The first beta version of GoblinX 2.7 (Standard edition), the popular Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, was released on May 4th, bringing many updated software, including Linux kernel 2.6.24.3, KDE 3.5.9 and all the Gnome libraries and applications. Other important features, bug fixes and improvements included in GoblinX 2.7 Beta 1 are:

￭ Upgraded AuFS, SquashFS and Linuxlive;
￭ Upgraded several more libraries and packages;
￭ Upgraded Magic Center and Media Manager;
￭ Added gosfiles to be read by our interfaces;
￭ Added webmount features allowing anyone to use modules without downloading them;
￭ Changes are restored/saved by default now, if the device allows rewrite;
￭ Changes can be saved to a FAT32 filesystem;
￭ Upgraded Isolinux menu and added options help text;
￭ Corrected some bugs and errors;
￭ Uselivemod will remain activated;
￭ Added GoblinX Firefox start page;
￭ Corrected mode and owner issues with Konqueror;
￭ Added KDM Themes;
￭ Upgraded KDE, Xfce and Fluxbox default settings;
￭ Added some more packages.

Download GoblinX 2.7 Beta 1 right now from Softpedia.

Also, you can get the GoblinX Micro Edition 2.7 Beta 1 right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is a beta release and should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please test and report bugs to the GoblinX Forum.