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This October has been a big month for Linux distro releases. First openSUSE 10.3 came out and now Ubuntu 7.10. We have the complete set of Ubuntu CDs and DVDs for x86 and AMD64 computers.  The complete list of new distros this month:

• Ubuntu 7.10 CDs and DVD, including Desktop, Server, and Alternate
• openSUSE 10.3 CDs and DVDs
• Mandriva 2008.0 DVDs
• Ubuntu Studio 7.10 DVD
• Kubuntu 7.10 CDs and DVDs
• Xubuntu 7.10 CDs
• Puppy Linux 3.00 CD
• Sabayon Linux 3.4 CDs
• OpenDisc 7.10 CD (replaces the OpenCD)
• Dreamlinux 2.2 Multimedia GL Edition CD

openSUSE 10.3 is out! There are some significant changes since 10.2, including new versions of Gnome, KDE, a pre-release of KDE 4, new Compiz Fusion effects, and new release media. The 3 install DVDs are back, for i386, x86-64, or PPC computers. The PPC DVD also has support for the Playstation 3. CD media has changed. Instead of the DVD packages being spread across 6 CDs, they’ve gone with a single CD default install. NonOSS software is still on a separate AddOn CD, which we have listed by itself, so people wanting to buy multiple CD versions don’t have to get duplicates of the NonOSS AddOn.

The full release announcement can be seen here.

A new ILHD is out! We upgraded from the 250 GB drive to the larger 320 GB Seagate 7200.10 models, and refreshed the ISOs available. The update now has 314 GB ISO files, and includes Fedora 7, Debian 4.0, Ubuntu 7.04, CentOS 5, openSUSE 10.2, Sabayon 3.4, and Gentoo 2007.0, among many other distros.

Fedora 7 is now available!  This version improves upon desktop features and performance.  Notably, Fedora 7 is the first release to include installers on their LiveCDs.

In addition, FrozenTech would like to thank its Linux 6+2 Subscribers for their interest and support over the past thirteen months.  Unfortunately at this time, however, the substantial increase in postage has forced FrozenTech to cancel the monthly subscription.

FrozenTech strives to offer high quality, yet affordable products.  We will continue to develop our line while keeping our customers’ needs as our number one priority.  Thank you!

To stay inline with the new shipping rates in affect today, we now offer $1.99 USPS First Class Mail shipping for orders less than $20, and free USPS Priority Mail shipping for orders $20 or more.

We have also added Ubuntu Studio to the store. Based on Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio focuses on media production and has a sleek dark theme. If you just want the theme and are already running Ubuntu, you can add it using the instructions here.

Two major releases in one week! We are now shipping the new Debian 4.0 and CentOS 5.0 DVDs, which should make anyone who loves stable systems and servers happy.

Per customer request, we just added the “official” Fedora Core 6 LiveCD and grml 0.9, a LiveCD for anyone who enjoys working at the shell.

The Fedora Core 6 LiveCD is built by the Fedora Core team, who is different than the LiveDVDs, which are built by the Fedora Unity team.

grml has a great shell and a comfortable framebuffer setup, and also contains X11 and a few lightweight window managers. Tons of utilites are included on this CD which would have not otherwise fit if it included Gnome or KDE.

The long overdue update to the ILHD is finally available. We had to remove the PowerPC ISOs in order to fit all the new distros which have come out, but feel like it was worth it. The latest Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Sabayon, Knoppix, and SUSE ISOs are all included, along with almost every other popular distro.

The hard drive was also updated to the 250 GB Seagate 7200.10  16MB cache model. It keeps the 5 year warranty, and uses new perpendicular recording technology.

We are proud to have the latest OpenCD release before the official announcement, which will be soon and look like the following:

The OpenCD team is pleased to announce the release of OpenCD 07.02. This latest version contains twelve updated versions including the milestone OpenOffice 2.1, along with latest releases of both Firefox and Thunderbird as well as a major update for the popular Battle of Wesnoth. Also we’re pleased to announce that the much-lauded SeaMonkey suite will now be included as of version 07.02.

A new Puppy Linux is also available, as always, lots of changes to the new release.

Dreamlinux

We are now an official distributor of Dreamlinux. Dreamlinux uses the lightweight and fast XFCE for the desktop manager and has many multimedia oriented packages, such as GimpShop, Kino DV, Inkscape, Blender, and Avidemux. Dreamlinux comes on a LiveCD and is installable from inside the live session. We are proud to have $0.30 of each sale going directly to Dreamlinux.

Shipping

Due to a large number of broken discs in the last month, we are now shipping small orders of CDs in cardboard boxes. To cover the costs, we have to raise our shipping price from $0.49 to $0.99 for orders less than $10. Orders of $10 or higher still have free shipping, and orders $20 or higher still get upgraded to priority mail shipping for free.

New Releases

January has been a busy month for new releases. Knoppix 5.1.0 and Sabayon 3.25 were both released and then quickly re-released as Knoppix 5.1.1 and Sabayon 3.26. Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux, our two extremely lightweight distros, both came out with new versions. We also got new AMD64 builds of Debian 3.1, and updated both our Debian builds to r4.