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Estrella Roja 2.8 telah dirilis, distribusi asal Argentina yang berbasis cabang testing Debian , tetapi menggunakan desktop KDE 3.5. berdasarkan info pada pengumuman rilis (dalam Bahasa Spanyol), versi baru ini mengkombinasikan desktop KDE 3.5 yang relatif ringan dengan Kernel Linux versi 2.6.34 yang telah dioptimisasi untuk arsitektur i686 dengan patch PREEMPT dan dukungan untuk banyak chipset WiFi termasuk Intel, Atheros, Broadcom, dan Realtek. Beberapa paket yang diupdate termasuk WINE versi 1.1, Pidgin versi 2.7.1, MPlayer versi build SVN terbaru dengan dukungan bahasa Spanyol dan skins, emesene versi 1.6.2 (dengan dukungan webcam), XChat versi 2.8, dan driver NVIDIA versi 173.14.25. Juga dimasukkan wxDFast program akselerator download dan rtmpdump 2.3, aplikasi console yang menampilkan streaming Flash. ...

Kevin Thompson mengumumkan rilis Element 1.3, distribusi berbasis Xubuntu untuk home theatre berbasis PC: We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Element OS 1.3. This is the first version of Element OS to provide streaming content services out of the box through the inclusion of the Cooliris media browser. Cooliris brings to Element OS tens of thousands of web videos, TV shows, movies, and music videos from all the major networks, studios, and web channels. Categorized, searchable, and all presented in a unique 3D media wall. We also continue our gradual improvements to the 1.x series with new versions of the update manager, HDMI audio switch, and a new interface setup for Firefox. This version is based on Xubuntu 9.10; featured software includes Linux kernel 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1, XBMC 9.11, Firefox 3.5.9, Decibel audio player 1.01, Pidgin 2.6.5, Transmission 1.75, AllmyApps.com 9.10 integration, custom GTK+ themes, and version 1.0 of the Element application finder. ...

Jan Paul Tuecking mengumumkan rilis IPFire 2.7, distribusi Linux spesialis untuk Firewall: Today we are going to release IPFire 2.7. At first we will only release the ISO files, the update is not yet available via pakfire. The reason for this is the change of the IPSec software from OpenSwan to StrongSwan and the mandatory changes in the configuration of net2net connections. The update on pakfire will be released next friday, 2010-07-09, so there is enough time to change the IPSec tunnels. There are about 400 changes in the new IPFire version: updated Linux kernel to stable LTS (2.6.32.15); updated OpenSSL to version 0.9.8o; updated Net-SSLeay to version 1.36; switched IPSec from OpenSwan to StrongSwan version 4.4.0; fixed VPN-watch hang at connection re-start; updated Snort to stable 2.8.6; removed snort md5 check, added free space check; added support for alix2 LEDs; added Vodafone K3765 and K4505 usbids to option driver…. ...

Kandidat rilis kedua FreeBSD 8.1 keluar dan siap untuk tes final: The second and most likely final release candidate for the FreeBSD 8.1 release cycle is now available for amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures. There was a recent regression fix related to Atheros AR9280 cards being detected incorrectly, making them unusable. If you were having problems with a wireless card that had worked before not working with the earlier test builds; hopefully this will fix the problem. Testing of this fix would be appreciated. At this time DVD images are not available. There was a fairly serious security issue with the PNG graphics package. We will generate DVD images when the rebuilt packages become available, that will be announced when the images are ready. ...

Muayyad Al-Sadi mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama Ojuba 4, distribusi berbasis Fedora yang dioptimisasi untuk pengguna Bahasa Arab: We are pleased to announce the release of Ojuba Linux 4 beta. This is the first release to have 64-bit as well as 32-bit support which we also offer for legacy PCs. Each of these comes as a 700 MB live CD and a 4 GB installation DVD with packages from Fedora 13 and extra packages from RPM Fusion and ojuba.org. This release includes a pre-release version of Thawab, the Arabic Islamic library and many more applications and enhancements. For more information please check the Ojuba 4 release notes in Arabic . ...

Martin Pitt mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha kedua Ubuntu 10.10. Hadir dengan kernel Linux 2.6.35, dukungan untuk Btrfs file system dan Unity sebagai antarmuka default untuk edisi netbook: Welcome to Maverick Meerkat alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. New features: updated packages; the GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions, this particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API; Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS; KDE was updated to the current 4.5 RC 1 release; Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release; the new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition; Linux kernel 2.6.35 based on 2.6.35-rc3; new cloud-init features…. ...

Kandidat rilis kedua dan final openSUSE 11.3 siap untuk diunduh dan dites: Following up on Michael Loeffler’s previous RC1 announcement, openSUSE is now doing a final check of instrumentation before landing. The weather continues to be clear and all conditions continue to be smooth, and all systems are a go for final landing on July 15, 2010. Now is the time for us all to download the latest openSUSE RC2 release and all join in on a final check and get that 11.3 polished and in good condition. You can download RC2 from our software portal. You can find our most annoying bugs here . And if you find anything new, please do report it on Bugzilla. The ground crew needs your reports! Have a lot of fun and let’s get to downloading! They’re waiting to greet us at the terminal. ...

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis publik pertama Imagineos , distribusi Live CD berbasis Slackware yang sebelumnya dikenal dengan nama GoblinX : It is a great pleasure to announce the first release of Imagineos. Imagineos is born from GoblinX Linux following the same path started more than five years ago. This first version is based on Slackware 13.1 with more applications and features; however, it is a live CD created using linux-live scripts with few modifications. The Imagineos 20100628 X1 uses Xfce as the desktop environment. This is the first public release and even though it is based on Slackware stable it must be considered as a beta version. Some versions of major components of the system: Linux kernel 2.6.33 (with Zen kernel patch), Squashfs 20100119, Aufs 20100116, C compiler GCC 4.4.4, Binutils 2.20.51.0.8, GNU C Library glibc 2.11.1, X Window system updated (but not ‘bleeding edge’) packages from X.Org, Xfce 4.6.1. ...

Versi terbaru dari Astaro Security Gateway telah dirilis, datang dengan piranti administrasi berbasis web yang telah ditingkatkan dan juga fitur keamanan baru: Today the next version of our flagship product is available; Astaro Security Gateway version 8.000 has been released. Highlights: updated WebAdmin – new colors, fonts, and visuals make WebAdmin more easily readable with crisper overall presentation; IPv6 – support has been added for the next iteration of IP addressing; new Linux kernel and base system – provides 64-bit support, massively increased hardware compatibility, and better performance; country blocking – deny communications to/from any combination of countries and/or regions; web application security – a new subscription has been added to our protection portfolio which protects your web servers from modern attacks, hackers, viruses and data theft…. ...

Anil Gulecha mengumumkan ketersediaan kandidat rilis kedua Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, distribusi untuk server berbasis OpenSolaris : On behalf of the Nexenta project, I’d like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 RC2. The main changes over the RC1 release include dozens of ON fixes backported to OpenSolaris b134 and bug fixes. Features: based on OpenSolaris build 134+ with backports and fixes from later releases; ZFS deduplication support; Crossbow support; over 13,000 packages in the repository; based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS repository; includes latest APT, GCC, Binutils, Coreutils, Perl, Python, Ruby, Qt and GTK+ libraries; SMF support added for server applications like Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Exim; 100% native Debian environment, easy to upgrade, easy to use; includes apt-clone which brings ZFS power to apt-get. ...

Rilis public beta kedua Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 datang dengan image instalasi terpisah untuk server dan workstation dan Kernel Linux yang diupdate: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta 2 release is now available for download. Beta 2 includes an updated installer, new technologies and resolutions to many issues that were reported earlier in the beta cycle. Improvements and new features: a completely updated core which includes a newer kernel and associated user-space management tools, also updated are core applications like httpd, Samba and NFS; virtualization – fully integrated and based on the KVM hypervisor; power management – tickless kernel and improvements through the application stack to reduce wake-ups…. ...

Nelson Silveira mengumumkan ketersediaan build beta keenam Dreamlinux 4.0, distribusi Linux berbasis Debian yang menampilkan desktop Xfce: Team Dreamlinux is proud to announce that the next beta of Dreamlinux is now available. This brings DL 4.0 to Beta 6, along with these features: Linux kernel 2.6.34; Xfce 4.6.2 desktop environment; OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw; Firefox 3.6.3; SMPlayer 0.6.9 compiled with Qt 4.6.2; ePDFViewer 0.1.7; GIMP 2.6.8, splash screen theme by André Felipe; Orage Time Manager 4.6.1; Notes 1.7.6 by Xfce project; Brasero CD/DVD burning tool 2.30.1; Synaptic package manager; Xfmixer; Geeqie image manipulation manager; gPhoto photo manager; Geany text and programmer’s Editor 0.18.1; pyNeighborhood SMB/CIFS browsing tool 0.5.0; Thunar file manager 1.0.2; NetworkManager 0.8 wired and wireless Internet connection manager; Blueman 1.21 Bluetooth connection manager; Deluge 1.2.3 peer-to-peer file sharing program…. ...