Archlinux 2010.05

El passat 18 de maig de 2010 es va fer pública la nova versió de GNU/Linux Archlinux 2010.05
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Archiso (image builds):
* all iso files can now be burned onto CD's as well as written to media like usb sticks (isohybrid)
* more than half of the packages in core are now xz compressed
* next to the single architecture images we provide dual images which can be used as 32bit or 64bit medium
* use isolinux bootloader exclusively for booting the live media
* snapshot of current core, including kernel 2.6.33.4-1, pacman-3.3.3-5 and glibc-2.11.1-3
* updated memtest
* support for PXE booting
* provide wpa_supplicant
* support virtio

AIF (installation tool):
* ability to choose uuid/label/devicefile blockdevice representation; automatically applied in menu.lst, fstab, etc
* split off UI library into separate libui-sh project
* support virtio blockdevices
* allow user to specify additional custom arguments for mkfs and the like

Archlinux 2009.08

El passat 9 d'agost de 2009 es va fer pública la nova versió de GNU/Linux Archlinux 2009.08
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* built from a current snapshot of [core], which includes kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and pacman 3.3.0-3.
* usage of new AIF installer, which brings:
- better disk editor with support for dm_crypt and lvm setups
- support for automated installations using config files (deprecates quickinst)
- a framework to build your own installation procedures
- enhanced date/time setting with ntp support
- refactored grub installation routines
- usability improvements
* aufs instead of unionfs
* enhanced boot device detection on image start
* bugfixes (xfs freeze, mirror setting, clock correctness, network settings, ...)
* more useful automatic configuration settings for your target system based on your settings during the installation
* ftp images are renamed to netinstall to avoid confusion

Archlinux 2009.02

El pasat 16 de febrer de 2009 es va fer pública la nova versió de GNU/Linux Archlinux 2009.02
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- Kernel 2.6.28
- Ext4 support. Installation can be done on a ext4 root partition.
- Rescue and maintenance capabilities for Ext4 root partitions
- Fallback ISOs with the ISOLINUX bootloader, for those that have trouble booting Grub-based images
- Several bugfixes in the installer
- Brought the included documentation up-to-date
- Inclusion of AIF (Arch Linux Installation Framework), the next generation installer, currently under development.