Frugalware Linux
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| Developer | Miklós Vajna |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open Source |
| Latest release | 0.3 / October 13, 2005 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
| License | GPL |
| Official website | www.frugalware.org |
Frugalware Linux is a Slackware-based Linux distribution founded by Miklós Vajna. It is a general purpose Linux distribution, designed for intermediate users who are familiar with command-line operations.
Philosophy
Frugalware's developers attempt to make Frugalware as simple as possible while establishing a priority based on comfortable use. Their goal is to ship consistently fresh and stable software, as close to the original source as possible.
Overview
From the Slackware-Red Hat Linux-Debian trio Miklós was most pleased with Slackware, but that has some serious imperfections: for example the slow package manager, the absence multilanguage support and the native automatic package update. Fruga to drop nothing from Slackware's advantages (simplicity, speed, etc), while refining it.
Package Management
Frugalware does not have its own package manager but instead uses Pacman. Frugalware's packages' extension is .fpm to differentiate them from regular tarballs. Starting from 0.3pre1 an extra tool was added: repoman. It helps compile packages from source, allowing automatic creation and installation of closed-source packages. It also allows the user to download all package's buildscript (repoman update) and recompile them with specified compiler flags, "a la Gentoo".
Branches
Frugalware has a current, a testing and a stable branch. The current branch is updated daily, packages are pushed to testing about every two month, and the stable branch gets updated every 6 months.
Architectures
Frugalware currently only supports i686 and x86_64. The packages are i686 optimized, and the 0.3pre1 is the first release that also has an x86_64 port. There are plans for a PPC port but this would only be available when the 0.4 is available.
Releases
0.4 (Wanda)
- Mar 16, 2006 0.4rc2
- Mar 2, 2006 0.4rc1
- Feb 2, 2006 0.4pre2
- Dec 8, 2005 0.4pre1
0.3 (Trantor)
- Oct 19, 2005 0.3-x86_64
- Oct 13, 2005 0.3
- Oct 4, 2005 0.3rc2
- Sep 16, 2005 0.3rc1
- Aug 18, 2005 0.3pre2
- Jun 23, 2005 0.3pre1
0.2 (Aurora)
- Apr 28, 2005 0.2
- Apr 18, 2005 0.2rc2
- Apr 7, 2005 0.2rc1
- Feb 24, 2005 0.2pre2
- Jan 10, 2005 0.2pre1
0.1 (Genesis)
- Nov 2, 2004 0.1
- Oct 11, 2004 0.1rc2
- Sep 29, 2004 0.1rc1
See also