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DistroWatch.com: ROCK Linux
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ROCK Linux

Last Update: Thursday 20 November 2008 15:20 GMT

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ROCK Linux Summary
Distribution ROCK Linux
Home Page http://www.rocklinux.org/
Origin Austria
Mailing Lists http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions.org
Documentation http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Manual
Screenshots TCS
Download Mirrors http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Download
Alternative Download Sites MadTux.orgLinuxQuestions.org
Related Web Sites The ROCK Linux Web Portal
Reviews 1.x: O'Reilly Network
Status This distribution is active.
Where To Buy LinuxCD.org

About ROCK Linux
ROCK is a distribution build kit, or in other words, a software development toolkit for building OS solutions. You can configure your personal build of ROCK and easily build your own distribution directly from source code. Most of the ROCK Linux development is done on ix86 hardware, But ROCK Linux also supports the Alpha AXP, PowerPC, Sparc32/Sparc64 and MIPS architectures.

Recent Related News
 • 2006-07-27: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux 3
 • 2005-10-18: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux Live CD rev6454
 • 2004-12-12: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux Live CD rev4860
 • 2004-11-23: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux 2.0.3
 • 2004-10-11: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux Live CD
 • 2004-06-28: Distribution Release: ROCK Linux 2.0.2

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Table Notes and Explanations
  • Select view: Major packages only (52) All tracked packages (203)
  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature snapshot 3 2.0.3 1.6.0 1.4.1 1.4.0
Release Date 2008/11/20 2006/07/27 2004/11/23 2003/07/02 2002/02/26 2001/04/26
Price (US$) -- 15 15 15 15 15
CDs -- 1 3 2 1 1
Free Download Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop            
Package Management SRC, MINE SRC, MINE SRC, MINE SRC SRC SRC
Office Suite GNOME Office, KOffice GNOME Office, KOffice GNOME Office, KOffice KOffice KOffice --
Processor Architecture Alpha, ARM, HPPA-RISC, IA-64, MIPS, PowerPC, Sparc, x86, x86_64 Alpha, ia64, ix86, Mips, PPC, Sparc Alpha, ia64, ix86, Mips, PPC, Sparc Alpha, ix86, Mips, PPC, Sparc Alpha, ix86, Mips, PPC, Sparc Alpha, ix86, Mips, PPC, Sparc
Journaled File Systems ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS  
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support            
Package snapshot 3 2.0.3 1.6.0 1.4.1 1.4.0
abiword (2.6.4) 2.4.5 2.2.3 2.0.1-2 1.0.1 1.0.3 1.0.2
alsa-lib (1.0.18) 1.0.13 1.0.11rc4 1.0.6 0.9.0rc2 0.9.0rc5 0.9.0rc2
amarok (1.4.10) 1.4.4 1.4.0a -- -- -- --
ati-driver (8.11) 8.28.8 8.23.7 -- -- -- --
bind (9.5.0-P2) 9.4.1-P1 9.3.2 9.2.3 9.2.0 9.2.1 9.1.3
compiz (0.7.8) 0.6.2          
cups (1.3.9) 1.3.5 1.1.23 1.1.21 1.1.15-1 1.1.16 1.1.15
db (4.7.25) 4.4.20 4.2.52 4.2.52 3.3.11 3.3.11 --
dhcp (4.0.0) 4.0.0b2 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0.1rc9 3.0pl1 3.0pl1
emacs (22.3) 21.4a 21.4a 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2
evolution (2.24.1.1) 2.12.1 2.4.1 1.4.5 1.0.5 -- --
firefox (3.0.4) 3.0.3 1.5.0.4 1.0 -- -- --
freetype (2.3.7) 2.3.4 2.2.1 2.1.5 2.0.9 2.0.5 2.0.1
gcc (4.3.2) 4.3.1 4.1.0 3.3.3 2.95.3 2.95.3 2.95.3
gimp (2.6.2) 2.4.1 2.2.8 2.0.4 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.3
glibc (2.7) 2.7 2.4 2.3.2 2.2.5 2.2.5 2.2.5
gnucash (2.2.7) 2.0.0 1.8.9 1.8.8 -- 1.6.6 1.6.6
gnumeric (1.8.3) 1.7.14 1.4.2 1.2.6 1.0.1 0.71 0.71
gtk+ (2.14.4) 2.12.1 2.8.6 2.2.4 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.10
httpd (2.2.10) 2.2.8 2.0.55 2.0.52 -- -- --
inkscape (0.46) 0.46 0.42.2 -- -- -- --
jre (6u10) --          
k3b (1.0.5) 1.0.4 0.12.15 0.11.9 -- -- --
kaffeine (0.8.7) 0.8.5          
kdebase (4.1.3) 3.5.8 3.5.3 3.2.3 3.0.2 3.0.4 3.0.3
koffice (1.6.3) 1.6.3 1.5.1 1.3.1 1.2-beta2 -- --
Package snapshot 3 2.0.3 1.6.0 1.4.1 1.4.0
libgnome (2.24.1) 2.20.1.1 2.12.0.1 2.4.0 -- -- --
linux (2.6.27.7) 2.6.26.5 2.6.16 2.6.7 2.4.18 2.4.19 2.4.19
module-init-tools (3.5) 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.0 -- -- --
mono (2.0.1) 1.1.8 1.0.6 1.0.4 -- -- --
MPlayer (1.0rc2) 1.0rc2 1.0pre7try2 1.0pre5 0.90pre1 0.90pre9 0.90pre6
mysql (5.0.67) 4.1.22 4.1.20 4.0.21 -- 3.23.53 3.23.51
nautilus (2.24.1) 2.20.0 2.12.1 2.4.2 -- 1.0.6 1.0.6
NVIDIA (177.82) 1.0-8776 1.0-8762 1.0-5336 -- -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
openssh (5.1p1) 4.7p1 4.3p2 3.8p1 3.1p1 3.5p1 3.4p1
openssl (0.9.8i) 0.9.8g 0.9.8a 0.9.7d 0.9.6d 0.9.6g 0.9.6g
perl (5.10.0) -- 5.8.7 5.8.5 5.6.1 5.8.0 5.8.0
php (5.2.6) 4.4.7 5.1.4 4.3.4 -- 4.2.3 4.2.1
pidgin (2.5.2) -- 1.5.0 0.81 -- -- --
postfix (2.5.5) 2.5.2 2.2.8 2.1.5 -- -- --
postgresql (8.3.5) postgresql-8.2.6 8.1.4 7.4.1 -- 7.2.3 7.2.1
Python (2.6) 2.5.1 2.4.2 2.3.4 2.1.1 2.2.2 2.2.1
qt-x11 (4.4.3) 4.3.3 3.3.6 3.3.2 3.0.4 3.0.6 3.0.5
samba (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.0.22 3.0.8 2.2.5 2.2.7 2.2.5
sendmail (8.14.3) 8.14.1 8.13.7 8.12.10 -- 8.12.6 8.12.6
thunderbird (2.0.0.18) 2.0.0.14 1.5.0.4 0.8 -- -- --
udev (133) 116 092 -- -- -- --
vim (7.2) 7.1 7.0 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1
xfce (4.4.3) 4.2.3.2 4.2.3.2 4.0.5 -- -- --
xine-lib (1.1.15) 1.1.3 1.1.1 1-rc2 0.9.12 0.9.13 0.9.13
xorg-server (1.5.3) -- 6.9.0 -- -- -- --

Previous ROCK Linux releases:
2001/12/18 - dROCK 1.4.0
1999/08/17 - ROCK 1.2.0


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