Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux GUI Desktop. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, and Fltk. The core runs entirely in ram and boots very quickly. Also offered is Micro Core a 6 MB image that is the console based engine of Tiny Core. CLI versions of Tiny Core's program allows the same functionality of Tiny Core's extensions only starting with a console based system.

It is not a complete desktop nor is all hardware completely supported. It represents only the core needed to boot into a very minimal X desktop typically with wired internet access.

The user has complete control over which applications and/or additional hardware to have supported, be it for a desktop, a netbook, an appliance, or server, selectable by the user by installing additional applications from online repositories, or easily compiling most anything you desire using tools provided.

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Linux Mint 8 Helena

Our latest release is Linux Mint 8, codename "Helena". Please choose the edition you wish to download. If you're new to Linux Mint or if you're unsure as to which edition is right for you, choose the Main Edition.

Read the Linux Mint 8 User Guide (2.0MB)

See what's new in Linux Mint 8

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Main Edition

Choose this edition if you're new to Linux Mint or not sure which edition to choose.

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Universal Edition

This edition aims to provide the same features as the Main Edition without including proprietary software, patented technologies or support for restricted formats. If you're a magazine, a reseller or a distributor in Japan or in the USA then choose this edition.

It also comes as live DVD and features built-in support for English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese/Br, Portuguese/Pt, Arabic, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Galician, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovenian, Catalan, Greek, Czech, Slovak, Marathi, Norwegian [nynorsk], Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Hindi, Finnish, Hebrew, Serbian, Belarussian and partial support for Basque and Bosnian.

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x64 Edition

This edition supports the X86_64 architecture and it is optimized for 64bit processors. Note that the Main Edition (which is 32bit) is usually more stable and it also supports 64bit processors.

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Trixbox

trixbox®, with a lowercase 't', is an IP-PBX software solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses. trixbox comes in two flavors: the open-source community edition and a hybrid-hosted, commercially-proven solution.

trixbox Pro is supported by a world-class technical support team that has been built over the last four years and processes over 2,000 calls and 10,000 emails per month. Our team is here to help.

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Inquisitor

Inquisitor is an open-source hardware testing and certification system, suitable for both enterprise and home use, customizable, modular and available in both serverless Live CD/DVD format and server-controlled network boot production system.

It can analyse and test your hardware from top to the bottom and assure that it won’t fail easily under the production stress.

Inquisitor is:

• Flexible: you can adjust just about any parameter in analysis or testing process and customize the system to the widest extent.
• Modular: it’s made up from a series of interchangeable modules; one can easily add new modules to add new tests, detections, production steps, etc.
• Intelligent: server-based version includes a database that stores all the data on all computers that were tested by Inquisitor. If only some parts of hardware will change, clever scheduler won’t redo all the long testing, but only tests relevant to hardware changes.
• Distributed: due to modular architecture, Inquisitor can be easily distributed across a cluster to distribute load or make a geographically distributed system.
• Scalable: it could be helpful to analyse/test just one home computer or all the computers in your organization, up to multiple thousands computers in manufacturing enterprise.
• Free as in speech: the base platform is distributed under the GPL license.
• Mature: Inquisitor is based on a rock-solid Linux technology and is under active development since 2004. There are multiple production enterprise installations relying on it.

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Briker - IP PBX/VOIP SERVER

Briker is a Linux Distribution that auto-magically convert computers into a powerful Private Branch eXchange machine with IP communication built-in

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Zenwalk 6.2

Zenwalk is a GNU/Linux operating system, designed to provide the following characteristics:

Modern and user-friendly (latest stable software, selected applications)

Fast (optimized for performance capabilities)

Rational (one mainstream application for each task)

Complete (full development/desktop/multimedia environment)

Evolutionary (simple network package management tool - netpkg)

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Slackware 13.0

After one of the most intensive periods of development in Slackware's history, the long awaited stable release of Slackware 13.0 is ready. This release brings with it many major changes since Slackware 12.2, including a completely reworked collection of X packages (a configuration file for X is no longer needed in most cases), major upgrades to the desktop environments (KDE version 4.2.4 and Xfce version 4.6.1), a new .txz package format with much better compression, and other upgrades all around -- to the development system, network services, libraries, and major applications like Firefox and Thunderbird. We think you'll agree that this version of Slackware was worth the wait. Also, this is the first release of Slackware with native support for the 64-bit x86_64 architecture! Major kudos to Eric Hameleers for all of his work, especially on the 64-bit port.

More details may by found in the official announcement and in the release notes.

Ubuntu 9.10

1. Faster, smoother, more beutiful......
New features, fixes and application designed around you
2. Developing at speed....
Fun tool to make it easy to write and deploy apps for ubuntu
3. .....introducing your personal cloud
Store and share files and contacts in couple of click with Ubuntu one

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Fedora 11: Reign

What's new in Fedora 11? Read the release notes. >>

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.

The Fedora Project is out front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content.

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SimplyMEPIS 8.0

Why SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Linux?

• SimplyMEPIS just works! It is pre-configured for simplicity and ease of use, even for beginners
• SimplyMEPIS features unique hardware detection and a superior configuration
• SimplyMEPIS allows you to test and try without installation to see if it suits you and your needs
• SimplyMEPIS is well supported by excellent community resources

Programs, Programs, Programs...

SimplyMEPIS 8.0 arrives with a complete choice of the best of programs necessary for most people's pleasure and productivity, all delivered on top of a Debian 5 stable core using the 2.6.27 Linux kernel. We've already included great applications for you, such as the award-winning OpenOffice Writer that provides excellent compatibility with MS-Office, the popular browser Firefox with its great multimedia capability, or the terrific Amarok music player that handles MP3 players without problem. Thousands more software packages are available for free download and painless installation from Debian and our own Community, keeping you on the cutting edge.

The MEPIS magic

SimplyMEPIS 8.0 also ships with its own graphical tool suite:

• the Network Assistant, to configure and test a wired or wireless network
• the System Assistant, to create a live USB thumbdrive, repair a partition, etc.
• the User Assistant, to easily manage user accounts
• the X-Windows Assistant, to install graphics card drivers, set monitor models, etc.

These tools combine to make a powerful suite that is intuitive and easy to use.

Hardware That's Not Hard

If you've ever installed any operating system you know the many hours spent installing drivers and getting your hardware and peripherals to work. The SimplyMEPIS hardware detection takes care of installing the drivers for you. It checks on every boot for new hardware, then loads the right driver.

Support That's Truly Supporting

If you run into unexpected problems, here are some reliable tools you can use:

• A complete Community User's Manual
• The detailed Community Wiki
• A very helpful Community Forum
• The fun and informative Community Website

There is a link to the User's Manual right on your desktop, and links to the other sources of help are already included among your Firefox Bookmarks.

The Devil Is In The Details

MEPIS is continually working to assure the fitness, finish, and overall quality of its products. We understand that computers should help you, not get in your way. We want your experience with SimplyMepis to be a totally positive one so that your work and play are enjoyable, your desktop works perfectly and everything looks seamless. MEPIS pursues that goal tenaciously, and that makes you the winner.

Learn more : https://www.mepis.org/

Sabily

Sabily is an operating system, like MS Windows or Mac OS X. Without an operating system, a computer is unusable, and Windows is not the only OS available! (though you often don't have the choice, that's why we are working hard to fix the bug number one)

I already have Windows, why would I use Sabily ?
Because Sabily is free, already includes all software you need in your everyday tasks, and is customized specifically for Muslims. And even if you didn't buy Windows, you should not use pirated copies because then you are still supporting Microsoft by adding to the impression it's the only OS available.

It should be a tremendous work to develop an operating system?
Actually we don't start from scratch, we use the Ubuntu operating system as a groundwork. Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution whose goal is to provide an easy-to-use, up-to-date, stable and free system, also for companies. Sabily customizes Ubuntu by removing, modifying and adding software, and also customizes the graphic design to make a system adapted to Muslims.

Is there a company like Microsoft which develops Sabily?
No there isn't, just a communauty of voluntaries coming from all over the world (France, Tunisia, Egypt, Indonesia etc.). You can as well participate, as a developer, a graphic designer, a tester or if you just want to share your ideas.

What are the main features of Sabily?
The main software are: Zekr and Mus-haf Othman (Quran study tools), Minbar and Firefox-praytimes (prayer times applications), Monajat (application that popups prayers every predetermined time), Hijra (islamic calendar) and WebStrict (parental control tool). Arabic language is also well supported. And of course the graphic design is also customized (see screenshots).

What other software are included in Sabily?
OpenOffice (word processor, spreasheet, presentation), Firefox (web browser), Pidgin (instant messaging), F-spot (photos management), Gimp (image manipulation program) and other multimedia software (video/audio). All of this in included in the "small" version of Sabily, but the "full" version contains dozens of other software! (educational software, tools and entire Quran recitations, see the full list here)

Sabily seems very interesting, what should I do to use it?
You have to download the ISO file and to burn it on a DVD, then to start your computer from the DVD. You will have the choice to test or to install the system. In a first time we advise you to test it because it is safe for your computer, nothing will be written on your hard disk. You can even test Sabily directly from Windows, by using a Virtual Box image.

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SuperOS

Super OS (formerly: Super Ubuntu) is a freely-available Linux distribution. It is a remastered version of Ubuntu made with reconstructor.Its main goal is to provide an ‘Out of the Box’ experience, containing various enhancements over Ubuntu. It has the goal of remaining compatible with Ubuntu.

Features

• Includes an easy way to run executable files and scripts.
• Multimedia support: It is prepackaged with support for MP3 files and video-DVDs.
• Internet codecs: It includes an additional, though non-free web browser (Opera), Adobe Flash Player (non-free also), and more communication software (aMSN and Skype).
• Additional software: It also includes, Wine, the GUI for Uncomplicated Firewall, and other software.

Tools and software

App Runner

App Runner is a script included in Super OS that allows any kind of executable or script to be launched without having to use the command line. App Runner was also subject of an article by Lifehacker, saying "App Runner would come in handy" and "there's plenty of scripts and closed-source apps that this would be useful for".

Live USB

There is also a Windows tool called cd2usb to create Ubuntu and Super OS Live USBs. The program is already included in the DVD of Super OS.

RUNZ Framework

The RUNZ Framework is a tool that allows the use of portable apps and something called SuperDebs (an installer with a .deb file + its dependencies that can be installed offline in Super OS. It is already included in Super OS 9.04 SP 0.1

Official website : http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS

Copyright : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_OS

BlankOn 5.0 Nanggar

Setelah dikembangkan selama kurang lebih 6 bulan, pada hari Selasa, tanggal 16 Juni 2009, Tim Pengembang BlankOn secara resmi meluncurkan BlankOn 5.0 dengan kode rilis Nanggar. Nama Nanggar diambil dari bahasa Batak yang berarti “Palu”.

Pada rilis kali ini BlankOn Nanggar membawa beberapa fitur baru, diantaranya Desktop Berkonteks, pembaruan dari Aksara Nusantara, dan juga pada BlankOn nanggar tersedia buku panduan lengkap.

Berikut ini adalah fitur - fitur BlankOn 5.0 Nanggar :

Fitur BlankOn Nanggar:

• Desktop Berkonteks + GNOME 2.26
• Program Perkantoran: OpenOffice 3.0.1, GNUCash
• GIMP 2.6.6
• Inkscape 0.46
• Peramban Web Firefox 3.0
• Kernel 2.6.28

Fitur BlankOn Nanggar Minimalis:

• Desktop LXDE 0.3.2.1
• Program Perkantoran: AbiWord 2.6.6, GNUmeric 1.8.4, GNUCash 2.2.6
• GIMP 2.6.6
• Inkscape 0.46
• Peramban Web Epiphany 2.26
• Kernel 2.6.28

Linux Mint 7 Gloria

Information

Our latest release is Linux Mint 7, codename "Gloria". Please choose the edition you wish to download. If you're new to Linux Mint or if you're unsure as to which edition is right for you, choose the Main Edition.

Read the Linux Mint 7 User Guide (2.0MB)

See what's new in Linux Mint 7

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Main Edition

Choose this edition if you're new to Linux Mint or not sure which edition to choose.

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Universal Edition

This edition aims to provide the same features as the Main Edition without including proprietary software, patented technologies or support for restricted formats. If you're a magazine, a reseller or a distributor in Japan or in the USA then choose this edition.

It also comes as live DVD and features built-in support for English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese/Br, Portuguese/Pt, Arabic, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Galician, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovenian, Catalan, Greek, Czech, Slovak, Marathi, Norwegian [nynorsk], Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Hindi, Finnish, Hebrew, Serbian, Belarussian and partial support for Basque and Bosnian.

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x64 Edition

This edition supports the X86_64 architecture and it is optimized for 64bit processors. Note that the Main Edition (which is 32bit) is usually more stable and it also supports 64bit processors.

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PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Final Released

The Ripper Gang is pleased to announce the final public ISO release of PCLinuxOS 2009.1.

This release features kernel 2.6.26.8.tex3, KDE 3.5.10, Open Office 3.0, Firefox 3.0.7, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, Ktorrent, Frostwire, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Compiz-Fusion 3D and much more. We decided to use kde3-5-10 as our default desktop as we could not achieve a similar functionality from kde4. We will however offer kde4 as an alternative desktop environment available from the repository once we stabilize it. PCLinuxOS is an rpm based distribution utilizing apt-get with a Synaptic Software Manager frontend. In addition to the above PCLinuxOS comes with mklivecd GUI, a nice utility to build a custom live CD from your install. Install or remove what you want then remaster your own cd. Great for backups or to give to friends. PCLinuxOS is also known as as rolling release distribution. What that means is you install once and update it when new applications become available from our repository.

Special thanks goes out to gettinther, Sal, Linuxera, Neverstopdreaming, Davecs, gri6507, Stumpy842 and etjr. Also to Enki Consulting for hosting the website and ibilio.org for hosting the software packages.

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Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring

Desktop environments. KDE 4.2.2, GNOME 2.26.1 and LXDE. Each of them comes with a lot of innovation and new features, improvement in ergonomy and efficicency. Learn more – see in video.

Mozilla Firefox 3. New major functionalities for this version: powerful address bar, memory management improvements, bookmarks creation in one single clic, integrated password manager, security improved. Learn more.

OpenOffice.org 3. The first free office suite with even more functionnalities and plugins: ODF 1.2 support, Office 2007 documents import, collaboration in spreadsheet, native integration of spreadsheets in Impress, Presenter, wiki export, PDF import. Learn more.

Sugar. For children, education environment for collaborative teaching (available in online contrib repository). Learn more.

Songbird. The free audio center (available in online contrib repository). Learn more.

VirtualBox 2.2. Virtualization software comes with new functionnalities: better support for 64 bits architectures, 3D acceleration, easier networking, complete VDMK/VHD (VmWare images) including snapshots and Open Virtualization support. Learn more.

Wine 1.1.19. Better support for 64 bits architecture and audio management through pulseaudio. Learn more.

Nepomuk. Give a note, take some notes and search for your documents using your own criteria. Learn more.

Website : http://www.mandriva.com

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.

Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386), IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm, armel), IBM S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64).

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny adds support for Marvell's Orion platform which is used in many storage devices. Supported storage devices include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro. Additionally, Lenny now supports several Netbooks, in particular the Eee PC by Asus. Lenny also contains the build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny includes the new ARM EABI port, armel. This new port provides a more efficient use of both modern and future ARM processors. As a result, the old ARM port (arm) has now been deprecated.

This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox), Icedove 2.0.0.19 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird), PostgreSQL 8.3.6, MySQL 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 1.4.21.2, Emacs 22, Inkscape 0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support), OpenJDK 6b11, and more than 23,000 other ready-to-use software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages).

With the integration of X.Org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support of NTFS filesystems and the use of most multimedia keys out of the box. Support for Adobe® Flash® format files is available via the swfdec or Gnash plugins. Overall improvements for notebooks have been introduced, such as out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling. For leisure time several new games have been added, including puzzle games as well as first-person shooters. Also notable is the introduction of goplay, a graphical games browser offering filters, search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian.

The availability and updates of OpenJDK, GNU Java compiler, GNU Java bytecode interpreter, Classpath and other free versions of Sun's Java technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 allow us to ship Java-based applications in Debian's main repository.

Further improvements in system security include the installation of available security updates before the first reboot by the Debian Installer, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the standard installation, and the use of GCC hardening features in the builds of several security-critical packages. Various applications have specific improvements, too. PHP for example is now built with the Suhosin hardening patch.

For non-native English speaking users the package management systems now support translated package descriptions and will automatically show the description of a package in the native language of the user, if available.

Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other desktop environments — KDE, Xfce, or LXDE — can be installed through two new alternative CD images. Again available with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of multiple architectures from a single disc; and this release adds Blu-ray Discs, allowing the archive for an entire architecture to be shipped on a single BD.

In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only.

The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 63 languages.

Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs for further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Disc from numerous vendors, too.

Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed Etch) are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release.

Dedication

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller projects to be named here.

Thiemo's work, commitment, broad technical knowledge and ability to share this with others will be missed. Thiemo's contributions will not be forgotten. The high standards of his work make it hard to pick up.

Ubuntu Studio 8.10 released

Get Ubuntu Studio 8.10 final now.

Sorry about no real time kernel by default this time. A ".1" release will be done soon with it. Thanks for the support!

Slackware 12.2 is released!

Yes folks, 'tis the season to announce a new release of Slackware. With a shiny new kernel, many package updates, and the newly added ability to install from a Samba share, we bring to you the latest in the stable Slackware 12.x series. Slackware 12.2 ships with the 2.6.27.7 Linux kernel, the Xorg 1.4.2 X server (with many driver, library, and application updates), Xfce 4.4.3, KDE 3.5.10, simplified wired and wireless networking with wicd in /extra, package upgrade management with slackpkg moved into the main tree, support for non-usb-storage digital cameras through libgphoto2, pm-utils (tools to support suspend and hibernate through HAL), and much, much more. This release brings the system up-to-date without compromising stability or compatibility with the 12.x series.

More details may be found in the official announcement.

If you like Slackware, please consider supporting the project by picking up a copy of Slackware 12.2 from the Slackware Store. The discs are off to replication now and pre-orders are being accepted for the official 6 CD or 1 DVD set. Also by popular demand, we now have black T-shirts with the original Slackware logo for sale. Check 'em out!

Thanks are due to the Slackware crew, the developers of slackbuilds.org, the fine folks on linuxquestions.org, IRC, and everyone else who pitched in to help make this another great Slackware release. We couldn't have done it without your help.

As always -- have fun!

Pat and the Slackware crew

Ubuntu Buddhist Edition : Buddhabuntu

Buddhabuntu is a distribution of Ubuntu Linux for Buddhist users that emphasizes machine learning, user adaptiveness, scriptural study and includes a media library of Buddhist scriptures. Its focus is on nodal / neural net processing and interdependent development and interfacing complearn and IBM PML with the OS for User Adaptiveness.

One can get involved in Buddhabuntu at http://buddhabuntu.8m.net . Looking for anyone with some programming experience and 'serious' interest. You may contact me, jasballz at raymonjc@sbu.edu or 1.585.307.0619 USA. Looking for people who are interested in devving machine learning O.S.-to-User interface for Ubuntu linux and maybe new compiz effects like an interbeing/indra's net desktop effect.

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