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Linux是采用新的Conary分布式软件管理系统构造的Linux发行。Conary则是基于多年的Linux软件打包和发行版开发经验而设计，以将
创建Linux发行中的多种复杂任务进行自动化处理。rPath的宗旨是提供系统软件以能方便地被修改为适合独特的应用需求。rPath
Linux采用Conary分布式软件管理系统而构建，除自身作为一份发行外，它还是一项被明确设计为允许用户使用rBuilder
Online技术面向特定目标创造操作系统镜像的基础架构。 Michael K. Johnson has announced the first beta release of rPath Linux 2, an appliance operating system: "The first beta test snapshot toward rPath Linux 2 has been released. This release contains: VMware support integrated into the default kernel; open-vm-tools included in vmware group flavors; SYSLINUX's EXTLINUX is the default bootloader; Conary 2.0 with several optimizations and improvements; short group flavors; appliance installer ISO images, installable ISO images and appliance installer ISO images for 32-bit and 64-bit Xen dom0. rPath Linux 2 will be an appliance operating system. In keeping with this focus, the installer ISO images for rPath Linux 2 Beta 1 are intended primarily for testing the installer, and secondarily as a platform for testing appliance development." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5) the appliance DVD images from here: rpath-beta1-x86-dvd1.iso (807MB), rpath-beta1-x86_64-dvd1.iso (866MB). |
