- 2010/04/28

We've found a very nice review on the newly released CDlinux 0.9.6.1 from Desktop Linux Reviews with some very good advices. Well, we got work to do.

- 2010/04/25

This release is a bug-fix release with no new features.

Several bugs have slipped into 0.9.6 in the last minute. And hopefully, we've identified and terminated them all in this release. All 0.9.6 users are encouraged to upgrade to this new version.

Bugs terminated:

• X won't start on the standard edition
• “X -configure” can't generate xorg.conf.new
• Alt+Shift can't toggle between keyboard layouts
• Java Plug-in for Firefox doesn't work

And some package upgrade:

• alsa-lib-1.0.23
• curl-7.20.1
• goffice-0.8.2
• jasper-1.900.1.15.fc13
• jre-6u20
• lvm2-2.02.63

The Standard Edition can be found at SourceForge.net. All other editions and optional add-on modules can be downloaded from the download page. The full package list and source patches can be found here. And the release notes is here.

- 2010/04/12

This release is a major upgrade. Almost all components are upgraded to their latest stable version, like Linux-2.6.33.2, Xorg-server-1.8.0, Mesa-7.8.1.

Thanks to the open source ATi and Intel drivers, when now have farely good 2D/3D support on almost all ATi and Intel chip based video cards. PAE is also enabled in this release. As a result, we can support up to 64G RAM now. While the downside is that you can't run CDlinux 0.9.6 on older CPUs (5×86, K6, Pentium, etc.) anymore, even the mini edition.

Package upgrades:

• linux-2.6.33.2
• xorg-server-1.8.0
• mesa-7.8.1
• gtk+-2.18.9
• qt-4.6.2
• jre-6u19
• firefox-3.6.3
• gparted-0.5.2
• goffice-0.8.1
• bash-4.1.5
• mc-4.7.0.4

etc.

The Standard Edition can be found at SourceForge.net. All other editions and optional add-on modules can be downloaded from the download page. The full package list and source patches can be found here. And the release notes is here.

- 2009/12/02

This is yet another maintenance release concentrating on stability and usability. Almost all major packages except X are upgraded to their latest stable versions. 0.9.5 will be the last version using the good, “old” xorg-7.4. In the upcoming 0.9.6, we'll upgrade to the brand new xorg-7.5.

There are only a few new features:

• utf-8 console (use the “fbcon” command)
• add abiword back and upgrade to 2.8.1
• korean support
• more optional add-on “modules”

And some bug fixes:

• fix a bug in the drcom pkg
• modify rc.font to omit removable devices

Package upgrades:

• linux-2.6.31.6
• xorg-server-1.6.5
• cups-1.4.2
• poppler-0.12.2
• samba-3.4.2
• firefox-3.5.5
• jre-6u17

etc.

As always, the Standard Edition can be found at SourceForge.net. All other editions and optional add-on modules can be downloaded from the download page. The full package list and source patches can be found here. And the release notes is here.

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