Re: Zenwalk 4.0 is out!

hyperion · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:55 am

The major version number grow reflects that X11 is updated to version 7.1, which is a very structural modification, system wide. All X-software have been recompiled, including a large amount of software in the ZenCommunity repository. This is the biggest change since the beginning of the Zenwalk project, however, old Zenwalk 3.x and Slackware 11 X-software packages should be compatible with Zenwalk 4.0. Upgrade has proved to be possible as many testers succeeded in the migration : average users are still recommended to do clean/fresh installs.

This version of Zenwalk uses the new stable 2.6.18.1 kernel.

Netpkg has been updated with a new GTK-based user interface - basically a total rewrite of the software to become one of the most advanced and intuitive Network Package Manager - the "One Click Package Manager". The repository structure has changed for easier maintenance and compatibility with Gslapt, which is available as an alternative to Netpkg in the "extra" add-on set of packages. Locally stored packages can now be installed from Thunar.

UDEV scripts have been enhanced significantly to support firewire, smartcards, pcmcia : all automounted.

On user request a lot of packages have been added, among these the Streamtuner Internet radio browser and a fun yet useful tool named EtherApe for graphical realtime view of your cloud of IP connections. VNC is provided with both a server and a client (TightVNC). FuseSMBTool has been improved to mount SMB network drives very easily. The Urlgfe download manager has been added.

On top of upgrading Abiword and Gnumeric to the latest version, Dia, the diagram drawing program for GNOME Office, is now included. The latest versions of the Mozilla Firefox (2.0) and Thunderbird (1.5.0.

are available out of the box as well. The latest version 2.0.4 of OpenOffice is available in extra, one click from being installed on your system.

In spite of this, Zenwalk takes up less space than the previous release. This is accomplished by optimizing the size of the new Xorg packages, primarily by using dejavu fonts exclusively and by moving the JRE (Java) into the add-on extra repository. The installed version of Zenwalk only requires 1.2 Gb of harddisk space.

Both GNOME (2.16-1) and KDE (3.5.5) are available as add-ons and they have been updated to the latest versions.

Maintenance of the core version, Zenwalk Core, is now being maintained by Emmanuel Bailleul, who is also taking care of servers packages. Core is a base system without X and related software. Suitable for a personalized desktop (e.g. with the Zenwalk GNOME or KDE desktops) or for server usage.

The Zenwalk team wish you a great time with the new Zenwalk 4.0.

holz · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:12 pm **Posts:** 8

Thanks for the great work!

zenwalk is perfect for my aged box.

arox1 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:47 am

Any screenshots?

I'm waiting until torrent on linuxtracker appears, I hope this can save some of your bandwidth

Zenwalk addict · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:16 am

Thanks alot for all of developers there.....Great work. Keep it up...........

By the way, i have a small doubt. But for that i dont want to start off a new thread....
Well 3 days back the following link: http://repository.zenwalk.org/  used to work, but today its not working at all......I dont know what happned to this....
I read announcement thread and no where i found lines about this link.

Well using this link, i used to browse the packages of zenwalk and download tem as well as install them...But for now its not working so whats the alternate link for that.........Please help..
Thanks

mykey · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:37 am

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Well using this link, i used to browse the packages of zenwalk and download tem as well as install them...But for now its not working so whats the alternate link for that.........Please help..
Thanks

http://download.zenwalk.org/i486/zenwalk-4.0/

lackS · **Joined:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:38 pm **Posts:** 128

Congrats. I'll try this evening. I'd like to share it via BitTorrent, too.

free · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:59 am

grrreeeeaaatttt!!

please post if the torrent is out

you've a willing seeder here

oskar · **Joined:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:17 am **Posts:** 2099

I've made some videos
http://download.zenwalk.org/people/sebastian/videos/
please note that xnetpkg looks in 4.0-final even a little better ;-)

zenwalkuser · **Joined:** Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:16 pm **Posts:** 884

I always update my Zenwalk installation by using the current repository. I never faced any problems with the updates so far. Does this means I already have Zenwalk 4.0 running?

hyperion · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:35 pm

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I always update my Zenwalk installation by using the current repository. I never faced any problems with the updates so far. Does this means I already have Zenwalk 4.0 running?

No, just take a look in netpkg, you'll see a lot of upgrades.

PLease reinstall for 100% guarantied result

JP

kazuya · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:43 pm

So if one were to upgrade their Zenwalk 3.0 distro to Zenwalk 4.0, how does one upgrade to it?

Can we use netpkg to upgrade netpkg first and then upgrade everything. Please explain how for a noob.

neo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:09 pm

Congratulations buddies!

I am for clean install.

Anonymo · **Joined:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:55 pm **Posts:** 37

Distrowatch says:

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Zenwalk Zenwalk Linux continues to impress. Although based on -- and still mostly compatible with -- Slackware Linux, the distribution's developers continue to depart from their famous parent in order to build a more functional and desktop-oriented Linux operating system. The new Zenwalk 4.0 is the first Slackware-based distribution that ships with a modular X.Org 7.1, while its text-mode installation program has been enhanced by a number of extra modules that help with setting up users, configuring ALSA sound drivers and enabling graphical login. But probably the most useful piece of software in Zenwalk Linux is its Netpkg software management utility (see screenshot below). Easy to configure and use, Netpkg provides a simple way to install hundreds of additional software packages, including KDE and GNOME, from Zenwalk's repositories. The developers of this little distribution have done a great job enhancing Slackware and turning it into a highly up-to-date and amazingly user-friendly operating system, while maintaining the simplicity and reliability of Slackware Linux. Do give it a try!

Maxime · **Joined:** Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:59 pm **Posts:** 11

Sorry if this question may seems stupid, but where can we find the md5sum of the iso?? I had trouble with other distros before and I just want to be sure that the md5sum is okay before I burn Zenwalk 4.

By the way, congratulation to the team!! I may be a recent Zen user but I really love it more and more everyday!

oskar · **Joined:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:17 am **Posts:** 2099

the md5 is at the same place as the iso (but named zenwalk-4.0.iso.md5) and looks like this

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75a8216fc46f1d8267b72b4d2264cf4d zenwalk-4.0.iso

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