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François Dupoux mengumumkan rilis SystemRescueCd 1.5.5, distribusi Live CD berbasis Gentoo Linux dengan tool untuk recovery data dan mempartisi disk, salah satu fitur terbaru pada rilis ini adalah installer baru untuk menjalankan systemrescuecd dari Flash Disk : ...

Alan Baghumian mengumumkan rilis Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5, distribusi Linux berorientasi desktop berbais Debian testing: We are proud to announce that the final Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5r0 ISO images are available for immediate download. This release provides a stable computing platform for your daily uses and tasks. Package repositories are synchronized with Debian testing repositories as of April 7, 2010. Frankie ISO images will not fit on CD and a DVD is required to burn them. These images are compiled using Squashfs 4.0 with LZMA compression and for the first time GRUB 2 is used as default live DVD boot loader. The kernel build system has been modified and improved vastly to produce better kernel packages. Our brand new Linux 2.6.32.14 kernel with improved configuration is patched using the latest TuxOnIce suspension / hibernation and Kon Kolivas’s BFS patches. ...

Thierry Nuttens merilis NuTyX 2009.4, distribusi Linux berbahasa perancis yang dibuat dari Linux From Scratch . Ini merupakan rilis kelima dari seri 2009 dengan sistem dasar yang stabil dan dites dengan baik, tetapi dengan banyak aplikasi yang telah diupdate. Rilis ini ditujukan terutama untuk pengguna yang ingin mengupgrade sistem mereka tetapi tidak memiliki koneksi internet yang cepat dengan update online. Rilis baru ini datang dengan berbagai penanganan bug di installer dan paket update seperti biasa, diantaranya : ...

Mark A. Shearer mengumumkan rilis DigAnTel 3, sistem telepon VoIP berbasis CentOS memasukkan piranti lunak open source Asterisk PBX dan teknologi terkait: DigAnTel version 3 has been released. DigAnTel 3 is a digital / analog VoIP telephone system using CentOS, Asterisk 1.4.30, DAHDI 2.3.0, FreePBX 2.7.0 with VoicePulse module, Openfire, vtigerCRM with click to dial, Postfix mail server, and OpenVPN. DigAnTel is the glue to bind these technologies thus creating a unified telephony system for your home or business. The installation is completely automated and doesn’t require a working knowledge of Linux or Asterisk. New features in this release include Asterisk 1.4.30 with DAHDI 2.3.0, automated Sangoma and Digium card detection, updated DigAnTel dashboard and more. ...

Ken Smith mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama FreeBSD 8.1: __The first of the test builds for the FreeBSD 8.1 release cycle is now available for amd64, i386, ia64, powerpc, pc98, and sparc64 architectures. Files suitable for creating installation media or doing FTP based installs through the network should be on most of the FreeBSD mirror sites by now. The ISO images for this build do not include packages other than the docs. For amd64 and i386 ‘memstick’ images are also available that can be copied to a USB ‘memory stick’ (also called ‘thumb drive’) and used for installs on machines that support booting from that type of media. If you are updating an already running machine the CVS branch tag is RELENG_8, or if you prefer SVN use ‘stable/8’. ...

Stefan Lippers-Hollmann mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis preview pertama sidux 2010-01, distribusi Linux desktop dan Live CD berbasis cabang unstable Debian : Now that KDE 4.4.3 and Linux kernel 2.6.34 have entered the archive, we have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of the first preview for sidux 2010-01 ‘Hypnos’. While waiting for the availability of KDE 4.4.x, ‘Hypnos’ development concentrated on overhauling the early boot sequence for live and installed systems with regards to concurrent dependency-based booting and the integration of kernel 2.6.34. sidux now uses CONCURRENCY=makefile and continues to embrace GRUB 2 on the installed system, with isolinux and an improved gfxboot theme on the live system. KDE-based ISO images can now make use of Partition Manager instead of GParted. ...

Michael Hall mengumumkan rilis Qimo 4 Kids 2.0, distribusi berbasis Xubuntu untuk anak-anak: After much hard work, and some delay, we are pleased to bring you the second version of our popular Linux desktop for kids. We have introduced a new character to Qimo, her name is Illa, a cute and cuddly little polar bear. Illa is an Inuit word that means ‘friend’, and we know she’ll find her way into the hearts of your kids. She also has her own wallpaper featuring the Arctic landscape at dusk, filled with hues of pink and purple with the aurora borealis shining in the sky. Choose from a variety of Qimo and Illa wallpapers to find the one that is just right for your child. If you are already running Ubuntu 10.04, there’s no need to do a fresh install to get Qimo – now you can add the qimo-session package from the Universe repository. ...

George Vlahavas mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis kandidat pertama Salix OS 13.1, distribusi berbasis Slackware yang menyajikan desktop Xfce: So here is Salix 13.1 RC1. Let us test this and then release 13.1 final in about a week. The repositories for version 13.1 are already in place and Slackware 13.1 users can already use them for adding software packages in their systems. Not many changes since 13.1 beta1, here’s the short list: v4l-utils added, needed for Simple Scan; ktsuss has been internationalized and already translated in several languages; tweaked the package update notification tool so that it will hopefully prevent freezes in gslapt; upgraded a few packages to their latest version available; cleaned up the repositories from obsolete packages. ...

Jean-Philippe Guillemin mengumumkan rilis Zenwalk Linux 6.4, distribusi berbasis Slackware dengan desktop Xfce, manajemen paket khusus, dan banyak fitur ramah pengguna lainnya: Zenwalk Linux 6.4 provides many enhancements at system and application levels, while confirming the maturity and feature stability of Zenwalk. The brand new 2.6.33.4 kernel is featuring the new BFS scheduler, designed for the best desktop interactivity on multi-core CPUs spielautomaten online while taking the most of lower specification machines. You”ll notice better responsiveness of graphical applications, better real-time performance of sound applications (very low latency), and efficiency of “niced” commands (compilation tasks can really be niced in a way they don”t disturb other applications). Like its predecessor, Zenwalk 6.4 features ext4 as the main file system, and latest versions of most applications and desktop environments. ...

Tulisan Jim Whitehurst, President dan CEO Red Hat , mengenai Fedora 13 yang baru saja dirilis, berikut kutipannya : I’ve been a Fedora fan for years now and have used it at home long before I joined Red Hat. I look forward to May and October to see what’s the new bleeding edge, and I continue to be impressed by the innovation the Fedora community delivers. There are so many great new features in Fedora 13 and it’s difficult to highlight just a few of my favorite, but here are some that stand out after a few days of using Fedora 13. ...

Kendall Weaver mengumumkan rilis Peppermint OS One-05222010, distribusi Linux desktop ringan berbasis Lubuntu yang menyajikan window manager Openbox dan berbagai aplikasi web based: We’re proud to offer the first official Peppermint OS respin, featuring a fully updated system, a few bug fixes, and a few new features. We’re going to be respinning the ISO every few weeks in order to make sure that fresh downloads will reflect the improvements we’re making. Note that it’s easy to update your existing Peppermint OS installation, so if you have it running the way you want it, there’s no reason to download a respin. What’s new? Mouse and keyboard settings are persistent; improved localization support for folders; Quick Search in Synaptic now works; improved support for printing to PDF format; improved support for 3g connectivity… ...

Endian Firewall 2.4, distro linux spesialis untuk firewall dan gateway yang berbasis CentOS , telah dirilis: Endian Firewall (EFW) Community version 2.4 is now available. This release introduces new features and lots of bug fixes that make EFW 2.4 a significant improvement in the development of the Endian product family.” Features: “If you are using EFW 2.4 and you wish to switch to Endian UTM 2.4, you can now do so by simply pushing a button. The process is completely managed by EFW, ensuring you a safe and effective upgrade. Updating your EFW 2.3 does not require to install a new system from scratch any more. Instead, you can update single packages using our dedicated repository. With the new version of the kernel the number of supported hardware devices – most of all network interface cards – increases significantly. ...