DistroWatch: Distributions, November 1, 2004 | Linux Today

DistroWatch: Distributions, November 1, 2004

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2004

Arch Linux 0.7 Beta 2

“There’s a beta2 ISO up on the servers now, new and improved
with a 2.6.9 kernel and a couple of small fixes. If nothing
explodes, the beta2 ISO will likely graduate to 0.7-final…”

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Lycoris Desktop/LX 1.4

“This edition only contains GPL software and the license
prevents its use after the initial 45-day evaluation period. A
retail edition of the product was released on September 13 and can
be bought directly from the Lycoris Store (starting at
US$45)…”

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Skolelinux 1.0r1

“In first stage installer: more translations; re-inserted new
manual partition option; upgraded from kernel version 2.4.26 to
2.4.27 in the installation system; auto-partitioning is now using
the whole disk, and scales LVM volumes with the disk size. Fixed
bug breaking installation for all locales not using
ISO-8859-1…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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