From noreply at frugalware.org Mon Jun 20 00:56:49 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:56:49 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware 1.5pre2 (Mores) released Message-ID: <20110619225649.2A636BAC006@genesis.frugalware.org> The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to [1] announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.5pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.5 stable release.Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.5pre1: * Package updates: + Linux kernel 2.6.39 + LibreOffice 3.4 + KDE 4.6.4 * New features: + The boot splash is now provided by [2] 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. Please refer to the Frugalware [3] Testing ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686: 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. References 1. http://frugalware.org/news/207 2. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth 3. http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/frugalware/frugalware-testing/ChangeLog.txt 4. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso 5. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso/SHA1SUMS 6. http://frugalware.org/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor