FreeBSD 8.0, BETA 3

The third of the BETA builds for the FreeBSD-8.0 release cycle is now
available. All major work related to new features in 8.0 has been
completed and we are shifting into “bugfix only” mode for the balance of
the release cycle. Debugging features (e.g. WITNESS) are still enabled
but will be removed from stable/8 between now and RC1 so performance is
still impacted a bit by that.

Download: 8.0-BETA3-i386-dvd1.iso.gz (1,773MB), 8.0-BETA3-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (1,837MB).

Frugalware Linux 1.1 RC2

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1rc2, the second candidate of the upcoming 1.1 stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1rc1:

• Improvements:
  • Updated the artwork.
  • Packaged android-sdk, for those who want network access from Frugalware through their Android phones.
• Package updates:
  • PHP 5.3
  • Octave 3.2
  • More than 250 package updates
  • More than 40 new packages

download:  frugalware-1.1rc2-i686-dvd1.iso (4,281MB)

SimplyMEPIS 8.0.10

MEPIS LLC has released SimplyMEPIS 8.0.10.
SimplyMEPIS 8.0 utilizes a Debian Lenny stable foundation enhanced with a Long Term Support kernel, key package upgrades, and the MEPIS Assistant applications to create an up-to-date, ready to use desktop computer system.

The updated components on the SimplyMEPIS ISOs include recent updates from the Debian Lenny pool and also the security patched Linux kernel 2.6.27.30, rt2860 driver 2.1.2.0, Firefox 3.5.2, Google Gadgets 0.11.0, Alsa 1.0.20, Bind 9.6.1P1, and Knetworkmanager 0.7. In addition some minor tweaks have been applied to the MEPIS Installer and the MEPIS utilities

Recently the MEPIS package pool has received new updates for Thunderbird 2.0.0.22, Mono 2.4.2.3, Strongswan 4.3.2, kvm 85, and nvidia driver 185.18.14.

Download: SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.0.10-rel_32.iso (694MB), SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.0.10-rel_64.iso (658MB).