Frugalware is a general purpose linux distribution, designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode).
We try to make Frugalware as simple as possible while not forgetting to keep it comfortable for the user. We try to ship fresh and stable software, as close to the original source as possible, because in our opinion most software is the best as is, and doesn’t need patching.
The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.2pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.2pre1:
Improvements:
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.
Package updates:
Linux kernel 2.6.32 + fixes
GNU C Library 2.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7
Thunderbird 3.0
More than 800 other package updates
More than 100 new packages
Please refer to the Frugalware Locris ChangeLog for more information.
Frugalware Linux official wiki is back online here. We encourage all frugalware users to contribute, please don’t forget to read the FrugalWiki Tutorial. Any comments and suggestions are welcome, ping Devil505 or Bouleetbil on #frugalware.
The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.2pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1:
Improvements:
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
Package updates:
Linux kernel 2.6.31 + fixes
GNOME 2.28
OpenOffice.org 3.1.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4
More than 900 other package updates
More than 70 new packages
Please refer to the Frugalware Locris ChangeLog for more information.
KMS is now enabled by default in Frugalware-current. It’s recommended to read the relevant part of the upgrade documentation before you upgrade to avoid unexpected results.
With the release of Getorin, the support for Anacreon is discontinued. It is highly recommended to upgrade to our new stable release, as there will be no more security and bug fixes for Anacreon.
We have released FSA589 to FSA616 for Solaria. That means 28 security problems were issued in half a year.
If you update to Getorin, it will also fix the following vulnerability:
