Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Shift Linux 0.5 RC-2 Released Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community. Shift is Debian based, therefore it has access to all of the software and applications as other Debian distributions. Neowin's Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of being part of the Neowin community as well as having a simple, easy-to-use Live CD that can be installed to your hard drive, if you enjoy the way our distribution works. Shift is a free, GPL-based Linux distribution that can be freely distributed or modified. There are no restrictions with Shift. Shift Linux 0.5 (RC-2) includes three fully branded versions: KDE, Gnome, and Flux, all Live CDs. Included in this version are most of the most popular packages to include wireless support and a desktop installer. In addition, we have newly created packages such as: 1. k3b (All versions) 2. Rhythmbox (All versions) 3. Bluetooth Support (All versions) 4. HP Printer Drivers (All versions) 5. Power management and laptop detection (All versions) 6. NTFS Read/Write support (All versions) 7. Envy (All versions) 8. New branding! 9. Extremely fast...You'll forget it's a CD in 5 minutes. Feel free to download and try our newest release. It has been designed for increased loading speeds. Please post any bugs found in our Bug Tracker. Shift 0.5 (RC-2) Gnome: http://files.neowin.net/download.php?file=5 Shift 0.5 (RC-2) KDE: http://files.neowin.net/download.php?file=6 Shift 0.5 (RC-2) Fluxbox: http://files.neowin.net/download.php?file=7 Thanks again to the Neowin members who have made this distribution possible. This is by far, the best release yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Lots of new graphics....... anyone who would like to post screenies here, please do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selecta Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Can somebody please post some pictureS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Can somebody please post some pictureS? I am sure that they will be coming shortly...... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzyyfool Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Screenshot of Shift Linux Gnome desktop running under VM Fusion on MBP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simsie Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 ^ Awesome Background Can i run the above Live CD's on am AMD64 processor or do I need to wait for the x64 versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan- Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Here is a screen of Shift Linux KDE running on VMware Workstation: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Guys, are the Mono Project and MonoDevelop integrated with Shift Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Guys, are the Mono Project and MonoDevelop integrated with Shift Linux? No one has requested this until now.... we will look into it as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witt3439 Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi everyone. I'm pretty much a total newb when it comes to Linux (yes, I'm used to Windows), but I like the looks of this version, and I have "messed around" with a few of the linux distributions in the past. Which version of the three is the best for a newb like me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi everyone. I'm pretty much a total newb when it comes to Linux (yes, I'm used to Windows), but I like the looks of this version, and I have "messed around" with a few of the linux distributions in the past.Which version of the three is the best for a newb like me? It depends on what Desktop Environment you prefer, I guess. I never found Gnome a good fit for me, and used to prefer KDE. The past few years, I have been 100% fluxbox, and would not want to go back to a KDE/Gnome environment. Is there a torrent being set up, so I can help seed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordtinuviel Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 will this run in IBOOK g3 500MHZ, 256MB RAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Is there a torrent being set up, so I can help seed? Not yet, that I know, Mark...... but there will be one soon, I am sure. will this run in IBOOK g3 500MHZ, 256MB RAM? I do not know....... ^ Awesome BackgroundCan i run the above Live CD's on am AMD64 processor or do I need to wait for the x64 versions. We plan on creating a 64-bit edition, but this CD ran fine on my 64-bit AMD2. Try it out..... ;)) **And we need some Fluxbox edition screen shots if anyone is running that now......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2007 will this run in IBOOK g3 500MHZ, 256MB RAM? No. x86 only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 No one has requested this until now.... we will look into it as soon as possible. Thanks Barney! Like I said in the comments, when you integrate it, I'll be using Shift as my Linux development VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 (edited) **And we need some Fluxbox edition screen shots if anyone is running that now......... I'm on it :)Fluxbox screen shots here: http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/kre...hift/flux05rc2/ Edit: I only got 3 for now because I'm running in qemu and it's slow as hell. I don't know what's wrong with this program lately but it's making everything slow even with ram set to 512mb. I'll have to load these into VMWare or Virtualbox for a better experience. Anyway here's the link Edit 2: Okay after running it in Virtualbox, which was nice and fast I added 2 more screenshots. You may notice they look different because I changed the GTK theme to clearlooks as it looks better and I wanted to show that it could be done so people don't have to see the ugly default theme :) Edited September 9, 2007 by Barney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordtinuviel Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 why i cant get 1280x1024 resolution?? my video card is a radeon x800 pci xpress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonRedMk Member Posted September 9, 2007 Member Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hey, just to let you guys know, the root password is "root". Simple enough huh? I suggest burning CD's and actually trying this out, a virtual machine only goes so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 The password can be set if you open a terminal and use sudo passwd hit enter and then type your new password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted September 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2007 (edited) Shall be setting the torrents up momenterraly Created torrents for all 3, available at: http://tracker.ste-roberts.be/ ste Edited September 9, 2007 by ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 9, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 9, 2007 Shall be setting the torrents up momenterralyste kewl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted September 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2007 Shall be setting the torrents up momenterralyCreated torrents for all 3, available at: http://tracker.ste-roberts.be/ ste Downloading & seeding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted September 10, 2007 Author Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2007 And the fine folks at Distrowatch have picked us up again: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04459 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Veteran Posted September 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2007 lol like how thet only link to my tracker ;) ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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