Vine Linux 6.1

Daisuke Suzuki has announced the release of Vine Linux 6.1, the oldest and most prominent community distribution of Linux in Japan. This release, code-named "Pape Clement", comes after about a year of development and includes the following software applications and features: Linux kernel 3.0.38 with long-term support; Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1 and Thunderbird 14.0; X.Org Intel driver with support for Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge microarchitectures; LibreOffice 3.5.5; Adobe Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe Reader 9.4; OpenJDK 1.6 runtime; MPlus Outline and Aoyagi fonts; all errata notices since the release of Vine Linux 6.0. It is recommended that all 6.0 users upgrade to the 6.1 release as soon as possible. Read the release announcement and release notes (both links in Japanese) for system requirements and other information. Download links: Vine61-DVD-i686.iso (1,879MB, SHA1), Vine61-DVD-x86_64.iso (1,911MB, SHA256).

Vine Linux 6.1 RC2 Has Linux Kernel 3.0.37

Vine Linux, a distribution with a highly customized Japanese environment in which a lot of applications supporting Kanji-Strings are included, is now at version 6.1 RC2.

Highlights of Vine Linux 6.1 RC2:

· Linux kernel was updated to version 3.0.37;
· Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 14.0.1;
· Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to version 14.0;
· DRI in SandyBridge has been disabled from the Intel driver;
· A blacklist option has been added;
· Radeon has been added in the default blacklist;
· xorg-x11-drv-ati has been updated to support new hardware;
· libdrm has been updated to version 2.4.33;
· xulrunner has been removed;
· mkkpkg has been fixed;
· Various other updates have been implemented.

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