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The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Clonezilla Live 1.2.6-59, Pardus Linux 2011 and Calculate Linux 11.0. In other news: Mandriva announced that it will provide an educational solution for Schools and OEMs; Oracle updated its popular and powerful VirtualBox virtualization software to version 4.0.2; the GNOME project team launched the GNOME 3 website showcasing the core features and focus areas as well as providing preview of the new visual style; the OpenSuSE 11.1 operating system has reached end of life (EOL) on January 13th, 2011. The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the new/updated Linux distributions, and the development releases.
Summary:
On January 18th, Steven Shiau announced earlier today, January 18th, the immediate availability of a new stable release of his system-cloning Linux distribution, Clonezilla Live 1.2.6-59. This version is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.32-30, and it introduces a couple of important bugfixes, as well as many enhancements and changes.
Highlights of Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.6-59:
· Based on Debian Sid (2011/Jan/13); · Updated Linux kernel to version 2.6.32-30; · Updated Live-boot to version 2.0.14-1.drbl1; · Updated live-config to version 2.0.14-1.drbl2; · Updated the language files; · Added the option "-q1" (to force the use of dd) in the expert mode of Clonezilla, in order to achive device to device cloning. This is very useful if someone wants to clone an encrypted hard drive partition; · Added another example custom-ocs-2 that can be used to restore and save a dual boot system; · The "ocs-live-dev -s -d /dev/sda1" command failed to copy files to the (/dev/sda1) output dev. This has been fixed; · The image repository can now be forced to unmount before shutdowning/rebooting Clonezilla live; · Fixed the "-j2" option because it didn't work when restoreparts was used.
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On January 21st, Gökcen Eraslan announced earlier today, January 21st, the immediate availability for download and upgrade of the popular Pardus 2011 Linux-based Turkish operating system. The final and stable version of Pardus 2011 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.37 and it's available as Live and Installation images for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It includes an enhanced YALI installer, a fist boot configuration tool, and the brand-new KDE Software Compilation 4.5.5.
Highlights of Pardus 2011:
· Linux kernel 2.6.37; · KDE SC 4.5.5; · Added the new Plymouth engine to handle the boot splash; · Added UUID and LVM/RAID support in the YALI installer; · Kaptan can now capture your picture and set it as a KDE avatar; · Set GNOME NetworkManager 0.8.2 as the default network manager application. CDMA, HSPA and VPN networks can now be easily set up by users; · Replaced OpenOffice.org with the new LibreOffice open source office suite; · Applied KDE's Oxygen style to all the GTK apps included in Pardus; · Updated Python to version 2.7.1; · Updated Perl to version 5.12.2; · Updated xorg-server to version 1.9.4 RC1 · Updated TeX Live to version 2009; · Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 9 is now the default browser; · SMplayer is the default video player; · Clementine is now the default audio player; · KsCD is now the default player for Audio CDs; · Lots of bug fixes.
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Also on January 21st, Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced the immediate availability for download of Calculate Linux 11.0. Along with the regular desktop editions, the Linux Scratch edition and the Directory Server there is also a Scratch Server edition now, for those that prefer a minimal base for their own customized install. In Calculate Linux 11.0 there are updated kernels for both the desktop editions, Linux Kernel 2.6.36.2 as well as the server editions, Linux kernel 2.6.32.27 in Directory Server and also Linux kernel 2.6.36.2 in Scratch Server.
Highlights of Calculate Linux 11:
All desktop editions: · Linux kernel 2.6.36.2; · X.Org 7.4; · Chromium 8.0.552.237; · OpenOffice 3.2.1;
CLD - KDE Desktop: · KDE 4.5.5; · Amarok 2.3.2; · digiKam 1.7.0;
CLDG - GNOME Desktop: · Gnome 2.30; · GIMP 2.6.8;
CLDX - XFCE Desktop: · XFCE 4.8; · Gimp 2.6.8;
CDS - Directory Server: · Bind 9.7.2-P3; · Linux kernel 2.6.32.27; · OpenLDAP 2.4.23; · Postfix 2.7.1; · ProFTPD 1.3.3d; · Samba 3.5.6.
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· On January 18th, Mandriva has announced a new OEM distribution, designed for Intel ClassMate PC and several others educational netbooks, which was integrated with Mandriva-Mythware Educational Solution educational application. Mandriva-Mythware Educational Solution is a distribution based on the same kernel as its famous big brother, Mandriva Linux. It's a tool designed to be used as a teaching instrument that will transform lessons in interactive experiences, and at the same time show the students the advantages of using a Mandriva Linux operating system. Read more about it here.
· On January 18th, Oracle updated its popular and powerful VirtualBox virtualization software to version 4.0.2. This new maintenance release brings lots of stability improvements and many bugfixes over previous versions. VirtualBox 4.0.2 binaries are available for download for Linux, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Windows and Macintosh platforms. Read more about it here.
· It's several months behind schedule, but GNOME 3 is getting closer to becoming reality. While we're still a few months away from the planned release date, the GNOME project team launched the GNOME 3 website showcasing the core features and focus areas as well as providing preview of the new visual style. Read more about it here.
· Announced by the openSUSE developers a little over two years ago, the openSUSE 11.1 operating system has reached end of life (EOL) on January 13th, 2011. The openSUSE developers, through Marcus Meissner, announced on January 14th the release of the final security fix for the openSUSE 11.1 Linux distribution and said there will be no more updates coming. However, a community project called "Evergreen" was already started in order to keep openSUSE 11.1 alive. Read more about it here.
Video Clip of the Week: Pardus 2011 Review - Linux Distro Reviews
· For this week we've posted a 720p high-definition video clip that presents a review of the very impressive KDE4 distro: Pardus Linux 2011. The video has 11 minutes and 11 second, and it was posted by InfinitelyGalactic. Enjoy!
· Parsidora 13 / 14 RC1 · Sn0wL1nuX 10 · Calculate Linux Scratch Server 11.0
Distributions Updated Last Week:
· PelicanHPC 2.3.2 · PocketWriter OS Salix · Lighthouse Pup 5.00 F · Saline OS 1.0 · Tor-ramdisk 20110119 · Astaro Security Gateway 8.101 · Greenie Linux 8.1M · Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 · TAS OS 10.12 · Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.8 · Calculate Linux Desktop Xfce 11.0 · Calculate Linux Directory Server 11.0 · Calculate Linux Scratch 11.0 · 4MLinux Game Edition 2.0 · Fuduntu 14.8-3 · ttylinux 12.4
· Unity Linux 2011 Alpha · VectorLinux 7.0 Alpha 4.14 · Zenwalk 7.0 Beta 1 · Scientific Linux 6 Beta 1 · Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 RC2 · Scientific Linux Live CD 6 Beta 1 · Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.2 RC
See you again on January 31st for another issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly.