VectorLinux 5.8 has been released: "The
VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the release of
VectorLinux 5.8 Standard, code named 'Santa' (Merry Christmas!). This is
the fruit that has resulted from several months of coding, debugging
and testing by the core development team and the VectorLinux community.
This release follows our legendary tradition of stability (inherited
from Slackware 11.0), blazing speed on even modest hardware, and
simplicity of design and function. The release features fully-working
browser plugins, including Flash 9, Java, mp3, Real and Windows media,
and DVD playback. Additional features include: Linux kernel 2.6.18.5,
fully customized Xfce 4.3.99.2, SeaMonkey 1.0.6, Firefox 2.0 and Opera
9.10, the GIMP and Xara LX for your graphic needs, AbiWord and Gnumeric
for your office tasks...." More details in the release announcement. Download: VL-5.8-std-Gold.iso (551MB, MD5).VectorLinux 5.8 SOHO
Robert Lange has announced the final release of VectorLinux 5.8, SOHO edition: "The
long awaited VectorLinux SOHO 5.8 is ready for the taking. It includes a
custom 2.6.20.3 SMP kernel, compiled with bootsplash, Squashfs, LZMA,
and realtime patches. It supports reading and writing to NTFS-formatted
media via Fuse and ntfs-3g. The desktop environment is KDE 3.5.6 with
KMyFirewall, Amarok 1.4.5, and OpenOffice.org 2.2. Multimedia
applications, such as VLC 0.8.6a, MPlayer 1.0rc1, K3b 1.0.1 and graphics
editors, such as GIMP 2.2.14 and Xara Xtreme 0.7 are also included.
Printing is supported by CUPS with hpijs drivers for HP printers, and
Gutenprint drivers for many other popular printers. There is a whole new
look and feel, from the boot menu to the desktop." Read the rest of the release announcement for full details. Download: VL5.8-SOHO-final.iso (669MB, MD5).VectorLinux 5.8 Live CD
Robert Lange has announced the final release of the live CD edition of VectorLinux 5.8 "Standard", as well as the first alpha of the live CD/DVD edition of VectorLinux 5.8 "SOHO": "The
VectorLinux team is proud to announce the release of VectorLinux 5.8
Live CD and the first SOHO 5.8 alpha live CD and DVD. This is the final
release for 5.8 standard GOLD live. The hard drive installer that has
been problematic is fixed and should work well. The SOHO 5.8 alpha live
comes in either CD or DVD editions. The DVD edition includes all that is
in the SOHO 5.8 install release plus 62 additional language packs for
KDE. The CD version has lost some functionality due to size constraints.
The development tool chain and OpenOffice.org were removed." See the release announcement for full details. Download: VL5.8-std-LIVE.iso (684MB), VL-5.8-SOHO-LIVE-A1.iso (692MB), VL5.8-SOHO-LIVEDVD-A1.iso (1,152MB).
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