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| 2016-11-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Maui Linux 2.1 |
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Clemens Toennies has announced a new release of Maui Linux 2.1, an updated version of the project's distribution featuring the KDE Plasma 5.8.3 desktop. It is based on Ubuntu and KDE neon. This version represents an updated installation image for new installations: "Maui installation ISO image has been updated to 2.1. This mainly focuses on fixing some reported installer issues and it comes with some newer package versions, otherwise it is the same as Maui 2. Due to Maui being a part-rolling distribution based on Ubuntu 'Xenial', updating to Maui 2.1 is not required, nor is it technically correct. All versions of Maui share the same base, so the Backports channels is the common shared source where updated packages from Maui and KDE neon land after being tested for all Maui versions. So if you installed from any Maui version so far and enable the Backports channels and Update, you should have the same updated system. We release updated ISO images from time to time so that new users don't need to update too many packages right from the start." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA256): maui-2.1-64bit.iso (1,931MB, torrent, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-25 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 16 RC1 |
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The first release candidate for MX Linux 16, a Debian-based distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop, is ready for download and testing: "Ahead of schedule, MX 16 release candidate 1 is available for testing. We have squashed many bugs and added improvements since the first public beta; e.g. horizontal panel now defaults to the bottom rather than the top. It is built on the reliable and stable Debian 8.6 'Jessie' with extra enhancements from the antiX live system and up-to-date applications provided by the MX Linux packagers. Just like previous versions of MX, this release defaults to SysVInit. Applications: Xfce 4.12 is the desktop environment; latest Firefox 50 for browsing and Thunderbird 45.5.0 for email; VLC 2.2.4 caters for videos and Clementine 1.3.1 for playing and managing your music; full LibreOffice 5.2.2 suite; Shotwell 0.24.1 digital photo organizer; Pepper Flash player browser plugin...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: MX-16-public-rc1_x64.iso (1,130MB, MD5, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-11-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.1 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 8.1, the latest release of the project's independently-developed distribution that uses the RPM packaging format and APT for RPM as its package management tool. The new version comes in two "Workstation" variants, with a choice of MATE or KDE desktops: "BaseALT Ltd announces the release of ALT Workstation 8.1 aimed for corporate and personal desktop use. Features: the distribution includes operating system and a set of applications that can be used directly off a bootable live USB stick or installed permanently; MATE desktop environment; wide range of software to connect to corporate and cloud infrastructure, work with internet, documents, complex graphics and animation, to process audio and video, to create and run virtual machines and access those. Changes in version 8.1: Linux kernel 4.4.34, LibreOffice 5.2 suite...." See the release announcement for more details. Download links (the live/installation images support English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian, pkglist): alt-workstation-8-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,980MB, MD5), alt-kworkstation-8.1-install-x86_64.iso (KDE, 3,586MB, MD5, alt-kworkstation-8.1-live-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,161MB, MD5). |
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| 2016-11-24 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeNAS 10-BETA2 |
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Mark VonFange has announced the availability of the second beta build of FreeNAS 10, an upcoming major release from the project providing a specialist FreeBSD-based operating system for Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solutions: "The FreeNAS development team is happy to announce the release of FreeNAS 10 beta 2. We are also very happy to say that we are now 'feature complete' and have feature-parity with FreeNAS 9.10. Anyone who has been following the FreeNAS 10 development effort knows that FreeNAS 10 represents a complete rewrite of the world's most popular software-defined storage OS. It adds significant capabilities not seen in open-source storage - new capabilities for hosting virtual machines and containerized applications, and a ground-up rewrite of the user interface with a scriptable command-line interface." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information as well as screenshots of the new FreeNAS dashboard. Interested beta testers can download the release from here: FreeNAS-10-BETA2.iso (641MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-11-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 25 |
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The Fedora project has announced the launch of Fedora 25. The new version of the Red Hat sponsored community project features version 3.22 of the GNOME desktop environment, a new media writer to make it easier to download and copy the distribution to a USB stick, improved Flatpak support and MP3 playback is now included in the project's official software repositories. "This release includes a plugin for MP3 decoding such as playing music. If you play a MP3 file from your collection, GNOME Software detects it and helps you install the plugin. For developers, Fedora 25 Workstation introduces improved Flatpak support. These enhancements now make it easier to install, update and remove Flatpak software. The improvements make this application packaging standard more user friendly." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Fedora 25 is available in Workstation, Server and Cloud editions as well as many community spins featuring alternative software and desktop environments. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-1.3.iso (1,374MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25-1.3.iso (1,925MB, SHA256, torrent). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 2.5.0-5 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 2.5.0-5, a new stable version of the project's Debian-based live CD containing specialist tools designed for disk cloning and backup tasks: "This release of Clonezilla Live (2.5.0-5) includes major enhancements and bug fixes. Enhancements and changes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2016-11-22; Linux kernel has been updated to 4.8.7; p7zip-full, sysstat and iftop packages have been added; the ca_ES language file has been updated; update gen-rec-iso by adding option -k1 in ocs-sr. Bug fixes: choose 'Enter_shell' should not give any error; timezone issue; remove partprobe command after ocs-scan-disk, sometimes it delays the GPT partition to be shown in /proc/partitions." Here is the brief release announcement as published on the project's mailing list. Download (SHA512) one of the live CD images from SourceForge: clonezilla-live-2.5.0-5-amd64.iso (192MB, pkglist), clonezilla-live-2.5.0-5-i686.iso (193MB), clonezilla-live-2.5.0-5-i686-pae.iso (193MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slackel 6.0.8 "Openbox" |
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Dimitris Tzemos has announced the release of Slackel 6.0.8 "Openbox" edition, the latest version of the project's lightweight distribution based on Slackware Linux and Salix: "Slackel 6.0.8 Openbox has been released. Includes the Linux kernel 4.4.29 and latest updates from Slackware's 'Current' tree. There are four ISO images - two installation ISO images and two live ISO images (64-bit and 32-bit). The 64-bit ISO images support booting on UEFI systems. The 32-bit ISO images support both i686 PAE SMP and i486, non-PAE capable systems. ISO images are 'isohybrid'. Full multimedia support without having to install multimedia codecs while on live environment. Of course, it is suggested to install multimedia codecs to your system after installation. Slackel 6.0.8 Openbox includes the Midori 0.5.11 web browser, Claws-Mail 3.13.2, SMPlayer 16.11.0, Transmission 2.92, PCManFM 1.2.4, Pidgin 2.11.0, gFTP 2.0.19, wicd, OpenJRE 8u91." Continue to the release announcement for full details. Download (MD5, pkglist): slackellive64-openbox-6.0.8.iso (922MB), slackel64-openbox-6.0.8.iso (880MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 12 |
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Zorin OS is a Linux distribution which strives to provide a familiar desktop experience for former Windows users and which uses Ubuntu as a package base. The project has announced the launch of Zorin OS 12 which features many changes to the desktop interface and utilities. "We have entirely re-imagined the Zorin Desktop environment in Zorin OS 12. This new version of Zorin Desktop is powered by Gnome Shell and packs an enormous variety of new features. Activities Overview: With a tap of the logo/super key on your keyboard, you can instantly see everything that’s happening on your computer from the Activities Overview. Every window and every workspace comes into view so you can browse, rearrange and organize your apps as they’re running. New workspaces are added dynamically, so you’ll never run out of room on your desktop. Universal Search: As soon as you start typing in the Activities Overview, you can search for anything on your computer and beyond." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Zorin OS is available in two editions: a free Core edition and commercial Ultimate edition. Download (SHA256): Zorin-OS-12-Core-64.iso (1,545MB, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Tails 3.0 Alpha 1 |
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The developers of Tails, a Debian-based live DVD designed for anonymous web browsing using the pre-configured Tor Browser, have announced the availability of the initial development build of Tails 3.0. Based on the upcoming Debian 9.0 "Stretch", the new version is only available for the x86_64 architecture while the default desktop is upgraded to GNOME Shell 3.22. From the release announcement: The first alpha for the upcoming version 3.0 is out. We are very excited and cannot wait to hear what you think about it. Tails 3.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 9 (Stretch). As such, it upgrades essentially all included software. It also requires a 64-bit computer, and GNOME Shell is now configured to use its default black theme. Keep in mind that this is a test image. We tested that it is not broken in obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues. But test wildly!" See also the technical changelog for a detailed list of changes. Interested testers can download the live DVD image from here: tails-amd64-3.0~alpha1.iso (1,075MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2016-11-17 |
NEW • Development Release: NethServer 7.2 RC2 |
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Alessio Fattorini has announced a new, and probably final, release candidate for NethServer 7.2. NethServer is a CentOS-based server distribution which is administered primarily through a web interface. The new development snapshot, NethServer 7.2 RC2, supports both long (with domain suffix) and short user names, blocks guest users from writing to the shared folder and includes a number of fixes: "By default, NethServer 7 enables the @domain suffix in user and group names, this new convention confuses the system user, and force to reconfigure his account credentials on any network client. Moreover, some applications require a configuration adjustment and such default is quite different from the previous NethServer version 6.x approach. We have defined an additional option to support both name forms (short, long) and keep all data consistent." Further information and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.2.1511-rc2-x86_64.iso (784MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-11-16 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.3 |
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ReactOS is an open source operating system which strives to provide an environment which is binary compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating system. The ReactOS project has published their fourth release of 2016 with ReactOS 0.4.3. The new version includes improvements to the winsock networking library and offers better support for DOS-era software, including games. "The ReactOS project is pleased to announce the release of another incremental update, version 0.4.3. This would be fourth such release the project has made this year, an indication we hope of the steady progress that we have made. Approximately 342 issues were resolved since the release of 0.4.2, with the oldest dating all the way back to 2006 involving text alignment. Notable in this release is the switching to a new winsock library that had been started several years ago by Alex Ionescu and imported into trunk by Ged Murphy." Additional information on ReactOS 0.4.3 can be found in the project's release announcement. ReactOS is available as a live disc or installation media. Download (MD5): ReactOS-0.4.3-live.zip (65.1MB), ReactOS-0.4.3-iso.zip (97.2MB). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.2 |
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The openSUSE team has announced the availability of a new version of the distribution's Leap edition. openSUSE Leap provides a stable base, similar to SUSE Linux Enterprise, with the addition of community-provided software packages. The latest version, openSUSE 42.2, features KDE's Plasma 5.8 desktop, version 4.4 of the Linux kernel and over 1,400 new packages in the distribution's software repositories. "Members of the openSUSE Project are pleased to announce the release of the next minor version of Leap - openSUSE Leap 42.2. Leap is made to give stability-minded users and conservative technology adopters peace of mind. openSUSE Leap 42.2 is powered by the Linux 4.4 long-term support (LTS) kernel and is a secure, stable and reliable server operating system for deploying IT services in physical, virtual or cloud environments. A selective process of including well-established packages in openSUSE Leap 42.2 gives new meaning to the term Linux optimization." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): openSUSE-Leap-42.2-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,181MB, SHA256, torrent), openSUSE-Leap-42.2-NET-x86_64.iso (95.0MB, SHA256). Also available from OSDisc. |
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| 2016-11-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 2.7 |
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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based, live distribution with the goal of providing Internet anonymity for its users. The distribution accomplishes this by directing Internet traffic through the Tor network and by providing built-in tools for protecting files and scrubbing away meta data. The project's latest release mostly focuses on fixing bugs and improving security: "Tails 2.7 is out. This release fixes many security issues and users should upgrade as soon as possible. New features: ship LetsEncrypt intermediate SSL certificate so that our tools are able to authenticate our website when its certificate is updated. Upgrades and changes: Tor 0.2.8.9, Tor Browser 6.0.6, Linux kernel 4.7, Icedove 45.4.0. Fixed problems: Synaptic installs packages with the correct architecture; set default spelling to en_US in Icedove. Known issues: users setting their Tor Browser security slider to High will have to click on a link to see the result of the search they done with the search box." Additional information on Tails 2.7 can be found in the project's release notes. A list of issues fixed in the 2.7 release can be found in the list of former security issues. Download: tails-i386-2.7.iso (1,113MB, signature, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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