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All Rights Reserved. 2010-03-22T08:00:07-00:00 DistroWatch.com distro@distrowatch.com Linux/BSD http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/ygj_m8dGSoM/5968 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: System rescue and virus scanning with Dr.Web LiveCD News: Ubuntu stirs debates over button placement, CrunchBang switches base, Debian presents DPL candidates, LiMux explains migration status, state of four distributions Questions and answers: Restoring deleted files Released last week: Mandriva Enterprise Server.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c8O6px_AHIjxXsAkZpBi7Rae_PY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c8O6px_AHIjxXsAkZpBi7Rae_PY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c8O6px_AHIjxXsAkZpBi7Rae_PY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c8O6px_AHIjxXsAkZpBi7Rae_PY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/ygj_m8dGSoM" height="1" width="1"/> weekly http://distrowatch.com/5968 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/1PKCDO3LxxM/5967 Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.10, a minimalist graphical distribution in 10 MB: "Tiny Core v2.10 is now posted. Changelog: updated Appbrowser / tce-load - recursion now fully supported; updated Appbrowser, no pop-ups, GUI redesign, dropped menu for buttons, added status area; updated.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3JakA-4K3rI5mfKGt-JLu5qRg-k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3JakA-4K3rI5mfKGt-JLu5qRg-k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3JakA-4K3rI5mfKGt-JLu5qRg-k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3JakA-4K3rI5mfKGt-JLu5qRg-k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/1PKCDO3LxxM" height="1" width="1"/> tinycore http://distrowatch.com/5967 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/9yviqMhDMvg/5966 Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 4.9, a small Linux-based live CD/USB with a collection of hard disk partitioning and data rescue utilities: "Parted Magic 4.9. Although this is mostly a bug-fix release, some other major changes were made. People didn't like that we were.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s8U9AhhE_e_5KzPGhQSVpy-PrWY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s8U9AhhE_e_5KzPGhQSVpy-PrWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s8U9AhhE_e_5KzPGhQSVpy-PrWY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/s8U9AhhE_e_5KzPGhQSVpy-PrWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/9yviqMhDMvg" height="1" width="1"/> partedmagic http://distrowatch.com/5966 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/NOLj4vN7mas/5965 Julien Lavergne has announced the availability of the first beta release of Lubuntu 10.04, an unofficial Ubuntu variant with the lightweight LXDE as the default desktop environment: "Lubuntu 'Lucid Lynx' beta 1 released. New stuff since alpha 3: new logo; addition to the seed - gnome-disk-utility and simple-scan..... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a7eYo7C2EaIyAdoIt1ONKT1ncq4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a7eYo7C2EaIyAdoIt1ONKT1ncq4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a7eYo7C2EaIyAdoIt1ONKT1ncq4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a7eYo7C2EaIyAdoIt1ONKT1ncq4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/NOLj4vN7mas" height="1" width="1"/> lubuntu http://distrowatch.com/5965 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/N_PHJxgqCZ0/5964 Philip Newborough has announced the availability of the first alpha release of CrunchBang Linux 10. A lightweight distribution featuring Openbox and Xfce, CrunchBang is now based on Debian GNU/Linux, rather than Ubuntu. From the release announcement: "The first alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. Code-named 'Statler',.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bz4QfNpkku4MGEnC_Jd0negFqA8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bz4QfNpkku4MGEnC_Jd0negFqA8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bz4QfNpkku4MGEnC_Jd0negFqA8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bz4QfNpkku4MGEnC_Jd0negFqA8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/N_PHJxgqCZ0" height="1" width="1"/> crunchbang http://distrowatch.com/5964 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/__nvlN-kp7g/5963 Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name "Lucid Lynx", a long-term support (LTS) version: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Netbook editions and of Ubuntu 10.04 Server.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QWiDgEjWAm6fWMG0YuK5BteMRpc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QWiDgEjWAm6fWMG0YuK5BteMRpc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QWiDgEjWAm6fWMG0YuK5BteMRpc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QWiDgEjWAm6fWMG0YuK5BteMRpc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/__nvlN-kp7g" height="1" width="1"/> ubuntu http://distrowatch.com/5963 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/gICM_B1lRGc/5962 SystemRescueCd 1.5.0, a Gentoo-based live CD with a collection of data rescue and disk partitioning utilities, has been released. From the changelog: "initramfs - udevd used to load kernel modules that corresponds to the hardware; initramfs - /init bootscript rewritten; initramfs - added firmware required for Ethernet and.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vv9DBaFebe6rC-YnhDzUAIkBCO8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vv9DBaFebe6rC-YnhDzUAIkBCO8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vv9DBaFebe6rC-YnhDzUAIkBCO8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vv9DBaFebe6rC-YnhDzUAIkBCO8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/gICM_B1lRGc" height="1" width="1"/> systemrescue http://distrowatch.com/5962 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/1-LKjvO3yxs/5961 After four beta releases, the first release candidate for the upcoming MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian distribution based on Slackware Linux, is now ready for testing. Compared to the last beta release, these are some of the most important changes in RC1: several packages have been rebuilt to add.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1LVaozuZ2hvr3DYCbQJJtZdIDc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1LVaozuZ2hvr3DYCbQJJtZdIDc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1LVaozuZ2hvr3DYCbQJJtZdIDc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b1LVaozuZ2hvr3DYCbQJJtZdIDc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/1-LKjvO3yxs" height="1" width="1"/> mops http://distrowatch.com/5961 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/KN2-wV6I4-8/5960 Alan Baghumian has released the first development build of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5, a desktop distribution and live DVD based on Debian's testing branch: "The first set of Parsix 3.5 'Frankie' testing ISO images are out. Although this is the first testing ISO, the system stability is very good.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsZ3cYDVxGuEnACvrd2NdpS_Ljo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsZ3cYDVxGuEnACvrd2NdpS_Ljo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsZ3cYDVxGuEnACvrd2NdpS_Ljo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WsZ3cYDVxGuEnACvrd2NdpS_Ljo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/KN2-wV6I4-8" height="1" width="1"/> parsix http://distrowatch.com/5960 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/BRyYrIZ1L8w/5959 Warren Woodford has announced that the third release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 8.5 is ready for testing: "MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 8.5.00, RC3 of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors. We've updated the kernel to 2.6.32.10. The release notes from the Linux kernel team indicated that.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xdW1sj_zeiNJtJmqDsTA-nl5604/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xdW1sj_zeiNJtJmqDsTA-nl5604/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xdW1sj_zeiNJtJmqDsTA-nl5604/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xdW1sj_zeiNJtJmqDsTA-nl5604/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/BRyYrIZ1L8w" height="1" width="1"/> mepis http://distrowatch.com/5959 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~3/rlNJhIE5OTI/5958 The second beta release of PCLinuxOS 2010 is now available for download and testing. What's new? "Linux kernel updated to 2.6.32.10 - updates, bug fixes and suggestions based on community feedback over the past week were implemented on the live CD. In addition to the KDE 4.4.1 version,.... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rOoSBYfNXLs1Jdp4HtcqhGvgLWE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rOoSBYfNXLs1Jdp4HtcqhGvgLWE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rOoSBYfNXLs1Jdp4HtcqhGvgLWE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rOoSBYfNXLs1Jdp4HtcqhGvgLWE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/rlNJhIE5OTI" height="1" width="1"/> pclinuxos http://distrowatch.com/5958 Search BSD/Linux distributions distribution http://distrowatch.com/table.php