Calculate Linux 12 Beta Testing

We’re happy to announce that, since Stage 20120629, Calculate Linux 12 has entered its final phase: the beta testing version is now available!

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Main Features

  • A major change: Calculate Utilities 3 are now used to install and set up your system. What does it mean, exactly?
    • Network client-server solutions via SOAP/WSDL are supported.
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    • Both console and graphical interfaces are implemented.
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    • Multiple installation is supported: that is, you can install CL on several storage media at once, locally as well as remotely.
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    • System settings can now be configured either from the command line with cl-setup-boot, cl-setup-locale, cl-setup-network, cl-setup-system, cl-setup-video, or in a graphical environment.
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  • Calculate Linux Desktop XFCE has a better appearance:
    • The new Adwaita theme.
    • A bigger menu.
    • Somewhat better response.
    • Geeque comes by default as the image viewer.
  • Gimp was updated to v2.8 and has now a one-window interface by default.

Software

  • CDS (Directory Server):
    Bind 9.8.3-P1, Kernel 3.3.8, OpenLDAP 2.4.30, Postfix 2.8.9, ProFTPD 1.3.4a, Samba 3.5.15
    i686 - 912 MB, x86_64 - 709 MB
  • CLD (KDE desktop):
    KDE 4.8.3, Amarok 2.5.0, digiKam 2.5.0, Chromium 20.0.1132.43, Kernel 3.3.8, LibreOffice 3.5.4.2
    i686 - 2.3 GB, x86_64 - 2.4 GB
  • CLDG (GNOME desktop):
    Gnome 3.2, Gimp 2.8.0, Chromium 20.0.1132.43, Kernel 3.3.8, LibreOffice 3.5.4.2
    i686 - 1.8 GB, x86_64 - 2.0 GB
  • CLDX (XFCE desktop):
    XFCE 4.10, Gimp 2.8.0, Kernel 3.3.8, Chromium 20.0.1132.43, LibreOffice 3.5.4.2
    i686 - 1.7 GB, x86_64 - 1.8 GB
  • CMC (Media Center):
    XBMC 11.0, Kernel 3.3.8, Xorg-server 1.12.2
    i686 - 1.1 GB, x86_64 - 1.3 GB
  • CLS (Linux Scratch):
    Openbox 3.5.0, Kernel 3.3.8, Xorg-server 1.12.2
    i686 - 887 MB, x86_64 - 929 MB
  • CSS (Scratch Server):
    Kernel 3.3.8
    i686 - 605 MB, x86_64 - 639 MB

Links

Download: feel free to choose between Calculate Directory Server, Calculate Linux Desktop with either KDE, GNOME or XFCE desktop, Calculate Media Center, Calculate Linux Scratch or Calculate Scratch Server.

Our update guide: http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/system_update_guide

congratulations!

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