http://distrowatch.com/ Latest news on Linux distributions and BSD projects EN Copyright 2000-2004, DistroWatch.com. All Rights Reserved. 2008-09-06T01:35:56-00:00 DistroWatch.com distro@distrowatch.com Linux/BSD http://distrowatch.com/5070 BOSS GNU/Linux is a Debian-based GNU/Linux desktop distributions developed in India, supporting a number of Indian languages. Yesterday a new major version was announced on the project's web site: "Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has launched its Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS) GNU/Linux software version 3.0,.... boss http://distrowatch.com/5069 Steve Langasek has announced the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name "Intrepid Ibex": "Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha-5, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. New features in Intrepid: the newest GNOME 2.23.91 desktop environment with tons of bug-fixes and new features; X.Org 7.4 brings much.... ubuntu http://distrowatch.com/5068 The first release candidate for Mandriva Linux 2009 is out, ready for testing: "Mandriva Linux 2009 Release Candidate 1 is available on public mirrors now. The main new features of RC1 (compared to Beta2) are: automatic repository configuration and mirror selection in package management tools (powered by aria2);.... mandriva http://distrowatch.com/5067 Troy Dawson has announced the release of Scientific Linux 4.7, an updated build of the project's legacy version based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4: "Scientific Linux 4.7 has been released. It doesn't have any exciting new features, it is just a nice, stable release. Scientific Linux.... scientific http://distrowatch.com/5066 Louisa Luciani has announced the release of DragonFly BSD live DVD, an installable live image of the current DragonFly BSD development tree, which boots into Fluxbox as its graphical desktop: "The first version of the DragonFly BSD live DVD is done! Besides the full DragonFly BSD base system,.... dragonflybsd http://distrowatch.com/5065 Lucas Holt has announced the release of MidnightBSD 0.2.1, a FreeBSD derivative with the goal of creating a BSD with ease of use and simplicity in mind: "MidnightBSD 0.2.1 has been released. This version focused on adding hardware for newer devices including ATI, NVIDIA and Intel SATA controllers,.... midnightbsd http://distrowatch.com/5064 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Editorial: The upcoming release season News: SUSE Studio, Xubuntu on OLPC, Linpus Linux Lite, interviews - openSUSE's Joe Brockmeier and FreeNAS's Olivier Cochard-Labbe and Volker Theile Released last week: Turbolinux 12, Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 Upcoming releases: Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1, Ubuntu.... weekly http://distrowatch.com/5063 PC/OS is a user-friendly distribution based on Xubuntu, with out-of-the-box support for popular multimedia formats, Flash and Java, and addition of packages for content creation and software development. An updated release, version 2008v2, was announced yesterday: "We are proud to announce the general availability of PC/OS 2008v2. This.... pcos http://distrowatch.com/5062 Jani Mosones has announced the release of Kiwi Linux 8.08, an Ubuntu-based distribution with support for multimedia codecs, encrypted DVDs, Flash and other desktop conveniences: "Kiwi Linux 8.08 is a desktop CD derivative based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS for the x86 architecture. It contains packages necessary for playing.... kiwi http://distrowatch.com/5061 Japan's Turbolinux has announced the availability of Turbolinux 12 (marketing name: Turbolinux Client 2008 Net User Package), a commercial, user-friendly desktop Linux distribution that combines the best of open source and proprietary software in one compact package. The system is based on a Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 (co-developed at.... turbolinux Search BSD/Linux distributions distribution http://distrowatch.com/table.php