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9 Sep 2008 STUX GNU/Linux 2.0 released.

Upgraded to Slackware current as at 20 Aug 2008 (Slackware 12.1) and Knoppix Live DVD 5.3.1 (kernel 2.6.24.4).
Released STUX GNU/Linux on DVD. Includes full slackware installation (series a,ap,d,kde,kdei,l,n,x and xap), full kernel sources, several extra games (Nexuiz, Ufo:ai, Battle of Wesnoth, Sauerbraten, Torcs, Tremulous, Warsow, Unreal Tournament Demo, Quake 3, Warzone, BzFlag, TuxRacer, SuperTux, ..) and applications (OpenOffice, Eclipse, ..).
STUX-Utilities updated.
Some packages removed from CD version, like Java, Azureus, .. (CD Software List).
All packages are now installed on DVD version (DVD Software List).

19 Jul 2007 Linux Magazine

STUX 1.0 published on Linux Magazine of August 2007 and is currently available in all Italy newspaper stands.
18 Jun 2007 STUX Nightly Builds and HTTP mirrors

STUX Nightly Builds:

STUX NIGHTLY BUILDS is a tool that provides STUX iso files updated daily.

STUX NIGHTLY BUILDS runs every night and checks:
1. if a new STUX Utilities package is available.
2. if a new KNOPPIX iso file has been released.
3. if new SLACKWARE packages has been released.
if at least one of these conditions is true, STUX NIGHTLY BUILDS will download updated software and will rebuild an updated STUX iso file.
The resulting bootable ISO file is automatically shared with BitTorrent. Torrent files are available on http://gpstudio.com/stux/nightly.

STUX NIGHTLY BUILDS automatically provides STUX Beta-Versions that are always up-to-date with:
1. the latest Knoppix Kernel
2. the Current Slackware tree
3. the latest STUX utilities software
The resulting ISO file is automatically tested before release: if the default KDE session cannot be cleanly reached in the Live CD environment, the iso file will not be published. This guarantees that all available ISO files can boot cleanly and that the boot process can reach the default KDE session.

STUX NIGHTLY BUILDS process activities are published every night on
http://gpstudio.com/stux/nightly
HTTP MIRRORS:

HTTP Mirror for STUX 1.0 is ready on http://stux.headru.sh
Thanks to Alan Bruce.

5 Jun 2007 STUX GNU/Linux 2007 (version 1.0) released.

Upgraded to Slackware current as at 1 Jun 2007 and Knoppix Live CD 5.1.1 (kernel 2.6.19)
Fixed problem with installation on SATA hard disks.
All STUX-Utilities deeply reviewed.
NVidia proprietary driver updated to 1.0-9755 + Legacy driver 1.0-9631 for old cards.
Save Live CD persistent configuration on Reiser partitions (available filesystems: iso9669, reiserfs, ext2, fat).
Install compressed image on Reiser partitions (available filesystems: iso9669, reiserfs, ext2, fat).
Acx wireless firmware upgraded.
X Slackware serie packages fully installed: this has required to remove some other packages: see the Software List to see which packages are currently installed.
Fully integrates with others pre-installed Operative Systems in multi-boot.
Compiz 0.5.0.
Fully VmWare/Qemu compatible.

12 November 2006 HTTP mirror on http://stux.headru.sh updated.

Thanks to Alan Bruce for indispensable cooperation.
Mirror: http://stux.headru.sh/0.9.2/.

10 November 2006 STUX GNU/Linux 0.9.2 released.

Main changes:

Based on Slackware current as at 8 october 2006 (Slackware 11.0).
Linux Kernel upgraded to 2.6.17 from Knoppix CD 5.0.1.
Various security enhancements:
- KDE, and all programs executed from KDE, now run as unprivileged user.
  Now users management, also when running from Live CD, is more sophisticated: check http://gpstudio.com/stux/users.html for more informations.
- Various services have been hardened running as unprivileged user, where possible.
Added udev, tor, 3ddesktop, MPlayer, icecast, lm_sensors, lopster2, wpa_supplicant, ...
Check complete Software List at http://gpstudio.com/stux/soft.html.
Now using wireless and network initialization scripts (rc.inet1* and rc.wireless*) from Alien BOB (http://www.slackware.com/~alien/).
All STUX utilities deeply reviewed and enhanced (networking, multimedia, installation, setup, remastering, Always On).
STUX is now faster to boot. When STUX is installed on Hard Disk or configuration is saved persistently, hardware auto-detection is skipped.
Enhanced Wireless support.
Lot of other changes, fixes and enhancements.
STUX Linux 0.9.1 has been published on Linux User 08 2006 magazine (DE).
See http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2006/08/ for more informations.

After more than 3 years, during january 2007 will be released STUX 2007, the first release out of the developing stage. This means that STUX is now considered stable and enough easy-to-use to be used by everyone, also by absolute beginners. STUX 2007 will fix problems that will come out until 31 december 2006, so please report problems or suggestions on the forum at http://gpstudio.com/stuxhelp/.

25 June 2006 HTTP mirror http://stux.headru.sh updated.
Thanks to Alan Bruce for the great job, now http://stux.headru.sh delivers also STUX 0.9.1 iso file.

22 June 2006 STUX GNU/Linux 0.9.1 released.

Stux 0.9.1 fixes some problems found in Stux 0.9:

Removed automatic configuration for Nvidia video cards.
Automatic configuration caused problems for some models of Nvidia video cards.
Now, to load Nvidia official drivers in STUX 0.9.1, you have to explicitly use the boot option 'nvidia'.
Discussion about Nvidia problem at: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=6541.0.
Updated kicker sidebar image that was forgotten reporting an older STUX version.
Removed several useless directories from root folder.

18 June 2006 HTTP mirror http://stux.headru.sh updated.
Thanks to Alan Bruce, now http://stux.headru.sh delivers also STUX 0.9 iso file.

17 June 2006 STUX GNU/Linux 0.9 released.

Main changes:

Linux Kernel upgraded to 2.6.12 from Knoppix CD 4.0.2.
Based on Slackware current as at 10 June 2006.
Added Knoppix hardware autodetection.
UnionFS: with UnionFS it's now possible to use STUX from Live CD without the read-only limitation dued to CDROM media. Install/remove/upgrade common Slackware packages in Live CD environment with the usual package tools like installpkg or QTSwaret.
More info about packages at: http://gpstudio.com/stux/packages.html
All STUX utilities fully debugged and reviewd.
Multimedia keyboards now working and configurable.
Added Always On daemon (more info at: http://gpstudio.com/stux/alwayson.html).
Added Wine - Windows(tm) emulator.
More info at: http://gpstudio.com/stux/emu.html#wine
Installed remastering tools.
It's now easy to remaster STUX Live CD directly from STUX Live CD environment.
More info at: http://gpstudio.com/stux/remastering.html
Wi-Fi support (http://gpstudio.com/stux/network.html#wireless).
Bluetooth support (http://gpstudio.com/stux/services.html#service_bt).
Azureus (BitTorrent tool) + ALL plugins installed.
Azureus + DynDNS client + Always On daemon, make STUX the ideal environment for torrent seeding on unreliable connections.
More info at: http://gpstudio.com/stux/services.html#service_azureus
Tons of changes and enhancements:
for more info, visit the user guide at http://gpstudio.com/stux/stepguide.html and the list of installed packages at http://gpstudio.com/stux/soft.html.

21 dec 2005 Liso 0.8.1 released.
Liso is the set of programs and data used to build STUX 0.8.1 Live CD iso file.
Includes: liso scripts, kernel, kernel modules, stux configuration files, applications compiled for Stux usage.
Download Liso 0.8.1 in the download section.
More informations about Liso are in the included README.txt file.

15 dec 2005

New HTTP mirror available for STUX 0.8.1 at http://stux.headru.sh.
Many thanks to Alan Bruce.
The STUX Japanese customization updated to STUX 0.8.1 at http://simosnet.com/livecd/stux/.
Thanks to people at http://simosnet.com.

7 oct 2005

STUX 0.8.1 released: fixed a bug that didn't allow to install packages automatically.
HTTP Mirror for STUX is currently unavailable. Only torrent download available. Please donate bandwidth.

2 oct 2005 STUX 0.8 released.
After lot of time (and work), STUX 0.8 is finally released.

Changes:

based on Slackware Linux 10.2 and Knoppix 3.7 for kernel and modules.
all procedure and interfaces have been substantially reviewed.
added boot option 'toram' to load STUX image in RAM and run from there.
STUX Network Panel added: Configure network for dialup, ADSL, ethernet and wireless connections.
STUX MediaCenter added.
USB support enhanced:
- save and restore STUX configuration on USB key or external USB/IDE hard disk.
- install STUX on USB key or external USB/IDE hard disk and boot from them.
Hard Disk and USB installation process enhanced.
STUX Services Manager enhanced: status of services is dynamically updated, added initial configuration for MySQL server.
Created BitTorrent UI, also integrated in Firefox. Just click a .torrent link to download files.
PXE boot server added to STUX Services Manager.
save and restore STUX configuration using a floppy disk.
save one (some or all) these directories /etc /root /home /opt /usr /sbin /bin to hard disk and run STUX Live CD using tha saved read/write directories instead of the read/only directories on CDROM.
Install STUX Packages in RAM and run from there
Added Web Applications: Webmin, phpBB, phpMyAdmin
Created GUIs for Qemu and BitTorrent
Added STUX Storage Device Manager, a tool to manage Hard Disks partitions, Swap area, CD/DVD, USB, NSF, Samba, ISO files mounted as loop filesystem.
Full support to huge number of Infrared Remote Controllers (lirc)
Boot floopy creation strongly enhanced: now you can crate boot floppies, bootable iso files to be mastered, make an USB key bootable or create a floppy disk to boot from network (PXE).
Available desktop managers: KDE, Xfce 4, Fluxbox, Blackbox, Window Maker, Mwm, Twm
Many programs has been removed, replaced and added. See installed software list.
Open Office and Gnome have been removed. Documentation has been added.
And many other changes...

7 mar 2005 Found a Japanese STUX 0.7 customization here. Untested !

11 nov 2004 Stux packages download re-activated.

12 jul 2004 LISO 0.7 (STUX Linux ISO Builder) released.
LISO 0.7 is the program used to build STUX 0.7.
Download STUX 0.7 in the download section.
LISO 0.7 is released under GPL license.
More informations about LISO are in the included README file.

28 jun 2004 Stux Linux has been published on Linux Magazine N.42 June 2004
Buy Linux Magazine N.42 here

09 jun 2004 BitTorrent downloads are available here.
Stux installable packages are no more downloadable until a new download server will be available, so if you can host Stux files, please write a mail

07 jun 2004 Stux download web site is no more available. Thanks to Stefano for hosting Stux ISO files until today.

16 apr 2004 STUX 0.7 released.
Changes:

User 'gp' removed: now applications run with root privileges.
MiniDesktop 0.1 released: Minidesktop is an application that uses graphical interface to perform all operations required to manage Live CD sessions (devices setting, configuration save, hard disk installation, ...).
All STUX codes have been rewritten and included in MiniDesktop.
Introduced Cheat Codes: Cheat Codes are used to pass values to STUX, to help with getting it working on difficult hardware, start with a different Desktop Manager, set root password, debug, ... (press F1 at boot prompt for a list of available Cheat Codes)
Fixed problem with sound cards that don't use emu10k1 module.
Mozilla updated to version 1.6
Updated Sane to version 1.0.13
Updated Xsane to version 1.2.10
Added Kopete 0.8.0
Added SuperKaramba 0.33
Added xMule 1.6.1
Updated XawTV to version 3.91
Added wxGTK version 2.4.2
Added alevt 1.6.0-3 (a teletext program)
Added scantv (a program to scan and organize tv frequencies)
Added libdvdcss 1.2.5 to watch DVD's (DMA is activated for all CD/DVD devices, now STUX is 'DVD-ready' )
Removed GnomeICU, Licq and Xchat (replaced by Kopete), Lopster (replaced by xMule), Rpm (to gain free space), Epiphany, Galeon (current versions are problematic with Mozilla 1.6) , Gnuchess, Xvim (vi and vim remain available)
Initial menu choice (start X with autodetection, start X with default vesa-framebuffer, start in text mode) has been removed, substituted by Cheat Codes: now are tryied, in order: start X with autodetection, if fail, start X with default vesa framebuffer, and, if fail, enter text mode.
Lot of minor changes...

Check RELEASE NOTES before run STUX 0.7.

Stux is currently listed in the Home page of DistroWatch.
Download server is currently overloaded and new mirror sites are kindly required.

10 feb 2004 new Stux Packages available:

Wine 20040121 (Run Windows programs on Unix)
Unreal Tournament v.348 (3D Game, requires Wine Package)

8 feb 2004 new Stux Package available:

LimeWire Client 3.6.15 (File sharing)

7 feb 2004 new Stux Package available:

BzFlag (tank battle 3D Game, network only)

6 feb 2004 new Stux Packages available:

Return to castle Wolfenstein (3D Game)
Cube (3D Game, full free version)

5 feb 2004 new Stux Packages available:

N-Vidia video drivers
Quake III Demo (3D Game)
Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo (3D Game)

4 feb 2004 version 0.6.4 released:
Changes:

Fixed bug in script hd-install (/home/gp/.sbin/hd-install) present in Stux 0.6.3 that prevented hard disk installation.

4 feb 2004 Syntax error in script 'hd-install' (/home/gp/.sbin/hd-install) in Stux 0.6.3:
hd-install is the script used to install Stux on hard disk.
Download corrected script: http://gpstudio.com/stux/hd-install and run it as root: example:

sudo ./hd-install

If you have saved configuration, copy new hd-install to /home/gp/.sbin/hd-install (overwriting the old one) to fix the problem definitively.

To fix the problem manually, remove the double-quote char (") at the end of line 311.

3 feb 2004 new Stux Packages available:

Quake Forge (3D Game)
Quake II (3D Game)

Project home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake/

2 feb 2004: version 0.6.3 released.
Changes:

Fixed bug that prevented access to disk partition used to save configuration file (for fat32 partitions only).
Fixed bug in Mozilla package that prevented Location Bar to work properly.
Mozilla 1.4 upgraded to Mozilla 1.5
Updated cloop.
New 'Look and Feel'.
Introduced a new experimental service that lets you download and install 'stux packages' (applications configured to work with Stux Live CD). To access this new functionality:
```
K Menu -> STUX -> Installed applications -> Download and install applications
```
Currently there are only 3 packages available:
- Bochs (x86 emulator)
- Amsn (MSN messanger for Linux)
- Doom (3D game)

24 jan 2004: New mirror download site.
A new download site (stux.lorix.org) has been kindly offered from Nicola and Loris of Altinum Linux Project (http://linux.arione.net/).

22 jan 2004: version 0.6.2 released
Changes:

Corrected a permission problem on scanner device file
Syslog daemon is configurable
Now is possible to install Stux on hard disk without miss Stux configuration
g++ added
vim added

18 jan 2004: Stux is listed in the Home page of DistroWatch.
Download server is currently overloaded and new mirror sites are kindly required.

17 jan 2004: version 0.6.1 released
Version 0.6.1 corrects a very little bug in version 0.6:
In version 0.6 the link /etc/rc.d/rc.0 was missing: /etc/rc.d/rc.0 (shut down script) is a link to /etc/rc.d/rc.6 (restart script): the effect was that when you turn-off stux the error '/etc/rc.d/rc.0 no such file or directory' was thrown.
In version 0.6.1 the 'S Menu' on KDE kicker has been removed: you can always access it at

K Menu -> STUX

17 jan 2004: version 0.6 released
Changes:

Open Office added.
Peripherals: drivers and configuration saving has been added for
- Printers
- Modems
- Scanners
Scripts added for:
- Sound volumes saving
- Ample server (MP3 streamer) configuration
- Apache web server configuration
- MySql db configuration
- ProFTPd FTP server configuration
- Secure Shell server configuration
- Samba server configuration
- Swaps manager
- Passwords setting and saving
- Loop filesystems creation, partition mounting/unmounting/formatting
- Flash plugin installation
- TCL/TK installation
- AMSN installation
X-CD-roast has been replaced by K3b (for CD/DVD burning)
Configuration file and format has changed from stuxconf.zip to stuxconf.iso.
/etc/fstab is recreated at every startup containing all mountable partitions.
- a list of mounted remote filesystems is kept in file /home/gp/stuxconf/smbfs and will be mounted at every startup.
- a list of mounted loop filesystems is kept in file /home/gp/stuxconf/loopfs and will be mounted at every startup.
- a list of mounted swap files is kept in file /home/gp/stuxconf/swapfiles and will be mounted at every startup.
A set of commands has been added to create that files easily.
Commands 'loadconf' and 'saveconf' fully reviewed. Now you can save configurations and home directory directly on a real hard disk and not only in loop filesytem (iso file).
knetmonapplet (network activity monitor applet) added in KDE Kicker.
ICQ client Licq added.
Documentation (for X and KDE) is not installed but now is downloadable and installable on hard disk.
LISO (Linux ISO builder) and command 'hd-install' fully reviewd: now, if you install stux on hard disk, you obtain exactly a clean Slackware installation.
PhpMyAdmin added and pre-configured to work with Apache.
Gnome desktop, icons and menus reviewed.

16 dec 2003: version 0.5.3 released
Changes:

Boot changed: now 'boot floopy emulation' is used, for better compatibility.
If you cannot boot STUX with prior versions, you should try again.
Thanks to Jim Comerota for help.
Additional CDROM drives autodetection.

9 dec 2003: version 0.5.2 released
Changes:

Kernel sources are included in /usr/src and various applications docs and licenses are included in /usr/doc.
/etc/fstab is persistent (a link to /home/gp/stuxconf/fstab). In previous versions, /etc/fstab was automatically rebuilded at every startup. Now you can permanentely add remote shared drives and find them always in KDE desktop. Now /etc/fstab is automatically rebuilded only if /home/gp/stuxconf/fstab does not exists.
/etc/ssh/ is persistent (a link to /home/gp/stuxconf/ssh/). This directory contains the keys and host-fingerprints used by Secure Shell (ssh) clients. In previous versions, this directory was not persistent, so every time system was started a new host-fingerprint was generated: this caused a security-warning in ssh clients.
In previous versions command 'dhcpcd' (used to contact a DHCP server) overwrites /etc/resolv.conf (a link to /home/gp/stuxconf/resolv.conf) with a real file (not a link). This problem has been fixed creating a new command 'dhcpcd' that recreates /etc/resolv.conf as a link and not as a real file.
There was a bug in LISO (when executed from pre-installation on CD) that caused a 'permission denied' error. This has been fixed.
Now you can open PDF files using Mozilla or Konqueror.
News for Fastweb (Italian Network) users with optical fiber connection: now you can automatically download the updated Video Lan channels list and install channels on your KDE desktop.
FAQ's have been enriched. Check them frequently.

4 dec 2003: version 0.5.1 released
Changes:

minor changes in command 'hd-install'
removed buggy windows autorun

26 nov 2003: STUX 0.5 released
Changes:

Video Card autodetection
Mouse autodetection (serial, USB, PS2)
Reviewed STUX commands (saveconf, netconf-stux, LISO, ...)
Fixed 'Login Manager'
Fixed 'Advanced X Config'
Desktop reviewed, K Menu optimized.

22 nov 2003: DINO-STUX 0.5 released
DINO-STUX is a small version of STUX 0.5.

14 nov 2003: STUX 0.4.1 released
Changes:

Command 'netconf-stux' on STUX 0.4 doesn't save network configuration successfully. Fixed in STUX 0.4.1.
Command 'hd-install' reviewed.

12 nov 2003: STUX 0.4 released
Changes:

Added Internationalization for KDE and KOffice. Choose Language and Keyboard Layout.
To make disk space free for KDE Internationalization, some packages has been removed.
Created command 'hd-install' to install STUX on Hard Disk and create boot floppy.
LISO (Linux ISO builder), the program used to build STUX iso file, is now installed in STUX (in /home/gp/.liso./)
All commands related to STUX are now 'persistent' and editable. They are in /home/gp/.sbin.
Gnome 2.4 tuned

1 nov 2003: STUX 0.3.1 released
Changes:

Fixed bug #2.
LISO (Linux ISO builder) has been reviewed.

27 oct 2003: STUX 0.3 BitTorrent Downloads are ready

26 oct 2003: Stux 0.3 released
Changes:

Added BitTorrent (http://www.bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/) application (file downloading across unreliable networks).
Added Ample (http://ample.sourceforge.net) application (an MP3 lender)
Added Lopster (http://lopster.sourceforge.net) application (OpenNap client)
Command 'saveconf' has been reviewed
Commands 'saveconf' and 'netconf-stux' has been moved from /usr/local/sbin to /usr/local/bin

17 oct 2003: A new mirror for Stux downloads has been setted up. Thanks to Stefano.

14 oct 2003: STUX 0.2 BitTorrent Downloads available at John web site ! Thanks to Patrick, John, and all the leap-cf.org mailing list people

13 oct 2003: Bug #1: Stux 0.2 doesn't start on pc with no floppy drive installed. See bug #1

10 oct 2003 until today: Stux downloads require more bandwidth than currently allocated (60 GB / month).
Until new FTP mirrors will be found, Stux Downloads could be slow or temporarily unavailable

10 oct 2003: Roberto's ISP says that Stux downloads is using too many bandwidth and the FTP mirror ftp://gpstudio.com has been closed

3 oct 2003: Stux 0.2 has been released
Changes:

Based on Linux Slackware 9.1 (instead of 9.0)
The following package-series are installed: a, ap, d, kde, gnome, l, n, x, xap and the following series have been removed: e, f, k, kdei, t, tcl, y
Linux kernel 2.4.22-xfs (instead of 2.4.21-xfs)
Login in command mode (instead of kde).
Configuration file name and format stuxconf.tgz has been changed in stuxconf.zip.
Default configuration file name and format has been changed from /etc/home.tgz to /etc/stuxconf.zip

1 oct 2003: A new FTP server as been setted up for mirror Stux downloads, thanks to Roberto

30 sep 2003: Stux downloads has exausted the available monthly bandwidth usage. FTP mirrors are required

29 sep 2003: Stux site is up and running

24-28 sep 2003: Stux site has been down

1 sep 2003: Stux 0.1 has been released