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Release Notes for CRUX 2.8

Introduction

This page discusses the relevant changes introduced in CRUX 2.8. Everybody upgrading from the previous release is advised to carefully read the following notes.

Toolchain updates

CRUX 2.8 includes glibc 2.16.0, gcc 4.7.2 and binutils 2.22

Kernel

Linux 3.5.4

Xorg

CRUX 2.8 ships with Xorg 7.7 and xorg-server 1.13.0.

Image

The ISO image is processed with isohybrid and is suitable for burning on a CD and putting on a USB drive.

Incompatible changes

Important libraries have been updated to new major versions which are not ABI compatible with the old versions. We strongly advise against manually updating to CRUX 2.8 via ports, since these changes will temporarily break the system.

Important changes

Known issues