14 DAY TRIAL // Welcome to the 114th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox Edition, Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6, Linux Mint Debian Edition, Lubuntu 10.10 Beta, Super OS 10.04, Tiny Core Linux 3.1 and SystemRescueCd 1.6.0. In other news: Open-Xchange offers Microsoft Outlook migration tool; Phoronix Media releases Phoronix Test Suite 2.8.1; Broadcom releases Open Source wireless driver for Linux users. The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the latest updated Linux distributions, and the development releases.
Summary:
On September 7th, Clement Lefebvre announced the release of the Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox Edition operating system. Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox comes with all of the updates and new features in Linux Mint 9 built around the Fluxbox windows manager.
Specific to Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox is the Tint2 panel which replaces the default Fluxbox panel to function as a task manager, system tray and clock area.
The Thunar file manager gets a "Delete" and a "Move to trash" option, just like Linux Mint 9 Xfce.
The major updates to Linux Mint 9 are also present, obviously, like the completely rewritten package manager, which now has over 30,000 available.
Download Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox Edition right now from Softpedia.
Also on September 7th, Alan Baghumian proudly announced the immediate availability for download of the Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 operating system. Dubbed "Vinnie," the new version brings lots of updated applications, new artwork, new features and many bugs fixed.
Highlights of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6:
· Linux kernel 2.6.32.20; · GNOME 2.30.2; · X.Org 7.5; · Xorg Server 1.7.7; · GNU Iceweasel 3.5.11; · OpenOffice.org 3.2.1; · Glibc 2.11.2; · SquashFS+Lzma 4.0; · Gparted 0.6.2; · Empathy 2.30.1.1; · GIMP 2.6.8; · CompizFusion 0.8.4; · Synaptic 0.63.1; · VirtualBox-OSE 3.2.6; · Exaile 0.3.0.2; · VLC 1.0.6; · xFarDict 0.11.7.
Download Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 now from Softpedia.
Also on September 7th, Clement Lefebvre announced the release of the Linux Mint 201009 Debian Edition operating system.
Linux Mint Debian Edition ditches the Ubuntu base on which Linux Mint releases have relied on so far. Instead it uses a source further upstream, Debian Squeeze, the next major version of the respected Linux distro.
Download Linux Mint 201009 Debian Edition now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.
Also on September 7th, Julian Lavergne announced the immediate availability for download of the first Beta release of the upcoming Lubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system. Lubuntu 10.10 Beta 1 brings a new lxappareance from LXDE git (without the Openbox integration) and the existing Ubuntu 10.10 Beta updates.
Highlights of Lubuntu 10.10 Beta 1:
· New lxappareance; · lxdm is now supported by the Ubiquity installer; · New theme, created by Rafael Laguna; · New installer slideshow; · LXDE is now HAL-free, but it still depends on HAL for the CD-burner app; · Added the lubuntu-core package for minimal installations of Lubuntu; · Added the lubuntu-restricted-extras package for users who want to install Java, Flash Player, and extra video/audio codecs; · Indicator applets are now supported on lxpanel (they are turned off by default); · Added update-notifier; · Added Xpad; · Removed Parcellite; · Removed Pyneighborhood; · Added LXtask instead of Xfce4-taskmanager; · Evince is now the default PDF viewer; · Added various small games, powered by ace-of-penguins; · Various other LXDE and Lubuntu updates and fixes.
Download Lubuntu 10.10 Beta 1 now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.
Also on September 7th, the team behind the Super OS project announced the immediate availability of the Super OS 10.04 operating system. The Ubuntu derivative sticks pretty close to the original, but aims to make it a bit more user friendly, mostly by including more multimedia codecs and more default packages.
Super OS 10.04, despite the name, is based directly on Ubuntu 10.04.1, the latest release of the long-term support version which bundles all of the updates and patches made available after the initial release.
One of the differentiating features, at least for the 64-bit version, is the inclusion of some 32-bit libraries for better support of non-native applications.
Super OS 10.04 also comes with the VLC media player and has support out of the box for DVDs, MP3s, QuickTime and Real video files, WMV, DivX, Xvid and most other popular video and audio formats.
Download Super OS 10.04 now from Softpedia.
On September 11th, Robert Shingledecker announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 3.1, bringing on-demand icons support for faster booting. It also features better internationalization support and a number of updates and improvements. Some packages have been updated as well.
Highlights of Tiny Core Linux 3.1:
· A new wbar_rm_icon was introduced to support on-demand icons; · Wbar_eXclude was added to exclude extension icons from wbar; · Internationalization support added to FLTK GUIs; · A bigHomeFiles tab was added to the System Stats to make it easier to find large files; · Multivt boot code for multiple virtual terminals; · "Calc," a new awk command line expression calculator; · New background and flwm titlebar colors; · Busybox 1.17.1; · Appsaudit and ondemand script updated for ondemand icons; · Ondemand moved to tce directory; · wbar_setup and wbar_update updated for ondemand icons; · Several updates to Appsbrowser; · Filetool GUI, tc-restore and exittc updated with support for "new" and "safebackup" options; · fluxbox, flwm, flwm_topside, hackedbox, icewm, jwm, jwm-snapshot and openbox; · Several updates to tce-load; · Several updates to tc-config.
Download Tiny Core Linux 3.1 now from Softpedia.
On September 13th, François Dupoux announced the immediate availability for download of the SystemRescueCd 1.6.0 operating system. The new version brings new Linux kernels, as well as some updated packages. X.Org and the Linux NTFS driver have been also updated.
Highlights of SystemRescueCd 1.6.0:
· Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 32 + 64 bit; · Alternative Linux kernel 2.6.32.21 32 + 64 bit; · GParted 0.6.2; · partimage 0.6.9; · Updated Xorg Server to version 1.8.2; · Updated NTFS3G to version 2010.8.8; · Added Kernel-Mode-Settings graphic drivers for ATI Radeon and Intel; · Added keymaps in isolinux.
Download SystemRescueCd 1.6.0 now from Softpedia.
· On September 2nd, Open-Xchange has released a tool to help Microsoft Outlook users to migrate to the open-source alternative. The new tool enables Outlook users of either the stand-alone app or a Microsoft Exchange account to move their emails, contacts and so on to an Open-Xchange Server. Read more about it here.
· Phoronix Media, through Michael Larabel, announced on September 9th the immediate availability for download of Phoronix Test Suite 2.8.1, , which brings a couple of bugfixes. Read more about it here.
· Finally! Broadcom, through Henry Ptasinski, proudly announced on September 9th the immediate availability of the first open source Wireless driver for Linux-based operating systems. The driver is designed for Broadcom's latest generation 11n chipsets. Read more about it here.
Video Clip of the Week: UDS Maverick Kickoff Video
· For this week we've posted a video for the famous Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) Developer Summit. The video has 3 minutes and 41 seconds, and it was posted by ubuntufoundations. Enjoy!
· UberStudent LXDE 1.0 · LessLinux 20100903 · LightDesktop 1.0
Distributions Updated Last Week:
· GParted LiveCD 0.6.2-8 · Fusion Linux 13.1 · Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.6 · SchilliX 0.7.1i · Salix OS LXDE 13.1.1 · Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.6-20 · JULinux 0.1.8.2 · CentOS Live CD 5.5 Release 2 · USU 5.2 · Ubuntu Privacy Remix 9.04r4 · Pipsqueak 1.3.0 · Parted Magic 5.5 · PelicanHPC 2.2 · LinuxShark 3 R1 · Debian Live 5.0.6 · Absolute Linux 13.1.5
Development Releases:
· Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04 RC1
· ALT Linux 6.0.0 Beta
· CRUX 2.7 RC3
See you again next Monday, September 20th, for another issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly.