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Black Lab Linux
Black Lab Linux (formerly OS4 OpenLinux) was a user-friendly, commercial desktop and server Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Some of its most interesting features include support for popular browser plugins, addition of packages for multimedia production, content creation and software development, and an innovative desktop layout based on GNOME Shell. Separate editions with KDE and Xfce desktops are also available. The company behind the distribution also sells a desktop mini-system with Black Lab Linux pre-installed.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2025-01-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5 |
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System76 has published a new development snapshot of its upcoming Pop!_OS 24.04 release. The new alpha 5 snapshot features two new applications: COSMIC Media Player and User Settings, along with several changes. "System76 kicks off 2025 with a new COSMIC alpha release. Our team is rested and racing towards an approaching Beta of our new Rust-based desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other distributions. COSMIC alpha 5 brings an early version of the COSMIC Media Player, Users Settings and essential updates to Alt+Tab, variable refresh rates. COSMIC Media Player is now the default media player. We're also developing a COSMIC-native codec installation application to replace sessioninstaller. While still a work in progress, COSMIC Media Player uses Vulkan for rendering and vaapi for decoding (where available) for efficient video playback. Audio playback support will be added in the near future as well. Cycling through your open apps using Alt+Tab or Super+Tab will now cycle the apps in the order they were last active." Additional changes are listed in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_24.04_amd64_intel_14.iso (2,515MB), pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_14.iso (2,944MB). |
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| 2025-01-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 6.11 |
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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project has published an update for its 6.x series which fixes a serious security vulnerability. "The vulnerabilities described below were identified during an external security audit by Radically Open Security and disclosed responsibly to our team. We are not aware of these attacks being used against Tails users until now. These vulnerabilities can only be exploited by a powerful attacker who has already exploited another vulnerability to take control of an application in Tails. If you want to be extra careful and used Tails a lot since January 9 without upgrading, we recommend that you do a manual upgrade instead of an automatic upgrade. Prevent an attacker from installing malicious software permanently. In Tails 6.10 or earlier, an attacker who has already taken control of an application in Tails could then exploit a vulnerability in Tails Upgrader to install a malicious upgrade and permanently take control of your Tails. Doing a manual upgrade would erase such malicious software." The project also introduced new features, such as detecting when a USB thumb drive might be corrupted or have damaged partitions. Additional details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): tails-amd64-6.11.iso (1,506MB, signature, torrent), tails-amd64-6.11.img (1,516MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2025-01-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 5.1 Alpha |
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Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live desktop medium based on Slackware Linux. The project has published a development release, Porteus 5.1 Alpha, which includes Linux 6.12.9, PipeWire has replaced PulseAudio, and the various desktop environments have been upgraded. The release announcement covers the development snapshot's highlights: "Who is this for? Anyone who wants to contribute to the further development of Porteus by bug testing/reporting/fixing or those who need/want the latest software and don't mind the lack of package availability. Things of note: Kernel 6.12.8 (thanks to Blaze). Paper icon theme retired and replaced with Flat-Remix-Blue and all DEs now use it. PipeWire audio replaces PulseAudio. Cinnamon at version 6.4. MATE at version 1.28. Xfce4 at version 4.20. LXQt at version 2.1 (with Qt6). KDE5 (Plasma) at version 5.27.11 (with Qt5). Perl has been restored to 001-core for now. Slapt-get (and wrapper slapt-mod) are included but are of limited use due to lack of repos for slackware-current. (Repo configuration required.)" Download (SHA256): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.1-alpha-x86_64.iso (492MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.1-alpha-x86_64.iso (538MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.1-alpha-x86_64.iso (492MB). |
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| 2025-01-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Ditana GNU/Linux 0.9.0 Beta |
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Stefan Zipproth has announced the availability of a development snapshot of Ditana GNU/Linux, an Arch-based Linux distribution with a flexible system installer and a customised Xfce desktop, designed primarily for more advanced users. "We are excited to announce the release of Ditana GNU/Linux 0.9 beta, a distribution aimed at bridging the gap between user-friendliness and advanced customization, while prioritizing security and system performance. Ditana is an Arch-based Linux distribution targeting educated enthusiasts interested in optimizing their workflows, exploring Linux itself, and maintaining a secure computing environment. With a single ISO image, Ditana offers the choice between desktop and headless installations. Key features: flexible installer - a series of dialogs guides you through the installation process, considering complex dependencies based on your hardware and preferences; extensive customization - from selecting kernel parameters to configuring the desktop environment, Ditana gives you control over your system; Xfce desktop environment - an optimized Xfce environment with pre-installed enhancements like the 'Docklike Taskbar...." Continue to the release announcement for full details. Download: Ditana-0.9.0-Beta-x86_64.iso (1,487MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-01-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nobara Project 41 |
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Nobara Project is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. The project's latest version is based on Fedora 41 and ships with an updated system installer, new accessibility options, and updated video drivers. "Calamares installer rebased on top of KaOS Linux fork for more feature options as well as on-screen keyboard functionality. Toggle added for on-screen keyboard. On-screen keyboard now comes up within the installer instead of taking up half the screen Network check has been removed. Nobara can be installed completely offline from any ISO downloaded. Mesa - we have noticed with a few benchmark videos throughout the past year that sometimes games may not run with Vulkan at all (very rare). This can happen as a regression because we shipped Vulkan built from git. Moving forward we have changed that. Nobara will now ship with the latest stable Vulkan drivers that come with the latest Mesa release, however, we've added mesa-vulkan-drivers-git to the driver manager so users can easily swap back and forth between the two whenever they please." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): Nobara-41-Official-2024-12-31.iso (4,069MB), Nobara-41-GNOME-2024-12-31.iso (3,519MB), Nobara-41-KDE-2024-12-31.iso (3,883MB). |
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| 2024-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 47.0 |
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4MLinux is a minimal distribution which ships tools for four types of tasks: servers, gaming, multimedia and system rescue. The project's latest stable version is 47.0 which comes with upgraded applications for the Internet, including Firefox 133.0, Chrome 131.0 and Thunderbird 128.5, besides various other improvements: "The status of the 4MLinux 47.0 series has been changed to STABLE. As always, the new major release has some new features. GNOME CD Master (GUI frontend for cdrdao), Dia (program for drawing diagrams), GLiv (OpenGL image viewer), XRoar (Dragon and Tandy 8-bit computer emulator) as well as many command line MOD/MIDI players are now available out of the box. Gnubik (famous puzzle game) and GNU Backgammon have been added to the 4MLinux GamePack package (downloadable extension). Support for hundreds of old image formats is now provided by RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library with its GIMP plugin). And finally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on virtual KVM block devices (/dev/vda1, /dev/vda2, and so on)." A complete list of package updates is presented in the release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-47.0-64bit.iso (1,442MB), 4MLinux-47.0-core.iso (16MB). |
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| 2024-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MakuluLinux 2024-12-22 |
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Jacque Montague Raymer has announced the release of a brand-new version of MakuluLinux, a user-friendly distribution integrating the Cinnamon desktop and various Artificial Intelligence tools with the "Testing" branch of the Debian distribution. The latest release, labelled as version "2024-12-22", is part of the project's "LinDoz" range of products: "Welcome to MakuluLinux LinDoz 2025, our most ambitious release to date. This version marks a significant shift in the LinDoz ecosystem, introducing a new foundation, enhanced features and cutting-edge AI integrations. For the first time, LinDoz is built on a Debian base instead of Ubuntu. This change enhances stability and opens new doors for advanced functionality. Running on the Cinnamon 6.2.0 framework and Linux kernel 6.10, LinDoz 2025 offers improved performance and compatibility. Highlights: a complete overhaul of the core system for improved stability and flexibility; extensive testing to ensure a smooth experience for users; redesigned themes with light and dark modes; subtle UI changes to improve readability and visual appeal; introduction of powerful AI tools directly within the OS." See the release announcement (with a video introduction) and the release notes for further information. Download (MD5): MakuluLinux-LinDoz-2024-12-22.iso (5,756MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 2024.1.0 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the "Unstable" branch of Debian. The rolling release project's latest snapshot, version 2024.1.0, provides several desktop upgrades, including KDE Plasma 6. "The flavors we offer for siduction 2024.1.0 include KDE Plasma 6.2.4.1, LXQt 2.1.0, Xfce 4.20, Xorg and noX. GNOME, MATE and Cinnamon have not made it again, as there is no maintainer for them within siduction. They may return one day or not. Of course, they are still installable from the repository. Plasma 6 has now nearly fully arrived in 'Unstable' and 'Testing' and will be available for Debian 13 'Trixie'. Although Wayland is the default session type in Plasma 6, we have opted for X11 as the default, as Calamares currently does not take the desired keyboard layout under Wayland. This could have severe consequences in encrypted installations. However, you can at any time switch to Wayland in SDDM. As existing users, you've likely already upgraded to Plasma 6 and now the current Plasma generation is also available for fresh installations." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-2024.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (3,557MB, SHA256), siduction-2024.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (3,144MB, SHA256), siduction-2024.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (3,039MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 24.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project's latest release, version 24.12, introduces some key changes, specifically functioning cameras on Android phones. "One thing that people have been asking us over and over is, will it be possible to use cameras with postmarketOS on Androids? While of course we all would like to see that, this is a significant challenge for postmarketOS and other Linux Mobile projects that prefer using the mainline Linux kernel and don't use the proprietary Android userspace blobs for interacting with cameras. But as you can guess from the headline, there has been a significant breakthrough: the Pixel 3A and Fairphone 5 both have front and a rear camera working now, and somebody even reported being able to record video on the FP5. One of the two rear cameras of the Pocophone F1 also works now. As you would expect, this is not on-par with Android's implementation yet and some of the media has a bit of a retro appeal at the moment. Nevertheless, this is a major achievement! Thanks to Robert, Richard, Luca, Joel, Alistair as well as the libcamera and Megapixels folks!" Additional details and changes can be found in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and install options are provided. |
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| 2024-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CachyOS 241221 |
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CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It focuses on speed and security optimisations. The project's latest release focuses on performance and Bluetooth support: "One of the most notable changes is that the default kernel is now optimized using AutoFDO. Profiling workloads are run through a diverse set of tests, including sysbench, CachyOS Benchmarker, Git operations, kernel compilation, and several miscellaneous benchmarks. Currently, the profiling is done on a Zen5 machine, but in the future, we plan to support merging multiple profiles for even broader optimization. RustiCL has replaced the default OpenCL driver in the Mesa stack, bringing improved performance and compatibility. Additionally, we now use scx_loader for sched-ext scheduler management in the kernel-manager. This allows for more seamless switching between schedulers and ensures they are properly configured using a dedicated configuration file. We've also enabled Bluetooth support, enhancing the user experience for most users." The project's release announcement offers further details. Download: cachyos-desktop-linux-241221.iso (2,619MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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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 from the distribution. Download the installation ISO image from here: debian-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (628MB). |
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