+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | ______ ______ _ _ _ | | /\ / _____) ___ \| | | | | /\ | | / \ | / ___| | | | | | | | / \ | | / /\ \| | (___) | | | | | | | / /\ \ | | | |__| | \____/| | | | |___| | |_____| |__| | | | |______|\_____/|_| |_|\______|_______)______| | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ [Sorry for cross-posting. Feel free to forward around] Florence, 14 July 2004 +++ AGNULA/DEMUDI 1.2.0-beta2 IS OUT AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.0-beta2, the Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for audio/video, has been released. +++ AGNULA/DeMuDi 1.2.0-beta2, the Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution for audio/video, has been released. This version is the third beta of the 1.2.0 series, which sports tighter integration with Debian, using the Sarge Debian Installer and the CDD (Custom Debian Distributions) framework. It's a mainly a bug fixing release, with few additions. It's still meant for testing, but should be quite usable. Instructions on how to download and install it can be found here: http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/demudi_1_2_0_iso and a list of frequently asked questions here: http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/1.2.0-beta-FAQ/ Highlights: - Installer: * Added splash image for grub * Fix handling of scsi cdrom * Using ide-scsi by default * Choice between Desktop (GNOME) and Minimalistic (Fluxbox) graphical environments * Installing many useful packages by default (vim, aterm, anacron, bzip2, cdrecord, xchat, unison, gqview) * Fixed pre-seeded debconf answer for dictionaries-common * Running the XFree86 configuration menu item of base-config only on fresh installations, so that running base-config again won't affect the XF86Config-4 file - New/updated applications: * gnomoradio * specimen 0.2.4 * fluxbox 0.9.9 - Menus: * Fixed bug in the Samplers menu * Renamed Sound with Audio for faster access * Moved Games in Apps - Configuration: * Added cfengine code to customise /etc/skel/.bash_profile and /etc/skel/.bashrc * Fixed gkrellm defaults * New fluxbox theme and background * Added ~/.Xresources to the skeleton files Please report all bugs, requests, criticisms using our development portal [0]. Instructions on how to report bugs and requests are available here: http://www.agnula.org/development/agnula_bugs_requests/ We hope you enjoy AGNULA/DeMuDi! For any information, do not hesitate to contact us writing to: <info(a)agnula.org> And/or visiting our web site, http://www.agnula.org/. +++ About AGNULA: Agnula (acronym for A GNU/Linux Audio distribution, pronounced with a strong g) is the name of a project funded until April 2004 by the European Commission (number of contract: IST-2001-34879; key action IV.3.3, Free Software: towards the critical mass). After the end of the funded period, AGNULA is continuing as a volunteer based project, aiming to spread Libre Software in the professional audio/video arena. Best regards, -- The AGNULA Team info(a)agnula.org Our mailing lists: http://lists.agnula.org/ Our web site: http://www.agnula.org/ "There's no free expression without control on the tools you use" [0] http://devel.agnula.org/