Frugalware Linux

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Frugalware Linux
Frugalware linux logo.svg
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Latest release 2.1 (Derowd) [1] [2] / 5 September 2016;7 years ago (2016-09-05)
Package manager pacman-g2
Platforms i686, x86 64
Kernel type Monolithic kernel
Default
user interface 		KDE Plasma Desktop - GNOME - Xfce - LXDE
License Various
Official website frugalware.org

Frugalware Linux has been a general-purpose Linux distribution designed for intermediate users who are familiar with command-line operations. Early versions were based on Slackware, but it later became an independently developed distribution. Frugalware made use of the Pacman package management system from Arch Linux. [3]

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History

Frugalware was founded in 2004 by Miklós Vajna. He considered Slackware's package manager pkgtools too slow, and wanted to rewrite it in C. He was told that it would never be accepted by Slackware, so Vajna started to think about founding a separate Linux distribution. He replaced Slackware's original init scripts and build system, and added Pacman, the package manager from Arch Linux. As a result, Frugalware was born. [4]

Package management

Since version 0.6 Frugalware has used the Pacman-G2 package manager. [5] It is a fork of a CVS version of the complete rewrite of Pacman by Aurelien Foret, which was not officially released at the time. [6] Previously Frugalware used a modified version of the older, monolithic Pacman by Judd Vinet.

Frugalware's packages' extension is .fpm. [7] The packages are archives that are compressed using xz. [8]

Repoman is a tool to compile source packages and automatically create and install closed-source packages. [9] With Repoman, the user can also download all packages' buildscript and recompile them with specific build options. The build options can be changed by editing a configuration file. [7] The first Frugalware release that had Repoman was Frugalware 0.3pre1. [9]

Branches

Frugalware has a -current and a -stable branch. The -current branch is updated daily, and the -stable branch gets updated every 6 months. [8]

Architectures

From the official web site, 2012: "Frugalware currently supports x86 (Pentium Pro or higher) and x86_64 (k8, aka. amd64) platforms". [8]

Releases

VersionCodenameRelease dateNotes
0.1Genesis2 November 2004
0.2Aurora28 April 2005
0.3 [10] Trantor13 October 2005 [11] 19 October 2005 (for x86-64 architecture) [12]
0.4Wanda30 March 2006
0.5Siwenna14 September 2006
0.6Terminus22 March 2007
0.7Sayshell13 October 2007
0.8Kalgan11 March 2008
0.9Solaria9 September 2008
1.0Anacreon22 March 2009
1.1Getorin7 September 2009
1.2Locris8 March 2010
1.3Haven23 August 2010
1.4Nexon13 February 2011
1.5Mores15 August 2011
1.6Fermus12 February 2012
1.7Gaia19 August 2012
1.8Cinna6 February 2013
1.9Arcturus5 November 2013
2.0Rigel16 February 2015
2.1Derowd5 September 2016

All the Frugalware releases except "Genesis" have been named after planets in science fiction books by Isaac Asimov. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Frugalware 2.1 (Derowd) released
  2. ↑ Distribution Release: Frugalware Linux 2.1 (DistroWatch.com News)
  3. ↑ "Interview with Frugalware Linux Developer, VMiklos". Open Addict. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Interview with Miklós Vajna, Frugalware Linux". DistroWatch . Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  5. ↑ "Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Changelog". Frugalware Project. Archived from the original (TXT) on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  6. ↑ "Pacman-G2". Frugalware Stable Documentation. Frugalware Project. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  7. 1 2 "Creating new packages". Frugalware Stable Documentation. Frugalware Project. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  8. 1 2 3 "About Frugalware". Frugalware Stable Documentation. Frugalware Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  9. 1 2 "Frugalware 0.3pre1-i686 released". Frugalware Project. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  10. ↑ For the best in today's fashions: Frugalware | Tux Machines
  11. ↑ "Frugalware 0.3-i686 released". Frugalware Project. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  12. ↑ "Frugalware 0.3-x86_64 released". Frugalware Project. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Frugalware Roadmap". Frugalware Project. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2009-03-02.

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