06-25-2006

Distribution Release: Trixbox 1.1

Trixbox 1.1, a Linux distribution formerly known as Asterisk@Home, has been released. From the release announcement: "Trixbox 1.1 released today. The only new feature is Munin, a system monitoring package. There are tones of small fixes. Zaptel and conferencing should be working. The latest SugarCRM is included. I will try to get a 1.1 upgrade script ready for next week but 1.0.3 that installs from the upgraded script now should have all the conferencing and Zaptel fixes. All of the non-free packages have been removed from the ISO, so if you use HUDlite you will need to type install-hudlite from command line." Download: trixbox-1.1.iso (509MB, MD5).

Development Release: Kate OS 3.0 Alpha (Live)

A live CD edition of Kate OS 3.0 Alpha has been released: "Live edition of Kate OS 3.0 alpha is available now. This is a test version aimed at people interested in development branch of Kate OS. The live edition contains 2.2 GB of data, compressed on a single CD. The system automatically detects hardware, mounts system partitions and enables the user to write directly to NTFS file systems. This is a wonderful demo of Kate OS possibilities, helpful during some rescue operations. The system contains among other things: X.Org 7.1, glibc 2.4, GCC 4.0.2, Apache 2.2, Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5.0.4, XFce 4.3.90.2." Visit the project's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: KateOS_3.0alpha-LIVE.iso (678MB, MD5).

Development Release: Wolvix Cub 1.0.5 Alpha

The Wolvix project has launched a new development cycle that will eventually lead to Wolvix 1.0.5: "I've just uploaded the Wolvix Cub 1.0.5 Alpha ISO to the FTP server. If you are interested in helping me test it, download the ISO and give it a spin. Wolvix Cub is a smaller version of Wolvix which should fit on a 256MB USB stick. The Cub edition will serve as the base for the 'full' Wolvix 1.0.5 which I'll start building next. This is an ALPHA release and still has some rough edges, it's only intended for testing." Read the full announcement for more information and a to-do list. Download: wolvix-cub-1.0.5-alpha1.iso (245MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.

06-27-2006

Development Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 RC3

Novell has announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 RC3, both Desktop (SLED) and Server (SLES) editions, for public testing: "Be among the first to install, test and enjoy SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. The pre-release contains all the functionality of the regular release, but is not the final product. SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 is an open, flexible and secure platform that is ready to host the applications and databases critical to your business -- from the desktop to the data center, across a wide variety of workloads." More details can be found on Novell's SLED 10 and SLES 10 product pages. SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 RC3 consists of 5 CDs and can be downloaded free of charge from Novell's pre-release page.

06-28-2006

Development Release: Rocks Cluster Distribution 4.2 Beta

A beta release of the CentOS-based Rocks Cluster Distribution 4.2 is available for testing. Among the new features and enhancements are: "Beta release of bioinformatics roll - the Bio roll contains tools and utilities to facilitate bioinformatics computation; graphical installer; OS roll based on CentOS 4.3 and all updates as of June 28 2006; updated SGE roll to SGE 6 update 8; included tentakel as a cluster-fork alternative; auto-partitioning now creates a /var file system to protect the front-end against services that log many messages and fill up the root file system." Read the release announcement for full details. The new beta release of Rocks Cluster distribution is available for both the i386 and x86_64 architectures and can be downloaded from the project's FTP server.

07-01-2006

Distribution Release: B2D Linux 20060630

A new version of B2Dr Linux, a Taiwanese Debian-based live and installation CD with support for traditional Chinese, has been released. The most important changes in this release are kernel upgrade to version 2.6.16.19, udev support, switch to X.Org (version 6.9.0), upgrade to KDE 3.5.3 and GNOME 2.14.1, and NTFS write support with libntfs + fuse (replaces captive-ntfs). One important known issue: the Unionfs file system is not functional in this release. If you understand Chinese, you can find more information and screenshots in the release announcement. Download from here: B2DpureKGB20060630.iso (686MB, MD5).

Distribution Release: SME Server 7.0

SME Server 7.0 is finally out: "Version 7.0 of SME Server has been released. The new release represents the culmination of months of hard work by numerous developers and beta testers and is sure to impress those that select it as their server distribution. Some of these features include: the industry leading web server capable of hosting multiple domains; a full featured email server with virus and spam filtering, webmail and secure access; industry standard firewall for intrusion protection; a proxy server with content filtering capability and internet sharing...." Read the release announcement and overview of features for further details. Download: smeserver-7.0.iso (463MB, MD5).

Development Release: PC-BSD 1.2 Beta

The first beta release of PC-BSD 1.2 is ready for testing. From the changelog: "Updated ports to current as of 6-26-06; added py-qt and py-kde ports to default install (allows SuperKaramba plugins to work); cleaned up icons folders; added DBSD Network / User Toolset into Control Panel; converted PC-BSD tools to Control Panel modules; updated KMenu to display categories; zip support included in default install; added Bash to default install; set up CD insert notification to allow playing audio CDs and DVDs; Windows key now launches K-Menu...." Download: PCBSD-1.2-x86-CD1-Beta.iso (673MB, MD5).

Development Release: RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition

The Sabayon project, which produces RR4 and RR64 Linux live DVDs based on Gentoo Linux, has created a CD edition of their product for x86 computers: "RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition, commonly called the 'mini', is the CD release of the latest RR4 Linux. Features: no SMP kernel available; latest proprietary drivers from ATI (8.25.18) and NVIDIA (1.0-8762); faster boot time compared to RR4 Linux and very fast on memory constrained systems; Fluxbox available as a viable alternative to KDE 3.5.3; no extra language available by default (only English); no Stage 1, 2, 3 installation; multimedia features kept intact...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. The ISO image is available for download via BitTorrent: RR4-Linux-3.0.RC1-miniEdition (693MB).