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The fourth beta of MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian Slackware-based distribution, is now available for download and testing. According to the release announcement (in Russian), this is the last beta - next on the developers’ agenda is a first release candidate. This release doesn’t include many major new features,….

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Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.0.8, a lightweight, Slackware-based desktop distribution featuring the IceWM window manager and solid multimedia playback support: “Absolute Linux 13.0.8 released. Multimedia installer fix. Only a few packages changed, but the multimedia installer was not properly updated and this could….

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The third beta of MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian Slackware-based distribution, has been released. New features since beta 2 include: a mechanism for providing different package versions and switching easily between them; ability to choose from a list of conflicting packages in case they cannot be installed simultaneously; ability….

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By Dafydd Crosby

The Linux User Group (also known as a LUG) has been one of the cornerstones of Linux advocacy ever since its first inception. Bringing together local Linux lovers, it is the grassroots of Linux - where neighbours and other townfolks can sit around a table and discuss the best way to compile the kernel for their machines, or how to get their Slackware network devices going again. It is also a high bandwidth way to share knowledge - if you’ve ever heard of the sneaker-net, you’ll appreciate the advantages of being in a room full of real people who share your interest in open-source software.

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The first beta release of MOPSLinux 7.0, a Russian Slackware-based community distribution with an advanced package manager, is ready for download and testing. According to the release announcement, the distribution has now reached a reasonable level of stability to call this release a “beta”. The most important changes….

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The fourth alpha release of MOPSLinux Linux a Russian desktop distribution based on Slackware Linux with up-to-date packages, is now available for testing. Some of the most important changes since alpha 3 include: update to Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 and glibc 2.11; support for Btrfs and NILFS2 file systems;….

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Attila Cr?ciun has announced the release of the “LiveDVD” edition of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0, Slackware-based live DVD (not installable) for 64-bit systems: “I’m happy to announce that a new version of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 ‘LiveDVD’ is ready for download. This new version brings the option to boot the….

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The MOPSLinux project has released MOPSLinux 7.0 Alpha 2.7 for public testing. Although labelled as alpha, this Slackware-based distribution with several custom tools is considered reasonably stable. Some of the main features and components of this release include: Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 with kernel modesetting for Intel and Radeon….

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Matias Fonzo has announced the release of Dragora GNU/Linux 1.1, a 100% “libre” distribution based on the concept of simplicity and inspired by Slackware Linux: “Dragora GNU/Linux 1.1 is the evolution of its previous version 1.0. Notable changes in this version are: Linux Kernel 2.6.30.9 free; toolchain -….

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Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.0.2, a new update of the lightweight distribution based on Slackware Linux: “Absolute Linux 13.0.2 released. %%%GTK+%%% themes engines included along with customized theme changing utility (gtk-chtheme) that calls script that changes IceWM theme, PCMan File Manager desktop background….

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