I am pleased to announce the first revision for the Bluewhite64 11.0-LiveCD.

This release uses the AuFS (another unionfs - great stability and features) along the Linux kernel version 2.6.20.1. Also, includes NTFS read/write support (ntfs-3g), DigiKam-0.9.0 for digital photo management, slackpkg-2.09 and qtswaret-0.1.5.3 for package management, Amarok 1.4.5, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 and much more. Also, with this release, the lipstik style/theme will become the LiveCD default theme along with the nuvoX icons theme and Moodin (Engine) boot splash.

For a detailed changes please see the Bluewhite64 LiveCD page and ChangeLog.

Announcing the availability of the Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0 Live CD.
Bluewhite64 11.0 Live CD runs entirely from CD and includes almost all packages from Bluewhite64 11.0, including updated packages from the patches directory. The Live CD was created using Linux Live 5.5.0 scripts (http://www.linux-live.org/) and uses the Unification File System (unionfs - http://www.am-utils.org/project-unionfs.html ).

You will not see any differences between running this Live CD and installing Bluewhite64 11.0 Linux on your hard drive. You can run the same software from the Live CD, for your server or workstation, in just a few seconds.

Please see the Bluewhite64 11.0 LiveCD page for more details.

Bluewhite64 Linux will turn 5 months old on November 1st, 2006.
I`d like to thank all who are using Bluewhite64 Linux!

With the occasion of this anniversary, I have the pleasure of announcing the availability of the
Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0 DVD version. Firstly, we receive preorders then shipping will be done starting November the 1st 2006.

Here are the DVD covers and the DVD labels of Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0.

This is the first Bluewhite64 Linux stable release after a 5 months of development and maintenance !
Thanks to all who helped make this release possible!

Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0 includes the Linux 2.6.17.13 kernel (2.6.18 kernel in the testing/ directory) with support for IDE, SATA, SCSI and RAID controllers. Also, supports GCC 3.4.6 and Glibc 2.3.6 with NPTL (Native POSIX Thread Library), Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS and IBM`s SGI filesystems, six window managers including the latest KDE 3.5.4 and XFce 4.2.3.2, updated development tools, the Subversion version control system, the Mozilla Firefox browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 email and news client, SeaMonkey 1.0.5, Apache 1.3.37 webserver with php-4.4.4 (php-5.1.6 in extra/ directory), Mysql 5.0.24a and much more.

For a complete list of changes since Bluewhite64 11.0-rc5, check out the Bluewhite64 11.0 Changelog page at:

http://www.bluewhite64.com/page.php?11

Read the official announcement at http://bluewhite64.com/page.php?9 .

If you want to support the Bluewhite64 Linux project development, you can make a small donation using this link:

http://store.bin-sh.ro/bluewhite64


You can download CD and DVD ISO images using the primary mirror: ftp://mirror.inode.at/bluewhite64
or choose one from the GetBluewhite64 page at http://bluewhite64.com/page.php?5
or, through BitTorrent here.

This release brings 5 install CD ISO images and one DVD ISO image.

CD ISO`s content:
* install CD #1 - first bootable installation disk
(A, AP, D, E, K, L, N, TCL, X, XAP and Y software series, isolinux/ and kernels/ directories);
* install CD #2 - second install CD (F, KDE, KDEi, T software series);
* install CD #3 - third install CD (extra/, pasture/, testing/ and source/ part one directories);
* install CD #4 - source part two;
* install CD #5 - source part tree.


Enjoy using Bluewhite64 Linux !

arny

Starting from today, you can subscribe to the Bluewhite64 Security mailing list by sending an empty e-mail to:
bluewhite64-security-subscribe at bluewhite64 dot com

In order to unsubscribe, you can send a blank e-mail to:

bluewhite64-security-unsubscribe at bluewhite64 dot com

Please note, this is a moderated mailing list and is designed for announcements relating to security issues.

With this release candidate, Bluewhite64 Linux is shipping with the latest stable Linux Kernel version 2.6.17.11 built with GCC 3.4.6 along the GNU C library version 2.3.6 with NPTL support. Udev 0.97 is ready to detect and load your device drivers at boot, Apache 1.3.37 with PHP 4.4.4 (PHP 5.1.6 in the extra/ directory) and Mysql 5.0.24 are built to easily set up a LAMP server. Also, you will find a modularized Xorg version 6.9.0 along with two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.2.3.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.4, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment.

Many more improved, fixed and upgraded packages than we can list here. For a complete list of changes since the last release candidate, please consult the ChangeLog:

Download Bluewhite64 11.0-rc4 iso`s:
Bluewhite64 Linux 11.0-rc4 install CD`s and DVD ISO are available for download from the primary mirror located in Austria:

http://mirror.inode.at/data/bluewhite64

CD`s md5sum
4bae431f9bde13964e3caae2b645b18e bluewhite64-11.0-rc4-install-d1.iso
ba0ecf46f8ba2023af0e17f0b068c3de bluewhite64-11.0-rc4-install-d2.iso

DVD md5sum
abc3226870e6598388077aeaa32033e5 bluewhite64-11.0-rc4-install-dvd.iso

After you have downloaded the install ISO, please make sure that you have the correct md5sum`s. Any other md5sum is wrong.

This is the latest release candidate before the stable release. Please test it as much as possible and send reports to info at bluewhite64 dot com e-mail address or post your problems at the Bluewhite64 Linux forum.

Support Bluewhite64 Linux
Please help support the Bluewhite64 Linux Project by making a small donation. This can be done using credit cards, PayPal or bank transfer.

Please see: http://store.bin-sh.ro/bluewhite64

Comments, suggestions and questions should go to info at bluewhite64 dot com e-mail address.

Have fun !