Lunar 1.5.1 i686 pre-release (rc1) announcement

[Auke Kok]

Dear all!

out of the blue I'm releasing a new lunar installation ISO RC, named 
1.5.1 - "Gallium Arsenide". Since I'm currently building a i386 version 
and the i686 version has not seen extensive testing yet, I am releasing 
the current state as RC1.

That should not withold anyone from trying to use this version or 
actually use it for normal installation, but I would like to know that 
this release candidate might not become the final release. Just so you know.

If no objections exist, RC1 will integrally become 1.5.1-i686-final.

This version fixes a few bugs with missing files in /etc/, and adds 
support for displaying normal device names (/dev/sda, /dev/hda3 etc) in 
the entire installer. Also, there are now proper default choices in the 
language, font, charmap etc. menus to guide you. The network now starts 
by default after installation.

The package list has been modified a bit and now includes wireless_tools, 
lard as logging daemon, and xfs and reiserfs installs are now tested OK. 
Plenty of minor adjustments were also made that are too countless to number.

Please make sure you verify the md5sums after downloading the iso. Here 
are the URL's of the Release Candidate 1 i686 ISO:

http://lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.5.1-i686-rc1.iso.bz2
http://lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.5.1-i686-rc1.iso.bz2.md5
http://lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.5.1-i686-rc1.iso.md5

The final release will include the i386 ISO as well and (no promises) 
should be out within 2 weeks.

enjoy!

sofar