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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann mengumumkan rilis aptosid 2011-01, distribusi desktop dengan KDE atau Xfce berbasis Debian cabang unstable: Now that kernel 2.6.37 has entered the archive and Debian 6.0 ‘Squeeze’ is in the process of being released, we have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of the final aptosid 2011-01 ‘Geras’. New features are in particular kernel 2.6.37 and numerous integration and stabilization fixes after completing the transition to aptosid. Kernel 2.6.37 doesn’t only improve and stabilise hardware support for newer devices, it also improves ext4 performance (lazy inode table initialization), implements the USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) for USB 3.0 storage and adds support for Intel’s new Sandy Bridge graphics cards. ...

Debian GNU/Linux 6.0, code name “Squeeze”, telah dirilis: After 24 months of constant development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 6.0 (code name ‘Squeeze’). Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a ‘technology preview’. Debian 6.0 includes the KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, the GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments as well as all kinds of server applications. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB. Debian runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine architectures are supported by Debian GNU/Linux. ...

Versi terbaru VENENUX GNU/Linux, distribusi desktop yang 100% “libre” telah merilis versi 0.8.2. Distribusi ini dikembangkan di Venezuela menggunakan Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 sebagai basisnya dan menyertakan KDE 3.5.10 didalamnya. Ini merupakan edisi komunitas yang dibangun dari VENENUX 0.8 RC2, rilis “Official” terbaru yang dikembangkan secara bersama oleh anggota komunitas distribusi ini. Rilis ini menyertakan perbaikan berbagai bug dan perubahan lain untuk meningkatkan keamanan. Rilis ini juga menyertakan User Guide VENENUX lengkap, plugin browser Gnash terbaru dan beberapa aplikasi saintifik seperti R, QGIS, Octave, Maxima, Gwyddion, WaveSurfer, Stellarium, dan Gebabbel. Untuk memaintain ke “libre” an distribusi ini beberapa aplikasi seperti Cinelerra dan Avidemux telah dihapus. Anda dapat membaca detail informasi mengenai rilis ini di pengumuman rilis (dalam bahasa Spanyol). ...

George Vlahavas mengumumkan rilis Salix OS 13.1.2 edisi “Fluxbox Live”. Distribusi ringan dalam bentuk Live CD berbasis Slackware : Salix Live Fluxbox 13.1.2 is now ready and completes the collection of Salix live CD 13.1.2 series. As in the Salix Fluxbox standard edition, the live CD edition offers a functional, reliable and responsive desktop environment that is fully equipped with modern and powerful tools, while its minimalistic window manager is designed to stay completely out of the way. Following the one-application-per-task rationale, Salix Live Fluxbox edition includes the full OpenOffice.org office suite and the powerful image editor, GIMP. As in all Salix editions, the installation of legally encumbered multimedia codecs is only a couple of clicks away by using the ‘Install multimedia codecs’ tool from the Multimedia section of the Fluxbox menu. ...

Willensky Aristide mengumumkan rilis ArchBang Linux 2011.02, distribusi berbasis ArchLinux yang menampilkan window manager ringan Openbox: ArchBang 2011.02 is out in the wild! New Linux kernel 2.6.37; Thunar properly configured; look changed a bit; base-devel added; documentation updated; from now on there will be no code name, the format will simply be ArchBang-YYYY.MM. If you have Symbiosis fully updated with everything working perfectly, you don’t need to get this release. Future releases of ArchBang will pretty much have the same set of applications (unless there is a new breathtaking application available). Note: Some people experienced random kernel panic with the new 2.6.37 because they forgot to blacklist some modules that normally had to be disabled for their Broadcom wireless card. ...

Rilis kandidat ketiga dan terakhir untuk PC-BSD 8.2, sistem operasi berbasis FreeBSD untuk desktop telah dirilis: The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of the third release candidate for PC-BSD 8.2. This is expected to be the last RC prior to release which is expected some time in the next 2 – 3 weeks. In addition to some fixes in response to previous 8.2 testing snapshots, RC2 contains the following software components: FreeBSD 8.2-RC3, KDE 4.5.5, X.Org 7.5, NVIDIA driver 260.19.29. Changelog: fixed bug allowing duplicate ZFS mounts; disable KDE4 3D effects by default, fixing issues with blank screens on some systems; default to skiping DVD checksum unless user requests it; implement fix for kernel panic when re-starting a wireless network; enable geom_mbr / geom_bsd by default. ...

Kandidat rilis ketiga FreeBSD 8.2 (production branch) dan 7.4 (legacy production branch) telah dirilis: The third release candidate for the 8.2/7.4 release cycle is now available. For 8.2-RC3 the amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc and sparc64 architectures are available. For 7.4-RC3 the amd64, i386, pc98, and sparc64 architectures are available. An initial set of pre-built packages are available on the 8.2-RC3 DVD images for both amd64 and i386. At this point we do not know of any issues large enough to hold up the release. Unless further testing uncovers such an issue the release should happen in a week or so. ...

Kate Stewart mengumukan ketersediaan rilis alpha kedua untuk Ubuntu 11.04, code name “Natty Narwhal”. Beberapa fitur baru pada rilis ini adalah Linux kernel 2.6.38, X.Org 1.10 dan LibreOffice 3.3: Alpha 2 includes the 2.6.38-rc2 kernel which is based on the latest mainline release candidate kernel at kernel milestone freeze kernel. This kernel update includes the official inclusion of the ‘200-line patch’ which improves responsiveness for some workloads. It also brings a major update to the VFS, RCU dentry handling, which is slated to improve file system performance particularly with parallel loads. There are a bunch of updates for graphics which should extend support to new cards and extend 3D to more cards too. ...

Og Maciel mengumukan ketersediaan rilis alpha kedua untuk Foresight Linux 2.5.0, distribusi berbasis rPath untuk desktop yang menampilkan GNOME terbaru: It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Foresight 2.5.0 alpha 2 GNOME edition. Once again, this alpha release is from our QA branch, and is intended mostly to receive feedback on brand-new installs from end users, specially in relation to the overall behavior of X.Org on first boot. Well-known for being a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user interface and a showcase of the latest desktop software, this new release brings you the latest GNOME 2.32 release, a newer Linux kernel 2.6.35.10, X.Org Server 1.8, Conary 2.2 and a ton of updated applications. ...

Michael Tremmer mengumumkan rilis IPFire 2.9 Core 45, distribusi yang mudah digunakan serta aman dengan tujuan penggunaan utama untuk firewall: Today we release core update 45 which is a bug-fix release and we strongly recommend to install this as soon as possible. List of changes: update of fireinfo to version 2.0.4; update of Squid to version 3.1.10 and fixed ‘proxy unable to handle max download size correctly’; update of Snort to current stable 2.9.0.3 and disabled Snort decoder events; update of Memtest86+ (4.20); disabled geode_aes kernel module; fixed unattended restore of backupiso CD; improved vpn-watch; removed core-updates from pakfire cache; fcron – disable mails and fix some cron jobs; outgoing firewall rules now log with LOG prefix despite the drop rules; remove some httpd/cron error log entries. Additionally, there was a lot of clean-up work on the CGI pages of the web interface and lots of tools. ...

Michael Tremmer mengumumkan rilis IPFire 2.9 Core 45, distribusi yang mudah digunakan serta aman dengan tujuan penggunaan utama untuk firewall: Today we release core update 45 which is a bug-fix release and we strongly recommend to install this as soon as possible. List of changes: update of fireinfo to version 2.0.4; update of Squid to version 3.1.10 and fixed ‘proxy unable to handle max download size correctly’; update of Snort to current stable 2.9.0.3 and disabled Snort decoder events; update of Memtest86+ (4.20); disabled geode_aes kernel module; fixed unattended restore of backupiso CD; improved vpn-watch; removed core-updates from pakfire cache; fcron – disable mails and fix some cron jobs; outgoing firewall rules now log with LOG prefix despite the drop rules; remove some httpd/cron error log entries. Additionally, there was a lot of clean-up work on the CGI pages of the web interface and lots of tools. ...

Eugeni Dodonov mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis technology preview (TP) Mandriva Linux 2011, build pra-alpha untuk tester awal. rilis ini hadir dalam bentuk image DVD tunggal yang berfungsi sebagai media instalasi maupun Live DVD. Dari pengumuman rilis : ...