François Dupoux mengumumkan rilis SystemRescueCd 1.4.0, Update baru distro Live CD berbasis Gentoo yang didesain untuk kondisi darurat dan manajemen disk :

SystemRescueCd 1.4.0 introduces two new options that allow you to boot from NFS v3 or NBD. Basically, if the computer on which you work had no CD-ROM drive, or if you just want to boot SystemRescueCd from the network for any other reason, you can install network services somewhere else on your network (DHCP server, TFTP server, HTTP/NFS/NDB server) and you will be able to boot SystemRescueCd from the network.” Other updates include: “Updated the standard kernels to version 2.6.32.9, the alternative kernels to version 2.6.27.45, updated Mozilla Firefox to version 3.6, added zfs-fuse 0.6.0 file system, updated FSArchiver to 0.6.8….

Silahkan baca pengumuman rilis dan changelog untuk informasi lebih detail.

Unduh(MD5): systemrescuecd-x86-1.4.0.iso (245MB).

Matthew Burgess mengumumkan rilis Linux From Scratch (LFS) 6.6, Buku elektronik bebas yang memberikan panduan langkah demi langkah mengenai bagaimana membuat Sistem Linux dasar dengan mengkompilasi kode sumper Kernel Linux, Utility GNU dan komponen dasar lainnya :

The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of Linux From Scratch version 6.6. This release includes numerous changes to LFS 6.5 (including updates to Linux kernel 2.6.32.8, GCC 4.4.3, glibc 2.11.1) and security fixes. It also includes editorial work on the explanatory material throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.

Update penting lainnya termasuk memasukkan GRUB bootloader 1.97.2, udev 151, Coreutils 8.4 dan gzip 1.4. Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis dan changelog untuk informasi lebih lanjut.

Buku setebal 318 halaman ini bisa dapat diunduh dalam format HTML, XML dan PDF, dan tentu anda bisa membaca versi online.

Silvan Calarco mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis tes pertama openmamba GNU/Linux 2.0, distribusi ini menyertakan KDE 4 dan menggunakan RPM package management :

I’m happy to announce the immediate availability of openmamba milestone2 2.0pre1, the new version of the GNU/Linux operating system for laptop, desktop and server PCs. The second milestone of the openmamba development project has been reached thanks to the integration of the modern KDE 4 desktop environment, the most recent improvements to the Linux kernel and system software and the best open source applications. After months devoted to development and testing, this release is for the users who look for an optimal combination of innovation, reliability and stability. The use of stable repositories with few massive upgrades scheduled, give the user the needed reliability for most purposes.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih detail.

Unduh (MD5): openmamba-2.0pre1.i586.iso (672MB).

Jon Ramvi mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama EasyPeasy 1.6, Distribusi berbasis Ubuntu yang telah dioptimisasi untuk netbooks:

“The team has been working hard to bring you the best netbook experience. The 1.6 beta 1 is the first release of EasyPeasy 1.6, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of EasyPeasy. Features: new interface; social by default – we now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel; all packages are upgraded; default search engine has been changed to Yahoo!; includes the 2.6.32 kernel based on 2.6.32.8; sports full removal of the HAL package, making EasyPeasy faster to boot and faster to resume from suspend; new default open-source driver for NVIDIA hardware; improved support for NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver….”

Anda bisa membaca Pengumuman Rilis untuk informasi lebih detail dan masalah yang telah diketahui.

Unduh: easypeasy-1.6-beta1.iso (830MB).

Anne Nicolas mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha pertama Mandriva Linux 2010.1:

The Mandriva team is proud to announce the first alpha release of 2010.1. Many improvements and new functionalities are planned for this new version – your desktop will be smart and connected. You will also find easy home encryption so that your personal data are secure wherever you are. Also planned is work on our tools to manage software installation and updates to give more useful information and help user to choose the best software. Desktop environments are also part of our main focus. Finally, work is also in progress to add cloud functionalities in your favorite desktop.

Untuk keterangan lebih detil anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis dan catatan rilis.

Unduh :

• mandriva-free-2010.1-alpha1-i586.iso (4,339MB, MD5)
• mandriva-free-2010.1-alpha1-x86_64.iso (4,343MB, MD5)

Onur Küçük mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis kandidat pertama Pardus Linux 2009.1, sekarang juga tersedia dalam Live CD :

A release candidate of Pardus Linux 2009.1 is ready. Starting with this release, Pardus Linux ISO files are generated as hybrid images. The same hybrid image can be burned to a CD, DVD or dumped to a hard disk-like media, such as a USB stick. Pardus Linux 2009.1 RC comes with the latest stable KDE release, enhanced hardware support, and bigger software archive with up to date packages such as KDE 4.3.4, Linux kernel 2.6.31.9, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7, GIMP 2.6.7, X.Org Server 1.6.5, Python 2.6.4 and many more on just one CD.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih detil.

Unduh : Pardus_2009.1_RC.iso (680MB, SHA1).

Image Live CD dengan bahasa Inggris dan Turki dapat diunduh dari : Pardus_Calisan_2009.1_RC.iso (700MB, SHA1).

Samuel Baggen telah merilis build pengembangan baru Elive, sebuah live CD yang menawarkan window manager Enlightenment 17 yang telah dikustomisasi berbasi Debian stable :

The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the development version 1.9.56. Changes: 3G phones – more than 300 new operators added; Internet module – if you connect with a 3G phone, the configuration will be saved and you can set it to automatically connect at boot; Icedove – when installing Icedove, it contains by default a very nice-looking Elive-style template; Flash updated to version 10.0.42.34; installer – some fixes regarding the boot of Windows systems; Linux kernel version 2.6.30. Note that this is a development version.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih detil.

Unduh image Live CD : elive_1.9.56_unstable.iso (681MB, MD5).

Rilis beta pertama VLOS 2.0, distribusi Linux desktop berbasis Gentoo tersedia untuk diunduh dan dicoba:

We are proud to announce the first beta release of the upcoming VLOS 2.0 live DVD. Changelog: NVIDIA and ATI drivers now automatically detected and configured; VLOS now mounts NTFS drives automatically; Compiz enabled when 3D card is available; updated to Linux kernel 2.6.32; Flash and Java plugins now installed by default; Gwibber Twitter client, Pitivi video editor, OpenOffice.org, WINE, Hulu desktop, Inkscape and GIMP now installed by default; synchronize your iPod Touch and iPod 3G with latest gtkpod + iFuse; instant messengers – Skype, Emesene, Empathy or Pidgin; manage your photos with F-spot.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis.

Apabila anda berminat dengan rilis ini bisa mengunduh image DVD lewat BitTorrent:

• Vidalinux_2.0_beta1_i686.iso (1,301MB, MD5)
• Vidalinux_2.0_beta1_amd64.iso (1,400MB, MD5)

Anil Gulecha telah mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha ketiga Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, distribusi OpenSolaris untuk server x86/x64, dengan rilis reguler yang cepat dan mudah diinstall serta dilengkapi dengan aplikasi yang dipilih dengan seksama didalamnya

On behalf of the Nexenta project, I’d like to announce the availability of Nexenta Core Platform (NCP) 3.0 alpha 3. This is the third release in NCP3 cycle. The main changes over the alpha 2 release include: move from OpenSolaris b129 to b130; many additional network drivers; nexenta-on-source changes. From the release of NCP3, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih lanjut. Anda bisa mengunduh (MD5) image CD instalasi dari : nexenta-core-platform_3.0-b130-alpha3_x86.iso.zip (556MB).

Joern Lindau telah merilis Toorox 01.2010, distribusi Live DVD berbasis Gentoo yang memaketkan KDE 4, installer grafis dan kemampuan networking lanjutan

With the beginning of this new year it’s time for a new release. With the release of Toorox 01.2010 you can get a 64-bit edition, too. It contains the 2.6.32 kernel and the KDE was updated to version 4.3.4. The Toorox installer is now able to set up your /home folder on another partition and you can install the bootloader into a single partition or a floppy disk. There’s a new entry in Systemconfig – Mobile Broadband, where you can configure your mobile UMTS connection and bring it up. All packages for a PPTP VPN connection were included and you can configure it via NetworkManager and the nm applet. KFTPgrabber was replaced with gFTP and there is a new audio mixer – mixxx.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih lanjut.

Unduh : Toorox_01.2010_32-Bit.iso (1,886MB), Toorox_01.2010_64-Bit.iso (1,861MB).

Warren Woodford mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta keempat dari SimplyMEPIS 8.5, distribusi ramah pengguna baru berbasis debian stable yang memaketkan desktop KDE 4 terbaru

SimplyMEPIS 8.4.96, the beta4 of MEPIS 8.5, is available from MEPIS and public mirrors. Warren said: ‘Even though the past two weeks were a holiday time, we have been busy. In this beta I did a lot work on the look and feel of the KDE 4 desktop. There have been many suggestions and contributions from the community, but in the end, someone had to make some decisions and integrate it all together. This took a lot of time. It isn’t final, but I think it’s very close. Otherwise, Firefox was updated to version 3.5.6.’

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih lanjut.

Unduh:

• SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.96-b4_32.iso (699MB, MD5)
• SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.96-b4_64.iso (694MB, MD5)

Matthew Dawkins mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta kedua Unity Linux 2010, sebuah distro minimalis yang memaketkan openbox dan smart package management, berbasis Mandriva Linux

The Unity Linux project is pleased to announce its second beta release, 2010 Beta 2. We have taken the last four weeks to provide many needed fixes and continual updates to the core offering of our software. Changelog: updated X.Org Server to 1.7.3; fixed Aufs for GVFS support; new kernel version 2.6.31.9; additional firmware; NDISwrapper module is fixed and working with kernels 2.6.30 and higher; overall there are about 200 updates since beta 1. Known issues: RPM 5 filetriggers feature is not fixed yet; X.Org Server 1.7.3 is not yet supported by the ATI proprietary driver….

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih detil.

Unduh: Unity32-2010-Beta2.iso (235MB, MD5), Unity64-2010-Beta2.iso (271MB, MD5).

Meric Mara telah mengumumkan rilis Kahel OS 01-01-2010, edisi “Light”, distribusi berbasis Arch Linux ini menyajikan desktop XFCE :

Today let us introduce to you Kahel OS ‘Light’ edition 01-01-2010, designed for netbooks with limited storage capacity. Just like the Kahel OS ‘Desktop’ edition, the ‘Light’ edition has 32- bit and 64-bit installers. What describes Kahel OS ‘Light’ edition 01-01-2010? Lightweight – the light desktop operates on Linux 2.6.32 and uses Xfce 4.6 which is suitable for PCs with low memory and resources; power-packed – the installer is compressed and the standard install is just 1.8 GB; SSD-friendly – Kahel OS ‘Light’ includes Btrfs and NILFS file systems; bundled with lightweight applications – includes Claws email client, Midori web browser, gThumb image viewer and organizer, and Exaile music player.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi detail.

Unduh :

• kahel-light-desktop-010110-i686.iso (409MB, MD5)
• kahel-light-desktop-010110-x86_64.iso (419MB, MD5)

Kris Moore mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta pertama PC-BSD 8.0, sistem operasi yang ditujukan untuk penggunaan desktop dengan KDE berbasis FreeBSD :

The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.0-BETA, running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, and KDE 4.3.4. Version 8.0 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. Some of the notable changes are: brand new system installer, allows the install of PC-BSD or FreeBSD; run in live mode directly from DVD; updated software manager, allows browsing and installing applications directly; support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64. Version 8.0-BETA of PC-BSD is available for download from our mirrors. Also, our Pootle translation page has been updated with the latest strings.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis, changelog dan catatan rilis untuk informasi lebih detil.

Unduh :

• PCBSD8.0-BETA-x86-DVD.iso (3,269MB, MD5)
• PCBSD8.0-BETA-x64-DVD.iso (3,546MB, MD5)

Tim Zorin OS mengumumkan rilis Zorin OS 2.0, distribusi berbasis ubuntu yang didesain khusus untuk pengguna baru linux:

We are proud to announce that Zorin OS 2.0 has been released. Zorin OS 2.0 is available in five different flavours: Zorin OS ‘Core’ which is the regular desktop edition; Zorin OS ‘Gaming’ which includes over 40 of the best open-source games; Zorin OS ‘Multimedia’ which includes over 40 extra multimedia applications; Zorin OS ‘Educational’ which includes many educational programs; and Zorin OS ‘Ultimate’ which has some of the best open-source programs around. Zorin OS Core is available to download and the other releases are available for purchase from the Store page.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih lanjut. Unduh: zorin-os-2-live-32.iso (1,379MB), zorin-os-2-live-64.iso (1,201MB).

Charles Barcza mengumumkan rilis blackPanther OS 10.1, distribusi linux desktop berbahasa Hungaria yang dibangun dari komponen dan konsep yang dipinjam dari beberapa proyek distribusi utama. versi baru ini memaketkan kerel 2.6.32.2 didalamnya dan memasukkan X.org Server 1.7.3, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, GIMP 2.7.0, KDE 4.3.1 dan berbagai aplikasi poluler lainnya. Info lebih detail, dan tangkapan layar bisa anda baca di pengumuman rilis (dalam bahasa hungaria). Unduh Image Live CD dari : blackPantherOS_v10.1.1.iso (700MB, MD5).

Mulai 1 Maret 2010 Mark Shuttleworth mundur dari jabatannya sebagai CEO di Canonical, perusahaan yang ada dibalik proyek Ubuntu Linux. di posting blog nya mark menjelaskan bahwa dia tetap akan berada di canonical hanya kedepannya akan lebih fokus pada desain produk, kerjasama dan pelayanan pelanggan, area-area tersebut merupakan area favorit bagi mark untuk bekerja didalamnya.

Jane Silber yang sekarang menjadi COO akan menggantikan Mark menjadi CEO Canonical. Jane bergabung dengan Canonical sejak awal ubuntu berdiri, berbagi tugas kepemimpinan di Canonical dengan Mark. Sebagai contoh, saat ini Jane memimpin proyek Ubuntu One. Sebelumnya Jane menjabat sebagai VP di General Dynamics, sehingga kemampuannya untuk menangani pelanggan skala besar dan memimpin organisasi skala besar sudah tidak diragukan lagi.

Lalu siapa yang akan menggantikan Jane? Canonical akan membuka lowongan untuk posisi COO dan memimpin Ubuntu One. Siapkan CV anda mulai saat ini kalau anda berminat menduduki salah satu posisi tersebut karena kedua lowongan tersebut akan diumumkan ke publik.

Image : nestux.com and podtech

Anil Gulecha mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis alpha kedua Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, distribusi OpenSolaris untuk server 32 bit maupun 64 bit dengan kumpulan aplikasi yang saling terikat dengan baik.

On behalf of the Nexenta project, I’d like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform (NCP) 3.0 alpha 2. This is the second release in NCP3. The main changes over the Alpha1 release include: move from Opensolaris b124 to b129, this brings the long awaited ZFS deduplication support to the distribution; many additional network drivers; nexenta-on-source changes. From the release of NCP3 on, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel.

Untuk informasi lebih detail, anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis. Unduh (MD5): nexenta_3.0-b129-alpha2_x86.iso.zip (557MB).

Warren Woodford mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta kedua dari SimplyMEPIS 8.5, distribusi linux yang mengkhususkan diri untuk pengguna pemula berbasis debian tetapi dengan desktop KDE 4

The rapid response of the Debian KDE team made it possible for us to recompile KDE 4.3.4 in time for this beta. And we were able to fix the perpetually problematic Python toolchain well enough that system-config-printer finally works. Also there have been numerous suggestions from the community; some are included now, and some will be in the next beta. The MEPIS artistic team made some tweaks to the theme graphics. To also improve the look, mepis-init has been changed to default to 24-bit depth display for most modern graphics drivers. We’re being cautious about this change, since we don’t want to make things worse for users with older graphics chips.

Anda bisa membaca pengumuman rilis untuk informasi lebih detail. Unduh: SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.94-b2_32.iso (696MB, MD5), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.94-b2_64.iso (693MB, MD5).

Kai Hendry merilis Webconverger 5.8, distro khusus untuk web kiosk ini berbasis debian linux dan hanya memaketkan Firefox sebagai aplikasi desktop.

Apa yang baru di rilis ini?

The big difference with this release is using i686 builds instead of i486. This means that Webconverger will not boot on very old PCs and some cheap CPUs like Geode. If this is problem for you, let me know! For the rest of us with i686-compatible hardware, Webconverger should be a litter faster. In other news, the spelling from the previous release 5.7 with Firefox 3.5 should now be working for you. The CJK support might not quite work on these free images; however, if you purchase Webconverger with Chinese (or Korean or Japanese) support I will ensure all the relevant fonts and input tools are pre-installed.

Untuk informasi lebih detail, anda bisa membaca catatan rilis. Unduh (MD5) : webc-5.8.iso (227MB), webc-5.8.img (234MB).