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pre-release kedua Frugalware Linux 1.3, distribusi Linux generik yang datang dengan konfigurasi X.Org terpisah dan desktop KDE 4 terbaru: The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.3pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.3 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements and changes since 1.3pre1: the monolithic configuration of X.Org is now split to the xorg.conf.d directory (you can still use the monolithic config, but the config files in the new directory have priority); updated image libraries – libjpeg 8 and libpng 1.4; while adding support for these new libraries, we touched 1,500+ packages, doing various minor fixes and improvements; package updates: Linux kernel 2.6.34, KDE SC 4.4.4, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4, OpenOffice.org 3.2.1. ...

Mehdi Magnon mengumumkan rilis Sabily 10.04, distro remaster Ubuntu dengan tambahan piranti Lunak Islami: The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of a new version of Sabily 10.04, codename ‘Manarat’. What’s new? New ‘Manarat’ pictures and wallpapers, Zekr 0.7.6, Thawab 3, new offline recitation – Al-Muaiqly (48 kbps); new parental web control application – nanny. New from Ubuntu 10.04: new look (new theme, window management buttons on the left); better interaction with social networks (built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel); 2.6.32 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.30; improved support for NVIDIA proprietary graphics drivers; removal of the previously deprecated HAL package (faster boot); OpenOffice.org office suite 3.2 (now branded as Oracle); Firefox 3.6.3; Simple Scan, a new simple scanning application; PiTiVi movie editor which can trim and combine clips, add transitions. ...

Philip Newborough mengumumkan rilis alpha kedua CrunchBang Linux 10, distro ringan berbasis Debian : The second alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. The new alpha 2 builds were created on Thursday, 24th June 2010 and are in sync with the Debian ‘Squeeze’ repositories as of that date. Debian ‘Squeeze’ continues to develop nicely and the Debian developers are doing a fantastic job. Major updates to ‘Squeeze’ and therefore CrunchBang, since the last CrunchBang alpha builds, include updates to both the Openbox window manager (3.4.11.1) and the Xfce desktop environment (4.6.2). ...

Rilis beta kedia ClearOS 5.2, distribusi spesialis untuk router dan gateway internet serta server skala kecil. Menyertakan dukungan untuk file system terenkripsi pada device software RAID dan jalur upgrade dari ClarkConnect 5.0: ...

Kendall Weaver mengumumkan rilis update Peppermint OS One, distribusi Linux berbasis Ubuntu dengan desktop OpenBox dan aplikasi berbasis web: We’re proud to offer the second official Peppermint OS respin, featuring a fully updated system as of June 17 and a few other things including bug fixes and new features. Here are some of the highlights. all Xfce applications and dependencies have been removed; the notifications are prettier; we’ve gotten rid of pyNeighborhood; the default IRC client, XChat, has been updated to version 2.8.8 and now automatically connects to #peppermint on irc.spotchat.org; the boot splash no longer has that weird blue tint to the background; all package updates as of June 17 have been installed and tested, this includes lower level updates that the update manager will skip over due to potential stability issues. ...

MoLinux 6.0 “Zoraida” merupakan versi terbaru dari distribusi Linux berbasis Ubuntu yang dikembangkan oleh pemerintah daerah Castilla La Mancha di Spanyol dan didesain untuk digunakan dikantor pemerintahan dan sekolah didaerah tersebut. Rilis ini datang dengan beberapa perbaikan sebagai berikut : ...

Ronald Ropp mengumumkan rilis wattOS R2, distribusi Linux berbasis Ubuntu dalam bentuk Live CD yang menampilkan desktop LXDE, GNOME Office dan beberapa aplikasi yang dikembangkan dengan mono: wattOS R2 is finally done and released. It is based on Ubuntu 10.04. Changed the music player to Rhythmbox from Exaile; added the ‘extras’ package that offers support for MP3 support native as well as DVD playback – it does make the live CD larger, but makes the end user experience easier as the support for Flash, Java, fonts, and the things people like to do; added LXDM to add a lightweight login manager and replace SLIM; updated all packages to latest 10.04 supported versions; removed GIMP and added F-Spot; removed NetworkManager and replaced with wicd; updated Jockey GTK+ so it will be easy for folks to add proprietary drivers…. ...

wget merupakan salah satu tool download andalan pengguna Linux. Kalau anda memiliki akun Rapidshare premium mungkin anda pernah ingin mencoba mendowload file dari Rapidshare dengan menggunakan akun premium anda dengan wget. Dulu untuk mendownload file dengan akun premium cukup menggunakan opsi http-user dan http-password atau user dan password. Sekarang kita harus melakukan memiliki Cookie hasil login dan menggunakan cookie tersebut untuk mendownload file dari Rapidshare. Kita cukup melakukan login sekali dan cookie tersebut bisa kita gunakan untuk mengunduh banyak file. ...

Superb Mini Server merupakan distribusi berbasis Slackware yang didesain untuk server skala kecil. Versi 1.5.2 yang merupakan versi terbaru distro ini telah dirilis: Superb Mini Server version 1.5.2 released (Linux kernel 2.6.33.5). This minor release clears the name of SMS to Superb Mini Server and brings new graphics and logos. Some packages upgraded and two new packages added, hfsutils and Tcl. In this release we switched to Postfix with no vda patch as the default MTA for SMS. A version with vda patch is available in SMS.Native.CD. NDISwrapper, dahdi-linux and iptables_l7 rebuilt for new kernel, don’t forget to run LILO after the upgrade. A brief changelog: kernels upgraded to 2.6.33.5; upgraded to Dovecot 1.2.12, CUPS 1.4.4, Postfix 2.7.1, MySQL 5.1.48; added Tcl 8.5.8; bootsplash kernels upgraded; Openbravo upgraded to 2.50MP18; optimize Netatalk configuration; added lost cURL 7.20.1 package in SMS64…. ...

Kandidat rilis pertama PC-BSD 8.1, sistem operasi untuk desktop berbasis FreeBSD . Hadir dengan KDE 4.4.4 dan dukungan yang lebih baik untuk file system ZFS: The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.1-RC1 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.1-RC, and KDE 4.4.4. Version 8.1 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. Some of the notable changes are: numerous fixes to the installation back-end; support for creating dedicated disk GPT partitioning; improved ZFS support; bug fixes to desktop tools and utilities; fixed issue running downloaded Python and Ruby plasmoids; fixed Nepomuk and Strigi default init at first login; fixed issues with WiFi tools in calculating signal strength; ZFS syntax fix for installs to MBR partition; during upgrade now install selected components properly…. ...

Jean-Philippe Guillemin mengumumkan rilis Zenwalk Linux 6.4 “Core”, sistem operasi minimalis tetapi dapat dikembangkan berbasis Slackware : Zenwalk Core 6.4 is ready. Zenwalk Core is a one-of-a-kind complete 300 MB base Zenwalk system designed to build high-performance and high-security non-GUI Linux servers, or to be used as the base of a custom light-speed desktop system. It can be installed in just 10 minutes using the auto-install setup option on a dedicated disk. Zenwalk Core 6.4 provides the 2.6.33.4 kernel with the new BFS scheduler, designed for the best interactivity on multi-core CPUs while taking the most of lower specification machines. You’ll notice better responsiveness of many applications, better real-time performance (very low latency), and efficiency of ‘niced’ commands. ...

Urs Beyerle merilis versi terbaru dari edisi “Live CD/DVD” Scientific Linux, distribusi yang dikembangkan dari paket sumber Red Hat Enterprise Linux ditambah aplikasi ekstra yang digunakan di lingkungan akademis: Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.5 has been released for i386 and x86_64. Features: live CD can be installed to local hard disk; live CD runs from USB key; changes can be stored persistently on an external device; live CD can be mounted over NFS (diskless client). Software: Linux kernel 2.6.18, OpenAFS client 1.4.12, X.Org 7.1, ALSA sound libraries 1.0.17, GNOME 2.16.0 (standard desktop), GIMP 2.2.13, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Firefox 3.0.19, Thunderbird 2.0.0.24, KDE 3.5.4 (only on live DVD), Evolution 2.12.3 (only on live DVD). ...