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Bridge Linux
Bridge Linux was an Arch Linux-based set of distributions and live CD/DVD images designed for desktop deployment. It comes in four separate editions with a choice of GNOME, KDE, LXDE or Xfce desktops. Unlike Arch, Bridge Linux boots directly into one of the available graphical desktop environments and it provides a pre-installed set of common applications (with more available from Arch Linux repositories).
Status: Discontinued
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2012-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2012.5 |
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Dalton Miller has announced the release of Bridge Linux 2012.5, a desktop-oriented distribution based on Arch Linux: "In this version, we have something very exciting. We are the first Arch-based distro to support (U)EFI out of the box. The 64-bit live media should boot natively on (U)EFI systems. There are some special steps that are required for installation, so be sure to check the README on the desktop for instructions. The rest of the changes are as follows: fixed live GNOME screensaver lock issue; fixed gcc-libs issue; fixed 'db not found' errors when running Pacman for the first time; replaced sudoers.d with sudoers; add VirtualBox additions to all editions; replaced LightDM with LXDM in Xfce; added mobile broadband provider info; updated Xfce to 4.10." Here is the complete release announcement. Download: bridge-xfce-2012.5-i686.iso (650MB), bridge-xfce-2012.5-x86_64.iso (662MB). Separate Bridge Linux editions featuring the GNOME, KDE and LXDE desktops are also available.
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Bridge Linux is an Arch Linux-based set of distributions and live CD/DVD images designed for desktop deployment. It comes in four separate editions with a choice of GNOME, KDE, LXDE or Xfce desktops. Unlike Arch, Bridge Linux boots directly into one of the available graphical desktop environments and it provides a pre-installed set of common applications (with more available from Arch Linux repositories).
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2014-02-17 |
Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2014.02 |
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Dalton Miller has announced the release of Bridge Linux 2014.02, an Arch-based Linux distribution with a choice of GNOME, KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktop environments: "Announcing Bridge Linux 2014.02. Not many changes, a few bug fixes and updates. Note: editing the GRUB configuration file may be required due to a bug where GRUB finds the wrong disk UUID. To fix this, run 'sudo blkid' and edit the new GRUB configuration file with the correct UUID from your partition. Update overview: bug fixes with locale switching in the installer; updates to the post-install script; fixed autologin issue on tty." Here is the brief release announcement. This release of Bridge Linux is built with GCC 4.8.2 on top of Linux kernel 3.12.9 and it includes GNOME 3.10, KDE 4.12.2, X.Org Server 1.15.0, Chromium 32.0.1700.107 and LibreOffice 4.1.4. Quick links to download (MD5) the live CD/DVD image with your preferred desktop environment: bridge-xfce-2014.02-x86_64.iso (726MB), bridge-gnome-2014.02-x86_64.iso (1,006MB), bridge-kde-2014.02-x86_64.iso (1,000MB), bridge-lxde-2014.02-x86_64.iso (593MB). |
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2013-06-18 |
Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2013.06 |
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Dalton Miller has announced the availability of Bridge Linux 2013.06, an Arch-based Linux distribution available in four separate flavours (with Xfce, GNOME, KDE and LXDE desktops) and now also featuring Pacaur, a simple and powerful package management wrapper for Arch Linux packages: "Announcing Bridge Linux 2013.06. This update was mostly just a re-package, but there were a few changes still. Update overview: switched from Packer to Pacaur (don't worry, it's aliased in ~/.bashrc for a while); removed LXMed due to Java dependency; switched to official font packages, no more recompiling the AUR version." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5) the live CD/DVD image with your preferred desktop environment from SourceForge: bridge-xfce-2013.06-x86_64.iso (689MB), bridge-gnome-2013.06-x86_64.iso (976MB), bridge-kde-2013.06-x86_64.iso (991MB), bridge-lxde-2013.06-x86_64.iso (564MB). |
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2012-12-04 |
Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2012.12 |
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Dalton Miller has announced the release of Bridge Linux 2012.12, an Arch-based desktop Linux distribution available in four separate desktop flavours with GNOME 3.6, KDE 4.9.3, LXDE and Xfce: "Announcing Bridge Linux 2012.12. This time all the editions are released at the same time, because doing them separately was a mess. Update overview: fixed the /etc/hosts file; switched to systemd; switched from ConsoleKit to Polkit; installer now changes the locale settings on the installed system based on selection at beginning of installation; added Russian, Italian, Czech, Spanish and Catalan translations; updated (U)EFI boot method; updated configuration options and only run mkinitcpio once; use xdg-user-dirs to create personal directories (documents, etc.) with proper icons; minor application changes." Here is the brief release announcement. Quick links to download (MD5) the Xfce edition (see the project's page on SourceForge for links to download the other three Bridge Linux flavours): bridge-xfce-2012.12-i686.iso (664MB), bridge-xfce-2012.12-x86_64.iso (698MB). |
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2012-08-04 |
Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2012.8 "Xfce" |
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Dalton Miller has announced the release of Bridge Linux 2012.8 "Xfce" edition, an Arch-based distribution and live CD: "Bridge 2012.8. It was requested a lot, and now it's here: GRUB 2 is the default bootloader in Bridge Linux 2012.8. There are a few notes about this - first, the bootloader install should detect all operating systems on the system, but it will change the root kernel parameter of Arch installs with a vanilla kernel. There are quite a few changes: fixed the /etc/hosts file; fixed the Xfce X respawn error; fixed some mkinitcpio issues; fixed the installer; added French and Turkish language support in the installer; added menu item to run post-install script after first run; added instructions for proprietary GPU drivers...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes. Download (MD5): bridge-xfce-2012.8-i686.iso (637MB), bridge-xfce-2012.8-x86_64.iso (658MB).
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