Annvix:About/News

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Annvix News

Annvix is not as fast-moving in development as other open source operating systems, but there are news-worthy announcements occassionally. Important announcements will be noted here and on the announce mailing list, and all other news-worthy notices will be noted here.

2008

March 2008

• March 30, 2008: Annvix development on hold indefinitely.

February 2008

• February 3, 2008: Annvix 3.1-CURRENT is branched.

January 2008

• January 16, 2008: Linux.com has reviewed Annvix: read the article.

2007

December 2007

• December 30, 2007: Annvix 3.0-RELEASE is now available. You can read the announcement.
• December 9, 2007: A new beta install ISO (beta1) is available for 2.1-CURRENT i586 and x86_64.

April 2007

• April 10, 2007: Annvix 2.1-CURRENT is branched.

March 2007

• March 5, 2007: A new resource is available, our very own Annvix Pastebin. Great place to put code snippets and whatnot.

February 2007

• February 4, 2007: Annvix 2.0-RELEASE is now available. You can read the announcement.

January 2007

• January 13, 2007: An upgrade script for 1.2-RELEASE to 2.0-CURRENT is now available.
• January 3, 2007: A new beta install ISO (beta3) is available for 2.0-CURRENT i586 and x86_64 that adds some minor features and some bug fixes to the previous beta2 installer.

2006

December 2006

• December 30, 2006: A new beta install ISO (beta2) is available for 2.0-CURRENT i586 and x86_64 that adds some minor features and some bug fixes to the previous beta1 installer.

November 2006

• November 12, 2006: A new beta install ISO (beta1) is available for 2.0-CURRENT i586 and x86_64 that adds some minor features and some bug fixes to the previous alpha2 installer.
• November 10, 2006: A new ports package is available that adds support for using apt (rather than urpmi) to handle package management and includes support for some new macros to "tag" ports packages as supported/working for a particular Annvix version.

October 2006

• October 19, 2006: A new alpha install ISO (alpha2) is available for 2.0-CURRENT i586 and x86_64, with a great number of new options and features.

August 2006

• August 6, 2006: A new alpha install ISO for 2.0-CURRENT is available for both i586 and x86_64. This ISO makes use of the 2.6 kernel and a number of changes needed to be made to accomodate the new kernel. It would be great if it was tested by as many eyes as possible.

April 2006

• April 21, 2006: The Annvix Discussion Forums are now online for folks to discuss Annvix if you have a dislike or are allergic to the (much preferred) mailing lists.

March 2006

• March 29, 2006: The Annvix Developer's Wiki is now setup where the developers will be charting their course through the shark-infested waters of Linux-land. Or something like that. Should be good to get some info as to what's happening with development.

February 2006

• February 27, 2006: The Annvix wiki is now driving the main site as opposed to just being for developers, which should make it simpler and faster for the development team to get things done.
• February 18, 2006: Annvix 1.2-RELEASE is available! Read the full Announcement. In other news, Sean P. Thomas has returned from the "dead" and is now actively involved in Annvix development again. Welcome back, Sean!
• February 13, 2006: A new mailing list has been set up to discuss Annvix ports
• February 2, 2006: Annvix 1.2-CURRENT beta 1 is now available as an ISO download from the FTP mirrors!

January 2006

• January 17, 2006: A new mirror has been added, provided by the good folks at http://www.pangora.org/ Pangora] in Hamburg, Germany. Thank you!
• January 3, 2006: Happy New Year! Work is moving ahead (slowly but steadily) on recompiling Annvix to use the SSP-enabled gcc and the new subversion-based revision scheme. An entry on Wikipedia now exists for Annvix as well. The ports system has been re-worked to use sudo and a dedicated uid and seems to work quite nicely. In less happy news, Sean P. Thomas, who was a co-developer since August, has disappeared and hasn't been heard from since the end of October.

2005

October 2005

• October 28, 2005: Annvix 1.1-RELEASE is available! Read the full Announcement
• October 28, 2005: Get your very own Annvix merchandise! Gerry Danen has gratiously setup a section of his CafePress store to provide some Annvix merchandise (coffee mugs, stickers, magnets, t-shirts, etc.) with Chum, the Annvix mascot. The shirts are good quality and drinking coffee with Chum guarding it is bound to taste better so grab your gear! Very little is made off the proceeds from the store, but we wanted to make some Annvix gear available to those who wanted it. Grab your stuff from the Annvix Collection!
• October 9, 2005: Annvix 1.1-CURRENT beta1 is released with new net install ISOs available for x86 and x86_64. Read the full Announcement.

August 2005

• August 20, 2005: We have a new addition to the development team! Sean Thomas has joined the Annvix development team as a co-developer with responsibilities that pretty much range to getting his fingers into everything. We are extremely please to have Sean join the team! Welcome, Sean!

May 2005

• May 6, 2005: We have a new mirror site in Indonesia! Thank you to Darmawan Anandita for setting it up.

March 2005

• March 28, 2005: Annvix 1.0-RELEASE is available! Read the full Announcement

February 2005

• February 11, 2005: Annvix 1.0-CURRENT beta2 is released with new net install ISOs available for x86 and x86_64
• February 11, 2005: Thomas has been MIA since September and Oden hasn't done anything in ages; no longer core developers

2004

September 2004

• September 11, 2004: Our Bugzilla is setup

August 2004

• August 25, 2004: Annvix 1.0-CURRENT alpha2 is released; read the full Announcement

June 2004

• June 18, 2004: We have changed our name from OpenSLS to Annvix. The mirrors still need to be fixed and everything needs to be recompiled, but we are officially Annvix now.
• June 6, 2004: The Vienna University of Technology in Austria is now mirroring Annvix; providing FTP, HTTP, and rsync access. Thank you!
• June 2, 2004: Annvix 1.0-CURRENT alpha1 is released; read the full Announcement

May 2004

• May 28, 2004: The first incarnation of the ports system is available; it's rough but it works for the most part.

April 2004

• April 1, 2004: Installation documentation is completed

March 2004

• March 29, 2004: Meet Chum! Chum is a particularly nasty shark and he's decided to make Annvix his home. Chum is the new Annvix mascot
• March 28, 2004: Thomas Backlund added as a core developer

February 2004

• February 5, 2004: ibiblio is now mirroring Annvix and providing FTP and rsync access

January 2004

• January 30, 2004: planetmirror is now mirroring Annvix and providing FTP, HTTP, and rsync access
• January 6, 2004: amd64 port entirely rebuilt against itself and available on mirrors
• January 4, 2004: x86 port entirely rebuilt against itself

2003

December 2003

• December 22, 2003: RPM packages and changes to the stock Mandrakelinux 9.2 base are now publically available (via FTP and changes via CVS)
• December 19, 2003: Oden Eriksson added as a core developer