Sidux 2007-03 Is Now Available for Both Amd64 and i686

In their latest release announcement, the Sidux team presents the Sidux 2007-03 version for amd64 and i686 systems. This third official release comes, as the Sidux developers say, after three months of development and it ships in too flavors: lite, respectively full, KDE flavors.

Based on the Debian Sid distribution, Sidux also comes with its own packages and scripts and contains only dfsg free software. However this doesn�t mean you cannot add some non-free ones. Fell free to add as many sources as you want to the /etc/apt/sources.list.

Highlights:

� amd64 (AMD64, Intel Core2, newer 64 bit capable AMD Sempron and Intel Pentium 4 and i686 (Pentium pro/ Pentium II, AMD K7 Athlon or newer).
� kernel 2.6.22.3-rc1 (smp, hard preemption)
� minimal, but fully functional KDE 3.5.7 (English + Deustch)
� completely overhauled init sequence
� completely refactored installer backend
� new artwork created by cleary and the sidux art team
� offline manual for en + de (. only available on the running live CD or the installed system.), online manuals for more languages online at http://manual.sidux.com/ and available via apt
� lots of changes in the manua
� rt2x00 2.0.6+git20060810 support for RaLink cards supporting wpasupplicant, remove /etc/modprobe.d/mac80211 to prefer it over RaLink legacy drivers
� support for RealTek RTL8187 wlan cards
� libata support for parallel ATA systems
� enhance hardware support libraries
� support for "smxi", replacing "sm" and "du-fixes-h2.sh"
� bugfix for keyboard layout selections in X
� USB scanner support has been fixed in kernel ( ≥2.6.22.1-slh-smp-7/ ≥2.6.22.1-slh64-smp-7)
� fix XDG menu entry for My-PPPoE Conf
� add siduxcc and kooka.
� thanks to concerted team efforts, the dependencies on Xdialog and therefore gtk+ 1.2 could be removed
� support for Agere Systems et131x ethernet controllers
� fw-detect to probe for hardware with non-free needs
� rt73-legacy driver
� memtest86+
� added iputils-ping
� added VDR 1.4.7
� partition detection bug fixed

You can now download Sidux from Softpedia