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AUSTRUMI
AUSTRUMI (Austrum Latvijas Linukss) is a bootable live Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. It requires limited system resources and can run on any Intel-compatible system with a CD-ROM installed. The entire operating system and all of the applications run from RAM, making AUSTRUMI a fast system and allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts.
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| 2019-10-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PrimTux 5 |
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PrimTux is a lightweight distribution developed by a small team of school teachers and computer enthusiasts in the educational environment. The project's latest release is available in two editions with one based on Lubuntu for 64-bit machines and one on Debian for 32-bit machines. An English translation of the project's release announcement (in French) reads: "Here are the main new features: Student sessions are not installed by default. Teachers and parents can easily create the desired sessions through executable scripts from the welcome window. In the same way, it is possible to choose the launcher of applications sessions: HandyMenu or BNE (School Digital Office). Several adapted applications of click menus and developed in web technologies by the team are emerging. Whiskers menu in all sessions; the theme has been reviewed. Through the association Collective PrimTux, the team increases its initiatives to better recognize the distribution. Contacts with academic officials of the National Education." The live session is password protected and the admin password is "tuxprof". Download (pkglist): PrimTux5-Lubuntu-18.04-amd64.iso (3,852MB, MD5), PrimTux5-Debian9-i386.hybrid.iso (2,996MB, MD5). |
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| 2019-10-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 19.10 |
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ExTiX is a desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. The project's latest release, ExTiX 19.10, is based on Ubuntu 19.10 and features the LXQt desktop. The project's release announcement states: "I have made a new version of ExTiX - The Ultimate Linux System. I call it ExTiX 19.10 LXQt Live DVD. The best thing with ExTiX 19.10 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 system. So easy that a ten year child can do it! One other very good thing with this version of ExTiX is that it is quite light. The ISO file is of only 1,200MB, which means that you can run the system super fast from RAM. When the boot process is ready you can eject the DVD or USB stick. Use Boot Alternative 2 or Advanced options -> Load to RAM. NVIDIA's proprietary graphics driver 430.50 is pre-installed in ExTiX 19.10. It will automatically be used if your computer has support for it. ExTiX 19.10 LXQt DVD 64-bit is based on Debian and Ubuntu 19.10. The original system includes the desktop environment GNOME. After removing GNOME I have installed LXQt 0.14.1. LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the Razor-qt projects: A lightweight, modular, blazing-fast and user-friendly desktop environment." Download: extix-19.10-64bit-lxqt-nvidia-1200mb-191023.iso (1,229MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-11 |
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The UBports team has published an update to their mobile operating system. The new version, 16.04 OTA-11, features improved keyboard navigation, more fine-grained web browsing options, and push notifications no longer require that the user have an Ubuntu One account. "We were calling this a "small release" originally. Our plan was to cover the backlog of pull requests that weren't quite ready for OTA-10. It turns out, that made this 'small' update not small at all. Your keyboard, now smarter: Kugi has outdone himself this time. With this update you'll find a new way to edit text via the Ubuntu Touch on-screen keyboard: the Advanced Text Functions. Using this feature, you can move around your typed text, undo and redo actions, move around a text selection rectangle, and use the cut/copy/paste commands, all from the same overlay. To get started, press and hold the space bar! We are still unsure about the discoverability of this feature, so stay tuned for changes that will make it even easier to find and use! This update also adds the option of a Dvorak keyboard layout for the refined OSK user. The PR included fixes to allow multiple keyboard layouts to share the same correction dictionary and word overrides. Huge thanks, zoenb! Rounding off the updates to the keyboard are improvements to the Polish layout, removing some diacritics that are not used in the language." Additional information on this release can be found in the project's release announcement. Download and install options can be found on the project's Devices page.
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| 2019-10-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 19 |
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The MX Linux team has published a new version of their Debian- and antiX-based distribution. The project's latest version, MX Linux 19, is based on Debian 10.1 "Buster" and features the Xfce 4.14 desktop along with the SysV init software. "We are pleased to offer MX-19 for your use. As usual, this ISO includes the latest updates from Debian 10.1 (Buster), antiX and MX repos. Xfce 4.14, GIMP 2.10.12, MESA 18.3.6, updated firmware, Latest debian 4.19 kernel, patched sudo info. Browser: Firefox 69; Video Player: VLC 3.0.8; Music Manager/Player: Clementine 1.3.1; E-mail client: Thunderbird 60.9.0; Office suite: LibreOffice 6.1.5 (plus security fixes); and more in the MX repositories. New and updated mx-apps: mx-installer (based on gazelle-installer) fixes pertaining to automount and partitioning. MX Date & Time, to make clock setting chores easier. formatusb, for formatting USB storage devices. mx-packageinstaller now displays version number for Flatpak applications. mx-packageinstaller now features libreoffice upgrades from Debian Backports (currently 6.3.X). mx-alerts package for sending emergency messages to users. mx-updater no longer requires a password to check for updates (still required for installation of updates). New wallpaper artwork (mx19-artwork package). New app: bash-config to help with theming your bash prompt and managing aliases." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): MX-19_x64.iso (1,426MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), (1,441MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-10-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 4.0 |
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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 released a new version, Tails 4.0, which is the first version to be based on Debian 10 "Buster". "We are especially proud to present you Tails 4.0, the first version of Tails based on Debian 10 (Buster). It brings new versions of most of the software included in Tails and some important usability and performance improvements. Tails 4.0 introduces more changes than any other version since years. This release also fixes many security issues. You should upgrade as soon as possible. Major changes to included software: Replace KeePassX with KeePassXC, which is more actively developed. Update OnionShare from 0.9.2 to 1.3.2, which includes a lot of usability improvements. Update Tor Browser to 9.0: A gray border, called letter boxing, is now displayed around the content of web pages when you resize the window of Tor Browser. Letter boxing prevents websites from identifying your browser based on the size of its window. Letter boxing replaces the yellow warning that was displayed until now when maximizing Tor Browser. The onion icon has been removed from the top bar." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: tails-amd64-4.0.iso (1,082MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-21 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 837 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: CentOS 8.0-1905
- News: Project Trident finds a new base, Debian planning firewall changes, a look back at 15 years of Fedora
- Questions and answers: Merging directories of files
- Torrent corner: 4MLinux, Android-x86, antiX, Bluestar, Clonezilla, Container, KDE neon, NuTyX, OpenBSD, Pop!_OS, Volumio, Zevenet
- Released last week: Ubuntu 19.10, OpenBSD 6.6, NuTyX 11.2
- Upcoming releases: Tails 3.17, FreeBSD 12.1-RC3
- Opinion poll: Do you purchase support for your distribution?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2019-10-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Dragora GNU/Linux-libre 3.0 Beta 1 |
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Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre is a distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. It is built upon 100% free software. The project has published a new development snapshot, Dragora GNU/Linux-libre 3.0 Beta 1, which follows the 3.0 Alpha 1 that was published nearly two years ago. The new snapshot includes a new system installer, new package hardening using PIE, and Xfce 4.14. "Changes in this version: A new installer for this series has been introduced, it can be invoked from the command line as `dragora-installer'. A new tool (based on dialog(1)) has been introduced to configure the keyboard mapping in the console, it is called `dragora-keymap'. Our simple and friendly package manager has reached version 1.3, which contains minor changes and fixes. It is worth mentioning that Qi now uses `tarlz' to produce, list packages in parallel. Tarlz uses a simplified and safer variant of the POSIX pax format compressed with our favorite compressor "lzip". To complement the security in general, for binaries with PIE and SSP (both are default features in Dragora), they are now complemented with RELRO by default. The main toolchain has been upgraded. This -beta1 have Binutils 2.33.1, The GNU C Compiler 9, GNU Linux libre 4.19.78, and Musl 1.1.24. Additiona details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: dragora-3.0-x86_64-beta1-live.iso (569MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-19 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 12.1-RC2 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of the second of third release candidates for FreeBSD 12.1. The new development snapshot features relatively few changes as the 12.1 branch is nearing its stable launch. The release announcement lists the following adjustments since the first release candidate: "A summary of changes since 12.1-RC1 includes: The loader.efi had been updated to use ioalign for compliance with UEFI specification 2.7A. A null pointer dereference bug had been fixed. A fix to SCTP to reset local variables to their initial values had been added. The ixgbe(4) driver had been updated to prevent a system crash when configuring EEE on X500EM_X devices. The sdhci(4) driver had been updated to fix a boot issue on Beaglebone SoCs." Additional information on the 12.1 branch can be found in the operating system's release notes. Download: FreeBSD-12.1-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (865MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.1-RC2-i386-disc1.iso (727MB, SHA512). |
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| 2019-10-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Kylin 19.10 |
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Ubuntu Kylin is an official Ubuntu subproject whose goal is to create a variant of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese users using the Simplified Chinese writing system. The distribution has published Ubuntu Kylin 19.10 which offers nine months of support. The release announcement (Chinese, English) lists the new project's new features: "In this release, Kylin Software Center is upgraded with fabulous startup animation and clear navigation which make it easier and smoother to operate. Practical and powerful as always. About the kernel, Ubuntu Kylin 19.10 ships with v5.3 based Linux kernel updated from 19.04. The new kernel adds a variety of new hardware support inherited from upstream, including: Adds support for Intel Speed Select, a feature only supported on specific Xeon servers. Adds initial support for the AMD Navi GPUs in the amdgpu driver, these are the new AMD RX5700 GPUs that just recently became available. Adds support for Zhaoxin x86 Processors. Adds utilization clamping support to the task scheduler. This is a refinement of the energy aware scheduling framework for power-asymmetric systems. The 0.0.0.0/8 IPv4 range will be accepted by Linux as a valid address range, allowing for 16 million new IPv4 addresses." Download: ubuntukylin-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso (2,451MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 |
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The Ubuntu Budgie team has released version 19.10 of their distribution which features nine months of security updates and ZFS on root support. The project's release announcement lists the features users can expect in Ubuntu Budgie 19.10: "We are pleased to announce the release of the new version of our distro, the sixth as an official flavor of the Ubuntu family. Based on 18.04 through to 19.04 experiences, feedback and suggestions that we have received from our users, the new release comes with a lot of new features, fixes and optimizations. Here is what you can expect with the new release: showcasing the latest Budgie desktop developments - budgie-desktop v10.5 on a GNOME 3.34 stack, showcasing the latest budgie-applets available. NVIDIA graphics installed automatically from our ISO. Showcasing ZFS integration. Upgrade of Nemo to v4 together with the ability to turn desktop icons on/off via Budgie desktop settings. Debut of new accessibility options - desktop keyboard and screen magnifier. You can read more about what we have been up to via our 19.10 release notes. Upgrade instructions from 18.10 are included. Please have a read these since there are a number of issues that you need to be aware of." Download: ubuntu-budgie-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso (2,055MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-10-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 19 |
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian for x86 compatible systems. The project's latest release is antiX 19 which is based on Debian 10 "Buster" and uses SysV init instead of Debian's default systemd init software. The distribution's release announcement lists the changes available in antiX 19: "Based on Debian Stretch, but without systemd and libsystemd0. eudev (3.2.8) instead of systemd-udev. Customised 4.9.193 kernel with fbcondecor splash. LibreOffice (6.1.5-3) (full version only). Firefox-ESR (60.9.0esr-1). Claws-mail (3.17.3-2). CUPS for printing (full versions only). XMMS -for audio. gnome-mpv - for playing video. SMtube and mps-tube - play youtube videos without a using a browser. streamlight-antix - stream videos with very low RAM usage. qpdfview - PDF reader. formatusb, for formatting USB storage devices. Set Date & Time, to make clock setting chores easier. arc-evopro2-theme. Papirus icons. New wallpaper artwork. Updated video configurations via vcard boot code (F4). Improved support for frugal installations on NTFS devices. Live system now boots with a informative text-based boot splash. "Safe" video boot mode from live boot menus should get to X when all else fails." antiX is available in four editions from the full featured Full edition, to the lighter Base and Core editions, and the minimalist Net edition. Download (pkglist): antiX-19_x64-full.iso (1,105MB, SHA256, signature),
antiX-19_x64-base.iso (706MB, SHA256, signature),
antiX-19_x64-core.iso (353MB, SHA256, signature),
antiX-19_x64-net.iso (202MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-10-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lubuntu 19.10 |
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The Lubuntu developers have launched Lubuntu 19.10. This is the third version of Lubuntu to feature the LXQt desktop (which replaced LXDE). The current release offers nine months of security updates. The project's release announcement lists new package features and updates: "This is the third Lubuntu release with LXQt as the main desktop environment. The Lubuntu project, in 18.10 and successive releases, will no longer support the LXDE desktop environment or tools in the Ubuntu archive, and will instead focus on the LXQt desktop environment. You can find the following major applications and toolkits installed by default in this release: LXQt 0.14.1. Qt 5.12.4. Mozilla Firefox 69, which will receive updates from the Ubuntu Security Team throughout the support cycle of the release. The LibreOffice 6.3.2 suite. VLC 3.0.8, for viewing media and listening to music. Featherpad 0.11.1, for notes and code editing. Discover Software Center 5.16.5, for an easy, graphical way to install and update software. The powerful and fast email client Trojitá 0.7 to get you to inbox zero in no time." Additional details can be found in the distribution's release notes. Download: lubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso (1,603MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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