Superb Mini Server (SMS) 2.0.1, a minor update of the Slackware-based server distribution, is now available: "Superb Mini Server version 2.0.1 released. This minor release upgrades the Linux kernel to version 3.2.33, upgrades server packages to latest stable versions and introduces smsconfig, a powerful script for managing services,….
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Distribution Release: Webconverger 15.1
Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 15.1, a minor update of the project’s specialist Debian-based distribution for web kiosks featuring the latest Firefox web browser: "Webconverger 15.1. Our new automatic upgrade feature released in version 15 works well. Git-FS has helped us develop, debug and test….
Distribution Releases: Snowlinux 3 "MATE", "Cinnamon & GNOME"
Lars Torben Kremer has announced the release of two new editions of Snowlinux 3 featuring the MATE, Cinnamon and GNOME 3 (fallback mode) desktop interfaces: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 3 ‘White’ MATE & Cinnamon & GNOME. Snowlinux 3 ‘White’ is based upon….
Development Release: LuninuX OS 12.10 Beta 2
Emmanuel Appiah has announced the availability of a public beta release of LuninuX OS 12.10, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME Shell user interface: "I have fixed a few things with the previous release and now have a working beta 2 release. A few applications are missing….
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 481
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Tails and claws News: The EFF talks about privacy and Ubuntu, Debian introduces changes to their installer, Valve seeks help testing Steam on Linux Tips and tricks: Ext4 data corruption bug and solution Released last week: Arch Linux 2012.11.01, OpenBSD 5.2, DragonFly….
Development Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RC3
Ken Smith has announced the availability of the third release candidate for FreeBSD 9.1: "The third release candidate of the 9.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for the amd64, i386, powerpc64 and sparc64 architectures. This is expected to be the last release candidate. Unless….
BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 3.2.1
Justin Sherrill has announced the release of DragonFly BSD 3.2.1, an updated version of the BSD operating system originally forked from FreeBSD 4: "The 3.2.1 release of DragonFly BSD is available now. Significant work has gone into the scheduler to improve performance, using postgres benchmarking as a measure…..
Distribution Release: Arch Linux 2012.11.01
Pierre Schmitz has announced the availability of Arch Linux 2012.11.01, the latest of the regular installation CD images that the project providing a popular rolling-release Linux distribution now makes available at the beginning of each month. This is mostly a bug-fix release. From the release announcement: "The latest….
Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 4.7
Robert Shingledecker has released version 4.7 of Tiny Core Linux, a minimalist but extensible graphical Linux distribution for desktop computers. From the release announcement: "I am pleased to announce the release of Core 4.7. Change log: updated ondemand to support scm extensions and icons from both tcz and….
BSD Release: OpenBSD 5.2
Bob Beck has announced the release of OpenBSD 5.2, a free, multi-platform BSD-based UNIX-like operating system: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 5.2. This is our 32nd release on CD-ROM. We remain proud of OpenBSD’s record of more than ten years with only two….
