Frugalware (1.6) stable: pending You can find CD covers here and disc labels here. rc2: pending * Package updates: * Linux 3.1.9 * LibreOffice 3.4.5 * Around 100 updated packages * 27 new packages * New features: * New cpupower (LWN article) and perf packages * kmod replaced module-init-tools * Fixes * The installer now handles network timeout errors * Documentation updates rc1: pending * Package updates: * Linux 3.1.8 * Systemd 38 * Firefox 9.0.1 * 383 updated packages * 121 new packages * 8 replaced packages * New features: * After being away for 6 releases, Fwlive is back on the scene! * Cinnamon Desktop is available as package. pre2: pending * Package updates: * Linux 3.1 * XOrg server 1.11.2 * KDE SC 4.7.4 * Firefox 8 * Chromium 16.0.912.63 * Blender 2.60 * 1.1.0 release of the core EFL components * New features * All services used by the default installation now have native systemd units. * Installer images now use isohybrid on x86, separate USB images no longer provided. * Chrony is now the default NTP client * /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab now contains UUID's on new installs pre1: pending * Package updates: * Linux 3.0 * GNU C Library 2.14 * GCC 4.6 * Gnome 3.2 * KDE SC 4.7 * Perl 5.14 * New features * rsyslog is the new default syslog daemon * udisks replaced hal in the default installation * The fw32 package replaced the emul-extra group, bringing seamless integration for e.g. Skype on x86_64. * kernels are now built with an initrd. be sure to update your boot config to use the initrd at /boot/initrd.img.xz.