Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:35:03 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/ Parsix.org en-us http://www.parsix.org/html/images/logo.gif http://www.parsix.org/html/ webmaster@parsix.org http://www.parsix.org/html/Article116.html The second update version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is available for immediate download. This version merges all security, bug fix and feature updates published on the APT repositories. This version also fixes remaining minor bugs such as NTFS formatted drive mounting in live mode and X.Org configurator error and represents a new experimental USB installer that enables users to run Parsix from USB keys and pen drives. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.6, GParted 0.4.8, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. For more information see release notes. Donations are highly appreciated. Another news that Parsix 3.5 aka `Frankie` repositories are up and running and all community users are welcomed to start testing and using it. Frankie final release is planned for March/April 2010. Download: parsix_3.0r2-i386.iso (690 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r2-amd64.iso (696 MB, MD5) Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:35:03 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article114.html The first update version of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is available for immediate download. This version merges all security and bug fix updates published on the APT repositories. Also a bug in installer that prevented detection of other installed operating systems on GRUB 2 has been fixed. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.5, GParted 0.4.8, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Donations are highly appreciated. Another news that Parsix 3.5 aka `Frankie` repositories are up and running and all community users are welcomed to start testing and using it. Frankie final release is planned for March 2010. Download: parsix_3.0r1-i386.iso (687 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r1-amd64.iso (693 MB, MD5) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:20:02 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article112.html We proudly announce the immediate availability of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev`. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.3, GParted 0.4.6, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. Here we need to thank all community users and team members who helped us to make `the best ever released Parsix` possible. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_3.0r0-i386.iso (686 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r0-amd64.iso (692 MB, MD5) Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:38:56 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article110.html The third testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is ready to immediate download. Parsix Kev brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.3, GParted 0.4.6, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. We are looking forward to release the final version next week, so please do your best to test and report any problems you see. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Help us to make this release `the best ever released Parsix`. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_3.0r0-test-3-i386.iso (687 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r0-test-3-amd64.iso (684 MB, MD5) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:22:50 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article108.html After a long delay, waiting for X.Org 7.4 transition to happen, the second testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is finally out. This version brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.3, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports separate /home partition, ext4 file system and GRUB 2, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.5.2, GParted 0.4.6, Pidgin 2.6.2 and OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. We need community users help to test new installer features. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Help us to make this release `the best ever released Parsix`. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_3.0r0-test-2-i386.iso (691 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r0-test-2-amd64.iso (695 MB, MD5) Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:27:24 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article106.html Thanks to LFEO Group by dedicating 200GB of hard drive space and 2TB monthly data transfer, we were able to create our first ever officialy maintained APT repository. This repository is rsyncing with the main one every hour. Currently, BOSS and Kev packages are available from there. Here again we need to say another thank you to LFEO Group for their support. To use these repositories, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and replace "packages.parsix.org" with "parsix.lfeo.ir", then do an apt-get update. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:09:59 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article104.html The first testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0 aka `Kev` is out now. This version brings a vast amount of new features like: GNOME 2.26.2, brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.29.6 with extra patches and drivers, updated installer system that supports ext4 and separate /home partition, NetworkManager is finally default networking stack, AuFS and UnionFS support, SquashFS+Lzma compression for live-CD and lots of updated packages like GNU Iceweasel 3.0.11, GParted 0.4.5, Pidgin 2.5.6 and OpenOffice.org 3.0.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.8.2 etc. We need community users help to test new installer features. Due to vast amount of changes and new default features in this version, its highly recommended to do a CD-ROM update mode installation. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_3.0r0-test-1-i386.iso (679 MB, MD5), parsix_3.0r0-test-1-amd64.iso (687 MB, MD5) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:52:00 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article102.html Happy Spring! Happy Nowruz! After several months of testing and development, the final version of Parsix GNU/Linux 2.0 code name `Boss Skua` is out. Parsix 2.0 ships a brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.26.8 with extra patches and drivers, the live CD compression system has been upgraded to version 3.4 which brings higher compression rate, UnionFS is default for live CD mode, several bugs have been fixed and several packages updated. Highlights: GNOME 2.24.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.7, GParted 0.4.3, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.7.8, VirtualBox-OSE 2.1.4, GNU Flash Player 0.8.4 and xFarDic 0.11.5. For more information see release notes. Do you believe? Parsix is a four year old project now! Thanks to all community users who helped us to make this release possible. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_2.0r0-i386.iso (668 MB, MD5), parsix_2.0r0-amd64.iso (677 MB, MD5) Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:36:13 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article100.html The third and final testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 2.0r0 code name `Boss Skua` is out. Parsix Boss ships a brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.26.8 with extra patches and drivers, the live CD compression system has been upgraded to version 3.4 which brings higher compression rate, UnionFS is default for live CD mode, several bugs have been fixed and several packages updated. Highlights: GNOME 2.24.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.6, GParted 0.4.3, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.7.8, VirtualBox-OSE 2.1.4 and GNU Flash Player 0.8.4. Still we have couple of things to accomplish, including a kernel update for the latest TuxOnIce. So expect the final release within a week. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_2.0r0-test-3-i386.iso (669 MB, MD5), parsix_2.0r0-test-3-amd64.iso (677 MB, MD5) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:12:12 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article98.html An updated version of A Practical Guide to Parsix GNU/Linux book (Persian), version 2.0.0 is ready to download. This book is designed for Persian speaking users and its contents including figures have been updated for Parsix Boss / GNOME 2.24. Book face design credit goes to bkashaf, the newest Parsix GNU/Linux team member. Click here to download the book in PDF format (6.1MB). Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:50:49 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article96.html The second testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux code name `Boss Skua` is out. Parsix Boss ships a brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.26.8 with extra patches and drivers, the live CD compression system has been upgraded to version 3.4 which brings higher compression rate, UnionFS is default for live CD mode, several bugs have been fixed and several packages updated. Highlights: GNOME 2.24.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.6, GParted 0.4.2, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.7.8, VirtualBox-OSE 2.1.2 and GNU Flash Player 0.8.4. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_2.0r0-test-2-i386.iso (669 MB, MD5), parsix_2.0r0-test-2-amd64.iso (679 MB, MD5) Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:20:49 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article95.html After few months of delay, finally an updated version of A Practical Guide to Parsix GNU/Linux book (Persian), version 1.5.0 is ready to download. This book is designed for Persian speaking users and contents including figures have been updated for Parsix Viola. Click here to download the book in PDF format (6.6 MB). Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:54:12 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article91.html Merry Christmas! The first testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux code name `Boss Skua` is finally out. It took little longer due to little more dramatic changes in GNOME 2.24 than the older releases. We needed some more time to make it stabilized as expected to be. Parsix Boss ships a brand new kernel based on Linux 2.6.26.8 with extra patches and drivers. The live CD compression system has been upgraded to version 3.4 which brings higher compression rate, UnionFS is default for live CD mode, several bugs have been fixed and several packages updated. Highlights: GNOME 2.24.2, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.5, GParted 0.4.1, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, Compiz-Fusion 0.7.8, VirtualBox-OSE 2.0.6 and GNU Flash Player 0.8.4. For more information see release notes. Please report bugs and defects here. Donations are highly appreciated. Download: parsix_2.0r0-test-1-i386.iso (642 MB, MD5), parsix_2.0r0-test-1-amd64.iso (654 MB, MD5) Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:42:27 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article89.html We joined thousands of people on black Friday to buy our very own PC to be used as a brand new build server. This makes package building procedure much more faster and avoiding hiccups due to extra load on our main/repository server. After making some updates on build daemon scripts, now the new build server is fully functional and updates the main repository every hour. Many thanks to all donors! They enabled us to do this really necessary upgrade. Have Fun! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:46:38 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article87.html The second maintenance release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 code name `Viola` is available now. Viola r2 is synchronized with Debian testing repositories as of July 24, 2008. This version contains several bug fixes, several updated packages and updated kernel drivers. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.3, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1. Viola officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player. For more information see release notes and Viola screenshots. Download: parsix_1.5r2-i386.iso (685 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r2-amd64.iso (696 MB, MD5) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:13:52 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article85.html Parsix Project received the famous Distrowatch donation for August 2008. We highly appreciate this help and acknowledge Distrowatch's movement supporting Linux and Open Source community. Donations encourage us to concentrate more on the project and make a better and better distribution for our community. Thank You Distrowatch! Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:06:34 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article83.html An updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 code name `Viola` is available now. Viola r1 is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of July 24, 2008. This version contains several bug fixes, updated kernel drivers, updated documentation and updated X.Org. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.1, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1. Viola officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player. For more information see release notes and Viola screenshots. Download: parsix_1.5r1-i386.iso (683 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r1-amd64.iso (694 MB, MD5) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:27:48 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article81.html After a two-week delay, we proudly announce the immediate availability of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r0 codename 'Viola'. Parsix Viola brings several new features, contains a new kernel, updated software packages, updated documentation, improved installer system and several fixes for the reported defects. This version is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of Jun 25, 2008. Several bugs have been solved (#86, #88, #90, #101, #102, #103, #105, #106, #108, #110, #118, #119, #122, #120, #124, #126, #128, #129), replaced GQView with gThumb image viewer, replaced Camorama with Cheese and readded iptraf and nmap. Parsix Viola officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, Linux kernel 2.6.24.4 with CK, CVE-2008-1669 fix, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC7, iwlwifi 1.2.23 with led support and powertop patches, updated several kernel drivers, OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and GNU Iceweasel 3.0 RC2. For more information see the release notes and Viola screenshots page. Download: parsix_1.5r0-i386.iso (681 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r0-amd64.iso (693 MB, MD5) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:12:02 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article79.html The third testing version of the brand new version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 (codename 'Viola') is available now. Viola TEST-3 brings several new features, contains a new kernel, updated software packages and several fixes for the reported defects. This version is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of Jun 7, 2008. Several bugs have been solved (#86, #90, #101, #102, #103, #105, #106, #108, #110, #118, #119, #122, #120, #124, #126, #128, #129), replaced GQView with gThumb image viewer, replaced Camorama with Cheese and readded bug-buddy, gdb and iptraf. Parsix Viola officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, Linux kernel 2.6.24.4 with CK, CVE-2008-1669 fix, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC7, iwlwifi 1.2.23 with led support and powertop patches, updated several kernel drivers, OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and GNU Iceweasel 3.0 RC1. We need your help to test the system and report bugs. For more information see the release notes page. Download: parsix_1.5r0-test-3-i386.iso (680 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r0-test-3-amd64.iso (692 MB, MD5) Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:33:53 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article77.html Parsix project donation service launched. Now its possible to donate to project via PayPal. Donations will help us to cover project costs like hosting, test hardware and... and will enable us to move faster and make Parsix better and better. Donations are highly appreciated. You can use "Donate" icon on the home page or this link to make donations. Thank you for supporting the project. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:50:27 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article75.html The second testing version of the brand new version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 (codename 'Viola') is available now. Viola TEST-2 brings several new features, contains a new kernel, updated software packages and several fixes for the reported defects. This version is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of May 17, 2008. Several bugs have been solved (#90, #101, #102, #103, #105, #106, #108, #110, #118, #119, #120, #124), replaced GQView with gThumb image viewer, replaced Camorama with Cheese and readded bug-buddy, gdb and iptraf. Viola TEST-2 officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.1, X.Org 7.3, Linux kernel 2.6.24.4 with CK, CVE-2008-1669 fix, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC7, iwlwifi 1.2.23 with led support and powertop patches, updated several kernel drivers, OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and GNU Iceweasel 3.0 Beta 5. We need your help to test the system and report bugs. For more information see the release notes page. Download: parsix_1.5r0-test-2-i386.iso (681 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r0-test-2-amd64.iso (694 MB, MD5) Sun, 18 May 2008 11:06:04 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article73.html The first testing version of the brand new version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 (codename 'Viola') is available now. Viola TEST-1 contains a new kernel, many updated software packages and several fixes for the reported defects. This version is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of April 18, 2008. Several bugs have been solved (#101, #102, #103, #105, #106), replaced GQView with EOG image viewer, removed bug-buddy, gdb and iptraf to make more free space. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.1, Linux kernel 2.6.24.4 with CK, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC5, iwlwifi 1.2.23 with led support and powertop patches, updated several kernel drivers, OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 and GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.12. We need your help to test the system and report bugs. For more information see the release notes page. Download: parsix_1.5r0-test-1-i386.iso (691 MB, MD5), parsix_1.5r0-test-1-amd64.iso (703 MB, MD5) Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:18:04 +0200 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article71.html An updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0 code name `Ramon` is available now. Parsix Ramon r1 contains updated packages, several fixes for the reported defects and introduces continent repository. Ramon r1 introduces continent apt repository along with the official supported Parsix repository. The Continent repository consists of the whole Debian testing archive minus the official Parsix repository packages. The main highlights are: Updated and security patched 2.6.23.14 kernel, GNOME 2.20.3, lots of updated packages including OpenOffice.org 2.3.1, GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.12, GIMP 2.4.4, glibc 2.7, Pidgin 2.3.1, Exaile 0.2.11, xFarDic 0.10.3 and more, all packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repository as March 08, 2008. For more information see release notes and Ramon screenshots. Download: parsix_1.0r1-i386.iso (671 MB, MD5), parsix_1.0r1-amd64.iso (681 MB, MD5) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:37:49 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article69.html We are proud to announce that the final version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0 code name `Ramon` is available now. Parsix Ramon brings lots of improvements and new features integrated with the latest open source technologies right to your laptop and desktop computers. The main highlights are: Improved live system with new startup and shutdown scripts, new live structure, new SquashFS+LZMA compression system, updated installer system, brand new 2.6.23.14 kernel with CFS v24.1, CK, TuxOnIce 3.0-RC5, Iwlwifi and more patches, GNOME 2.20.3, lots of updated packages including OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.11, GIMP 2.4.3, glibc 2.7, Pidgin 2.3.1, Exaile 0.2.10, xFarDic 0.10.3 and more, all packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repository as January 24, 2008, new GUI X.Org configuration tool ported from Ubuntu, new attractive blackish look and feel and more. For more information see release notes and Ramon screenshots. Download: parsix_1.0r0-i386.iso (680 MB, MD5), parsix_1.0r0-amd64.iso (698 MB, MD5) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:41:53 +0100 http://www.parsix.org/html/Article67.html The third testing release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r0 code name `Ramon` has been released. Changes since test-2: GNOME 2.20.3, fixed reported bugs and several system clean-ups. Parsix Ramon brings lots of improvements and new features integrated with the latest open source technologies right to your laptop and desktop computers. The main highlights are: Improved live system with new startup and shutdown scripts, new live structure, new SquashFS+LZMA compression system, brand new 2.6.23.9 kernel with CFS v24, CK, TuxOnIce, Iwlwifi and more patches, Parsix specific GNOME 2.20.3, lots of updated packages including OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, GNU Iceweasel 2.0.0.11, GIMP 2.4.3, glibc 2.7, Pidgin 2.3.1, Exaile 0.2.10 and more, all packages have been synchronized with Debian testing repository as January 10, 2008, new GUI X.Org configuration tool ported from Ubuntu, new attractive blackish look and feel and more. This is a well tested system and there is not any critical breakage, but we need the community help to test sections like GNOME desktop and included software packages. For more information see release notes and Ramon screenshots. Download: parsix_1.0r0-test-3-i386.iso (677 MB, MD5), parsix_1.0r0-test-3-amd64.iso (695 MB, MD5) Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:31:38 +0100