rPath
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 third development release of rPath Linux 2.0, an appliance operating system featuring the Conary package management: "The third beta test snapshot toward rPath Linux 2 has been released. New in this release: all updates, particularly security updates, since rPath Linux 2 Beta 2 have been incorporated into this release; Anaconda installation onto iSCSI now works correctly; the kernel portion of open-vm-tools is now in kernel:vmware instead of kernel:runtime to facilitate removing those modules on systems that need to run the host modules instead; the telnet-server package is now available; the splashy boot/shutdown graphical splash screen program is now gracefully quiet by default, preventing it from presenting scary-looking error messages in normal operation...." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA1): rpath-2.beta3-x86-dvd1.iso (826MB), rpath-2.beta3-x86_64-dvd1.iso (885MB). |