Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS Update 1
[Posted June 15, 2005 by ris]
From: |
| Chris Setchell <chris.setchell-AT-pixexcel.co.uk> |
To: |
| pr-AT-lwn.net |
Subject: |
| Press Release: Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 AS Update 1 |
Date: |
| Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:11:33 +0100 |
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 now available.
Update 1 of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 was made available today. It
features numerous security and driver updates and is fully compatible
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
This update includes the following enhancements:
- Improved disk dump capability (including SATA and megaraid support).
- Updated Intel Centrino ipw2100/ipw2200 wireless drivers and firmware.
- Driver updates including ata_piix, bonding, e1000, e100, ibmveth,
libata, lpfc, megaraid_mbox, megaraid_mm, sata_nv, sata_promise,
sata_sil, sata_sis, sata_svw, sata_via, sata_vsc, and tg3.
- Many platform hardware support updates and bug fixes.
- Security updates, bug fixes, and feature enhancements to numerous
system packages.
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 is aimed at people who need a stable OS with
a long lifespan but don't want an expensive bundled support contract. It
is built from the source RPMs of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS with only
four packages modified in order to remove Red Hat's trademarks. This
results in a product that is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4. Features of Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 include the Linux 2.6
kernel, SELinux, GNOME 2.8, Samba 3.0, Logical Volume Manager 2, PCI
Express support and NFSv.4.
Further information regarding Pie Box Enterprise Linux 4 and
subscriptions to the Updates service may be found at http://www.piebox.com
The full press release may be found here:
http://www.piebox.com/news.php#2005-06-13
Regards,
Chris Setchell
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PixExcel Limited
URL: http://www.pixexcel.co.uk