Frugalware 1.7pre2 (Gaia) released

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.7pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.7 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.7pre1:

  • Package updates:
    • Kernel 3.4.0
    • GCC 4.7.0
    • GNOME 3.4.2
    • KDE 4.8.2
    • XFCE 4.10
    • Firefox 12, Thunderbird 12, Gimp 2.8
  • New features:
    • LightDM has replaced SLiM as default display manager for XFCE
    • New default wallpaper

Please refer to the Frugalware Testing ChangeLog for more information.

Download for x86_64: See our mirror list. Don’t forget to check the integrity of the install images before burning!

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