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Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 4.0

Tiny Core Linux Robert Shingledecker has announced the release of Tiny Core Linux 4.0, a major new version of the world’s smallest graphical desktop Linux distribution: “Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Tiny Core Micro Core 4.0. Change log: updated Linux kernel to

3.0.3, udev to 173, glibc to eglibc 2.13, e2fsprogs base libraries to 1.41.14, GCC base libraries to 4.6.1, util-linux base libraries to 2.19.1; updated eglibc for 486/586 support; updated base Xlibs (Micro Core users need to get new Xlibs.tcz); updated all the custom core utilities to use the new repository area; new loadcpufreq to handle module loading; updated ondemand for console-based extensions via Freedesktop Exec=cliorx prgname; updated tce-load and tce-audit for dynamic kernel dependency processing; adjusted .xsession to handle X start-up failure….” Read the rest of the changelog http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.ph … 494.0.html for further technical details. New repository link downpage

Download: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … 6/release/ ( MD5 link on page )

tinycore_4.0.iso (11.8MB, MD5), multicore_4.0.iso (45.0MB, MD5).

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