[Voyage-linux] Voyage Linux 0.8.0 released

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

We are pleased to announce a new release of Voyage Linux 0.8.0, which includes 3.0.0 kernel and is based on Debian 6.0.3 
"Squeeze".

Voyage Linux Distro:
     [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-0.8.0.tar.bz2
     [amd64] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/amd64/voyage-0.8.0_amd64.tar.bz2

Voyage Linux Live CD:
     [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/voyage-0.8.0.iso
     [amd64] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/amd64/voyage-0.8.0_amd64.iso

SDK:
     [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/sdk/voyage-sdk-0.8.0.iso

README:
http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.8.0/config/chroot_local-includes/README

CHANGELOG:
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0.8.0 (31 Oct 2011)
- [kernel] linux-image-3.0.0-voyage_10.0-1
     - based on Debian kernel source 3.0.0-5
     - [general] enable IRQ force threading
     - [netfilter] add conntrack broadcast & SNMP
     - [netfilter] add xt target checksum, ct, tee
     - [netfilter] add ipset
     - [wireless] enable WiMAX and i2400
     - [wireless] add rt2800, rtl8192
     - [framebuffer] add riva, matrox, via, udl
     - [sound] enable alsa sound driver instead of using out-of-tree kernel modules
     - [amd64] enable IA32 emulation
- [general]
     - based on Debian 6.0.3 "Squeeze"
     - add sudo to voyage linux
     - add support of ath9k 11n in hostapd.conf
     - add ppp, pppoe, bzip2, psmisc, usbutils, libdaemon0, ifplugd, live-initramfs & live-boot-initramfs-tools packages
     - change to use 0.8 apt repository
     - change to use JP debian mirror as apt source as it is faster
     - rewrite README
     - hostapd 0.7.3-2
     - wpasupplicant 0.7.3-4
     - iw 3.1-1
- [voyage-util]
     - new version 0.10-1
     - Saving date with voyage-sync (Teco Boot)
     - add VOYAGE_SAVE_DATE_TIME in /etc/defaults/voyage-util
     - change banner version to 0.8
     - teach installer to write /etc/modprobe.d/profile.conf
     - add BOOTARGS to grub and lilo configs (Jim Cromie)
     - [PATCH 06/11] voyage-update.sh: setspeed doesnt exist (Jim Cromie)
     - [PATCH 07/11] spelling (Jim Cromie)
     - [PATCH 09/11] grub titles should have version, not date-of-install (Jim Cromie)
     - parallelize sync back to disk device
     - update /etc/hosts after copy files
     - support non-ext2 filesystem for installation
- [one]
     - change to use dahdi-firmware-nonfree
     - asterisk 1.8.4.2
     - asterisk-gui 2.1.0~rc1
     - dahdi 2.5.0
- [mpd]
     - disable sndfile plugin for mpd
     - mpd 0.16.5
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Voyage Linux is now one of the first distributions with Linux 3.0.0 kernel.  Next version will be 0.8.x, probably with 
new Debian "squeeze" revision and newer 3.x kernel.

For support or get involved in Voyage Linux, please check at:
http://linux.voyage.hk/?q=getinvolved

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Regards,
Kim-man "Punky" Tse

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