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GParted 0.11.0 Brings Improvements to Volume Labels

GParted, a partition editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions wit the help of tools that allow managing filesystems, is now at version 0.11.0. There are several key changes in this new version of GParted, including the ability to display volume labels on EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, and BtrFS partit...

14 December 2011
03:40 GMT

DoudouLinux 2011.11 Available for Download

DoudouLinux, a distribution build for children, that strives to make computer use and other assorted activities a lot more fun and interesting, is now at version 2011.11. Even if DoudouLinux 2011.11 is based on the current stable release of Debian Squeeze, it still requires a lot of work. The final version should be ...

12 December 2011
09:40 GMT

SystemRescueCd 2.1.0 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.38.2

François Dupoux has announced today, April 6th, that SystemRescueCd Linux distribution has now reached version 2.1.0.SystemRescueCd 2.1.0 now uses the new 2.6.35.12 Linux kernel (long-term kernel: rescuecd + rescue64), but an alternative Linux kernel, 2.6.38.2 (the most recent one), is also available.The Syste...

7 April 2011
07:44 GMT

Grml 2010.12 Comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.36.2

Grml 2010.12 has been released. The latest update to the Debian-based live CD distro brings plenty of changes and new features including an up-to-date kernel, automatic configuration of the X server and improved custom tools and scripts. Grml 2010.12 also come with a smaller selection of window managers, many of the ...

3 January 2011
08:21 GMT

Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4 Comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.35

Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) 3.4 has been released after more than a year of development. TRK is a Live CD distro aimed at rescue and repair tasks on both Windows and Linux PCs. TRK 3.4 comes with the latest Linux kernel 2.6.35 and quite a number of new features. “[T]he new TRK 3.4 is better, easier and more debugg...

16 August 2010
17:01 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.5-35 Comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.32-17

The release of Clonezilla Live 1.2.5-35 has been announced. The newest version of the live CD distribution comes with an upgraded underlying operating system, Debian Sid, an updated kernel and other changes. “This release of Clonezilla live (1.2.5-35) includes major enhancements, changes and bug fixes... The un...

27 July 2010
10:38 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.7 Incorporates Samba Server

A few minutes ago, François Dupoux announced yet another new release of his popular SystemRescueCd Linux-based operating system for rescue and recovery tasks. Besides the usual bugfixes, the new SystemRescueCd 1.5.7 Live CD now includes a minimal version of the Samba server, as well as a new utility to easily ...

1 July 2010
06:02 GMT

SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0 Has Arrived

Fans of light-weight, live CD/USB Linux distributions can rejoice, SliTaz GNU/Linux 3.0 is here with quite a lot of updates, but also new features and packages. SliTaz now runs a fully fledged X server, X.Org 7.4, and uses the light-weight, Webkit-based Midori web browser. SliTaz 3.0 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.30...

29 March 2010
05:21 GMT

Tiny Core 2.10 Comes with Some New Art

Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core 2.10, the latest version of the frugal live CD Linux distribution. The new version comes with several updates, focusing on the custom files and configurations, and also with some brand new art to liven up things a little, though you'd be hard pressed t...

22 March 2010
19:21 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.0 with Linux Kernel 2.6.32.10

SystemRescueCd has been updated, with the latest stable version being SystemRescueCd 1.5.0. The new version comes just a few weeks after the previous version was released. SystemRescueCd 1.5.0 brings some updated packages, including the latest stable Linux kernel, and several updates focusing on initramfs, the tempor...

19 March 2010
06:38 GMT

Berry Linux 1.01 Is Based on Fedora 12

Berry Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution based on Fedora and aimed mostly at the Japanese market. The latest update, Berry Linux 1.01, is based on the latest stable release, Fedora 12, and comes with updated packages, especially the very latest stable versions. It uses a customized KDE 4 environment, the latest ve...

17 March 2010
10:01 GMT

Run Android on Your PC

Today we are proud to announce a new operating system, a port of Google's famous Android platform for the x86 (32-bit) architecture. Simply named Android-x86, this Live CD Linux distribution is designed mostly for the Eee PC netbooks, but can also run on any other 32-bit (x86) platform. The current stable versio...

20 January 2010
10:50 GMT

Berry Linux 1.00 Is Available for Download

Yuichiro Nakada proudly announced on the first day of Christmas that his Linux distribution finally reached version 1.00. Berry Linux 1.00 is now powered by the Linux kernel 2.6.32.1 and based on the Fedora 11 operating system. The new release of Berry Linux updates a few important packages, such as the latest versio...

27 December 2009
07:24 GMT

The Live CD/DVD of Scientific Linux 5.4 Is Out

Announced three weeks ago, the Scientific Linux 5.4 operating system brought improved support for Atheros wireless chipsets, the iwlwifi 5150 ucode firmware, updated iwlwifi 4945, 3945, and 5000 ucode, the Lua programming language and lots of updated packages & numerous bug fixes. Last night (November 24th), Urs Beye...

25 November 2009
05:02 GMT

KNOPPIX 6.2 Is Available for Download

Klaus Knopper proudly announced on November 18th version 6.2 of the famous KNOPPIX Live Linux distribution. Being based on Debian Lenny (Testing and Unstable), the brand-new KNOPPIX 6.2 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.6, X.Org 7.4 and it uses the lightweight LXDE as a desktop environment. The Live CD version of KNO...

19 November 2009
09:27 GMT

Parted Magic 4.6 Runs Better on Netbooks

Yesterday evening, November 16th, Patrick Verner announced the immediate availability of Parted Magic 4.6, a Slackware-based Linux distribution that was created to help users easily partition their hard drives or perform recovery tasks. Parted Magic 4.6 comes with improved support for netbooks, Super Grub Disk, the C...

17 November 2009
04:06 GMT

grml 2009.05 Improves USB Installation

The team behind the grml project announced yesterday, June 1st, the release of grml 2009.05, codename Lackdose-Allergie, for both 32- and 64-bit architectures. grml 2009.05 is based on vanilla kernel 2.6.28.10, complete with various patches and extra modules. The software packages were updated to the Debian Unstable ...

2 June 2009
04:12 GMT

CentOS 5.3 Live CD Released

The CentOS Development Team announced today the immediate availability of their CentOS 5.3 Live CD Linux distribution. This version is based on the previously released CentOS 5.3 for i386 processor architectures. In order to make the ISO fit on a single 700 MB CD, the Emacs, K3B and Scribus applications had to be rem...

27 May 2009
12:51 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.2-14 Improves Mac OS Cloning

Steven Shiau announced today, May 18th, a new stable release of his system-cloning Linux distribution. Clonezilla 1.2.2-14 is using the Debian Lenny repositories (as of 05/17/2009) and is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29-4 from backports.undebian.org. "We are happy to announce Clonezilla live 1.2.2-14 is the new stab...

18 May 2009
16:31 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-53 Is Out

Steven Shiau announced today the release of a new stable version of his Linux distribution, Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-53. Focusing on bugfixing and some improvements, Clonezilla Live 1.2.-53 doesn't bring important changes. Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-53 is using the Debian Lenny repositories (as of 04/06/2009) and has up...

7 April 2009
16:21 GMT

PelicanHPC GNU/Linux LiveCD 1.8 Released

Michael Creel updated today his PelicanHPC Linux distribution to version 1.8, which introduces a couple of improvements, some new tools/features and various bug fixes. PelicanHPC is a Live CD distro based on the Debian mammoth, which aims to simplify the setup of a high-performance computing cluster. Without further ...

4 February 2009
11:01 GMT

GeeXboX 1.2 Is Out

After months and months of hard work, the GeeXboX development team proudly announced, on the last day of January, the immediate availability of GeeXboX 1.2, a Live CD based on the number one Linux multimedia player, MPlayer. The new release of GeeXboX is also the last one from the 1.x series and it introduces support...

1 February 2009
13:21 GMT

Available Now: KNOPPIX 6.0.0

Klaus Knopper proudly announced yesterday, January 27th, the sixth release of his popular KNOPPIX Live CD Linux distribution. KNOPPIX 6.0 was completely rebuilt from scratch, it is now based on Debian Lenny, and it's powered by the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. Among various applications included in KNOP...

28 January 2009
05:29 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-37 Improves Microsoft Windows Cloning

Steven Shiau announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.1-37, a Linux-based minimal operating system that can help you clone systems. The new version of Clonezilla is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.26-13, based on Debian Lenny repository (01/26/2009), two new languages were added...

27 January 2009
05:19 GMT

Granular Linux 1.0 Released

After months of hard work, Anurag Bhandari proudly announced today the immediate availability of Granular Linux 1.0, a PCLinuxOS-based Live CD Linux distribution. Besides the new features (see below for details) and the numerous bug fixes, the new release comes with the following updated packages: Linux kernel 2.6.26...

20 January 2009
13:01 GMT

sidux 2008-04, Powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.27

Stefan Lippers-Hollmann announced the immediate availability of the fourth release, and probably the last with the 2008 tag, of his Linux distribution. sidux 2008-04 is more than a bug fix release for previous versions, it is based on Debian Sid and includes all updates released as of December 22nd, 2008. Moreover, K...

28 December 2008
03:11 GMT

Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.1-23 Released

Steven Shiau announced today the immediate availability of Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.1-23, a Linux-based minimal operating system that can help you clone systems. The new release is a stable one, it's based on Debian Lenny, and is powered by a new Linux kernel. Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.1-23 brings three bug fixes, adds...

9 December 2008
05:24 GMT

Available Now: grml 2008.11

Schluchtenscheisser is the codename of the 2008.11 release of a Debian-based Live CD called grml. The new version, grml 2008.11, was announced a few days ago and it includes a number of bug fixes, improvements and software updates. It is powered by a new Linux kernel, based on vanilla kernel 2.6.26.8, which incl...

3 December 2008
08:45 GMT

Introducing Hardened Heron: Ubuntu Privacy Remix

We are happy to announce the release of a new Live CD based on the popular Ubuntu operating system, called Ubuntu Privacy Remix, or UPR for short. What is UPR? It is a heavily customized Linux Live CD that tries to provide a working environment for people that deal with highly-sensitive data. It's a well-known f...

26 November 2008
09:58 GMT

SystemRescueCD 1.1.1 Introduces Support for Ralink Wireless USB Adaptors

A new version of the SystemRescueCD is out and it brings important updates for various packages, new network drivers, the most awaited rt73 firmware for Wireless USB adaptors powered by the Ralink chipset, and a handful of bug fixes. A day after the release of SystemRescueCD 1.1.1 on November 10th, the development te...

12 November 2008
10:04 GMT

Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4.7

Robert Shingledecker announced today, on his forum, another minor update of the DSL Linux distribution. The new release, Damn Small Linux 4.4.7 (the versatile mini-desktop Linux distribution), includes the following additions since the previous version:· The mount.app and fluxbox dock app were added;· w...

29 October 2008
07:06 GMT

GParted Live 0.3.9-4 Released

The GParted Live CD team announced last night the immediate availability of GParted Live CD 0.3.9-4, a Linux distribution based on the popular GNOME Partition Editor (GParted) software. Being based on the latest build (10-01-2008) of Debian Lenny, the new version brings an updated GParted, an updated kernel, 3 new bo...

2 October 2008
05:27 GMT

Fedora 10 Beta Is Here

The hard working team behind the Fedora project announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of Fedora 10 Beta. This version brings many improvements, features and fixes over previous releases. Dubbed Cambridge, Fedora 10 Beta introduces the newly released GNOME 2.24 desktop environment, an improved Network...

30 September 2008
11:34 GMT

Pardus 2008.1 Is Here

The Pardus Team has just announced the first release of the 2008 Pardus branch. This version brings important features such as support for new languages, a better network manager, two kinds of Live CDs and lots of upgrades, like the 3.5.10 and the 4.1.1 editions of KDE, the latest 2.6.25 Linux kernel (2.6.25.16), Moz...

15 September 2008
11:21 GMT

Scientific Linux 5.2 Live CD Works in Persistent Mode

Urs Beyerle announced today the immediate availability of a new version of Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD edition. Compared with the previous version, Scientific Linux 5.2 Live CD/DVD works in persistent mode, which means that it will store/restore your settings if you run it from an USB flash drive. Also, this new fea...

15 August 2008
10:54 GMT

The Release Candidate of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Is Here

The RC (Release Canidate) version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (codename Hardy Heron), due for release in five days, has been released last night and it brings new technologies, such as ActiveDirectory integration, iSCSI support, memory protection, a brand-new firewall, the latest and greatest 2.6.24.3 Linux kerne...

19 April 2008
02:47 GMT

openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 Available Now

The first beta version of openSUSE 11.0 was launched yesterday and it comes packed with some important updates, such as KDE 3.5.9, KDE 4.0.3, GNOME 2.22.1. Beside the updates, openSUSE 11.0 Beta comes with a professional looking installer, faster package management and installable live CDs, features that were introdu...

19 April 2008
02:11 GMT

Introducing SliTaz Linux

What is SliTaz? It is a new minimalistic Linux distribution, a 100% FREE operating system which doesn't need a hard drive to run. It runs completely in memory and can be booted from a CD-ROM or an USB flash drive. Did we say how small it is? Incredible or not, SliTaz Linux provides a lot of applications, nice de...

8 April 2008
04:09 GMT

GoboLinux 014.01 Released

The GoboLinux team is proud to introduce the 014.01 release of its 100% FREE and open source Linux distribution, GoboLinux. Being the first point release, this version brings a revamped file system structure, updated software and improved stability over the previous one, GoboLinux 014. Highlights of this release incl...

3 April 2008
03:06 GMT

First Beta of Gentoo 2008.0 Released

Delayed one month from its original release schedule, Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1 makes its appearance into the Linux world last night, April 1... and NO, it's not a joke. "Since this is the first beta, we're looking only for bugs in functionality, not bugs in appearance such as desktop backgrounds or other ...

2 April 2008
03:24 GMT

Review: GoblinX 2.6

Version 2.6 of GoblinX, the Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, was released 10 days ago, and it was a good opportunity for me to take it for an in-depth testdrive. What impressed me the most, is the fact that the developer (yes a single man is behind this distribution), Flavio de Oliveira a.k.a Grobsch, has ...

1 March 2008
12:06 GMT

Grml 1.1 (Skunk) Just Released

grml 1.1 (codename Skunk) was announced today by its main developer, Michael Prokop. This release includes updated software, new features and a lot of buxfixes and improvements. Let's have a look over the main features of this release:- all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new grml-live framework-...

26 February 2008
02:49 GMT

Scientific Linux 5.1 Live CD/DVD Available

After the release of the standard edition of Scientific Linux 5.1, which was made available exactly one month and 3 days ago, the development team behind this wonderful distribution is proud to announce the general availability of the Live CD and Live DVD versions. Today's release also contains a Mini Live CD wi...

20 February 2008
02:51 GMT

GoblinX 2.6 Comes Packed with 5 Window Managers

The final version of GoblinX 2.6 (Standard edition), the popular Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, was released yesterday and the most amazing and unbelievable thing to mention is that it comes packed with not one, two or three, but five window managers: KDE, Fluxbox, Xfce, Enlightenment and WindowMaker! Fe...

19 February 2008
03:05 GMT

OpenSolaris Indiana Preview 2 Now Available

The second developer preview of OpenSolaris Live CD (codename Indiana) was released last night, after it was first announced at the beginning of the year. Initially scheduled for end of January 2008, Indiana Live CD Preview 2 comes packed with some new and emerging OpenSolaris technologies, such as:■ Based on ...

13 February 2008
02:32 GMT

openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2 Available Now

The second alpha version of openSUSE 11.0 was launched and it is available for download and testing. Although it is just a development release, this version comes packed with some important improvements. Here are the most essential changes since the Alpha 1:■ KDE 4.0.1 replaced KDE 3.5.8 as the default K Deskt...

8 February 2008
10:25 GMT

Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0 Is Here

A new version of Parsix Linux was just released, a few minutes ago! It comes with new features, bug fixes and many improvements over previews releases. Among the improvements, we can notice that the Rhythmbox audio player was replaced by the popular and sexy Exaile. Moreover, software such as IP Traf, Bug Buddy, AptO...

25 January 2008
05:39 GMT

Introducing PCLinuxOS 2008 "MiniMe"

Texstar proudly presents the 2008 edition of PCLinuxOS MiniMe, a minimalistic Live CD with KDE, that you can play with and customize it the way you want. PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniMe comes with Linux kernel 2.6.22.15, ALSA 1.0.15 and a very basic KDE 3.5.8 desktop environment. Not only that PCLinuxOS MiniMe is a Live CD, bu...

8 January 2008
03:07 GMT

ZenEdu Live Christmas Edition

The Zenwalk team, with the occasion of this holiday season, is proud to announce a special Christmas edition of ZenEdu Live:"Zenwalk community, on the occasion of this festive season, is pleased to offer you a Special Edition of ZenEdu Live. A LiveCD based on Zenwalk snapshot and majoring on educational & fun content...

27 December 2007
06:01 GMT

First Look: Geubuntu 7.10

Being named Luna Nuova, Geubuntu 7.10 was released last night and it's based on Gutsy Gibbon a.k.a. Ubuntu 7.10. The developers say that Geubuntu 7.10 has so many improvements that you would not even recognize it anymore, if you've tried the previous version before. The improvements are from forum users who...

7 December 2007
03:11 GMT


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