SALIX - Salix 13.0.2 is ready!

The Salix team is proud to announce the release of Salix 13.0.2. The most important change this release brings is the addition of a 64-bit port of Salix! As the 32-bit counterpart, Salix64 is fully backwards compatible with Slackware64 and provides a simple and fast way to install an XFCE based system that follows the one-app-per-task philosophy. The 64-bit repositories already...

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SALIX - Salix Live 13.0 beta 2

The Salix Live team (Akuna, JRD, Shador) is pleased to announce the second beta version.Features included: booting from CD or USB (using the following script for unix-like, unetbootin will not work with grub2 iso) splashy like in the current ISO automatic login (user: "one") password for root: live grub2 boot menu some boot options accessible directly from boot menu (language, keybaord layout, numlock, touchpad) you can select the mode (core, basic, or full) you want to boot, the runlevel, to copy all to RAM... ssh-keys already generated for root...

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SALIX - Salix identi.ca group

Hi,The Salix OS group has just been created on the identi.ca network.http://identi.ca/group/salixHere is a little HowTo :http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... tica_groupSubscribing to it is a good way for being aware of what happen in the Salix users and developers wor...

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SALIX - Salix 13.0.1 ISO ready for download

We have created a 13.0.1 ISO for download. This release only adds some small bugfixes and software upgrades, so it will simplify new installations. The new ISO can be found on our download page:http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/DownloadList of changes from the 13.0 ISO:default slackware repositories have dependency supportupdated xfce with fixed utf8 mounting bug, notification enabled and manual cd eject using the cd button fixed.fixed Swiss French keyboard setting in keyboardsetuplvm2 is now included by defaultxfce4-xkb-plugin has been includeddefault...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.7

DOWNLOAD PARTED MAGIC Parted Magic 4.7 adds and removes some programs and fixes a few bugs.Key changes:Partclone 0.1.9 was added again despite Clonezilla being removed. People still wanted to use it from the command line.Xfburn and libburnia are replaced by simpleburn and cdrtools.LXMusic-0.4.0 was added with a very limited xmms2 build. Just enough to allow this program to work.util-linux is replaced by util-linux-ng.Firefox is replaced by Google Chrome (Official Linux Beta version).Linux is updated to 2.6.32.2 with squashfs-lzma compression.A...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.6

DOWNLOAD PARTED MAGIC Parted Magic 4.6 is a mostly a bug fix release with some usability improvements.Key changes:Many fixes and changes for Netbooks.GNU Parted bug "ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!" is fixed.Parted Magic Save Session uses xz instead of 7-zip.Clamav was added, but you have to download the definitions yourself. There is an entry in the panel's application launcher to automate the download. The definitions are downloaded to /root/clamav, so they will be saved in root.xz when you use Save Session.Flash...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.5

Download: pmagic-4.5.iso.zip (79.0MB, MD5)This new version of Parted Magic updates the graphical server Xorg, expands networking, improves RAM usage, and fixes some bugs.To combat some of the problems associated with the newer versions of Xorg and Intel chipsets, Parted Magic offers driver versions intel-2.4.1, intel-2.5.1, intel-2.6.3, intel-2.7.1 to the boot options. At the first boot screen press and then add one of the listed drivers to the syslinux command line. Parted Magic will then install them while the system is booting. Most people...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.4

Download: pmagic-4.4.iso.zip (96MB, MD5)This new version of Parted Magic has some major updates. Users can now get online with dial-up networing through our "Start Network" program. Parted Magic is not in the desktop media business, but ALSA sound drivers and ALSA core programs were added if you would like to use a media player. We highly suggest Slackware-12.x packages. Unionfs is now being used for the big directories and Parted Magic's RAM usage, with the "default" boot option, has been halved. That's right, it only takes 256MB of RAM to run...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.3

Download: pmagic-4.3.iso.zip (93MB, MD5)This is a bug fix release for the 4.x series of Parted Magic. Not only did some bugs get fixed, but a few new programs were added too. chntpw, nilfs-utils-2.0.12, gdisk-0.2.2, Adblock Plus 1.0.2 are now part of Parted Magic's program line-up. This is a list of fixed bugs from the forum entries: reiser4 support lacking, msftres bug, gFTP Fails to connect to SSH2 computer, Parted Magic 4.2 Clonezilla LILO and keyboard bugs, Clonezilla with Samba - Missing password prompt, Clonezilla not automatically unmounting...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.3

Download: pmagic-4.3.iso.zip (93MB, MD5)This is a bug fix release for the 4.x series of Parted Magic. Not only did some bugs get fixed, but a few new programs were added too. chntpw, nilfs-utils-2.0.12, gdisk-0.2.2, Adblock Plus 1.0.2 are now part of Parted Magic's program line-up. This is a list of fixed bugs from the forum entries: reiser4 support lacking, msftres bug, gFTP Fails to connect to SSH2 computer, Parted Magic 4.2 Clonezilla LILO and keyboard bugs, Clonezilla with Samba - Missing password prompt, Clonezilla not automatically unmounting...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.2

Download: pmagic-4.2.iso.zip (91.4MB, MD5)I guess it's about time to release another version of Parted Magic. Nothing special about this release, just some minor updates and bug fixes. Just kidding, CLONEZILLA is now part of Parted Magic's program line-up! This is not a dual boot set-up like some people have done in the past, the actual program Clonezilla can be launched directly from the Parted Magic desktop. It took some modifications to get it working and the Clonezilla author Steven Shiau did a fantastic job helping us make the necessary changes...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.1

This version of Parted Magic fixes some bugs and adds some new features and programs. There was a scripting error that cause debs not to load in some situations, mkfstab was moved later in the booting process to stop the new fstab from being overwritten by the one from the "Save Session" package, and partimag user was added by default for partimage. The fstab daemon now detects device mapper RAID partitions while removing the unmountable mirrors from /etc/fstab. GParted and mount-gtk correctly display and mount these partitions. Our tools use the...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 4.0

bad bad bad: I was laid off last week from my job as a machinist. If anybody has any extra work I can do over the Internet that would be great. Maybe I can make you a Joomla! website or maybe you have some data entry work that needs to be done. I just need to make some extra money because unemployment will not pay all the bills....back to Parted MagicA new release with some exciting new features! Parted Magic now has full support for partitioning Device Mapper RAID partitions. The initrd was completely trashed and Parted Magic now boots from a...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.7

This is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Parted Magic. The package installer had a scripting error that wouldn't allow more than one package to be installed. Added /mnt/local so G4L works. Jason added some fixes and features to the wipe and mount scripts. The code for booting iso's directly using GRUB4DOS was merged back in after the last round of major changes. The code for forcing devices at boot with uuid= and label= was also merged back in. "unnamed window" fixed in conky. Web links in GTK app's about dialogs launch now. Added xfce files...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.6

It's that time again, ladies and gentleman. This release offers a major overhaul in the way Parted Magic boots and behaves. The "Live" option is back and Parted Magic runs on a machine with 128MB of RAM. There is also a "low memory" option that disables unnecessary daemons to speed up systems that only require trivial tasks, like running GParted. The "Live" option was tested on a PII with 128MB of RAM. There is a new way to mount devices too, mount-gtk creates a consistent interface to mount file systems found in fstab created by the pmagic_fstab_daemon....

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.5

This release of Parted Magic includes many new features and updated programs. The first thing you might notice is the dramatic increase in size. We are now using a squashfs image instead of a 7zip archive. This once again allows for a "live" option for older computers. Parted Magic doesn't use any additional RAM with the default boot option, the compression was just decreased. With the Linux 2.6.28 kernel comes the first stable ext4 file system release. We are using a highly tested SVN version of GParted to give you full control of your ext4 partitions....

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.4

This is a minor bug fix release to address problems with wireless networking and GParted's save details function. Our udev rules were not exactly correct and some wireless interfaces were not working. This has been fixed. LC_ALL was not set in Parted Magic and GParted would crash when trying to write the save details html file. Parted Magic's make USB script has also been fixed. We also updated to gtk+-2.14.5, glib-2.18.3, pango-1.20.5, glibmm-2.18.1, and gtkmm-2.14.3, gpicview-0.1.11, lftp-3.7.7, firefox-3.0.5, fireftp-1.0...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.3

This release of Parted Magic offers better support for video drivers and adds nfs. gFTP was also added and a few other core packages have been upgraded. The contents of the USB version have been altered to clean things up a bit. All GRUB files are in /boot/grub and all syslinux files are in /boot/syslinux. You will need to alter your syslinux command syntax or move the configuration file back to the root of the USB drive. See the changelog for more details. Please take a moment to consider a small donation to this proje...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.2

This is mostly bug fix release for the 3.x series with a few new features. Some of the new updates include gparted-0.4.0, linux-2.6.27.7, xarchiver-0.5.1, dc3dd-6.12.2, and hdparm-9.2. Jason fixed the disk wiping program and some other issues were addressed as well. The newest and most powerful new feature is "installpkg" from Slackware. You can now add programs to Parted Magic by simply adding them to the pmodules directory and booting the machine. Parted Magic automatically installs them at boot. There are several tested *.tgz packages available...

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PARTED MAGIC - Parted Magic 3.1

Parted magic released with only minor changes from RC1. One of the most important new developments is the HDD version. This is a new concept in rescue/partitioning environments. It's basically a copy and paste USB distribution for system admins and is the future of the Parted Magic project. Version 4.0 will be largely based on Slackware Linux and will offer package management and most things you would expect from a small rescue environment. My honest opinion is the death of CDs and DVDs is closer than most people think and the dominance of flash...

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PARTED MAGIC - About Parted Magic

The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partimage, TestDisk, Truecrypt, Clonezilla, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, ddrescue, etc...) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of file system tools are also included, as Parted Magic supports the following: ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs.Parted Magic requires at least a i586 processor and 256MB of RAM...

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CLEAROS - ClearOS Sneak Peek...Exclusive Screenshots

We thought we'd drop you all an early Christmas gift and release some screenshots of the new ClearOS interface. We won't say when it will be released....just that it is coming soon! The interface has been tested in all major browsers and will be accessible via netbook, laptop, desktop, tablet and even mobile devices (Android/iPhone).You'll notice that we've changed up the menu items a bit. This reflects the complete solution ClearOS brings to SMBs to manage every layer of the LAN environment:Network LayerGateway LayerServer Layer IMG ISht...

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CLEAROS - ClearOS Is Coming Son...

After living in beta for over a month, the time is drawing near for the final version release of ClearOS 5.1! The usual suspects have been working very hard to ensure that the software is ready to go. ClearFoundation is excited to share this new release with the world, and it will be available very soon. Stay tuned to www.ClearFoundation.com for updates....

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CLEAROS - A Clear New OS Concept

This blog posted courtesy of ClearFoundation Community Member Shane Shields. Originally posted on Toolbox for IT First of all I guess I should do the obligatory disclosure according to the American FTC which is just a guide but has lawful penalties (how do they figure that one out?) I received this product for free from the Clear Foundation. In return I am going to do a review of their product. That being said they are giving their product away for free to everyone. In typical Open Source business model it is the service they are charging for....

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PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r1 `Kev` has been released

The first update version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is available for immediate download. This version merges all security and bug fix updates published on the APT repositories. Also a bug in installer that prevented detection of other installed operating systems on GRUB 2 has been fixed. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally...

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PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r1 `Kev` has been released

The first update version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is available for immediate download. This version merges all security and bug fix updates published on the APT repositories. Also a bug in installer that prevented detection of other installed operating systems on GRUB 2 has been fixed. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally...

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PARSIX - Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r0 `Kev` is ready!

We proudly announce the immediate availability of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev`. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.3, GParted 0.4.6, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion...

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PARSIX - What's Parsix GNU/Linux?

Parsix GNU/Linux is a live and installation CD derived from KANOTIX and based on Debian. It is a complete GNOME centric desktop oriented distribution. Parsix GNU/Linux supports dozens of languages including English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Persian and many many more. You can install and use Parsix GNU/Linux as your default operating system. We have also included...

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VORTEXBOX - VortexBox 1.0 released

After several months of hard work we have released VortexBox 1.0. It has many of the features requested by the community including * FLAC to Apple Lossless (m4a) mirroring through the web GUI* MusicBrainz and CDDB used for ID3 tags* Tool tips for each section in the GUI* Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.4.1 pre installed and configured* Software upgrade through the web GUI 1.0 also has a lot of bug fixes including better handling of existing cover art. You can update to this version using this from the command line. yum update If you have squeezecenter...

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VORTEXBOX - Announcing the VortexBox Micro Appliance

A lot of people asked me for a smaller version of the VortexBox appliance. One that they could hide under their equipment. We have worked hard and I think we have what these users want. The new micro appliance draws only 6 watts and is smaller then the SqueezeBox itself. The Micro Appliance has no moving parts (other than the hard drive). Small Green Computer is now selling...

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VORTEXBOX - VortexBox appliance now sold through Small Green Computer

We are now selling the VortexBox appliance through Small Green Computer. Small Green Computer is a true e-commerce site and will be much easier than using Amazon or eBay. The small profit from each appliance still goes to the VortexBox project. Small Green Computer will be carrying an expanded product line including a 2TB version of the original appliance and the new VortexBox Micro Appliance. http://shop.smallgreencomputer.c...

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VORTEXBOX - 21 Oct 09 FLAC to CD

Ever wanted to get your FLACs back on a CD to play in your car CD player. Now you can. The latest update to VortexBox now has a script called flac2cd.sh. From command line cd to the folder with your FLACs. Insert a blank CD and type flac2cd.sh. The disk will eject in a few min and you can play it in your CD play...

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VORTEXBOX - 15 Oct 09 VortexBox announces Australian reseller

Vortexbox is proud to announce our first VortexBox appliance reseller. We now have a reseller in Australia http://www.vortexbox.com.au. The case we use for the VortexBox appliance was not available in Australia so the Australian version uses a slightlly different case. If you want the original VortexBox appliance we can ship it to Australia for $40. If you want to save the...

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