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Salix Live Xfce 13.37 Available for Download

Salix Live Xfce, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to use, is now at version 13.37. Salix Live Xfce 13.37 has been for some time in development, but it was worth the wait as it will be used as a base for all other editions of Salix Live, namely KDE, LXDE and Fluxbox, at leas...

4 February 2012
00:10 GMT

Kwort 3.2 Final Available for Download

Kwort 3.2, a modern Linux distribution based on CRUX that combines useful applications in order to create a simple system for advanced users, has just reached version 3.2. We've announced 3.2 RC1 just a couple of weeks ago and not much has changed since then. Kwort 3.2 has moved from OpenOffice to LibreOffice, i...

2 November 2011
10:30 GMT

Porteus 1.1 RC1 Features Linux Kernel 3.1

Porteus,  a portable Linux operating system which can be installed on a portable USB device, CDROM, SD card or hard drive, and based on the Linux Live Scripts, has just reached version 1.1 RC1. Porteus is recognized as one of the fastest booting Linux distro and according to its community, and this latest versio...

20 October 2011
09:50 GMT

Kwort Linux 3.2 RC1 Has Firefox 7.0.1 and LibreOffice

Kwort Linux, an operating system based on Slackware, has just reached version 3.2 RC1, the developers announcing a lot of updates and changes. The biggest changes implemented in Kwort 3.2 RC1 include moving from  OpenOffice to  LibreOffice, a new Linux kernel from the 3 series, Firefox 7.0.1 (not available ...

17 October 2011
10:00 GMT

Porteus 1.0 Is Here, Based on Slackware 13.37

Porteus 1.0 has been released. The Linux distro based on Slackware has been updated with the latest upstream packages and also includes several new features, such as an experimental package manager. Another change is the switch to LZMA2 compression, resulting in a smaller ISO and faster load times."Porteus version 1....

24 June 2011
09:06 GMT

Salix OS Fluxbox 13.37 Comes with Fluxbox 1.3.1

The Fluxbox version of the recently launched Salix OS 13.37 has been released. Along with the updates from the Xfce version, Salix OS Fluxbox 13.37 comes with the Fluxbox 1.3.1 windows manager and several other changes. "Salix Fluxbox 13.37 is here, available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures! Everyone who has ...

16 June 2011
08:24 GMT

Slackware 13.37 Has Been Released

Slackware 13.37 has been released, the latest major stable update to the venerable Linux distribution, the oldest surviving project that still sees active development. Many packages have been updated, including the desktop environments, and Slackware 13.37 also comes with a recent Linux kernel."After many months of d...

29 April 2011
13:50 GMT

Salix OS 13.1.1 Gets Rid of Adobe Flash Player in the 64-bit Version

Salix OS 13.1.1 has been released, the first update to the latest version of the Slackware-based Linux distro. Billed as a minor release, it actually brings quite a few changes and updates. There’s a new graphical tool to setup the Lilo bootloader and better administration tools. Also, the 64-bit version of the...

13 August 2010
05:28 GMT

Absolute 13.1.2 Makes the Switch to Google Chrome

Absolute Linux 13.1.2 has been released bringing several updates and fixes as well as the switch to Google Chrome as the default browser, replacing Mozilla Firefox. Chrome was found to have several advantages over Firefox and the developers believed it to be the better choice for the light-weight distro. Firefox is s...

5 July 2010
04:51 GMT

Superb Mini Server 1.5.2 Is Now Available for Download

Superb Mini Server (SMS) 1.5.2 has been released. It’s a small update to the Slackware-based Linux distro aimed at small servers. It comes with an updated Linux kernel, as well as some updated packages. New ones include support for the Tcl scripting language and HFS (HTTL File Server) utilities. It also comes w...

22 June 2010
05:30 GMT

Zenwalk Linux 6.4 Is Finally Here

Jean-Philippe Guillemin proudly announced last evening, May 27th, the immediate availability of the Zenwalk Linux 6.4 operating system. The new release is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, with the BFS scheduler, and the new XFCE 4.6.2 desktop environment. Cutting-edge packages and overall performance improvements ar...

28 May 2010
07:17 GMT

Slackware 13.1 Is Ready for Download

After several test releases, Slackware 13.1 is finally here. The latest update to the long-running Linux distribution comes with some of the newest packages in the Linux world, while still keeping a clear focus on stability and simplicity. Slackware 13.1 comes with the modern Linux kernel 2.6.33.4 and the latest stab...

25 May 2010
04:41 GMT

Slackware 13.1 RC1 Is Here

With the release of the Slackware 13.1 Release Candidate 1, the latest update to the oldest supported Linux distro in existence is now very close. Slackware 13.1 RC1 comes less than a couple of weeks since the first beta launch and is mostly a bug-fixing release, though it comes with some updated packages as well. ...

17 May 2010
07:55 GMT

Slackware 13.1 Beta 1 Comes with KDE SC 4.4.3

Slackware 13.1 Beta 1 is the first testing release of the upcoming update to the venerable Linux distribution. The major change in this release is the switch to KDE SC 4.4.3, which has been finally introduced to the main tree after testing. With this addition, the team believed that the development reached a stage st...

7 May 2010
05:26 GMT

NimbleX 2010 Beta Makes the Switch to KDE4

After a couple of years of silence, a new version of NimbleX, a light-weight, Slackware-based Linux distribution is now available. Still in testing, the NimbleX 2010 Beta has been released to all eager users. You can take it for a spin to see how it handles or to see what’s changed. The long wait may have been ...

30 April 2010
09:48 GMT

Zenwalk 6.4 Beta Is Ready for Testing

Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the availability of the latest Zenwalk 6.4 Beta bringing cutting-edge packages and improved performance. The Slackware-based distro continues its pursuit of efficiency and speed and boasts noticeable improvements in many areas. The emphasis on performance doesn’t come at th...

30 March 2010
14:21 GMT

Salix OS 13.0.2 Gets 64-bit Edition

George Vlahavas from the Salix OS development team proudly announced two days before Christmas that Salix 13.0.2 was available for download on mirrors worldwide. The good news for all the fans of this Slackware-based Linux distribution is that it now has a 64-bit edition, which is backwards compatible with the Slackw...

25 December 2009
06:40 GMT

GoblinX 3.0 Has KDE 4

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira announced today the third release of his popular Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, GoblinX, also known as G:Standard. GoblinX 3.0 used to have five desktop managers, but it appears that Flavio decided to keep only one, the K Desktop Environment. With the KDE4 on board, this distri...

2 October 2009
13:23 GMT

Absolute Linux 13.0 Switches to LZMA-Compressed Packages

Paul Sherman announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.0, bringing this lightweight Slackware derivative up-to-date. Because of the important system-level changes that happened in Slackware 13, the Absolute Linux developers had a hard time making all their customizations work with this new base. However, they manage...

11 September 2009
04:32 GMT

Slackware 13.0 Officially Supported on x86_64 Processors

After a long wait, Slackware fans are finally able to rejoice, as Patrick J. Volkerding announced late yesterday that Slackware 13.0 was available at last. The changes definitely warrant the major version bump, since this release has a number of unique features that its predecessor wasn't capable of, like runnin...

28 August 2009
05:39 GMT

Slack Mini Server 1.4.5 Released, Turns 2 Years Old

The Slack Mini Server (SMS) Project team announced yesterday, August 10th, the release of Slack Mini Server 1.4.5, which celebrates 2 full years of activity. The new release is based on Slackware Linux 13.0 RC2 and it brings Asterisk PBX, Samba 3.4.0, PHP 5.3.0 and many updated packages (see below for details). "It&...

11 August 2009
03:30 GMT

Slackware 13.0 RC2 Brings Updated X Server and Video Drivers

A few hours ago Slackware's creator, Patrick Volkerding, announced that the second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.0 Linux distribution was available for download. This update brings numerous new base packages, like the Linux kernel version 2.6.29.6, X.Org Server 1.6.3 and the K Desktop Environmen...

6 August 2009
08:19 GMT

Zenwalk 6.0 Live Edition Released

Pierrick Le Brun announced earlier today the immediate availability of the Zenwalk Linux 6.0 Live CD Edition. Being based on the standard version of the Zenwalk Linux distribution, the Live CD edition is actually a replica of the main edition, except for the fact that it can be run directly from the CD. Zenwalk Linux...

12 May 2009
10:01 GMT

Slack Mini Server 1.4.3 Features LZMA Support

The Slack Mini Server (SMS) Project team announced two days ago, on May 10th, the immediate availability of Slack Mini Server 1.4.3, a Slackware-based Linux distribution. An important change was made to the package format, now .txz (lzma), dramatically reducing the size of the distribution. The Slack Mini Server repo...

11 May 2009
20:01 GMT

Kwort Linux 2.4.1 Was Released

David Cortarello announced today the release of his Kwort Linux 2.4.1 Slackware-based distribution. "This version took a year to develop and provides a lot of changes from 2.4 release, including a new, more cleaned up than usual, base system, whole new tool chain, new configuration tools and lots of new things." Davi...

10 April 2009
13:01 GMT

Available Now: Slax 6.1.0

While busy with his new house, Tomas Matejicek, father of the Slax distribution, decided to please his users and announced last night a new maintenance release for Slax: "I've been a bit busy (as usual) and it will be the same for the following few weeks, I'm building a new house and I have to be there ever...

10 April 2009
05:27 GMT

VectorLinux 6.0 Light Launched

The VectorLinux team announced, on April 1st, the immediate availability of their VectorLinux 6.0 Light Linux distribution. Being designed to work with low-end machines, VectorLinux 6.0 Light will need only a 200 MhZ processor, 64 MB of RAM and 2 GB of hard disk space. "Light is aimed at users with some Linux experie...

2 April 2009
20:01 GMT

Test Driving Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta

After testing a lot of final, stable releases, we think it's time to provide some feedback on some projects that are still in development. So, let us welcome you to the Beta Testing Lab, where today we'll test Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta as thoroughly as possible. Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta is a Linux distribution based on ...

1 April 2009
20:31 GMT

Absolute Linux 12.2.2 Was Released

Paul Sherman, the creator of Absolute Linux, a Slackware-based Linux distribution, has announced yesterday, March 18th, the release of Absolute Linux 12.2.2. Among others things, changes were made to the Linux kernel that is now at version 2.6.28.7 and to the installation that now uses ext4 as the default filesystem....

19 March 2009
19:41 GMT

First Look: Zenwalk Linux 6.0

After pushing our trusty computer to its limits with all sorts of 3D desktop effects through Elive Compiz, moonOS or Ubuntu with KDE 4.2, we decided to let it relax for a while. And given the fact that an active rest is always better than a brain-dumbing, sit-and-do-nothing kind of rest, we thought it would be nice t...

10 March 2009
10:40 GMT

The LiveDVD of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 Is Out

Attila Craciun has announced today the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.2 LiveDVD. This version features almost all applications that are included in the Bluewhite64 Linux Install DVD plus software created by the Bluewhite64 Linux community. This LiveDVD has been made to run on both single and multi core 64-bit proces...

9 March 2009
17:51 GMT

Slamd64 12.2 Released

Fred Emmott announced yesterday the release of version 12.2 of his Linux distribution, Slamd64, a system compatible with both 32- and 64-bit hardware. Its multilib capability enables this distro to have an increased support for both 32-bit software and 64-bit binaries, but without the cluttering of the root directory...

3 February 2009
03:59 GMT

Available Now: Absolute Linux 12.2.1

Paul Sherman, father of the Absolute Linux, announced on January 8th, a new bug fix release of his Slackware-based operating system. Absolute Linux 12.2.1 delivers updated versions for the Pidgin (2.5.2), Samba (3.2.7), the GIMP (2.6.4), WPClipart (7.1), Audacity (1.3.6) applications and the following Mozilla product...

9 January 2009
04:35 GMT

Parted Magic 3.1 Offers Hard Disk Install Method

Patrick Verner announced yesterday, October 18th, the first maintenance release of his Linux distribution, Parted Magic 3.0. Version 3.1 contains minor changes, a few updated applications and also a handful of new additions. However, there is one important feature that comes with Parted Magic 3.1, and that is the ava...

19 October 2008
11:57 GMT

NetSecL 2.3 Released

Iuri Stanchev announced last night a new version of his Slackware-based Linux distribution, with advanced security enhancements. The new version comes with a smaller ISO image, a portage system, enhanced kernel configuration and updated X.Org, improved installer and much more. "As the NetSecL Project developer - I am...

1 October 2008
03:46 GMT

Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Is out

After more than four months of hard work, the Zenwalk team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the final version of its Slackware-powered distro, Zenwalk Linux 5.2: "The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is now available. In the 4 months since the last release many enhancements have been made. The Zenwalk GNU/L...

7 June 2008
07:00 GMT

Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 LiveDVD Released

The release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 LiveDVD was announced by Attila Craciun. Bluewhite64 Linux is a port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture, that offers advanced features and improved performance. Besides the LiveDVD, a LiveUSB version is also available.The LiveDVD uses the SMP Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 for ...

27 May 2008
09:57 GMT

Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta Available Now

After 4 months of hard work, Zenwalk team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta: "The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is out in Beta. It's been 4 months since the last release, and it is time to brush off the packages" - says the Zenwalk team in the release announcement. If you'...

23 May 2008
02:46 GMT

GoblinX 2.7 Beta 1 Available Now

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 inclu...

6 May 2008
02:34 GMT

The Second Release Candidate of Slackware 12.1 Is Here

One of the most important Linux distributions, Slackware, has reached another milestone in its evolution. Slackware just got to version 12.1 RC2, as announced on the official website.Patrick Volkerding noted: "We're beyond updating packages or fixing minor cosmetic bugs at this point (actually, we had hoped to b...

22 April 2008
04:25 GMT

Patrick Volkerding Announced Slackware 12.1 RC1

The first release candidate of Slackware 12.1 was released today, as announced by Patrick J. Volkerding, who also invited everyone interested in testing to help out.CUPS was updated to version 1.3.7, which fixes some buffer overflows in the GIF image filter and in cgiCompileSearch. HAL was recompiled with the --enabl...

3 April 2008
09:34 GMT

Slax 6.0.1 Launched

Slax 6.0.1 was released yesterday, as announced by Tomas Matejicek. This is an update for the recently launched (on February 12th) Slax 6. This is a modern, small and fast Slackware-based distribution, translated in 28 languages.Here are the changes featured in Slax 6.0.1: bugfix: Module Manager will display correct...

29 February 2008
03:25 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

Slax 6 Is Out! Get It Now!

Slax 6, the latest version of the modern, small and fast Slackware-based distro Slax, was released yesterday.Slax participated in the development of sqlzma patches, where the code implements LZMA - 7-zip compression - into squashfs filesystem. Squashfs now supports bigger block sizes than before. These two enhancemen...

13 February 2008
04:02 GMT

Bluewhite64 12.0-LiveDVD-r1 Hits the Web

Atilla Craciun, lead developer of Bluewhite 64, announced yesterday the availability of the Bluewhite64 12.0-Live-DVD-r1 edition. This is a maintenance release for the Bluewhite64 12.0 stable LiveDVD version.A large number of packages have been updated and new features made their way into this release. The latest sta...

5 February 2008
05:06 GMT

Vector Linux 5.9 GOLD Edition Just Released!

The holidays are coming and the developers from Vector Linux thought about giving us a new version of their operating system as a present. Robert Lange and his team have just released Vector Linux 5.9 final GOLD edition.After several months of work - coding, debugging and testing - by the core development team and th...

21 December 2007
05:32 GMT

GoblinX Mini 2.5 Released

The "Mini" edition of GoblinX 2.5, codenamed "Goblins Attack at Halloween", was released yesterday.This distribution contains only XFCE as windows manager, and GTK/GTK2 based applications. The most important upgrades since release candidate v.01 are the following:A script was added to use module on the fly from Thuna...

1 November 2007
04:34 GMT

Slamd64 12.0 Released

Slamd64 Linux 12.0 release, an unofficial port of Slackware Linux 12.0 to the AMD64 architecture, was announced by Fred Emmott.After nearly two and a half years of development, the new distribution comes with some interesting features:■ Linux kernel 2.6.22.8■ GCC 4.1.2■ Support for booting the in...

19 October 2007
06:54 GMT

Introducing BlackRoute

BlackRoute is yet another Slackware-based Linux distribution for security and forensic analysis, created for x86 compatible architectures. What is so special about BlackRoute is the fact that it tries to create an Open Source Linux distribution for advanced users, security and network specialists and system administr...

3 September 2007
06:11 GMT

Absolute Linux 12.0.1 Released

Paul Sherman, developer of Absolute Linux, announced last night the immediate availability of the Absolute Linux 12.0.1, an update to the Slackware 12.0 modification. This version is compatible with Slackware packages, but leaner and includes some helpful tools to make configuration and setup a lot easier for desktop...

7 August 2007
03:48 GMT


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