DistroWatch: Distributions, March 23, 2004 | Linux Today

DistroWatch: Distributions, March 23, 2004

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 24, 2004

Puppy Linux 0.8.4

“More ethernet, sound and USB chips detected. The Utilities menu
now has a script to resize the file mounted on /root (created when
live-CD Puppy first boots)… for now, treat it as
experimental…”

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INSERT 1.2.6

“v1.2.6: re-added xkbcomp after it has accidentally been removed
in the last version, which caused some rather important characters
not to appear in X (e.b.: |,@); updated the virus database for
clamav to the latest version…”

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Damn Small Linux 0.6.2

“Changes for 0.6.2: new hacked GTK app theme (a little darker,
easier on the eyes than default); update rdesktop; added
documentation on TCC; added an intelligent man script which knows
the difference between a regular app and a busybox app…”

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Gnoppix 0.6.0 RC2

“The Gnoppix project proudly presents the next release
candidate, in which the XFree86 desktop is replaced by XOrg from
freedesktop.org…”

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Conectiva Linux 10 Beta 2

“Major changes: kernel 2.6.4; added BootSplash support built in
the kernel; KDE 3.2.1 plus fixes from 3.2 tree; added supermount as
default in fstab; several fixes in KDE to deal with supermount,
which seems much more stable now; GNOME has been updated to a new
development version, towards 2.6 stable…”

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Web Webster

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