DistroWatch: Distributions, July 12, 2004 | Linux Today

DistroWatch: Distributions, July 12, 2004

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 13, 2004

LormaLinux 5 Beta for AMD64

“Based on Fedora Core 2, this 64-bit version of LormaLinux 5 is
optimized for AMD Athlon 64-bit processors. In its beta version, it
contains most of the packages we love from its 686
derivative…”

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redWall Firewall 0.5.4c

“A ‘major’ bug in MySQL (related to the environment on the CD)
has been fixed in this release (again ;-)… please upgrade any
0.5.4 release prior to 0.5.4c if you need MySQL support…!”

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Damn Small Linux 0.7.2

“Added myDSLgui, a click-and-run system for extensions; added
Lua scripting language and Lua sockets; replaced Scite with Beaver;
replaced nvi with vim; changed user from damnsmall to dsl (also
took ‘damn’ out of the boot process)…”

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Vector Linux 4.3 Beta 2

“Well here we go. I have beta2 of Vector-4.3 up at the FTP site.
For now download burn and install and lets have some active
feedback. I would really like the whole dev community to rally
behind 4.3 and lets get it out to the general population as soon as
we can…”

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Turbolinux 10 F

“Based on Turbolinux 10 Desktop, Turbolinux 10 F… is the
latest desktop operating solution from Turbolinux that brings
Multimedia to your fingertips. 10 F extends functionality to
support a variety of streaming video, audio and multimedia content
delivered over broadband…”

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Puppy Linux 0.9.1

“Mozilla has been upgraded to version 1.7, with Skipstone as the
GUI front end. Skipstone displays as version 0.8.4 however it is
actually a hybrid of 0.8.4 and 0.9.3…”

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tinysofa enterprise server 2.0-pre3

“tinysofa enterprise server 2.0-pre3 (Persistence) technology
preview is now available. Major changes include an update to gcc
3.4.1, a new major version of MySQL (4.0.20) and a new minor
version of perl (5.8.4)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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