Linux Mint 8

Linux Mint 8

The latest news from distrowatch.com : 

Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of two new community editions of Linux Mint 8 - with Xfce and LXDE desktops: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 Xfce Community edition. Based on Xubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala', Linux 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1 and X.Org 7.4, Linux Mint 8 Xfce CE features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the open-source world. Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation, possibility to ignore updates, configurable menu places, multiple selection in the Software Manager, new system tray File Uploader with support for drag and drop and multiple files uploads. Based on Linux Mint 8 Main edition, Openbox 3.4.7.2 and PCManFM 0.5.2, Linux Mint 8 LXDE edition features a complete and familiar desktop experience while being low on resource usage and is suitable for a good variety of older hardware."

About Linux Mint 

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

Download here:

1. Mint 8 "Xfce" and Mint 8 "LXDE". Download (MD5):  
2. LinuxMint-8-Xfce.iso (695MB, torrent)
3. LinuxMint-8-LXDE.iso (669MB, torrent)

More info @  http://linuxmint.com/ 

Regards

Kang Tatang

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PC/OS 10.1.1 Release

PC/OS 10.1.1 Release

As a Good well known lightweight Distro,  PC/OS Linux is most popular  distro among it's competitors, There's an important announcement about PC/OS 10.1.1 Release, here's what i got from theis website.

PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1.1 PC/OS GNOME 10.1.1 as well as PC/OS WebStations 10.1.1. With this release we bring many bug fixes and enhancements to the platform. This release is a bug fix and precursor to the release of PC/OS 11. Some of the highlights of this release include.

1. Linux Kernel 2.6.31 PAE, with the physical address extentions, users of 32 bit PC/OS can now utilize more RAM on 64 bit systems. 
2. Gigilo is removed, replaced with pyneighborhood 
3. Filezilla is now included
4. Empathy has been upgraded to version 2.29.93
5. Empathy has been removed from WebStation and replaced with Meebo
6. Gnome Games has been removed from WebStation and replaced with Flashchess3
7. An eBook reader has been added to PC/OS WebStation
8. GNOME-ppp has been added to the GNOME release
9. All security and bugfixes have been added to all releases
10. We debut the new PC/OS themes, PC/OS Daylight, PC/OS Midnight and PC/OS Dusk

Known issues.

1. With Jockey you have to manually initiate your NVIDIA driver install
2. Upon booting the Live CD/DVD you have to enter a user name and password. The user name is "custom" leave the password blank and press enter.
3. The Broadcom drivers install automatically, you will not have an option to "deactivate" them upon intial use you will have to manually enter your network name.

The Developer Kit and Office Kit from PC/OS 10.1 still function properly on this release.

With this release of OpenWorkstation we are testing our new delivery method of the ISO and md5 in an archive format, .zip as to be compatible with all OS's.

You can Download the Distro here:

• PC/OS OpenWorkstation 10.1.1
• PC/OS WebStation 10.1.1 (MD5)
• PC/OS GNOME 10.1.1 (MD5) 
• pc-os-openworkstation-10-1-1.iso.zip (1,077MB) 
• pc-os-gnome-10-1-1.iso (1,198MB, MD5)

Regards
Kang Tatang

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SABILY 9.04 - UBUNTU MUSLIM EDITION

The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of latest Ubuntu Muslim Edition now known as Sabily 9.04, codename "Taibah". Sabily 9.04 is available as a Live DVD (so you can test it without installing anything on your computer), with 3 versions:

• Small version (935 MB): contains the main Sabily packages (artwork, islamic applications) and Arabic support
• Full version (1.4 GB): same as above plus multimedia, education and miscellaneous packages (see the full list here: http://tinyurl.com/dfwvgk)
• Full version with recitations (2.8 GB): same as above plus Quran recitations provided by www.versebyversequran.com: Muhammad Siddeeq al-Minshawi, Huzify, Sa’ad al-Ghamadi and Mishary Rashed Alafasy. Note: this version is useful if you are not connected to the Internet (all Sabily versions provide online recitations)

A CD (184 MB) containing the Sabily packages is also available if you want to convert a standard Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) installation to Sabily.

What's new in this release:

1. "hijra" application: Hijri Islamic Calendar tray applet
2. mus-haf Othman application : Othman Quran Browser which displays Quranic text in Othmani script style
3. What's changed:
4. new distro name ("Sabily") and all artwork updated to use this name (new usplash, gdm theme, gdm login screen)
5. Thwab can now open Shamela books

Main features:

1. Parental control tool installed (WebStrict)
2. Zekr 0.7.2 (Quran study tool), able to play Quran recitations
3. Prayer times apps: Minbar and Firefox 'Pray Times' add-on
4. Thwab (encyclopaedia)
5. Custom artwork: usplash, login screen, Islamic wallpapers and theme.
6. Full support for Arabic language.
7. The full version of the DVD contains multimedia, educational and many other useful software

Download Sabily 9.04 here.

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