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| 2017-09-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 17.10 Beta 2 |
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Lukasz Zemczak has announced the availability of the final beta build of Ubuntu 17.10, code name "Artful Aardvark", together with the rest of the Ubuntu family of distributions - Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu. From the release announcement: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of the Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop, Server and Cloud products. Code-named 'Artful Aardvark', 17.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs." Those interested in testing this final beta release can download the live DVD images from here: ubuntu-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,420MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,667MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (916MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-next-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,232MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,575MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,595MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,369MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-17.10-beta2-dvd-amd64.iso (2,717MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-17.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso (1,232MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-09-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 3.2 |
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Version 3.2 of Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user, has been released. This is mostly a security update, although it also comes with some component upgrades, including Linux kernel 4.12: "Tails 3.2 is out. This release fixes many security issues and users should upgrade as soon as possible. New features: we added support for PPPoE and dial-up Internet connections, please tell us if this still doesn't work for you; we installed BookletImposer to convert linear PDF documents into booklets and vice-versa; we added GNOME Screen Keyboard to replace Florence, the previous virtual keyboard, which had many issues. Upgrades and changes: upgraded Linux to 4.12.12, this should improve the support for newer hardware, especially NVIDIA Maxwell graphics card; upgraded Thunderbird from 45.8 to 52.3. This version requires an 8 GB USB stick to install Tails, any 4 GB USB sticks that are already installed can still be upgraded." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information, screenshots and known issues. Download: tails-amd64-3.2.iso (1,153MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-09-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KNOPPIX 8.1 |
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Klaus Knopper has announced the release of KNOPPIX 8.1, the latest stable version from he project that pioneered the concept of an easy-to-use Linux live CD with complete hardware support. This release comes with LXDE (default desktop), KDE Plasma 5.8 and GNOME 3.24: "Version 8.1 of KNOPPIX is based on the usual picks from Debian stable (Stretch), testing (Buster) and unstable (Sid) for newer graphics drivers or desktop software packages. It uses Linux kernel 4.12.7 and X.Org 7.7 (Core 1.19.3) for supporting current computer hardware. New in 8.1: BFQ (Budget Fair Queue) scheduler, now included in the standard kernel within the multi-path scheduler, automatically activated for slow disks, kernel and system software (Debian Stretch + Buster) updated; LibreOffice 5.4.1, GIMP 2.8.20; Chromium 60.0.3112.78 and Firefox 55 web browser with Ublock Origin and NoScript security plugin; automatic expansion of overlay partition on USB flash without reboot after 1:1 copy of ISO hybrid image on USB flash...." Continue to the detailed release notes for a full list of changes. Download: KNOPPIX_V8.1-2017-09-05-EN.iso (4,342MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), KNOPPIX_V8.1-2017-09-05-DE.iso (4,342MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-09-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 5.1 |
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SparkyLinux is a Debian-based lightweight and fast Linux distribution designed to run on both old and new computers. The project's latest release, SparkyLinux 5.1, is based on Debian's Testing branch, codename Buster and offers a rolling release upgrade path. "Changes between version 5.0 and 5.1: full system upgrade from Debian testing repos as of September 25, 2017; Linux kernel 4.12.13 as default (4.13.3-sparky is available in Sparky 'unstable' repo); gcc 6 removed from the live media, the default compiler is gcc 7; - obmenu-generator updated up to version 0.80 (MinmalGUI edition), what speeded up launching the menu with SVG icons; the default system installer Calamares updated up to version 3.1.4; added new tool for installing a web browser: Sparky Web Browser Installer; new desktop environment added to Sparky repos: Manokwari; live system's memtest86+ issue has been fixed." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-5.1-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,307MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.1-x86_64-mate.iso (1,555MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.1-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,419MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-09-27 |
NEW • Development Release: NethServer 7.4 Beta 1 |
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NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. The project provides many optional modules and a web-based administrator interface to make setting up services more convenient. The project has released a new development snapshot, NethServer 7.4 Beta 1. This update features mostly small changes and bug fixes from the parent distribution: "We are proud to announce a new NethServer release. NethServer 7.4 Beta 1 is here, just 7 days after CentOS 7.4 release thanks to the amazing work of this wonderful community! The beta release contains all the features of NethServer 7.4.1708 in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the NethServer team, helps us target and identify bugs. This release is still not ready for production servers! Squid has been patched for a smoother web navigation experience when using SSL transparent proxy. Ntopng 3 replaces bandwidth, the Server Manager has a new 'top talkers' page which tracks hosts network usage. Suricata can be configured with multiple categories rules EveBox can report traffic anomalies detected by Suricata Many updates from upstream." Additional information on this beta release can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.4.1708-beta1-x86_64.iso (857MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-09-25 |
NEW • Development Release: LibreELEC 8.1.2 Beta |
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LibreELEC is a minimal operating system designed to simply run the Kodi media software on a range of popular hardware platforms. The LibreELEC project has released a new development snapshot, version 8.1.2 Beta. The new development release fixes the Blueborne vulnerability in Bluetooth and corrects some issues with Samba. "This is the third beta for our 8.2 release. It addresses minor findings related to the Samba bump: we now detect and avoid invalid Samba v3 configurations, old samba.conf.sample templates are overwritten with the new v4 template, and remote SMB shares are mounted using SMB2 or where possible SMB3. The release also adds support for the Raspberry Pi IQAudIO Digi+ board and a Xiaomi BT remote, and includes security fixes for the Blueborne Linux/BlueZ vulnerability. This is hopefully the final 8.1.x beta release; next will be 8.2.0." A complete list of changes can be found in the project's release notes. Download (SHA256): LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.1.2.img.gz (212MB). |
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| 2017-09-25 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 731 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: BackSlash Linux Olaf
- News: Mint makes reporting bugs easier, Canonical adds Wayland support to Mir, Debian experimenting with AppArmor
- Opinion: The W3C, encrypted media and software freedom
- Released last week: Kali Linux 2017.2, Endian Firewall 3.2.4, Korora 26
- Torrent corner: ArchBang, Clonezilla, Kali, Korora, Manjaro, NuTyX, Subgraph, Tiny Core
- Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 17.10 Beta 2
- Opinion poll: User interfaces for GNU/Linux mobile devices
- DistroWatch.com news: The Periodic Table Of Linux Distros
- New distributions: EGOS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-09-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 9.1 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language supporti) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The NuTyX project has released a maintenance update, version 9.1, for the distribution's 9.x series. "The NuTyX team is please to announce the 9.1 release of NuTyX. NuTyX 9.1 comes with Linux kernel 4.9.23, glibc 2.25, GCC 6.3.0, Binutils 2.28, Python 3.6.0, X.org Server 1.19.2, Qt 5.8.0, Plasma 5.9.4, kf5 5.31.0, GNOME 3.22.2, MATE 1.18.0, Xfce 4.12.3, Firefox 54.0.1. New ISO images are available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. This is a maintenance release of the 9.0 branch of NuTyX. It is possible to do an upgrade of your system without problems. There is no need to re-install your NuTyX. If the automatic upgrade process is activated, it will be done at next shutdown. Available graphical interfaces include: KDE 5, GNOME, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, flwm, jwm, ratpoison, Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, bspwm, Icewm, twm. To initiate the upgrade process, just type 'check'. If you did choose automatic upgrade, you just need to reboot your machine otherwise do 'sudo cards upgrade'. The number of officials collections remains 13:" Additional information can be found on the project's News page. Download: NuTyX_x86_64-9.1.iso (247MB, MD5, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-09-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Subgraph OS 2017-09-22 Alpha |
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Subgraph OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution which provides several security, anonymous web browsing and hardening features. The project has released a new development version, Subgraph OS 2017-09-22 Alpha. The alpha snapshot includes initial support for multiple named bridges which can be attached to application sandboxes. In addition, the Thunderbird e-mail application is now blocked from accessing the user's private keys directly. "There are some new features in this ISO image. Note that existing users should have most of these, as Subgraph is a rolling-release distribution. One exception is the HexChat default configuration for use with SOCKS5, implemented in /etc/skel/.config/hexchat. Multi-bridge (including Clearnet) support in Oz. Oz now has support for an arbitrary number of named bridges to be created and attached to sandboxes to support flexible layer 3 network exits. We have included Chromium as the first default configuration that uses this feature to provide a Clearnet browser. To get the Chromium clearnet browser, just run: 'sudo apt-get install chromium' and Chromium should be setup as the Clearnet browser in Subgraph OS." Further information on this alpha snapshot can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: subgraph-os-alpha_2017-09-22_1.iso (1,308MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-09-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Korora 26 |
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Jim Dean has announced the release of Korora 26, a brand-new version of the project's desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Fedora, but with many user-friendly enhancements: "The Korora project is pleased to announce the release of version 26 (code name 'Bloat') which is now available for download. Korora 26 continues the tradition of having code names based on characters from 'Finding Nemo'. Existing Korora users can upgrade to 26 'Bloat', see our upgrade guide. Features: Cinnamon 3.4 - this new release of Cinnamon includes lots of refinements to the popular desktop environment; GNOME 3.24 brings a number of new features to the GNOME desktop including the new Night Light setting which reduces eye strain; KDE Plasma 5.10 gains a new default desktop view and improvements to the Task Manager among a long list of improvements; MATE 1.18 - this release completes the migration to GTK+ 3 but also includes many new features; Xfce 4.12 - this release mainly focused on polishing the desktop and improving the user experience in various ways." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): korora-live-cinnamon-26-x86_64.iso (2,474MB), korora-live-gnome-26-x86_64.iso (2,402MB), korora-live-kde-26-x86_64.iso (2,710MB), korora-live-mate-26-x86_64.iso (2,653MB), korora-live-xfce-26-x86_64.iso (2,332MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-09-24 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.4-RC2 |
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Less than a week after the first release candidate (RC) was made available, the second RC build of FreeBSD 10.4 is now also ready for testing. Some of the recent noteworthy changes include: "Given that the amd64 disc1 image was overflowing, more of the base components installed into the disc1 (live) file systems had to be disabled. Most notably, this removed the compiler toolchain from the disc1 images. All disabled tools are still available with the dvd1 images, though. 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 ipsec(4). Support for netmap(4) by the ixgbe(4) driver has been brought into line with the netmap(4) API present in stable/10. Also, ixgbe(4) now correctly handles VFs in its netmap(4) support again instead of treating these as PFs. During the creation of amd64 and i386 VM images, etcupdate(8) and mergemaster(8) databases now are bootstrapped, akin to what happens along the extraction of base.txz as part of a new installation via bsdinstall(8)." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: FreeBSD-10.4-RC2-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,900MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-10.4-RC2-i386-dvd1.iso (2,680MB, SHA512). |
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| 2017-09-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2017.2 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest version, Kali Linux 2017.2, introduces a number of new security and penetration tools, as well as package updates from Debian's Testing branch. "In addition to all of the standard security and package updates that come to us via Debian Testing, we have also added more than a dozen new tools to the repositories, a few of which are listed below. There are some really nice additions so we encourage you to 'apt install' the ones that pique your interest and check them out. hurl - a useful little hexadecimal and URL encoder/decoder; phishery - phishery lets you inject SSL-enabled basic auth phishing URLs into a .docx Word document; ssh-audit - an SSH server auditor that checks for encryption types, banners, compression, and more; apt2 - an Automated Penetration Testing Toolkit that runs its own scans or imports results from various scanners, and takes action on them..." A complete list of new utilities and their functions can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2017.2-amd64.iso (2,880MB, torrent), kali-linux-light-2017.2-amd64.iso (858MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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3CX Phone System is a specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution designed to run a complete unified communications platform. The 3CX client, included in the distribution, can also be installed separately on most hardware as well as the cloud. It provides a complete open standards-based IP PBX and phone system that works with popular SIP trunks and IP phones. It will automatically configure all supported peripherals and it also comes with clients for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android. The ISO image includes a free license for the 3CX PBX edition. The ISO image contains the standard Debian installer which installs a minimal system with the nginx web server, PostgreSQL database, iptables firewall and Secure Shell. Options not relevant to 3CX have been removed form the distribution. Download the installation ISO image from here: debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (265MB). |
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