Rilasciata la versione 4.1 (una major update) di VirtualBox, software di virtualizzazione freeware. Download da questa pagina.
The following major new features were added:
- Support for cloning of VMs (bug #5853, see the manual for more information): full clones can be created through the GUI and VBoxManage, linked clones only through VBoxManage
- GUI: enhanced wizard for creating new virtual disks
- GUI: new wizard for copying virtual disks
- GUI: keep the aspect ratio in scale mode (Windows and OSX hosts only; bug #7822)
- VMM: raised the memory limit for 64-bit hosts to 1TB
- Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts, see the manual for more information
- Windows guests: Experimental WDDM graphics driver, supporting Windows Aero (bug #4607) and providing Direct3D support using a cleaner approach (no need to install the guest drivers in Safe Mode anymore)
- Guest Additions: status of modules and features can now be queried separately by the frontends
- Networking: new network attachment mode "Generic Driver", which offers an open plugin architecture for arbitrary and separately distributable virtual network implementations
- Host-only Networking: fixed host crash in kernels prior to 2.6.29
- New Networking Mode UDP Tunnel: allows to interconnect VMs running on different hosts easily and transparently, see the manual for more information
- Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging available with VBoxManage
- Solaris hosts: New Crossbow based bridged networking driver for Solaris 11 build 159 and above
Rilasciato SystemRescueCd 2.0.1, un LiveCD basato sulla distribuzione linux Gentoo provvisto di una collezione di software per il recupero dati e la riparazione del sistema.
- Updated standard kernels to 2.6.35.11 (rescuecd + rescue64)
- Updated alternative kernels to 2.6.36.3 (altker32 + altker64)
- Updated Memtest86+ floppy disk image to 4.20 (supports Sandy-Bridge + fusion)
- Updated xorg-server to 1.9.4 (graphical server and drivers)
- Updated initramfs software (programs involved in the boot process)
- Upgraded atl1c driver in standard kernel for Atheros AR8151 Gigabit devices
- Fixed name resolution in the initramfs environment (used for PXE booting)
- Updated GParted to version 0.8.0
Rilasciata la terza release candidate di PC-BSD 8.2
In addition to some fixes in response to previous 8.2 testing snapshots, RC2 contains the following software components:
- FreeBSD 8.2RC3
- KDE 4.5.5
- Xorg 7.5
- Nvidia Driver 260.19.29
- Nvidia Driver 173.14.25
- Nvidia Driver 96.43.16
Le note di rilascio sono disponibili a questa pagina. Download a partire dai mirror indicati a questa pagina.
Rilasciati i nuovi driver, versione 11.1, Catalyst. Note di rilascio disponibili a questa pagina, download da questa pagina.
Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.1 Windows release include:
New Features:
The new AMD Catalyst Control Center™ user interface
- The new AMD Catalyst Control Center enables a simplified user experience to help you get the most out of your AMD graphics product
- Easily enable/configure 3D settings to enhance game image quality
- Desktop and displays to setup AMD Eyefinity multiple displays to help increase productivity
- Control your video image quality, color and playback capabilities
- Adjust power settings to help increase battery life
- Support of two unique views – for mainstream and advanced users
- User Interface dynamically updates based on available AMD hardware
Support for OpenGL 4.1
- New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
- Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
- The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
- The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
- 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
- Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility
Rilasciata la versione 2.0.0 di SystemRescueCd, LiveCD basato sulla distribuzione linux Gentoo che dispone di numerosi strumenti utili per riparare sistemi danneggiati
- Standard kernels based on the Long-Term-Supported 2.6.35 kernel (2.6.35.10)
- xf86-video-nouveau is the new default video driver for Nvidia cards
- Updated GNU Parted to version 2.3 with patches from Ubuntu-10.10
- Updated GParted to 0.7.1 (fixes names with dmraid and mount points paths)
- Updated fsarchiver to 0.6.12 (fixes possible problems to save the rootfs)
- Updated initramfs software (programs involved in the boot process)
- Updated aufs filesystem to version 2.1 (another union file system)
- Updated xorg-server to 1.9.3 (graphical server and drivers)
- Updated Network-Manager programs to new major version 0.8.x
- Dropped alternative graphical server (Xfbdev) which is not supported
- Added a 64bit version of memtester (/usr/sbin/memtester-64bit)
Download da questa pagina, o direttamente da questo link: systemrescuecd-x86-2.0.0.iso (280 MB).
Rilasciata la versione 10.12 dei driver Catalyst per sistemi Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista e Windows 7. Download a partire da questa pagina http://bit.ly/9eoL5W.
