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Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 5.6 "Precise"

2013-05-21T23:23:30+00:00

Bary Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.6 "Precise" edition, a minimalist distribution and live CD featuring a customised Openbox window manager and built from Ubuntu 12.04 binary packages: "It's out! Our latest and greatest Puppy. Relative to Precise Puppy 5.5, this latest pup brings some....

Distribution Release: ZevenOS 3.1 "Neptune"

2013-05-21T14:42:36+00:00

Leszek Lesner has announced the release of ZevenOS 3.1 "Neptune" edition, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution for 64-bit computers featuring the latest version of the KDE desktop environment: "The Neptune team is proud to announce the release of Neptune 3.1. We worked hard and spend a lot of....

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 508

2013-05-20T09:00:04+00:00

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Review of Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 News: Interviews with Clement Lefebvre and Gaël Duval, Fedora and visible passwords, Ubuntu 13.10 features, FreeBSD binary package building Tips and tricks: Scripting and graphical environments Released last week: Mageia 3, NetBSD 6.1, Antergos 2013.05.12 New additions:....

Distribution Release: Wifislax 4.4

2013-05-20T05:48:33+00:00

Wifislax 4.4, a new version of the Slackware-based live CD with a good collection of useful security and forensic tools, has been released. This release represents five months of development work, not only on the live CD, but also on additional modules for various specialist purposes that can....

Development Release: gNewSense 3.0 Beta 1

2013-05-19T22:21:45+00:00

Sam Geeraerts has announced the availability of the initial beta release of gNewSense 3.0. gNewSense is a Debian-based distribution sponsored by Free Software Foundation and built strictly from free ("libre") software only. This version is based on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" (with GNOME 2). From the release announcement: "The....

Distribution Release: Hybryde Linux 13.04

2013-05-19T12:13:27+00:00

Olivier Larrieu has announced the release of Hybryde Linux 13.04, a rather unusual distribution which ships with 11 desktop user interfaces (Enlightenment, GNOME 2, GNOME 3, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, Unity, FVWM, Xfce, MATE and Cinnamon) and which provides a way to seamlessly switch between them without a need....

Distribution Release: Mageia 3

2013-05-19T08:01:12+00:00

Trish Fraser has announced the release of Mageia 3, the third official release of the community distribution that was created by former developers and contributors of the once highly popular Mandriva Linux in late 2010: "All grown up and ready to go dancing - Mageia 3 is out.....

Distribution Release: Tails 0.18

2013-05-19T04:00:12+00:00

Tails 0.18, a new version of the specialist live CD whose goal is to preserve the user's privacy and anonymity while surfing the world wide web, has been released: "Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.18, is out. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. Notable....

BSD Release: NetBSD 6.1, 6.0.2

2013-05-18T23:45:10+00:00

Jeff Rizzo has announced the release of NetBSD 6.1, a new stable version of the highly portable UNIX-like operating system available for a wide range of platforms: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents....

Distribution Release: Slackel 3.1 "Live Openbox"

2013-05-18T07:30:59+00:00

Dimitris Tzemos has announced the release of Slackel 3.1 "Live Openbox" edition, a lightweight Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux and Salix: "Slackel Live 3.1 Openbox has been released. Includes the live kernel 3.8.8 and lots of updates from Slackware's 'Current' tree. Slackel Live 3.1 Openbox includes the....