Frugalware Linux

Website:	www.frugalware.org
OS family:	Linux
Source model:	Open source
Latest stable release:	0.7 / October 13, 2007
Package manager:	Pacman
Supported platforms:	i686, x86-64
Kernel type:	Monolithic kernel
License:	Various
Working state:	Current

Frugalware Linux is a general-purpose Linux distribution, designed for intermediate users, who are familiar with command-line operations. It is based on Slackware, but uses a different package management system, Pacman.^[1] Image File history File links Frugalware logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The pacman logo Pacman is a software package manager, developed as part of the Linux distribution Arch Linux. ... i686 is the name given to the similar instruction sets used by several Intel and Intel-compatible microprocessors. ... The AMD64 or x86-64 is a 64-bit processor architecture invented by AMD. It is a superset of the x86 architecture, which it natively supports. ... A kernel connects the application software to the hardware of a computer. ... It has been suggested that Monolithic system be merged into this article or section. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... A Linux distribution, often simply distribution or distro, is a member of the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems comprising the Linux kernel, the non-kernel parts of the GNU operating system, and assorted other software. ... Slackware was one of the earliest Linux distributions, and is the oldest, and most UNIX-like, distribution still being maintained[1]. It was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. ... Illustration of a package management system being used to download new software. ... The pacman logo Pacman is a software package manager, developed as part of the Linux distribution Arch Linux. ...

Aims

Frugalware's developers attempt to make Frugalware as simple as possible while establishing a priority based on comfortable use. Their goal is to ship consistently fresh and stable software, as close to the original source as possible.

Overview

Frugalware was founded by Miklós Vajna^[2]. From the Slackware-Red Hat Linux-Debian trio he was most pleased with Slackware^{[citation needed]}, but that has some serious imperfections: for example the slow package manager, the absence of multilanguage support and the native automatic package update. Frugalware tries to drop nothing from Slackware's advantages, while refining it. Slackware was one of the earliest Linux distributions, and is the oldest, and most UNIX-like, distribution still being maintained[1]. It was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. ... Red Hat Linux was a popular Linux distribution assembled by Red Hat until the early 2000s, when it was discontinued. ... Debian is a free operating system. ... Illustration of a package management system being used to download new software. ...

Package management

Since version 0.6 Frugalware has used Pacman-G2 package manager.^[3] 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.^[4] Previously Frugalware used a modified version of the older, monolithic Pacman by Judd Vinet. The pacman logo Pacman is a software package manager, developed as part of the Linux distribution Arch Linux. ...

Frugalware's packages' extension is .fpm^[5]. The packages are tar archives that are compressed using bzip2^[5], not gzip like the packages used by Pacman of Arch Linux^[6]. Bzip2 archives have smaller file size but longer unpacking-time compared to gzip archives. In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of the program used to handle such files. ... The correct title of this article is . ... The correct title of this article is . ... Arch Linux is a Linux distribution inspired by CRUX and intended to be lightweight and simple for advanced users. ...

Repoman is a tool to compile source packages and automatically create and install closed-source packages.^[7] 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.^[8] The first Frugalware release that had Repoman was Frugalware 0.3pre1^[7].

Branches

Frugalware has a -current and a -stable branch. The -current branch is updated daily, and the -stable branch gets updated every 6 months.^[5]

Architectures

Frugalware currently supports x86 and x86-64 microprocessor architectures.^[5] The x86 packages are optimized for i686 processors, and the 0.3pre1 was the first release that also had an x86_64 port. Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood version), one example out of a huge number of x86 implementations from Intel, AMD, and others. ... The AMD64 or x86-64 is a 64-bit processor architecture invented by AMD. It is a superset of the x86 architecture, which it natively supports. ... i686 is the name given to the similar instruction sets used by several Intel and Intel-compatible microprocessors. ...

Releases

• 0.1 (Genesis) – November 2, 2004
• 0.2 (Aurora) – April 28, 2005
• 0.3 (Trantor) – October 13, 2005 (for x86 port)^[9] and October 19, 2005 (for x86_64 port)^[10]

• 0.4 (Wanda) – March 30, 2006
• 0.5 (Siwenna) – September 14, 2006
• 0.6 (Terminus) – March 22, 2007
• 0.7 (Sayshell) – October 13, 2007

According to the Frugalware development roadmap, the next stable version "Kalgan" is going to be released on March 11, 2008.^[11] is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

All the Frugalware releases except "Genesis" have been named after planets in science fiction books by Isaac Asimov^[11]. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ...

References

1. ^ Interview with Frugalware Linux Developer, VMiklos (HTML). Open Addict. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
2. ^ Interview with Miklós Vajna, Frugalware Linux (HTML). DistroWatch. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
3. ^ Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Changelog (TXT). Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
4. ^ Pacman-G2 (HTML). Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Documentation. Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} About Frugalware (HTML). Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Documentation. Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
6. ^ Ladislav Bodnar (2003). Interview with Judd Vinet (HTML). DistroWatch. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
7. ^ ^{a b} Frugalware 0.3pre1-i686 released (HTML). Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
8. ^ Creating new packages (HTML). Frugalware 0.6 (Terminus) Documentation. Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
9. ^ Frugalware 0.3-i686 released (HTML). Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
10. ^ Frugalware 0.3-x86_64 released (HTML). Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
11. ^ ^{a b} Frugalware Roadmap (HTML). Frugalware Project. Retrieved on 2007-10-15.

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External links

• Frugalware Linux website
• Frugalware Linux at DistroWatch