Category: Releases

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Ubuntu Colony CD 4

Ubuntu Colony 4, the “last Colony CD release before the Breezy preview, has been released. My Ubuntu Breezy install recently updated itself to include a spiffy framebuffer-using bootup, with a black and gold(?) theme. This is most likely the same theme they’re talking about at the bullet point which says “Many fixes to the live CD, including usplash integration”.

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Knoppix 4.0 Changelog

Knoppix mirrors seem to have a new knoppix-dvd folder on the same level as the knoppix folder, so you won’t be able to find the download from the mirror site without going up one level. Here’s the changelog, straight from a mirror.

* V4.0DVD-2005-08-16
– Project split into DVD and CD edition
– OpenOffice 2.0 build 104 (english/german)
– Lots and lots of package updates
– Bugfixes: floppyconf, knoppix-installer
– Kernel 2.6.12(.4) update
– KDE 3.4.1 from Debian/experimental
– correct agpgart module detection
– tulip PCI id fix in hwdata
– ralink and madwifi driver updates
– hostap added
– removed “slow USB block device” (ub) option (problems with usb-storage reported)
– chmod cdrecord/cdrdao to no longer run suid root because of changed kernel ioctls
– Added development packages: eclipse, mono
– Added most kde-i18n langiages from unstable
– Added knoppix books and Open Source Jahrbuch
– Added m23 software distribution system
– Added Knoppix menu item for setting root password
– Added AVM modules for DSL and ISDN cards
– Added ISDN/DSL configuration packages from Kanotix
– Added alternative desktops: gnome, ratpoison, xfce4, openbox
– Added (too many to list) packages from Debian/sarge (abiword, gnumeric…)
– Replaced mozilla-suite by mozilla-firefox and mozilla-thunderbird
– linux-ntfs (sourceforge) CVS snapshot

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Gentoo Linux Installer

With the release of Gentoo 2005.1 comes new Gentoo LiveCDs used for installing Gentoo, plus an experimental LiveCD which includes and automated installer. Check it out here.

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Gentoo Linux IA64 LiveCD Finished

According to this weeks Gentoo Weekly News, Gentoo now has an Itanium LiveCD which will be released as part of Gentoo 2005.1.

The new LiveCD will allow users to quickly and painlessly deploy Gentoo on an IA64 platform, where previously another distribution was required to jumpstart the bootstrap process for a Gentoo installation.

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TheOpenCD 3.0 Released

What was once a CD full of open source Windows applications has now morphed into a hybrid LiveCD/Windows software CD. While it has not finished downloading for me yet, it looks like a lot of work went into this CD, and I’m excited to give it a try.

TheOpenCD traditionally provides a handy collection of quality FOSS applications for Windows, professionally presented in an elegant CD browser. This latest edition also lets you boot into a highly polished desktop based on Ubuntu for a taste of the world of free operating systems!

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More on LiveLAMP

Wow, not much LiveCD news today. The LiveLAMP release has already been posted, but there is another announcement that Groklaw is covering. This time they’re putting a $10,000 value on the OSS software they’re including on the CD.

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Open source industry group offers free server software to Australian schools

The Beer Files has news of a new Linux LiveCD dedicated to setting up working enviroments for schools to give their students. It does not appear to be released yet, but looks like a great use of a LiveCD.

According to OSV, LiveLAMP can turn any PC into an instant server capable of supporting up to 1,000 students doing work on over a dozen programming languages and hundreds of development tools.