Frugalware Linux

The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened recently in the world of Frugalware. Features of this issue include: We're famous! Almost :) Solaria, here we come! ... [More] Bouleetbil's been busy Tip - Pacman - what did I just install? You can read it here. We hope you like it! [Less]

With the kernel 2.6.33, we enabled nouveau kernel module. For those who have problem using it or want to use nvidia, you may be unhappy to see that nvidia doesn't work any more. There are 2 ways to make it working again: ... [More] Add nouveau to your /etc/sysconfig/blacklist file (seems to be the simplest and more secure way) Or happen the following kernel options in your grub configuration: nouveau.modeset=0 Then make a happy reboot. [Less]

The newsletter's aim is to keep you up to date with what's happened recently in the world of Frugalware. Features of this issue include: Party time! Kalgan is released. (Another) memory ... [More] donation - I'm sure about this one :) Money, money, money! Tip - Troubleshooting the launch of GUI appplications (Lots of) security announcements You can read it here. We hope you like it! [Less]

The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.4rc2, the second candidate of the upcoming 1.4 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.4rc1: ... [More] Package updates: Linux 2.6.37 + fixes KDE SC 4.5 Drupal 7 obsoletes Drupal 5. If a drupal-5 package has its own drupal-6 counterpart (eg. drupal-cck), then the drupal-6 one (drupal6-cck) replaces the old one automatically. If a drupal-5 package DOES NOT have its own drupal6 counterpart, then the drupal6 package replaces it - sorry for the inconvenience, those drupal-5 bastards are not even supported by upstream. systemd v16 - and 5 more packages now support systemd using native unit files Fixes: The CD/DVD installer can perform fully offline installation again. Various user interface fixes (missing icons in desktop files, etc.) Missing koffice localization packages are back (they were missing since the integration of KDE4). Please refer to the Frugalware Nexon ChangeLog for more information. Download for i686: See our mirror list. Don't forget to check the integrity of the install images before burning! NOTE: Click here to read more about what media you need for the installation. [Less]