VL 5.9 SOHO Preview Released

[uelsk8s]

The VectorLinux team is proud to release the SOHO-5.9-Preview-LiveCD. The preview is a try before you buy, not only to ensure it will work with your hardware, but also to showcase some of the features of the install release. We have customized desktops to bring you a feature rich and user friendly experience. This Preview should give you a good idea of what the full installation release has to offer, which you will have to see to believe. We recommend you try this Preview, to make sure of compatibility, and report any bugs so that the development team can implement fixes toward the Final SOHO. Included are, newer secure kernel 2.6.22.19, xorg 7.3,kde 3.5.9, and openoffice 2.3.1 for the office needs, seamonkey 1.1.9 and FF 2.0.0.13 for your web browsing experience, and much more. This liveCD is packed and can be used as a stand alone for many users. If you find a bug please report to to our bug report section url: http://www.vectorlinux.com/forum2/index.php?topic=6002.0

You can download the ISO here: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/iso-release/VL5.9-SOHO-preview.iso
md5sum: 4364bdd9f98bf3d6bf675de91f56f605  VL5.9-SOHO-preview.iso

Thank you,
the Vector team

[mahdif]

Thank u for your wonderful distro.

Can I install the live CD on HDD? What exactly do you mean by saying it's "packed and can be used by many users"? How it diffes from the paid version?

[uelsk8s]

Thank u for your wonderful distro.

Can I install the live CD on HDD? What exactly do you mean by saying it's "packed and can be used by many users"? How it diffes from the paid version?

No this release is not installable, We had to remove way too much in headers, docs, and other bits for it to be used as an installed system.

It is packed with apps for most every task.

The paid version is an installable, non-live version that is complete (none of the packages have been stripped).

HTH, and thanks for your interest

Uelsk8s

[coyote4]

Well done Vector Team!

I'm running an older AMD64 with a newer Nvidia Card.  No problems at all running the "Preview!"  There's lots of interesting stuff which I've only glanced at so far.  Nevertheless, my initial impression is "simply amazing!"

Are all these "!" redundant?  Naw.  I don't think so.  Not when I've found a distribution that recognizes all the hardware and has so far worked without a flaw.

So when can I get my hands on a 5.9 I can install?  I'm definitely going to latch on to it.

And so, a bit more redundancy:  Super job Vector Team!

Coyote4

[DrCR]

Any hope for a newer kernel version (2.6.24) for the final release? I'd like to be able to run this release native on a latest-gen MacBookPro.

Thanks! I'm still running 5.1.1SOHO on my A64 desktop. Looking forward to another astounding VL release! 

DrCR

[keyfitter]

Very nice!. I have been happy with using VL 5.8 SOHO as my main OS, but now I am waiting to replace it with 5.9 as soon as it is available.

[peispud]

 The sound bug is still present for my Audigy 4 sound card . This time I can't even get sound by bringing up the mixer - my card is detected and the sliders are up on the mixer , but sound is still muted .

[lagagnon]

With Audigy cards you must be particularly careful with alsamixer. The Audigy Analog Digital Output jack must be unmuted. Put a music CD in your drive, use a CD player, enable alsamixer and find that jack by scrolling to the far right then use the "m" key to unmute it.

[peispud]

 The rest of the preview looks good , but there has got to be a much better way to handle sound .

[lagagnon]

So did my solution for your Audigy card work for you or not?

[peispud]

 I'm stuck in Ubuntu doing a bittorrent download . I'm assuming that it will as Vector sees my card . Thanks for the info , I'll get back to you later .

[peispud]

 Yep , Audigy A was muted by default - thanks for the pointer . Can we please , please have this fixed . 

[lagagnon]

Yep , Audigy A was muted by default - thanks for the pointer . Can we please , please have this fixed . 

Developers: yes, it should be fixed. Every time I have loaded VL (whatever version) onto my machine with the Audigy2 card I have to manually make this adjustment. The problem is that the alsa control: "Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack" does seem to be set correctly in the file:
/usr/share/alsa/cards/Audigy2.conf

so I do not understand how it is changed when loaded. Unless /etc/asound.state does not get properly set? Any ideas?

[peispud]

 I have all my distros crammed on the one PC . Maybe someone with two PCs can do a side-by-side comparison of Audigy2.conf files . This problem seems unique to Vector .

[vector]

so I do not understand how it is changed when loaded. Unless /etc/asound.state does not get properly set? Any ideas?

Larry could you post the pre and after /etc/asound.state from non working to working...........ty
vec

how come this hasn't come up in our development /bug threads don't seem to remember this one............