changelog

Kernel prepatch 2.6.28-rc6

LWN.net  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 18:23

Another 2.6.28 rc is available with the release of 2.6.28-rc6. Most of the fixes are to CIFS and the mips architecture, though there are some other small fixes included.

The long-format changelog has all the details.

Linus is hoping that while he is gone for a week scuba diving, "you will all have tested it extensively and sent me fixes for any regressions found.

Please don't disappoint me.
"


 

Kernel prepatch 2.6.28-rc5

LWN.net  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 20:50

The 2.6.28 process continues with the release of 2.6.28-rc5.

Lots more fixes have been merged, as one would expect. The long-format changelog has the details.


 

Distribution Release: SystemRescueCd 1.1.1

DistroWatch.com: News  Mon, 11/10/2008 - 07:00

An updated release of SystemRescueCd, version 1.1.1, is out: From the changelog: "Updated the standard kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the alternative kernels to Linux 2.6.26.7 with Reiser4; updated the speakup kernel modules; updated TrueCrypt (encryption program) to 6.0a; updated NTFS-3G to 1.5012 (NTFS full read-write....


 

Development Release: FreeNAS 0.69 RC1

DistroWatch.com: News  Mon, 11/10/2008 - 01:45

Volker Theile has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services.

From the changelog: "Modify password handling for user 'admin', because of that the password will be set back to the default which is....


 

Kernel prepatch 2.6.28-rc4

LWN.net  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 12:56

Linus has released the 2.6.28-rc4 prepatch. "Nothing hugely exciting here.

Various small fixes all over. There's a delayed FAT update which includes some movement of files around, and there's two fixes for some really long-standing problems (not really regressions, but nasty bugs) in Unix domain file descriptor passing.
" See the long-format changelog for all the details.


 

KDE 4.1.3 Released

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 13:38

A service release with some bugfixes and improvements: fixes two crashes in dolphin, a large number of bugfixes and optimizations in the KHTML, several bugfixes in Kopete.

Full changelog: http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog4_1_2to4_1_3.php


 

libdvdcss 1.2.9

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 23:15

Currently supported platforms are Mac OS X, FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, BeOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000, Solaris, and HP-UX.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ] ...


 

Kernel prepatch 2.6.28-rc3

LWN.net  Sun, 11/02/2008 - 09:56

Linus has released the third 2.6.28 prepatch. Lots of fixes, as one would expect.

The short form changelog is in the announcement; see the long-form changelog for all the details.


 

Dillo 2.0 Gets Tab Browsing

Linux Today  Tue, 10/21/2008 - 16:32

TuxArena: "...this new version brings tons of new improvements, changes and features, the biggest of them being tabbed browsing.

Yes, Dillo allows now browsing using tabs, which is a must-have functionality for any desktop browser, no matter how small it is.

The changelog is huge. This release is also the first one written in FLTK, as the application was ported from GTK."


 

Now available: PC-BSD 7.0.1 - Upgrade

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 10/20/2008 - 18:22

After much hard work and testing the PC-BSD Team is happy to announce the availability of PC-BSD 7.0.1. This version contains a number of bugfixes and improvements.

For a full list of changes, please refer to the changelog. Some of the changes are: Flash 9, AMD64 Built, FTFS write support etc etc