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Development Release: SmoothWall Express 3.1 RC
06/19/2013 01:32 AM
Neal Murphy has announced the availability of the first release candidate for SmoothWall 3.1, a firewall distribution that includes its own security-hardened GNU/Linux kernel and an easy-to-use web interface: "Today we have released the Smoothwall Express 3.1 release candidate 1 installation CD image for widespread testing and bug....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/gSm9N6FtDOg" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: Webconverger 20.0
06/18/2013 09:07 PM
Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 20.0, a new version of the Debian-based distribution designed solely for Internet browsing and for using web-based applications (e.g. Google Docs): "Please download Webconverger 20, our stable update release, featuring: Firefox 21 updates and Flash security updates; a dist-upgrade, based....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/sBQmjyAEt4M" height="1" width="1"/
Development Release: OpenMandriva 2013.0 Alpha
06/18/2013 05:22 PM
João Patrício has announced the availability of the first public alpha build of OpenMandriva 2013.0, a Linux distribution that has its roots in Mandriva Linux, but is now developed by the OpenMandriva Association. This release is based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project that forked Mandriva Linux....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/J5RqLpWNeII" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: SolydXK 201306
06/18/2013 11:27 AM
Arjen Balfoort has announced the release of SolydXK 201306, an updated version of the project's desktop Linux distribution with Xfce (SolydX) or KDE (SolydK) based on Debian's "testing" branch: "The new SolydXK ISO images include the latest updates from June's Update Pack. Changes: thanks to forum users the....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/DD2H1CR-kes" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: Bridge Linux 2013.06
06/18/2013 08:35 AM
Dalton Miller has announced the availability of Bridge Linux 2013.06, an Arch-based Linux distribution available in four separate flavours (with Xfce, GNOME, KDE and LXDE desktops) and now also featuring Pacaur, a simple and powerful package management wrapper for Arch Linux packages: "Announcing Bridge Linux 2013.06. This update....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/5Xp5U-VZGv4" height="1" width="1"/
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 512
06/17/2013 11:00 AM
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Living free with Trisquel GNU/Linux 6.0 News: RHEL 7 to default to GNOME "Classic", Debian and Mageia release updates, migrating from Linux to FreeBSD Previews: Wayland and RebeccaBlackOS Released last week: Zorin OS 7, Peppermint OS Four, UberStudent 3.0 Upcoming releases: Ubuntu....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/Yb3xYzGIfQg" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2013_06_14
06/15/2013 03:36 AM
Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2013_06_14, the latest stable version of the project's specialist live CD designed for disk management and data rescue tasks: "Another month of solid development is complete, it's time to release Parted Magic with a new look and a growing....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/4Trff6WmHMU" height="1" width="1"/
Development Release: openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 2
06/14/2013 12:57 PM
Andres Silva has announced the availability of the second milestone release of openSUSE 13.1: "For those of you waiting for (or working on) openSUSE 13.1, we have good news: milestone 2 is now out for you to download. As to be expected, the inclusion of newer software versions....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/P_fcjTN-N4M" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: Window Maker Live 2013-06-05
06/13/2013 09:20 PM
Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that integrates the Window Maker window manager with well-known open-source components in an attractive graphical user interface. A new version was released and announced earlier today: "Window Maker Live 2013-06-05. What is new since the last release? Both Firefox and....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/iMIi6_W-0vg" height="1" width="1"/
Distribution Release: Peppermint OS Four
06/13/2013 08:14 PM
Kendall Weaver has announced the release of Peppermint OS Four, a lightweight and easy-to-use desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 13.04: "Welcome back to the new and improved Peppermint web site and welcome to the next iteration of our operating system: Peppermint Four. We are seriously excited about....img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/distrowatch/BFai/~4/_Rp8umq6j5U" height="1" width="1"/