Toorox 05.2010 has been released, the latest update to the Gentoo-based, LiveCD distro. It brings an updated Linux kernel and the latest KDE SC 4.4.3, as well as other changes and bug fixes. All remaining legacy KDE3 packages have been removed, but other than that, there’ aren’t any new features. 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Toorox 05.2010 are being made available.

“A new version has been finished which contains the Linux Kernel 2.6.33-gentoo. The desktop environment KDE was updated to the recent version 4.4.3. The rest of all KDE3 applications and dependencies were removed. Therefore KlamAV was replaced by ClamTK and K3B was updated to the latest QT4 RC version. Guarddog and kdetv have been removed,” Toorox developer Joern Lindau wrote in the official announcement.

“Also UMTSmon has been removed - but now the complete network configuration and internet connection is handled by the NetworkManager and you can establish a mobile broadband connection via nm-applet. Nearly all packages were updated to the latest version. Till now the binary ATI driver (fglrx) doesn't [sic.] support the latest xorg-server 1.8 - so this release contains version 1.7.6,” he added.

Highlights of Toorox 05.2010:

· Linux kernel 2.6.33-gentoo; · KDE SC 4.4.3; · Xorg-server 1.7.6; · NetworkManager is now the default network configuration tool; · KDE3 apps and dependencies have been removed; · Huarddog, UMTSmon and Kdetv have been removed; · KlamAV has been replaced with ClamTK.

Toorox 05.2010 is just an evolutionary release with few new features over the previous Toorox 01.2010. The major updates are to the Linux kernel and the KDE Software Compilation. With Toorox 05.2010, the distribution is now KDE3-free. The distro is based on a recent Portage snapshot. It is being made available as a LiveDVD for 32-bit and 64-bit machines, but it can be deployed as a stand-alone install if necessary.

Toorox 05.2010 is available for download here on Softpedia.