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Lycoris and Ericom Software Announce Desktop/LX InterConnect

Lycoris and Ericom Software teamed up to offer Desktop/LX InterConnect, a simple corporate desktop with full office suite and host connectivity tools. Desktop/LX InterConnect features Ericom Software's native Linux PowerTerm InterConnect software, the Lycoris ProductivityPak office suite, and the Lycoris Remote Desktop Client.

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Distribution News

Debian GNU/Linux

The Debian Weekly News for August 20 is available. This week spotlights Tux Paint, a paint program designed for children with sounds, fun to use "magic" tools, and a simple user interface for Debian Jr.

LinuxOrbit has an article entited Debian Package Management HOWTO Version 1.0. "This guide covers the basics of finding, installing and upgrading applications in Debian. In it, I have covered some of the very easy commands and command line tools available for package management in Debian. I then take a brief look at the stormpkg graphical interface available for Debian." Stable (woody), Testing (sarge) and Unstable(sid) are covered separately.

UltraSPARC III+ systems are now supported and boot images are available.

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Mandrake Linux

The Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter - Issue #55 for August 15, 2002 is available. This issue looks at the new 8.2 "Update CDs" at MandrakeStore; and more.

The Mandrake Linux 8.2 ProSuite Edition is one of the first distributions to be certified Linux Standards Base compliant.

Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 3 is now available. Beta 3 contains numerous corrections and improvements to the DrakX installer and assorted software.

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Red Hat Linux

Red Hat has a new (null) beta out. This one has a shiny new gcc-3.2 for better ABI compatibility.

Red Hat has an updated redhat-lsb package available with LSB 1.2 support for Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386.

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New Distributions

a-Linux

a-Linux is a single-floppy x86 mini-distribution. The distribution grew out of a collection of utilities written in assembly language, known as asmutils. A-Linux announced its initial release, 0.17, on August 17, 2002.

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ThizLinux

ThizLinux is a product of the Hong Kong company ThizLinux Labratory Ltd. Products include Thiz Linux Desktop 6.0, Thiz Office 3.0 (an Open Office clone localized for Hong Kong users), and Thiz Server 6.0.. (Thanks to Fred Mobach)

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xbox-linux

xbox-linux, a version of GNU/Linux that will run on the Microsoft Xbox gaming console, has released version 0.1. This is the initial Freshmeat announcement for this project.

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Minor distribution updates

Astaro Security Linux

Astaro Security Linux has released stable version 3.208 with minor bugfixes.

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Cool Linux CD

Cool Linux CD, introduced last week, is still working on code cleanup and releasing often with version 1.32 being the current at this writing.

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Coyote Linux - Wolverine

Coyote Linux has announced updates to Wolverine. This should be the last wave of updates before the final.

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Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux has install guides available for PPC and Sparc machines.

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LoopLinux

LoopLinux has released v2.0 with minor feature enhancements.

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Lunar Linux

Lunar Linux has frozen the moombeam until 1.0 is released.

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Source Mage GNU/Linux

Source Mage GNU/Linux has a revitalized news site. Security updates and new packages are showing up there. Also, October 10th has been set as the freeze date for the 1.0 grimoire.

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TA-Linux

TA-Linux has released TA-Linux 0.2.0-Beta1 (Alpha) with major feature enhancements.

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VectorLinux

VectorLinux announced version 1.0 of its distribution. This small office/home office edition features the KDE 3.x desktop, the OpenOffice.org 1.0 office suite, and hand-picked software for every category from graphics to gaming. The kernel has been upgraded to 2.4.18, and is available in SCSI and IDE configurations. Reiserfs support has been added as well.

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