DistroWatch: Distributions, February 12, 2004 | Linux Today

DistroWatch: Distributions, February 12, 2004

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 13, 2004

Pingwinek 1.0 RC1

“This release has a new XML-based package management tool (BOX).
It features many new software packages like OpenOffice.org and
XFCE4. The main desktop is now GNOME 2.4.2. The release contains
the stable kernel 2.6.2…”

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Bluewall GNU/Linux 1.1

“This release includes Linux 2.4.24 and 2.6.2 with ext2, ext3,
Reiserfs, and XFS (only 2.6) support, Bluewall Perl installer
scripts (bw-config, bw-post, bw-install) for making the
installation easier and faster by only running three commands, 95
new Debian packages, and a preconfigured initrd to load modules at
boot-time…”

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Web Webster

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