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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released

Here it is at last: the announcement for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, also known as "Woody." There's no end of improvements over 2.2 in this release; click below for the full scoop.

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[2002-07-20] Debian Release Status Update

This release status update covers the new testing distribution, codenamed "sarge". Now that "woody" has been released as stable, "sarge" is the new unstable.

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Debian Weekly News - July 23rd, 2002

Here's the Debian Weekly News for July 23, 2002. Topics this week include free software and the European Commission; Debian swirl images for the Ericsson T65 cellular phone; and a Debian release party in Berlin.

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2 tera flops Debian Cluster

Here is a little story from Denmark, about a 2 tera flops Debian Cluster. (Thanks to Hans Schou)

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Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1

The first beta of Mandrake Linux 9.0 has been released. "As with any Beta, this one is probably loaded with nasty bugs which may cause serious problems on production systems."

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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #51

The Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter for July 18, 2002 is available. The top story looks at Mandrake/Microtel systems at WalMart.com and contains more Mandrake news.

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New Distributions

Debian-Ham

Debian-Ham is a floppy distribution specifically for contesting and logging. It is based on uClibc, busybox, and tlf. The current scheme uses a LILO boot floppy with a minix root floppy. Network support is included to connect to a DX cluster. The initial Freshmeat announcment was for version 0.3, released July 21, 2002.

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Minor distribution updates

Alindis 0.1.0 released

Alindis has released version 0.1.0 with major feature enhancements.

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ClumpOS

ClumpOS has released R6.0 with major feature enhancements.

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DeMuDi

The DeMuDi project has been silent for some time, but the website now declares, "DeMuDi is in fact more than alive, and in very good shape....:-)". DeMuDi has received funding from AGNULA, a project funded by the European Community. The first official release, DeMuDi Agnula 0.9, is due out in November 2002.

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e-smith

Mitel Networks announced the immediate availability of version 5.5 of the SME Server. This new version includes new internationalization support (including a localization into French Canadian), improved remote access support, new interfaces for developers and much more. (Thanks to Brock Frazier)

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Gentoo Linux

Here are some announcements from Gentoo Linux.

• There is a new install guide for Sparc systems. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Sparc systems are covered.

• Gentoo is in the final testing stages prior to launching the release of a full installation with gcc3.1 as the default compiler.

• QliTech Linux Computers is now offering laptops with Gentoo pre-installed.

If you are going to be at LinuxWorld next month, look for Gentoo folks at the PenguinPPC booth.

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Lunar-Linux

The Lunar-Linux project announced that the cvs module formerly known as theedge had achieved enough stability to become the first Lunar.

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MSC.Linux

MSC.Linux has released Itanium 2-based MSC.Linux V2002. MSC.Linux IA-64 2002 (July) for the HP zx1 chipset is also available.

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Netule

Netule.org is headed for an overhaul, as development moves to a SourceForge based system. The overhaul is timed to coincide with the introduction of a branch of newly Open Sourced development projects.

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OpenNA

OpenNA Linux has released beta4 of its distribution. Bugs have been fixed, new packages added, and lots code cleaned up since beta3.

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PXES Linux Thin Client

PXES Linux Thin Client has released version 0.5-RC3 with minor feature enhancements.

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RxLinux

RxLinux has released version 1.0.6 with major feature enhancements.

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ttylinux

ttylinux has released version 2.3 with minor bugfixes.

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Distribution reviews

Lycoris: A Linux OS Good for Grandma (OnLamp)

O'Reilly's OnLamp.com reviews Lycoris' Desktop/LX. "Technically, there's more to Desktop/LX than just pretty icons (which have an obvious Windows XP style to them) added to the KDE interface. Lycoris created over 1,000 code patches for KDE in order to tightly integrate the GUI with the underlying Linux kernel and other operating system functions. For one, it revamped the KDE Control Center--the Desktop/LX configuration menu where software and hardware is added and removed from the system."

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