Frugalware 0.8 (Kalgan) for i686 released

Traducciones: EN, FR

El Equipo de Desarrolladore de Frugalware tiene el placer de anunciar la disponiblidad de Frugalware 0.8, our eighth stable release.

No se han añadido mejoras desde la 0.8rc2, but more than 300 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn’t follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 0.7:

  • Up to date base system: Linux kernel 2.6.24.3, Glibc 2.7 and GCC 4.2.3
  • Up to date desktop packages: KDE 3.5.9, GNOME 2.20, XFCE 4.4.2, OpenOffice.org 2.4rc2 (ooo-build 2.4.0) and Firefox 2.0.0.12
  • Setup: WPA support, new supported language: Czech.
  • New graphical tool: FUN (update notifier).
  • 4068 changes, including 251 new packages, 1729 updated packages and 416 closed tasks.

Por favor, leed el Kalgan ChangeLog for more information.

Frugalware Newsletter Issue 17

Traducciones: EN, FR

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:

  • Kalgan is nearly here!
  • Memory donation - if I recall correctly :)
  • Frugalware’s developers are people too!
  • Tip - Free some space on your hard drive

You can read it here. We hope you like it!

Frugalware Newsletter Issue 16

Traducciones: EN, FR

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:

  • Kalgan - “be still my beating heart”
  • Tip - Redirect your terminal’s output
  • Geany - Want a simple but powerful GUI text editor? Your wish is granted!

You can read it here. We hope you like it!

Frugalware 0.8rc2 (Kalgan) disponible

Traducciones: EN, FR

El Equipo de Desarrolladore de Frugalware tiene el placer de anunciar la disponiblidad de Frugalware 0.8rc2, the second (and last) release candidate of the upcoming 0.8 stable release.

A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.8rc1:

  • Bugfixes:
    • Installer optimizations: a general install should be now about 30% faster.
    • Improved documentation: added details about our mailing lists.
    • Minor bugfixes to help the upgrade from 0.7.
  • Paquetes actualizados:
    • Linux 2.6.24 + security fixes
    • Perl 5.10.0
    • GCC 4.2.3
    • More than 150 other package updates
  • New packages:
    • iwlwifi-4965 and iwlwifi-3945 firmware packages
    • several new drupal modules
    • alpine, a replacement for pine
    • More than 25 other new packages

Por favor, leed el Testing ChangeLog for more information.

Frugalware Newsletter Issue 15

Traducciones: EN, FR

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:

  • Kalgan - we’re getting closer :)
  • You want security fixes? We’ve got ’em!
  • Tip - X video problem on boot? - Don’t panic! (yet)
  • Stellarium - gazing at the stars from your PC

You can read it here. We hope you like it!