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Toorox goes 64

Monday, 04 January 2010 20:56
Happy new year 2010!

With the beginning of this new year it's time for a new release. :-)
Many people asked me whether there is a 64-Bit version, too?
Now i can say: Yes, it is!
With the release of Toorox 01.2010 you can get a 64-Bit version, too.
It contains the 2.6.32-gentoo kernel and the KDE was updated to the
recent version 4.3.4.
The Toorox Installer is now able to exclude your /home/... folder to
another partition and you can install the bootloader into a single
partition or floppy disk.
There's a new entry in the Systemconfig: Mobile Broadband. It starts
the application umtsmon. There you can configure your mobile UMTS
connection and bring it up.
All packages for a pptp-vpn connection were included and you can
configure it via Networkmanager and the nm-applet.
KFTPgrabber was exchanged with gftp and there's a new audio-mixer
installed: mixxx. You will find it in the ?-Starter - "Party-DJ".

I would like to thank Johannes for the second download-mirror!

Joern
 

Toorox 10.2009 released!

Monday, 26 October 2009 18:10
A new version has been finished and now it's ready for download.

The content:
- The Kernel 2.6.31-gentoo
- The KDE 4.3.2 as desktopenvironment
- Xorg-Server version 1.6.5
- OpenOffice 3.1.1
- Amarok 2.2 as the KDE Mulimediaplayer
- The mediaplayer VLC 1.0.2
- IceCat 3.5.3
- and much more ...

Portato was added as the second software management tool (GUI for Portage) in the systemconfig which
makes a good job even though its elementary (0.13).
The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) was added as a kernel module and will be loaded by default. So if you own a graphics card with an Intel, ATI Radeon or SIS chip you can enjoy the pretty and cool desktop effects (3D-Desktop) by using the free and default video driver.
NOTE: If Toorox won't load the desktop correctly, please make use of the nodrm cheatcode.
( Bootmenu -> Press Tab -> Press Space -> enter nodrm -> Hit return )
The "LAN+WLAN" script from Systemconfig has been improved - if your wireless LAN device requires a special firmware file - this will be displayed. Then you can simply select it for loading.
The missing Synaptics Touchpad driver was re-added and pre-configured for a handy left-click by tapping on the pad.
As a new filesystem you can now select ext4 for your Toorox HD-Installation.
Please read the Changelog for more informations ...

Enjoy the new release. If you have any questions or if you want to help other users - create an account and post
it in the forum.

Joern

 

Toorox 06.2009

Saturday, 27 June 2009 20:33
Version 06.2009 is finished now. As always - the KDE was updated to the latest version
4.2.4. The recent CVS-snapshot of the plasmoid lancelot_part was included, because QT
was updated to 4.5.1 and the old version of the plasmoid has some trouble with it (empty box).
The USB-Stick creator script was optimised. Now there are 3 options for you:
Static, Personal and Encrypted. For the last 2 options your home folder will be stored
and with the third option even password-encrypted when you shutdown the system.
Now 2 partitions will be created - ext2 for Toorox and fat32 for regular data storage on
your pendrive.
Some users had problems (Kernel Panic) after an installation and booting from an external
USB-HDD. This came up, because the kernel needs some seconds for its initialisation.
This was fixed in the installer.

Joern
 

Server time-out

Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:28
Hello Toorox users,

certainly you have noticed, that the site was offline over the last weeks.
Server problems came up and i had absolutely no time to solve them.
So, i gave him a little "time-out". Now they are solved and toorox.de is
there for you, again.

Joern
 
 

Toorox 04.2009

Sunday, 26 April 2009 17:23

A new release of Toorox is done and available for you in the download section.
Now you can simply make an USB live pendrive with it.
The KDE was updated to 4.2.2 and OpenOffice speaks german and english.
There are no significant changes to the prior version except package updates
and small bug-fixes.
- Contains the webbrowser Iceweasel 3.0.9
- The (not) Windows emulator Wine was updated to 1.1.19
- VLC media player 0.99a is there for you
- Clam Anti Virus 0.95.1
- ...

Enjoy Toorox 04.2009!

Joern
 
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