What's new in ttylinux 12.4:

January 24th, 2011

· distribution name ""
· merged with ptylinux; ptylinux now is a ttylinux variant
· integrated ptylinux into the ttylinux build system
· PPC ISO boots in a Macintosh in the normal way
· increased file system size 64 MB
· fixed udev rules for making /dev/{cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw} sym links
· fixed sound module loading for PPC Macintosh; sound is available once booted
· updated from busybox-1.17.4 to busybox-1.18.1
· updated from lilo-22.8 to lilo-23.1
· (bash) fixed job control; fg and bg commands now work
· (busybox) added several programs
· (busybox) added "eject", mainly to eject CD-ROM from slot-loading Macintosh
· new package: (binutils-2.20)
· new package: (gcc-4.4.4)
· new package: (make-3.82)
From ptylinux merged into ttylinux:
· added vesa, nvidia, radeon and matrox frame buffers
· added alsa libs and utilities for sound control
· (iptables) added /etc/sysconfig/firewall which has "FIREWALL=on"

What's new in ttylinux 12.3:

December 28th, 2010

· name changed from "meerkat" to "mana"
· added detail to the config/ directory organization
· changed the mechanism of using a specified kernel
· added prerun site-specific script callout to the make steps
· made easier use of cross-tools from a different location
· added ReiserFS, JFS and XFS
· added MMC/SD/SDIO card drivers to use SD card for disk drive
· added support for serial port console and login for "console="
· added "login=[,]" boot parameter to put login on serial devs
· added "nologin=[,]" boot parameter remove login from virt console
· added "modules=[,]" to load specific kernel module(s)
· updated from busybox-1.17.3 to busybox-1.17.4
· (busybox) removed kernel module handling programs
· (busybox) removed mount, umount, losetup
· (busybox) switched from more to less, added pgrep, pkill, top
· (iptables) added "ping" in firewall configuration file /etc/firewall.conf
· (udev) corrected to load modules that have bus aliases e.g., for sound cards
· new package: (gpm-1.20.6)
· new package: (module-init-tools-3.12) added insmod, lsmod, modprobe, rmmod
· new package: (util-linux-ng-2.18) added mount, umount, losetup

What's new in ttylinux 12.2:

November 25th, 2010

· Kernel modules, VESA frame buffer, and UDEV have been added.

What's new in ttylinux 11.2:

July 12th, 2010

· name changed from "aardvark" to "backfire"
· fixed a makefile shell problem for some hosts
· fixed the ttylinux-flash script
· improved the pacman and ttylinux-installer scripts
· (busybox) removed rtcwake
· (bash) fixed a bash build problem for some hosts

What's new in ttylinux 11.0:

March 23rd, 2010

· This release adds boot parameters for starting Ethernet networking, setting the time zone and a few other things. busybox, e2fsprogs and iptables are updated to their latest versions. Version 11.0 i686 and x86_64 updates glibc from 2.9 to 2.11.

What's new in ttylinux 9.0:

September 8th, 2009

· This release updates the kernel to 2.6.30.5, glibc to 2.9, and other packages to their latest releases.
· It adds an x86_64 version.

What's new in ttylinux 8.1:

June 10th, 2009

· This release updates glibc from 2.7 to 2.8 and bash, busybox and e2fsprogs to their latest versions.