From noreply at frugalware.org Mon Aug 1 00:19:14 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:19:14 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware 1.5rc2 (Mores) released Message-ID: <20110731221914.1C175BAC006@genesis.frugalware.org> The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to [1] announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.5rc2, the second candidate of the upcoming 1.5 stable release.Here are some of the improvements, fixes and updates since 1.5rc1: * Package updates: + Linux Kernel 2.6.39.3 + XOrg server 1.10.3 + LXDE updated (lxsession-lite-0.4.6,lxpanel-0.5.7,lxlauncher-0.2.2,lxterminal-0.1.10...) + 1.0.1 release of the core EFL libraries + Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 + 245 packages updated + 20 new packages * New features: + Our Vim package gained Python nsupport. Please refer to the Frugalware [2] Testing ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686: See our [3] mirror list . Don't forget to check the [4] integrity of the install images before burning! NOTE: Click [5] here to read more about what media you need for the installation. References 1. http://frugalware.org/news/211 2. http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/frugalware/frugalware-testing/ChangeLog.txt 3. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso 4. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso/SHA1SUMS 5. http://frugalware.org/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor From noreply at frugalware.org Sat Aug 6 15:50:26 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (phayz) Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:50:26 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware Newsletter Issue 81 Message-ID: <20110806135026.6D40CBAC007@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: * Bon voyage, Carl * Welcome back Jercel! * pacman-g2 is now faster * Frugalware Exam You can read it [1] here . We hope you enjoy reading it. References 1. http://frugalware.org/newsletter/81 From noreply at frugalware.org Mon Aug 15 00:40:50 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:40:50 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware 1.5 (Mores) released Message-ID: <20110814224050.7B2501358448@genesis.frugalware.org> The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to [1] announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.5, our fifteenth stable release. No new features have been added since 1.5rc2, but 86 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 1.4 in no particular order: * Updated packages: Linux kernel 2.6.39.3, XOrg server 1.10.3, GNOME 3, KDE SC 4.6.5, XFCE 4., LibreOffice 3.4.2, Mozilla Firefox 5.0.1 to name a few major components. * New version of Pacman-g2 bringing [2] some nice features . * [3] systemd is now the default init system. * [4] Initial ARM port. * The boot splash is now provided by plymouth. * i686 and x86_64 kernels can now boot from EFI. (However, the bootloader is not yet installable from setup.) * In addition to EFI support, GPT partition tables are now enabled. gptfdisk is the recommended partitioner for this. * The setuptools Python package is now replaced by distribute. Please refer to the Frugalware [5] Mores ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686, x86_64, ppc and arm: See our [6] mirror list . Don't forget to check the [7] integrity of the install images before burning! NOTE: Click [8] here to read more about what media you need for the installation. If you are upgrading to Mores from our previous stable release (Nexon), please read the [9] upgrade part of our documentation. References 1. http://frugalware.org/news/213 2. http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/?p=pacman-g2.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS;hb=5a09808268317836e3ee1d8dbb0fb37ebca6f3e9 3. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd 4. http://elentir.sleipnir.fr/?p=489&lang=en 5. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.5/ChangeLog.txt 6. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.5-iso 7. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.5-iso/SHA1SUMS 8. http://frugalware.org/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor 9. http://frugalware.org/docs/stable/upgrade