System Tools Backends Version 2.5.5, 2008-01-14
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The System Tools Backends version 2.5.5 "Blue moon" have been released.

The System Tools Backends are a set of cross-platform modules for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and other Unix systems. The backends provide an common DBus interface to all distros for modifying or reading the system configuration.

Right now the System Tools Backends fully support various distros/OS such as: Redhat, Mandrake, SuSE, Fedora, Debian (and derivations like Ubuntu, Linex, Guadalinex...), FreeBSD, Solaris, Gentoo, Slackware, OpenNA, PLD, Vine and Specifix.

Changes since last release
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- Use /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to start/stop network interfaces for slackware (garnacho)
- Make sure there are time servers when using ntpdate (garnacho)
- Do call reset_counter() when the configuration has been set (garnacho)
- Check correctly whether PPP interfaces are configured or not (garnacho)
- Add Ubuntu 8.04 (garnacho)

Downloading
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You can get it from :
http://system-tools-backends.freedesktop.org/downloads/2.5/