Release Digest: Distributions, November 21, 2004

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 22, 2004
Distribution: Astaro Security Linux
Release: 5.1 Beta
Announcement: “We are pleased to invite you to test the public BETA of Astaro
Security Linux V5.1. For testing purpose we named the test image
ASL 5.050…”
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Distribution: Gibraltar Firewall
Release: 2.1
Announcement: “BAs from now the new version 2.1 of the security solution
‘Gibraltar Firewall’ is available. Besides some significant
improvements in ‘Gibraltar’s’ spam filter, the main focuses of
enhancements were the advancement of the webinterface usability and
the stabilization and extension of some basis functions. Thus for
example the recognition rate of the spam filter was increased by
integrating self-learning Bayes filters. Further the administrator
has the possibility to set the fidelity of the filter
manually…”

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Distribution: CRUX
Release: 2.0.1.1 (PPC Edition)
Announcement: “Inspired, in the beginning, by CRUX Evolution for i686, it’s
an extended version of the CRUX PPC 2.0 GNU/Linux distribution for
the Apple and Pegasos II systems that, in addition, comes ready
with printing utilities, common libraries and contains pre-compiled
packages for the GNOME and KDE desktop environments…”
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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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