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| 2016-04-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 RC2 |
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With the release of Slackware 14.2 quickly approaching, the project has released a second (and probably final) release candidate. The new development snapshot, Slackware 14.2 Release Candidate 2, includes a number of kernel fixes as well as an update to the latest version of the Thunderbird e-mail client. "Finally got some fixes we were waiting for in this new kernel. It's been almost a month since 14.2-rc1 so we'll call this Slackware 14.2 Release Candidate 2. Almost there. Get in any last-minute bug reports quickly." This snapshot also features a keyboard layout fix provided by Jean-Philippe Guillemin. The full list of changes can be found in the changelog. There are no official ISO images to download, but Slackware developer Eric Hameleers continues to provide his builds of unofficial installation DVDs from Slackware's "Current" branch Download: slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso (2642MB, MD5).
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| 2016-04-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 RC1 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced a new, and probably final, release candidate for Zenwalk 8.0. The new development snapshot, Zenwalk 8.0 Release Candidate 1, includes improvements from the upstream Slackwre project, including bug fixes for Logitech wireless keyboards, Subversion and Samba. This release also features updates to FFmpeg and MPlayer. "Following the Slackware hopefully final release candidate, here we are for Zenwalk 8.0 RC1. Many upstream bug fixes (Logitech cordless keyboards support, Subversion security fix) and updates (kernel 4.4.7, Samba 4.4.2). Many improvements in Zenwalk system tools to handle per-user settings like locale or HTTP proxy. Latest versions of userland applications: Chromium 49.0.2623.112 and Libreoffice 5.1.2 are also passengers of the wagon. FFmpeg has been updated to 3.0.1, and MPlayer 1.3 seems to be very stable nowadays when built dynamic (aka sharing ffmpeg libs), so I decided to release it 'dynamic': no more code redundancy." Details and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: zenwalk-8.0rc1.iso (1,012MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-04-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.19 Core 100 |
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The IPFire project has released the 100th update to the project's 2.19 branch. The new version, IPFire 2.19 Core 100, introduces a 64-bit build along with an updated Linux kernel. "It is a great moment to us and we are very proud to release the 100th Core Update today. This update will bring you IPFire 2.19 which we release for 64-bit on Intel (x86_64) for the first time. This release was delayed by the various security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL and glibc, but is packed with many improvements under the hood and various bug fixes." A number of fixes have been backported to the project's Linux kernel: "As with all major releases, this one comes with an updated Linux kernel to fix bugs and improve hardware compatibility. Linux 3.14.65 with many backported drivers from Linux 4.2 is also hardened stronger against common attacks like stack buffer overflows. Many firmware blobs for wireless cards and other components have been updated just as the hardware database." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA1): ipfire-2.19.x86_64-full-core100.iso (159MB, torrent, pkglist) |
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| 2016-04-13 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.3 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the availability of pfSense 2.3. The new release of this FreeBSD-based firewall operating system includes a number of new changes to its web interface and fixes several bugs from previous releases. "We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3! The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system, including the base system and kernel, being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg. The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, rather than the monolithic updates of the past. The webGUI rewrite brings a new responsive look and feel to pfSense requiring a minimum of resizing or scrolling on a wide range of devices from desktop to mobile phones. For the highlights, check out the Features and Highlights video. Past blog posts have covered some of the changes, such as the performance improvements from tryforward, and the webGUI update." Further information can be found on the project's Features and Changes page. Download: pfSense-CE-2.3-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (296MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-04-10 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 656 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Isolating processes with Qubes OS 3.1
- News: Whonix offers bug bounties, Ubuntu Budgie edition planned, Puppy's family tree
- Questions and answers: Setting up disk partitions and bash on Windows
- Torrent corner: FreeBSD, NuTyX
- Released last week: FreeBSD 10.3, NuTyX 8.1, PC-BSD 10.3
- Opinion poll: Upstream or downstream distributions?
- DistroWatch.com news: Updated contact and feed information
- Distributions added to the database: AryaLinux, Lakka, PrimTux
- New distributions: X-LFS-2010, Open Network Linux, EasyNAS, JyllDeveloper
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2016-04-07 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 3 Beta 1 |
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The OpenMandriva project has announced the availability of a new beta release for OpenMandriva Lx 3. The new testing release features KDE's Plasma 5.6 desktop running on Wayland. The distribution also offers the LXQt and Xfce desktop environments as lightweight alternatives. "This Beta 1 release is the culmination of over a year's effort and offers features that set it at the leading edge of software technology. The use of the Clang/llvm compiler to generate the majority of the code combined with Link Time Optimization (LTO) has created an operating system that is fast stable and efficient. The release features the latest KDE Plasma 5.6 based desktop along with full KF5 framework of apps which are supported by version 1.18.2 of the Xorg server and Mesa 11.2. KDE Plasma 5 now runs under the Wayland graphical server which offers smooth and fast graphical rendering. This configuration is experimental." Further information and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. Additional technical details can be found in the release notes. Download (MD5): OpenMandrivaLx_3beta1.x86_64.iso (1,652MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-04-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PrimTux Eiffel |
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The PrimTux project, which develops an education-oriented distribution based on Debian, has released a new version of the French language operating system. The new release, which carries the label "PrimTux Eiffel", features educational programs, LibreOffice 4, games and an easy to navigate interface designed with young children in mind. The distribution also features the Handy menu from Handylinux. "PrimTux is developed by a small team of school teachers and computer enthusiasts in the educational environment. For its lightness, it is not intended to replace or become the main operating system of a modern computer, but an upgrade for obsolete equipment, pointing toward the school or educational environment in the spirit of education." Further information on this young distribution can be found on the project's information pages. This release of PrimTux is available for the 32-bit x86 architecture exclusively and can either be installed on the user's hard drive or run as a live DVD. Download (MD5): PrimTux-Eiffel-i386.hybrid.iso (3,398MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-04-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.0-5 |
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Univention has unveiled a new update to the organization's Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.0 series. The new release, Univention Corporate Server 4.0-5, features mostly minor updates and security fixes. "We are pleased to announce the availability of UCS 4.0-5 for download, the fifth point release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.0. It includes all errata and security updates issued for UCS 4.0-4 and provides various improvements and bug fixes especially in the areas of Active Directory compatibility and the UCS management system. The Linux kernel has been updated to 3.16.7-ckt20. This includes several stability and security updates. Diverse further security updates, among others for OpenSSL, Samba, NTP, GNU C library (glibc), sudo or Apache, are included..." Further information is available through the release announcement and release notes. Download: UCS_4.0-5-amd64.iso (2,316MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-04-04 |
NEW • BSD Release: PC-BSD 10.3 |
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Kris Moore has announced the launch of a new stable PC-BSD release. The project's latest version, PC-BSD 10.3, is intended to be the final release in the project's 10.x branch and is based on FreeBSD 10.3. PC-BSD 10.3 uses the FreeBSD boot loader with GRUB offered as an optional alternative. UEFI support has been improved in the system installer and the operating system ships with Lumina 0.8.8 as one of the available desktop environments. "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of 10.3-RELEASE! This is currently planned to be the last maintenance release in the 10.X series, and we are currently working hard on the upcoming 11.0. A very special thanks to all the developers, QA, translation and documentation teams for helping to make this release possible." PC-BSD is available in two editions, the desktop edition and the TrueOS edition for servers. Additional changes and upgrade instructions for existing users can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): PCBSD10.3-RELEASE-03-31-2016-x64-DVD.iso (3,860MB, SHA256), TRUEOS10.3-RELEASE-03-31-2016-x64-DVD.iso (824MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-04-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 8.1 |
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The NuTyX project produces a French distribution based on the Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch guides. The project has released NuTyX 8.1 which contains many software updates and is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 builds. The new release features version 4.4.6 of the Linux kernel, Firefox 45 and version 5.3 of the GNU Compiler Collection. "Six months after the first Houaphan 8.0 version release, I am proud to announce the release of NuTyX 8.1. The code name remains Houaphan. Time's flying, Houaphan is already the 8th major release since the first public version of NuTyX in 2007. This 8.1 version is available in 64- and 32-bits. Both should have all the available packages." A list of important changes, along with upgrade instructions, can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-8.1.iso (243MB, MD5). |
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| 2016-04-04 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 10.3 |
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The FreeBSD project has announced the availability of a new version of their stable branch. The new release, FreeBSD 10.3 improves UEFI support, introduces ZFS boot environments and the ability to run 64-bit Linux applications on 64-bit x86 builds of FreeBSD. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE. This is the third release of the stable/10 branch, which improves on the stability of FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE and introduces some new features. Some of the highlights: The UEFI boot loader received several improvements: It now follows /boot/config and /boot.config files, multi-device boot support works and command line arguments are parsed. Additionally, its framebuffer driver has been enhanced with GOP (Graphics Output Protocol) and UGA (Universal Graphics Adapter) handling, allowing to set the current graphics mode on systems using one of these methods. Moreover, ZFS boot capability has been added to the UEFI boot loader, including support for multiple ZFS Boot Environments (BEs), e. g. those provided by sysutils/beadm..." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the detailed release notes. Download: FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,635MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2016-04-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Manjaro Linux 16.06 Pre 2 |
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The Manjaro Linux project has announced the availability of a new development snapshot for the distribution's upcoming 16.06 release. The snapshot, Manjaro Linux 16.06 Preview 2, ships with Xfce 4.12, KDE's Plasma 5.6, version 4.4 of the Linux kernel, a graphical configuration module for managing kernels and the Pamac package manager front-end is more flexible when it comes to software updates. "We ship Xfce 4.12 with this release of Manjaro. We mainly focused on polishing the user experience on the desktop and window manager, and on updating some components to take advantage of newly available technologies such as switching to a new theme called Maia, we already using for our KDE edition. Our KDE edition continues to deliver this powerful, mature and feature-rich desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel, and with the perks of Manjaro's latest tools. We ship now Plasma 5.6 desktop in combination with the latest KDE-Apps 15.12." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA1) (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-16.06-pre2-x86_64.iso (1,441MB, SHA256, signature), manjaro-kde-16.06-pre2-x86_64.iso (1,866MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2016-04-01 |
NEW • Development Release: pfSense 2.3 RC |
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Chris Buechler has announced the launch of a release candidate for pfSense 2.3. The development snapshot is available for testing and features a number of important changes, particularly with regards to package management: "We are proud to announce pfSense software version 2.3 Release Candidate is now available! The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg (including the base system and kernel). The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, rather than the monolithic updates of the past. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and Features and Changes document. Download: pfSense-CE-2.3-RC-amd64.iso.gz (296MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-04-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 16.03 |
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Domen Kozar has announced the launch of NixOS 16.03. NixOS is built with the Nix package manager which isolates packages and provides atomic package installations, removals and upgrades. NixOS 16.03 is a fairly minor upgrade for the project, featuring updates to the kernel and systemd along with improvements to the Nix package manager. "NixOS community is proud to announce the third NixOS stable release 'Emu' 16.03. This is a low profile release, but it contains many small improvements. We had 10,567 commits from 448 contributors in this release spanning over six months. The release brings many improvements including Nix 1.12.2, systemd 229, kernel 4.4 and many packages updates." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and release notes. Download: nixos-graphical-16.03.468.2d840da-x86_64-linux.iso (1,004MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2016-03-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Simplicity Linux 16.04 Beta |
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The developers of Simplicity Linux, a distribution derived from Puppy Linux, have launched a new beta release for people to test. The new development snapshot, Simplicity Linux 16.04 Beta, features a newer Linux kernel and lots of cloud-based services. The Beta is available in two editions, Mini and X: "The biggest change from the Alpha to the Beta release of 16.04 is that it is now running the 4.4.4 kernel. We would love any feedback from users on how it's performing for them, as we've found it to be very stable, but we only have a small amount of hardware to test on, so more feedback would be invaluable. Mini is our cut down version of Simplicity which shares the same base as our X and Desktop versions, but with a lot of software removed and replaced by web based versions. It comes with Google Docs, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Dropbox, Twitter and Facebook. X is our experimental version of Simplicity Linux and changes dramatically from release to release." More information and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): X1604BetaFinal.iso (776MB), Mini1604BetaFinal.iso (259MB). |
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