Brian Manderville has announced that a new version has been released and the branch of Descent|OS has been updated to version 4.0.1. The distribution is based on Debian Wheezy (7.0) and the focus of the build is stability, rather than development.
PureOS, a Live CD distribution that allows the user to discover and use a GNU/Linux operating system without modifying the contents of the hard-disk, is now at version 6.0.
Frugalware, a general purpose Linux operating system designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), has reached version 1.8. Pre2 is now available for testing.Frugalware 1.8 Pre2 has been dubbed Cinna and the secoond technical preview in this new development branch.
Slackel KDE 4.9.2, a Slackware-based Linux operating system, was announced yesterday, October 30, by Dimitris Tzemos.
CrunchBang, a Linux distribution based on Debian and powered by the lightweight Openbox window manager, designed especially for low-end machines, is now at version 11 R20130119.
CrunchBang 11 R20130119 distribution, codenamed "Waldorf," is based on Wheezy sources, which is the testing branch of Debian.
FreeBSD, an operating system for x86, ARM, IA-64, PowerPC, PC-98 and UltraSPARC architectures, is now at version 8.4 RC3.
The developers of FreeBSD have moved forward with their distribution and have launched the third Release Candidate.
Highlights of FreeBSD 8.4 RC3:
• A bug, that allowed NFS clients to issue READDIR on files, has been fixed;
• sendmail has been updated to version 8
Linux Mint Debian, a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system based on Debian Testing, has just reached version 201303. The new and improved Linux Mint Debian 201303 comes in two flavors, MATE and Cinnamon, and it features several improvements over the previous releases.
ZevenOS-Neptune, a Linux operating system with software optimized for slower computers and with elements of BeOS, has just reached version 3.0 Beta 1.
ZevenOS-Neptune 3.0 Beta 1 brings some important changes. First of all, the developers have decided to only release the 64-bit version.
Slax, a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design, is now at version 7.0.6. Slax 7.0.6 has been dubbed Green Horn and it arrives fairly quickly after the previous version, bringing a few needed changes and a personalized Software Center.