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Daphile
Daphile is a minimal operating system for running a digital audio player on a headless computer. The operating system and media manager can be controlled remotely using a web-based interface.
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| 2020-04-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 20.4 |
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ExTiX is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. The project's latest version is ExTiX 20.4 which ships with the LXQt desktop and is based on the current development branch of Ubuntu, version 20.04. "I've made a new 'mini' edition of ExTiX - the ultimate Linux system. It is based on (the upcoming) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 'Focal Fossa'. The ISO image file is now 1,050 MB, which is good if you want to run the system super fast from RAM. When the boot process is ready, you can eject the DVD or the USB stick. Use boot alternative 2 or advanced options - load to RAM. The best thing with ExTiX 20.4 is that while running the system live (from DVD/USB) or from hard drive you can use Refracta snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu 20.04 system. So easy that a ten year old child can do it. ExTiX 20.4 uses the latest Linux kernel, version 5.6.2, released by kernel.org today. This version of ExTiX uses LXQt as the desktop environment." Further details on ExTiX 20.4 can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: extix-20.4-64bit-efi-lxqt-mini-1050mb-200402.iso (1,082MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-04-02 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 8.2 |
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The NetBSD team have announced a new release of the project's highly portable operating system. The new version, NetBSD 8.2, provides minor updates and fixes to the project's 8.x series. "The third release in the NetBSD-8 is now available. This release includes all the security fixes in NetBSD-8 up until this point, and other fixes deemed important for stability. Some highlights include: x86: fixed regression in booting old CPUs. x86: Hyper-V Gen.2 VM framebuffer support. httpd(8): fixed various security issues. ixg(4): various fixes / improvements. x86 efiboot: add tftp support, fix issues on machines with many memory segments, improve graphics mode logic to work on more machines. Various kernel memory info leaks fixes. Update expat to 2.2.8. Fix ryzen USB issues and support xHCI version 3.10. Accept root device specification as NAME=label...." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. A more detailed list of changes can be found in the NetBSD changes file. Download links can be found on the project's home page. Download (pkglist): NetBSD-8.2-amd64.iso (722MB, MD5, torrent), NetBSD-8.2-i386.iso (682MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2020-04-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescatux 0.73 |
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Rescatux 0.73, the new stable release of the project's Debian-based live distribution featuring a graphical wizard for rescuing broken Linux and Windows installations and boot loaders, has been released: "Rescatux 0.73 released. The last stable Rescatux version was released in October 2012 - that's about eight years ago. Many changes have happened to Rescatux since then. UEFI options, which became mainstream in 2015, have been added. Secure Boot support has been added. Rescapp is now its own program. Rescapp had some serious usability flaws that have been fixed. When you run an option you never knew if it was working OK. Now you have a status for the option. Finally, the complete nightmare of pop-ups that were shown when an option was run have been replaced by nice colour scrolling messages. One of the best improvements has been done recently. Rescapp has been improved so that every option is properly documented. Rescatux 0.73 supports booting from UEFI Secure Boot and traditional BIOS. Both amd64 and i686 systems are supported. What's new in Rescatux since Rescatux 0.72-beta8: GRUB menu recovers Auto entry; GRUB menu boots into Auto entry in 60 seconds; built source code now includes rescapp and chntpw packages." Read the detailed release announcement for further information, screenshots and known issues. Download: rescatux-0.73.iso (691MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-04-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.8, the latest update from the enterprise-class Linux distribution provider. This is Red Hat's legacy branch which is currently in "maintenance phase" of its support cycle: "Today, we're pleased to announce the latest update to the world's leading enterprise Linux platform with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has entered its maintenance phase as defined in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10-year life cycle. Minor releases continue to deliver stability and reliability rather than adding new features. During this maintenance phase, customers should begin to plan their upgrade strategy. The Red Hat subscription allows users to deploy the release that suits their business needs. To facilitate moving to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat offers tools, including in-place upgrades, which streamline and simplify the migration. When general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 is announced, there will be an upgrade path from 7.8." See the release announcement and the release notes for further details. As always, existing Red Hat customers can download this release from the company's customer portal. |
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| 2020-04-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2020 "Flash" |
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Jacque Montague Raymer has announced the release of MakuluLinux 2020 "Flash" edition, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring a 5.3 Linux kernel and a highly customised Xfce desktop: "Built on the new 2020 MakuluLinux base and our second release this year, MakuluLinux 2020 'Flash' will not disappoint. It is lightning-fast, it sports a dual-menu setup, yet keeps a very traditional, retro-style desktop layout. At first glance, it looks very modern, offering plenty of transparency, a beautiful wallpaper and some great menu options. It also sports a very nice variety of icon sets and theme selection that you just won't find anywhere else. Finding a good variety of themes since the GTK 3.20 release is nearly impossible as most prior themes are now broken, leaving users with only a handful of good theme choices, most of which look the same. You want a nice pink or purple theme? There aren't any. Want a nice brown or yellow theme? Sorry, they are all broken now. This led us to make the choice of designing our own themes." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): MakuluLinux-Core-x64-Build-2019.01.25.iso (2,573MB, pkglist). |
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| 2020-03-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 5.3.9 |
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OpenMediaVault is a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The project's latest release is version 5.3.9 which the project refers to simply as version 5. "After a long development phase i am happy to announce the release of openmediavault 5 (Usul). A big thank you goes to all translators, forum moderators and bug reporters for their contributions and support. The main features at a glance: Using Debian 10 (Buster). Use SaltStack to deploy configuration settings. Using 'omv-salt stage run all' will deploy the whole system according to the configuration database. The omv-salt CLI command superseds omv-mkconf. Note, the command will not only create the configuration files, it will also take care about to start/stop/restart the services. The omv-initsystem command has been replaced by ‘omv-confdbadm populate’. This command discovers the current system settings and synchronizes them into the database. Add Time Machine support to SMB/CIFS shares. Use systemd-logind to handle power button action. Use systemd to reboot/shutdown/standby the system. Use chrony instead of ntpd." Further details cans be found in the project's release announcement. Download: openmediavault_5.3.9-amd64.iso (559MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2020-03-30 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 859 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Project Trident 20.02
- News: UBports project updates, Red Hat provides migration path from CentOS, Xubuntu presents Testing Week
- Questions and answers: Donating CPU resources to help Folding@home
- Released last week: Bodhi Linux 5.1.0, Parrot 4.8, Univention Corporate Server 4.4-4
- Torrent corner: Alpine, Android-x86, antiX, Bodhi, EasyOS, KDE neon, LibreELEC, Nitrux, Parrot, pfSense, SparkyLinux, SystemRescueCd, Tails, Univention
- Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 20.04 Beta
- Opinion poll: Donating computing cycles
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-03-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 19.2 |
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Version 19.2 of antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been released. Besides the usual antiX variants, the project now also provides a separate edition with the runit init system: "antiX 19.2 bug-fix/upgrade ISO images available. All new ISO images are bug-fix/upgrades of antiX 19 SysVInit series. Bonus - we now offer editions running the runit init system as well. Changes: we believe we have fixed the issue when running (g)ufw firewall; apt-notifier included and enabled on full versions for those who prefer update notifications; tray icon manager for IceWM; improved and updated localisation; mproved cli-installer – more 'safety' checks added; a newer 4.9.212 Linux kernel; Firefox 68.6.0esr; LibreOffice 6.4.1; IceWM upgraded to latest upstream version (1.6.5); elogind upgrade to 243.7; ceni network manager included, but ConnMan is default in full and base editions; various upstream Debian security upgrades." Read the complete release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.2_x64-full.iso (1,089MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2_386-full.iso (1,121MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2-runit_x64-full.iso (1,089MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.2-runit_386-full.iso (1,121MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2020-03-26 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.4.5 |
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pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD specifically tailored for use as a firewall and router that is entirely managed via web interface. The project's latest release upgrades the base operating system, adds improvements to the web interface and disables access time writes by default to improve disk performance. "2.4.5 adds several new features, including: OS Upgrade: Base Operating System upgraded to FreeBSD 11-STABLE after FreeBSD 11.3. Added sorting and search/filtering to several pages including the Certificate Manager, DHCP Leases, and ARP/NDP Tables. Added DNS Resolver (Unbound) Python Integration. Added IPsec DH and PFS groups 25, 26, 27, and 31. Changed UFS filesystem defaults to noatime on new installations to reduce unnecessary disk writes. Set autocomplete=new-password for forms containing authentication fields to help prevent browser auto-fill from completing irrelevant fields. Added new Dynamic DNS providers Linode and Gandi." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256): pfSense-CE-2.4.5-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (363MB). |
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| 2020-03-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 5.1.0 |
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Bodhi Linux is a lightweight, Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Moksha desktop environment. The new version, 5.1.0, is the first release under the project's new management. "Today I am pleased to announce the release of Bodhi Linux 5.1.0. This is my first official release and is somewhat delayed from our original plans. Hopefully, this delay is worth it to our users. Much thanks to Stefan 'the waiter' Uram for his work on both the code and the themes and icons - Bodhi would not be the same without his creative input. In addition, it features several breaks with Bodhi tradition. In addition to replacing epad with Leafpad, Midori with Epiphany and ditching eepDater, we now offer two 64-bit ISO images and a revamped AppPack ISO image. If you are unsure which version is best for you, please see this wiki page explaining the differences between them." See the full release announcement for more information and a video trailer. Download (MD5, pkglist): bodhi-5.1.0-64.iso (782MB, torrent), bodhi-5.1.0-64-hwe.iso (802MB, torrent), bodhi-5.1.0-64-apppack.iso (3,532MB, torrent), bodhi-5.1.0-legacy.iso (747MB, torrent). |
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| 2020-03-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.4-4 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers, Microsoft Active Directory-compatible domain services, and functions for parallel operation of virtualised server and desktop operating systems. The distribution's latest version, 4.4-4, introduces better logging options and improved Active Directory security and compatibility. "We’ve just published the 4th point release of UCS 4.4: apart from bug fixes and some patches, we added some cool new features and improved numerous apps. For example, UCS 4.4-4 introduces logging of LDAP authentications, something that was previously only available via Samba 4. Our developers also put some work into the AD Connector (enhanced security, performance and compatibility), the Univention App Center and the UCS portal login screen. Read on to find out more about the most important innovations." Further information can be found in the distribution's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: UCS_4.4-4-amd64.iso (1,280MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-03-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot 4.8 |
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Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot 4.8, an updated build of the project's Debian-based, security-oriented distribution set designed for penetration testing, digital forensics and privacy protection, as well as standard home desktops: "Parrot 4.8 is here. Parrot is based on Debian 'Testing', meaning that Parrot 4.8 includes all the updates that landed in the Debian 'Testing' repository between September 2019 and March 2020. Some noticeable updates include: Linux kernel 5.4, MATE 1.24, revision of sandbox, updated Anonsurf, Aircrack 1.6.... We wanted to stress the importance of containers and Parrot as a service, since we want anyone to be able to use the Parrot tools on their favorite desktop operating system or in the cloud. Now we offer docker containers that can be run on any docker-supported operating system. A detailed description of the whole Parrot for docker project, the available containers, their usage and a quick reference is available here." Here are the complete release notes. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): Parrot-security-4.8_x64.iso (3,841MB, torrent), Parrot-kde-security-4.8_x64.iso (3,977MB, torrent), Parrot-home-4.8_x64.iso (1,676MB, torrent), Parrot-kde-4.8_x64.iso (2,091MB, torrent). |
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