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Fedora 12 telah dirilis. Sistem Operasi open source untuk desktop dan server ini disponsori dan oleh Red Hat, Inc. dan didukung oleh komunitas : The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 12, the latest version of its free, open-source operating system distribution. Fedora 12 includes a robust feature set for desktop users, administrators, developers and open source enthusiasts alike. New enhancements available in Fedora 12 include next-generation Ogg Theora video, virtualization improvements and advancements to NetworkManager, among numerous others. ...

Klaus Knopper merilis KNOPPIX 6.2 , versi terbaru dari distro Live CD / DVD populer yang berbasis Debian dengan LXDE sebagai desktop default : The current version 6.2 has been completely updated from Debian ‘Lenny’, ‘Testing’ and ‘Unstable’, and uses kernel 2.6.31.6 and X.Org 7.4. Microknoppix is a complete rewrite of the KNOPPIX boot system from version 6.0 and up, with the following features: high compatibility with its Debian base; accelerated boot procedure; LXDE as graphical environment – a very slim and fast desktop with extremely short start time and low resource requirements; amount of installed software greatly reduced in the CD edition; network configuration handled by NetworkManager…. ...

Phil Miller mengumumkan ketersediaan versi alpha keempat Chakra , distribusi linux desktop dalam LiveCD dengan KDE 4 berbasis Arch Linux: Today we are pleased to announce the release of alpha 4, named ‘NewAge’, of our very own Chakra live media. A lot has changed since alpha 3. We have a new KDE 4 theme; Tribe can install custom mount points, and we did a ton of fixes. KDEmod got updated to version 4.3.3. Chakra hardware detection got stripped down to fit X.Org Server 1.7.1.901 package, so only NVIDIA drivers are the supported proprietary drivers for now. Most noticeable changes and additions since alpha 3: Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 with fglrx patch; Chakra tools updated (aqpm, shaman, chase); ATI Catalyst support temporarily dropped…. ...

Emmanuel Bailleul mengumumkan rilis Zenwalk Linux 6.2 “Core” edition, distribusi Zenwalk minimalis tanpa server grafis apapun yang ditujukan sebagai titik awal untuk mengembangkan sistem desktop atau server terkustomisasi : Zenwalk Core 6.2 is ready! Like the plain 6.2, Zenwalk Core 6.2 is mostly new code (nearly all packages have been updated), and the base system has been slightly modified (ext4, kernel 2.6.30.5). The switch to LZMA for package compression has reduced the overall size of the ISO image to 170 MB. Here’s a summary of important changes: Kernel 2.6.30.5; LZMA compression for packages; ext4 as main file system; faster boot (tuned init scripts); bus auto-detection in the installer (will choose appropriate kernel depending on the architecture, SATA, PATA, SCSI); latest development tools… In brief, all you need to create a personalized build platform, your favorite desktop environment or a clean and secured server machine. ...

Kai Hendry merilis Webconverger 5.7, distribusi berbasis debian untuk web kiosks yang hanya menyertakan Firefox sebagai satu-satunya aplikasi didalamnya : Webconverger 5.7 features a Debian ‘Lenny’ back-ported Firefox 3.5 build. Overall I would consider this release as experimental. There is a couple of new known bugs introduced with Firefox 3.5, namely you can now non-persistently change configuration settings in the about: URL and browse the local file system – this introduces possibly some security issues. I’ve disabled the Debian installer again, I am finding it far too complex and I am tempted to write my own simpler installer based on dd. I’ve enabled Firefox’s Private Browsing feature by default. Strictly speaking since the ~/.mozilla directory is purged between sessions, this feature is totally unnecessary and probably introduces problems. ...

Stefano Fratepietro mengumumkan rilis DEFT Linux 5, distribusi berbasis Xubuntu, dengan kumpulan aplikasi open source untuk menghadapi insiden keamanan dan juga forensik komputer. DEFT Linux 5 is based on the new Xubuntu kernel 2.6.31 and DEFT Extra 2.0 (computer forensic GUI) with the best freeware computer forensic tools. It isn’t a customized Xubuntu like the previous version, it is a new concept of computer forensic live system that use LXDE as the desktop environment and Thunar as the file manager. Other features: an advanced file and directory search tool; Foremost, Scalpel and PhotoRec carving tools; complete support for most file systems; support for Logical Volume Manager; powerful tools for network forensic, such as Xplico, Wireshark, Kismet, Ettercap and Nmap…. ...

Timofey Korolyov mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis kandidat pertama Trustverse Desktop 4.0, distribusi desktop berbasis Fedora yang sebelumnya dikenal dengan nama LinuxXP dengan desktop GNOME yang ditweak menjadi mirip Windows XP We are happy to announce Trustverse Linux Desktop 4.0 Release Candidate 1. The graphical interface of the system is quite functional and comparable with Microsoft Windows. Panels organization, menu functions, special adjustments of Nautilus file manager will make your work comfortable and effective. You can turn on 3D desktop, with various graphic effects which will make your desktop unique. Management of all basic functions is accessible in the uniform control panel. Settings utilities have intuitively clear interface and many utilities have interfaces that are close to those in Windows. ...

François Dupoux merilis versi update SystemRescueCd , Live CD berbasis Gentoo ini didesain sebagai tool untuk membantu menyelesaikan pekerjaan administrasi sistem, seperti menyelamatkan data setelah terjadi crash atau membuat dan mengedit partisi harddisk. ...

Carlos La Borde mengumumkan rilis iMagic OS 2010. Distribusi linux desktop komersial berbasis Ubuntu cabang Long Term Support (LTS). Apa yang baru di rilis ini? New interface – a flashy boot screen based on our brand new wallpaper, a sleek black desktop, colored with bright blue and white icons, as well as a glowing menu button; magicOnline – an easier way to install software, magicOnline v3 sports a colorful, easy-to-use interface, and a whole host of time saving innovations; magicEssentials – small, quick applications designed to make using iMagic OS that much easier, play music through magicSongs’ glossy interface, write a note in magicWriter, or remove Windows viruses with magicScan; support – live chat, magicGuides, application documentation, and integrated email support all make getting on your feet with iMagic OS even easier. ...

Miklós Vajna mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis preview pertama Frugalware Linux 1.2. Distro umum berbasis komunitas yang membidik pengguna linux menengah The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.2pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release. A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1: KMS (Kernel Mode-Setting) is now enabled by default for Intel and Radeon cards; PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is now part of the base system; package updates – Linux kernel 2.6.31 + fixes, GNOME 2.28, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4, more than 900 other package updates, More than 70 new packages. ...

Volker Theile mengumumkan rilis FreeNAS 0.7. Sistem Operasi untuk Server NAS (Network-Attached Storage) berbasis FreeBSD ini mendukung protokol CIFS (samba/ windows), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, dan iSCSI. Today I am proud to announce the release of FreeNAS 0.7. Majors changes: add ability to configure the login shell for a user; upgrade Samba to 3.0.37; upgrade Transmission to 1.72; local users must join the ‘ftp’ group to be able to login via FTP if ‘Local users only’ in ‘Services, FTP’ is enabled; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.23; add a user portal, this allows a local user to login and change the password; upgrade ProFTPD to 1.3.2a; upgrade iSCSI initiator to 2.2.3; Upgrade NTFS-3G to 2009.4.4; upgrade e2fsprogs to 1.41.8; add Adaptec AACRAID 32/64-bit driver to 5.2.0 Build 17517; upgrade inadyn-mt to 02.14.10; upgrade fuppes to SVN-0.640. ...