For those few who don't know yet, Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl) is a
security-enhanced operating system with Linux and GNU software as its
core, intended as a server platform. After many Owl-current snapshots, Owl 2.0 release is finally out.
Owl 2.0 is built around Linux kernel 2.4.32-ow1, glibc 2.3.6 (with our
security enhancements), gcc 3.4.5, and recent versions of over 100 other
packages. It offers binary- and package-level compatibility for most
packages intended for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) and Fedora Core 3
(FC3), as well as for many FC4 packages.
Additionally, Owl 2.0 uses our new installer, making installation a lot
easier than it used to be for Owl 1.1 and below.
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