Frugalware is a general purpose linux distribution, designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode).
We try to make Frugalware as simple as possible while not forgetting to keep it comfortable for the user. We try to ship fresh and stable software, as close to the original source as possible, because in our opinion most software is the best as is, and doesn’t need patching.
The third issue of our fortnightly newsletter has been released! You can read it here. In this issue we have announced a contest to create a design for the next version of the Frugalware homepage.
The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6, our sixth stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.6rc2:
Linux 2.6.20.3 We are proud to be one of the first distributions to ship the stable GNOME 2.18 Fixed a few bugs in XDM If you didn’t follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 0.5:
Up to date base system: Glibc 2.
The Frugalware Newsletter is a new fortnightly (Hopefully… ;-)) newsletter which aims to keep users up to date about what’s been going on in Frugalware development.
The first issue can be found here. We hope you like it!
The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6rc1, the first release candidate of the upcoming 0.6 stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.6pre2:
Improvements: Brand new GDM theme, which has many improvements over previous themes. Many packages recompiled to take advantage of new features in Glibc 2.5 and GCC 4.1. Package updates: GNOME 2.17.90 with several bug fixes and speed enhancements XFCE 4.
The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.6pre2, the second technical preview release of the upcoming 0.6 stable release.
A short and incomplete list of changes since 0.6pre1:
New features in the installer: Much improved error handling. A dialog box will be displayed in the unlikely event of a segmentation fault and the installer will exit, instead of just restarting from the beginning. Use library calls to download the package database, which gives better error handling.
If you are using current and you have a GeForce 4 graphics card (this is a lot of laptops), please do not do a system upgrade until the nvidia-96xx package is available tomorrow. Once it is available, install it. The latest version of nvidia removes support for GeForce 4 cards.
As a side note, the Frugalware developer team would like to wish all our users a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
I’m one of the fussy web-designers. I create a design, a few months later I think it’s rubbish. So I created a new design :) Feel free to drop your comments to the Frugalware-devel list.
In other news, ftp5 should be back in sync. Have a good day! ;)
If you find any apps that don’t start with a message about libdbus-1.so.2 not found, we want to know about it now! Just submit a report with the package’s name to the Bug Tracker. Thanks!