• Added Storage Groups. This allows multiple recording directories, where each storage group is a list of directories.
• Added Watch List feature to Watch Recordings listing programs most useful to watch in order to catch up on series and shows you have fallen behind in watching.
• Added support for QAM recording using HDHomeRun device. Requires firmware 21-09-2006 or newer (Note this was also back ported to 0.20.2).
• New official plugins:
  • MythMovies: provides show times and cinema listings based on Zip/Post code and a given radius.
  • MythZoneMinder: ZoneMinder is a system for monitoring CCTV cameras. It uses a web interface which doesn’t work very well on a MythTV only system so the plugin provides a remote friendly interface to some of the functions provided by ZM.
• Added auto discovery of MythTV servers/frontends
• Reduced mythfrontend memory consumption by upto 75% depending on theme and resolution.
• requires MySQL 5.0
• Allows multiple recordings with one DVB/ATSC card if the channels are in the same multiplex (Multirec)
• Enhancements for multi channel audio (up-converting stereo, re-encoding to AC3 in time stretch mode)
• Added the ability to continue playing music in the background.
• Added a channel icon download facility to mythtv-setup.

For more info on MythTV here is the link.

Tags: StartCom, Xubuntu

For more news and features about ubuntu 8.04 a.k.a Hardy Heron, here is the link.

Tags: Indiana, 64 Studio

“Dist-upgrade to Debian ‘Lenny’ (testing + unstable); changes initial boot system from initrd to initramfs for easier customisation; kernel 2.6.24.4 with custom modules - GSPCA, QEMU, KVM, VirtualBox, NDISwrapper, AVM; updated WiFi drivers and firmware for ipw*; Compiz 3D window manager 0.7.3 with experimental Compiz Fusion modules; KDE 3.5.9, KDE 4.0 as experimental boot option; ADRIANE, audio desktop with text-to-speech and braille support, first release; Cloop 2.624 realtime decompression with threads and experimental ’suspend’ feature; OpenOffice.org 2.3.1; VirtualBox OSE edition; Orca as screen reader for GTK+ programs; updated hard disk installer ‘0wn’; updated NTFS-3G.”

For more info on Knoppix, please visit the Knoppix link category.

Tags: Mandriva, linux cd

Terra Soft has announced the release of Yellow Dog Linux 6.0, a CentOS and Fedora-based specialist distribution designed for the Power architecture: “Terra Soft today released Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) 6.0 for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), Apple G4/G5, and IBM System p. YDL 6.0 delivers the professional quality of an enterprise level Linux distribution to a just-works desktop experience for both PS3 and Apple PowerPC. Built upon CentOS with select Fedora 7 components, YDL 6.0 integrates the Enlightenment 17 desktop to provide a lean, uncluttered interface.

For more info on YDL, please visit the YellowDog Linux category.

Tags: Novell SLE, SystemRescue

Zenwalk Live 5.0, a live edition of the Slackware-based Zenwalk Linux distribution, has been released: “Zenwalk Live 5.0 is ready! Based on the ‘current’ repository, the new Zenwalk Live features all the latest secure and stable versions of Zenwalk 5.0 standard packages. With this release, it is also our great pleasure to present Zen Installer which will enable you to install a standard Zenwalk system onto your computer’s hard drive. Now, if you first use Live Clone to remaster your own live CD and then execute Zen Installer from that remastered live CD, you will install your own customized version of Zenwalk rather than the standard edition. This is very helpful if you need to deploy a highly personalized Zenwalk system on the computer park of a school, a cybercafé, an office or an organization. As always, Zenwalk Live 5.0 also offers extended multilingual, multimedia and WiFi support.”

For more info on Zenwalk Linux, please visit the Zenwalk Linux Category Page.

Tags: openSUSE, Solaris

XWindow system, KDE desktop with K-Office, Internet browsing, e-Mail, Instant messaging, CD/DVD burning and ripping, Audio and Video encoding, Multimedia players, all and even more is included in Slax.

Tomáš Matějíček has announced the release of Slax 6.0.3:

“Slax 6.0.3 has been released. Among all the updates described in the changelog, it features a bug-fix for Squashfs LZMA kernel driver. What’s new? Added kernel 2.6.24.3 with kernel headers, stripped sources and modules all using the same version, to prevent any possible mismatch; silenced several boot-up messages; added wpa_suplicant; updated to Slackware Current which adds new firmware; fixed a bug in sqlzma, which may cause data read errors; the ’sgnfile’ boot parameter wasn’t working, it’s fixed now; make_iso.sh now works even if called from a different directory; fixed loading of modules from subdirectories while using copy2ram; the ‘nocd’ boot parameter has different meaning now, it will cause CD-ROM to be skipped, but made visible later on.”

For more info on SLAX Linux, please visit the SLAX Linux Category Page.

Tags: Fedora Linux, Nexenta

Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, Educational CD, or a rescue system. Because it is a bootable CD, you can try it out without touching your hard drive. If you like it, there is an option to install Berry Linux on your hard disk. (Needs 1.7GB of free space. Using the Berry Linux Installer)
Berry Linux is based on Red Hat Fedora.

For more info on Berry Linux, please visit the Berry Linux Category Page.

Tags: Slackware, X/OS

Get a Taste of Linux Without Installing It
Linux Insider - The most famous of these is available from Knoppix , but others can be found by visiting www.linux.org/dist and searching for the “Live CD” category. Even more are listed at www.distrowatch.com like MEPIS and Fedora . Of course, this requires that you have

LinuxAsia 2007: Open-source event puts interoperability first
Express Computer India - Delivering the keynote, popular Linux Guru and founder of Knoppix, Klaus Knopper said, If you are going to buy any hardware and it doesn t support open source, tell the vendor and return the product. Vendor companies will get the

Debian releases Etch
Tectonic - Over the past two years the Debian project, which for many years has been the standard bearer for free software, has gained recognition as the base of the very popular Ubuntu distribution as well as numerous other Linux systems including Knoppix and

Babel Linux distro is all spin and costs a bob or two
The Inquirer - If you really want a live CD, download a copy of Knoppix or something and use Google documents. Free and free. The other claims that BableDisc makes, about using a USB stick to increase speed, and most other claims they make, are things you can do

Open source opens opportunities
Network World Fusion - Computerworld Inc. Anyway, last week we mentioned the forthcoming release of Knoppix 3.8.1. Well, it’s here. You can find a note about this version at Distrowatch , which also lists the FTP and BitTorrent download links. As discussed, this release of

Ubuntu and the future of Your Desktop
PC Authority - setup: you can boot from the CD into a full Ubuntu desktop that s ready to play with. If you like what you see, double-click on an icon on the desktop to fire off the installer. It s a wonder nobody s done it before. Some live CDs like Knoppix

Company or Topic: Linux
CNET News - SWsoft announced Thursday it will deliver its popular Virtuozzo server virtualization software in a new bundle with Novell’s Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10. The SWsoft bundle will be available through the SWsoft channel. Although Novell provided

Yet another case of false info in a bank s press release to limit
ZDNet Blogs - Download Knoppix and create a bootable CD from it. Pop it into your computer’s CD-ROM drive and set the PC’s BIOS to boot from the CD before booting from any other device. Then, behold as Knoppix reveals the entire hard drive to you without ever

Ubuntu Version 7.04 availble for download on April 19
ZDNet Blogs - the point bportlock — 04/16/07 I would suggest Tony Agudo — 04/16/07 My advice is always pretty simple tombalablomba — 04/17/07 As a power windows/novice linux user honeybl — 04/17/07 my tip(s) shryko — 04/17/07 Linux [knoppix 4.0]

Get a Taste of Linux Without Installing It
Linux Insider - Even more are listed at www.distrowatch.com like MEPIS and Fedora . Of course, this requires that you have one of these so-called Live CDs, but you can download the ISO file (if you don’t know what that is, let me know) for free and burn it to a CD. If

Debian 4.0 Finally Arrives
eWeek - Freespire/Linspire, MEPIS, Knoppix, Ubuntu and Xandros. Debian 4.0 supports 11 processor architectures and includes a choice of three major desktop environments: KDE, GNOME and Xfce. The distribution features “cryptographic software and

Microsoft: When We Said Microsoft Vista Capable, We Didn’t Mean For
Tech Dirt - I’ll stick with XP (for games) and Mepis Linux (everything else), thanks. Problem solved. ( reply to this comment ) ( link to this comment ) by Anonymous Coward on Apr 4th, 2007 @ 9:59am Wow. Techdirt should feel complimented that M$ thinks

Articles from 3.01.2006 to 3.31.2006 :
eWeek - ODF Battle Continues 3.22.2006 Google Considers Joining Eclipse 3.21.2006 Novell to Develop Cross-Platform Data Center Tools MEPIS Secure Integration with Sun’s Java B2B Suite Case Study: RouteOne deploys specialized SOA hardware from IBM to simplify

My Father’s Secret War - A Memoir by Lucinda Franks
Bridgeton News - Saying Lucinda Franks’ book My Father’s Secret War is revealing is like saying the sky is blue. Franks takes a journey she never expected and as a result comes full circle with her father - from adoring small child, to adolescent and adult

my column about the Suns
ESPN.com - They could go small, they could go big, they could play fast or slow, they could do anything they wanted. They’d be the Dirk Diggler of NBA teams. Look, my NBA life is in complete shambles. My beloved Celtics might be the worst team in the league and

Loan Scandal Escalates
Inside Higher Ed - It is a damn shame that they are being tarred with this scandal as it unfolds. NASFAA needs to stop being so defensive and If what you note is accurate, and in even a small way deals with Federal loan programs (not Private Loans), it is clearly

Eric Wright: Organic Architecture, Anais Nin And More
Santa Monica Mirror - Nature works on many small parts making up the whole and each part is related to the whole. Well, in our stock housing and so But the earth had shot out and broken away and a day after the damn had broken my grandfather called for me. I went over

Healthy Suns hope to take next step
East Valley Tribune - Mike D Antoni and the Suns will never win an NBA title be it because of the inconsistent commitment to defense, small It will be because it s damn hard to win one. And even after a 61-win season, the Suns didn t leave themselves an

A few links while honoring King Felix
ESPN.com - God bless Bruce Willis and his leap into the 50 Best Damn Unintentional Comedy Moments.” (After going back and watching it, I agree — it’s funnier than the SNL sketch. The ’80s were especially magnificent because celebrities thought they could sing

Shaquanda Cotton Freed, Movement Begins
Black Press USA - She had a contusion on her forehead, a small laceration on the palm of her hand and a strained neck. And we have the medical even allow the mother to press charges against the school official that assaulted her, he said. I don t give a damn

Don Imus is fired again and the silence is quite welcome
Lodi News-Sentinel - Everyone is so damn wrote on April 16, 2007 8:26 AM : “worried their going to offend someone or get sued nowadays. And people Brian wrote on April 14, 2007 3:52 PM : “WTF, Since it it a small slice of Muslims who claim to have radical tendancies (at