通用桌面Linux发行，Frugalware Linux 1.8 Pre 2 发布

Frugalware Linux是一份独立开发的通用桌面Linux发行，它面向中级用户。它遵循了Slackware风格的简洁设计理念，并且包括了来自Arch Linux的pacman包管理实用工具。

James Buren has announced the availability of the second preview release of Frugalware Linux 1.8, code name "Cinna", a general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate Linux users:
" The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.8pre2, the second technical preview of the upcoming 1.8 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.8pre1: package updates - Linux kernel 3.6.6, X.Org Server 1.13.0, KDE 4.9.3, GNOME 3.6. New features: CPU scaling on i686 and x86_64 now works out of the box for most hardware; cpupower is now only needed if you want to change the default behavior; video decoding acceleration libraries have been enabled in most multimedia programs."
Here is the brief release announcement with a link to a more detailed changelog. Those interested in testing the release can download the 64-bit installation DVD image from here: frugalware-1.8pre2-x86_64-dvd1.iso (4,281MB, SHA1).