Test Release Thread

melloe · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2024 6:12 am Post subject: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 3

NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 3
openSUSE Henne Vogelsang has announced the availability of the third milestone of openSUSE 11.2: "The third of seven scheduled milestone releases for 11.3 was completed and released on schedule. Milestone 3 focuses on using GCC 4.5 as the default compiler, leaving a great deal of the work in the hands of the openSUSE Build Service after a few issues (such as kernel panics) were resolved. Here's what you may find interesting in the new release: a bug in Milestone 2 prevented mounting of encrypted home folders - this has been resolved; zypper can now interrupt PackageKit, via D-Bus, eliminating a major annoyance during updates and additional installs; a Milestone 1 issue with starting X.Org on i915 hardware has finally been resolved...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. http://news.opensuse.org/2010/03/15/opensuse-11-3-milestone-3-is-out/

Download choose CD or DVD http://software.opensuse.org/developer/en

Or at www.distrowatch.com
openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0476-i686.iso (676MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0476-i686.iso (659MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0476-x86_64.iso (691MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0476-x86_64.iso (659MB, MD5, torrent).

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melloe · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2024 2:09 pm Post subject: PCLinuxOS 2024 Beta 2

2010-03-17 Development Release: PCLinuxOS 2024 Beta 2
PCLinuxOS The second beta release of PCLinuxOS 2024 is now available for download and testing. What's new? "Linux kernel updated to 2.6.32.10 - updates, bug fixes and suggestions based on community feedback over the past week were implemented on the live CD. In addition to the KDE 4.4.1 version, we now have GNOME, Phoenix Xfce, PCLXDE and GNOME Zen Mini ISO images available which showcase the various desktops available on PCLinuxOS. An Enlightenment desktop ISO image is also in the works and should be available sometime this week. PCLinuxOS 2024 was built from the ground up using the packages in our repository. This weeks changelog: fixed menu translations; dropped most of PulseAudio out of system, KDE now gets ALSA analog and digital devices by default; temporarily removed admin functions from system settings menu until I can package it in to an RPM...." Read the full release announcement for a complete list of changes since the release of beta 1. http://pclinuxos.com/?p=433

Download:all versions http://pclinuxos.com/?option=com_ionfiles&Itemid=28
Or at www.distrowatch.com
pclinuxos-2010-beta2.iso (683MB, MD5).

Warning..the installer s****. any attempt manually to resize or delete and choose reboots back to where you started. Change type works

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melloe · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2024 5:00 am Post subject: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC3

NEW • Development Release: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 RC3
MEPIS Linux Warren Woodford has announced that the third release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 8.5 is ready for testing: "MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 8.5.00, RC3 of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors. We've updated the kernel to 2.6.32.10. The release notes from the Linux kernel team indicated that they have been hard at work making improvements. We have changed the live media to use isolinux. This gave us the opportunity to add a hardware exploration tool to the boot options. Also we've expended the number of languages that can be selected at live boot. Soon we expect to take advantage of this to build a larger international Live media release, that will have appropriate KDE localizations built-in. There have been a number of improvements to the MEPIS Assistants." See the remainder of the release announcement for additional notes. http://www.mepis.org/node/14245

Download: http://www.mepis.org/mirrors
Or at www.distrowatch.com
SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.5.00-rc3_32.iso (698MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.5.00-rc3_64.iso (695MB, MD5).

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melloe · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2024 5:01 am Post subject: Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5 Test 1

NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5 Test 1
Parsix GNU/Linux Alan Baghumian has released the first development build of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.5, a desktop distribution and live DVD based on Debian's testing branch: "The first set of Parsix 3.5 'Frankie' testing ISO images are out. Although this is the first testing ISO, the system stability is very good and there shouldn't be any strange errors or problems. This version is synchronized with Debian testing repositories as of March 7, 2024, bringing tons of updated packages. These ISO images are compiled using Squashfs 4.0 with LZMA compression and, for the first time, we are using GRUB 2 as the default bootloader. The kernel build system has been modified and improved vastly to produce better kernel packages. Our brand new 2.6.32.9 kernel with improved configuration is patched using the latest TuxOnIce and Con Kolivas's BFS performance patches." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. http://www.parsix.org/html/News-article-sid-118.html

Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfardic/files/Parsix-Mirror/
Or at www.distrowatch.com
parsix_3.5-test-1-i386.iso (839MB, MD5), parsix_3.5-test-1-amd64.iso (844MB, MD5).

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melloe · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2024 6:09 am Post subject: CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 1

Development Release: CrunchBang Linux 10 Alpha 1
CrunchBang Linux Philip Newborough has announced the availability of the first alpha release of CrunchBang Linux 10. A lightweight distribution featuring Openbox and Xfce, CrunchBang is now based on Debian GNU/Linux, rather than Ubuntu. From the release announcement: "The first alpha release of CrunchBang 10 is now available. Code-named 'Statler', this release is, for the first time, built using Debian sources. The alpha 1 is available to download in two main flavours, those being Openbox and Xfce. Both the Openbox and Xfce editions currently feature the same line-up of applications and the new Xfce edition has had its session set-up to mimic that of previous CrunchBang Openbox sessions." Read the release announcement http://crunchbanglinux.org/blog/2010/03/19/development-release-crunchbang-10-statler-alpha-1/

and release notes http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/release-notes/10-alpha-01

Download http://crunchbanglinux.org/downloads/statler/alpha-01/
Or at www.distrowatch.com
(MD5): crunchbang-10-alpha-01-openbox-i686.iso (530MB), crunchbang-10-alpha-01-openbox-amd64.iso (526MB), crunchbang-10-alpha-01-xfce-i686.iso (543MB), crunchbang-10-alpha-01-xfce-amd64.iso (539MB).

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melloe · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2024 7:43 am Post subject: *buntus 10.04 First Betas

Development Release: *buntus 10.04 First Betas
Ubuntu Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04, code name "Lucid Lynx", a long-term support (LTS) version: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Netbook editions and of Ubuntu 10.04 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Netbook editions continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved start-up times and a streamlined, smoother boot experience. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server edition provides even better integration of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, with its install-time cloud setup." Read the release announcement https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-March/000129.html

Download
Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Server)
http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/beta-1/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/10.04 (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook Remix)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/lucid/beta-1/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/lucid/beta-1/ (Edubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/lucid/beta-1/ (Mythbuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/lucid/beta-1/ (Ubuntu Studio)

Local mirrors are also available for some at links below. Also update notes
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/beta1

Or at www.distrowatch.com
(SHA256): ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-i386.iso (675MB, torrent), ubuntu-10.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso (679MB, torrent). Also release today were 10.04 beta 1 builds of Kubuntu (download, release notes), Xubuntu (download), Edubuntu (download), Mythbuntu (download, release announcement) and Ubuntu Studio (download).,

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mmmna · . . . . Joined: 21 Apr 2024 Posts: 7224

LTS edition? Hmm. Waiting for release, tyvm.

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-Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta2 on Celeron D desktop
-PCLinuxOS 2024 LXDE on EeePC 900A with Atom n270 (modded with 32G SATA drive and 2G ram).

melloe · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2024 1:44 am Post subject:

There are an amazing number of derivative distros, suppliers, and of course users awaiting this software. A very interesting phenomenon.

It is getting so when Ubuntu, or Debian, or SuSE, or Mandriva or one of the BSD's, or.... put out a new version, thousands of folks get to work on their offerings dependent on the aforementioned to some degree. As the distros supposedly become more diverse, they become more similar in small ways.

Then there are the maybe a dozen WM, the main unifying element that is used by said distros...But mainly KDE, GNOME, xfce, LDXE, ....

hmmmm

I do love FOSS

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mmmna · . . . . Joined: 21 Apr 2024 Posts: 7224

Until PCLOS 2024 reproves itself with months of demonstrated stability (PCLOS recently revoked a released version since that version wouldn't install for many people), I'll let Ubuntu LTS show me how stable it is. After all, Ubuntu people talk the talk when they discuss LTS, lets see how it goes for me, the killer of distros.

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-PCLinuxOS 2024 LXDE on EeePC 900A with Atom n270 (modded with 32G SATA drive and 2G ram).

masinick

melloe · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2024 1:42 am Post subject: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4

Development Release: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4
openSUSE Andreas Jaeger has announced the availability of the fourth milestone release of openSUSE 11.3: "The fourth of seven scheduled milestone releases for 11.3 was completed and released on schedule. Milestone 4 focuses on switching to upstart as init daemon. Here's what you may find interesting in the new release: OpenOffice.org has been updated to 3.2.1 Beta1 with new features; NetworkManager has been updated to version 0.8 with fixes to better support Bluetooth and GSM; CUPS has been updated to version 1.4.2, it adds over 67 changes and new features, including improved Bonjour/DNS-SD support; the conntrack network filtering system has been added; the Mono stack has been updated to the bug-fix release 2.6.3 together with MonoDevelop 2.2.2...." Here is the complete release announcement. http://news.opensuse.org/2010/03/25/opensuse-11-3-milestone-4-release/

Download (mirrors): http://software.opensuse.org/developer/en
Or at www.distrowatch.com
openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0515-i686.iso (683MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0515-i686.iso (694MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0515-x86_64.iso (690MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0515-x86_64.iso (693MB, MD5, torrent).

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mmmna · . . . . Joined: 21 Apr 2024 Posts: 7224

masinick

I did grab the first Beta test of the 10.04 LTS (what is the code name, Lucid Lynx or something like that?) It installed smoothly over the release I had been using (both Kubuntu variations). The boot screen is now a muted shade of Purple-Blue (they have a nice name for it, and it is pretty nice). The Kubuntu theme is an understated blue, also reasonably attractive, but conservative. The KDE splash and Wallpaper themes can be readily modified, either with Kubuntu themed variations or anything from the extremely diverse collection of themes from the KDE Looks site - which you can access directly from the KDE configuration tool.

As far as performance and features, while I did not run it over the coals, heating and burning it up, I did try several of the common things I do and I found no major issues. One irritant for me is that by default the Ubuntu based systems assume that the internal clock is being managed according to UTC settings, so the flag UTC=yes is set - and I don't want that. The default tools don't give you a way to change it, either, requiring you to use sudo and get into a text editor to modify the /etc/defaults/rc.S (I think I have the name right) resource file. Not difficult; just change UTC=yes to UTC=no, but this should be configurable from installation and it isn't. Fine if you prefer to set your time with the internal clock using UTC, but I prefer using localtime on my clock, so this always results in me having to change Ubuntu based systems.

Other than that, though, everything was fine, and that did not get in the way of the desktop working just fine for me.

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melloe · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2024 7:04 pm Post subject:

I got the new SuSE ISO's. Seeding now. I notice the new SuSE 10.3 test 4, which is basically still a BETA, has the 2.6.33 kernel and many of the new changes, Be interesting to see where this goes. Would not miss it for anything in the World <G><

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jester · Sr. Member Joined: 19 Apr 2024 Posts: 1166

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