now
@djstangl drupal is way more complicated IMO but could add some functionality - @emjayess is Drupal guru
Development Release: Epidemic GNU/Linux 3.1 Beta 3
The Epidemic development team has announced the availability of the third beta release of Epidemic GNU/Linux 3.1, a Brazilian Debian-based desktop distribution with KDE and out-of-the box support for popular graphics drivers, media codecs and 3D desktop effects. The focus of the development effort since beta 2 was....
Development Release: MOPSLinux 7.0 Beta 1
The first beta release of MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian Slackware-based community distribution with an advanced package manager, is ready for download and testing. According to the release announcement, the distribution has now reached a reasonable level of stability to call this release a "beta". The most important changes....
BSD Release: pfSense 1.2.3
Chris Buechler has released pfSense 1.2.3, a specialist firewall distribution based on FreeBSD: "pfSense 1.2.3 is now available! This is a maintenance release in the 1.2.x series, bringing an updated FreeBSD base, some minor enhancements, some bug fixes, and a couple of security updates. We have been waiting....
Development Release: Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1
Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name "Lucid Lynx": "Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. New features: updated packages, Linux kernel 2.6.32, KDE 4.4 beta 1, HAL removal. Known issues: the....
Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 2.5
Glenn Cady has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 2.5, an Ubuntu-based live DVD in over 3 gigabytes - with GNOME, KDE, Xfce and thousands of applications: "Ultimate Edition 2.5 was built off Ultimate Edition 2.4 (Ubuntu 9.10 based), all upgrades pre-installed as of current. It has KDE,....
Development Release: Unity Linux 2010 Beta 1
Unity Linux is a Mandriva-based minimalist distribution with the Openbox window manager and Smart advanced package management tool. The project's main goal is to provide a core operating system upon which more complete solutions can be built. The first public development release was announced earlier today: "The Unity....