Last updated on : 2006-8-27 16:21:13
2006-08-24 Development Release: Sabayon Linux 3.0 RC2 "miniEdition"
The second release candidate of the single-CD Sabayon Linux 3.0 "miniEdition" has been released. New features: "Added ’dmidecode’ (MacTel computers detection); added GUID partition table support for GRUB and Anaconda; added A20 Gate patches to GRUB to run correctly on Intel Macs; fixed KDM start-up slowness; added tmpfs to better support ATI video cards; updated WINE to 0.9.19 on x86; early Compiz start-up (it starts before KDE); fixed reiser4-gentoo-sources ebuild; removed eth1394 module." Find more information and download links in the release announcement. Get the ISO images from here: SabayonLinux-x86-3.0RC2e.miniEdition.iso (694MB, MD5), SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.0RC2b.miniEdition.iso (697MB, MD5).
2006-08-16 Development Release: SabayonLinux 3.0 RC2
The second release candidate of the Gentoo-based SabayonLinux 3.0 live DVD is out. What’s new? "New SabayonLinux branding and theme (for GNOME, KDE and Xgl/cgwd); new SabayonLinux Installer (based on Anaconda Installer from FC5, boot with ’gentoo installer-gui’ to directly start the graphical Installation and ’console installer-text’ for the text-based Installation); media center functionality (run Freevo automagically using ’mediacenter’ kernel and GeeXboX using ’geexbox’ kernel); ColdWar demo; Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 and a highly improved Hardware detection; Skype 1.3...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of new features. Quick links to the torrent files: SabayonLinux-x86-3.0RC2f (2,943MB) or SabayonLinux-x86_64-3.0RC2a (3,055MB).
2006-07-01 Development Release: RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition
The Sabayon project, which produces RR4 and RR64 Linux live DVDs based on Gentoo Linux, has created a CD edition of their product for x86 computers: "RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition, commonly called the ’mini’, is the CD release of the latest RR4 Linux. Features: no SMP kernel available; latest proprietary drivers from ATI (8.25.18) and NVIDIA (1.0-8762); faster boot time compared to RR4 Linux and very fast on memory constrained systems; Fluxbox available as a viable alternative to KDE 3.5.3; no extra language available by default (only English); no Stage 1, 2, 3 installation; multimedia features kept intact...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. The ISO image is available for download via BitTorrent: RR4-Linux-3.0.RC1-miniEdition (693MB).
2006-06-19 Development Release: RR4 Linux 3.0 RC1
The first release candidate for RR4 Linux 3.0 is out: "After two months of hard work, complete rebuild and CHOST migration (from i386 to i586), we are proud to announce the most advanced, cute and complete GNU/Linux Live DVD in the world. Featuring many desktop and server applications, SMP kernel, XsistenCe mode, Internet kiosk framework, Xgl, 27 languages and much, much more... New features: 2.6.16.20 kernel; highly optimized glibc 2.4 (NPTL); live mode RAM consumption improved; 20% faster than its predecessor; KDE 3.5.3; GNOME 2.14.1; the first live distro to ship with Google Earth Beta4...." Read the release announcement for a detailed list of changes and new features. The new version of the Gentoo-based live DVD is available for download via BitTorrent: RR4-Linux-3.0 (2,334MB).
2006-05-15 Development Release: RR64 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition
The RR4/RR64 Linux project has released a new edition of the Gentoo-based distribution for AMD64 processors. Called "miniEdition", this new live CD maintains many of the most interesting features of the full-blown RR64 Linux DVD, but keeps its size down to under 700 MB. From the release announcement: "RR64 Linux 3.0 RC1 miniEdition is the CD release of the latest RR64 Linux. The creation of this special version has been made by an automatic script that has shrunk down the whole chroot jail by removing every duplicated, useless or server-oriented package." Find a complete list of most important features in the release announcement. Download from here: RR64-Linux-3.0.RC1-miniEdition.iso (698MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
2006-05-03 Development Release: RR64 Linux 3.0 RC1
Fabio Erculiani has announced the first release candidate of RR64 Linux 3.0, a 64-bit live DVD based on the unstable branch of Gentoo Linux. What’s new? Greatly improved stability and functionality; kernel 2.6.16.11 and glibc 2.4; KDE 3.5.2, GNOME 2.14.0; Gstreamer 0.10.4 and amaroK 1.4 beta 3 (with iPod support); out of the box USB DVD boot support and hard disk installation support; GCC 4.0.x performance level; latest Xgl and Compiz from CVS for both GNOME and KDE; latest Proprietary drivers from ATI (8.24.8) and NVIDIA (8756); X.Org 7.0.1 and optimized Fontconfig for better font performance...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The new release is available for download via BitTorrent: RR64-Linux-3.0.RC1 (2,710MB).
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