Cinux 2.2 is finally out and is available for download. However, this release is still under Beta mode, so it should, preferably, be tested in a virtual machine. Also, since it is still in Beta mode, you will notice quite a few bugs, which you are encouraged to report.
Cinux 1.7 "Pandora" was the last available release, yet one full year has gone by since then and no other release has been provided. Since then, I have worked on it, periodically, but I have not dedicated time to it. As stated in a previous article, I have surpassed the one thousand builds barrier and have kept every in between release (1.8 to 2.1) to myself, unfortunately.
Cinux 1.8 "Dusa" was the first release after "Pandora" and came with really nice features; Gnome 2.30.2 was discontinued and Xfce 4 was introduced, bringing freshness to a rusty and old system; several networking tools were added and tweaked just for Cinux and made it possible for people to connect to a network without the need of the Terminal.
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Open Source: Software, hardware or manufactured goods with an open license, that you can modify, reproduce and redistribute, free of charge.
BUT, IS OUR WORLD OPEN?
To those who think that and are really free, open source and secure, well, I have bad news for you. Sure, Ubuntu and Android are open source, you can view the source code and compile it, thus create your own instances or "distributions," but what you aren't really told is what is happening behind the scenes.
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With all that is happening: life, work, school, it is hard for me to keep up with everything the project. Also, technology is being renewed (probably) every second, something that makes my job even harder. However, Cinux is moving very fast towards its 1000th build bringing more and more improvements and stability to an, already, secure and reliable system.
Servers and virtual machines are some things I am very much interested in, and people, users or people simply interested in Cinux have requested a lot of times that there should be a server version along with a version exclusively for/on a virtual machine.
After a while and a lot of research I made some minor changes to JetBrowser for Linux. The current version now is 7.8 and you can always retrieve it if you click on "Check for updates."
I'm now working on addins and bookmarks.
However, JetBrowser is going to change its name to Black Wren, after being bullied by a company that believes they own the name, or as they claim themselves "We purchased the project..." Well, as long as I am sane I will always remember that nobody purchased the project from me.
When we think of the term “computer” not a lot come in mind; just
a box that is connected to a monitor with a keyboard and a mouse and,
nowadays, laptops and smartphones. When we think
of key figures and their contributions to the computer industry,
again, not a lot come in mind; Bill Gates with Microsoft Windows and
Steve Jobs with the Macintosh. However, the computer industry is much
more deep and contains many more masterminds than just those three,
who just found themselves in the right place at the right time, and
it is not limited only to the operating system of Microsoft, Windows,
nor the one of Apple, OS X, and their products.
I haven't written anything in a while and I feel a little bad, since we have done a lot to make this operating system better and more appealing to people. However, work and school have been slowing me down a lot; And that's the reason I decided to make an effort to grow the development team: I welcome, officially, Tony, John and Dimitri.
Well, as of this moment, I am trying to get rid of the rusty and old 1.7/1.8 based systems and move to a newly created system with a newer base-system which gives better performance and only supports x86_64 (x64) for desktop computers. So, soon you will have a brand new system which will support x86_64, ARM and PowerPC computers. The ARM version, for the Raspberry Pi is already available (Go to the Download page) and we're still experimenting with the x86_64 version and specifically the kernel (Currently Linux-3.7.5). Sometime at the end of the month, hopefully earlier, we will have a live CD ready for you to download and play with, as it will feature all the goodies, Fluxbox (just for now and only for the x86_64) and a brand new, wait for it, package manager!
Well, as of this moment, I am trying to get rid of the rusty and old 1.7/1.8 based systems and move to a newly created system with a newer base-system which gives better performance and only supports x86_64 (x64) for desktop computers. So, soon you will have a brand new system which will support x86_64, ARM and PowerPC computers. The ARM version, for the Raspberry Pi is already available (Go to the Download page) and we're still experimenting with the x86_64 version and specifically the kernel (Currently Linux-3.7.5). Sometime at the end of the month, hopefully earlier, we will have a live CD ready for you to download and play with, as it will feature all the goodies, Fluxbox (just for now and only for the x86_64) and a brand new, wait for it, package manager!
