2007-02-05 NEW • Distribution Release: BeleniX 0.5.1 DVD
The Belenix project has released a DVD edition of its OpenSolaris-based live operating system - complete with Java Development Kit, OpenOffice.org, NetBeans and other extra applications: "A DVD release of BeleniX 0.5.1 is now available! This DVD release includes all of the 0.5.1 live CD and adds Java Development Kit 1.6, OpenOffice.org 2.1, Netbeans 5.5 with Visual Web Pack, C/C++ Pack, Profiler and Glassfish AppServer 9, all of the OpenSolaris Developer and Administration documents available from the OpenSolaris Documentation community and desktop shortcuts for all these." Here is the brief release announcement. Download the two segments of the DVD image from here (MD5): belenix_dvd.iso.1 or (496MB), belenix_dvd.iso.2 (496MB). The two segments can be concatenated with the "cat" command.
2007-02-05 NEW • Distribution Release: Annvix 2.0
Vincent Danen has announced the release of Annvix 2.0, a Mandriva-based, server-oriented and security-enhanced Linux distribution: "Today marks the fourth public release of the Annvix Linux distribution. It was exactly 50 weeks ago when 1.2-RELEASE was made available; this version is the fruit of almost a year's worth of hard work. Some of the new features include: 2.6.16.39 kernel with RSBAC and AppArmor support; updated services including PHP 5.2.0, MySQL 5.0.27, PostgreSQL 8.2.1, and Apache 2.2.4; a greatly enhanced installer; a completely overhauled init system; the use of the tcb suite for authentication; the use of apt-rpm as the default package manager...." More details in the release announcement. Download: annvix-netinstall-i586-2.0-RELEASE.iso.tar.bz2 or (192MB), annvix-netinstall-x86_64-2.0-RELEASE.iso.tar.bz2 (211MB).