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Frugalware Linux
Frugalware Linux is an independently developed general purpose desktop Linux distribution designed for intermediate users. It follows simple Slackware-like design concepts and includes the "pacman" package management utility from Arch Linux.
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| 2017-03-15 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS Corral |
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The developers of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD-based operating system for network attached storage devices, have announced the release of FreeNAS Corral. The new release (which previously carried the version label 10 during the development phase) provides users with a friendly web-based interface for managing storage, includes ZFS support out of the box and allows the administrator to run containerized applications. "The FreeNAS Development team is very happy to announce the launch of FreeNAS 10 RELEASE and, at the same time, the renaming of 10 to Corral, a new name befitting what is also a radically new version of FreeNAS! With all of the new features in FreeNAS 10, as well as its entirely new look, we decided that just slapping a '10' into the release string simply didn't do justice to the giant evolutionary step we took with this release, nor has the version numbering scheme we've been using been increasingly accurate, since we stopped basing our release numbers on that of the underlying FreeBSD OS." The project's release notes contain further information on FreeNAS Corral and the life cycle of FreeNAS 9. Download (SHA256): FreeNAS-Corral-RELEASE.iso (806MB). |
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| 2017-03-15 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 7.1 |
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The NetBSD project develops a lightweight operating system which runs on a wide range of hardware architectures. The project's latest release, NetBSD 7.1, features support for running on the minimal Raspberry Pi Zero computer and includes initial KMS support for NVIDIA video cards with the nouveau open source driver. NetBSD's Linux compatibility layer has been updated and can now run the Linux version of Adobe Flash Player. "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 7 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Some highlights of the 7.1 release are: support for Raspberry Pi Zero; initial DRM/KMS support for NVIDIA graphics cards via nouveau (disabled by default, uncomment nouveau and nouveaufb in your kernel config to test); the addition of vioscsi, a driver for the Google Compute Engine disk; Linux compatibility improvements, allowing, the use of Adobe Flash Player 24." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): NetBSD-7.1-amd64.iso (373MB, torrent), NetBSD-7.1-i386.iso (406MB, torrent). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-03-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2017.03 |
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The Chakra GNU/Linux project, a semi-rolling desktop distribution, has received an update. The developers have announced a new version, Chakra 2017.03, which carries the code name "Goedel". The new snapshot features the Calamares 3.0.1.91 system installer which includes support for installing the distribution on Btrfs and LUKS encrypted partitions. "We are excited to announce the first Chakra release of 2017, codenamed Goedel, to honour the logician, mathematician and philosopher Kurt Goedel. The 2017.03 release introduces two noteworthy changes: 1. The installer, Calamares, has been updated to version 3.0.1.91. As a result, users are now able to install Chakra on Btrfs and LUKS encrypted partitions. Calamares has received lots of partitioning enhancements and bug fixes since our previous ISO release and the installation process should be smoother than ever. 2. Our homegrown Heritage theme for Plasma got a refreshing face-lift that we hope you will enjoy." Further details and version information for key components can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): chakra-2017.03-goedel-x86_64.iso (1,966MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-03-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus Kiosk 4.3.0 |
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Tomasz Jokiel has announced the availability of a new version of Porteus Kiosk, a lightweight Gentoo-based Linux operating system which has been downscaled and confined to allow the use of one application only - a web browser. The new release, Porteus Kiosk 4.3.0, features Firefox 45 ESR, Google Chrome 55, Adobe Flash 24 and version 4.9.14 of the Linux kernel. "I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 4.3.0 is now available for download. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 4.9.14, X.Org Server 1.19.2 Mozilla Firefox 45.8.0 ESR, Adobe Flash 24.0.0.221 and Google Chrome 55.0.2883.87. Packages from the userland are upgraded to portage snapshot tagged on 20170311. Short changelog for 4.3.0 release: Configuration parameter 'client_id=automatic' will automatically assign client ID to the kiosk - no need for manual configuration per device. This parameter makes client installation easier and faster especially for large deployments. Serial backend for the CUPS printing service has been enabled by default. Some USB printers still require it for direct USB connection." Further details can be found on the project's news page. Download: Porteus-Kiosk-4.3.0-x86_64.iso (67.0MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-03-13 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 703 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Reviews: SolydXK 201701 - Satisfactory and solid
- News: Solus announces new features, KDE Connect sends SMS messages, openSUSE's YaST gets Let's Encrypt module
- Distribution review: CloudReady - focused on the web
- Released last week: siduction 17.1.0, Manjaro Linux 17.0, ROSA R8.1
- Torrent corner: Antergos, Kwort, Manjaro Linux, Maui Linux, OBRevenge, Parrot Security OS, ROSA Fresh, siduction, Tails, Voyager Live,
- Opinion poll: Running a personal server
- New additions: FreePBX
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-03-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 2.8.6 (Beta) |
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The Elive developers have announced the availability of a new beta snapshot of their Debian-based desktop distribution. The new development release, Elive 2.8.6, offers several performance improvements, an updated application menu and easier access to removable media. "This release includes a good amount of performance optimizations, raising the performance in live mode to be twice as fast!, check the entry in our Facebook page to see specific details. There’s also a good amount of boot configurations that improves greatly the performance in old computers too, in a funny way, this version number reminds to a classic computer introduced in 1982 on which a good amount of people has started using computers." The Compiz package has also been updated with stability improvements: "Compiz - improved stability and configurations to have good eye candy in combination with speed and useful features, a very old and important bug was finally fixed making it a stable environment for daily work." Further information can be found in the project's release notes. Download: elive_2.8.6_beta_hybrid.iso (3,069MB, MD5, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2017-03-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot Security OS 3.5 |
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Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot Security OS 3.5, the latest update of the Debian-based distribution providing an array of specialist tools for penetration testing and computer forensics: "I am proud to announce the official release of the new Parrot 3.5 ISO files. This update took a lot of time (2 months) as we have not only updated and tested many packages from Debian, but we also tried to play with some new features and dropped some old and obsolete ones. This new release will no longer include all those old packages that did not meet the Debian standards, and of course we also removed the old and discontinued GtkDialog, that forced us to remove some other softwares built on top of it. On a brighter note, native VirtualBox and VMware guest support is now included by default. The Linux kernel was updated to the latest 4.9.13 release and we are waiting for Debian to finish the 'debianization' of Linux kernel 4.10 to start working on our patches for it." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download the "Full" live DVD image from SourceForge: Parrot-full-3.5_amd64.iso (3,264MB, SHA512, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-03-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 2.11 |
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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based distribution which is designed for anonymous web browsing and communication over the Internet. The Tails project has announced the availability of Tails 2.11. The new version features a number of bug fixes, including a fix for local root privilege escalation and the Tor Browser has been updated to version 6.5.1. The project has also reported the alternative anonymizing network utility I2P will be dropped in future versions of the distribution: "We are very sad to announce that Tails 2.11 will be the last version to include I2P, an alternative anonymizing network. Maintaining software like I2P well-integrated in Tails takes time and effort and our team is too busy with other priorities. Unfortunately, we failed to find a developer outside of our team to maintain I2P in Tails. As a consequence, the last version of I2P being shipped in Tails is 0.9.25, which is nearly one year old now at this moment. But we will be happy to reintroduce I2P if we find a volunteer to take care of maintaining it in Tails." Further information on Tails 2.11 can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: tails-i386-2.11.iso (1,153MB, signature, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-03-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R8.1 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of an updated build of the ROSA distribution, version R8.1. This is a bug-fix update for the KDE edition only, while the remaining flavours (GNOME, MATE and Plasma) are staying at version R8 (at least for now): "We are happy to present the correcting release of ROSA Fresh R8 platform by launching updated ROSA Fresh R8.1. This ROSA Fresh R8.1 release is primarily made for users who need stable LTS platform on modern hardware. This release contains all patches and software updates for Intel Skylake chipset and similar modern chipsets, also kernel 4.9.x is available right out of the box. ROSA Fresh R8.1 includes a lot of bug fixes, primarily for fixing network issues and some installation problems. Most important features and bug fixes: several fixes for installation and booting problems in live mode on some systems; Linux kernel 4.9.x LTS; Mesa 13.0.2 with support for OpenGL 4.5 to run modern games with free drivers...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R8.1.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,000MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-03-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 17.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 17.0, the latest stable version of the Arch-inspired desktop distribution with a choice of KDE and Xfce desktops (as well as several "community" flavours). This release updates the KDE Plasma desktop to version 5.9.3: "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 now ship Plasma 5.9 desktop in combination with the latest KDE Applications 16.12. It was a huge step to get it all playing together smoothly and to give the user experience the same feeling as our KDE 4 editions of the past. The Manjaro Settings Manager (MSM) now provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for installing and removing the many series of kernels we offer. Manjaro's selection of readily available kernels remains the most extensive of all Linux distribution we know of." Here is the release announcement for the KDE edition and there is a separate one for Manjaro's Xfce variant. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-17.0-stable-x86_64.iso (2,038MB, SHA1, signature), manjaro-xfce-17.0-stable-x86_64.iso (1,463MB, SHA1, signature). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-03-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 6 Sta 2 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the second development build of the upcoming Mageia 6. Labeled as "Sta 2" and considered a "stabilisation snapshot", this testing build arrives eight month after the first snapshot. Besides the usual 64-bit KDE Plasma and GNOME live DVDs, this release also provides separate 32-bit and 64-bit live DVDs with Xfce: "Everyone at Mageia is delighted to announce the release of our latest development milestone, our second stabilisation snapshot (sta2). We are now one step closer to the release of Mageia 6. Knowing that our previous snapshot, sta1, was released in July 2016, this new development release was long overdue. We talked at length about the reasons for this delay in a previous blog post. In a few words, it can be summarized as a succession of delays due to key contributors unavailability, infrastructure issues, upstream Plasma bugs...." Read the release announcement for further information. Download: Mageia-6-sta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,865MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,033MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,472MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-xfce4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,888MB, SHA512, torrent). |
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| 2017-03-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 17.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 17.1.0. As the name implies, siduction is based on Debian's unstable branch (also called "Sid") and it comes in various desktop flavours which include Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce. From the release notes: "Today we are proud to release siduction 2017.1.0 with the KDE, LXQt, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, LXDE, X.Org and noX flavours. The fact that Debian is in deep freeze for Debian 9 'Stretch' allows us to release the whole stack. The released images are a snapshot of Debian unstable, that also goes by the name of Sid, from 2017-05-03. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, a brand new installer and a custom-patched version of the linux kernel 4.10, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.2 and systemd 232." release notes for more details. Download (pkglist) your preferred desktop variant from here: siduction-17.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,315MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-gnome-amd64.iso (1,404MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,577MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,187MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (1,176MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-mate-amd64.iso (1,245MB, SHA256), siduction-17.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,227MB, SHA256). |
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