http://distrowatch.com/ Latest news on Linux distributions and BSD projects EN Copyright 2001-2012, DistroWatch.com. All Rights Reserved. 2012-02-22T17:38:43-00:00 DistroWatch.com distro@distrowatch.com Linux/BSD hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://distrowatch.com/7125 Henry Jensen has announced the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.1, an Arch-based Linux distribution for old computers (from i486 to Pentium MMX 166), built exclusively with "libre" software: "I am announcing the release of ConnochaetOS 0.9.1. This is a maintenance release. Since the 0.9.0 release many bugs were fixed..... 2012-02-22T17:38:43+00:00 connochaet http://distrowatch.com/7124 François Dupoux has announced the release of SystemRescueCd 2.5.0, a new version of the project's Gentoo-based live rescue disk for administrating or repairing a system and data after a crash: "Version 2.5.0 (stable) of the SystemRescueCd project has been released. Detailed changes in version 2.5.0: updated standard kernels.... 2012-02-22T09:06:19+00:00 systemrescue http://distrowatch.com/7123 Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first beta release of Mageia 2: "We are now entering the last run for Mageia 2 release - the first beta is now available for tests. The beta step is essential as it will focus on fixing bugs and improving.... 2012-02-22T01:14:40+00:00 mageia http://distrowatch.com/7122 Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8: "We're pleased to announce the general availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 operating system with new and improved functionality for enhanced performance, flexibility, and security. Our commitment to continuous innovation enables Red Hat Enterprise.... 2012-02-21T22:44:58+00:00 redhat http://distrowatch.com/7121 Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based mini-distribution featuring Trinity (KDE 3), KDE 4, LXDE and now also the Xfce desktop: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce the first release candidate of Porteus version 1.2 This release features.... 2012-02-21T08:53:02+00:00 porteus http://distrowatch.com/7120 Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2012_2_19, a new stable version of the project's utility live CD designed for data rescue and disk partitioning tasks: "Parted Magic 2012_2_19 updates some programs and fixes a few bugs. The most notable updates include Clonezilla 1.2.12-10, TrueCrypt 7.1,.... 2012-02-21T04:07:56+00:00 partedmagic http://distrowatch.com/7119 The legacy production branch of FreeBSD, version 8, is receiving one more update - to version 8.3. The first beta build is now ready for testing: "The first beta build of the 8.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, and pc98.... 2012-02-20T23:46:37+00:00 freebsd http://distrowatch.com/7118 PCLinuxOS "Phoenix", an edition of the distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment, has been updated to version 2012-02: "PCLinuxOS Phoenix Edition 2012-02 is now available for download. It features the following updates: Xfce 4.8.3 desktop environment; the Linux kernel was updated to version 2.6.38.8, additional kernels are available.... 2012-02-20T17:41:03+00:00 pclinuxos http://distrowatch.com/7117 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First look at Asturix 4 and On desktop News: Debian's position on software patents, Fedora 17 alpha testing, overview of Cinnamon, FreeBSD package management with pkgng Questions and answers: End of support for Kubuntu Released last week: Scientific Linux 6.2, Tiny Core.... 2012-02-20T10:03:20+00:00 weekly http://distrowatch.com/7116 Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.3, a small, but extensible Linux distribution for the desktop: "Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.3. The major theme for Core 4.3 is self-contained mountable and unmountable application extensions. Change.... 2012-02-18T04:44:58+00:00 tinycore http://distrowatch.com/7115 Urs Beyerle has announced that, following the recent release of Scientific Linux 6.2, live images with the distribution are now also available: "Scientific Linux 6.2 live CD, live mini CD and live DVD are officially released. They are available for 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and come with following.... 2012-02-17T18:12:35+00:00 scientific Search BSD/Linux distributions distribution http://distrowatch.com/table.php