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Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD or as a rescue system. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk, although this option is also available (it needs 1.2GB of hard disk space). Berry Linux is based on Red Hat Linux and Knoppix.
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| 2017-06-26 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 718 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Debian 9 "Stretch"
- News: Debian updates live media, pfSense gains commercial support, Ubuntu testing new network configuration tool, openSUSE gains out of the box MP3 support
- Questions and answers: Distributions with support for even older hardware
- Released last week: OpenMandriva Lx 3.02, Debian Edu/skolelinux 9, Univention 4.2-1
- Torrent corner: Debian-Edu, NAS4Free, OpenMandriva, Raspbian, SparkyLinux, TrueOS, Ultimate, Univention, Voyager
- Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 17.10 Alpha 1
- Opinion poll: Computers older than i686
- New additions: Zevenet
- New distributions: UBports
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-06-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Voyager Live 9 |
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Rodolphe Bachelart has announced the release of Voyager Live 9, a brand-new version of the project's desktop Linux distribution featuring a highly customised Xfce desktop with many user-friendly enhancements. This release, based on Debian 9, is built around the Xfce 4.12 desktop, coupled with Linux kernel 4.9.30. The entire Voyager structure has been re-coded and cleaned up, while the scripts have been modified to accommodate the Xfce 4.12 desktop and its components. This is a version which aims to provide the latest Xfce on Debian for both recent and old machines, with new ergonomics which are already part of the (Ubuntu-based) Voyager 16.04.2, as well as new themes, software and scripts. GParted is now included in the live image so users who have a problem using the Debian installer's disk partitioner, can perform manual partitioning before installation. A tutorial is provided in Thunar live in both French and English. Three editions will be available - two x86_64 image with EFI and non-EFI support (labelled as "gpc") and an i686 PAE variant (not yet released at the time of writing)." See the release announcement (in French) for further information and screenshots. The distribution supports both French and English; download (MD5) links: Voyager-9-Debian-efi-amd64.iso (1,730MB, pkglist), Voyager-9-Debian-gpc-amd64.iso (1,730MB). |
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| 2017-06-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 5.5 |
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Ultimate Edition developer "TheeMahn" has announced a release of a new build of Ultimate Edition. Version 5.5, featuring the KDE Plasma 5.9.5 desktop, is based on Kubuntu 17.04, which is a distribution supported for nine months only (until January 2018). From the release notes: "Ultimate Edition 5.5 was built from the Ubuntu 17.04 'Zesty Zapus' tree, using a combination of Tmosb (TheeMahn's Operating System Builder) and work by hand. Tmosb is also included in this release (1.9.9), allowing you to do the same; it can build more then 3,000 operating systems. This release is NOT a long-term supported (LTS) release; it was built in anticipation of the Ryzen build, same as Ultimate Edition 5.4, both rock on an AMD Ryzen. I can almost promise your days of waiting for a releases are gone minus LTS. Polishing releases takes time and I do not care how fast your computer is. I will only invest so much time on a non-LTS. Does not mean it will not rock out on Intel; however, deliberate support has been added for Ryzen. I am going to let this release become what it will be and what it is a non-LTS. Enjoy!" Download (MD5) the installable live DVD image from SourceForge: ultimate-edition-5.5-x64.iso (4,081MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-06-24 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 11.1-BETA3 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of a new beta snapshot of the FreeBSD operating system. The new development version, FreeBSD 11.1-BETA3, is available for x86, ARM, PowerPC and Sparc64 architectures. Several fixes and improvements have been introduced since the previous beta, including: "The mlx4en driver has been updated to use static device numbering instead of dynamic numbering. The patch(1) utility has been updated to fix an infinite loop when failing to read the specified input. The bsdinstall utility has been updated to use consistent EFI partition configuration across all supported platforms. A system panic when booting a single CPU system has been corrected. The vmxnet3 driver has been updated to fix a system crash when LRO (large receive offloading) was enabled. An issue where an ethernet adapter would not report 'no carrier' after
disconnecting the network cable has been corrected. The qlnxe driver firmware has been updated to version 8.30.0.0." Information on testing and providing feedback for this beta release can be found in Barber's release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-11.1-BETA3-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,193MB, SHA512). |
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| 2017-06-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-06-21 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2017-06-21, an updated build of the project's distribution designed for the Raspberry Pi. In case you are wondering, this version is still based on Debian 8 "Jessie" (and not on the just-released Debian 9 "Stretch"). From the release announcement: "Today we've released another update to the Raspbian desktop. In addition to the usual small tweaks and bug fixes, the big new changes are the inclusion of an offline version of Scratch 2.0 and of Thonny (a user-friendly IDE for Python which is excellent for beginners). Scratch is one of the most popular pieces of software on Raspberry Pi. This is largely due to the way it makes programming accessible - while it is simple to learn, it covers many of the concepts that are used in more advanced languages. Scratch really does provide a great introduction to programming for all ages. Raspbian ships with the original version of Scratch, which is now at version 1.4. A few years ago, though, the Scratch team at the MIT Media Lab introduced the new and improved Scratch version 2.0, and ever since we've had numerous requests to offer it on the Pi." Download: 2017-06-21-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,582MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-06-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.6 |
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The SparkyLinux distribution is a Debian-based project which typically tracks Debian's Testing branch to provide a lightweight, friendly desktop operating system. Following the release of Debian 9, the SparkyLinux team has announced the launch of SparkyLinux 4.6 which is built using software from Debian's Stable branch. "There are new live/install ISO images of SparkyLinux 4.6-STB 'Tyche' available to download. This is the first Sparky edition based on Debian Stable line 9 codename 'Stretch'. Sparky 'Home' edition provides fully featured operating system with two lightweight desktops: LXDE and Xfce. Sparky 'MinimalGUI' and 'MinimalCLI' let you install the base system with a minimal set of applications and a desktop of your choice, via the Sparky Advanced Installer." The new version ships with Linux kernel 4.9 (with newer kernels available in SparkyLinux's Unstable repository) and the Icedove e-mail client has been replaced by Thunderbird. The release announcement for SparkyLinux 4.6 offers further information and a list of changes since the previous 4.5 release. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.6-x86_64-lxde-stb.iso (1,303MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.6-x86_64-xfce-stb.iso (1,318MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-06-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.2-1 |
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Nico Gulden has announced the release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.2-1, a new build of the Debian-based server distribution featuring a web-based management system for central administration of servers: "We are pleased to announce the availability of UCS 4.2-1 for download, the first point release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.2. It includes all errata updates issued for UCS 4.2-1 and provides various improvements and bug fixes especially in the following areas: forwarding of emails can now be set per mail user in the management system; changing the password to log on to the UCS management system has been improved, this allows users from a Microsoft Active Directory domain to change their expired password; when logging on as root user, a hint now appears, since for root the domain modules are not available; the IPv6 configuration capabilities of various services have been improved, for example in the Nagios or proxy server configuration and in the management system; the App Center docker integration has been improved, so it reacts better to errors." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: UCS_4.2-1-amd64.iso (1,123MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-06-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 3.02 |
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The OpenMandriva project is a fork of the Mandriva family of Linux distributions. The project's latest release, OpenMandriva Lx 3.02, features a number of package updates, including the Plasma 5.9.5 desktop environment, Wayland 1.12.0, systemd 233 and version 4.11 of the Linux kernel. OpenMandriva's kernel uses the BFQ scheduler for improved desktop performance. The project's release announcement declares: "The distribution ISO is bootable in BIOS or UEFI from USB stick or DVD and uses the Calamares installer to guide you through installation with the minimum of effort. The ISO also offers a means of booting EFI partitions should they become inaccessible because of boot order changes. This distribution has been successfully installed and run on a dual-graphics chip notebook using Bumblebee. A working i586 image is available however this will only install on genuine i686 boxes. If your machine is 64-bit please use the relevant 64-bit image. Main features in this release: KDE - Frameworks 5.33.0, Plasma 5.9.5, Applications 17.04, Qt 5.8.0; display subsystem - X.Org Server 1.19.3, Wayland 1.12.0, Mesa 17.1.1; core - Linux kernel 4.11.3 (with BFQ as default I/O scheduler and UKSM enabled), systemd 233, LLVM/Clang 4.0.1, GCC 6.3.1, glibc 2.25...." Additional information and updated package versions can be found in the release notes. Download (MD5): OpenMandrivaLx.3.02-PLASMA.x86_64.iso (2,050MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-06-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian Edu/Skolelinux 9 |
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Hot on the heels of the new Debian release comes Debian Edu/Skolelinux 9, a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution tailored to educational institutions, computer labs and school networks. Donald Norwood announced the release yesterday: "The Debian Edu developer team is happy to announce Debian Edu 9, the first Debian Edu / Skolelinux release based on the Debian 9 'Stretch' release. Debian Edu, also known as Skolelinux, is a Linux distribution based on Debian providing an out-of-the box environment of a completely configured school network. Immediately after installation a school server running all services needed for a school network is set up just waiting for users and machines to be added via GOsa2, a comfortable web interface. ... These are some items from the release notes for Debian Edu 9: Plymouth is installed and activated by default, except for the 'Main Server' and 'Minimal' profiles; Icinga replaces Nagios as monitoring tool; LTSP now uses NBD instead of NFS for the root filesystem; a Japanese translation of the manual is now available." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA256) options include a 5.5 GB file meant for USB devices as well as a single-CD "netinstall" image: debian-edu-9+edu0-USB.iso (5,578MB, pkglist), debian-edu-9+edu0-CD.iso (647MB). |
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| 2017-06-19 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 717 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Swimming with SharkLinux
- News: Solus founder decides to work on project full time, Parrot Security considers switch to Devuan base, OpenBSD working on new kernel security feature, UBports releases first OTA update, fix for Fedora update errors, Debian 9 editions released
- Tips and tricks: Combining commands in the shell
- Released last week: Debian 9, Tails 3.0, Parted Magic 2017_06_12
- Torrent corner: antiX, AUSTRUMI, BlackArch, Debian, FreeNAS, IPFire, OpenMediaVault, PCLinuxOS, Q4OS, Tails, TrueOS
- Opinion poll: Comfort with the command line
- New distributions: AIMS Desktop, Nitrux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-06-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Debian 9 |
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The Debian project, which develops the world's largest Linux distribution, has announced the release of Debian 9, code name "Stretch". The usual long-development cycle and conservative, well-tested nature of the product is a consequence of the distribution's support for a number of processor architectures (i386, amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, mips, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x) and a wide range of deployment scenarios, including desktops (GNOME 3.22 as default, with KDE Plasma 5.8, LXDE, LXQt 0.11, MATE 1.16 and Xfce 4.12 also provided) and servers. Debian 9 comes with over 51,000 binary packages, a new record for a stable Debian release. "After 26 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 9 (code name Stretch), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team." Read the release announcement and see the what's new section of the release notes for further information. Debian 9 is available in several variant, including a full DVD set and a separate set of live DVD images with popular desktop environments, among other options. Here is the download link to the amd64 installation DVD image: debian-9.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso (3,628MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist). The live images are also ready (SHA512): debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-cinnamon.iso (2,006MB, torrent), debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-gnome.iso (2,224MB, torrent), debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-kde.iso (2,466MB, torrent, debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-lxde.iso (1,872MB, torrent), debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-mate.iso (1,929MB, torrent), debian-live-9.0.1-amd64-xfce.iso (1,853MB, torrent). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2017-06-17 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 11.1-BETA2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of a new development snapshot of FreeBSD. The new snapshot, FreeBSD 11.1-BETA2, is available for x86, AMD64, PowerPC and ARM architectures and includes several fixes and improvements since the previous beta release. "The pcib driver has been updated for Hyper-V virtual machines to use device serial numbers instead of the GUID for persistent devices. A possible null pointer reference has been corrected. A buffer length issue in RPC code has been corrected. SMBFS has been fixed with saved passwords longer than 18 characters. Various swap pager fixes. top has been updated to change the way the ZFS ARC compression ratio is calculated, and remove overhead statistics, already included in other counters. bsdinstall has been updated to make ZFS min_auto_ashift adjustment persistent, as well as support Auto ZFS mode for ARM64. Possible transmission breakage of files longer than 4GB on 32-bit architectures has been fixed." Additional information, including the default account names and passwords for embedded devices, can be found in the release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-11.1-BETA2-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,191MB, SHA512). |
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| 2017-06-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 16.2 |
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The antiX team has announced the availability of a new point-release of the project's lightweight, Debian-based operating system. The new release, antiX 16.2, is based on Debian 8.8 "Jessie" and features a customized 4.4.10 LTS kernel running SysV init. "antiX 16.2 (Berta Cáceres) point release is available. Bug-fix version including all updates from Debian 'Jessie' and security-patched kernels. Existing users of antiX 16 or antiX 16.1 do not need to download and install. Simply update via the repositories. Debian 8.8 'Jessie', but systemd-free. And it fits on a CD. Great live USB features. As usual antiX comes in three flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit processors. New net edition - antiX-core-net (140 MB), no X. Just enough to get you connected (wired) and ready to build. No localisation set, no GRUB. Uses antiX kernel, customised 4.4.10 LTS kernel with fbcondecor splash. antiX has been designed to be fast, light on resources and flexible." The new release features several package upgrades, including LibreOffice 4.3.3, Firefox 52.2.0 ESR, Claws Mail 3.13.0, SMTube 17.1.0 and several more. The News section of the antiX project's wiki page contains a more complete list and information on the available editions. Download (pkglist): antiX-16.2_x64-full.iso (685MB, MD5, signature), antiX-16.2_x64-base.iso (508MB, MD5, signature), antiX-16.2_x64-core-libre.iso (203MB, MD5, signature). Also available from OSDisc. |
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