Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.02

"The Chakra development team is proud to announce the first release of the KDE 4.8 series, code name 'Archimedes'. With this release KDE is updated to 4.8.0, kernel to Linux 3.2.2. A new theme, Ronak, is introduced. Updated Qt, boost, Subversion, Phonon packages, libxcb stack, to name a few of the newer base packages included. A switch to GRUB 2 has been decided on, to be more compatible with other operating systems. Chakra is now offering a DVD and CD edition. The CD edition gets you to a minimal working KDE desktop, with only a text editor, file manager, web browser and a simple media player installed. The DVD includes all the language packs, most of standard KDE applications, LibreOffice 3.4.5, Amarok.... More details in the release announcement. Download (MD5): chakra-2012.02-i686.iso (1,461MB), chakra-2012.02-CD-i686.iso (689MB), chakra-2012.02-x86_64.iso (1,462MB), chakra-2012.02-CD-x86_64.iso (696MB).

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