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The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1, our eleventh stable release.

No new features have been added since 1.1rc2, but 177 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 1.0 in no particular order:

• Up to date packages: Linux kernel 2.6.30.5, GNU C library 2.10.1, Xorg 7.4 with xorg-server 1.6, GNOME 2.26.3, XFCE 4.6.1, GCC 4.4.0 to name a few major components.
• Major review in the documentation: numerous grammatical fixes and various extensions.
• An x86_64 flash plugin is now part of the default installation.
• Etoile is now part of the repository, see this post for more details.
• Major update on the graphical installer (fwife), see the changelog here and there.
• Packaged android-sdk, for those who want network access from Frugalware through their Android phones.
• Just a FYI in case you are using the ext3 filesystem, which is our current default: though we ship the latest stable kernel, we did not switch the default value of the ‘data’ option to ‘writeback’, the feature which still makes ext3 seem more robust than ext4 at the time of writing. See here for more information.
• New artwork includes a new wallpaper and a new Gnome theme.

Please refer to the Frugalware Getorin ChangeLog for more information.

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:

• KDE 4.3 is coming to a repository near you!
• Frugalware 1.1 will feature new artwork
• Frugalware 1.1 release party - update
• Focus On Package(s) - Kate

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

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1rc2, the second candidate of the upcoming 1.1 stable release.

A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1rc1:

• Improvements:
  • Updated the artwork.
  • Packaged android-sdk, for those who want network access from Frugalware through their Android phones.
• Package updates:
  • PHP 5.3
  • Octave 3.2
  • More than 250 package updates
  • More than 40 new packages

Please refer to the Frugalware Getorin ChangeLog for more information.

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1rc1, the first release of the upcoming 1.1 stable release.

A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1pre2:

• Improvements:
  • Etoile is now part of the repository, see this post for more details.
  • Major update on the graphical installer (fwife), see the changelog here and there.
• Package updates:
  • Linux kernel 2.6.30.3
  • GnuTLS 2.8
  • More than 400 package updates
  • More than 100 new packages

Please refer to the Frugalware Getorin ChangeLog for more information.

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:

• Elentir released fwife 0.5
• Frugalware 1.1 release party plans continue
• Frugalware’s developers are people too - Exceed
• Focus On Package(s) - ufw and gufw

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

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:

• New developer - Exceed
• Frugalware Linux 1.1pre2 released
• We have an GSOC entrant
• Getting To Know You - Exam results

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

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:

• Welcome back Crazy!
• Gfpm upgrade
• Elentir’s fwife is now more beautiful
• Test your Frugalware knowledge
• Focus On Package(s) - Fotoxx and Picpuz

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

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.1pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.1 stable release.

A short and incomplete list of changes since 1.1pre1:

• Improvements:
  • An x86_64 flash plugin is now part of the default installation.
  • Just a FYI in case you are using the ext3 filesystem, which is our current default: though we ship the latest stable kernel, we did not switch the default value of the ‘data’ option to ‘writeback’, the feature which still makes ext3 seem more robust than ext4 at the time of writing. See here for more information.
• Package updates:
  • GNU C library 2.10.1
  • Linux kernel 2.6.30
  • Xorg 7.4 with xorg-server 1.6
  • GNOME 2.26.3
  • Xfce 4.6.1
  • GCC 4.4.0
  • More than 980 package updates
  • More than 100 new packages

Please refer to the Frugalware Getorin ChangeLog for more information.

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:

• X.org 7.4 and kernel 2.6.30 upgrades
• Xfce 4.6.1 is available in current
• Priyank’s got a new baby!
• Frugalware’s developers are people too - Cedynamix
• Getting To Know You - pacman-g2’s “–ask” parameter

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

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:

• New Frugalware user bars
• We have a new developer!
• Frugalware’s developers are people too - TranzeManiaC
• Tips and tricks - Picture your diff

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