Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 14, code name "Nadia", in MATE (version 1.4) or Cinnamon (version 1.6) editions: "The
team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 'Nadia'. For the
first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to
capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6
months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive
list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop
experience. We're very proud of MATE, Cinnamon, MDM and all the
components used in this release, and we're very excited to show you how
they all fit together in Linux Mint 14."
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.
Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 0.8.2 "LXDE" edition, an lightweight desktop distribution based on Arch Linux: "The
culmination of substantial refinements and exciting new developments,
Manjaro 0.8.2 is the most polished, feature-rich, and accessible release
yet. A lot of people asked me for a LXDE edition. Here it is. It has
the same look and functionality as our Xfce edition. With this release
you get a better EFI-support through rEFInd, it includes support for
Steam gaming, automatic desktop notifications for new system updates,
and -- developed exclusively for Manjaro -- a user-friendly graphical
interface to easily manage and maintain the system. A more detailed
overview of the improvements in the 0.8.2 release is as follows: the
default Linux kernel series has been changed to 3.4-longterm for better
upstream support; LXDE got updated to 0.5.5.
Manjaro Linux is a desktop-oriented, user-friendly distribution based on
Arch Linux. Some of its more pronounced features include an intuitive
installation process, automatic hardware detection, special Bash scripts
for managing graphics drivers, and extra desktop configuration options.
Manjaro Linux comes in three editions featuring the Xfce, GNOME 3 (with
the Cinnamon Shell) and KDE desktops.
Will Stephenson has announced the availability of Milestone 1, which is the second official test build on the way to the stable openSUSE 12.3: "News
fresh from the Factory - the openSUSE release team has made the
openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 1 available for testing and feedback. There has
been lots of plumbing in the infrastructure, with most prominently the
removal of SuSEconfig - the capitalization of its name should give a
hint about its age. If you want to get a taste of the upcoming release
or want to help test and develop this awesome, green Linux distribution -
come and get it! With Milestone 1, things start getting interesting.
For starters, the init system continues to evolve rapidly. SysVinit has
now been removed, following some discussion."
The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell.
Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy
access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution. The openSUSE project
has three main goals: make openSUSE the easiest Linux for anyone to
obtain and the most widely used Linux distribution; leverage open source
collaboration to make openSUSE the world's most usable Linux
distribution and desktop environment for new and experienced Linux
users; dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging
processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux developers
and software vendors.
Pierre Schmitz has announced the availability of Arch
Linux 2012.11.01, the latest of the regular installation CD images that
the project providing a popular rolling-release Linux distribution now
makes available at the beginning of each month. This is mostly a bug-fix
release. From the release announcement: "The
latest snapshot of our install and rescue media can be found on our
download page. The 2012.11.01 ISO image mainly contains minor bug fixes,
cleanups and new packages compared to the previous one: first media
with Linux kernel 3.6; copytoran can be used to not copy the image to
RAM on network boot - this is probably unreliable but an option for
systems with very low memory; cowfile_size boot parameter mainly for
persistent COW on VFAT.
Arch Linux is an independently developed, i686- and x86_64-optimised
Linux distribution targeted at competent Linux users. It uses 'pacman',
its home-grown package manager, to provide updates to the latest
software applications with full dependency tracking. Operating on a
rolling release system, Arch can be installed from a CD image or via an
FTP server. The default install provides a solid base that enables users
to create a custom installation. In addition, the Arch Build System
(ABS) provides a way to easily build new packages, modify the
configuration of stock packages, and share these packages with other
users via the Arch Linux user repository.
