Linux OS Distribution Reviews
Fedora 18, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux, has finally arrived: “The Fedora project is incredibly delighted to announce the release of Fedora 18. What’s new? The user interface for Fedora’s installation software, Anaconda, has been completely re-written from the ground up…..
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 7.0.4, the latest update of the project’s Slackware-based live CD with KDE: “A new version of the Slax pocket operating system has been released. Improvements and fixes include: added ‘load=’ and ‘noload=’ boot parameter support to filter loaded modules; better….
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The legacy 5.x branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has moved to version 5.9, incorporating all recent feature and security updates: “Red Hat, Inc. today announced the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9. This release marks the beginning of….
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Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of OS4 13.2 “OpenDesktop” edition, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with a customised Xfce desktop: “Today we are pleased to announce the release of OS4 OpenDesktop 13.2. This release brings a long-awaited update to our next-generation desktop operating system platform. With this….
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Michael Creel has announced the release of PelicanHPC 2.9, a Debian-based live DVD that makes it possible to set up high-performance computing clusters in minutes: “PelicanHPC version 2.9 is available. Octave 3.6.3, dynare 4.3.1, some updates to the econometrics stuff, and also the usual sync to Debian. This….
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Version 0.16 of Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a Debian-based distribution with strong privacy and anonymity features while browsing the world wide web, has been released: “Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.16, is out. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. Notable user-visible changes….
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Untangle, Inc. has announced the release of Untangle Gateway 9.4, a new version of the Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications: “Untangle, Inc., a network software and appliance company, today announced the release of Untangle 9.4, the latest version of its award-winning multi-function firewall software…..
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A new version of Ultimate Edition, an Ubuntu 12.04 remix with KDE as the default desktop, was announced earlier today: “What is Ultimate Edition 3.5? Ultimate Edition 3.5 was built off Ultimate Edition 3.4 and Ubuntu 12.04 ‘Precise Pangolin’ release. All packages fully updated and upgraded, old kernels….
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 7.0.3, an updated release of the project’s Slackware-based live CD: “A new version of Slax is available for download. This release adds several new features and fixes a few bugs as well. Probably the most interesting feature is PXE boot….
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Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of Snowlinux 4, a Debian-based distribution with MATE (a desktop environment forked from GNOME 2): “The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 4 ‘Glacier’. Snowlinux 4 is based upon Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ and uses Linux kernel 3.5…..
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Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 2.2.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment 0.17 window manager as the default desktop user interface: “The Bodhi team and I are very happy to present to you our 2.2.0 release – the first Bodhi images to feature the….
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Anke Boersma has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.01, the fifth update of the project’s “Claire” series featuring the new KDE 4.9.5 desktop: “The Chakra project team is proud to announce the fifth ‘Claire’ release, (a code name that follows the KDE SC 4.9 series). The day….
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