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| gnash-common 0.8.3-4 | x86_64 |
| miro 1.2.7-2 | x86_64 |
| python-vpython 3.2.9-4 | x86_64 |
| smc 1.5-2 | x86_64 |
| bind 9.5.0.P2-1 | x86_64 |
| boost 1.36.0-2 | x86_64 |
| dnsutils 9.5.0.P2-1 | x86_64 |
| bind 9.5.0.P2-1 | i686 |
| deluge 1.0.2-1 | i686 |
| smc 1.5-2 | i686 |
| gnash-common 0.8.3-4 | i686 |
| python-vpython 3.2.9-4 | i686 |
| boost 1.36.0-2 | i686 |
| miro 1.2.7-2 | i686 |
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Releases
| 2008.06 | Overlord | 2008-06-24 |
| 2007.08-2 | Don't Panic | 2007-10-07 |
| 2007.08.1 | Don't Panic | 2007-09-10 |
| 2007.08 | Don't Panic | 2007-08-05 |
| 2007.05 | Duke | 2007-05-17 |
| 0.8 | Voodoo | 2007-03-31 |
| 0.7.2 | Gimmick | 2006-05-23 |
| 0.7.1 | Noodle | 2006-01-05 |
| 0.7 | Wombat | 2005-01-24 |
| 0.6 | Widget | 2004-03-01 |
| 0.5 | Nova | 2003-07-21 |
| 0.4 | Dragon | 2002-12-18 |
| 0.3 | Firefly | 2002-08-07 |
| 0.2 | Vega | 2002-04-17 |
| 0.1 | Homer | 2002-03-11 |
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Latest News
2008-10-14
Kernel 2.6.27 in core
Last night, kernel26 2.6.27-2 has been moved from testing to core. This upgrade seems to be pretty smooth, so don't expect many problems. - Watchdog drivers have been enabled as modules. - MSI/MSI-X is now activated. If your system fails to boot or some PCI devices don't work, add pci=nomsi to your kernel commandline (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56940) - The ipw3945 driver doesn't ...
2008-10-11
New nvidia-173xx packages available for users of GeForce FX cards
The recently released 177.80 version of the NVIDIA driver stopped supporting the GeForce FX series of cards. If you find your Xorg setup no longer working after upgrading, you need to install the new 173xx legacy drivers: # pacman -S nvidia-173xx Source: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=120679
2008-10-07
Newsletter for October, 2008
The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the Newsletter for October 2008. To discuss this newsletter, click here. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, here they are.
2008-10-06
klibc upgrade requires user intervention
Due to a limitation in pacman's conflict checking and symbolic link resolution, the upgrade to klibc-1.5.14-1 requires manual removal of a symbolic link befole updating. Please run the command "rm /usr/lib/klibc/include/asm" as root to remove the symbolic link that will otherwise cause a few hundred false file conflicts.
2008-09-17
netcfg v2.1 in [core]
netcfg v2.1 is mostly a bug fix release, however there are some important changes and new features. - Remove driver specific hacks/quirks. They now need to be enabled manually using the QUIRKS=() array. - auto-wireless has been moved from net-profiles to a separate daemon net-auto. - A new option (IWCONFIG) to run iwconfig with set arguments before connecting - Various ...
2008-09-12
TeXLive now in extra
Based on the official release last week of TeXLive 2008, a collection of texlive packages is now available in extra and replaces the obsolete tetex. Some important points to note: * PLEASE READ THIS: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TeXLive * The installation now goes to /usr instead of /opt/texlive. Upon upgrading from the 2007 packages, you might encounter some error messages about binaries not ...
2008-09-01
Newsletter for September, 2008
The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the Newsletter for September, 2008. To discuss this newsletter, click here. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, here they are.
2008-08-31
xorg-server 1.5RC6 enters testing
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 ...
2008-08-19
Follow the frog - Arch at FrOSCon 2008
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 ...
2008-08-06
Pacman 3.2.0 release
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/ 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. Noticeable changes in this release include much-reduced memory usage and ...
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