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Netrunner
Netrunner is a Debian-based distribution featuring a highly customised KDE desktop with extra applications, multimedia codecs, Flash and Java plugins, and a unique look and feel. The modifications are designed to enhance the user-friendliness of the desktop environment while still preserving the freedom to tweak. A separate "Rolling" edition, based on Manjaro Linux, was launched in 2014, was discontinued and was re-launched in 2017.
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| 2019-08-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2019.09.01 |
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BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution designed for penetration testers and security researchers. It is supplied as a live DVD image that comes with several lightweight window managers, including Fluxbox, Openbox, Awesome and spectrwm. It ships with over a thousand specialist tools for penetration testing and forensic analysis. The project's latest snapshot introduces over 150 new tools, provides Linux 5.2.9, and provides package upgrades across the distribution. "Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. These are really special releases as many improvements and QA went through all packages and tools BlackArch Linux offers. Here's the changelog: added more than 150 new tools; added terminus font for all window managers; included Linux kernel 5.2.9; new ~/.vim and ~/.vimrc (thanks to noptrix offering his config files); updated blackarch-installer to version 1.1.19; various improvements and bug fixes; removed dwm window manager; replaced the default terminal xterm with rxvt-unicode." A complete list of changes can be found on the project's blog. Download (SHA1, pkglist, login: root, password: blackarch): blackarch-linux-live-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso (15,599MB, torrent), blackarch-linux-netinst-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso (660MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-08-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 6.0 "Mail Gateway" |
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Proxmox is a commercial company which offers specialized products based on Debian. The company recently launched Proxmox Mail Gateway version 6.0 which is based on Debian 10 "Buster". The release announcement covers the highlights of the new version: "Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH today has released Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0, the latest major version of its open-source email security solution. Proxmox Mail Gateway is a complete operating system based on Debian Buster and functions as an anti-spam and anti-virus filtering solution. It is deployed between the firewall and the internal mail server working like a full featured mail proxy and protecting organizations against spam, viruses, trojans, and phishing emails. Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 is based on the latest stable release of Debian 10.0 (Buster) with a 5.0.21 kernel and includes the latest security fixes. Users can upgrade to version 6.0 either with a clean install or with an in-place upgrade. The developers provide a step-by-step upgrade path simplifying the latter. The new version 6.0 comes with improved support for ZFS on UEFI and on NVMe devices in the ISO installer, for example you can boot a ZFS mirror on NVMe SSDs." The company's release announcement offers further details. Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 can be downloaded from the company's download page. |
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| 2019-08-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bedrock Linux 0.7.7 |
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Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to utilize features from other, typically mutually exclusive distributions. Essentially, users can mix-and-match components and packages as desired from multiple Linux distributions and have them work seamlessly side-by-side. The project's latest release is Bedrock Linux 0.7.7 which adds support for downloading KISS Linux, adds support for more CPU architectures, and fixed DNS resolution for some distributions. "A point update has been released for 0.7. To update to it, run brl update as root. Added brl-fetch KISS Linux support. Added brl-report check for environment variables. Added brl-update support for verifying signature of offline updates. Added brl-update support scanning multiple configured mirrors. Added init message about bedrock.conf. Added installer check for corrupt embedded tarball. Added installer check for grub2-mkrelpath bug. Added installer message about bedrock.conf. Added official installer/update binaries for ppc64le. Fixed brl-fetch arch. Fixed brl-fetch fedora. Fixed brl-fetch mirrors with paths in http indexes." A full list of changes can be found on the project's news page. Scripts for setting up Bedrock Linux on various architectures can be found on the project's GitHub Releases page. |
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| 2019-08-26 |
Distribution Release: Super Grub2 Disk 2.04s1 |
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Super Grub2 Disk is a live CD that helps the user to boot into almost any operating system even if the system cannot boot into it by normal means. This allows a user to boot into an installed operating system if their GRUB installation has been overwritten, erased or otherwise corrupted. Super Grub2 Disk can detect installed operating systems and provide a boot menu which allows the user to boot into their desired operating system. Super Grub2 Disk is not an operating system itself, but a live boot loader which can be run from a CD or USB thumb drive. The project has published a new release, Super Grub2 Disk 2.04s1, which adds new UEFI, Btrfs and F2FS filesystem support. "This new release features new upstream grub 2.04. Some of the grub 2.04 features which might be or might not be reflected on the SG2D UI are: Support for multiple early initrd images. Support for the F2FS file-system. A verifier framework. RISC-V support. UEFI Secure Boot shim support. Btrfs Zstd improvements. Btrfs RAID5/RAID6 support. Xen PVH support. UEFI TPM 1.2/2.0 support." Additional information on the live disc and screenshots demonstrating how to use the utility can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: super_grub2_disk_hybrid_2.04s1.iso (16MB). |
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| 2019-08-26 |
Development Release: MX Linux 19 Beta 1 |
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The first public development build of MX Linux 19 is ready for testing. The upcoming release of what is currently the "number one" distribution on DistroWatch is now based on Debian 10 and includes the recently-released Xfce 4.14 desktop: "We are pleased to offer MX Linux 19 beta 1 for testing purposes. Updated packages - the latest updates from Debian 10 'Buster', antiX and MX repositories: Xfce 4.14, GIMP 2.10.12, MESA 18.3.6, updated firmware, Linux 4.19.5 kernel, Firefox 68, VLC 3.0.8, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 60.8.0, LibreOffice 6.1.5 (plus security fixes). New and updated MX applications: formatusb - for formatting USB storage devices; mx-packageinstaller now displays version number for Flatpak applications; mx-alerts package for sending emergency messages to users; tons of miscellaneous updates to the MX tools; most help files are now available on the ISO image. antiX live system changes: the latest antiX live system updates, included improved support for Hyper-V and KVM; improved support for frugal installations on NTFS devices...." Continue to the release announcement for more information and known issues. Download (pkglist): MX-19beta-1_x64.iso (1,375MB, SHA256, signature), MX-19beta-1_386.iso (1,388MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-08-26 |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 829 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Drauger OS 7.4.1, and EndeavourOS 2019.07.15
- News: NetBSD gets its first Wayland application, UBports publishes updates, Kali updates meta-packages, boot environments for DragonFly BSD, GhostBSD changes base repository, FreeBSD status update
- Tips and tricks: How to check the licenses of kernel modules
- Released last week: Runtu 18.04.3, Netrunner 19.08, EasyOS 2.1
- Torrent corner: Alpine, AUSTRUMI, BigLinux, Clonezilla, EasyOS, Karoshi, Netrunner, OSGeoLive, OviOS, Raspberry Digital Signage, Runtu
- Opinion poll: EndeavourOS taking over from Antergos
- New distributions: KISS Linux, Doge Linux, AutoTux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2019-08-25 |
Distribution Release: EasyOS 2.1 |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 2.1. EasyOS is an experimental Linux distribution which uses many of the technologies and package formats pioneered by Puppy Linux. The distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container. The new release uses packages build for Debian 10 "Buster". "The 'Buster' series start from version 2.0, and are intended to be where most of the action is, ongoing. Version 2.0 was really a beta-quality build, to allow the testers to report back. The first official release is 2.1. The main feature of Easy Buster is that it is built from Debian 10 Buster DEBs, using WoofQ (a fork of Woof2. Woof-CE is another fork of Woof2, used to build Puppy Linux). The advantage of Buster over Pyro is access to the large Debian package repositories. That is a big plus. On the other hand, DEB packages have many dependencies, and the end result is a release considerably larger than Pyro with similar app selection. For example, the download file of Pyro 1.2 is 418MB, Buster is 504MB -- despite the Buster build having less apps (Pyro has Qt5 and big Qt5-based apps such as Scribus, this is all missing from the Buster build, but can be installed)." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: easy-2.1-amd64.img.gz (504MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-08-23 |
Development Release: Simplicity 19.10 Alpha 1 |
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Simplicity Linux is a Puppy Linux derivative with Xfce as the default desktop environment. It comes in three editions: Desktop, Mini and an experimental X flavour. The project's latest development snapshot is Simplicity Linux 19.10 Alpha1: "We're proud to announce the release of Simplicity Linux 19.10. It is based on Stretchdog, which in turn is based on Debian Stretch. As this is an alpha release, none of these images should be considered finished versions, and may contain bugs or issues which won't be present in the final release. These images should also be considered to be designed for live booting rather than being installed. All three editions of Simplicity Linux 19.10 feature Ecosia as the default search engine. This is a search engine where revenue from ads is used to plant trees. It is something we have been testing for some time, and we weren't going to include it in the alpha releases. However, after hearing about the fires in the Amazon Rainforest, we have decided to include Ecosia in each version. It's our way of trying to help in whatever small way we can." The release announcement offers further details and file checksums. Download (MD5): Simplicity1910DesktopAlpha1.iso (583MB), SimplicityMini1910Alpha1.iso (354MB), Simplicity1910XAlpha.iso (787MB). |
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| 2019-08-21 |
Distribution Release: Netrunner 19.08 |
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The Netrunner development team has announced the availability of Netrunner 19.08 (code name "Indigo"), the project's first release based on Debian 10: "The Netrunner team is happy to announce the immediate availability of Netrunner 19.08 Indigo, a 64-bit ISO image. This version is based on Debian 10 'Buster' and comes with a few new and updated software versions: KDE Plasma 5.14.5, KDE Frameworks 5.54, KDE Applications 18.08, Qt 5.11.3, Linux Kernel 4.19.37, Firefox 60.8.1, Thunderbird 60.7.2. Switching from Firefox to Firefox ESR allows our users to enjoy a stable long-term supported version which gets regular security updates provided by the Debian security team. KDE Plasma 5.14.5 provides a stable and advanced desktop environment that you can tweak to your needs. Netrunner 19.08 ships with a brand-new theme called Indigo which features the identically named color as main attraction. The mixture of darker blue and lighter blue together with classic white-like gray creates a pleasent-to-the-eye look that matches the Breeze icon theme perfectly." Continue to the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download (SHA256): netrunner-desktop-1908-64bit.iso (2,462MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-08-19 |
Distribution Release: Runtu 18.04.3 |
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Runtu is a Russian desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's LTS (long-term support) releases. It features full support for Russian and a variety of extra applications, tools and media codecs. The project's latest release is an update to its 18.04 branch. An English translation of the project's release announcement (with screenshots) in Russian states: "The 64-bit version of the Runtu Xfce 18.04 distribution is presented, based on the Bionic Beaver 18.04.3 LTS package release base. The release includes improvements backported from Ubuntu 19.04: the Linux kernel version 5.0 and the graphics stack components and the package database has been updated; the distribution kit is built using debootstrap, the base system and the working environment of Xfce 4.12 are installed; the software includes tools for playing audio and video files, the office suite LibreOffice 6.3.0, the graphic editor GIMP 2.10 and the printing subsystem; to work with the Internet, Firefox 68 browser, uGet download manager, Transmission torrent client and Thunderbird email client are preinstalled." Download (MD5) the live image from SourceForge: runtu-xfce-18.04.3-amd64_20190819.iso (829MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-08-19 |
Development Release: LXLE 18.04.3 Beta |
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LXLE is an easy-to-use lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Lubuntu and featuring the LXDE desktop environment. The project has published a new development release, based on Lubuntu 18.04 LTS. "LXLE 18.04.3 Beta is now available in 64-bit or 32-bit versions. This one was a long time coming as my life got very busy with the new addition to the family. News themes had to be tracked down as the updates to GTK broke the old ones yet again. The distro has been slimmed down considerably, removing some of the more infrequently used programs. Many versions of LXLE with a localized SearX search engine were built but was abandoned due to memory use. More polish has gone into Seamonkey along with fixing annoying interface issues, additional bookmarklets and security has been enhanced. Seamonkey remains the default browser due to its memory use, speed and additional components. It's awesome. The terminal weather remains although they seem to be running out of queries often which may need addressed." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: lxle-18043-64beta.iso (1,431MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2019-08-19 |
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 828 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: AcademiX GNU/Linux 2.2
- News: UBports testing Unity8 desktop changes, Debian getting FreedomBox desktop spin, Slackware tries more direct method of fundraising, FreeBSD phasing out GCC, Fedora project presents new Enterprise Linux channel
- Questions and answers: Concerns regarding non-free firmware
- Released last week: Emmabuntus DE2-1.05, Neptune 6.0, KNOPPIX 8.6
- Torrent corner: Clonezilla, Emmabuntus, EndeavourOS, HardenedBSD, KDE neon, KNOPPIX, Neptune, Obarun, OpenMediaVault, Raspberry Digital Signage, Redcore, SmartOS, Project Trident
- Opinion poll: Open source drivers and firmware versus closed drivers and firmware
- New distributions: distri
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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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 (372MB). |
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