64bit Linux finally happened for me. There were a few stumbling blocks, most of which involved the general hesitation I had with stepping away from so much software I was relying on.  But now that I’ve seen how trivial recompiling is, and most especially because Macromedia Adobe Flash has an alpha out for Linux. Yeah, an alpha.  [...]

Until DOSEmu is provided in the 64bit repos, here are instructions for those of you who need their  DOS fix.. Tested 2009-12-31 on Unity Linux 64bit-beta1, updated 2009-12-28. wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosemu/dosemu-1.4.0.tgz?download tar xvvf dosemu-1.4.0.tgz cd dosemu-1.4.0 su smart-root install flex m4 bison bdftopcf ./configure make make install mkdir -p /var/lib/dosemu/drives/c wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosemu/files/dosemu-freedos/1.0/dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin.tgz/download tar xvvf dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin cd dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin mv dosemu/freedos/* /var/lib/dosemu/drives/c/ Edit /var/lib/dosemu/drives/c/config.sys shellhigh=d:\command.com /e:1024 /p^ => shellhigh=c:\command.com /e:1024 /p^ I also needed to [...]

It’s been a pretty fun week building KDE 4.4 Beta 2 for Unity Linux. Of course this is just not for Unity as when I’m done branding and testing on Unity the packages will be rebranded for Synergy Linux and then the fun begins. First however I would like to get a stable desktop environment [...]

Unity Linux Beta 1 becomes official and Unity Linux goes public At long last Unity Linux Beta 1 is released. I just want to say congratulations to those who have made this possible. There’s been a lot of work to do and a lot of bumps in the road but Unity Linux’s team of developers have [...]

The Unity Linux project is pleased to announce its first beta release, 2010 Beta 1.

Mandriva-based Unity Linux utilizes the MkLiveCD project, which allows developers to create their own distribution on top of a Unity Linux core (or “trunk”). Unity Linux thus strives to provide a solid, well maintained foundation that developers can use as a starting point to build their own “remastered” distributions, or as we like to call them, “branches.”

Currently, Unity Linux offers both 32-bit and 64-bit LiveCDs. Nearly 7,000 packages are available after installation. In an effort to give distribution developers maximum flexibility, the core is kept small and usable, but not too basic. Unity Linux provides developers with the bare minimum– just enough to make use of remaster tools, the smart package manager, a 2.6.31.6 kernel, and rpm5.

To facilitate easy access to packages, Unity Linux utilizes an SVN repository for packages and internal projects. All the necessary tools as well as a basic tutorial for building packages are already provided. An automatic build system to work with the SVN repository is in progress along with many other tools to make Unity the most functional project to start a personal or professional branch.

Check our Downloads page to get the 32 bit and 64 bit LiveCDs.