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Foresight Linux 1.4 Is Now Available

First Linux distribution that features Gnome 2.20!

By Daniel Voicu, Linux Editor

20th of September 2007, 09:57 GMT

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Foresight Linux 1.4 was released yesterday and it's the first distribution that will feature the latest GNOME 2.20. It includes a revolutionary package manager, Conary that's been updated to version 1.1.95, and a innovative set of up to date packages and it is the basis for GNOME Live Media. Foresight Linux is a distribution based on rPath Linux, and its Conary package management.

Foresight Linux has a rolling release schedule, with major releases that coincide with GNOME's 6 month release schedule. This is an advantage for the user, by giving access to the latest software including new features and bug fixes. To make it more interesting, the default GTK theme for Foresight has been changed by adding a brighter shade of green.

Foresight users can upgrade their distribution to 1.4 by using

Conary, using the following command in a terminal:

sudo conary updateall

If you are interested in contributing to Foresight Linux you can engage with the community in several ways:

￭ By going to #foresight on chat.freenode.net, the official chat channel of Foresight Linux.

￭ Contributing to the Foresight Wiki.

￭ You could package and maintain software. If you are interested, click on the Developer Wiki.

Also, you could help develop a new website as well. The Foresight Linux team is looking for volunteers to help with the design and development of the upcoming version of Foresight, 2.0. If you are interested go to the #foresight channel on Freenode. An alpha candidate of this version is expected to be launched in October, this year.

Some features that will be included in Foresight Linux 2.0:

￭ Built on an all new toolchain (GCC, etc)
￭ PackageKit, a GUI for searching, installing and removing packages
￭ Rootless user (Users will use "sudo")
￭ Compiz Fusion
￭ A new group structure, with a formalized QA process.

You can download Foresight Linux 1.4 right now from Softpedia.

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Foresight 1.4 | Linux | Gnome 2.20 | Conary

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