NEW • Distribution Release: OpenBSD 4.6

Theo de Raadt has announced the release of OpenBSD 4.6. The release arrives earlier than expected; as many of the project's paying customers have already received their CDs, the 4.6 tree of the OpenBSD FTP server has been opened to allow full access to any extra packages. From the announcement: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.6. This is our 26th release on CD-ROM (and 27th via FTP). As in our previous releases, 4.6 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system: new or extended platforms - MVME141 and MVME165 boards are now supported, SGI Octane, SGI Origin 200 and SGI Fuel systems are now supported, several bugs in interrupt handling have been fixed...." Read the detailed release notes for further information. Download (torrents): i386/install46.iso (232MB, SHA256, torrent), amd64/install46.iso (254MB, SHA256).

NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 4.3.1

Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 4.3.1, a bug-fix update of the recently released version 4.3. Some of the fixes and changes include: "New modem drivers and improved modem detection and dial-up; fixes for CD remaster script; Asunder CD ripper replaces Ripoff; Cdparanoia upgraded to latest; You2pup, fix for spaces in paths; Ayttm multi-protocol chat client upgraded to 0.6.0-9; DidiWiki personal Wiki upgraded to 0.8; JWM window manager upgraded to revision 457; NicoEdit, our secondary text editor, upgraded to 2.4; Pburn upgraded to 3.1.1; 'resolv.conf' circular symlinks maybe fixed; JWM Configure tool bug fix; 'man' and Help page fixed when search on linux.die.net; frequency scaling fix for 'small' ISO (modules were missing); shut-down problem when upgrade 'pupsave' (shutdown scripts in wrong place)...." Here is the release announcement with a full changelog (scroll down to read the changes between 4.3 and 4.3.1). Download: pup-431.iso (105MB, MD5).

NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 11.2 RC1

Michael Löffler has announced that the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2 is now ready for testing: "Today we're happy to announce the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.2. This release includes quite a few bug fixes and several updates, including GNOME 2.28 final, Linux kernel 2.6.31.3, and many others. What's new in openSUSE 11.2? The new version includes the latest versions of all kinds of software and delivers: live version upgrade - no need to stop working while upgrading from openSUSE 11.1 to 11.2; support for several social networks like Facebook, Twitter and identi.ca; running openSUSE from an USB stick." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and known issues. Download (mirror list): openSUSE-KDE4-LiveCD-Build0336-i686.iso (678MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0336-i686.iso (696MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-KDE4-LiveCD-Build0336-x86_64.iso (689MB, MD5, torrent), openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0336-x86_64.iso (694MB, MD5, torrent).

Distribution Release: Caos Linux 1.0.25

Greg Kurtzer has announced the availability of Caos Linux 1.0.25, and updated release of the independently developed, light-weight, secure distribution of Linux for servers, compute nodes and network appliances: "The Caos team of developers and contributors from Infiscale are proud to announce the public release of Caos Linux NSA (Node Server Appliance) version 1.0.25, an updated release to the NSA-1.0 operating system and new Live Media installer disk. This Caos NSA 1.0 release includes all known security updates, the latest supported packages, configuration tools, better support for private and public clouds, and enhanced hardware and compatibility support from some of our supporters including Intel, SuperMicro and HP all wrapped up into a brand new Live Media installer." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (mirrors): caos-nsa-full-1.0.25.i386.iso (1,827MB, MD5), caos-nsa-full-1.0.25.x86_64.iso (1,997MB, MD5).

Development Release: Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha 1

Anil Gulecha has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Nexenta Core Platform 3.0, a free and open-source operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with GNU application userland: "On behalf of the Nexenta project, I'd like to announce the availability of the Nexenta Core Platform (NCP) 3.0 alpha 1. This is the first release towards NCP 3.0. The main changes over NCP2 include: move from OpenSolaris build 104 to 124. From this release of NCP, all sunw* packages are natively built on Nexenta. The complete sources are available in the repository, along with Sun Studio 12 and other tools to roll your own kernel. Moving to the latest bits provides Nexenta users with the latest OpenSolaris features, including better storage and networking functionality with ZFS enhancements and the integration of Crossbow." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download (MD5): nexenta-core_3.0-alpha1_x86.iso.zip (473MB).

NEW • Distribution Release: Dragora GNU/Linux 1.1

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 - Binutils 2.19.1, GCC 4.3.4, glibc 2.9, Coreutils 7.6, util-linux-ng 2.16.1; X.Org Server 1.6.4 and Mesa 7.5.2; the inclusion of KDE 4.3.1; new compression format based on the LZMA algorithm; support for Free Java and JavaScript through Icedtea6 and Rhino; support for Bluetooth and IrDA devices; support for printing with CUPS 1.3.11; support for the PCMCIA subsystem; new language support - Galician. It is worth mentioning the large environment such as KDE 4.3.1 (included on CD 2) and the numerous corrections and improvements in the packaging system and the Dragora system start-up." Read the full release announcement (scroll down for the English version) for further details. Download (MD5): dragora-1.1-install-CD1.iso (525MB).

NEW • Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2

The second and also the last release candidate for Mandriva Linux 2010 is now available on public mirrors: "This RC2 version is available through following images: Free version, 32 and 64 bit DVDs; One version, KDE or GNOME (available on Monday); and Virtual images based on One images (available on Monday). These ISOs are hybrid ISOs which means you can dump it on an USB key to install it. Use Mandriva-seed available in ISOs repository, it's as easy as a click! This RC2 version is all focused on bug fixing but you will find also Moblin, KDE 4.3.2, GNOME 2.28, Poulsbo, guest account, and Nepomuk. Please note that final graphical design will be available only in final release. Please do not use this RC2 version to upgrade an existing Mandriva Linux installation." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: mandriva-linux-free-rc2-2010-i586.iso (3,978MB, MD5), mandriva-linux-free-rc2-2010-x86_64.iso (3,998MB, MD5).