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PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live DVD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.
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| 2018-11-19 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 790 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: NetBSD 8.0
- News: Fedora networking benchmarked against FreeBSD, Ubuntu team makes plans for 19.04, Ubuntu 18.04 to get extended support, Endless OS offers improved desktop performance
- Tips and tricks: Bash command line short-cuts and tips
- Released last week: Void 20181111, deepin 15.8, Slax 9.6.0
- Torrent corner: ArcoLinux, deepin, Hyperbola, Kodachi, Omarine, Qubes OS, Raspbian, Robolinux, Slax, SystemRescueCd, Void, Voyager
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 12.0-RC2, UBports 16.04 OTA-6
- Opinion poll: Size and frequency of package updates
- New distributions: Bentoo
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-11-17 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 12.0-RC1 |
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The first release candidate for the upcoming FreeBSD 12.0 is now ready for download and testing: "The first RC build of the 12.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.0-BET4 includes: NFSv4 ACL inheritance flags are no longer set on non-directories; new keywords, enable, disable and delete, were added to rc(8); fix freebsd32 mknod(at); fix some problems that manifest when NUMA domain 0 is empty; the ctm(1) utility has been marked as deprecated; the amdsmn(4) and amdtemp(4) drivers has been updated to attach to Ryzen 2 hostbridges; the amdtemp(4) driver temperature reporting on AMD 2990WX has been fixed; printing of 64-bit counters on 32-bit powerpc platforms has been fixed; fixes to netmap(4) support with vtnet(4); handling of allow.mount.fusefs in jailparam_init() has been fixed; miscellaneous IPv6 fixes; various other miscellaneous fixes...." See the release announcement and the (draft) release notes for further information. Quick links to download the installation DVD images for the amd64 and i386 architectures: FreeBSD-12.0-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,700MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.0-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso (3,190MB, SHA512). |
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| 2018-11-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Voyager Live 18.10 |
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The Voyager Live team has announced a new version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution. The new release, Voyager Live 18.10, switches from using the Xfce desktop to using GNOME Shell as the default interface. An English translation of the original French release announcement reads: "I present to you for the first time: Voyager - GE 18.10 based on the GNOME Shell desktop and Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish). Why GNOME Shell now? Voyager abandoned the GNOME Shell desktop 10 years ago for Xfce, because of its youth and especially because lack of flexibility and extensions were problematic at the time. Now, after several tests, the conclusion is that part of the GNOME Shell system is again ergonomic, customisable and more flexible than it was in the beginning. So it was considered to make a version named GE for GNOME Shell. Why the intermediate version with 9 months of support in 18.10 and not 18.04 LTS with its 3 years of support? Because GNOME Shell 3.30.1 does not install on the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and because 3.30 is much better than the 3.28 which is taking too many system resources. So here we are with this new digital and human adventure." The new release offers nine months of support. Download (MD5) from SourceForge: Voyager-GE-18.10-amd64.iso (1,862MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-11-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2018-11-13 |
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Simon Long has announced the availability of a new release of Raspbian, a Debian-based distribution for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers. One major change in this release is the addition of the VLC media player: "When I first joined Raspberry Pi, back in the dim and distant past (in reality 2014, but it does seem a long time ago now) and I started looking at Raspbian, I made a list of the additional features and applications that I thought it needed to be a 'complete' modern desktop operating system. Over the years, we've managed to tick off most of the items on that list, but one glaring omission has been nagging at me all this time: a decent media player. Windows has Windows Media Player, MacOS has QuickTime Player and iTunes, but we've had a big hole where something similar ought to be for Raspbian. It has been a common request on the forums and while we've had bits and pieces that do some of the job, we really wanted a nice GUI-based media player." See the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download links: 2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch.zip (1,035MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), 2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch-lite.zip (351MB, signature, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2018-11-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 9.6.0 |
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Tomáš Matějíček has announced the availability of a new release of Slax, a distribution formerly based on Slackware Linux, but recently re-designed and built on top of Debian's stable branch. The new version, Slax 9.6.0, is the latest build; it brings the usual round of security and bug-fix updates, including a fix to the PXE boot support: "Slax 9.0 released. I am happy to announce that a new version of Slax Linux is available for download. It features updates for all included packages, and fixes PXE boot support, so it is now possible to boot Slax over network again. There is also a 'pxe' script included, which you can execute on a running Slax to start a pxe server (it will auto-assign a random IP address from range 10.0.0.x). In order to download Slax, visit the newly redesigned website at www.slax.org. Enjoy the new release!" Here is the brief release announcement as published on the project's newly re-designed website. Download links for the 32-bit and 64-bit builds can be found on the home page (MD5, pkglist): slax-64bit-9.6.0.iso (263MB), slax-32bit-9.6.0.iso (269MB). Separate iPXE images are also available - these can be used to enable computers without built-in PXE support to boot from the network. |
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| 2018-11-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the availability of a beta release for the distribution's upcoming major release - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8. The beta release focuses on security, Application Streams and Linux container technologies: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 beta introduces the concept of Application Streams to deliver userspace packages more simply and with greater flexibility. Userspace components can now update more quickly than core operating system packages and without having to wait for the next major version of the operating system. Multiple versions of the same package, for example, an interpreted language or a database, can also be made available for installation via an application stream. This helps to deliver greater agility and user-customized versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux without impacting the underlying stability of the platform or specific deployments." Further information can be found in the company's release announcement and in the release notes. This beta release of RHEL 8.0 is available for public download and testing without registration: rhel-8.0-beta-1-x86_64-dvd.iso (6,642MB, pkglist). ISO images for IBM Power Systems Little Endian, IBM z Systems and ARM 64-bit are also provided. |
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| 2018-11-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 15.8 |
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A new version of deepin, a Debian-based distribution featuring the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), has been released. Version 15.8 brings a re-designed control centre, a full disk encryption installation option and various other improvements and bug fixes: "Compared with deepin 15.7, the ISO image size of deepin 15.8 has been reduced by 200 MB. The new release features newly designed control center, dock tray and boot theme, as well as improved native applications, hoping to bring users a more beautiful and efficient experience. Dock - fashion or efficient mode. In fashion mode, a hide/show button is added in the new designed dock tray, click it to hide the icons in tray area and save the dock space. And the power button is separated from the tray area to reduce the clicks and to avoid the function confusion. In efficient mode, the right corner is set to show desktop and the previous 'Show Desktop' icon is removed to meet user habits. In the new control center, the weather page, system widgets and bottom tools are removed and the layout is re-designed to improve the efficiency. What's more, the new control center is adaptive to different resolutions and languages." See the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download: deepin-15.8-amd64.iso (2,201MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2018-11-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Void 20181111 |
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Void is an independently-developed, rolling-release Linux distribution with a number of interesting specifics, such as its own package management system (called XBPS), a native init system (runit), integration of LibreSSL instead of OpenSSL and support for several popular ARM-based devices. The latest release, version 20181111, provides a large number of updates and fixes: "New x86 and ARM images are now available. The x86 images come with multiple flavours: Base system, Enlightenment, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE and LXQt. As usual we also have a supply of ARM images including: BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black, Cubieboard 2, Odroid U2/U3, RaspberryPi (armv6), RaspberryPi 2/3 (armv7). Void also comes in musl C flavors, which use the musl C library, a lightweight alternative to the popular glibc library." Here is the brief release announcement. The project's download page lists a large number of ISO and IMG files for various architectures; here we link to the standard (using glibc) x86_64 live ISO images with various popular desktop environments (SHA256, pkglist): void-live-x86_64-20181111-cinnamon.iso (727MB), void-live-x86_64-20181111-enlightenment.iso (649MB), void-live-x86_64-20181111-lxde.iso (612MB), void-live-x86_64-20181111-lxqt.iso (652MB), void-live-x86_64-20181111-mate.iso (806MB), void-live-x86_64-20181111-xfce.iso (693MB). |
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| 2018-11-12 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 789 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Fedora 29 Workstation
- News: Fedora turns 15, Haiku experiences server outage, Debian releases updated media, FreeBSD 10.4 reaches its end of life
- Technology review: Fedora 29 Silverblue
- Released last week: Neptune 5.6, ReactOS 0.4.10, Oracle Linux 7.6
- Torrent corner: Antergos, Archman, AUSTRUMI, CAINE, Debian, HardenedBSD, Kodachi, Neptune, Omarine, ReactOS, SmartOS, SparkyLinux
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 12.0-RC1
- Opinion poll: Fedora Silverblue
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-11-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.9 |
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SparkyLinux is a Debian-based distribution featuring three different development branches and multiple editions. The project has released a new update, SparkyLinux 4.9, to its Stable branch, based on Debian 9 Stretch. "New ISO images feature security updates and small improvements, such as: full system upgrade from Debian stable repos as of November 8, 2018; Linux kernel 4.9.110 (PC); Linux kernel 4.14.71 (ARM); added key bindings of configuration of monitor brightness (Openbox); added key bindings of configuration of system sound (Openbox and LXDE); added cron configuration to APTus Upgrade Checker. Added packages: xfce4-power-manager for power management; sparky-libinput for tap to click configuration for touchpads; xfce4-notifyd for desktop notifications; sparky-artwork-nature package features 10 more new nature wallpapers of Poland." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.9-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,340MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.9-x86_64-minimalgui.iso (859MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-4.9-x86_64-minimalcli.iso (473MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-11-10 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 12.0-BETA4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the (originally unscheduled) fourth beta release of FreeBSD 12.0. This means that the stable 12.0 release gets another reschedule - to 11 December. From the release announcement: "The fourth beta build of the 12.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.0-BETA3 includes: the number of fans supported from 8 to 12 for the powerpc architecture; a VIMAGE fix to correct carpstats; the bectl(8) utility has been added to rescue(8), as well as a fix to prevent an error when attempting to activate the currently active boot environment; the dvd1.iso pkg(8) as well as the default pkg(8) configuration file has been updated to use the quarterly package set (note to armv6, armv7 and aarch64 users - packages against the quarterly ports branch (2018Q4) are in progress, and should be complete over the next few days); the icwhd(4) driver has been updated to add TCO watchdog timer support in Lewisburg PCH (C620) chipsets; a local_unbound_tls variable has been added to the default rc.conf(5), set to "NO" by default; a fix to detect "stolen memory" not properly reserved in some Intel device BIOSes has been added; fixes to lualoader...." Download links: FreeBSD-12.0-BETA4-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,705MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.0-BETA4-i386-dvd1.iso (3,190MB, SHA512). |
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| 2018-11-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CAINE 10.0 |
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Nanni Bassetti has announced the release of a new major version of CAINE (which stands for Computer Aided INvestigative Environment), an Ubuntu-based distribution with a collection of utilities for forensics and incident response. Version 10.0 is based on Ubuntu 18.04: "CAINE 10.0 "Infinity" is out. Linux kernel 4.15, based on Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, can boot on UEFI, UEFI with Secure Boot, Legacy BIOS, BIOS. The important news is that CAINE 10.0 blocks all block devices (e.g. /dev/sda) in read-only mode. You can use a GUI tool named BlockOn/Off which is present on CAINE's desktop. This new write-blocking method assures that all disks are really preserved from accidental writing operations because they are locked in read-only mode. If you need to write to a disk, you can unlock it with BlockOn/Off or by using 'Mounter' to change the policy to writable mode. New tools, new OSINT, Autopsy 4.9 on-board, APFS ready, Btrfs forensic tool, NVME SSD drivers; SSH server disabled by default; OSINT - Carbon14, OsintSpy added; mobile - gMTP and ADB added; added Recoll, Afro, Stegosuite; many fixes and software updates; CAINE has Windows IR/Live forensics tools; new release of Arsenal Image Mounter and HibernationRecon...." Visit the project's home page to read the full release announcement. Download: caine10.0.iso (3,643MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). Also available from OSDisc. |
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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 form the distribution. Download the installation ISO image from here: debian-9.2.1-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (324MB). |
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