rPath Linux 1.0.5 available for x86 and x86_64

Tue Dec 5 16:20:02 EST 2006

rPath Linux, the first Linux distribution built using the
groundbreaking Conary software management system, has released
updated images for rPath Linux 1. The new images incorporate
installation fixes for certain installation methods and all package
updates released as of November 22.  The Xen dom0 images have been
enhanced with several additional packages for various filesystems and
LVM support.  For information on Xen technology and rPath Linux, see
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Xen_Solutions_Using_rPath_Technologies

If you have already installed rPath Linux 1, you should update your
current system using Conary rather than reinstall using the new
images.  For information on managing Conary-based systems, see
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Conary:QuickReference

Where can I get it?
===================

The new images are available via HTTP from:
http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/project/rpath/release?id=FIXME
and via FTP from:
ftp://download.rpath.com/linux/1/1.0.5/

What is rPath Linux?
====================

rPath Linux is a freely-available Linux operating system
distribution, built with the Conary distributed software management
system, supported and maintained by rPath, Inc. The rPath
Linux distribution contains high-quality, up-to-date software,
and is the base development platform for creating software
appliances and purpose-built distributions using rBuilder Online
at http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/. rPath Linux is also a fully
functioning Linux distribution in its own right. Installing rPath
Linux is the easiest way to get familiar with using Conary to manage
software and systems.

rPath offers formal support to customers who use rPath Linux to
build software appliances.

How do I get involved?
======================

E-Mail:
 o  rPath invites anyone interested in rPath Linux and Conary to
    join the distro-list at lists.rpath.com mailing list. The list
    carries announcements, discussion, and informal support.

Chat:
 o  rPath Linux developers and community contributors often use
    the #conary IRC channel on irc.freenode.org for real-time
    communication.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests:
 o  You can create issues to report bugs or ask for new features
    in rPath Linux. Visit https://issues.rpath.com/ and use the
    "rPath Linux" project to file your request.

rPath Linux 1 Release Notes

Release 1.0.5

Welcome to rPath Linux!  rPath Linux is a freely-available Linux
operating system distribution, built with the Conary distributed
software management system, supported and maintained by rPath, Inc.
The rPath Linux distribution contains high-quality, up-to-date
software, and is the base development platform for creating software
appliances and purpose-built distributions using the rBuilder Online
tool at http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/

Hardware Requirements

    x86: i686-class processor (i586 and earlier are not supported)
    x86_64: all AMD64 and EM64T processors are supported

    Hardware platform supported by the Linux kernel 2.6.17.14.
    For Xen domU (guest system) images, Xen 3.0.3 dom0 (hypervisor
    domain) platforms, such as the rPath Linux 1.0.4 dom0
    implementation.  For Xen dom0 (host system) images, hardware
    platform supported by Linux kernel 2.6.16.29 with Xen support.

    Installation from CD/DVD images requires 256 MB RAM on the
    x86 architecture, and 512 MB RAM on the x86_64 architecture.
    The graphical installation process will run faster with 512 MB.
    Run-time memory requirements depend entirely on the software
    being run.

    Installing the default choices will use approximately 4.5GB
    of disk space.  The smallest installation available from the
    rPath Linux CD/DVD images is available only using a text-mode
    installation and requires less than 300 MB of disk space.
    A full installation of all the software included on the CD/DVD
    images requires approximately 6GB of disk space.

Major Contents

    - Conary 1.0.38
    - Linux kernel 2.6.17.14
    - Xen 3.0.3 with Linux kernel 2.6.16.29
    - GCC 3.4.4
    - Glibc 2.3.6
    - Xorg-X11 6.8.2
    - GNOME 2.12
    - KDE 3.4.2

Updates

    The "conary updateall" command will update all the software
    on your system managed by Conary.  The "conary update group-dist"
    command will update all the software on your system that was
    (or could have been) installed from the distribution media.

    rPath Linux update advisories, both for security and maintenance
    updates, are published on mailing lists:

     o  To receive only security updates but not maintenance updates,
        subscribe to security-announce at lists.rpath.com at
        http://lists.rpath.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce

     o  To receive both security and maintenance updates, subscribe
        to update-announce at lists.rpath.com at
        http://lists.rpath.com/mailman/listinfo/update-announce

    There is no need to subscribe to both lists. 

    rPath Linux 1 updates will be publicly available until six
    months after rPath Linux 2 has been released.  After that time,
    updates will be made available on a subscription basis.  For
    more information on rPath Linux subscriptions, contact rPath
    at +1 919 851 3984 or email info at rpath.com

Additional Software

    In order to reduce the size and download time for normal use,
    the rPath Linux CD/DVD images do not contain all the software
    contained in rPath Linux; in particular, they do not contain
    many of the internet server packages (such as dovecot, the
    IMAP server in rPath Linux), and they also do not contain some
    packages that are alternatives to packages contained on the
    CD/DVD images (such as thunderbird, an alternative to the
    evolution mail client included on the CD/DVD images).  These
    packages are excluded from the CD/DVD images only because
    of frequency of use, and they are supported and maintained
    on the same basis as the packages that are included on the
    CD/DVD images.

    All software packages in the conary.rpath.com repository
    on the "conary.rpath.com at rpl:1" label and contained directly
    or indirectly in the group-os groups are part of the rPath
    Linux operating system.  Software packages that are on the
    "conary.rpath.com at rpl:1" label but not contained in group-os
    are provided by rPath, Inc. as software compatible with
    rPath Linux but are not supported as part of the rPath Linux
    operating system.  The group-os group in the repository is
    the canonical definition of the supported operating system.

    Further software is available from the rPath Linux contributed
    software repository.  This repository is maintained and supported
    only on an ad-hoc basis, by a community of developers.  The
    contributed software repository is part of the default search
    path for packages; if you wish to install only supported and
    maintained software, you should edit your /etc/conaryrc file
    and remove the "contrib.rpath.org at rpl:1" and
    "contrib.rpath.org at rpl:devel" items from the installLabelPath
    line.

Contacting rPath

    rPath offers software appliance versions of rBuilder that may
    be deployed at your site, as well as support and maintenance
    for rPath Linux.  For more information, contact rPath at
    +1 919 851 3984 or email info at rpath.com.

    Please visit https://issues.rpath.com/ to report bugs and make
    enhancement requests.

    Conary and rPath Linux developers frequent the #conary channel
    on the freenode IRC network (http://www.freenode.net/)

    See http://lists.rpath.com/mailman/listinfo for mailing lists
    where rPath Linux and Conary are discussed.

    Technical information about Conary and rPath Linux is kept
    at http://wiki.rpath.com/

Source Code

    The source code for each package can be accessed via Conary's
    "cvc" command.  More information on the cvc command is available
    in the cvc man page.

Creating Software Appliances

    Visit rBuilder Online at http://www.rpath.com/rbuilder/ to create
    software appliances and purpose-built distributions based on
    rPath Linux.  Contact rPath at +1 919 851 3984 or email
    info at rpath.com for information on deploying rBuilder at your
    site.

rPath, rPath Linux, Conary, and rBuilder are trademarks of rPath, Inc.
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