From noreply at frugalware.org Mon Mar 8 10:06:54 2010 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:06:54 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware 1.2 (Locris) released Message-ID: <20100308090654.F050820E0002@genesis.frugalware.org> The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to [1] announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.2, our twelfth stable release. No new features have been added since 1.2rc2, but 62 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 1.1 in no particular order: * Up to date packages: Linux kernel 2.6.32.8, GNU C library 2.11.1, Xorg 7.5, GNOME 2.28, KDE 4.3.5 to name a few major components. * KMS (Kernel Mode-Setting) is now enabled by default for Intel and Radeon cards. * PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is now part of the base system. * Introduced devtmpfs: you can now exclude /dev from backups, along with /proc and /sys. * Removed several large games from the install images (CD/DVD) which means one less DVD or 4 less CDs. * We finally upgraded our KDE (and related) packages to the 4.x branch. The work started back in April 2009 and now we thought it's a good move to merge that testing repository. * This release comes with Xorg 7.5, see the [2] upstream list of new features . * We've updated our bluez userspace stack to the 4.x branch, which allowed us to improve both GNOME and KDE bluetooth support. Please refer to the Frugalware [3] Locris ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686, x86_64 and ppc: See our [4] mirror list . Don't forget to check the [5] integrity of the install images before burning! NOTE: Click [6] here to read more about what media you need for the installation. If you are upgrading to Locris from our previous stable release (Getorin), please read the [7] upgrade part of our documentation. References 1. http://frugalware.org/news/163 2. http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/doc/RELNOTES.html#AEN26 3. http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/frugalware/frugalware-1.2/ChangeLog.txt 4. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.2-iso 5. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.2-iso/SHA1SUMS 6. http://frugalware.org/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor 7. http://frugalware.org/docs/upgrade From noreply at frugalware.org Tue Mar 9 14:01:21 2010 From: noreply at frugalware.org (phayz) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:01:21 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware Newsletter Issue 59 Message-ID: <20100309130121.125F81240001@genesis.frugalware.org> The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened recently in the world of Frugalware. Features of this issue include: * Jump for Frugalware * Frugalware's developers are people too - Pingax * FLOSS developers are people too - Marc Kerbiquet * Tips and tricks - Search and replace text in multiple files You can read it [1] here . We hope you like it! References 1. http://frugalware.org/newsletter/59 From noreply at frugalware.org Tue Mar 16 19:29:49 2010 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Michel Hermier) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:29:49 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] nouveau and nvidia in -current Message-ID: <20100316182949.6C92C124000E@genesis.frugalware.org> With the kernel 2.6.33, we enabled nouveau kernel module. For those who have problem using it or want to use nvidia, you may be unhappy to see that nvidia doesn't work any more. There are 2 ways to make it working again: * Add nouveau to your /etc/sysconfig/blacklist file (seems to be the simplest and more secure way) * Or happen the following kernel options in your grub configuration: nouveau.modeset=0 Then make a happy reboot. From noreply at frugalware.org Wed Mar 17 22:28:46 2010 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:28:46 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Getorin: End of life Message-ID: <20100317212846.97C66124000C@genesis.frugalware.org> With the release of Locris, the support for Getorin is discontinued. It is highly recommended to upgrade to our new stable release, as there will be no more security and bug fixes for Getorin. We have released FSA617 to FSA636 for Solaria. That means 20 security problems were issued in half a year. If you update to Locris, it will also fix the following vulnerability: * [1] #4054 - firefox References 1. http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/4054 From noreply at frugalware.org Thu Mar 25 12:32:25 2010 From: noreply at frugalware.org (phayz) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:32:25 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware Newsletter Issue 60 Message-ID: <20100325113225.78A541240005@genesis.frugalware.org> The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened recently in the world of Frugalware. Features of this issue include: * Frugalware 1.3's code-name is announced * New FrugalBuild contributors * Forums are back! * Frugalware's users are people too! - Mickael Brangeon * FLOSS developers are people too! - Mitchell Foral You can read it [1] here . We hope you like it! References 1. http://frugalware.org/newsletter/60