sidux sidux is a desktop-oriented distribution and live CD based on the unstable branch of Debian GNU/Linux.
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sidux is a desktop-oriented distribution and live CD based on the unstable branch of Debian GNU/Linux. sidux is a desktop-oriented distribution and live CD based on the unstable branch of Debian GNU/Linux. This project was originally created by a group of developers who split from the KANOTIX project and launched their own distribution. Here are some key features of "sidux": · After three months of development, we are proud to announce the immediate availability of sidux 2007-02 for amd64 and i686 systems, shipping in a 425 MB lite KDE and a 690 MB full KDE flavor. Our second official sidux release has concentrated on overhauling the early boot sequence and adapting to a wider variety of desktop environments and window managers. While this release only ships in two KDE flavors (lite and full) again, we're looking for interested maintainers contributing to special purpose releases or tweaking support for other desktop environments and window managers. What's New in This Release: · Debian sid, as of 2009-11-11. · kernel 2.6.31.6 (smp, hard preemption). · X.org 7.4 (xserver-xorg-core 1.6.5). · KDE 4.3.2 (en + de). · Iceweasel 3.5.4 · new, SVG based, art theme created by the sidux art team. · offline manual for en + de directly on the disc, online manuals for more languages online at http://manual.sidux.com/ and available via apt; a big thank you goes to the documentation and translation teams! · Please note that the offline manual is only available on the running live CD or the installed system. · many changes for the manual. · at76c50x-usb support for 11 MBit/s Atmel wlan cards (at76c503a, at76c505 and at76c505a). · ath5k support for 54/ "108" MBit/s Atheros wlan cards (AR2425, AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5213 and AR5414). · ath9k support for 802.11 draft-n Atheros wlan cards (AR5418+AR5133, AR5416+AR5133, AR5416+AR2133, AR9160, AR9280 and AR9281). · ar9170usb support for 802.11 draft-n Atheros USB wlan cards (AR9170 "otus"). · b43/ b43legacy support for Broadcom wlan cards. OpenFWWF 5.2 opensource firmware for the following Broadcom AirForce 802.11b/g wireless cards: · BCM4306 · BCM4311 revision 1 · BCM4318 · BCM4320 · iwl3945 support (Intel Pro Wireless 3945 chipsets). · iwlagn support for IPW 4965 and the IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n part of the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 1000/ 5xxxAGN/ 6000/ 6050 family. · iwmc3200wifi support for Intel Wireless Multicomm 802.11. · rt2x00 support for RaLink rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt61 and rt73 802.11b/g cards. · experimental support for RaLink rt2770, rt2870 and rt3070 802.11b/g/n USB cards. · support for RealTek RTL8180L and RTL8185 PCI/ cardbus wlan cards. · support for RealTek RTL8187 and RTL8187B USB wlan cards. · memtest86+. · OpenJDK 6 as part of the kde-full variant. · employ "insserv" to reorder the bootsequence based on LSB headers. · support kvm (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) for kde-full; kvm depends on hardware virtualisation support (AMD pacifica virtualisation extensions "svm" or Intel IVT (vanderpool) virtualisation extensions "vmx") · access point support for many mac80211 based wlan cards through nl80211 and hostapd (optional). · current crda/ wireless-regdb. · fixed included locale packages. · new release artwork. · completely new X.org detection. · new partition and filesystem detection code. · overhauled fw-detect to probe for hardware with non-free needs. · USB 3.0 support. · fan control for Acer Aspire One netbooks (acerhdf). · Sound-Blaster-X-Fi support (snd-ctxfi).

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