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| 2016-02-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: RebeccaBlackOS 2016-02-08 |
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RebeccaBlackOS is a distribution which provides live media that showcases Wayland running various desktop environments. The latest release of RebeccaBlackOS, version 2016-02-08, includes a number of changes. The Ubiquity system installer has been replaced by Calamares. The KDE Plasma desktop is now a session option and runs on top of Wayland. The Linux kernel has been updated to version 4.3. "ISOs are now EFI bootable, (both the 32-bit and 64-bit ISOs). For booting on Macs, you may need rEFInd. This has not been tested on Macs. EFI booting has only been tested on QEMU and TianoCore, and also VirtualBox. To comply with Canonical's new licensing requirements for Ubuntu, Ubuntu is no longer the base tier 1 distribution providing core packages. Debian Testing is now used for tier 1 packages. Casper and Lupin from Ubuntu are pulled in from BZR, which allow Debian Testing ISOs to be bootable, when generated with Remastersys." A full list of changes can be found in the project's release notes. Downloads (MD5): RebeccaBlackOS_amd64.iso (1,299MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2016-02-03 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2016-02-03, the latest version of the project's Debian-based distribution for the ever so popular Raspberry Pi computer: "Some of you may have spotted that there is a new Raspbian release available for download. For most people, this is primarily about updates and bug fixes - but there's one exciting new feature that might be of interest to some people. ... In this release we are shipping an experimental OpenGL driver for the desktop which uses the GPU to provide hardware acceleration. This is turned off by default - if you want to enable it, you can find it in the command-line version of raspi-config, under Advanced Options, GL Driver. Due to memory requirements, this will not work on Pi 1 or Pi Zero boards - it is solely for Pi 2. If you don't use this option, the desktop does have OpenGL support, but it uses a very slow software renderer, which makes all but the most basic OpenGL applications pretty much unusable. The hardware-accelerated version is much faster, and makes some quite decent OpenGL games playable on the Pi." Continue to the release announcement for more details. Download: 2016-02-03-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,400MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2016-02-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Zenwalk Linux 8.0 Beta 2 |
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Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the availability of the second beta build of Zenwalk Linux 8.0, a major new update of the project's Slackware-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop: "Zenwalk 8.0 release is very close - beta 2 is ready now. Beta 2 fixes several minor bugs in Zenwalk's 'z' series of packages and it also provides all beta 2 bug fixes at the Slackware level. As requested by several testers, unprivileged user accounts creation dialog has been added to the setup, prior to the first X login. Also, some reviews let me think that I have to clear something about Zenwalk - Zenwalk *is* and *wants to be* a vanilla Slackware system with very few modifications at the system level. Zenwalk is not much easier to install than Slackware; just easier to setup at the desktop level. Being simpler than the big players, Slackware is already faster and more lightweight than most other Linux operating systems. You won't notice many differences between Zenwalk and Slackware - just a little bit faster to boot, fewer services, optimized SysVInit and a little bit more responsive." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download the installation DVD image from here: zenwalk-8.0beta2.iso (1,009MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Korora 23 |
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After three months of beta testing, Korora 23 final is out. Korora is a Fedora-based distribution featuring many user-friendly enhancements as well as a choice of five desktop environments - Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE and Xfce. From the release announcement: "The Korora project has released version 23 (code name "Coral") which is now available for download. Existing 23 beta users do not need to re-install, just keep installing regular updates. For the last three months we have been waiting for the RPMFusion repositories to be declared stable before releasing Korora 23. These community packages provide support for things that Fedora doesn't normally ship, like multi-media codecs and proprietary kernel drivers. Normally, the stable RPMFusion repositories are available a few weeks after a Fedora release, however the community has moved to new infrastructure and this has caused some delays. Features: Cinnamon 2.8, GNOME 3.18, KDE Plasma 5.5.4, MATE 1.12, Xfce 4.12...." Download (MD5, pkglist): korora-23-x86_64-cinnamon.iso (1,990MB), korora-23-x86_64-gnome.iso (2,106MB), korora-23-x86_64-kde.iso (2,157MB), korora-23-x86_64-mate.iso (1,988MB), korora-23-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,842MB). |
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| 2016-02-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 10 "Xfce" |
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Jacque Raymer has announced the release of MakuluLinux 10 "Xfce" edition, a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution for the desktop: "More than 12 months in the making, Makulu 10 Xfce does not disappoint. The focus on this build was stability, speed, social integration, key features that really make it unique and noticeable. Some core elements and standardized traditional elements were kept in this edition, however some new features were also introduced. The new social integration is unmatched in the Linux world, nowhere else can you simply so easily access your preferred social platform in such manner of comfortability. Featuring: Linux kernel 4.2; x86_64 with x86 support; Xfce 4.12 desktop environment; flavored in 'charcoal look' theme; supports many drivers straight out of the box; 357 languages pre-installed; most commonly used software pre installed...." Visit the project's Xfce edition page to read the full release announcement and to view a video introducing the distribution. Download (MD5) the live DVD image from SourceForge: MakuluLinux-10-Xfce-x64.iso (1,897MB). |
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| 2016-02-06 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 10.3-BETA1 |
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Marius Strobl has announced the availability of the initial beta of FreeBSD 10.3: "The first beta build of the 10.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available." The release announcement provides little information about any new features other than the usual bug reporting and system upgrading notes: "If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use SVN to do a source-based update of an existing system, use the 'stable/10' branch. A list of changes since 10.2-RELEASE are available on the stable/10 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 10.3-RELEASE cycle progresses. VM disk images are available for the amd64 and i386 architectures." Here are the quick download links to the installation DVD images for the amd64 and i386 architectures: FreeBSD-10.3-BETA1-amd64-dvd1.iso (2,633MB, SHA256), FreeBSD-10.3-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso (2,442MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-02-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Android-x86 4.4-r5 |
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Chih-Wei Huang has announced the release of Android-x86 4.4-r5, a bug-fix update of an earlier release to fix a "hazy fonts" issue found on some devices. Android-x86 is a project that ports Google's operating system for portable devices to standard desktop and laptop computers. From the release notes: "Android-x86.org is glad to release the 4.4-r5 to the public. Android-x86 4.4-r5 is a bug fix of the 4.4-r4 release. It addresses the hazy font issue of MESA 10.5.9 found on 5th Generation Intel GPUs. You are encouraged to upgrade to this release if you have encountered the hazy fonts issue. This release contains only one file. The file is bootable on devices with legacy BIOS as well as UEFI firmware. The file can be dumped into a USB drive to produce a bootable USB stick. Known issues: suspend and resume may have problems on some systems; the installer can't format ext3 file system. Please report bugs to the android-x86 mailing list with detailed specifications of your machine and error logs." Download the new Android-x86 ISO image from SourceForge: android-x86-4.4-r5.iso (441MB). |
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| 2016-02-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 7.2 |
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Pat Riehecky has announced the release of Scientific Linux 7.2, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-based distribution enhanced with scientific applications: "Scientific Linux 7.2 x86_64 released." Some of the changes in this version include: "yum-conf files pointing to non-base SL (such as EPEL, ELRepo, SL-Extras, SL-SoftwareCollections, ZFS) have moved to a central location; the install media now features the yum-fastest-mirror plugin which should locate a quickly responding mirror for network installs; SL 7.2 includes initial support for Scientific Linux Contexts which should allow for ease of creating local customization for specific computing needs; OpenAFS has been updated to version 1.6.16; the IPA packages have been customized to remove the upstream links to their support services....." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (SHA256): SL-7.2-DVD-x86_64-2016-02-02.iso (4,230MB, pkglist). Separate live CD/DVD images with a choice of IceWM, GNOME or KDE desktops are also available: SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveCD.iso (694MB), SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso (1,577MB), SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDkde.iso (1,713MB). |
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| 2016-02-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 Beta 2 |
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The second beta release of Slackware 14.2 is ready for testing: "Welcome to Slackware 14.2 beta 2. Getting closer." The above was published in Slackware's changelog earlier today, together with a note on the upgraded Linux kernel 4.4.1 and security updates to OpenSSL, PHP, Mozilla Firefox and xine-lib, as well as some notes on SysVInit scripts and MPlayer: "rc.6 - change command variable to shutdown_command to avoid conflicting with a same-named variable in rc.networkmanager. Added new script rc.cpufreq to enable CPU frequency scaling. ... This is the latest MPlayer-1.2 branch, identical to the 1.2.1 stable release. The bundled FFmpeg has been upgraded to 2.8.5, which fixes two security issues by which a remote attacker may conduct a cross-origin attack and read arbitrary files on the system." Those readers interested in helping to test the new release should download Slackware developer Eric Hameleers' unofficial installation DVDs which are built weekly from Slackware's "Current" tree; here is the link to the x86_64 flavour: slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso (2,623MB, MD5). |
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| 2016-02-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 2.4.5-20 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 2.4.5-20, a new stable version of the specialist Debian-based live CD with utilities for hard disk cloning and backup tasks: "This release of Clonezilla Live (2.4.5-20) includes major enhancements and bug fixes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2016-02-03; Linux kernel has been updated to 4.3.3; since Linux kernel version 4, the default Unionfs file system has been changed to overlay, therefore if you edit boot parameter manually, you have to use 'union=overlay'; due to the Linux kernel change in the Debian repository, the i586 kernel is no longer available, so the Debian-based Clonezilla Live is now only released with 3 architectures - i686, i686-pae and amd64; Partclone has been updated to 0.2.87 and a FAT16 issue has been fixed; a new file system, Nilfs2, is supported in this release...." Continue to the release announcement to read the rest of the changelog. Download (MD5) links: clonezilla-live-2.4.5-20-amd64.iso (180MB), clonezilla-live-2.4.5-20-i686-pae.iso (183MB), clonezilla-live-2.4.5-20-i686.iso (183MB). |
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| 2016-02-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 11 |
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Zorin OS is a Linux distribution that uses Ubuntu as its base and tries to provide a user interface which will be familiar to former Windows users. The latest release of Zorin OS, version 11, is based on Ubuntu 15.10 and features a number of tweaks to the desktop environment. "We're excited to finally announce the release of Zorin OS 11 with the availability of the Zorin OS 11 Core and Ultimate editions. With Zorin OS 11, we've focused on improving the overall desktop user experience, from the smallest details to the bigger picture. In addition to shipping new and improved versions of our standard pre-installed applications, we've included new applications to help you get more done in Zorin OS faster, better and more enjoyably. These apps include a built-in Contacts manager, Clocks - which allows you to set alarms, a timer, stopwatch as well as view the time in different parts of the world - and a simple and beautiful new video player." Additional information and screen shots can be found in the release announcement. Zorin OS 11 "Core" is available as a free download while the project's "Ultimate" edition can be purchased for €9.99. Download (MD5): zorin-os-11-core-64.iso (1,512MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-01 |
NEW • Development Release: LXLE 14.04.4 Beta |
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The LXLE project which produces a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu, has launched a new beta for its users to test. LXLE 14.04.4 Beta offers mostly bug fixes and application updates over the precious release. "Only minor changes in this version such as polish, theme cohesion, browser enhancements and bug squashing. Just two small software changes occurred. The first was replacing Xsane scanner with Flegita to provide a simpler interface with some nice options for scanning while also integrating with GIMP. Xscreensaver was replaced with light-locker since Xscreensaver had been causing conflicts with Winpick. Switching to light-locker seems to have resolved that while also freeing up some RAM. LX-Colors themes for Openbox/GTK is now standard, providing numerous elegant themes for the LXDE desktop. LXLE now uses the LX-Mixed theme as its default system wide look. The elementary icon set has also been updated system wide, this includes the default icon set used in LibreOffice." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): lxle-14.04.4pr-64bit.iso (1,412MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-02-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Simplicity Linux 16.01 |
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The developers of Simplicity Linux have announced the release of their Puppy-based distribution which uses LXDE as the default desktop interface. The new version, Simplicity Linux 16.01, ships with the Chrome web browser and DotVPN in place of the Tor Browser. The distribution is available in two editions, Netbook and Desktop: "It's that time again! A new release of Simplicity Linux is available for download. Simplicity Linux 16.01 comes in two flavours, Netbook and Desktop, both 32-bit releases. Based on the excellent LXPup distribution, we use LXDE window manager and 4.1.6 kernel. For those Simplicity Linux virgins, Netbook Edition is our cut down version using web based software rather than installed software which means you can keep all your data and satisfy all your computing needs in the cloud. Cloud computing FTW! On the other hand, we have Desktop Edition which is a lot heavier but comes pre-installed with great software like Audacity, LibreOffice and GIMP." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): Desktop1601Final.iso (595MB), Netbook1601Final.iso (383MB). |
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| 2016-01-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Lite 2.8 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the launch of a new version of Linux Lite, a user friendly distribution based on packages found in the Ubuntu repositories. The new version, Linux Lite 2.8, introduces a number of features, including better hardware support, a help manual that is accessible from the desktop and the ability to install the distribution on Btrfs volumes. "Linux Lite 2.8 Final is now available for download. The star of this release is the inclusion of the hardware enablement stack 3.19 based kernel offering greater hardware support. We've also included a host of new features including, Btrfs support during install, the help manual is now accessible from the desktop, Hulu now works out of the box, and the usual compliment of community suggestions and bug fixes. Changelog: Firefox 44.0 and Thunderbird 38.5.1; LibreOffice 5.0.4rc2; base: Ubuntu 14.04.3; new wallpapers...." Additional information, a screen shot and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): linux-lite-2.8-64bit.iso (807MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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