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Ian Wells mengumumkan rilis SME Server 7.5, distrbusi berbasis CentOS untuk server enterprise: The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME Server 7.5. This release is based on CentOS 4.8. Changes in this release: the backup service has been made more robust; the email now correctly identifies incremental and full backups; a patch was added to support multiple Samba roles; as part of a major update with translations we have added seven new languages – Thai, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Chinese, Norwegian (Bokmal), Russian; Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been added for incoming SMTP ehlo requests; implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality; the syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been updated to avoid MX lookups. ...

Andreas Jaeger mengumumkan ketersediaan milestone ketujuh (sekaligus terakhir) openSUSE 11.3: Milestone 7 (M7), a snapshot of the openSUSE Factory ‘work in progress’ build, leading up to openSUSE 11.3 release in July, is now available for download. M7 is the last milestone release, the next release will be RC1 on June 17th. Now it’s time for testing and bug-fixing! Compared to M6, this milestone brings many bug fixes, an update to Linux kernel 2.6.34 and the integration of software translations and new artwork. Highlights: netbook support with both Moblin and KDE; the approaching Btrfs file system can be configured in the installer; the zypper package management client has seen further improvements; better graphics driver support for NVIDIA cards…. ...

Rilis beta pertama Linux Caixa Mágica 15, distribusi berbahasa Portugis berbasis Mandriva Linux , siap untuk diunduh dan dites. Rilis ini tersedia dalam bentuk DVD instalasi maupun live CD yang dapat di install dengan desktop KDE maupun GNOME dan pilihan arsitektur i586 atau x86_64. Tujuan rilis ini adalah untuk mengumpulkan saran dan laporan bug dari tester beta dan seperti rilis beta lainnya tidak disarankan untuk digunakan di sistem kritikal. Fitur terbaru pada rilis ini diantaranya KDE 4.4, GNOME 2.30, Kernel Linux 2.6.33.3, akun guest, fitur kontrol bagi oran tua dengan dukungan untuk kontrol sampai pada level aplikasi. Firefox 3.6.3, OpenOffice.org 3.2, web browser Chromium dan banyak software lainnya. ...

Tim pengembang Wine mengumumkan ketersediaan release candidate pertama (RC1) untuk versi 1.2 dari implementasi API windows, menandai mulainya periode pembekuan kode. Rilis pengembangan terbaru ini menyajikan icon toolbar bary, dukungan untuk aplha blending dalam daftar gambar dan shader assembler yang lebih lengkap. Perubahan lain termasuk perbaikan rendering video, dukungan untuk bentuk dan gabungan huruf arab, konfigurasi anti-aliasing huruf, dan perbaikan penanganan file link desktop. ...

Mario Colque mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha pertama Tuquito 4, distribusi linux desktop berbasis Ubuntu yang ramah pemula yang didesain untuk pengguna berbahasa spanyol. Beberapa fitur menarik pada rilis ini diantaranya : Kernel Linux 2.30.0 Boot lebih cepat Manajer upgrade Tuquito fitur parental control Tuquito ADSl sudah ditulis ulang Informasi yang bermanfaat pada layar selamat datang Repositori resmi baru manajemen upgrade paket yang lebih baik Manajer telepon GNOME Aptito desktop, akselerator instalasi paket Tuquito RSS versi baru dengan preferensi baru dan administrasi sumber pengguna yang lebih baik Editor video PiTiVi Pusat piranti lunak baru dsb.. Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis (dalam bahasa spanyol) untuk daftar perubahan dan perbaikan pada rilis ini. ...

Jack De La Mare mengumumkan rilis iMagic OS Sho, distribusi Linux desktop komersial berbasis Ubuntu : Welcome to iMagicSho, the next in the iMagic OS line. Based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and running the latest KDE 4.4, iMagicSho is based on bleeding edge technology; a fully loaded, powerful computer operating system.” What’s new in this release? “Bright new KDE 4.4 interface built with Plasma; magicOnline with a built-in native installation system to make installations much easier; new technology that keeps your home directory safe from network computer hackers by encrypting your data; latest software, including Google Chrome, Google Earth, Skype, Songbird, Firefox 3.6, VLC media player, OpenOffice.org 3.2, Thunderbird, FileZilla, Dropbox; support for DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and MP3 decoding, as well as Flash and Java; runs Windows programs out of the box by using WINE; superior driver support. ...

Paul W. Frields mengumumkan versi terbaru Fedora 13 yang sempat tertunda diundur selama sepekan dari jadwal rilis awal telah dirilis. Salah satu distribusi Linux yang paling banyak digunakan baik di desktop maupun server dan menjadi testbed bagi Red Hat Enterprise linux : ...

Steven Shiau mengumumkan rilis Clonezilla Live 1.2.5-17, versi stabil terbaru dari live CD yang khusus untuk mempartisi dan kloning hard disk : This release of Clonezilla live includes major enhancements, changes and bug fixes: an edition with pure amd64 (x86_64) programs was created, it can support large partition (10 TB) imaging; the Linux kernel was updated to 2.6.32; Partclone was updated to 0.2.9, it has been reported that the speed of this version is much better; Memtest86+ was updated to 4.10, syslinux was to 3.86, pbzip2 to 1.1.1; boot parameter ‘nomodeset’ was added with vga=normal to avoid using framebuffer mode in safe graphic mode. Bug fixes: VGA failsafe mode was not working; a harmless warning message when running GRUB 2 installation after Ubuntu 10.04 is restored was fixed; an NFS locking issue found in Clonezilla live 1.2.5-15 was fixed. ...

Patrick Volkerding mengumumkan rilis Slackware Linux 13.1: Yes, it’s that time again! After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware version 13.1. Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you’ll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.4.3, a recent stable release of the new 4.4.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment. We continue to make use of HAL and udev, which allow the system administrator to grant use of various hardware devices according to users’ group membership. ...

Anil Gulecha mengumumkan ketersediaan release candidate pertama Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, distribusi server yang mengkombinasikan kernel dan sistem dasar OpenSolaris dengan utility “ debian dan paket piranti lunak Ubuntu : On behalf of the Nexenta project, I’d like to announce the availability of Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC1. The main changes over the beta 3 release include: dozens of ON fixes backported to b134, bug fixes. Features: based on OpenSolaris build 134+ backports/fixes from later releases; ZFS deduplication support; Crossbow support; over 13,000 packages in the repository based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repository; SMF support added to server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; 100% native Debian environment; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get. ...

Glenn Cady merilis varian khusus edisi “Gamers” distro Ultimate Edition 2.6, distribusi live DVD berbasis Ubuntu dengan tambahan banyak games : Ultimate Edition Gamers has been around for some time; however, this is the first time a page has been written for it. Our latest release 2.6 was built by Benjamin Breeg; he intends to make a PS/3 Ultimate Edition. Ultimate Edition Gamers is built off Ultimate Edition 2.6 with all updates pre-installed and a few games also pre-installed for your convenience: Urban Terror and extra maps, Aisleriot Solitaire, Atomic Tanks, Battle for Wesnoth, Boswars, Chromium B.S.U., Gbrainy, Glest, Gridwars, Mahjongg, Mines, Neverball, Play on Linux, Quadrapassel, Scorched 3D, Suduko, Warzone 2100. ...

Phil Miller mengumumkan rilis Chakra GNU/Linux Phoix, distribusi Live CD berbasis Arch Linux yang menyajikan KDE 4. Ini merupakan rilis pertama proyek Chakra yang menggunakan paket yang dikompilasi sendiri dan tidak menggunakan paket yang disediakan oleh Arch Linux . Kutipan dari pengumuman rilis : ...