14 DAY TRIAL // Welcome to the 54th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions have been announced last week: sidux 2009-02, Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0 and Pardus Linux 2009. In other news: Canonical announced that Ubuntu 9.04 had received an OpenJDK 6 certification. The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the latest Linux distributions released/updated last week and the development releases.
Summary:
On July 15th, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann proudly announced the immediate availability of sidux 2009-02 Linux distribution, dubbed "Αιθήρ." The new release ships with the powerful Linux kernel 2.6.30 and the breathtaking KDE 4.2.4 desktop environment. sidux is a full-featured Live CD based on Debian Sid, with a special focus on hard disk installations, a clean upgrade path within Sid and supplementary hardware and software support.
The new version of the Linux kernel included in sidux 2009-02 comes with improved hardware and scheduler support, better module initialization and EXT4 support. On the other hand, with Linux kernel 2.6.30 on board, sidux offers drivers for many new wireless devices such as Atmel at76c50x-usb, Atheros ar9170usb, Intel iwl1000, iwl6050 and iwl6000. DVB and webcam support is also present! Last but not least, sidux 2009-02 brings 2D acceleration for ATI video cards.
Download sidux 2009-02 right now from Softpedia.
On July 16th, Steve Langasek announced the third maintenance release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), which (in case you forgot) is supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April 2011 on desktops, and April 2013 on servers. Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS brings to its dedicated users a lot of security updates and corrections (over 80), all with a single goal: to keep Ubuntu 8.04 LTS a stable and reliable Linux distribution!
Highlights of Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS:
· The Nautilus shortcuts for Samba shares were fixed; · The connection issues with the new ICQ protocol were fixed; · foomatic-rip's LSB compliance was fixed; · Fixed a crash when SSH locations were browsed; · Some suspend issues were fixed; · libgomp is now able to work with the shared libraries; · Support for LSB 4.0; · Fixed a couple of kernel issues; · ...and many more!
Download Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS right now from Softpedia.
On July 17th, the Ubuntu CE development team proudly announced the immediate availability of the Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0. Being based on the powerful Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04), the new highly anticipated release of Ubuntu Christian Edition includes a brand new DansGuardian GUI, E-sword installer and, of course, the usual updates and fixes.
Highlights of Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0:
· Based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope); · Added the new DansGuardian GUI; · Added the new E-sword installer; · OpenSong was added; · David Kuntadi is now the new Development Leader.
Download Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0 right now from Softpedia.
Also on July 17th, Onur Küçük from the Pardus development team just announced the immediate availability of the Pardus 2009 Linux distribution. Powered by a brand-new Linux kernel 2.6.30.1, with a fantastic KDE 4.2.4 desktop environment and the amazing Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 web browser, the new Pardus Linux 2009 release is definitely the most up-to-date Linux operating system!
Highlights of Pardus Linux 2009:
· Linux kernel 2.6.30.1; · Xorg 1.6.2; · KDE 4.2.4; · OpenOffice.Org 3.1.0.6; · Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1; · GIMP 2.6.6; · K3b 1.66; · Python 2.6.2; · Revamped boot splash; · Revamped login screen; · New artwork, including a new icon theme (Milky); · Updated Pardus Manager tools; · Better hardware support; · Updated the software repository; · Improved the overall performance of the system; · ...and many more other improvements and bugfixes!
Download Pardus Linux 2009 right now from Softpedia.
· Canonical, through Matthias Klose, announced on July 11th that the Ubuntu Java development team had completed the certification of the OpenJDK 6 platform for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). This means that the OpenJDK 6 package included in Ubuntu 9.04 has passed the meticulous tests of the Java Standard Edition Test Compatibility Kit and that it is now fully compatible with the Java Standard Edition 6 platform, on both i386 and amd64 architectures. Read more about it here.
Video Clip of the Week: Pardus 2009
· For this week we've posted a video clip that shows you some eye candy of the new Pardus 2009 Linux distribution. The video has 2 minutes and 7 seconds, and it was posted by imurat418021. Enjoy!
· 8ix Zenith CE June 2009 · Browserpuppy 4.9
Distributions Updated Last Week:
· Tor-ramdisk 20090710 · Vinux 1.52 · AUSTRUMI 1.9.3 · ExTiX 7.0 · TOSS 1.0 · DRBL Live Xfce 1.0.0-8 · ULTILEX 4.0.0 · Webconverger 5.0
· Parsix Linux 3.0r0 Test 1 · Clonezilla LiveCD 1.2.2-25 · Linux Mint Xfce 7 RC1 · Elive 1.9.37 · Tiny Core Linux 2.2 RC2
See you again next Monday, July 27th, for another issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly.