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MIZI Linux
MIZI Linux was a Linux distribution which has been developed by Mizi Research since 1998. MIZI Linux 2.0 was our 4th release. Our goal was to develop a Linux distribution that can be used in every place from home, office, school, and even inside of space shuttle, we brightly expect, as the user-friendly Desktop OS. It should be an alternative of Microsoft Windows for people who want a powerful, flexible for a specific purpose, and stable computing environment. The MIZI Linux uses the KDE (K Desktop Environment) as the user interface and has many customized packages for the end user. It provides easier desktop environment than any other distribution on earth.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2017-10-11 |
Development Release: Lakka 2.1 RC5 |
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Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a computer into a game console. The project has announced the availability of a release candidate, Lakka 2.1 RC5, which is now available for testing on a wide variety of platforms. "Lakka 2.1 RC5 released with improved Dolphin support and experimental ASUS TinkerBoard support. We are proud to announce the release of Lakka 2.1 RC5! This version required a lot of team work. We merged LibreELEC 8.2 Beta changes in Lakka. RetroArch also got updated, as well as all the emulators and other libretro cores. Ntemis added support for some Rockchip boards, including the ASUS Tinkerboard. These new images are still experimental." A complete list of changes, including Samba, kernel and RetroArch updates, can be found in the project's release announcement. The announcement also features a screen shot and upgrade instructions for people with existing installations of Lakka. Download: Lakka-Generic.x86_64-2.1-rc5.img.gz (320MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-10-09 |
Distribution Release: Q4OS 2.4 |
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Q4OS is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Debian and featuring the Trinity desktop environment. The distribution has released a new stable branch, Q4OS 2.4, based on Debian 9 Stretch. The release announcement states: "We are proud to announce the immediate availability of the brand new stable Q4OS 2.4 version codenamed 'Scorpion'. This is a long-term support LTS release, to be supported for at least five years with security patches and software updates. Q4OS Scorpion is based on Debian Stretch 9.2 and Trinity 14.0.5 desktop environment and it is available for 64-bit and 32-bit/i686 PAE computers, as well as i386 systems without PAE extension. We are working hard to release Q4OS Scorpion editions for 64-bit and 32-bit ARM architectures as soon as possible. Q4OS offers its own exclusive utilities and features, especially the 'Desktop profiler' for profiling your computer into different professional working tools, 'Setup utility' for the smooth installation of third-party applications, a 'Welcome Screen' with several integrated short-cuts to make system configuration easier for novice users, KDE5, Xfce, LXDE, Cinnamon and LXQt alternative environments installation option and many more." Q4OS is available in Live and Install editions. Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-2.4-x64.r1.iso (606MB), q4os-2.4-x64-instcd.r1.iso (333MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-09 |
BSD Release: OpenBSD 6.2 |
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OpenBSD is a lightweight operating system designed with code correctness and security in mind. The project has released OpenBSD 6.2 which features many new drivers, particularly for the ARM architecture, and network packet handling performance improvements. Some key features have been added to the system installer too, including checking for security updates on the system's first boot: "Installer improvements: The installer now uses the Allotment Routing Table (ART). A unique kernel is now created by the installer to boot from after install/upgrade. On release installs of architectures supported by syspatch, "syspatch -c" is now added to rc.firsttime. Backwards compatibility code to support the 'rtsol' keyword in hostname.if(5) has been removed. The install.site and upgrade.site scripts are now executed at the end of the install/upgrade process. More detailed information is shown to identify disks. The IPv6 default router selection has been fixed. On the amd64 platform, AES-NI is used if present." Further information on OpenBSD 6.2 can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): amd64/install62.iso (330MB, SHA256, signature), i386/install62.iso (320MB, SHA256, signature). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-09 |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 733 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: KaOS 2017.09
- News: Fedora delays Server beta, Qubes outlines security features, IPFire updates Apache
- Opinion: 32-bit support prematurely obsoleted
- Released last week: Emmabuntus 9-1.00, NixOS 17.09, FreeBSD 10.4
- Torrent corner: Antergos, Bluestar, Chakra, Debian, Emmabuntus, FreeBSD, IPFire, NixOS, NST
- Opinion poll: 32-bit being dropped by distributions
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-10-08 |
Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.10 |
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The Chakra GNU/Linux project has announced the release of a new snapshot of the semi-rolling release distribution. The new installation media carries the version number 2017.10 and offers several package upgrades as well as an updated system installer. "The 2017.10 ISO is a maintenance release. As always, it is a snapshot of our stable repositories and includes all the package upgrades and changes that have happened in Chakra since the previous ISO release. Noteworthy changes include: New versions of the Linux kernel, Xorg server, and graphics drivers. Support for mesa libglvnd1. Dropping support for catalyst. The installer, Calamares, has been updated to version 3.1.5. Our home grown Heritage theme for Plasma received several improvements in the logout screen and icons. This release also ships with the following package versions that already available in our repositories..." A list of updated packages, along with screen shots of Chakra running the Plasma desktop environment, can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): chakra-2017.10-goedel-x86_64.iso (1,976MB, torrent, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-08 |
Distribution Release: Network Security Toolkit 26-9267 |
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Ron Henderson has announced the availability of a new version of the Network Security Toolkit (NST) distribution. NST is a bootable, live CD based on Fedora. The toolkit provides easy access to open source network security applications. The latest version, NST 26-9267, is based on Fedora 26 and includes several new features. "The Ntopng Hosts page has been enhanced for the geolocation of top active traffic flow connections. The Map below depicts top flow connections emanating from a site in Albany, N.Y. to web and compute cloud services data centres located in Ashburn, Va. (Amazon - AWS) and Cambridge, Ma. (Akamai - Cloud Delivery Platform). A host marker spreading feature allows one to expose flows to load balancing servers at those locations. The combination of host marker spreading with the superimposition of flows is similar to the Etherape application but with the enhancement of geolocation. Flows can be filtered for fine-grained analysis. Each host marker has an associated information window pop-up that includes nDPI - Ntop Deep Packet Inspection protocol detection, traffic flow rates and the accumulated data sent and received totals. An 'Active Flow Connections Editor' is also provided for configuring flow appearance and filter control. The Snort IDS NST WUI page now uses the Snorby application for the visual presentation of IDS events. NST Snort integration can simultaneously manage multiple instances of Snort IDS sensors using different rule sets..." More information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): (3,303MB, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-07 |
Development Release: antiX 17 RC1 |
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The antiX project has released a new development snapshot, leading up to the project's final release of antiX 17. The new release candidate includes a number of small changes and users are being asked to test a number of specific features. In particular connecting to networks, hot plugging both wired and wireless networks and Xorg configurations. "We are almost there! 32- and 64-bit ISO files of the 'full' version are available for further testing. NOTE: Wicd wireless option in F4 of live boot menu. Wicd is tuned off by default. As well as checking that all works as expected on an installed system, we would also like feedback on the following, in particular. Console fonts: console fonts (should never be less than 80 characters across). If kernel VGA menu appears are you asked if you want to save? Is the proper VGA resolution always saved with "F8 Save"?..." The release announcement provides further details along with ten specific features people can help test. Download (MD5) (pkglist): antiX-17.rc1_x64-full.iso (814MB), antiX-17.rc1_386-full.iso (829MB). |
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| 2017-10-03 |
Development Release: Fedora 27 Beta |
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The Fedora team has announced the availability of a new test release. The new development snapshot, Fedora 27 Beta, offers many package upgrades and improvements. New software packages include GNOME 3.26 and LibreOffice 5.4. The Fedora Media Writer utility now makes it possible to create Fedora images for SD cards that can be run in ARM devices such as Raspberry Pi computers. "The Workstation edition of Fedora 27 Beta features GNOME 3.26. In the new release, both the Display and Network configuration panels have been updated, along with the overall Settings panel appearance improvement. The system search now shows more results at once, including the system actions, and also the antiquated system tray has been removed to reduce visual clutter and confusion. The Topicons extension is available for use with any applications that have not yet updated. GNOME 3.26 also features color emoji support, older sharing in Boxes, and numerous improvements in the Builder IDE tool. Many thanks to the GNOME community for their work on these features." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27_Beta-1.5.iso (1,563MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-27_Beta-1.5.iso (511MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-10-03 |
BSD Release: FreeBSD 10.4 |
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The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has announced the availability of a new update to FreeBSD's 10.x production series. The new version, FreeBSD 10.4, includes support for eMMC storage and expands Wake-On-LAN support for Intel networking cards. In addition, the GNOME desktop has been updated to version 3.18. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce availability of FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/10 branch, building upon the stability and reliability of 10.3-RELEASE and introducing new features. Some of the highlights: 10.4-RELEASE is the first FreeBSD release to feature full support for eMMC storage, including eMMC partitions, TRIM and bus speed modes up to HS400. Please note, though, that availability of especially the DDR52, HS200 and HS400 modes requires support in the actual sdhci(4) front-end as well as by the hardware used. Also note, that the SDHCI controller part of Intel Apollo Lake chipsets is affected by several severe silicon bugs. Apparently, it depends on the particular Apollo Lake platform whether the workarounds in place so far are sufficient to avoid timeouts on attaching sdhci(4) there. Also in case a GPT disk label is used, the fsck_ffs(8) utility now is able to find alternate superblocks. The aesni(4) driver now no longer shares a single FPU context across multiple sessions in multiple threads, addressing problems seen when employing aesni(4) for accelerating ipsec(4). Support for the Kaby Lake generation of Intel i219(4)/ i219(5) devices has been added to the em(4) driver...." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and release notes. Download: FreeBSD-10.4-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,899MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-10.4-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso (2,682MB, SHA512, signature). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-03 |
Distribution Release: NixOS 17.09 |
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NixOS is a Linux distribution which is assembled using the Nix package manager. Nix features package snapshots, rollbacks and the ability to manage the configuration of the operating system and its services. The NixOS project has released a new update, NixOS 17.09. The new version offers updated desktop packages, the ability to revive old user identification numbers (UIDs) and many new services. "In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: The GNOME version is now 3.24. KDE Plasma was upgraded to 5.10, KDE Applications to 17.08.1 and KDE Frameworks to 5.37. The user handling now keeps track of deallocated UIDs/GIDs. When a user or group is revived, this allows it to be allocated the UID/GID it had before. A consequence is that UIDs and GIDs are no longer reused. The module option services.xserver.xrandrHeads now causes the first head specified in this list to be set as the primary head. Apart from that, it's now possible to also set additional options by using an attribute set... The handling of SSL in the services.nginx module has been cleaned up, renaming the misnamed enableSSL to onlySSL which reflects its original intention. This is not to be used with the already existing forceSSL which creates a second non-SSL virtual host redirecting to the SSL virtual host. This by chance had worked earlier due to specific implementation details. In case you had specified both please remove the enableSSL option to keep the previous behaviour. Another addSSL option has been introduced to configure both a non-SSL virtual host and an SSL virtual host with the same configuration." A complete list of new changes and services can be found in the release notes. NixOS is available in Graphical and Minimal editions. Download (pkglist): nixos-graphical-17.09.1462.07ca7b64d2-x86_64-linux.iso (803MB, SHA256), nixos-minimal-17.09.1462.07ca7b64d2-x86_64-linux.iso (331MB, SHA256). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-10-02 |
Distribution Release: Emmabuntüs 9-1.00 |
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Emmabuntüs is a Debian-based desktop distribution which strives to offer a beginner-friendly desktop experiencing while requiring few resources. The distribution ships with the Xfce desktop environment. The project's latest release is the second version to be based on Debian and uses Debian 9 "Stretch" packages at its core. The new version ships with UEFI boot support for both 32-bit and 64-bit computers. The project's release announcement lists the following changes: "Based on Debian 9.1 Stretch. UEFI support of the 32-bit version in addition to the 64-bit. Selection script for the new wallpapers designed by our friend Odysseus Libre. Installation menu for the non-free software in the Xfce menu. Added the book of Odysseus Libre 'The square who wanted to become circular' within Calibre, both in French and English version. Updated OOo4kids to version 1.5.1, thanks to the precious help of our friend Eric Bachard. Update of the Debian beginner's handbook by our mate arpinux. HandySoft replaced by GNOME Software Removal of SuperTuxKart and Hedgewars, in order to decrease the size of the distribution." Download: emmabuntus-de2-amd64-stretch-1.00.iso (3,573MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2017-10-02 |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 732 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Managing virtual environments with ClonOS 12
- News: Reducing Snap size, Ubuntu Desktop to drop 32-bit media, FreeBSD's Quarterly Status Report
- Questions and answers: Partitioning disks for ZFS
- Released last week: SparkyLinux 5.1, KNOPPIX 8.1, Tails 3.2
- Torrent corner: 4MLinux, feren OS, KNOPPIX, Nitrux, SparkyLinux, SystemRescueCd, Tails
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 10.4, Fedora 27 Beta
- Opinion poll: Web browsers and non-free DRM
- DistroWatch.com news: Mobile app for getting distro news
- New additions: BeeFree OS
- New distributions: eXtern, Advanced Persistent Security
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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