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[arch-announce] xorg-server 1.5RC6 enters testing
by Recent News Updates 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

Xorg-server 1.5RC6 (1.4.99.906) enters tesing. This version of xorg-server includes input hotplugging using hal, better EXA support and less memory usage. Note that this version requires an upgrade of all videodrivers. All videodrivers shipped with X.Org have been rebuilt to reflect this change. Nvidia drivers don't seem to need a rebuild, while AMD's catalyst drivers don't support the new X.Org version. Fglrx users should not upgrade to this version. Please give this version of X.Org an extensive test run and report bugs. URL: http://archlinux.org/news/407/

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[arch-announce] Follow the frog - Arch at FrOSCon 2008
by Recent News Updates 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

We'll be attending FrOSCon again this year. This Free and Open Source Software Conference takes place in Sankt Augustin near Bonn/Germany on August 23rd and 24th. Alongside many talks and lectures about free software, projects are permitted to present themselves at a booth and are provided with their own project room. It would give us great pleasure to welcome you to our booth and project room at FrOSCon 2008. You will be able to meet the following Archers this year: * Andreas Radke (andyrtr) * Christoph Neuroth (delmonico) * Gerhard Brauer (gerbra) * Jan de Groot (jgc) * Jens Adam (byte/jra) * Pierre Schmitz (pierre) * Thomas Bächler (brain0) For more information, visit http://www.froscon.org URL: http://archlinux.org/news/406/

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[arch-announce] Pacman 3.2.0 release
by Recent News Updates 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Pacman 3.2.0 has been released to [core]. As usual, please report any issues or regressions to the bug tracker located at [http://bugs.archlinux.org/][1] after searching to see if your bug already exists. The changes in this release are detailed in the NEWS file located in GIT, which can be accessed [here][2]. Noticeable changes in this release include much-reduced memory usage and the dropping of pacman.static. The following issues are known and will be fixed in the next maintenance release: 1. Makepkg fails to download source URLs containing the '?' character. Fixed with [this commit][3]. 2. Local mirror displays no progress bar or indications. Fixed with [this commit][4]. 3. libdownload can fail when given an extra trailing slash. Fixed with [this commit][5]. Thanks again to all of the developers and contributors that have made this release possible! [1]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/ [2]: http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman.git;a=blob;f=NEWS [3]: http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman.git;a=commit;h=9bc799ec7b1718e6d90c… [4]: http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman.git;a=commit;h=4476598e4e128f4595d5… [5]: http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=pacman.git;a=commit;h=72c5a298a3ee0f180190… URL: http://archlinux.org/news/405/

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[arch-announce] Eclipse 3.4
by Recent News Updates 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Packages for eclipse 3.4-3 and eclipse-cdt 5.0.0-2 will appear shortly in extra. We've switched to using the eclipse.org binary distributions for optimal stability and compatibility. It appeared that installing the binary distributions in /opt/eclipse was required; however, we have since determined that everything works fine with eclipse in /usr/share. Eclipse will stay in /usr/share. Enjoy! URL: http://archlinux.org/news/404/

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[arch-announce] Newsletter for August, 2008
by Recent News Updates 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the [Newsletter for August, 2008][1]. To discuss this newsletter, [click here][2]. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, [here they are][3]. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2008-Aug-04.html [2]: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52734 [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/ URL: http://archlinux.org/news/403/

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