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RoFreeSBIE
RoFreeSBIE was a FreeBSD-based live CD and DVD, installable on hard disk. Its main goal was to promote FreeBSD as an excellent educational tool and mobile desktop.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2020-02-03 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 9.0 RC2 |
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Martin Husemann has announced the availability of the second (and possibly final) release candidate for NetBSD 9.0: "Sixth months after the start of the release engineering process for 9.0, the second (and most likely final) release candidate is now available. Shortly after the first release candidate had been published and feedback came in, it became clear that this was not going to be the final state of 9.0. In the end a lot of fixes were done, but we used the opportunity to also incorporate more hardware support (Pinebook Pro) and update a few components (dhcpcd, OpenSSL). We will be very restrictive with further changes and expect a quick and smooth release from this point on. Tentative release date is February 14, 2020. Since the start of the release process a lot of improvements went into the branch - nearly 700 pullups were processed. This includes usbnet (a common framework for USB ethernet drivers), aarch64 stability enhancements and lots of new hardware support, installer/sysinst fixes and changes to the NVMM (hardware virtualization) interface." Please see the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (SHA512): NetBSD-9.0_RC2-amd64.iso (466MB, torrent), NetBSD-9.0_RC2-i386.iso (570MB, torrent). |
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| 2020-02-03 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 851 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: KaOS 2020.01
- News: Development updates from the FreeBSD team, Linux Mint plans new features and LMDE4, Linux kernel to include WireGuard
- Tips and tricks: Dealing with low-memory performance
- Released last week: Kali Linux 2020.1, FreeNAS 11.3, OLPC OS 13.2.11
- Torrent corner: Arch, DuZeru, ExTiX, FreeNAS, Kali Linux, Nitrux, OLPC OS, OpenMandriva, OPNsense
- Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 18.04.4
- Opinion poll: Single focus versus general purpose distributions
- New distributions: TAZ
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-02-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 |
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The final build of OpenMandriva Lx 4.1, a cutting-edge, desktop-oriented Linux distribution featuring KDE Plasma, is now available. The new release brings Linux kernel 5.5, Plasma 5.17.5 and LibreOffice 6.4.0, among many other updates and improvements: "OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 turned out to be a great one but... we made it better. A few days after the release candidate, we are very proud to introduce the OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 final release. The release includes: Linux kernel 5.5, Qt Framework 5.14.1, KDE Plasma Desktop 5.17.5, KDE Frameworks 5.66.0, KDE Applications 19.12.1, LLVM/clang 9.0.1, systemd 244, Java 13, Calamares 3.2.17, LibreOffice 6.4.0.... OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 now supports package compression in zstd instead of xz. FFmpeg supports av1 decoding via dav1d and nvdec/nvenc for NVIDIA GPU. And Chromium now includes VAAPI (hardware decoding video h264/vp9) support." Read the release announcement for more details and screenshots. OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 images are available in four variants, including "znver1" (optimised for the current range AMD processors) and "clang" (the Linux kernel is compiled with Clang instead of GCC); Download (MD5) (pkglist): OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,613MB), OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-plasma.znver1.iso (2,621MB), OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-plasma-clang.x86_64.iso (2,670MB), OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-plasma-clang.znver1.iso (2,678MB). |
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| 2020-01-30 |
NEW • BSD Release: OPNsense 20.1 |
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Jos Schellevis has announced the release of OPNsense 20.1, which carries the code name "Keen Kingfisher". OPNsense is a HardenedBSD-based specialist operating system (and a fork of pfSense) designed for firewalls and routers. The project's latest introduces a number of security improvements and updates the default Python version to 3.7. "OPNsense 20.1, nicknamed 'Keen Kingfisher', is a subtle improvement on sustainable firewall experience. This release adds VXLAN and additional loopback device support, IPsec public key authentication and elliptic curve TLS certificate creation amongst others. Third party software has been updated to their latest versions. The logging front-end was rewritten for MVC with seamless API support. On the far side the documentation increased in quality as well as quantity and now presents itself in a familiar menu layout. These are the most prominent changes since version 19.7: Captive portal performance improvements; IPsec public key authentication support; Elliptic curve TLS certificate creation; CARP service demotion hook; VXLAN device support...." Additional details, along with a list of changes and known issues, can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OPNsense-20.1-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso.bz2 (280MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2020-01-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OLPC OS 13.2.11 |
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James Cameron has announced the release of OLPC OS 13.2.11, the latest stable version of the project's specialist distribution developed for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project which aims to provide children in developing countries with low-cost Linux laptops. The new version continues to be based on Fedora 18: "We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.11 for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. Fixes: Browse 157.5 - hide browser tabs in fullscreen mode, reset title after a download starts, ignore leading spaces in a URL, add dark mode for PDFs, new translations, fixed collaboration; Calculate 45.1 - reduce lower limit of number of digits shown, add non-Arabic numerals depending on locale, fix unsupported operand type(s) error, adjust font sizes depending on org.sugarlabs.font, change to TelepathyGLib API for collaboration, new translations; Chat 85.1 - advise of connection in progress, search chat text feature, fix emoji menu horizontal overflow, dismiss emoji menu on escape key, decrease startup time by delaying emoji menu construction, fix log warning on entry focus, change to TelepathyGLib API for collaboration...." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: 32022o0.img (751MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-01-29 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 11.3 |
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Joon Lee has announced the release of FreeNAS 11.3, an updated build of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system for computers used as Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices: "We are pleased to announce the general availability of FreeNAS 11.3-RELEASE. The 11.3 series represents a year-long development effort and brings with it a wide variety of improvements and fixes. FreeNAS 11.3 includes many new features and improvements, with the following highlights: re-implemented Replication Engine, allows up to 10GB replication speeds (a 10x improvement), resume support on failed transfers, as well as ability to replicate locally; ACL Manager - allows setup and management of SMB ACL's directly via the FreeNAS web interface; SMB Shadow Copies are now enabled by default for new shares - note that Snapshots will only show up in Windows 'Previous Versions Tab' if the snapshot USED size shows changes to the file; a repository of Community plugins has been created, users can now create and distribute 3rd party plugins which are not officially iXsystems supported." Read the press release and the release notes for more information and screenshots. Download: FreeNAS-11.3-RELEASE.iso (746MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2020-01-29 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 RC |
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Cristina Sgubbi has announced the availability of the release candidate for the upcoming OpenMandriva Lx 4.1, the last development build before the final release: "OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 is just around the corner. The team is publishing today the last milestone for the current release cycle. OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 RC release is mostly about bug fixing and update packages. This release includes: Linux kernel 5.5; Qt Framework 5.14.0; KDE Plasma Desktop 5.17.5, KDE Frameworks 5.66.0 and KDE Applications 19.12.1; LLVM/Clang 9.0.1; Java 13; LibreOffice 6.4.0; Falkon 3.1.0; Krita 4.2.8; Kdenlive 19.12.1; SMPlayer 19.10.2; DigiKam 7.0.0; SimpleScreenRecorder 0.3.11; NX Firewall. It also includes some nice new features over earlier releases. OpenMandriva brand-name applications: Desktop Presets - a tool to customize the appearance of your OpenMandriva Plasma desktop to look and feel similar to other systems you may be used to; Update Configuration - tool for configuring automatic updates." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (MD5, pkglist): OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-beta-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,572MB, torrent), OpenMandrivaLx.4.1-beta-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,579MB, torrent). The "znver1" image is a special build optimised for the current AMD processors. |
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| 2020-01-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2020.1 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project has started off the 2020 year with a new release and a series of significant changes. The new version, 2020.1, of Kali Linux merges the various desktop editions into single download options and does away with running as the root user by default. "Throughout the history of Kali (and its predecessors BackTrack, WHAX, and Whoppix), the default credentials have been root/toor. This is no more. We are no longer using the superuser account, root, as default in Kali 2020.1. The default user account is now a standard, unprivileged, user. For more of the reasons behind this switch, please see our previous blog post. As you can imagine, this is a very large change, with years of history behind it. As a result, if you notice any issues with this, please do let us know on the bug tracker. So with this, should you use Kali as your daily driver, as the primary OS? It's up to you. There wasn't anything really stopping you before, we just don't encourage it. We still don't. But its a helping hand for the people who are familiar with Kali enough." Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2020.1-live-amd64.iso (2,811MB, torrent), kali-linux-2020.1-installer-amd64.iso (2,016MB, torrent). |
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| 2020-01-27 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 850 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: FuryBSD 12.0
- News: Fedora presents Fedora CoreOS, Kubuntu unveils official laptop, Ubuntu dropping Amazon launcher
- Questions and answers: Live distro versus installed distro performance
- Released last week: GhostBSD 20.01, Solus 4.1, Lakka 2.3.2
- Torrent corner: Bluestar, EasyOS, Fatdog64, GhostBSD, GParted Live, KDE neon, Lakka, Live Raizo, Parabola, Q4OS, Qubes OS, Robolinux, Solus, Volumio
- Opinion poll: Purchasing an official distro computer
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-01-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Solus 4.1 |
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Solus is a Linux distribution built from scratch. It uses a forked version of the PiSi package manager, maintained as "eopkg" within Solus, and a custom desktop environment called "Budgie", developed in-house. The project's latest release is Solus 4.1 which offers many updates and should provide a faster install process thanks to using a different format for compression: "Solus 4.1 is the first ISO release to feature the use of Zstandard (zstd) compression for the SquashFS images. Compared to the xz compressed ISOs from previous releases, the ztsd compressed size is a little bit larger. But as a result, the decompression times are significantly improved (3-4x), leading to a much faster installation process than ever previously achieved. In most cases, you can expect to spend more time filling out the questions in the installation wizard than it will actually take to copy everything to disk. We hope you are just as surprised as we were at just how fast this process has become." The project's release announcement offers further details. Download: Solus-4.1-Budgie.iso (1,692MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Solus-4.1-GNOME.iso (1,873MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Solus-4.1-MATE.iso (1,662MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Solus-4.1-Plasma.iso (1,825MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-01-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lakka 2.3.2 |
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The Lakka development team has announced the release of Lakka 2.3.2, a lightweight Linux distribution (based on LibreELEC) which promises to transform a small computer into a full-blown game console. The new release comes with an updated RetroArch user interface: "The Lakka team wishes everyone a happy new year as it welcomes 2020 with a new update and a new tier-based releases system. This new Lakka update, version 2.3.2, contains RetroArch 1.8.4 (was 1.7.2), some new cores and a handful of core updates. This new version of RetroArch adds some welcome features - the most interesting is the manual content scanner. You read it right - no database is required any more to build your playlists. Whether it's because the database is missing or your platform has little memory to handle big scans, you now have the choice to do a manual scan to build playlists on your Lakka box. This new scanning method simply takes all files ending with a known extension in a folder and adds them to the playlist for that system." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. At present, the new Lakka release is available for generic x86_64 computers and Raspberry Pi boards. Download links: Lakka-Generic.x86_64-2.3.2.img.gz (442MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi.arm-2.3.2.img.gz (324MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi2.arm-2.3.2.img.gz (376MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi2.RPi4.arm-2.3.2.img.gz (384MB, SHA256). |
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| 2020-01-22 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 20.01 |
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GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on TrueOS (which is, in turn, based on FreeBSD's development branch). The project's latest release, GhostBSD 20.01, introduces some fixes to the installer and ships with version 1.22.2 of the MATE desktop environment. A community edition featuring the Xfce desktop is also available. "I am happy to announce the availability of GhostBSD 20.01 with some improvements made to the installer, mainly improvements to the way the installer UI deals with custom partitions involving GTP and UEFI. Also, some system and software has been updated. GhostBSD 20.01 ISO has some minor improvements over 19.10. It provides an up to date ISO with the latest packages and system updates for new installation with a simple installation process to get you going quickly. For current installation, no need to re-install. What has changed since 19.10: System got updated to 12.1-STABLE. MATE is now at 1.22.2. Added a warning when an incorrect password is used in Software Station. Fix the UI installer limitation with GPT and UEFI." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): GhostBSD-20.01.iso (2,233MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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