From noreply at frugalware.org Tue Oct 4 05:50:26 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (phayz) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:50:26 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware Newsletter Issue 82 Message-ID: <20111004035026.E0A3E142001A@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 Release Party was "up in the air" * Slown is officially a developer * Cedynamix is back! * Tips and Tricks - "Bash shell aliases" and "Tell me when you're finished" * Focus on Packages - Gource and Duplicity * Frugalware Exam #3 - Answers You can read it [1] here . We hope you enjoy reading it. References 1. http://frugalware.org/newsletter/82 From noreply at frugalware.org Mon Oct 10 00:23:55 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Miklos Vajna) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:23:55 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] Frugalware 1.6pre1 (Fermus) released Message-ID: <20111009222355.A01701420015@genesis.frugalware.org> The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to [1] announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.6pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.6 stable release.Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.5: * Package updates: + Linux kernel 3.0 + GNU C Library 2.14 + GCC 4.6 + GNOME 3.2 + KDE SC 4.7 + Perl 5.14 * New features: + [2] rsyslog is the new default syslog daemon + udisks replaced [3] hal in the default installation + The fw32 package replaced the emul-extra group, bringing [4] seamless integration for e.g. Skype on x86_64. + kernels are now built with an initrd. be sure to [5] update your boot config to use the initrd at /boot/initrd.img.xz. Please refer to the Frugalware [6] Testing ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686: See our [7] mirror list . Don't forget to check the [8] integrity of the install images before burning! NOTE: Click [9] here to read more about what media you need for the installation. References 1. http://frugalware.org/news/217 2. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.frugalware.devel/9778 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_%28software%29#Deprecated 4. http://frugalware.org/packages/119272/documentation#_nobuild_packages 5. http://frugalware.org/docs/upgrade#_updating_grub_configuration 6. http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/frugalware/frugalware-testing/ChangeLog.txt 7. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso 8. http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-testing-iso/SHA1SUMS 9. http://frugalware.org/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor From noreply at frugalware.org Sat Oct 29 15:26:04 2011 From: noreply at frugalware.org (Devil505) Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:26:04 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Frugalware-announce] New bug tracker system! Message-ID: <20111029132604.B54F21420028@genesis.frugalware.org> We have a new [1] bug tracker system . Flyspray is obsolete since a while and we have chosen [2] trac . All reports have been imported. If you has an account with the previous bts, you must reset your password as indicated on the main page. Special thanks from Frugalware developers to Xarkam for his work! References 1. http://wiki.frugalware.org 2. http://trac.edgewall.org/