All releases of Bluewhite Linux


Release Notes: A new generic Linux kernel 2.6.30.5 was added with more modules enabled for daily use. KDE was updated to 4.3.1 and Xfce was updated to 4.6.1. The Mozilla Foundation products (Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey) were upgraded to the latest versions. The Koffice 2.0.2 office suite for KDE4 is included. Mplayer is included. The development tools, libraries, console, and X applications were improved and updated.


Release Notes: This release added all packages from the Bluewhite64 12.2 Standard version and upgraded the kernel to version 2.6.27.10. The default window manager is KDE 4.2. Many new packages were added. Some of the highlights are Blender, a cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation, IA32 emulation for running 32-bit programs, ALICE managers for easily configuring your operating system, BW64Installer for installing the LiveDVD onto your HDD, the Eclipse IDE, and many more.


Release Notes: Many packages were upgraded. It is now possible to install from a Samba share. New packages like pm-utils (power management utilities), sqlite 3.6.6.2 (a simple, self contained database engine), and wicd (a wired and wireless network manager) were included. Some of the updated packages include KDE 3.5.10 and xfce 4.4.3 Desktop Environments, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 and Seamonkey 1.1.13 Web browsers, and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 and KMail 1.9.9 email clients.


Release Notes: Important security and stability updates were made. This updates include new versions of the KDE, X.org server, Pidgin, ALICE, OpenSSH and OpenSSL, Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey, BIND, Amarok, and many more. A new feature has been added, the BW64installer, which is a GUI based installation program for installing Bluewhite64 Linux Live versions to your hard drive.


Release Notes: All packages were merged from the standatrd version. Linux Kernel was updated to 2.6.24.7. Compiz was added, including the manager and extra plugins and 3D effects. KDE 3.5.9 is available in 65 languages. This release alao includes OpenOffice.org 2.3, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 (Flash ready), Konqueror (Flash/Java ready), Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12, KMail 1.9.9, Swaret 1.6.3, Qtswaret 0.1.5-3, digiKam 0.9.3, Krusader 1.90.0, MPlayer 1.0rc2, IA32 emulation, aMSN 0.97, and more.


Release Notes: Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable installer (supporting FTP and HTTP, not only NFS); KDE 3.5.9 and Xfce 4.4.2; Linux kernel 2.6.24.5 and 2.6.25.1 (for testing) with advanced features and performance; FUSE 2.7.3 and ntfs-3g 1.2310; SCIM (Smart Common Input Method) 1.4.7; an updated IA32 emulation system (to run 32-bit programs) in the EXTRA software series; and many more improved and upgraded packages.


Release Notes: Many packages have been updated and new features added. Updated packages that fix one or more possible security issues were merged. The kernel has been updated to version 2.6.24 including tickless system support, birtualization, more wireless drivers, and much more. Other important inclusions are KDE 3.5.8 in 65 languages, the MPlayer 1.0rc2 media player, and ALICE with six GUI managers, which will help you to easily manage different system settings.


No changes have been submitted for this release.


Release Notes: The Bluewhite64 Linux 12.0 Live DVD runs entirely from DVD and includes all packages from Bluewhite64 Linux 12.0 (except the Y and KDEi software series) and the updated packages from the patches directory. Extra packages created by the Bluewhite64 Linux community have also been included.


Release Notes: This version includes the Linux 2.6.21.5 kernel with the IA32-emulation enabled, the testing Linux 2.6.22 kernel in the testing/ directory with support for IDE, SATA, SCSI, and RAID controllers, Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, and IBM's SGI filesystems, SCSI and ATA RAID volume, software RAID, LVM2, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), and encrypted file systems. It also includes the GCC 4.1.2 compiler and Glibc 2.5 with NPTL, the latest KDE 3.5.7 and XFce 4.4.1, the Mozilla Firefox browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4, SeaMonkey 1.1.2, Apache 2.2.4, PHP 5.2.3, and MySQL 5.0.37.