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[arch-announce] 2009.02 ISO Release
by Recent News Updates 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

We proudly announce the release of the new Arch Linux installation images, version 2009.02. It took us quite a while, but we think the result is worth it: we added some cool new things and ironed out some long-lasting imperfections. 2009.02 comes with the following features: - Kernel 2.6.28 - Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition. - Rescue and maintenance capabilities for Ext4 root partitions - Fallback ISOs with the ISOLINUX bootloader, for those that have trouble booting Grub-based images - Several bugfixes in the installer - Brought the included documentation up-to-date - Inclusion of AIF (Arch Linux Installation Framework), the next generation installer, currently under development. If you encounter any problems, you can check for bug reports (or file a new one) under the <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=6">"Release Engineering" project</a> For more info about the releng team and how to get in touch with us, see <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/">the announcement</a> What's next? ------------ Our goal is to bring coordinated releases following the rhythm of kernel releases, in order to provide optimal hardware support. The roadmap (and current open bugs) of the next release (which will be based on 2.6.29) can be found on <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=index&tasks=&project=6&due=59">the bug tracker</a> <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/download/">Download the new release</a> URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/

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[arch-announce] Newsletter for February, 2009
by Recent News Updates 14 Feb '09

14 Feb '09

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2009-feb.html">Newsletter for February 2009</a>. To discuss this newsletter, <a href="http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=498404">click here</a>. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/">here they are</a>. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/433/

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[arch-announce] KDE 4.2 is out and we are ready!
by Recent News Updates 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Today, on January 27th, the KDE team announces the stable version of KDE 4.2.0, so we have moved all kde-packages from [testing] to [extra]. We suggest that you exit from KDE before you update, backup your ~/.kde4 configuration dir and start with a clean config. Take a look at old plasmoids, they might not work with the new Plasma. You can find the ChangeLog on: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.2/ For problems (we hope there aren't) please use the bugtracker or the arch-general mailing list as usual. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/431/

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[arch-announce] Release Engineering Team
by Recent News Updates 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

I'd like to announce a newly formed team made to manage our ISO releases. The intent here is to provide you with up to date installation tools and release ISOs based on the kernel's release schedule. Current Team Members: Aaron Griffin (that's me!) Gerhard Brauer (GerBra - ISO and installer) Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter@be - installer/AIF) If you're interested in ISO and installer related happenings, feel free to join the ML below. <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-releng">Mailing List</a> <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=6">Bug Tracker Project</a> URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/

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[arch-announce] inetutils-1.6-2 in [core]
by Recent News Updates 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

To replace several orphaned netkit packages that were unmaintained upstream, we just added inetutils-1.6-2 in the [core] repo. This new package will provide the following network clients/daemons: ftp/ftpd rexec/rexecd rlogin/rlogind rsh/rshd talk/talkd telnet/telnetd rcp. It will be replacing the following packages: core/netkit-telnet extra/netkit-ftp extra/netkit-rsh On a related note, netkit-tftp will be remove from the repo in favor of tftp-hpa. The inetutils tools can also profide a tftp client/server. It's currently not included in the inetutils package but we could provide them in a separate package if there is sufficient demand for it. Please update your settings/configs accordingly. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/429/

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[arch-announce] X.Org 7.4 moves to extra
by Recent News Updates 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

X.Org 7.4 has been moved to extra. After sitting in testing for quite some months, it's time to move this package. This version fixes quite some issues present in the old version we had in extra. This version contains some important changes: - Input hotplugging is enabled by default now. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging for more information. - nvidia-71xx is no longer supported and has been removed from the repositories. Affected users should install xf86-video-nv or xf86-video-vesa, complaints can be sent to nvidia for not providing compatible drivers. URL: http://archlinux.info/news/424/

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[arch-announce] Welcome Andrea Scarpino
by Recent News Updates 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

I'd like to welcome Andrea into the fold here. If you don't know him, he goes by BaSh, and has been a TU for some time. Recently, he began helping us out as a Bug Wrangler on flyspray, which is greatly appreciated. Pierre has been asking for help with KDE maintenance, and Andrea has stepped up to the plate. So please welcome Andrea on board as a new packager / KDE maintainer. Yay! URL: http://archlinux.info/news/428/

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[arch-announce] Pacman update and mirrorlist
by Recent News Updates 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

With the update to pacman-3.2.1-2, we have split the mirrorlist into the pacman-mirrorlist package. This will allow us to push more frequent updates to the mirrorlist, instead of only updating it with pacman releases. As part of this update, your current /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file will be saved as mirrorlist.pacorig and the default mirrorlist put in its place. Remember to merge these files in order to keep using your mirror(s) of choice. URL: http://archlinux.info/news/427/

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[arch-announce] Note on fresh TeXLive installs
by Recent News Updates 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

With the latest update of texlive-core, some new hyphenation patterns cause TeX capacity to be exceeded when some formats are created. In the file /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, change the line trie_size = 600000 to trie_size = 700000 Then run sudo fmtutil-sys --missing and everything will be fine. URL: http://archlinux.info/news/425/

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[arch-announce] Welcome Geoffroy Carrier
by Recent News Updates 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

I want to wish a warm welcome to our new developer and bluetooth maintainer, Geoffroy Carrier (gcarrier) For those who don't know Geoffroy, he's been with us for some time, helped out with pacman development (in particular, with code in the signed-packages arena), and has been a TU for since May of this year. He plans on primarily helping us out with Bluetooth packages (which we've been slacking on these days), among other things. Hip-hip-hooray! URL: http://archlinux.info/news/426/

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