Jaromil will be visiting Bangalore in end-January 2005 for the Asia Source camp see http://www.tacticaltech.org -- FN

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re all,

i forward you the release announcement for the new version of dynebolic, the GNU/Linux multimedia oriented distribution i'm doing. I'll be carrying with me some copies and will be available to have workshops employing it for audio/video manipulation, network radio streaming veejaying and anything else we can come up with together ;)

annunciazio'! annunciazio'! pepperepe'! pepperepe'!

dyne.org productions proudly present:

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100% FREE MULTIMEDIA GNU/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM

RASTA SOFTWARE FOR THE FREEDOM OF CREATION

the complete system is free to download and copy, go on ____ _ http://dynebolic.org _ _____ ___ __ http://dynebolic.org __ ____ __ ___ http://dynebolic.org ___ ___ _ ____ http://dynebolic.org ____ __ and redempt yourself from closed source software ISO CD image of 610Mbytes

:: WHAT IS DYNE:BOLIC ?

Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is a live bootable cd, containing a whole operating system that works straight from boot, without the need to install or change anything on the hard disk. If you like and want to have it on harddisk you can simply copy the /dyne directory on your computer: the simpliest installation ever!

Dyne:bolic is user-friendly: recognizes your hardware devices (sound, video, firewire, and USB), and offers a VAST range of free software applications for multimedia production, audio and video manipulation, sound composition and synthesis, 3D modeling, photography, peer2peer filesharing, web browsing, desktop publishing, word processing, cd burning, email, encryption, remote conferencing, funky games, a world atlas navigator and even more.

Advanced features include: a complete environment with the most advanced multimedia applications available on GNU/Linux, automatic clustering joining the CPU power between any other dyne:bolic on the local network, capability to work well on old PC (Pentium1 64Mb) and even XBOX game consoles, support to save and encrypt personal data and settings on a usb key.

Dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists and artists to promote free speech as a tool for the production and not only the fruition of digital and analog informations. It takes birth as a grassroot effort to spread free software and the spirit of sharing information and knowledge.

for more information see: http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=features with screenshots http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=press past reviews http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=docs the manual and wiki

:: WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE?

This release provides a major upgrade to software included and adds new useful applications, plus fixes some important outstanding bugs. Since the enormous success of the previous release, the suggestions of a growing number of users and the dedication of currently active developers Jaromil and Smilzo lead to this very stable release.

Everyone is encouraged to upgrade! here the complete ChangeLog:

= 1.4 major update "LUMUMBA" - Pure Data equipped with all major extensions: PDP, PiDiP, RRadical, grid, pique, bonk, choice, fiddle, freeverb, zexy, GEM-0.90, OSC and more (10x to Aymeric, Derek, Frank, Yves, Tom and PD!) - Blender-2.33a + Yafray-0.0.7 + Python game engine - LiVES 0.9.1 with Ogg/Theora and _many_ other codecs! - FreeJ-0.7.1 "BIKO" - RASTASOFTWARE! console remote controller (VJ over Ethernet) and Procedural Video Scripting: evolution from NLE systems - updated Linux 2.4.26, Alsa, OpenMosix and SquashFS-2.1 with improved efficience and wider device support including Zoran devices and most video boards - Xbox support up to recent versions and cromwell bios - Python is included with GUI extensions - Fix to modem connection, now fully functional - new software: Jamin-0.8, InkScape-0.39, poedit-1.2.5, KPhone-4.0.2, TimeMachine-0.2.4, tftp-hpa-0.38, Bomb-1.26, Pure-Ftpd-1.0.20, mlDonkey-2.5.22, Circle-0.41c, Aqualung-0.9b2, FLAC-1.1, iftop-0.17p1, Emacs-21.3, Seq24-0.5.2, Thunderbird-1.0, Chestnut-dialer-0.1, libtheora-1.0a4 - Mobilemesh wireless adaptive routing daemon see /usr/mobilemesh (10x to Elektra) - updated software: FreeJ-0.7.1, MuSE-0.9.1, ImageMagick-6, LADSPA, Jack-0.98.1, Blender-2.33a, Cinelerra-1.2.1, Gaim-1.0, GQview-1.4.3, isolinux 2.10, GEM-0.90, pd-0.37-4, Audacity-1.2.2, LiVES-0.9.1, BlueFish-0.13, EffecTV-0.3.9, MPlayer-1.0pre5, QJackCtl-0.2.10, Hydrogen-0.9, SDL-1.2.7, png-1.2.7, Xfe-0.72, libFOX-1.2.9, Firefox-1.0, Rezound-0.11.1beta, ogg-1.1.1, vorbis-1.0.1, Hydrogen-0.9.1, mjpegtools-1.6.2 - new games: Eboard, Racer and Eat The Whistle! tk-solitaire and Starfighter-1.1.1 plus the juicy updates for Wesnoth-0.8.6 - more documentation in the dynebolic user's manual - lectrobrain :: thk03

In case you have a DOCK (/dyne directory copied in your harddisk) you should upgrade it by using the one in this release - or when you boot the CD just answer YES when you'll be prompted to upgrade.

: THIS IS RASTA SOFTWARE !

This software is about Resistance ina babylon world which tries to control and limit the way we communicate and we share informations and knowledge.

This software is for all those who don't want to afford the latest expensive hardware to speak out their words of consciousness and good will, still offering a complete operating system with more features than some other proprietary system affected by viruses and full of spyware.

This software is free, Jah Rastafari Livity bless your freedom!

You should share this software for the good of yourself and your people, respect others and let them express, be free and let others be free. You are welcome to redistribute dyne:bolic in any way you like, to your friends and neighbours, to anybody who needs or is just curious to try, as you wish.

The roots of Rasta culture can be found in Resistance to slavery. This software is not a business. This software is free as of speech and is one step in the struggle for Redemption and Freedom. This software is dedicated to the memory of Patrice Lumumba, Marcus Garvey, Marthin Luther King, Steve Biko, Walter Rodney, Malcom X, Mumia Abu Jamal and all those who still resist to slavery, racism and oppression, who still fight imperialism and seek an alternative to the egemony of capitalism in our World.

:: CONTRIBUTE TO DYNE:BOLIC !

IF dyne:bolic can be useful for you, you can also be useful to dyne:bolic! consider the possibility to get involved with development, contribute artwork and ideas, help with debugging and documenting and anything else can come to you in mind.

->>>> BUG REPORT ONLINE INTERFACE: http://bugs.dyne.org ->>>> JOIN OUR MAILINGLIST: mailto:dynebolic-subscribe@dyne.org ->>>> CONTRIBUTE DOCUMENTATION: http://lab.dyne.org/DyneBolic (wiki)

Furthermore, please consider that the dyne:bolic project is an indypendent effort relying on support from non-profit, grant-making and business organizations willing to sustain development of free and opensource software like this.

Dyne:bolic relies on support from individuals like you to preserve, protect and promote the freedom it gives to its users.

This new release opens a donation round which is much needed at the moment so please show your appreciation with a small act of generosity! thanks!

:: GET SUPPORT AND CUSTOMIZED VERSIONS

The dyne:bolic team is also offering commercial support: we can provide workshops, consulting services, customisations, setup and warranty for fitness to a particular purpose.

If you need commercial support on dyne:bolic this is the way you can be 100% sure it will work for you.

In fact, this is the sustainable model we are building around dyne:bolic to support our development and further research: we are following the best knowledge here principle and offer customisation and special support packages.

For more informations see http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=cust and our workshop offer http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=workshop

:: DEVELOPERS TEAM

Denis "Jaromil" Rojo - mantainer of dyne:bolic, HasciiCam MuSE and FreeJ

Alex "Smilzo" Gnoli - mantainer of the Xbox dynebolic kernel

Silvano "Kysucix" Galliani - developer of FreeJ

Antonino "Nightolo" Radici, Luca "Rubik" Profico and Angelo "Pallotron" Failla - developers of MuSE

Federico "Bomboclat" Prando and Francesco "C1cc10" Rana for the bolic1

:: THANKS, WAVES AND CHEERS

Thanks to the many people developing day by day the whole GNU/Linux system, they are thousands all around the world and it is impossible to include all of them here. ONE LOVE!

Special Thanks to the OpenMosix project, Tom and the Blender crew, Salsaman for his valuable developments on LiVES, Dmp for the suggestions about Xbox, the amazing PD crews, Phillip Lougher for his great results in SquashFS 2, Albi for his suggestions and friendship, the linux-audio-dev programmers, the Twibright labs for Links2, the Xiph.org foundation, the squatters in A'dam and all others mentioned thru past present and future documentation of dyne:bolic!

Great respsct to all dyne.org hackers, the FreakNet medialab and the autistici/inventati collective, ECN.org and italy.indymedia, the ASCII, the #mdp slum and the irc.freenode.net #dyne IRC channel, Metro Olografix, the Hackmeeting community, radio Ondarossa, New Global Vision and the great dynebolic mailinglist community.

Thanks and greetings also to the individuals helping developers with their genuine solidarity, ospitality and humanity: Andrea Mayr, Armin Medosh, Jo van der Spek, Reni & Jogi, Matteo "blended" Scassa, Robert De Geuss, Gaby Wijers and many others understanting how much this is important to have keep such a project going.

Thanks, A thousand flowers will blossom!

:: DISCLAIMER

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Several redistributed binaries are copyrighted by the respective authors, it is documented in the accompanying manual of the distribution.

dyne.org is available to provide the source of the included binaries upon request, all the included software can be redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL license and, in some cases, the X/BSD license.

For more informations refer to the web pages on http://dynebolic.org

- -- jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, http://rastasoft.org