Frugalware Linux James Buren has announced the availability of the first pre-release of Frugalware Linux 1.7 (code name \"Gaia\"), a general-purpose distribution targeting intermediate and advanced Linux users: \"The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.7pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.7 stable release. Here are some of the major improvements, fixes and updates since 1.6: package updates - Linux kernel 3.3, KDE 4.8.1, LibreOffice 3.5.1, Firefox 11.0, Thunderbird 11.0, SeaMonkey 2.8; kernel modules are now compressed with xz; GRUB 2 has replaced GRUB 1; text installer can now install to GPT labels; pm-radeon for setting Radeon KMS power management at start-up; phc package family brings experimental CPU undervolting.