The stable release of CDLinux 0.6.1 is out now. CDlinux is a compact Linux mini distribution. It ships with an up-to-date version of the Linux kernel, X.Org, Xfce window manager, and many popular applications. It has good internationalization and locale support and is highly user-configurable.
This release has a minor bug fix and some major feature enhancement. It ships with linux-2.6.24.5, xorg-7.3, xfce-4.4.2, firefox-2.0.0.14, pidgin-2.4.1, xine-1.1.12, and many other up-to-date popular applications. And all these are packed in a 57M ISO file.
This release fixed a quoting bug in rc.modules. It has newly added support for touchpad, lzma, pdf, and improved support for desktop icons and mactel. It honors dbus and hal, and can handle hotplug much better. This release also features greatly improved font support for various lang/locales.
You can get CDLinux by downloading at Here.
The Final "Mini" edition of GoblinX 2.5 has been released. Its a Slackware-based live CD featuring the Xfce desktop.
The GoblinX Mini Edition is the son of GoblinX and contains only XFCE as windows manager and GTK/GTK2 based applications.
GoblinX is a bootable live CD distribution based on Slackware Linux. The primary goal for GoblinX is to create a more pleasant and functional desktop, standardising all icons and themes to make it easy for novice users to learn about available applications.
Main upgrades since release candidate v.01:
You can download GoblinX Mini 2.5 at here.
Myah OS is an independently developed live CD designed for desktop use.
It is built with custom build scripts and optimised for the i686 processor architecture.
Myah OS is a performance desktop operating system. Made for home use with a focus on Internet, Office, and multimedia. Myah OS has been optimized for i686 processors for fast performance. Myah OS is an original Linux distro, compiled from build scripts written by Jeremiah Cheatham.
Myah OS 3.0 alpha 1 is now available to kick off the 3.0 release cycle. This first alpha release has been very carefully put together. The only thing really missing so far is the graphical installer, which is under construction. This release is a live CD that includes package utilities and all development tools.
Myah OS is built for the i686 intel/amd PCs but will also work very well with the newer 64bit intel/AMD PCs. Myah OS uses it's package management suite designed to be simple and fast. Myah is designed to be a full featured distro, with at least 1 or 2 applications for every need. XFCE 4.4.1 desktop makes Myah run very fast without taking a lot of resources. Myah will also handle all of your multimedia needs.
As stated above the graphical installer is still not ready. There are instructions on how to manually install Myah OS to your hardrive posted on Myah OS 3.0 alpha 1 thread in Myah forum. If you have any problems or bug fixes please post them there.
Highlights of Myah 3.0 Alpha 1:
Windows Managers:
XFCE 4.4.1
Beryl 0.2.1
System:
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.10 - with source.
GCC 4.1.2
Glib 2.14.1
Glibc 2.6.1
GTK+ 2.12
Mesa 7.0.1
Perl-5.8.8
Python 2.5.1
Xorg 7.3
System Tools:
Catfish 0.2.5
CUPS 1.3.3
Galculator 1.3.1
GParted 0.3.3
Msudo
XFCE Taskmanager 0.3.2
Xscreensaver 5.03
Archivers:
Squeeze 0.2.1
Xarchiver 0.4.6
Graphic Editors:
Blender 2.45
Dia 0.96.1
Inkscape 0.45.1
Gimp 2.2.17
Tux Paint 0.9.17
Xpaint 2.7.8.1
Graphic Viewers:
GQview 2.0.4
Mirage 0.8.3
Ristretto 0.0.7
Graphic Tools:
Gcolor2 0.4
GTKam 0.1.14
Xsane 0.994
Video Players:
Mplayer 1.0rc2 - With full DVD support.
Xine UI 0.99.5 - With full DVD support.
Audio Players:
Audacious 1.3.2
Exaile 0.2.10
Xfmedia 0.10.0
XMMS 1.2.10
CD/DVD burners:
Graveman 0.3.12.5
Xfburn 0.3.0
Audio/Video Editors:
Audacity 1.3.3beta
Kino 1.1.1
Audio/Video Tools:
Asunder 0.9
Audio Tag Tool 0.12.3
Streamtuner 0.99.99
XFCE Mixer 4.4.1
Internet Browsers:
Firefox 2.0.0.8 - With mplayerplug-in, Flash, Java, ChatZilla, and fireFTP.
Kazehakase 0.4.9 - With mplayerplug-in, flash, and java.
FTP Managers:
gFTP 2.0.18
fireFTP
Torrent Clients:
Azureus 3.0.3.4
Transmission 0.72
Chat Clients:
ChatZilla 0.9.78.1
pidgin 2.2.1
Xchat 2.8.4
Mail Clients:
Thunderbird 2.0.0.6
Network Tools:
pyNeighborhood 0.4
Wifi Radar 1.9.8
Editors/IDEs:
Geany 0.12
Mousepad 0.2.12
Medit 0.8.10
Office:
Abiword 2.4.6
Orage 4.4.1
ePDFViewer 0.1.6
gfa 0.4.1
Gnumeric 1.7.12
Download Myah for free at here.
Xubuntu is a complete GNU/Linux based operating system with an Ubuntu base. It is lighter on system requirements and tends to be more efficient than Ubuntu with GNOME or KDE, since it uses the Xfce Desktop environment, which makes it ideal for old or low-end machines, thin-client networks, or for those who would like to get more performance out of their hardware.
Xubuntu is shipped with top quality packages from the Ubuntu archives. Xubuntu will use, as far as possible, GTK2 applications, ensuring maximum efficiency. If you wish, you can install any KDE or GNOME application on your Xubuntu desktop system, as it shares the Ubuntu main and universe package selection.
Download Xubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon RC.1 here.
Wifi-radar is a tool intended to configure easily your interface wifi, and will allow you to connect to your wifi network. Wifi-radar is available in the menu Xfce, in the Network submenu.
After having clicked on it, you will be prompted for the root password, when you've filled that out, you will get the following screen:
In the main window appears wifi network available:
- SSID: wifi network name
- Signal: signal strengh
- Mode: show the type of network
- 802.11: wifi mode, b or g
On the right, 5 buttons to realize the possible actions with wifi-radar :
- New: create a new profile
- Edit: modify a profile
- Delete: delete a profile
- Connect: connect to a wifi network
- Disconnect: disconnect to a wifi network
First of all, select the network in which you wish to connect. Then click "New". Wifi-radar shows then the following window:
Inform then the name of the wifi network in "network Name". Then you go to seize the various parameters of your network by unwinding the options by clicking each of 4 lines:
Wifi Options, No. WPA, Automatic network configuration, Connections command.
Wifi options:
- mode: Managed : with hot spot ; Ad Hoc : from PC to PC ; auto : wifi-radar will choose the right option
- Channel : channel (=frequency) to be use. If you don't know, auto...
- Key : wifi network crypt key. You can find it on the modem router packaging or sometimes its note is generally on the access-point.
- Security :Indicate if it is about a network opened (Open) or of a network with limited access (Restricted)
- Use WPA :Allows the use of the mode Wifi Protected Access.
Manual network connection: has to be used to configure manually the parameters of the network, in particular during the use of an fixed IP address.
Most of the time, you can leave this option on Automatic Network Connection (DHCP), DHCP will give the correct parameters in your connection.
Connections commands: this allows you to indicate the commands to execute before and\or after the connection will be established.
Grafpup is a compact distribution containing the Linux kernel and various Open Source and freeware programs. It is especially well suited towards graphic artists and other imaging proffessionals but has many other tools available as well. Grafpup has been loosely based upon Puppy Linux, which is a creation of Barry Kauler. However, there are a lot of unique features which set it apart both from it's parent and most other Linux distributions.
Grafpup strives to provide a complete workflow for the digital artist, from beginning to end. As such along with the major graphics applications like Gimp and Inkscape you will also find a variety of support programs and extra features. Color management is enabled for all applications that support it, and there is a basic selection of color profiles included in the standard install. For those doing photographic work there is almost complete support for raw image formats via both dcraw and the ufraw plugin (both Gimp and Cinepaint), as well as the gtkam utility for directly connecting a wide variety of cameras. Scribus and Abiword take care of publishing needs, and Gutenprint provides a wide range of printer drivers.
Desktop
One of the big problems with a lot of mainstream Linux distributions is that they have become quite bloated and slow. The prevailing mood seems to be that in order for a desktop to be functional and good looking it must also be huge, ponderous, and slow. Grafpup aims to shatter that myth with an extremely efficient yet good looking desktop based around the Openbox window manager and the Lxpanel desktop panel/taskbar. A slightly customized ROX-Filer makes file management easy and provides desktop icons. Tyinh all of these disparate elements together is a full suite of custom configuration tools, wizards, and other gadgets. Most of these are graphical, too, and better yet most of them use the gtk+ toolkit for a nice uniform look. Most file formats should open right up in an appropriate application just by clicking on them in a filer window.
At this point a few people will probably be thinking "Hey, gtk+ is really slow. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about!". But then most distros aren't small enough to run fully in RAM and still leave plenty of free memory for your applications! That's right, in most cases Grafpup loads totally into memory, and all of the applications will open within a couple seconds and respond instantly to your input. The base distro is distributed as a live cd that weighs in slightly more than 100MB. But Grafpup can also be installed quite easily to a usb pendrive, ide flash, a "frugal" install on your hard drive, or in a conventional manner with all the files decompressed onto your hard drive. Even in this last case it will only take up @2-300MB, depending on what extra applications are installed. Even if you just want to run the live cd though, you will still be able to save your files to a hard drive, flash media, or even back to the disk itself.
Extension
Speaking of extra packages, Grafpup comes with a pretty good package manager that resolves dependencies, and there are well over a thousand applications in the repository (and growing). These range from basic command line utilities to full office suites, audio and video production tools, and Java. Both KDE and XFCE desktops are available too.
In addition to conventional packages Grafpup is also able to load compressed modules (they have the .sfs extension) very much like Slax does. This capability is used to package very large applications like OpenOffice, or the full development environment. Just place one of these where you have your save file located and it will be found the next time you boot up. Coming soon there will be a tool to add them in on the fly (we already had this, in a limited fashion, in Grafpup-104).
Security
Most people are aware that Windows has a teriible track record with security. Maybe that is why you are investigating Linux in the first place. Being based on a very recent Linux kernel Grafpup is by it's very nature more secure than Ms Windows. However, some live distros (Puppy Linux included) compromise security somewhat by running all graphical applications as the system administrator. Grafpup is a big departure in this regard and runs a full multi-user environment, just like a conventional *nix is supposed to do. Now it's probably not the world's most secure OS (if you want that run OpenBSD) but the philosify is that things should be secured from the ground up. That means instead of nagging you with passwords and extra security "features" (which are really just ugly patches on a broken system) you have a hardy system which allows you to get your work done. Need to configure something or install a few software packages? Just give the admin password once and do what you need to do. Nothing too difficult here.
Download here or here and try it.
Wolvix is a LiveDistro built from Slackware and the Linux-Live scripts. It's a desktop and multimedia oriented Linux distribution designed to suit the needs of regular to advanced desktop users. Wolvix comes with the Xfce desktop environment and the Fluxbox window manager and includes a carefully selected group of development, graphics, multimedia, network and office applications.
Features:
- Portable: Bring Wolvix along wherever you go on CD or USB media.
- Modular: Customize it by adding additional software modules.
- Compact: Small in size with a comprehensive suite of programs.
- Flexible: It runs from CD and USB, or as Frugal or Full install on a HDD.
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