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Vine Linux 2.5 released!
Vine Linux 2.5CR will be released; pre-orders welcome

What's new

* Vine Linux 2.5 released(2002/04/15)

Vine Linux 2.5 (non-commercial FTP version) has been released today. Mirroring to secondary servers is on the way: a few more days are needed to be fully mirrored. Known problems and bug fixes against 2.5 release will be available on this web site or on the mailing list.
We are now preparing a nifty script to upgrade from 2.1.5 to 2.5 with apt. It will be available when ready.

* Vine Linux 2.5CR will be released; pre-orders welcome(2002/03/25)

The long-awaited product, Vine Linux 2.5CR (= Commercial Release) will be available at retail resellers in late April. 2.5CR includes as much as Intel, PPC, Alpha releases plus snapshot release for Sparc. Commercial softwares such as Ricoh Japanese TrueType Fonts (five fonts) for all archtectures, and famous Japanese Input Method Wnn7 by Omron Software for Intel and PPC. Wnn7 for PPC will be the first public release available.
Pre-orders can be available at the online shop below. Upgrades from old version of CR products is also available. (limited time offer)
   Vine Linux On-Line Shop
  
For any inquiries about Vine Linux CR product, please contact at Vine Linux Customer Center:
   Vine Linux Customer Center
   URL:         http://www.hancom.co.jp/vine/index.html
   E-Mail:      sales@vinelinux.org
   TEL:         03-3258-5440 (Japan)
  
Non-commercial FTP release will be available public sometime in April.

* Call for help - Vine Linux "Security Watch Team" (2001/08/22)

We are asking for volunteers to check and notify security/bugfix information on Vine Linux. If you are eager to share security info in order for quick release of security fixes for VineSeed and Vine Linux 2.x, please contact us at Vine@vinelinux.org.

* Vine Linux 2.1.5 released(2001/03/24)

Vine Linux 2.1.5, a bugfix release of Vine Linux 2.1, has been released and available on ftp mirror sites. Intel, PowerPC (pmac), Sparc edition are available (Alpha edition is also available as a "Technology Preview" release). Vine Linux 2.1.5 now integrates rpm-compatible version of apt, an supreme package management system derived from Debian GNU/Linux. You can now easily install/delete/upgrade packages with apt.
But please note that the upgrade with apt is supported ONLY from 2.1.5 to newer versions: we have not comfirmed to successfully upgrade to 2.1.5 from previous versions with apt.