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| 2025-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2025.4 |
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The Kali Linux team have announced a new version of their Debian-based distribution. The security and forensics platform includes new updates to the Plasma and GNOME desktops along with better Wayland support for instances running inside virtual machines. "Now that GNOME has moved to only supporting Wayland, and KDE in Kali has already used it by default for a few years (since Kali Linux 2023.1), we wanted to ensure that the transition and experience were seamless. The only thing that we felt was missing was support for VM guest tools, like clipboard sharing and window scaling, but things have been progressing, and now all the major VM software fully supports Wayland. We have tested Kali installations with Wayland as the guest OS in VirtualBox, VMware, and QEMU, configured the missing parts, and we are happy to announce that all of the VM guest additions that you expected in X11 before are now working in Wayland without trouble." An overview of changes along with screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2025.4-installer-amd64.iso (4,513MB, torrent), kali-linux-2025.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (709MB, torrent). |
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| 2025-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2025.12 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2025.12, an updated stable release of the project's Debian-based live Linux system designed of system administrators: "We are proud to announce our new stable release, version 2025.12, code-named 'Postwurfsendung'. Like the previous release, version 2025.08, live ISO images are available for 64-bit x86 (amd64) and 64-bit ARM (arm64) CPUs. For this release, a number of internal changes to our build-tool grml-live were implemented. If you remaster the Grml ISO image or build your own, please take a look at the grml-live changelog. Noteworthy changes are: grml-live - build system for creating Grml-based Linux live systems; new TOR class; incorporate previously separate package grml-desktop; Live-CD glue code was imported from grml-scripts; minimum host OS for running grml-live is now Debian 'Bookworm', minimum build target is also Debian 'Bookworm'; dropped old scripts - grepc, grepedit, iimage, logview, mailhops, notifyd, osd_server, qma, dirvish-setup, grml-iptstate, make_chroot_jail, grml-swapon...." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more details. Download (mirrors): grml-full-2025.12-amd64.iso (996MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), grml-full-2025.12-arm64.iso (937MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2025-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 |
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Pop!_OS 24.04, a major new version of System76's desktop Linux distribution, has been released. Based on Ubuntu's latest long-term support version, Pop!_OS 24.04 is the project's first stable version that ships the COSMIC desktop environment, developed in-house: "If you're ambitious enough, or maybe just crazy enough, there eventually comes a time when you realize you've reached the limits of current potential, and must create something completely new if you're to go further. This year, System76 turned twenty. For twenty years we have shipped Linux computers. For seven years we've built the Pop!_OS Linux distribution. Three years ago it became clear we had reached the limit of our current potential and had to create something new. Today, we break through that limit with the release of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the COSMIC Desktop Environment. Today is special not only in that it's the culmination of over three years of work, but even more so in that System76 has built a complete desktop environment for the open source community." Read the release announcement for more information. Pop!_OS 24.04 is available for x86_64 and AArch64 processors; download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_24.04_amd64_generic_22.iso (2,935MB), pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_22.iso (3,433MB), pop-os_24.04_arm64_generic_3.iso (2,755MB), pop-os_24.04_arm64_nvidia_3.iso (3,064MB). |
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| 2025-12-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Parrot 7.0 Beta |
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The Parrot team has announced the availability of a new development snapshot. Parrot 7.0 beta swaps out the MATE desktop for using KDE Plasma by default, while the base distribution has been updated to Debian 13, and several custom applications have received some updates: "This new version introduces numerous changes, enhancements, and increased stability for your work and daily tasks. A major effort has been made on the infrastructure, the build scripts for ISOs and virtual machines, with several automations that will make life easier for us developers but, above all, for users, thanks to the possibility of having images produced on a weekly basis. Some core components of the system have been upgraded, such as parrot-core, parrot-interface, calamares-settings-parrot, parrot-themes, parrot-menu and more have received important improvements. For example, the configurations of parrot-core have been changed to provide better support for multiple Desktop Environments, and some parrot-menu scripts have been reviewed and rewritten (from Nim to Go)." Additional information is offered in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Parrot-home-7.0-beta_amd64.iso (3,222MB), Parrot-security-7.0-beta_amd64.iso (6,764MB). |
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| 2025-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.2-4 |
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The Univention team has announced the release of Univention Corporate Server 5.2-4. The new version introduces unifies locked account statuses, drops support for PXE Server installs, and introduces some fixes for Keycloak: "As always, the new release contains numerous updates and smaller improvements. A selection: Synchronization of the 'locked' status of user accounts across Nubus, Active Directory and Samba 4 have been unified. This ensures that, for example, a lock set in Active Directory after too many failed login attempts also applies in Nubus. App Center has been improved in its handling of filtering proxy servers and will therefore support even more environments in the future. Several security updates for Keycloak were included, most recently a short-notice update to Keycloak 26.4.4 addressing an issue affecting accounts with uppercase characters in their names. Default values for the size of the OpenLDAP database have been adjusted and incorporated into the monitoring checks in Nagios and Prometheus as well as UMC. The OX Connector now supports a new operating mode that stores occurring issues in an error log for later review." An overview of the changes can be found in the release announcement. Download: UCS_5.2-4-amd64.iso (1,600MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2025-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CuerdOS 2.0 |
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The CuerdOS team has released version 2.0 of its Debian-based operating system, upgrading its base to Debian 13 "Trixie" in the process. The new version includes the 6.12 Linux kernel and switches the default web brower to Vivaldi: "Update to the new Debian release: Trixie (13). New Fastfetch configuration to get a better style. Yelena Store as default frontend for APT. Refreshed styles for new ISOs, new version new life. New kernel 6.12.58 with a new Zram configuration to get better performance using ZSTD algorithm. Sway with pywal preinstalled and a new design. New default browser, Vivaldi. CuerdTools updated and remaked. New NVIDIA drivers installer and a new automatized upgrade program to update from CuerdOS 1.2.1. New wallpapers and refreshed style. All published by CuerdOS Public License v1.0." The release announcement also mentions that the Ananicy service is now disabled by default. Download (pkglist): CuerdOS-2.0-Budgie.iso (2,596MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Cinnamon.iso (2,564MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Gnome.iso (2,972MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-LXQt.iso (2,604MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Mate.iso (2,281MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Plasma.iso (2,900MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Sway.iso (2,825MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.0-Xfce.iso (2,715MB, MD5). |
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| 2025-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 10.1 |
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Gursewak Sokhi has announced the release of Oracle Linux 10.1, an updated release of the company's enterprise-class Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: "Oracle Linux 10.1 is now generally available for 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. This release includes the following kernel options: Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.1 for the x86_64 and aarch64 platforms, Red Hat Compatible Kernel 6.12 for the x86_64 platform. Oracle Linux 10.1 delivers a strengthened cryptographic foundation built to support modern security requirements and emerging post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. OpenSSL introduces support for ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, and the QUIC transport protocol, enabling more secure and efficient encrypted communication. NSS has been updated to include ML-DSA support, enhancing signature security for post-quantum readiness. GnuTLS adds certificate compression, expanded ML-DSA algorithm coverage, and improved PKCS#11 module handling. The release also enhances openCryptoki with broader PKCS#11 v3.0 mechanisms, SHA-3 and SHAKE capabilities, and expanded key-wrapping and secure key-handling features - delivering more robust capabilities for both hardware- and software-backed cryptographic operations." See the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Download: OracleLinux-R10-U1-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,776MB, pkglist), OracleLinux-R10-U1-aarch64-dvd.iso (9,092MB). |
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| 2025-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GLF OS 26.05 |
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Gaming Linux FR has announced the release of GLF OS 26.05, code-named "Phoenix", an important update of the project's NixOS-based Linux distribution with focus on desktop computing and gaming. The new version brings updated desktops and system components, Linux kernel 6.17 and various bug fixes: "Say hello to GLF OS 'Phoenix', the very latest version of GLF OS, which incorporates the freshest packages, technological innovations and even more comfort for our users. GLF OS is designed to be simple to use and to facilitate the transition from Windows to Linux as much as possible with a guided installation, pre-installed graphic drivers, integrated gaming applications and optimizations aimed at reducing latency. Security, reliability and confidentiality are also essential, central and indispensable criteria in the specifications of our operating system. Now, what does GLF OS Phoenix bring? GNOME 49 - better HiDPI and multi-screen support, smoother animations, fixes for Wayland compositor crashes; KDE Plasma 6.5 - more reliable multi-monitor management, extended touch/trackpad gestures, better behavior under Wayland; Linux kernel 6.17 - support for recent CPU and GPU chipsets, improved USB and PCIe and power management...." Read the full release announcement for more information. This release of GLF OS is available for download via BitTorrent: GLF-OS-PHOENIX.iso (5,977MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.23.0 |
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The Alpine Linux team has announced a new version of its lightweight distribution. The project's latest release, version 3.23.0, introduces a new version of the apk package manager and makes some adjustments to how kernel packages are handled. It also features the new long-term supported Linux kernel, version 6.18. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.23.0, the first release in the v3.23 stable series. Version 3 of apk is now ready for Alpine 3.23.0. This should be a safe and seamless upgrade from version 2, but might have breaking changes if you use libapk. The package manager has been upgraded to v3, but keeping the v2 index and package format for now. See apk-tools v3.0.0 release notes for more details. A 'linux-stable' kernel replaces 'linux-edge' with an identical configuration as 'linux-lts' while following 'stable' instead of 'long-term' releases. On systems with 'linux-edge' installed, apk automatically installs 'linux-stable' as a replacement. See the wiki for details about this release. As always, make sure to use 'apk upgrade --available' when switching between major versions." Additional details and a list of important updated packages can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.23.0-x86_64.iso (344MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.23.0-x86_64.iso (1,346MB, SHA256, signature).
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| 2025-12-02 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 15.0 |
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The FreeBSD project has announced the release of FreeBSD 15.0. The new version introduces the option of installing the operating system using the pkg package manager and updates the version of ZFS on the system. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of the stable/15 branch. Some of the highlights: the FreeBSD base system can now be installed and managed using the pkg(8) package manager; the FreeBSD 15.0 release artifacts (install images, VM images) were all generated without requiring root privilege; FreeBSD now has a native inotify implementation, simplifying directory watching and software porting; OpenZFS has been upgraded to 2.4.0-rc4; OpenSSL has been upgraded to the latest long-term support (LTS) version, 3.5.4, which includes support for QUIC and now standardized quantum-resistant algorithms, ML-KEM, ML-DSA and SLH-DSA; OpenSSH has been upgraded to 10.0p2 which includes support for quantum-resistant key agreement by default...." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,296MB, SHA512, pkglist), FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img (1,488MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (1,150MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-memstick.img (1,328MB, SHA512). |
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| 2025-12-01 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1150 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10
- News: openSUSE updates Tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans improved handling of broken packages, KDE Plasma 6.8 to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report
- Questions and answers: Does the distribution really matter?
- Released last week: Ultramarine Linux 43, AlmaLinux OS 10.1, Rocky Linux 10.1, Tsurugi Linux 25.11, ROSA 13.1, Pardus 25.0, AV Linux MXE-25, EndeavourOS 2025.11.24, 4MLinux 50.0, Solus 4.8
- Torrent corner: AlmaLinux OS, EndeavourOS, KDE neon, Raspberry Pi OS, ROSA, TUXEDO OS
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 15.0
- Opinion poll: Do you want to run a distribution which includes local LLM tools?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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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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| 2024-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2024.12 |
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Grml is a minimal, live distribution which is based on Debian. Grml 2024.12 drops support for x86 (i686) computers while expanding support for 64-bit ARM machines. "We are proud to announce our new stable release version 2024.12, code-named 'Adventgrenze'. This Grml release brings you fresh software packages from Debian 'Trixie' and enhanced hardware support, and it addresses known bugs from previous releases. With version 2024.12, Grml, for the first time ever, supports 64-bit ARM CPUs (arm64). As previously announced, releases for 32-bit x86 PCs have been discontinued. With the grml32 flavor removed, we've introduced UEFI 32-bit boot support on our Grml amd64 flavor to ensure 64-bit PCs with 32-bit firmware can use this release. New features: grml-lang - support language settings for UK/GB; grml-vnet - replace tunctl + brctl with ip(8); grml-paste - the Grml paste service is gone, the script uses paste.debian.net now; cpu-screen: replace C source implementation with implementation in Perl (to get arch all packages) + hide...." The release announcement and the release notes offer additional details. Download (pkglist): grml-full-2024.12-amd64.iso (917MB, signature), grml-small-2024.12-amd64.iso (498MB, signature). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.29 Core 190 |
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The IPFire project develops a minimal operating system for routers and firewalls. The project's latest release, IPFire 2.29 Core 190, provides a kernel update and begins phasing out support for RSA encryption: "We are starting the path to remove RSA from the IPFire web UI and SSH. On new installations, RSA keys won't be generated any more. On existing installations, this update removes the RSA key from the web UI, but we keep the RSA key for SSH to not break any monitoring tools, etc. We still believe that RSA is strong enough to be used in today's world, but since there is sufficient browser and SSH client support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography which is considered to be much stronger, we want to raise the bar for any potential future attacks on RSA. IPFire is also now using post-quantum cryptography for SSH key exchanges: Streamlined NTRU Prime sntrup761 and X25519 with SHA-512 (sntrup761x25519-sha512) and Module-Lattice-based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (MK-KEM, mlkem768x25519-sha256) have been enabled." Additional details are provided in the release announcement. Download: ipfire-2.29-core190-x86_64.iso (502MB), ipfire-2.29-core190-x86_64.img.xz (427MB). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Mobile OS Release: Murena 2.6.3 |
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The Murena team has announced a new version of the project's /e/OS operating system. Support for tablets has been introduced along with smoother support for QR code reading. One of the big features accompanying this release is a new on-line system installer. "We're excited to introduce our brand-new Installer for /e/OS, now in beta! Our team has been working tirelessly to make installing /e/OS on your device simpler than ever. This new Installer will replace the Easy Installer, offering you a seamless, step-by-step process to get /e/OS up and running on compatible devices. No more juggling multiple tools or complicated instructions! Also, if you're already hosting or planning to host a flash party, the Installer will be a game-changer, making the process faster, smoother, and more accessible for everyone." Further details on the new release and the new system installer can be found in Murena's release announcement and in the release notes. A list of supported devices can be found in the project's documentation. |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 10.1 |
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The NetBSD project has published an update to the highly portable operating system's 10.x series. NetBSD 10.1 mostly focuses on fixes and some driver enhancements. "Device drivers, acpiout(4) - fix brightness controls on certain machines; re(4) - add support for Realtek/Killer E2600 Ethernet; uftdi(4) - add support for a range of Brainboxes USB serial adapters; urtwn(4) - add support for the Mercusys MW150USV2 Wi-Fi adapter; viac7temp(4) - add the driver to amd64 GENERIC; virtio(4) - various fixes; apei(4) - new driver for ACPI platform error interfaces; Userspace, shmif_pcapin(1) - new utility program for shmif(4) tests; pax(1) - fixes for various edge cases, particularly when creating files; xsetwallpaper(1) - install the manual page; envstat(8), powerd(8), traceroute(8) - add support for CRUNCHOPS to enable building rumpified programs as crunched binaries; httpd(8) - create mobile-friendly directory listings; ifconfig(8), document parameters for lagg(4) interfaces; sshd(8) - fixed unsafe use of functions in signal handler (CVE-2024-6387); getentropy(3) - expose the now standardized interface to POSIX.1-2024 applications; ftp(1) - update to version 20241129." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA512, pkglist): NetBSD-10.1-amd64.iso (623MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 24.12 |
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T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). The project has published version 24.12 which supports 25 CPU architectures, introduces several fixes, and packages the COSMIC desktop. "We are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a major update with a total of 37 pre-compiled base install ISOs for various Glibc, Musl and uClibc combinations are available for 25 CPU ISAs: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), Avr32, HPPA(64), IA64, Loongarch64, M68k, Microblaze, MIPS(64), Nios2, OpenRISC, PowerPC(64), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH, i486, i686, x86-64 and x32. On most architectures the release still boots with as little as 512MB of RAM or even less, and ISO downloads are less than 2GB for base Wayland desktop with Firefox. Initial support for running on Nintendo Wii U was contributed and Linux kernel scrollback buffer handling restored. Support and stability was improved for SPARC64, Intel Itanium IA-64, Sony PS3, Sgi Octane and O2. This release also ships a significant larger desktop package selection even for non mainstream RISC architectures, including LibreOffice, OpenJDK and Qemu. The Cosmic Desktop was also added as new, next-generation, Rust-based desktop environment." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): t2-24.10-x86-64-base-wayland-glibc-gcc-nocona.iso (1,679MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2024.4 |
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The Kali Linux project has announced a new snapshot of the project's rolling release distribution. The latest version, 2024.4, upgrades Python to version 3.12, drops support for 32-bit x86 kernels and offers GNOME 47. The release announcement offers a summary: "The summary of the changelog since the 2024.3 release from September is: Python 3.12 - new default Python version (au revoir pip, hello pipx); the end of the i386 kernel and images - farewell x86 (images), but not goodbye (packages); deprecations in the SSH client - DSA keys, reminder about using ssh1 if required; Raspberry Pi imager customizations support - able to alter settings at write time; GNOME 47 - now able to synchronize your favorite colours; Kali forums refresh - new heart of the community home. Kali NetHunter - updates to the app, kernels, installer, store and website; new tools - 14 new shiny toys added (and countless updated). Python 3.12 is now the default Python interpreter. While it was released upstream a year ago, it took a bit of time to become the default in Debian, and then even more time to make it to Kali Linux, but finally it’s here. Every new version of Python brings along some deprecations or subtle changes of behavior, which in turn breaks some Python packages." Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-2024.4/kali-linux-2024.4-installer-amd64.iso (4,171MB, torrent), kali-linux-2024.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (600MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PorteuX 1.8 |
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The PorteuX developers have announced the release of PorteuX 1.8, the latest version of the project's set of minimalist and portable Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. This brand-new build updates the Xfce desktop environment to the just-released version 4.20: "This release introduces the long-awaited Xfce 4.20, along with updates to almost all desktop environments. The kernel has been updated to 6.12.5, but there appear to be some upstream performance regressions for AMD users in specific cases, so if you experience some of these issues, you can use the kernel from PorteuX 1.7. Changes: fixed vm.max_map_count not being set during boot; fixed extensions not installing in Cinnamon if 05-devel was not activated; fixed KDE 6 night light feature not working; improved support for Steam Deck; improved PorteuX installer for Linux to only ask for admin rights instead of root user; improved all scripts in /opt/porteux-scripts to only ask for admin rights instead of root user...." Continue to the release notes for a full list of bug fixes and other changes. Download (pkglist): porteux-v1.8-current-cinnamon-6.2.9-x86_64.iso (495MB), porteux-v1.8-current-gnome-47.1-x86_64.iso (507MB), porteux-v1.8-current-kde-6.2.1-x86_64.iso (569MB), porteux-v1.8-current-lxde-0.10.1-x86_64.iso (472MB), porteux-v1.8-current-lxqt-2.0.0-x86_64.iso (495MB), porteux-v1.8-current-mate-1.28.2-x86_64.iso (480MB), porteux-v1.8-current-xfce-4.18-x86_64.iso (476MB). |
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| 2024-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 10 Stream |
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The CentOS project has announced the availability of a new version of CentOS Stream. The new 10 series branch provides a preview of what is coming up in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Version 10 ships with Linux 6.12, Python 3.12, and version 47 of the GNOME desktop. "CentOS Stream defines Enterprise Linux. It is a Linux distribution built by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) engineers, and is used as the major version branch that RHEL minor versions are created from. It has roughly a five year lifecycle and will be maintained until 2030. The exact date will be contingent on the end of the Full Support phase of RHEL 10. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and other communities use it as a trusted base for their tailored solutions. RHEL customers can use it as a preview of what's coming soon to RHEL.... CentOS Stream 10 includes several exciting new features and enhancements. Some of the highlights include: Linux kernel 6.12; Python 3.12; Go 1.23; Rust 1.82; Valkey 7.2; GNOME 47." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): CentOS-Stream-10-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso (6,848MB, SHA256), CentOS-Stream-10-20241209.0-x86_64-boot.iso (800MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-12-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 22.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint project has published a new development snapshot for Linux Mint 22.1. The upcoming release will feature support through to 2029 and offers a number of improvements to the behind-the-scenes package management utilities. The new beta also introduces easy access to power modes to help the user balance energy savings against performance. "Choosing a power mode allows you to balance between power saving and performance optimization. The following power modes are available on all computers: Power-saver mode - limits performance to conserve energy; Balanced mode - adjusts performance based on your needs; on supported systems, an additional Performance mode is available, this mode maximizes performance at the cost of increased power consumption; power-saving modes reduce performance but can extend battery life, reduce heat generation, lower CPU frequency and decrease fan noise; note that the system may override user settings based on the selected mode to adjust display brightness or make temporary adjustments to further reduce power consumption or enhance performance." Additional details can be found in the release announcement, what's new document, and release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-22.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,842MB, torrent), linuxmint-22.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,752MB, torrent), linuxmint-22.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,845MB, torrent). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta, a development snapshot of the company's next major version. The beta of version 10.0 includes several key package upgrades and introduces Lightspeed, a generative AI tool: "RHEL 10 marks the debut of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed, a generative AI (gen AI) tool purpose-built to help experts and novices build, deploy and manage RHEL simply and efficiently. We're building decades of expertise into RHEL Lightspeed to give you recommendations and guidance to help you make better tuning and troubleshooting decisions. It can also help you plan and protect your IT infrastructure with a proactive life cycle and security information that's offered at the moment you need it. RHEL Lightspeed also tailors release notes for your organization and package recommendations for your teams, bringing a new level of personalization to the RHEL experience. And RHEL Lightspeed replaces complex commands with plain language, lowering barriers for less experienced users." The release announcement and release notes provide more information. Red Hat customers can try out the beta (6,618MB, pkglist) for free through the company's portal. |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 24.12 "ROME" |
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The OpenMandriva Lx project has published a new snapshot of the distribution's ROME branch, a rolling release which is available in six desktop flavours: Plasma 6 (X11), Plasma 6 (Wayland), Plasma 5, LXQt, GNOME, and COSMIC. "Main features, and changes since ROME 24.07: KDE Plasma 6 desktop by default (x11). Spins featuring latest desktop environments GNOME, LXQt Qt6, Plasma 5 and COSMIC 1.0 alpha. Plasma 6 Wayland ISO provided as well. Please note the Wayland ISO in VirtualBox may boot to a black screen and will not work; VirtualBox users may need to set VMSVGA controller to boot successfully; It works fine on most hardware and in QEMU with KVM. Available in OpenMandriva repository proton and proton-experimental, which make Proton available outside of Steam, without the need to install any non-free code. OM-Welcome Startup and Configuration tool, specifically designed for OpenMandriva KDE Plasma desktop environment, keeps improving with some more convenient modules for easy install of the users' most wished applications." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): openmandriva.rome-24.12-plasma6.wayland.x86_64.iso (3,070MB), openmandriva.rome-24.12-lxqt.x86_64.iso (2,174MB), openmandriva.rome-24.12-cosmic.x86_64.iso (2,726MB). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1 |
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The AlmaLinux project provides a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with additional security patches. The project has published a new beta release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1. "AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta brings significant enhancements across core components enhancing development, security, and performance workflows. New versions of programming languages, toolchains, and compilers give developers access to the latest tools. Updates to control systems, servers, and databases aim to improve system performance and scalability. As for security, this release introduces post-quantum cryptography support and updates to SELinux and OpenSSH. A new sudo system role simplifies configuration management across multiple systems, while new tools like Sequoia PGP expand encryption options. This version of AlmaLinux also brings with it some deviations from RHEL 10.0, that are fully outlined in the release notes for AlmaLinux 10. We anticipate the stable release of AlmaLinux 10 coming in Q2 of next year." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, pkglist): AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-dvd.iso (6,542MB), AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-minimal.iso (1,258MB), AlmaLinux-10.0-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso (748MB). |
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| 2024-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Archman Linux 20241207 |
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Muhterem Demiray has announced the release of Archman Linux 20241207, the latest stable build of the project's Arch-based distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop: "Archman 2024-12 'Xfce' edition, the final stable release of the year, is ready. Archman Linux is an independent, globally-oriented Linux distribution derived from Arch Linux and developed in Turkey. Archman Linux offers a fast, visual, stable and easy-to-use installation and user experience. New features and updates: the latest Xfce desktop environment provides a faster and more stable experience; modernized theme and icon sets offer a more visually appealing user interface; the latest versions of popular software packages are included in this release; the system's security has been enhanced with the latest security patches. Performance improvements: the system startup time has been optimized for faster booting; memory and CPU usage have been improved, resulting in better overall system performance; battery life has been extended for laptops...." See the complete release announcement for more information and known issues. Download: Archman_Xfce-20241207.iso (2,508MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Window Maker Live 12.8 |
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Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that applies the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. The project has released version 12.8 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "A selection of TeX Live packages for a decent TeX system, and auxiliary tools like AUCTeX for Emacs and the vim-latexsuite were also included. All of Bookworm's outdated GNUstep packages were replaced with current versions recompiled from their still up to date Debian/Trixie sources. The included GNUstep programs are more tightly integrated in the desktop. Only seeing is believing: The GNUstep packages were augmented by a few GUI themes demonstrating GNUstep's theming capabilities. The current Emacs release 29.4 has been added with its GNUstep based GUI. This emacs-gnustep variant is provided as a self-contained component and does not rely on nor conflict with the official Debian emacs packages. The bare bones Surf browser has been replaced with otter-browser since the former's AppArmor based security sandboxing proved too restrictive for casual usage. Also, the GNUstep based netsurf port WebSurf.app was added." The release announcement offers additional details. Download (MD5, pkglist): wmlive-bookworm_12.8-amd64.iso (2,865MB), wmlive-bookworm_12.8-i386.iso (2,842MB). |
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| 2024-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.2.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 24.2.0, the latest stable version of the project's rolling-release distribution with separate GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce editions. The new release updates the default Linux kernel to version 6.12: "Manjaro Linux 24.2 'Yonada' released. Since we released Xahea in October 2024, we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Yonada'. The GNOME edition has received several updates to GNOME 47 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when GNOME 47.2 was originally was in September 2024. The Plasma edition comes with the latest Plasma 6.2 series, Frameworks 6.8 and KDE Gear 24.08. Plasma 6 has come into its own over the last two releases. The wrinkles that always come with a major migration have been ironed out, and it's time to start delivering on the promises of the new Qt 6 and Wayland technology platforms that Plasma is built on top of. Kernel 6.12 is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.6 LTS and 6.1 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed." See the release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): manjaro-gnome-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,630MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,798MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,400MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). Separate images with the 6.1 and 6.6 Linux kernels are also available. |
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| 2024-12-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 4 |
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Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by System76 which is migrating from GNOME to the custom COSMIC desktop environment. The project's latest alpha release showcases new features in COSMIC: "A settings page has been added to System and Accounts Settings enabling you to set your default applications for various purposes, including your preferred browser, file manager, email client, music and video players, image viewer, and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos, and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_24.04_amd64_intel_13.iso (2,518MB), pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_13.iso (2,928MB). |
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| 2024-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.21.0 |
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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. The project's latest release is Alpine Linux 3.21.0. Along with several key package upgrades, the new version also introduces loongarch64 CPU support. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.0, the first in the v3.21 stable series. Highlights: Linux kernel 6.12, GCC 14, LLVM 19, Node.js (LTS) 22.11, Rust 1.83, Crystal 1.14, GNOME 47, Go 1.23, KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, PHP 8.4, Qt 6.8, Sway 1.10, .NET 9.0. Significant changes: initial support for loongarch64 was added. As always, make sure to use 'apk upgrade --available' when switching between major versions. OpenSSH service will automatically restart when upgrading to be able to accept new connections. The linux-firmware is now compressed with zstd. Users running custom-built kernels need to ensure that CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y is present in the kernel configuration. Users with / and /usr on separate filesystems (which is unsupported) need to take special care." The release announcement offers additional details and upgrade instructions. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (240MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (953MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EasyOS 6.5 |
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Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 6.5. The EasyOS distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container. The project also includes tools for installing AppImage and Flatpak packages. Users can also set up containers to run other distributions: "The Scarthgap-series is built with packages compiled in a fork of OpenEmbedded, and optimised for EasyOS, but a small package repository; only about 1800 packages. However, more packages can be installed via Appi, the AppImage manager, and Flapi, the Flatpak manager. There is yet another avenue for adding packages to Scarthgap; another Linux distribution can be run in a container and within that container there is access to the entire package repository of that distribution. Easy Scarthgap can run Easy Daedalus in a container, which means that you don't really need to run Easy Daedalus as a separate distribution." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: easy-6.5-amd64.img (953MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nitrux 3.8.0 |
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The Nitrux project has published a new release, referred to as version 3.8.0 in the release announcement, is given the codename "db", and is tagged with version identifier "e3ba3c69" in the ISO filename. The new release offers updated applications, some system installer fixes, and OpenRC reorganization: "The list below highlights the components we've updated in the distribution. Firefox to version 133.0. Nitrux Update Tool System to version 2.1.9. MESA 3D Graphics Library to version 24.2.8. We've updated our Calamares configuration with the following changes: Remove a non-functional kernel parameter. Add kernel parameters to prevent clock drift in some laptops. We've updated our OpenRC services configuration with the following changes: Sort various services into runlevels that make more sense given their purpose. Remove some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve boot time. We've updated our OpenRC package for Rsyslog to improve the service script. We've updated our desktop configuration with the following changes: Update check-docs-directory to update the Documentation directory on the desktop. Update Flatpaks install scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL. Update scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages. Update desktop-config to display a notification when the distribution is running in a VM or the minimum requirements are unmet." Download (MD5): nitrux-nx-desktop-plasma-e3ba3c69-amd64.iso (3,137MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-12-03 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.2 |
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The FreeBSD team have announced the release of FreeBSD 14.2. The new release includes several minor changes, mostly in the realm of updated hardware drivers, an update to OpenZFS 2.2.6, and a reduction in size to the boot loader. "The BIOS boot loader added back support for gzip and bzip2, but removed support for graphics mode (by default) to address size problems; the EFI boot loader is unchanged with support for all of those; lots of improvements to the network stack, including performance improvements and bug fixes for the sctp(4) stack; descriptors returned by sctp_peeloff(2) now inherit capabilities from the parent socket; AIM (Adaptive Interrupt Moderation) support has been added to the igc(4) driver, this feature has also been added to the lem(4), em(4) and igb(4) drivers; a major regression in UDP performance introduced in FreeBSD 12.0, including NFS over UDP, is believed to be fixed with this change; the LinuxKPI, particularly for 802.11, has been enhanced to improve the stability of wireless drivers such as iwlwifi(4)...." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,249MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (1,038MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2023-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: wattOS R13 |
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wattOS is a fast desktop Linux distribution based on Debian. Using the lightweight Openbox window manager as its default user interface, the distribution strives to be as energy-efficient as possible. The project's latest release, version R13, is based on Debian 12. The project's brief release announcement lists the details: "wattOS R13 has been released, with Debian 12 'Bookworm' as the basis for the operating system. Giving you a stable and reliable foundation. Features: based on Debian 12 Bookworm - stable release; LXDE as a lightweight desktop; Linux kernel 6.1 for 64-bit PC installation; much better hardware support out of the box; Calamares as the installer for a simple streamlined install from a live session; inclusion of gdebi for easy installation of .deb packages; additional configuration to enhance the out-of-the-box experience; minimal in nature so you can install and build as you like. We are on Discord: join us on our new Discord server for help, updates and details; check the social links at the bottom of the page for other updates and details; download the ISO image to create a bootable medium and give it a try; download available now." Download: wattOS-R13.iso (1,476MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nobara Project 39 |
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Nobara Project is a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it. The distribution comes with certain features that do not ship with the regular Fedora. The project's latest release is version 39 which streamlines a few features: "We've removed the codec installer and instead integrated it as part of the 'Update System' app. The goal here was to streamline package updates into one place and give less popups for the user on clean installation. Now, when a user performs a new installation they will receive one pop-up informing them they should update the system. Upon updating they will then be asked a few questions, including updating media codec packages, updating Flatpaks, and updating snaps. There is still a popup for NVIDIA drivers if the user decides to change GPUs and/or did not install using an NVIDIA ISO image and has an NVIDIA GPU. The layout picker has been removed as it was based around GNOME, and we are no longer focusing on GNOME as our primary desktop." Additional information is provided in the changelog. Download (pkglist): Nobara-39-Official-2023-12-24.iso (3,614MB, SHA256), Nobara-39-GNOME-2023-12-24.iso (3,449MB, SHA256), Nobara-39-KDE-2023-12-24.iso (3,539MB, SHA256). |
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| 2023-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LibreELEC 11.0.4 |
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The developers of LibreELEC, a project that develops a multi-platform Linux distribution featuring the Kodi media centre, have released the final build of the 11.x series. Version 11.0.4 updates Kodi to version 20.2: "The final stable version of LibreELEC 11.0.4 has been released, bringing Kodi (Nexus) 20.2 with additional fixes. With the final release of LibreELEC 11 we are adding experimental RPi 5 support. The focus of RPi 5 development is on Kodi 21, which will be released in early 2024. The only known issue so far is that updating the EEPROM is not yet supported in the LE setting (run rpi-eeprom-update -a from the shell). Changes since 11.0.3: Kodi updated to 20.2 with additional fixes; Linux kernel updated to 6.1.68. Raspberry Pi - 50/60fps H264 HW decoding may need force_turbo=1 or core_freq_min=500 in config.txt to avoid AV-sync-issues/skipping. Kodi at RPi4 runs in 4096x2160 instead of 3840x2160 on 4k TVs after fresh installation. Configure Kodi as described at the Wiki and optionally add hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 to config.txt and enable HDMI UltraHD Deep Color in your TV's HDMI port configuration to get 4kp60 modes." See the release announcement and the changelog for more information. LibreELEC 11.04 is available for Raspberry Pi, Allwinner, Rockchip, Amlogic, NXP and generic x86_64 devices, as well as OVA images for VirtualBox. A quick link to the generic x86_64 flavour: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-11.0.4.img.gz (227MB). |
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| 2023-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 17 |
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Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. The project's latest version, Zorin OS 17, places a focus on performance. "Speed has been a top focus in Zorin OS 17, so the desktop runs dramatically snappier on a wide range of hardware, old and new. Performance optimizations have been made at every level of the operating system, from the kernel to the desktop environment. Apps open faster, animations are smoother, and loading times are reduced so you can spend more time being productive. Thanks to these optimizations, we’ve also been able to lower the minimum system requirements of Zorin OS from 2.0GB of RAM to only 1.5GB of RAM. This makes it the perfect option to extend the life of old and low-spec computers, saving you money on upgrades and helping the environment. As the starting point of your Zorin OS experience, the Zorin Menu has been overhauled to make it even faster for you to get where you want. Search for files, calendar appointments, contacts, apps from the Software store, world clocks, and even use the menu search as a calculator." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download: Zorin-OS-17-Core-64-bit.iso (3,589MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rhino Linux 2023.4 |
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Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which offers a rolling-release upgrade approach. The project's latest release updates the distribution's desktop experience enabling the ability to auto-tile application windows. The project's package manager also introduces some new clean-up features. "After a long development period we're ready to finish off the year with a stellar release, as well as inform you, the community, of what to expect in 2024. Unicorn 39 has finally been merged, bringing optional auto-tiling to Unicorn. After updating and rebooting, a new applet will appear in the top right section of the panel. To kick start your tiling window experience, you can select the new applet, which will bring up a toggle to enable/disable tiling mode. uLauncher now appears more rounded, and has a slightly different background colour. If Nala is installed, rhino-pkg update no longer auto-removes packages by default. To clean up unneeded packages or broken dependencies on a system, users can run the new rhino-pkg cleanup command. Beginning with Pacstall 4.3.0, packages may now use Debian's priority flag." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Rhino-Linux-2023.4-amd64.iso (2,049MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0 |
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Qubes OS is a security-focused operating system which isolates system components and applications to minimialize the damage which can be done do to a security breech in any one aspect of the platform. The project's latest release, Qubes OS 4.2.0, offers both Debian and Fedora templates and shifts the default desktop from GNOME to Xfce. "Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 37. Xen upgraded to version 4.17. Default Debian template upgraded to Debian 12. Default Fedora and Debian templates use Xfce instead of GNOME. SELinux support in Fedora templates. Several GUI applications rewritten, including: Applications Menu (also available as preview in R4.1); Qubes Global Settings; create New Qube Qubes Update; Unified grub.cfg location for both UEFI and legacy boot; PipeWire support; fwupd integration for firmware updates; optional automatic clipboard clearing; Official packages built using Qubes Builder v2; Split GPG management in Qubes Global Settings; Qrexec services use new qrexec policy format by default (but old format is still supported)." Additional information is offered in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: Qubes-R4.2.0-x86_64.iso (6,215MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 23.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project offers four user interfaces (GNOME, Plasma, Phosh, and Sxmo) across 45 supported devices. postmarketOS 23.12 introduces support for 14 new devices (up from 31 in the middle of 2023) and introduces a number of useful updates: "Unlocking of encrypted installations is now done with unl0kr by default, the successor to osk-sdl. The default USB networking gadget was changed from RNDIS to NCM. The default image viewer in Phosh and GNOME is now Loupe, instead of previously Eye of GNOME (EoG). The release upgrade process has been made more robust. There are additional safety checks for a too small boot partition and for having hardcoded versions or packages installed via mrtest. Additionally a bug was fixed that caused Alpine mirrors without /alpine/ in the URL to not get properly replaced during the upgrade." Additional details and a list of known issues can be found in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices is included in the project's wiki and install options can be found on the project's download page. |
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| 2023-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 |
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The Manjaro Linux team has published a new snapshot of the project's rolling-release distribution. The new 23.1.0 release offers up to date desktop environments with the main editions offering GNOME 45, KDE Plasma 5.27, and Xfce 4.18. "One of the most noticeable changes in GNOME 45 is the new activities button. Located in the corner of the top bar, this button was previously labelled “Activities”. In GNOME 45, this static label has been replaced with a dynamic workspace indicator. The new button design is a response to user testing results over recent years, and we are confident that its purpose will be more obvious to new GNOME users. As part of this change, the old app menu (which showed the name of the currently focused app), was also retired. This retirement was another response to user testing results, and was required to make space for the new design. Search performance has been a major area of work for GNOME 45. These performance improvements have been made to a range of apps, including Software, Characters, Clocks, Files, and Calculator. Together, these changes result in faster search and reduced resource usage, which can be seen in both individual apps and in system search." Additional highlights are presented in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,723MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,588MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-23.1.0-231215-linux66.iso (3,935MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-6 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The project's latest release focuses on bug fixes and tightening security. "In the last three months we have released 47 security updates, most of them from the Debian base distribution. However, we have also fixed security-relevant errors in the Univention packages, e.g. password leaks via the process list. We have also further stabilized the Univention Management Console (UMC) when connecting to the individual UMC modules. We have improved the way the Univention Directory Manager (UDM) handles inconsistent user capitalization. Some data is now updated atomically by the portal, which avoids certain error patterns, and the self service now translates the forms correctly in all cases." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: UCS_5.0-6-amd64.iso (960MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-11 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1049 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Lernstick 12
- News: openSUSE updating its branding, openSUSE 15.4 nears its end of life, FreeBSD 12.x reaches its end of life, Debian pauses updates, Mint unveils new Cinnamon features, Lubuntu team talks about new features, AlmaLinux expands EPEL support
- Questions and answers: Alternatives to WINE
- Released last week: Kali Linux 2023.4, Alpine Linux 3.19.0, SparkyLinux 7.2
- Torrent corner: KDE neon, Raspberry Pi OS, SolydXK, SparkyLinux
- Opinion poll: Replacing CentOS on the Major Distributions page
- New additions: SDesk
- New distributions: Eltanin Glacies
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2023-12-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 21.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the release of a new development snapshot, Linux Mint 21.3 Beta. The new beta release introduces some changes to the way the distribution boots, in particular offering support for Secure Boot. "Linux Mint 21.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable. Linux Mint 21.3 comes with full support for SecureBoot and compatibility with a wider variety of BIOS and EFI implementations. GRUB is used in EFI mode. Isolinux/syslinux is used in BIOS mode. The tools and framework used by Linux Mint to produce its ISO images were updated and are now based on the latest version of live-build. The team also drastically reduced the internal differences between LMDE and Linux Mint ISO images." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,916MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,932MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,852MB, torrent).
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| 2023-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 7.2 |
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SparkyLinux is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution featuring a range of editions, most of them providing pre-configured desktop environments. The project's latest Stable release is SparkyLinux 7.2 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "Sparky 7.2 'Orion Belt' is out. It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 7 'Orion Belt' of the stable line. Sparky 7 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 'Bookworm'. Changes: all packages updated from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of December 5, 2023; Linux kernel PC: 6.1.55 (6.6.4-sparky and 5.15.141-LTS-sparky in sparky repos); Linux kernel ARM: 6.1.58; LibreOffice 7.4.7; Calamares 3.2.61; KDE Plasma 5.27.5; LXQt 1.2.0; MATE 1.26; Xfce 4.18; Openbox 3.6.1; Firefox 115.5.0esr (120.0.1-sparky in Sparky repos); Thunderbird 115.5.0; VLC 3.0.20; Exaile 4.1.3." Additional details are provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,638MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,806MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-7.2-x86_64-mate.iso (1,986MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2023.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest snapshot is Kali Linux 2023.4 which features a number of usability improvements, many of them courtesy of GNOME 45: "With GNOME 45 hot off the press, Kali Linux is now supporting it! And is looking pretty in the process! For people who opt to use GNOME as their desktop environment, GNOME 45 is now here! If you do not read their changelog, below is a quick summary mixed with some of our tweaks: Full-height sidebars in many updated apps; highly improved speed of search in nautilus file manager; unfortunately the update for Nautilus was not ready for this release, but it will arrive as a later update soon; improved settings app (gnome-control-center); updated color-schemes for gnome-text-editor; updated themes for shell, libadwaita, gtk-3 and gtk-4; updated gnome-shell extensions; shell updates, including a new workspace indicator, replacing the previous Activities button; it is also possible to scroll your mouse wheel while hovering over the indicator to switch between workspaces." Additional information is provided in the distribution's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2023.4-installer-amd64.iso (4,040MB, torrent), kali-linux-2023.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (472MB, torrent). |
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| 2023-12-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Zorin OS 17 Beta |
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Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed especially for newcomers to Linux. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface and many programs similar to those found in Windows. The project has published a new beta snapshot to preview features coming to Zorin OS 17. "As the starting point of your Zorin OS experience, the Zorin Menu has been overhauled to make it even faster for you to get where you want. Search for files, calendar appointments, contacts, apps from the Software store, world clocks, and even use the menu search as a calculator. You can adjust which search providers are enabled from the Settings -> Search panel or by right-clicking on the menu and selecting Search Settings from the new context menu here (which also includes a link to the Edit Menu app and other system shortcuts)." A long list of new features with screenshots can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: Zorin-OS-17-Core-Beta-64-bit.iso (3,515MB, pkglist). |
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| 2023-12-04 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1048 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: openSUSE MicroOS
- News: Red Hat phasing out X.Org packages, UBports makes it easier to develop on mobile devices, Fedora to support remote Wayland login sessions
- Questions and answers: The transition from X11 to Wayland
- Released last week: 4MLinux 44.0, Armbian 23.11, NixOS 23.11
- Torrent corner: Armbian, KDE neon, Proxmox, Tails
- Opinion poll: Does your desktop or window manager support Wayland, X11, or both?
- New distributions: AcorOS, Starbuntu
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2023-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 23.12 |
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Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 23.12, an updated build of the project's lightweight Linux distribution that features a customised desktop based on the Openbox window manager. The new release updates the Linux kernel to the long-term supported (LTS) version 6.6: "The December 2023 release of refreshed ISO images brings the latest 6.6 LTS kernel. Of course, there is still an ISO image available with the slightly older 5.4 LTS kernel version which may be a good choice for some older hardware. The Tint2 panel and Jgmenu are known for offering advanced users incredible capabilities and customization options. We use these possibilities in Mabox. One of the unique features of the Tint2 panel is the ability to connect your own actions (commands or scripts) to events such as left, middle or right click, mouse wheel up or down on panel elements. Conky in Mabox has been equipped with additional features that you will not find in any other Linux distribution. Here again, the wonderful Jgmenu was used with the addition of excellent glue - Bash scripts." Read the rest of the release announcement, with many screenshots, for further information. Download: mabox-linux-23.12-Istredd-231201-linux66.iso (2,332MB, MD5, pkglist), mabox-linux-23.12-Istredd-231201-linux54.iso (2,242MB, MD5). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 23 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 23, a major new version of the project's Gentoo-based, rolling-release distribution available in KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE and Xfce flavours: "We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 23. This new (year) version includes a server Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc tool, and it features mirror selection for updates. Main changes: all desktop environments have been updated, namely KDE Plasma 5.25.5, Xfce 4.18, MATE 1.26.0, Cinnamon 5.6.5 and LXQt 1.2; we launched a new server flavour, Calculate Container Manager, for running LXC containers; a new tool, cl-lxc, has been added - it allows creating and updating Calculate Linux containers; the cl-update tool now features mirror selection for binary packages; an availability test has been added for Git repositories...." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-23-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 3,103MB), cldc-23-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,826MB), cldl-23-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,872MB), cldm-23-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,869MB), cldx-23-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,778MB). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vanilla OS 22.10 |
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Vanilla OS is a fixed-release distribution based on Ubuntu with the GNOME desktop. Vanilla OS is an immutable operating system - the core parts of the system are locked down to prevent unwanted changes and corruption from third-party applications or a faulty update. The project has announced its first stable release, Vanilla OS 22.10. "Vanilla OS is not an ordinary Linux distribution; it is a project that sets itself many goals and is not afraid to put itself out there, proudly displaying its unique technologies such as the Apx sub-system, its own automatic update system, and ABRoot transactions. So many terms, so many promises, so much everything. But let's see together, in detail what the strengths of Vanilla OS are, the features that make it unique. Vanilla OS comes with its own sub-system.. ehm.. package manager, called Apx. Apx introduces a whole new paradigm in package management. The idea is to use your system only as a box for storing your files, leaving it clean of packages and limiting the risk of breaking due to incompatible, poorly constructed or conflicting packages. It achieves this by installing software inside one or more containers fully managed by Apx having restricted access to your system's resources while still being able to use the same drivers and display server." Additional details are presented in the distribution's release announcement. Download: VanillaOS-22.10-all.20221229.iso (1,728MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 22.1 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the Unstable branch of Debian GNU/Linux. The project includes several updates to its featured desktop environments and the Linux kernel. It also adopts the Nala package manager: "Nala as a new frontend for Debian’s package manager frontend apt. It works as a drop-in replacement, meaning that you can use the commands you are used to from apt also with nala. Apt gets the job done, but it is neither fast nor is it very user-friendly, when it comes to how it outputs its information. Nala in comparison seems like apt on steroids. It is faster by using parallel downloads, has better output, that is presented in a user-friendly way. It also has a history function that was borrowed from Fedoras package manager frontend dnf. You can try out nala right now and if you don’t like it, return to apt any time. You can also use both, alternating between them. Some good reading about nala can be found on the website Linuxiac. Our manual also offers a section on nala here." The release announcement offers further details. Download (pkglist): siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-kde-amd64-202212291659.iso (3,192MB, SHA256), siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-lxqt-amd64-202212291722.iso (1,889MB, SHA56), siduction-22.1-Masters_of_War-xfce-amd64-202212291715.iso (2,831MB, SHA256). |
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| 2022-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zephix 6 |
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Zephix is a live Linux operating system based on Debian's stable branch. It runs totally from removable media without touching any files stored on the user's system disk. The project's latest version, Zephix 6, uses the same base and most of the same package versions as Zephix 5, but introduces several improvements to the boot process. "Fixed UEFI issue of not booting on specific systems and on latest VirtualBox. Updated base to Debian 11.6 adding corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Optimised the 'toram' boot option mechanism - to boot Zephix totally in memory, it now requires 1.5GB RAM (core, firmware and desktop modules) or 512MB RAM (core module only). Updated module creation and manipulation scripts making it much easier to create new modules without having to reboot the ISO after creating a single module and also reducing the size of each module accordingly (refer to the Customise section for more details). Updated desktop and firmware modules. Optimised boot sequence code for a cleaner and smoother boot process." Additional information is available on the distribution's about page. Download (MD5): Zephix-6R-20221226-x86_64.iso (1,243MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 22.12 |
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Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 22.12, a major update of the project's Manjaro-based, rolling-release distribution with a highly customised Openbox window manager as the preferred desktop: "After more than a year of development, the new major release of Mabox Linux 22.12 'Istredd' is ready for download. In addition to numerous improvements, Istredd brings us two exciting and original features - Colorizer and context menus for Conky. Colorizer, a tool created especially for Mabox, allows you to easily and quickly adjust the colors of your desktop. Colorizer can even do this automatically based on the color palette of the currently set wallpaper. The advanced mode allows for more fine-tuning. The second functionality that is available for the first time in Mabox Istredd are context menus for Conky. The right-click context menu allows you to manage individual Conky properties, like the position on the screen, individual colors or the color scheme. The left-click context menu is for quick access to user-defined commands." Continue to the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Separate images with the 5.4 and 5.15 version of the Linux kernel are available; here are the download links: mabox-linux-22.12-Istredd-221224-linux515.iso (2,377MB, MD5, pkglist), mabox-linux-22.12-Istredd-221224-linux54.iso (2,324MB, MD5). |
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| 2022-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 22.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 22.0, a major update of the project's rolling-release distribution with separate KDE Plasma, Xfce and GNOME editions. The new version updates all major components of the three popular desktops and brings the very latest Linux kernel 6.1.1. "Since we released 'Ruah' in June, all our developer teams worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Sikaris'. The GNOME edition has received a major update to GNOME 43. It comes with a redesigned system status menu, which allows quickly changing commonly used settings. Settings which previously required digging into menus can now be changed with the click of button. The new design also makes it easy to see the status of your settings at a glance. Our in-house Layouts Switcher application has gained some new features as well as various improvements and fixes - now you can create your own dynamic wallpaper. With Gradience you can customize your theme simple from within the application." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): manjaro-kde-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,660MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,597MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-22.0-221224-linux61.iso (3,628MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Haiku R1 Beta 4 |
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Haiku is an open-source operating system, currently in development, that specifically targets personal computing and is inspired by the Be Operating System. The project's latest release is the operating system's fourth beta release. One of the big updates in this release is the expansion of new software ports: "Thanks to (at first) the new X11 compatibility layer, and (now) the new Wayland compatibility layer (more details below), there is now a working GTK3 port for Haiku! Ports of Inkscape, GIMP, and more are now available for immediate install, and more GTK applications are being added to HaikuPorts as time goes on. One of the newly available GTK applications is GNOME Web aka. Epiphany, which is based on a very recent version of WebKitGTK. This provides an unfortunately non-native but largely functional web browser for Haiku for the first time in many years, with “just works” status for major websites like YouTube and others. Haiku has had terminal-based GNU Emacs for some time, but now (thanks to Emacs developers!) has a fully-upstreamed, polished-to-a-shine native GUI. You can install it from HaikuDepot already, or check out a development branch of Emacs and build it yourself." Further information is provided in the project's release notes. Download (SHA256): haiku-r1beta4-x86_64-anyboot.iso (1,408MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 22.12.0 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The latest version, 22.12.0, provides several key package upgrades and offers twelve desktop editions along with one command line edition. "The NuTyX team is happy to announce the new version of NuTyX 22.12.0 and cards 2.6.3. New toolchain GCC 12.2.0, glibc 2.36 and Binutils 2.39; The X.Org graphics server version 21.1.6, the Mesa 3D library in 22.2.3, GTK 4.8.2 and Qt 6.4.1; the Python interpreter is updated to version 3.11.1; the Xfce desktop environment is updated to version 4.18.0; the MATE desktop environment is a 1.26.0 version; The GNOME desktop environment is also updated to version 43.0; the KDE desktop environment is available in Plasma 5.26.4, Framework 5.101.0 and applications in 22.12.0; available browsers include Firefox 108.0.1, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Epiphany 43.0; many desktop applications have been updated as well." Additional details can be found on the project's news page. Download (SHA1, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-KDE5.iso (1,988MB), NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-GNOME.iso (1,737MB), NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-MATE.iso (1,725MB). |
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| 2022-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peropesis 1.9 |
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Peropesis (personal operating system) is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. The project's latest release, version 1.9, fixes mandb and su utility function as well as introduces the JOE text editor: "In the Peropesis 1.9 edition, the ability to set the system language, region and the ability to read and write text content in your native language was implemented (Note. Only a few languages of European countries have been tested). For this reason, the GNU C Library software package was fully installed and the KBD software package was newly installed. New chapters locale, terminal font and keyboard map was created in the user manual to discuss the nuances of managing the new equipment. Also in release 1.9 a full-featured terminal-based and ncurses-based text editor, JOE, was installed." Details on the new version can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Peropesis-1.9-live.iso (181MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 10.0 Beta |
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NetBSD is a lightweight and highly portable operating system. Following three years of development, the NetBSD project has published a development snapshot for their upcoming 10.0 release: "While NetBSD 10.0 is expected to be a major milestone on performance, especially on multi-core systems, currently the BETA builds have some extra kernel diagnostics enabled that may reduce performance somewhat. Among the features you can expect to find in NetBSD 10 are reworked cryptography, including compatibility with WireGuard, automatic swap encryption, new disk encryption methods, and CPU acceleration in the kernel. In hardware support, there are updated GPU drivers from Linux 5.6, support for more ARM hardware (including Rockchip RK356X, NXP i.MX 8M, Amlogic G12¸ Apple M1, and Raspberry Pi 4), support for new security features found in the latest ARM CPUs, and support for Realtek 2.5 gigabit and new Intel 10/25/40 gigabit ethernet adapters. compat_linux has been ported to AArch64 and DTrace has been ported to MIPS. For retrocomputing enthusiasts, there's improved multiprocessor support on Alpha, and more iMac G5 support. The Xen hypervisor support has received a major rework." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA512, pkglist): NetBSD-10.0_BETA-amd64.iso (562MB), NetBSD-10.0_BETA-i386.iso (712MB). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.1 |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the release of Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera". The new release makes handling Flatpak packages smoother, integrating Flatpak support into the update manager and making it easier to work with both traditional deb packages and Flatpaks in the software centre. "Flatpak support was added to the Update Manager. Flatpak applications and runtimes can be updated like any other supported types of software. The Software Manager features a refreshed user interface which makes it easier to distinguish between Flatpaks and system packages. When looking at an application which is available both as a system package and a Flatpak, you can switch back and forth between its two versions. New Flatpaks from Flathub are automatically added to the Software Manager on a daily basis." These and other changes are covered in the project's What's New documents for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and further information is provided through the distribution's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (2,557MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-mate-64bit.iso (2,615MB, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-xfce-64bit.iso (2,525MB, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 5.8 |
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Version 5.8 of Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a Debian-based live DVD/USB that attempts to provide complete Internet anonymity for the user, is now available. Although the new version continues to be based on Debian 11, it brings some surprising changes, including improved persistence features as well as Wayland as a replacement of X.Org: "Tails 5.8 is the most important release of Tails in years. It includes both major redesign of existing features, important usability improvements, and hardened security. After 2 years of hard work, we are extremely proud to present you a complete redesign of Persistent Storage. Persistent Storage hasn't changed much since its first release in 2012 because the code was hard to modify and improve. But we learned from users that Persistent Storage could do a lot more for you if it had more features and was easier to use: you don't have to restart any more after creating Persistent Storage or each time you activate a new feature; you can change the password of Persistent Storage from this new application; you can choose to create Persistent Storage directly from Welcome Screen, if you don't have one already." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): tails-amd64-5.8.iso (1,255MB, signature, torrent), tails-amd64-5.8.img (1,265MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.12 |
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Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 22.12, an updated build of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the default desktop (and with other popular desktops available for selection during the installation process). This version ships with the just-release Xfce 4.18: "Cassini packed with new features is here. It took the development team on a longer journey than expected but we are proud to present our latest 'Cassini' release, named after the NASA mission with the Cassini spacecraft carrying the Huygens probe. Just like the NASA mission that had its fair share of nail-biting moments, this release had some nail-biting test runs because getting here required a major overhaul in how we build our ISO image. The last time we presented such a major overhaul was our ISO-Next release back in August 2021. This ISO image and the offline install comes with: Calamares 3.3.0-alpha3, Firefox 108.0.1, Linux kernel 6.0.12, Mesa 22.3.1, X.Org Server 21.1.5, NVIDIA 525.60.11, GRUB 2.06." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download: EndeavourOS_Cassini-22_12.iso (1,947MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System 1.4.0 |
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Ludovic Courtès has announced the release of Guix System 1.4.0, an advanced and "libre" distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project. Its custom pacakage management, called "guix", supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, as well as unprivileged package management. "We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 1.4.0. The release comes with ISO-9660 installation images, a virtual machine image, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries. Guix users can update by running 'guix pull'. ... One area where Guix shines is the management of software environments. The 'guix environment' command was designed for that but it suffered from a clumsy interface. It is now superseded by 'guix shell', though we are committed to keeping 'guix environment' until at least May 1st, 2023. 'guix shell' is a tool that's interesting to developers, but it's also a useful tool when you're willing to try out software without committing it to your profile with guix install." Read the detailed release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (pkglist): guix-system-install-1.4.0.x86_64-linux.iso (814MB, signature), guix-system-install-1.4.0.i686-linux.iso (777MB, signature). |
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| 2022-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium |
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John Raff has announced the release of BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium, a major update of the project's lightweight, Debian-based distribution with an Openbox window manager as the preferred user interface. Beryllium is the project's first version based on Debian 11: "The BunsenLabs team is happy to announce the release of BunsenLabs Beryllium, based on Debian 'Bullseye'. Here are some features: a handsome 'Dragon' black theme - if you're not used to dark themes, give Dragon a few days and you might appreciate it more; the BLOB utility helps you to to quickly switch to another set of theme configuration; the jgmenu menu has been refreshed and the search facility might now be more useful; the Welcome script will check for missing Debian apt sources (eg. after offline install) and offer to add them; also in the Welcome script, an offer to check for missing firmware and install; BLOB, conky and tint2 utilities improved, and various tweaks and bug fixes applied elsewhere; the documentation still needs work, but some bunsenLabs help files have been added or improved." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more information and known issues. Download (SHA256, pkglist): beryllium-1-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,511MB, signature, torrent), beryllium-1-i386.hybrid.iso (1,231MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: postmarketOS 22.12 |
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postmarketOS is an Alpine-based Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project's latest release is postmarketOS 22.12 which includes upgrades for the mobile operating system's three user interfaces: Sxmo, Phosh, and Plasma Mobile. "Sxmo 1.12.0 replaces version 1.9.0 from v22.06. This version and previous release Sxmo 1.11.0 introduced quite a few improvements for deviceprofiles and explicit support for the OnePlus 6/6T, Pocophone F1, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 (2015) and Xiamo Redmi 2. There's other cool changes too, read the original announcement posts for more information. Originally it was planned to do a Sxmo 1.10.0 release specifically for v22.06 SP3, but that version was skipped and now you're just getting all of the great improvements at once. Phosh 0.22 brings another style refresh and 10% steps for the battery info icon, as well as actions for notifications on screen. Previously we had 0.21 in v22.06 SP2. Additionally we changed the default text editor from gedit to gnome-text-editor for new installs, and ship phosh-mobile-settings. If that is too many settings apps for your taste, we hear you and have been brainstorming on how to consolidate them." These and other changes are discussed in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and download options can be found on the postmarketOS download page. |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 22.12 |
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ExTiX is an Ubuntu-based distribution which is regularly released with alternative desktop environments. The latest release of ExTiX, version 22.12, features the Deepin desktop. "I’ve released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today (221218). This ExTiX Build is based on Deepin 20.8 released by Deepin Technology 221208. Using Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed in ExTiX) you can make your own live installable Deepin version with ExTiX 22.12 as groundwork. New functions: 1. You can run ExTiX from RAM. Use boot alternative 2 (load to RAM) or Advanced. A wonderful way to run Linux if you have enough RAM. Everything will be super fast. When ExTiX has booted up you can remove the DVD or USB stick. 2. You will have the opportunity to choose language before you enter the Deepin 20.8 Desktop. All main languages are supported. 3. I have replaced Deepin Installer with the Reborn version of Deepin Installer. Works better in every way." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: extix-22.12-64bit-deepin-20.8-refracta-2560mb-221218.iso (2,627MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Daphile 22.12 |
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Daphile 22.12 has been released. Daphile is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution whose primary focus is in storage and playback of a digital music library. It also enables the best possible audio quality and future-proof flexibility by providing plug-and-play support for USB connected digital-to-analog converters (DAC). The new release updates the Linux kernel and ads several new features: "2022-12-17 version 22.12 (x86_64, x86_64-rt and i486) changes: new feature - metadata editor for the CD Ripper; option to change audio device settings without restart; backup and restore for Daphile settings; Now Playing' screen - access via 'Audio Player' tab or nowplaying.html; keyboard and touch controls - arrow keys or swipe up/down for volume and left/right for rewind/forward, space or tab for play/pause; Gracenote support for CD ripping metadata removed due to license expiration; LMS update to 8.3 branch; Linux kernel update to 5.15.83 and 5.15.83-rt54; Perl upgrade to 5.34 version; Daphile built with GCC 11.3; bug fixes and component updates." Here is the complete changelog. Daphile 22.12 is available for the i486 and x86_64 architectures, with the latter one also provided with a real-time kernel option. Download (MD5): daphile-22.12-x86_64.iso (278MB), daphile-22.12-i486.iso (279MB), daphile-22.12-x86_64-rt.iso (279MB). |
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| 2022-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AV Linux MX-21.2.1 |
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Glen MacArthur has announced the release of AV Linux MX-21.2.1, the latest version of the project's Debian and MX Linux-based distribution for "content creators". Some of the changes in this version include: "The Openbox window manager is gone, replaced by native xfwm; Nitrogen is gone replaced by native xfdesktop; SLiM login manager is gone replaced by lightDM; the LXDE-based ISO build of MXDE is gone, the classic GTK+2 LXDE/Openbox is fading into oblivion; all 32-bit ISO builds are gone, I simply don't have the time for a use-case that has dwindled down to almost nothing; AVL-MXE Assistant has been broken into unbranded component utilities to be shared by AVL-MXE and MXDE-EFL; Liquorix kernel 6.0; full Xfce desktop with Compton compositing; Jeremy Jongepier's graphical RTCQS utility; added Auburn Sounds Lens plugin (free version); added Socalabs plugins; added Blender from blender.org at version 3.4.0...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: AV_Linux_MX_Edition-21.2.1_ahs_x64.iso (3,969MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). A separate release, MXDE-EFL 21.2.2 (featuring an Enlightenment-based desktop), is also available. |
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| 2022-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE" |
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TrueNAS SCALE is a Deban-based network attached storage (NAS) operating system. The project's latest release, TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE" introduces a bulk upgrade feature and improves upon rootless logins. "TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.0 has been released and includes many new features and improved functionality. SCALE 22.12.0 features include: Improvements to rootless login authentication methods that allow you to specify the username to connect to the remote NAS while automatically setting up keychain SSH connections. It makes /home/admin always exist and stores the SSH authorized keys in this directory. It adds API authentication when using Directory Services. This feature is a first step toward improving the local accounts feature and additional improvements are being planned for future SCALE updates. Adds a bulk Upgrade operation that updates installed applications that have available updates, adds new apps to the Available Applications catalog, and implements the overlayfs driver for Docker which improves performance over the Linux Kubernetes driver." Further details are available in the release notes. Download (SHA256): TrueNAS-SCALE-22.12.0.iso (1,652MB, signature). |
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| 2022-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: XeroLinux 2022.12 |
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XeroLinux, a distribution added to DistroWatch recently, has been updated to version 2022.12. XeroLinux is based on Arch Linux and uses KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop. Some of the features of the distribution include the Calamares installer, various under-the-hood tweaks and optimisations, built-in support for community-built AUR packages as well as Flatpak packages, and the availability of various desktop and bootloader themes developed in-house. The project's files page on SourceForge lists some of the recent changes: "A new ISO image is now live. Important changes: MHWD (Manjaro's Hardware Detection) removed due to issues; Grub is now being used for booting the live ISO image, no more systemd boot; major under-the-hood performance optimizations made to KDE Plasma; XeroLinux Hello updated with more packages and drivers now using a script. System and package updates: Arch Linux kernel updated to version 6.0.12; Qt updated to 5.15.7; KDE Plasma updated to 5.26.4; KDE Frameworks updated to 5.101, including all packages; KDE Gear tools have been updated to 22.12." Download (MD5) link: xerolinux-2022.12-x86_64.iso (2,559MB). |
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| 2022-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 2.2 |
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Kaisen Linux is a rolling release, Debian-based desktop distribution. The project aims to be useful for IT professionals and includes a set of tools for system administration. The project's latest release is version 2.2 and it rolls back or simplifies a few features: "zsh is no longer the default terminal for Kaisen Linux! It was since the first release of Kaisen Linux the default terminal, but the majority of users asked for the return of Bash by default, which has been done on this release. Several polls on the different social network pages have been done for this. However, it is still installed as it was before (with oh-my-zsh), and it is possible to reset it to the default. The documentation is here: ZSH on Kaisen Linux. The Conky theme is no longer installed by default with the GUIs, but is a separate package named kaisen-conky, which is no longer installed by default. The reason for this is that user feedback was not unanimous about the default presence of Conky on Kaisen Linux and therefore it is now considered a 'goodie' and can be installed optionally." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-MATE.iso (5,345MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-KDE.iso (5,746MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-XFCE.iso (5,205MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.2-amd64-LXQT.iso (5,335MB). |
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| 2022-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 22.12 |
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The developers of Puppy Linux, a lightweight distribution which can be assembled to be compatible with a variety of parent distributions, have published a Slackware-based version of Puppy Linux. It is compatible with the Slackware Linux 15.0 and Salix software repositories. The release announcement shares key details: "S15Pup is built from a 'Puppy builder' system named Woof-CE, which can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro. Each 'Puppy distro' built by Woof-CE is a distinctive distribution in its own right, with unique features. S15Pup is built from Slackware Linux 15.0 binary TXZ packages, hence has binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the Slackware and Salix repositories. It is available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions. Features include: traditional Puppy Linux look and feel and features; Linux kernels from the LTS branches of 5 series - 5.15 for 64-bit, 5.10 for 32-bit; AbiWord and Gnumeric word processing and spreadsheet; FFmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and MPlayer; Joe's Window Manager 2.4.3 (JWM); LXDE add-on; lightweight web browser in adrv; browser installer for heavyweight browsers such as Chromium, Firefox and Palemoon; Samba, used to share files with Windows, included; Evince PDF viewer." Download (pkglist): S15Pup64-22.12-2B1-T.iso (346MB, MD5), S15Pup32-22.12%2B1-T.iso (331MB, MD5) |
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| 2022-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 20.8 |
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The deepin project has published a new update to the distribution's 20.x series. The new version, 20.8 introduces a number of key package updates and includes a new application called Deepin Home. "In deepin 20.8, a new application, Deepin Home, is added; it breaks the 'information barrier' between the deepin team and the users, and will work on product quality, software and hardware ecology to better serve deepin users. What is more, we have upgraded Qt to version 5.15.6, updated the DTK development library, fixed the underlying vulnerabilities, and further improved system compatibility and security. Besides that, we have developed and integrated a great number of practical functions based on the community users' feedback. The new self-developed information-aggregation application, Deepin Home, in version 1.0.0, has gathered important information platforms, such as GitHub, Wiki, forum and social media, which supports deepin ID login and sending messages. Here you can receive community news in real time, interact and communicate with others, participate in questionnaires, etc. In the future, we will establish a perfect tracking system for requirements and bugs, and special feedback channels for software and hardware to make it better for community users." The release announcement offers further details. Download: deepin-desktop-community-20.8-amd64.iso (3,596MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2022.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The Kali team has released Kali Linux 2022.4 which officially brings the distribution to the PinePhone along with several new utilities: "Before the year is over, we thought it was best to get the final 2022 release out. Today we are publishing Kali Linux 2022.4. This is ready for immediate download or updating existing installations. It would not be a Kali release if there were not any new tools added. A quick rundown of what has been added (to the network repositories): bloodhound.py - a Python based ingestor for BloodHound; certipy - a tool for Active Directory Certificate Services enumeration and abuse; hak5-wifi-coconut - a user-space driver for USB Wi-Fi NICs and the Hak5 Wi-Fi Coconut; ldapdomaindump - Active Directory information dumper via LDAP; peass-ng - a privilege escalation tools for Windows and Linux/Unix and macOS; rizin-cutter - a reverse engineering platform powered by rizin. These are new tools, there are numerous updates to the existing tools." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2022.4-installer-amd64.iso (3,621MB, torrent), kali-linux-2022.4-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (448MB, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 21.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of a development snapshot, Linux Mint 21.1 beta, which previews new features and visual changes coming to the distribution. Some of the key adjustments involve making software management a smoother experience. "Flatpak support was added to the Update Manager; Flatpak applications and runtimes can be updated like any other supported types of software; the Software Manager features a refreshed user interface which makes it easier to distinguish between Flatpaks and system packages; when looking at an application which is available both as a system package and a Flatpak, you can switch back and forth between its two versions; new Flatpaks from Flathub are automatically added to the Software Manager on a daily basis." Additional information and screenshots of the changes can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and in the What's New documents (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,556MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,614MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-21.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,524MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2022-12-06 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.4 |
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Glen Barber has announced the release of FreeBSD 12.4, the fourth update to the project's legacy 12.x branch: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: the ena(4) kernel driver has been updated to 2.6.1; the if_epair(4) driver now allows multiple cores to be used to process traffic to improve performance; the unbound(8) utility has been updated to version 1.16.3; the telnetd(8) daemon has been deprecated; the tcpdump(1) utility now allow users to set a number on rules which will be exposed as part of the pflog header; OpenSSL has been updated to 1.1.1q; OpenSSH has been updated to 9.1p1; the LLVM toolchain suite has been updated to version 13.0.0; the dma(8) utility has been updated to snapshot 2022-01-27; the file(1) utility has been updated to version 5.43. FreeBSD 12.4-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (959MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (800MB, SHA512). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • OS Release: OpenIndiana 2022.10 |
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OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. The project's latest version is OpenIndiana 2022.10. The new release features a number of package changes, including upgrades to Perl and Python. The release announcement reads: "We have merged more than 2500 PR’s with fixes, updates and new packages since our last release roughly one year ago. Some notable highlights are: Initial support to mount install media via NFS has been added. A fix to use NFSv3 instead NFSv4 is underway. We have updated the NVIDIA drivers to the latest production branch version and updated older versions. LibreOffice has been updated to 7.2.7 and is now a 64 bit application. Firefox and Thunderbird have been updated to the latest ESR releases. MATE desktop has been updated to the latest 1.26 version. We have removed our old Perl versions and replaced them with 5.34 and 5.36 which are 64-bit only. Version 5.36 is now our default. Our Python versions are undergoing a similar process which is not yet finished. We began to remove versions 2.7 and 3.5 and are updating (or removing if an update is not possible or the package is superfluous). IPS has been updated already to use Python 3.9 which increased its speed slitghtly. We have updated gcc-10 to its latest version and added gcc-11. We also added clang-13 and removed older versions." Download (pkglist): OI-hipster-gui-20221123.iso (2,029MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-gui-20221123.usb (2,475MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-minimal-20221123.iso (435MB, SHA256, signature), 20221123/OI-hipster-minimal-20221123.usb (563MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • BSD Release: NomadBSD 131R |
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NomadBSD is a 64-bit live system for USB flash drives, based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release is version 131R and the release announcement offers a list of new features: "The base system has been changed to FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p5. Except for i386, We now provide two images for each supported achitecture. One which uses ZFS and one which uses UFS for the root filesystem. The file systems used on the UFS version are now created with soft updates journaling enabled to reduce file system repair problems after a crash. The automatic graphics driver detection has been improved. Support for VIA/Openchrome has been added. For Nvidia graphics card not supported by one of the Nvidia drivers nv is now used. For better support of non-latin keyboard input and switching between layouts, IBus is now used. The rc script for loading acpi modules has been improved. The display manager SLiM has been replaced by SDDM. In order to reduce image sizes, libreOffice and some multimedia packages have been removed." Download (pkglist): nomadbsd-131R-20221130.amd64.ufs.img.lzma (1,922MB, SHA256), nomadbsd-131R-20221130.amd64.zfs.img.lzma (2,053MB, SHA256). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gnoppix Linux 22.12 |
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Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix Linux 22.12, the latest stable build from a project that develops a Debian and Kali Linux-based distribution with GNOME as the default desktop. This is a "new generation" of the old Knoppix-based Gnoppix that was discontinued in 2006. The new Gnoppix also ships with some penetration-testing and reverse-engineering tools. "Today I am happy to announce the Gnoppix 22.12 release. The update includes bug fixes, security updates, Linux kernel 6.x, GNOME 43.2, lots of performance improvements and lots of new security tools. In detail, what has changed in the latest version: started with GNOME 43.2; starting preparations for GNOME 44-beta; added the Gimp image editor; added the Nikto web scanner; added the Nuclei scanner; added the Deluge BitTorrent client; added the Transmission BitTorrent client; added the Clapper music player; added the gnome-firmware updater; updated outdated firmware; upgrade to Linux kernel 6.x; added the Afrog scanner; added sandly-entropyscan; upgraded Gnoppix Patreon support network - you'll get all the new exploits exclusively on Discord before they gent into Gnoppix." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes and additions. Download (MD5): gnoppix-22.12-amd64.iso (3,782MB, pkglist). |
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| 2022-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 41.0 |
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The independent 4MLinux distribution has published a new stable release. The new version, 4MLinux 41.0, offers a number of updates and new hardware support. A few new applications have been added to the distribution: "As always, the new major release has some new features. New applications available out of the box: FileZilla (FTP client), XPaint and GNU Paint (simple image-editing tools), nvme (command-line utility for managing NVM-Express partitions) as well as a collection of small SDL games. New applications available as downloadable extensions: BlueGriffon (HTML editor), The Legend of Edgar (platform game), ioquake3 (Quake III port), and BZFlag (tank battle game). The default video player in 4MLinux is now SMPlayer, and the default audio player is Audacious. Additionally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on a Btrfs partition with the help of Syslinux, which acts as a boot manager." Additional information is presented in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-41.0-64bit.iso (1,195MB), 4MServer-41.0-64bit.iso (1,260MB), 4MLinux-41.0-core.iso (13MB). |
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| 2022-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 22.11 |
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NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that uses the advanced Nix package manager for software management and system configuration. The project's latest release is NixOS 22.11 "Raccoon". One of the key changes in this version is an adjustment in how account passwords are handled. The release announcement shares some details: "During the NixOS 22.11 lifecycle old password hashes may need to be updated, because we plan to disable weak password hashes in NixOS 23.05. We consider password hashing methods weak, if the libxcrypt project did not flag them strong. If your system is configured with weak hashes a script will emit a warning during activation. We expect most users accounts to be set up with sha512crypt (hash prefixed with $6$) which we will continue to support. Interactively configured passwords can be updated using passwd, new password hashes can be generated through mkpasswd." Additional information and a summary of changes in the new version of NixOS can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): latest-nixos-gnome-x86_64-linux.iso (2,290MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-plasma5-x86_64-linux.iso (2,365MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso (827MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 21.10.12 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project's latest release offers more advanced manual installation options and a more complete automatic install option. "GRUB Installation: GRUB is now setup by default on EFI machine. Automatic installation: Version 21.10.12 introduces a first version of the installer in automatic mode. If all the conditions are met, the partitioning, formatting and installation of GRUB will be done automatically. The conditions being a single and blank hard disk therefore having no partition table. New mode of installation in live - full customable installation: If you choose the 'LIVE' mode when launching the IOS, you can now use the command 'KERNEL=your_favorit_kernel install-nutyx' to install NuTyX in a full manual mode. Partitionning, formatting, mounting the partitions are up to you. Please check the documentation. Dependency of a package are proctected: The 'cards remove' command will not let you remove a package used by another. Means it's a dependency." Additional details are provided on the project's news page. Download (SHA1, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-LXDE.iso (1,246MB), NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-LXQT.iso (1,299MB), NuTyX_x86_64-21.10.12-XFCE4.iso (1,301MB). |
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| 2021-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescuezilla 2.3 |
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Rescuezilla is a specialist Ubuntu-based distribution designed for system rescue tasks. The project's latest release offers file image verification and an option to override filesystem errors. "The main additional feature for Rescuezilla v2.3 is basic image verification, as well as a new 'rescue' option to force filesystem errors to be ignored. Virtually all Partclone-based tools other than Clonezilla always ignore errors using Partclone's --force option, which I think is a bad idea. Some bugs and important feature requests from Rescuezilla v2.2 continue to remain yet-unaddressed, including unfortunately the highly requested 'persistent partition' feature as it still requires further changes and testing. Here is a partial list of what has changed in Rescuezilla v2.3: implemented image verification feature; added 'Rescue' option to ignore filesystem inconsistencies and bad sectors; replaced Ubuntu 21.04 'Hirsute' build with build based on Ubuntu 21.10 'Impish' for best support of new hardware; added ability to restore and explore images created by 'Apart Partclone GUI; improved image scanning; fixed display of LVM shutdown error message...." The release announcement offers further details. The distribution is presented in two editions, one based on Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish" and one based on 20.04 "Focal". Download (SHA256, pkglist): rescuezilla-2.3-64bit.impish.iso (998MB), rescuezilla-2.3-64bit.focal.iso (845MB). |
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| 2021-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 21.3.0 |
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the 'unstable' branch of Debian. The project's latest snapshot is version 21.3.0 which introduces improvements for wireless network handling, includes OpenDoas as an alternative to sudo, and offers many package upgrades. "The flavours and versions we offer for siduction 21.3.0 are KDE Plasma 5.23.4, LXQt 1.0, Xfce 4.16, and the X.Org and noX images, where X.Org comes with the window manager Fluxbox, while noX does without X altogether. The released images of siduction 2021.3.0 are a snapshot of Debian 'Unstable' from December 23, 2021, enriched with some useful packages and scripts, a Calamares-based installer and a customized version of the Linux kernel 5.15.11, while systemd is at 249.7. The iNet Wireless Daemon (iwd), which we already shipped with siduction 2021.1.0 for the flavors X.Org and noX, is now also responsible for WiFi on Plasma, LXQt and Xfce. iwd is lightweight and establishes connections to WiFi faster than was possible with wpa_supplicant. iwd works stand alone or together with NetworkManager, systemd-networkd and Connman." Additional changes can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-kde-amd64-202112231751.iso (2,962MB, SHA256), siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-lxqt-amd64-202112231805.iso (2,488MB, SHA256), siduction-21.3.0-wintersky-xfce-amd64-202112231826.iso (2,564MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 21.2.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 21.2.0, an updated version of the project's rolling-release distribution featuring the continually-improved Calamares installer and the latest versions of Xfce, GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops: "Since we released Pahvo Mid-Season this year all our developer teams worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Qonos'. This release features major improvements to Calamares, including filesystem selection for automatic partitioning and enhanced support for Btrfs. For Btrfs installations, the default subvolume layout has been improved for easier rollbacks and less wasted space on snapshots. Additionally, swapfiles on Btrfs filesystem are now supported. The GNOME edition has received a major rework - update to GNOME 41.2. The default layout has been redesigned to follow more closely upstream defaults, with some adjustments to reduce the pointer travel for users who prefer using mouse with gnome." Here is the full release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,379MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,353MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-21.2.0-211220-linux515.iso (3,651MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.27 Core 162 |
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IPFire is a lightweight Linux distribution for firewalls, routers, and other security-sensitive appliances. The developers have released a new version, IPFire 2.27 Core Update 162 which will be the last version to support 32-bit x86 machines. "Once a few releases after upgrading to Linux 5.10, we have now rebased the IPFire kernel on Linux 5.15. Due to dropping or upstreaming our patchset this was a lot easier than the previous step to 5.10. The new kernel is long-term supported by the Linux kernel developers and comes with various new drivers and performance improvements. Noteworthy are various performance improvements on 'zero copy' for increased throughput and lower latency; Core Scheduling (for safer Hyperthreading), and a new drivers for NTFS. We have continued our work to take advantage of improvements in the kernel that help to decrease CPU usage when forwarding large numbers of packets. In certain environments, this enables IPFire to significantly more throughput and lower latency since more CPU resources are available when needed. This is the last release supporting 32-bit Intel-compatible processors - in our case i586 and older. Having announced this plan a year ago, the time has finally come." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): ipfire-2.27.x86_64-full-core162.iso (408MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 6.1 |
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The elementary team have announced the release of elementary OS 6.1 which carries the codename "Jolnir". The new release features the same base operating system as 6.0, though with a number of evolutionary improvements. Some of these changes affect the distribution's software centre: "AppCenter continues to fill out with apps from developers—and since the move to Flatpak, all apps that have been released for OS 6 will continue to be available on OS 6.1 and beyond. You can currently find over 90 curated apps in AppCenter, and developers have continued to push out rapid and frequent updates to their apps with new features and bug fixes, as they're in control of their own update schedule. Our shift from Debian packages to Flatpak for both curated and non-curated apps also means we’re able to lean more on Flatpak features, and we’ve been using this as an opportunity to make AppCenter much more engaging and informative right from the start - directly addressing feedback about the discoverability of the wide variety of apps in AppCenter." Additional information is available in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-6.1-stable.20211218-rc.iso (2,539MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: ALT Linux 10.0 Beta |
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ALT Linux is a Russian distribution which is available in Workstation and Server editions. The distribution's latest version is a development snapshot for the upcoming 10.0 release. "Members of the ALT family can run on different hardware platforms. All of these versions are built on the same codebase for Platform 10. Today, users have at their disposal ALT Workstation operating systems for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M), e2k (Elbrus), Alt Server OS for x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M , Huawei Taishan), ppc64le, e2k (Elbrus); Alt Education OS for i586, x86_64, ARM64 (Baikal-M, Raspberry Pi4), e2k (Elbrus) architectures. The Elbrus architecture is supported from the third version to the fifth (from 4C to 8CB). The products are based on the Linux kernel (std-def) 5.10 (5.4 for Elbrus), programming languages Perl 5.34, Python 3.9.6, PHP 8.0.13 and 7.4.26, GCC 10.3.1. The package versions of the p10 repository can be viewed at packages.altlinux.org." The release announcement (in Russian) contains further details. Download (pkglist): alt-kworkstation-10.0-beta20211014-live-x86_64.iso (3,413MB, MD5), alt-server-v-10.0-beta1-x86_64.iso (2,269MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-12-18 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.14 |
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The ReactOS team has announced the release of ReactOS 0.4.14, the latest stable build of the project's open-source operating system whose goal is to be able to run Microsoft Windows programs and drivers. The new version is a "maintenance" release that fixes various regressions and does not introduce many new features: "The ReactOS Team is pleased to announce the release of version 0.4.14. As with every other release, we're regularly noting improvements and updates to keep you in touch with what is being done in ReactOS. In this release, improvements range from FreeLoader fixes, Shell features, kernel fixes, NetKVM VirtIO bringup, further work on the Xbox port and support for NEC PC-9800. One of the main highlights of this release is the amount of improvements done to the Shell component, which makes up a vital part of the ReactOS user experience. Katayama Hirofumi MZ is the pioneer of the 'Send To' implementation, a feature of the Shell that can be used to send files or directories to a certain predefined location. In addition, 'Open File Location' and 'Open Command prompt here' were also implemented thanks to him. Apart from the aforementioned features, let's not forget the bug fixes that affected the operability of the Shell." See the complete release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): ReactOS-0.4.14-iso.zip (110MB), ReactOS-0.4.14-live.zip (80MB). |
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| 2021-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-1 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers. The project's latest release is an update to the 5.x series which improves user account management. "Administrators can specify an activation date when creating a new user account. User accounts with an activation date in the future are deactivated after creation and are only activated on this date. Thus, user accounts can be created in advance and UCS automatically takes care of the staggered activation. For the creation of users, there is a wizard in UCS that asks for all the required information. Administrators can specify additional attributes as required for a user account in addition to those already required, such as last name, user name, and password, for example, the e-mail address. As soon as additional attributes are defined, they are now also displayed in the UCS 5.0-1 wizard when users are created. This guarantees that administrators can also assign customized values for these attributes and not only the default values are used." Additional details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: UCS_5.0-1-amd64.iso (913MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 21.10 |
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Pop!_OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and developed by System76. The distribution's latest version is Pop!_OS 21.10 which includes initial support for Raspberry Pi computers. The release announcement shares other changes and features: "Previously when navigating to Applications, a full screen Application Wall would appear. In Pop!_OS 21.10, the Application Library opens in a small, searchable window over your current workspace. Like the former view, the Application Library can be opened from the top bar, a 4-finger swipe right on the trackpad, or by using Super + A on your keyboard. What this means for you: Better multi-monitor experience: The Application Library will launch on the display that has your mouse focus. This way, you can keep your eyes on your current workspace and launch the application on the display you intended. Easy scanning: Alphabetical listing makes it easier to scan and find the application or folder you want. Simple app organization: Drag and drop applications into custom folders. The new folders are always visible, and act like tabs to move between your personally organized applications. Search: Quickly filters your installed applications as well as apps available to install from the Pop!_Shop. Just the right size: Achieves the same information density while using much less space." Pop!_OOS is available in Intel/AMD, NVIDIA, and Raspberry Pi editions. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_21.10_amd64_intel_3.iso (2,513MB), pop-os_21.10_amd64_nvidia_3.iso (2,976MB). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 2.0 |
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Kaisen Linux is a rolling release, Debian-based desktop distribution. the project has published Kaisen Linux 2.0 which moves the base to Debian's Testing (Bookworm) branch. The project has also dropped the LXDE interface for LXQt. "Kaisen is now based on Debian Bookworm (Debian 12), also justifying the version number change. Among the most important things done on this new release, a complete overhaul of the menu with new, nicer and more modern icons, simplification of the menu and removal of about 15 launchers among the basic commands (such as mount and umount for example), new implementation of Btrfs snapshot tools, new tools dedicated to Cloud engineers! Many new packages have been packaged for the distribution for this, software such as Terraform, Trivy, Kubernetes, k6, k9s... LXDE has been replaced by LXQt because it is more modern and more compatible with Kaisen configurations such as Conky (which is now unique for all interfaces). LXDE is still installable, but will no longer be provided by default via an ISO or installed via the net-install ISO. The kaisen-lxde metapackage will no longer be installable and will be removed from the repositories when Kaisen Linux is upgraded to 3.0. This will leave at least 1.5 years for users to migrate to another interface." Further details are available in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-MATE.iso (4,118MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-KDE.iso (4,519MB), kaisenlinuxrolling2.0-amd64-LXQT.iso (4,057MB). |
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| 2021-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 20.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint project has published a new development release. Linux Mint 20.3 Beta introduces dark theme support for the Hypnotix video streaming application and presents a new document manager called Thingy. "The Hypnotix IPTV player looks better than ever, thanks to Dark Mode support and a new set of flags. A new search function was added so you can easily find TV channels, movies and series. In addition to M3U and local playlists, the IPTV player now also supports the Xtream API. Linux Mint 20.3 introduces a brand new XApp called Thingy. Thingy is a Document Manager. It gives you a quick access to your favorite and recently opened documents and keeps track of your reading progress. The Sticky Notes application now has a search function. The look of the notes was improved by embedding the title within the note. A new control was added inside the notes toolbar to control the size of the text." These and additional changes are covered in the project's What's New document. The release notes for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) provide further information. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-20.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (2,141MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,129MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-20.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (2,024MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2021.4 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project has published a new release, Kali Linux 2021.4, which improves support for ARM-powered devices, including Apple M1 machines and the Raspberry Pi Zero 2. "With the end of 2021 just around the corner, we are pushing out the last release of the year with Kali Linux 2021.4, which is ready for immediate download or updating. The summary of the changelog since the 2021.3 release from September 2021 is: improved Apple M1 support; wide compatibility for Samba; switching package manager mirrors; Kaboxer theme; updates to Xfce, GNOME and KDE; Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, plus USBArmory MkII ARM images; more tools. As we announced in Kali 2021.1, we supported installing Kali Linux on Parallels on Apple Silicon Macs, with 2021.4, we now also support it on the VMware Fusion Public Tech Preview thanks to the 5.14 kernel having the modules needed for the virtual GPU used. We also have updated the open-vm-tools package, and Kali's installer will automatically detect if you are installing under VMware and install the open-vm-tools-desktop package, which should allow you to change the resolution out of the box." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): kali-linux-2021.4-installer-amd64.iso (3,142MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 22 |
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Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution with several desktop editions, a cloud and a server edition. The project has published a new version, Calculate 22: "We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 22. With this new version, you will be able to smoothly update your system after a long period of time. We also ported the Calculate Utilities to Python 3, and set PipeWire as the default sound server. Calculate Linux Desktop featuring the KDE (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), Mate (CLDM) or Xfce (CLDX and CLDXS) desktop, Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) are now available for download. Changes: added support for long intervals between systems updates - now you can upgrade whenever you want, even if you have not updated your system for a long time; the latest Calculate Utils 3.7 have been fully transitioned to Python 3 and Python 2.7 has been removed from the distribution image; PulseAudio audio has been replaced by PipeWire, you can still select ALSA if this is what you prefer; added Bluetooth support for ALSA." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Default desktop and server download options are provided here. Download (pkglist): cld-22-x86_64.iso (3,263MB, MD5, torrent), cds-22-x86_64.iso (835MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.3 |
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The FreeBSD team has announced the availability of the third update to the operating system's 12.x branch. FreeBSD 12.3 includes several bug fixes to the kernel, userland updates, and improvements to network drivers. The release announcement reports: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: updates to various networking drivers; several updates to upstream contributed software; several userland application improvements and kernel bug fixes. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the online release notes and errata list. The FreeBSD Project dedicates the FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE to the memory of Ian Lepore. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, armv6, armv7 and aarch64 architectures. FreeBSD 12.3-RELEASE can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures also support installing from a USB memory stick." The release notes provide a list of fixes in this release along with their security advisories. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (937MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (776MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 4.25 |
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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's latest release is Tails 4.25 introduces a number of package updates for key components. It also features a backup utility to copy important files in persistent storage to a thumb drive. "We added a utility to make a backup of the Persistent Storage to another Tails USB stick. This utility automates the process described until now in our documentation on making a backup of your Persistent Storage, which used the command line. It's pretty basic and we still want to do something better in #7049, but we didn't want to wait more because we know that backups are a big issue for our users. External Hard Disk - we added a new entry called Tails (External Hard Disk) to the GRUB boot loader. Changes and updates: update Tor Browser to 11.0.2; update Tor to 0.4.6.8; add a shortcut to restart Tails when the Unsafe Browser was not enabled in the Welcome Screen; add a link from the error screen of the Tor Connection assistant to our documentation on troubleshooting connecting to Tor." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: tails-amd64-4.25.iso (1,129MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Freespire 8.0 |
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Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of Freespire 8.0, the latest update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. The new version continues to be based on Ubuntu's latest long-term support release, version 20.04: "Today, the PC/OpenSystems LLC FOSS development team has released Freespire 8.0, an update which delivers much needed system enhancements and security fixes. Once again we have let users decide; they have spoken and we have included all the most-requested Google services - Calendar, Docs and Gmail. For more traditional use cases, Freespire core has not changed at all - it's still a full-featured desktop OS, with all of the applications and resources of the Ubuntu repositories available as always. Freespire does not incorporate any proprietary media codecs and aside from Google Chrome, there are no other vendor-specific software applications pre-installed at all. Freespire 8.0 features a new stable kernel which fixes bugs and broadens hardware support. Google Chrome 96 includes security patches and other general browser improvements. We have upgraded Xfce 4.16, X11, Samba and other system fundamentals, including non-UEFI and secure boot systems." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: freespire-8.iso (1,436MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 21.4 |
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EndeavourOS is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project's latest snapshot is version 21.4 which includes several new improvements and fixes. "NVIDIA users have a new sanity check for NVIDIA and kernel updates. The check helps preventing boot problems after update. Apps UpdateInTerminal, eos-update-notifier and welcome include this update check. Welcome has a new button DE: information (DE is the installed desktop name) and opens the browser to the dedicated DE info page. Our eos-apps-info is added by default. The eos-apps-info-helper is now capable of showing information about many more apps, and it supports using a web browser which can be configured by yourself. An addition to paccache-service-manager has been made, which now ships with a checkbox for deleting the cache of uninstalled packages. A new and improved schedule configuration window for eos-update-notifier. The function grub-tools now adds info and warnings when needed about variable GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER in /etc/default/grub. An improvement on AKM that marks the current running kernel with the * symbol." These and other improvements can covered in the project's release announcement. Download: EndeavourOS_Atlantis-21_4.iso (1,927MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 9 |
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The CentOS project has published a new snapshot release, CentOS 9 Stream which acts as a middle ground between Fedora and the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The project's release announcement says: "Updates posted to Stream are identical to those posted to the unreleased minor version of RHEL. The aim? For CentOS Stream to be as fundamentally stable as RHEL itself. To achieve this stability, each major release of Stream starts from a stable release of Fedora Linux—In CentOS Stream 9, this begins with Fedora 34, which is the same code base from which RHEL 9 is built. As updated packages pass testing and meet standards for stability, they are pushed into CentOS Stream as well as the nightly build of RHEL. What CentOS Stream looks like now is what RHEL will look like in the near future." CentOS is available in x86_64, ARM64, and PowerPC64 flavours. At the time of writing, the release notes are not yet available. Download: CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso (8,037MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 15.4 Alpha |
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The openSUSE team have announced the avilability of a new development snapshot for openSUSE Leap. The new snapshot is lablled openSUSE 15.4 Alpha: "Alpha releases of openSUSE Leap 15.4 are now available for download on get.opensuse.org. The fourth minor release of Leap 15 has entered its alpha development stage. During the Alpha phase, regular Alpha images will be built on a rolling basis until mid-February when the point release is scheduled to transition to a Beta build phase. The beta submission deadline is February 16, according to the roadmap. The Beta phase has a similar model until the General Availability of the release. The rolling builds stop after the Beta phase is complete and Leap transitions into a maintenance and security update phase upon beoming public available." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Please note that at the time of writing the net-install download links do not work, but off-line install media are available. Download: openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Media.iso (3,945MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 21.11 |
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NixOS is an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management. In NixOS, the entire operating system, including the kernel, applications, system packages and configuration files, are built by the Nix package manager. The project's latest release is NixOS 21.11 which includes the following highlights: "The default Nix version remains at 2.3.16. Nix has not been updated to version 2.4 due to regressions in non-experimental behavior. To upgrade to 2.4, use the nixos-unstable branch or set the nix.package option to either of nixFlakes or nix_2_4 packages. The nixUnstable attribute is a pre-release of Nix 2.5. Read the release notes for more information on upcoming changes. Please help us improve Nix by providing any breakage reports. iptables now uses nf_tables backend. PHP now defaults to PHP 8.0, updated from 7.4. kops now defaults to 1.21.1, which uses containerd as the default runtime. python3 now defaults to Python 3.9, updated from Python 3.8. PostgreSQL now defaults to major version 13." Further information is available through the project's release annoucement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): latest-nixos-gnome-x86_64-linux.iso (2,028MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-plasma5-x86_64-linux.iso (1,652MB, SHA256), latest-nixos-minimal-x86_64-linux.iso (765MB, SHA256). |
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| 2020-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 20.1 |
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The deepin project has published a new update to the distribution's 20.x series. deepin 20.1 features a new kernel, Linux 5.8, along with bringing the rest of the operating system up to date with Debian 10.6. There have also been a number of performance improvements. "In deepin 20.1, the operating efficiency of processors, network transmission and response, file reading and writing, and graphics display has been significantly enhanced by overall optimization of kernel configurations and codes; and conventional operations have been fully optimized. You will enjoy smoother experiences and faster responses from these improvements. Control Center: The new power settings - Power Plans supports three modes: Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance. When ultimate performance is required, the high-performance mode offers smoother user experiences." Further details and screenshots can be found in the distribution's release announcement (Chinese, English). Download: deepin-desktop-community-1010-amd64.iso (2,845MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2020_12_25 |
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Parted Magic is a small live CD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being to partition hard drives. Although GParted and Parted are the main programs, the CD/USB also offers other applications, such as Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue. The project's latest release updates the desktop to Xfce 4.14 from 4.12. "This version of Parted Magic comes with a huge number of package updates and improvements. Most notable is the upgrade to Xfce 4.14. I spent a lot of time tweaking the general look and feel. It looks significantly better than the last version. The boot menus have some changes so it's easier for people the find the more common booting work-a-arounds. Fcitx has been added to further improve input support. A menu allows you choose between Fcitx and Ibus. The old PXE version download has been discontinued. I highly suggest using the new method to boot Parted Magic via PXE: https://partedmagic.com/pxe/. If you really need to use the old slow PXE method you can build it with the included script: boot/pxelinux/pm2pxe.sh." The project's news page has more information. Parted Magic can be purchased from the distribution's online store for US$11. |
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| 2020-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 35.0 |
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Zbigniew Konojacki has announced the release of 4MLinux 35.0, a quarterly update of the project's minimalist desktop and server distribution featuring "four Ms": maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), mini-server (using the inetd daemon) and mystery (providing several small Linux games). As usual, the new release updates many of the base packages, but it also includes some new ones, such as Inkscape and Dangerous Dave (a game): "The status of the 4MLinux 35.0 series has been changed to stable. As always, the new major release has some new features. Inkscape (vector graphics editor) is now available as a downloadable extension. Dangerous Dave has been added to the collection of games which can be played via DOSBox. Notepad++ (advanced code editor) has been included in the 4MLinux Wine package. Nmap (network scanner) and ircII (IRC client) have been added to the 4MLinux Server." Here is the complete release announcement as published on the project's Blogspot pages. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-35.0-64bit.iso (777MB), 4MServer-35.0-64bit.iso (834MB). |
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| 2020-12-21 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 897 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Archman GNU/Linux 2020-11-12 "KDE"
- News: openSUSE and CloudLinux promote their CentOS alternatives, Tails talks about their adjusted release cycle
- Questions and answers: What to do in the wake of Red Hat phasing out CentOS
- Released last week: NuTyX 20.12.0, UBports 16.04 OTA-15, Q4OS 3.13
- Torrent corner: Alpine, batocera, Bluestar, KDE neon, Kwort, NuTyX, Q4OS, Tails, Ultimate Edition, Volumio
- Opinion poll: Where will you go now that CentOS Linux is being discontinued?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kwort Linux 4.3.5 |
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Kwort Linux is a CRUX-based Linux distribution that uses the GTK+ toolkit and the Openbox window manager. Its most prominent feature is a package manager, called kpkg. The project's latest version, Kwort 4.3.5, introduces updated kernel, compiler, and package management packages. The distribution's news page lists the highlights of the release: "I'm very proud to announce this new release which shows how the project got to a very mature level. New goodies included in the user interface, a few bug fixes from the previous release and of course, the latest stable packages. Let's talk a little of what we have here: Linux kernel 5.10.1 - yes, the brand new Linux LTS release. New toolchain including glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0 and Binutils 2.35.1. kpkg 130. Mirror kdb files are now included in the installation to avoid repeating issues from the past. Latest browsers including Google Chrome 87.0.4280.88 and Mozilla Firefox 84.0. The newest version of Brave is already available on the mirrors. kwort-tools now includes encryption support through /etc/rc.d/encryption using /etc/etab (format is 'directory' 'key file') and we have added a few improvements on kwort-mixer to add more stability. LLVM 11.0.0 is also included." Download: kwort-4.3.5.iso (1,113MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 3.13 |
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The Q4OS team have published a new update to their distribution's Debian-based desktop operating system. The project's new release updates the Q4OS 3.x series, bringing it up to date with Debian's Stable branch. For this release Canonical's Snap framework has been removed, though it can be installed from the project's software repositories. "An update to Q4OS 3 Centaurus LTS has been released. The new 3.13 Series receives the recent Debian Buster 10.7 update, updated Debian stable kernel, important security and bug fixes, and several specific Q4OS enhancements. Canonical's Snap daemon and related dependencies have been removed from the Q4OS desktop profiles, however they're still available in the default repositories. A few printing specific bugs has been patched and a new driver installer for Hewlett-Packard printers and scanners has been included in the Software center. In addition to the above, Q4OS 3.13 brings other enhancements, such as improved Calamares installer and a cumulative upgrade covering all changes from the previous stable Q4OS 3 Centaurus release." The distribution's blog offers additional information. The project provides two editions, one with the KDE Plasma desktop and the other with the Trinity desktop environment (TDE). Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-3.13-x64.r1.iso (897MB), q4os-3.13-x64-tde.r1.iso (697MB). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Mobile OS Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-15 |
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The UBports team has announced a new update for UBports 16.04. The new update, OTA-15, introduces stable support for more devices and provides a number improvements to the camera app, web browser, and calls: "Ratchanan finally got fed up with the "Redial last called number" button not working on his Bluetooth headset and fixed it. Now it is possible to dial calls from Bluetooth devices, including some car infotainment systems which provide an interface to browse your phone's contacts. Unfortunately, whilst dialing calls was fixed, the subsequent call audio is still broken. Some devices will still have trouble connecting two-way audio, and some have even reported adverse effects when trying it. For example, the Nexus 5 may play loud static over the Bluetooth headset instead of the caller's audio. Please try a test call (while you are in a safe place!) and report the result back to us before trying to take a call while driving. Ratchanan also added a Thai input method to our on-screen keyboard. It does not have auto-correction, but this is an excellent addition for our Thai users. Thank you, Ratchanan! If you are using a device with an arm64 build of Ubuntu Touch, you may have noticed that missed calls were reported by the caller's number rather than by their contact name. This issue has also now been fixed." Further details are available in the release announcement. A list of supported devices and download options can be found on the project's Devices page. |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 20.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint developers have published a new testing release, Linux Mint 20.1 Beta, which introduces a number of new features. There is a new IPTV application, called Hypnotix, performance improvements for the Cinnamon desktop, and there is a web app manager which helps integrate web apps and into the desktop. This development release also includes way to mark files as favourites for quick access later. "Time and time again we need to access the same files. Up until Linux Mint 20.1 we would remember where they were stored and slowly get to them using the file manager, bookmark their containing folder to get to them faster, look in the recently opened document section, hoping to find them in there, clutter our desktop with direct links... Well, there's a much better way now! If you're working on a file and you know you access it often, right-click it and select 'Add to Favorites'. You'll see a little star pop up in your panel. That's where all favorite files are, just one click away." Further information can be found in the project's release announcements for each of the distribution's three editions - (Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-20.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,894MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-20.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,960MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-20.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,857MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 Beta |
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Univention Corporate Server is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers and Microsoft Active Directory-compatible domain services. The project's latest snapshot, Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 Beta, introduces a number of changes to the user interface. "The most obvious change is the modernized design of UCS 5, which can already be seen during the installation process. In the default configuration, UCS will appear darker and, in our opinion, more elegant and uncluttered. We have visually reduced many areas and defined simpler shapes with a clearer color language, for example, for the "tiles" in the portal. As the changes in the beta are very obvious, the status of an "unfinished" beta version becomes clearly visible, in particular in this area. A lot of work is currently being done on the look and feel of UCS 5. In many places, the interfaces are still incomplete or partly still use visualizations from UCS 4." Additional information is available in the distribution's release announcement. Download: ucs_5.0-0-beta-amd64.iso (888MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 15.3 Alpha |
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The openSUSE team have published a new development snapshot of their upcoming openSUSE 15.3 release. The new Alpha snapshot introduces binary compatibility with SUSE Linux Enterprise and reorganizes the way installation media for different CPU architectures are made available. "You may notice that Installation images for all arches can be now found in the Installation tabs, and the tab Ports no longer exist. This new structure corresponds with the way how we build images in 15.3. openSUSE Leap 15.3 is based on the Jump concept that was developed over the past several months, which makes it and SUSE Linux Enterprise compatible. openSUSE Leap aligns with SLE and its Service Packs (SP), which keeps the system updated, stable and patched. Upon General Availability of this release, there will be a whole new level of harmony between Leap 15.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3." Details on the new development snapshot can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): openSUSE-Leap-15.3-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso (4,336MB, SHA256, torrent), openSUSE-Leap-15.3-NET-x86_64-Current.iso (116MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 20.12.0 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project has published a new version with multiple supported desktop editions. "21 months after the release of the first version of NuTyX 11, I am very happy to announce the new version of NuTyX 20.12.0 and cards 2.4.123. The 64-bit version is a complete new project. The compilation chain is completely rebuilt in addition to glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0 and binutils 2.34. The Xorg-server graphics server version 1.20.10, the Mesa 3D library in 20.3.0, GTK3 3.24.24 and Qt 5.15.2 are also in their latest versions. The Python interpreters are at 3.9.0 and 2.7.18. The Xfce desktop environment is updated to version 4.14.3. The MATE desktop environment is also updated to version 1.24, the latest version available. The KDE desktop environment is available in Plasma 5.20.4, Framework 5.76.0 and Applications 20.12.0. Available browsers are: Firefox 83.0, Chromium 87.0.4280.88, Falkon 3.1.0, Epiphany 3.38.2." Additional information can be found on the project's News page. Download (MD5, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-LXDE.iso (914MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-XFCE.iso (986MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-KDE.iso (1,623MB), NuTyX_x86_64-20.12.0-MATE.iso (1,657MB). |
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| 2020-12-14 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 896 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: TTOS Linux 1.1.2
- News: CentOS Linux being phased out for CentOS Stream, openSUSE running on the PinePhone, Tails changing their ISO verification process, changes coming to Univention
- Questions and answers: Restoring the fstab file
- Released last week: CRUX 3.6, GeckoLinux 152.201210, Rescuezilla 2.1
- Torrent corner: Alpine, Archman, CRUX, EasyOS, Endless OS, Garuda, GeckoLinux, KDE neon, Rescuezilla, Zenwalk
- Upcoming releases: Tails 4.14
- Opinion poll: How many entries are in your fstab file?
- New additions: PakOS
- New distributions: HefftorLinux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 2 |
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Yves Brungard has announced that the second beta build of the upcoming Mageia 8 release is ready for testing: "We are happy to announce the release of Mageia 8 beta 2. After a long time since beta 1, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thoughts so that we can continue to get Mageia 8 ready for release. As we said in a previous post, a lot of work had to be done for the base system upgrade, Java, Linux kernel and the graphical stack. These upgrades are now in a state that allows for the beta 2 ISO images to be built and tested. Here are some of the major packages included in this release: Linux kernel 5.9.12 (5.10 will land in shortly), glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.1, rpm 4.16.1, Chromium 87, Firefox 78.5, LibreOffice 7.0.4, Plasma Desktop 5.20.4, GNOME 3.38.1, Cinnamon 4.8.2, Xfce 4.15.2, MATE 1.24. PHP is provided in release 8.0." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. As always, Mageia releases are available as installation or live images (with GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce); download links: Mageia-8-beta2-x86_64.iso (4,363MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,457MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,074MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,813MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescuezilla 2.1 |
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Shasheen Ediriweera has announced the release of Rescuezilla 2.1, an updated version of the project's easy-to-use disk imaging application compatible with Clonezilla. The key new feature of this version is the ability to easily mount and explore Clonezilla images to extract files: "Rescuezilla 2.1 provides key bug fixes, performance improvements and it also introduces the highly-requested ability to easily extract files from backup images. Key changes: added 'Image Explorer' (beta) to easily mount Partclone images and to extract files; accessing files from uncompressed images (created by Clonezilla's Expert mode) is extremely fast even for very large images; both Clonezilla and Rescuezilla currently default to gzip compression, which requires decompressing a lot of data and makes mounting and exploring images over 50 GB too slow - a future release of Rescuezilla will change the default compression format so mounting large images is always fast and efficient.... Read the rest of the changelog for more details. There are two images available for download - an edition based on Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" and another based on Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy" (the project recommends using the "Groovy" build): rescuezilla-2.1-64bit.groovy.iso (844MB, pkglist), rescuezilla-2.1-64bit.focal.iso (795MB).
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| 2020-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 152.201210.0 |
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GeckoLinux is a Linux spin based on the openSUSE distribution, with a focus on polish and out-of-the-box usability on the desktop. The project has published updated media for both its Static and Rolling branches. "All editions in this update receive quality of life improvements for Bluetooth audio users. The default PulseAudio configuration now prevents undesired automatic switching to the low-quality HSP/HFP device profile, and audio streams will automatically switch to newly connected Bluetooth devices using the A2DP profile. Additionally, improved support has been included for the 7zip archive format. Finally, the default GRUB boot sloader configuration has been tweaked to be cleaner and more predictable on EFI systems. A variety of GeckoLinux ISO spins are available with polished desktop environments to suit every need and preference. Each spin contains a well curated selection of preinstalled applications appropriate for the particular desktop environment." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. There are eight editions of the Static branch and nine of the Rolling branch, one of each are listed here for simplicity. Download: GeckoLinux_STATIC_Cinnamon.x86_64-152.201210.0.iso (1,289MB, MD5, pkglist), GeckoLinux_ROLLING_XFCE.x86_64-999.201205.0.iso (1,417MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CRUX 3.6 |
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Juergen Daubert has announced the release of CRUX 3.6, the latest stable build of the project's lightweight Linux distribution featuring a straightforward tar.xz-based package system, BSD-style init scripts, and a collection of trimmed packages: "The CRUX team is happy to announce the release of CRUX 3.6. CRUX 3.6 comes with a multilib toolchain which includes glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.0, Binutils 2.35.1, Linux kernel 5.4.80 (LTS), X.Org 7.7 and X.Org Server 1.20.10. The ISO image is processed with isohybrid and is suitable for burning on a DVD and putting on a USB drive. UEFI support is available during installation with dosfstools, efibootmgr and grub2-efi/syslinux. Because all bootloaders are in our opt collection now, LILO is no longer installed as a core port by default. To give the possibility to select a bootloader we have added a new menu to setup. Important notes: glibc depends at buildtime on Python 3 now, Python 3 and its dependencies have been moved from the opt collection to core; glibc removed rpc and nsl stuff, we've added the libnsl and rpcsvc-proto ports; we renamed openrdate to rdate, jdk to jdk8-bin and mesa3d to mesa...." See the release announcement, release notes, changelog and the updated CRUX Handbook for further details. Download: crux-3.6.iso (819MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-07 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 895 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Pop!_OS 20.10 and FuguIta 6.8
- News: Fedora considers separate Xwayland package, FreeBSD introduces WireGuard support, RancherOS purchased by SUSE, elementary OS to get multi-touch gestures and Raspberry Pi build, Debian publishes updated Buster media
- Questions and answers: Using a Raspberry Pi to get started with a virtual assistant
- Released last week: GhostBSD 20.11.28, BlackArch 2020.12.01, Manjaro 20.2
- Torrent corner: Arch Linux, AV Linux, BlackArch, Debian, EasyOS, GhostBSD, Manjaro, Raspberry Pi OS, RebornOS, SparkyLinux, T2, Univention
- Opinion poll: Do you use a digital assistant?
- DistroWatch site news: Comparing a package version across all active distributions
- New distributions: oasis, Diamond Linux-TT
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2020-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 20.10 |
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René Rebe has announced the release of T2 SDE 20.10, a new stable version of the project's distribution build kit (originally forked from ROCK Linux) designed for advanced Linux users who wish to build custom Linux distributions. This version arrives after ten years of development: "After a decade of development, we are proud to announce the availability of the new T2 Linux Source and Embedded Linux distribution build kit stable release, version 20.10. The 20.10 release has received updates across the board, while a major working target was adding new architecture support for arm64, and RISCV as well as further improving cross compilation - all official ISO images are now fully cross-built. Over 13,800 Subversion revisions indicate the magnitude of the release, with over 1,000 new packages, new features and various other improvements and fixes, including the latest Linux kernel, GCC, LLVM, Clang, Rust, X.Org, Wayland, Firefox, KDE, GNOME and everything in between." Here is the complete release announcement as published on the project's mailing list. T2 SDE 20.10 is available for download as a set of pre-compiled installation images for mips64, powerpc, powerpc64, sparc64, x86 and x86_64. Here are the links to the minimal desktop builds for the x86_64 architectures: t2-minimal-desktop-glibc-gcc-x86-64-avx-20.10.iso (793MB, SHA1), t2-minimal-desktop-glibc-gcc-x86-64-haswell-20.10.iso (792MB, SHA1). |
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| 2020-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2020-12-02 |
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Simon Long has announced the availability of a new version of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based distribution for Raspberry Pi computers. The latest version includes an updated Chromium web browser, a graphical front-end for configuring printers, and the PulseAudio audio control software. "We've updated the Chromium browser to version 84. This has taken us a bit longer than we would have liked, but it's always quite a lot of work to get our video hardware acceleration integrated with new releases of the browser. That's done now, so you should see good-quality video playback on sites like YouTube. We've also, given events this year, done a lot of testing and tweaking on video conferencing clients such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom, and they should all now work smoothly on your Raspberry Pi's Chromium. From this release onwards, we are switching Raspberry Pi OS to use the PulseAudio sound server." The release announcement has additional information. Download (SHA256): 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-full.zip (2,948MB, torrent, pkglist), 2020-12-02-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip (438MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 20.2 |
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Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 20.2, the latest update of the project's rolling-release distribution with a choice of Xfce, KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops: "We are happy to announce our latest release of Manjaro we call 'Nibia'. The GNOME edition is the epicenter of new exciting features. It received a major overhaul, possibly the biggest update thus far. GNOME 3.38 provides performance enhancements, significantly improved application grid, parental controls, excellent welcome tour as well as many other features. The new OEM style installation makes the installation process extremely simple, and Gnome-Initial-Setup lets you easily install Manjaro for other people. Manjaro's Application-Utility got also many improvements, letting easily choose your favorite browsers, office suites and password managers. We also included two excellent forms of automatic window tiling." Here is the full release announcement as published on the project's user forum. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,688MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,950MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-20.2-201203-linux59.iso (2,689MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethServer 7.9 |
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NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. The project's latest release is NethServer 7.9 which replaces its original user interface with Cockpit, introduces a new panel to sync e-mail over IMAP, and brings the distribution up to date with its CentOS base. "Release highlights: Many new features were added since the last NethServer ISO was released, they are all available within NethServer 7.9 based. Let’s see the most important improvements. NethGUI is dead. Welcome Cockpit: The old Server Manager (namely NethGUI) is not available by default on new installations. To configure the system access the new Server Manager on port 9090 . Old Server Manager can be still installed from Software Center. Web applications are still on port 980: CGP (Collectd Graph Panel), EveBox, Rspamd UI, Lightsquid and Ntopng are still available on HTTPS port 980, even if the old Server Manager has not been installed. Security improvements: On new installations, SSH weak ciphers are now disabled by default. Default TLS policy is 2020-05-10 . TLS 1.1, TLS 1.0, SSL v3, and SSL v2 are disabled." Additional information is available in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (MD5): nethserver-7.9.2009-x86_64.iso (1,154MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.4-7 |
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Univention Corporate Server is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian. It features an integrated management system for central administration of servers. The distribution's latest release is Univention Corporate Server 4.4-7 which improves single sign-on security and introduces a customizable cookie banner for administrators working within the European Union. "The new UCS version 4.4-7 also supports this feature when a user is logged in via SAML using single sign-on (SSO). While we were at it, we added some extra security - after all, SSO is a central service that allows access to all authorized programs and services. Users with an expired password who enter an incorrect password in the password change dialog used to receive a corresponding message. This allowed unauthorized persons to find out whether a password for a particular account had expired. With UCS 4.4-7, this is no longer possible. In addition, certain files created by the listener on the server now receive correct file permissions. This way they're available for the SAML service, but not for other users. Cookie Banner for the UCS Portal - cookies may only be stored on users' computers if they have explicitly agreed to it." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: UCS_4.4-7-amd64.iso (1,299MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2020-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2020.12.01 |
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BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution designed for penetration testers and security researchers. The project has published a new snapshot, version 2020.12.01, which includes many new tools and updated packages. The project's blog post states: "Today we released the new BlackArch Linux ISOs and OVA image. Many improvements and QA went through all packages and tools BlackArch Linux offers! For details see the ChangeLog below. Here's the ChangeLog: added more than 100 new tools; renamed 'Live ISO' to 'Full ISO'; updated blackarch-installer to v1.2.16; included Linux kernel 5.9.11; adapted ISO creation to the new archiso version (work in progress);removed unnecessary files from the ISO env; QAed and fixed a lot of packages (runtime exec, missing dependencies, etc.); updated all vim plugins and improved vim config options; updated all BlackArch tools and packages including config files; updated all system packages; updated all window manager menus (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox)." Download (SHA1, pkglist, username: root, password: blackarch): blackarch-linux-full-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (14,803MB, torrent), blackarch-linux-netinst-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (732MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 20.1 |
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ExTiX is a desktop distribution normally based on Ubuntu. The project's latest release, ExTiX 20.1, is based instead on deepin and features the Deepin desktop environment. The project's release announcement states: "New functions:1.You can run ExTiX from RAM. Use boot alternative 3 (Load to RAM) or Advanced. A wonderful way to run Linux if you have enough RAM. Everything will be super fast. When ExTiX has booted up you can remove the DVD or USB stick. 2. You will have the opportunity to choose language before you enter the Deepin 15.11 Desktop. All main languages are supported. 3. I have replaced Deepin Installer with the Reborn version of Deepin Installer. Works better in every way. 4. I have replaced kernel 5.3.0-rc6-exton with kernel 5.5.0-rc3-exton. 5. Spotify and Skype are pre-installed. 6. You can watch Netflix while running Firefox. 7. You can install ExTiX Deepin also in VirtualBox/VMware using Deepin Installer. (In previous versions you had to chroot into the install partition and install GRUB). 8. While installing ExTiX Deepin to a USB stick using Rufus 3.8 you can create a persistent partition on the stick. Thus all your changes of the ExTiX Deepin system will be saved directly on the stick!" Download: extix-20.1-64bit-deepin-15.11-refracta-1840mb-191230.iso (1,894MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2020.01.01 |
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Levon Kayan has announced the release of a new version of BlackArch Linux, an Arch-based distribution with a large collection of specialist tools designed for penetration testing, security research and forensic analysis: "Today we have released new BlackArch Linux ISO and OVA images. Many improvements and much QA went through all packages and tools BlackArch Linux offers. Here is the changelog: added 120 new tools; add terminus font support to LXDM; fixed the annoying 'cannot open tools via menu' bug; updated BlackArch installer to version 1.1.34; included Linux kernel 5.4.6; updated urxvt configuration to add support for changing size on the fly; Vim - replace pathogen with Vundle.vim, added new vim plugin, clang_complete; minor bug fixes and improvements; updated all BlackArch tools and packages, including configuration files; updated all system packages; updated all window manager menus (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox)." Visit the distribution's blog to read the full release announcement. Download (SHA1, pkglist, login: root, password: blackarch): blackarch-linux-live-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso (13,350MB), blackarch-linux-netinst-2020.01.01-x86_64.iso (491MB). |
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| 2019-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 20 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 20, a major update of the project's Gentoo-based, rolling-release distribution set available in KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE and Xfce flavours. This version upgrades many packages, but it also drops the i686 architecture: "For this new release, Gentoo 17.1 was used as the base profile, all binary packages recompiled with GCC 9.2, and overlays managed with eselect. Calculate Linux will no longer come in 32-bit edition. Change list: a local overlay has been added; you can run 'emerge --config' to launch the new cl-config tool for service configuration; 'modesetting' video driver supported; CPU-X has been replaced by the graphical HardInfo utility for better hardware browsing; MPlayer has been replaced by mpv; cronie replaces vixie-cron for cron job scheduling; fixed single disk auto-detection for installation; fixed bug where several applications played ALSA audio at the same time; fixed default audio device configuration; Xfce desktop has been updated to 4.14...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download links (MD5, pkglist): cld-20-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,761MB, torrent), cldc-20-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,443MB, torrent), cldl-20-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,433MB, torrent), cldm-20-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,530MB, torrent), cldx-20-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,383MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EasyOS 2.2 |
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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 project's latest release is EasyOS 2.2, which is built using packages from Debian 10 packages. "Lots of bug fixes, improvements, package upgrades, new applications and utilities. Version 2.2 is built with Debian 10.2 DEBs, and the kernel is 5.4.6 with lockdown enabled - lockdown is used in the 'Copy session to RAM & disable drives' boot option, to ratchet the security even higher. New applications built-in to the download file: pSynclient and SolveSpace. The SeaMonkey suite is built-in and now version 2.49.5. As usual, there is a huge collection of applications built-in, including LibreOffice, Inkscape, Gimp, Planner, Grisbi, Osmo, Notecase, Audacious and MPV. The download file is 515MB. Among many setup enhancements, there is a special patched NetworkManager tray applet, and there are considerable improvements to BootManager, SFSget, EasyContainerManager and EasyVersionControl GUI utilities." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: easy-2.2-amd64.img.gz (514MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Feren OS 2019.12 |
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Feren OS, a desktop Linux distribution based on Linux Mint, has been updated to version 2019.12. This is the project's first release featuring KDE Plasma desktop by default, although a separate "Classic" edition with Cinnamon is also available. From the release announcement: "Today I am proud to announce the release of Feren OS December 2019 Snapshot, code-named 'Yttrium'. This is one of the biggest snapshots in the history of Feren OS. The first and most important change in this snapshot is the move to KDE Plasma. This means that Feren OS now has a completely different desktop environment to what it had before. KDE Plasma is an extremely stable and lightweight desktop environment in Feren OS, and it has way more support from the community since it's one of the major desktop environments available in Linux. The default Feren OS theme has had a bunch of minor visual tweaks. The most noticeable tweak is that menus are now dark and transparent rather than white and opaque. This, alongside Plasma's blur effect, makes the desktop look way more sleek by default." Download (MD5) links (pkglist): Feren OS x64.iso (1,841MB), Feren OS x64 Classic.iso (1,815MB), Feren OS x32 Classic.iso (1,778MB). |
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| 2019-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2019_12_24 |
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Parted Magic is a small live CD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being to partition hard drives, recover data and image partitions. The project's latest release is Parted Magic 2019_12_24. The new version includes Wine, DosBOX and the GNOME Disk utility. Several key packages have also been updated. "Parted Magic 2019_12_24. This version of Parted Magic adds WINE, Gnome Disk Utility, DOSBox and a new method of booting via PXE. We have also reverted back to the 2014 desktop wallpaper and GRUB screen as seen on the screen shots page. New PXE booting: 1. Extract the ISO image and copy the 'pmagic' folder to your server. 2. Use the new 'wget=' kernel cheat code and the path leading to the 'pmagic' folder. Updated Programs: testdisk 7.2-WIP, ncdu 1.14.1, kernel firmware 20191222git, ZFS on Linux 0.8.2, Linux kernel 5.4.6, xf86-video-sis 0.12.0, libdrm 2.4.100, OpenSSL 1.0.2u, nwipe 0.26, Mozilla Firefox 68.3.0esr, libtiff 4.1.0, Flashplayer Plugin 32.0.0.303, ca-certificates 20191130, BIND 9.11.14. Added Programs: Wine 4.0.2, libpwquality 1.4.1, gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1, cracklib 2.9.6, DOSBox 0.74.3, stressapptest 1.0.9, cabextract 1.9.1." Further details on the new version, along with instructions for setting up PXE booting for Parted Magic, can be found on the distribution's news page and additional information can be found in the project's changelog. Parted Magic is available for purchase for US$11 from the project's on-line store. |
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| 2019-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 19.1 |
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antiX, a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, has been upgraded to version 19.1. Although largely a bug-fix release, the new version also updates IceWM to version 1.6.3: "antiX 19.1 bug-fix/upgrade ISO images available. All new ISO images are bug-fix/upgrades of antiX 19 SysVInit series. Only for new users, no need to download if using antiX 19. antiX 19.1 is based on Debian 'Buster' and is systemd-free. As usual, we offer the following systemd-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures: antiX-full with four windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm, plus full LibreOffice suite; antiX-base with 4 windows managers – IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM and herbstluftwm; antiX-core with no X window; antiX-net with no X window and just enough to get you connected (wired) and ready to build. The 32-bit edition uses a non-PAE kernel. Changes: 4.9.200 Linux kernel; Firefox 68.3.0esr; disk-manager included; Ceni network manager included, but ConnMan remains the default." Here is the full release announcement. Quick links to download the two "Full" variants: antiX-19.1_x64-full.iso (1,106MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), antiX-19.1_386-full.iso (1,138MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2019.12.22 |
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EndeavourOS is a rolling release Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. The project's latest release, version 2019.12.22, introduces the ability to perform installations in both on-line and off-line modes. "We are using the Calamares installer and when you are starting your install by clicking on the Start the Installer button of the Welcome app, it asks you which install you prefer: off-line or on-line. No matter which desktop environment you choose, EndeavourOS ships with some pre-installed packages and apps you already know from our current installer and some of those are: GRUB, the mainstream Linux kernel, Nano, broadcom-dkms, intel-ucode/amd-ucode, NVIDIA-installer, arc-x-icons-theme, eos-welcome, eos-update-notifier, reflector-auto, Yay and Firefox. Except for our in-house developed reflector-auto, eos-welcome and the eos-update-notifier, the rest of the packages are coming directly from the Arch repos or the AUR, so they are not customized or modified package versions in our own repo, we are still close to Arch." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: endeavouros-2019.12.22-x86_64.iso (1,646MB, MD5, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 2019 |
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Yann Le Doare has announced the release of LinuxConsole 2019, a new version of the project's independently-developed, modular distribution featuring the MATE desktop. It can be customised using pre-built modules for various tasks, such as games, graphics, multimedia, music, office and video, and it also supports installing some Windows software and games with WINE. "LinuxConsole 2019 is available for download. It comes with Linux kernel version 5.4.5 which support Extfat natively. This Linux distribution is designed to be easy to use and powerful. You can try it in a live mode and then install it on a hard drive. It is also possible to use it on old computers, with the lightweight MATE desktop. What is new? Linux kernel 5.4.5; 865 libraries and programs are in the core module; build for 'YourDistroFromScratch 2.7', with docker hybrid ISO image; parental control tool, for controlling the access time of user accounts; modular concept; MATE desktop 1.22; Chromium becomes the default web browser; Wine 4.0.3." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download links: linuxconsole.2019-x86_64.iso (1,822MB, MD5), linuxconsole.2019-x86.iso (1,624MB, MD5). |
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| 2019-12-23 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 846 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: NomadBSD 1.3
- News: Tails publishes boot fix for Mac hardware, Arch upgrade requires user intervention, Purism introduces freedom-supporting servers
- Questions and answers: Hiding and protecting files with a password
- Released last week: SUSE Linux Enteprise 12 SP5, Linux Mint 19.3, Peppermint OS 10-20191210
- Torrent corner: 4mLinux, Absolute, Alpine, ArcoLinux, AUSTRUMI, EasyOS, Emmabuntus, KDE neon, LinuxConsole, Linux Mint, NuTyX, PCLinuxOS, Peppermint OS, SmartOS, Tails, Volumio
- Opinion poll: Disk encryption and file vaults
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2019-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 |
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Raj Meel has announced the availability of the fifth service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, the current legacy branch of the company's commercial, enterprise-class distribution with long-term support for over 10 years. "SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 5 is now generally available. This release consolidates all the fixes and updates that were introduced since SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4. As you know, SUSE Linux Enterprise service packs are released on a yearly cadence. Service Pack 5 is the next service pack since the release of Service Pack 4 in Dec 2018. In addition, Service Pack 5 is also the last service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 release. With the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 5 on December 9th, general support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 will end on June 30th, 2020. Customers wishing to maintain support of their SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 installations after June 30, 2020 can continue support through the purchase of Long Term Service Pack Support." Further detaisl can be found in the company's release announcement and in the release notes. A 60-day trial edition of both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP5 (pkglist) are available from SUSE's download page (registration required). |
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| 2019-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 11.3 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project's latest release, NuTyX 11.3, features several package updates, including new versions of Firefox, Falkon, KDE Plasma, and the MATE desktop. "NuTyX 11.3 available with cards 2.4.108: I'm very pleased to announce the new NuTyX 11.3 release. The 64-bit version contains about 850 package upgrades. The 32-bit version of NuTyX is still actively supported. In the newest release, base NuTyX comes with the Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel 4.19.90 (4.9.206 for the 32-bit version). For 64-bit systems, the kernel release 5.4.4 is also available. The GNU C library, glibc, is now glibc 2.30. The graphical server is xorg-server 1.20.6. The mesa lib is 19.2.7, GTK3 is 3.24.13, and Qt has been updated to 5.13.2. Python interpreters 3.7.4 and 2.7.17 have been included in this release.The MATE desktop environment comes in 1.22.2, the latest version. The KDE Plasma desktop is now 5.17.4, the Framework is now 5.64.0 and applications are now 19.12.0." Additional details can be found on the NutyX news page. Download (MD5): NuTyX_x86_64-11.3.iso (4,489MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.11.0 |
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Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes and servers. The C library used is musl and the base tools are all provided by BusyBox. The project's latest version is Alpine Linux 3.11.0. It features a new kernel and initial support for installing the GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops. Most Python 2 packages have been removed. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.11.0, the first in the v3.11 stable series. New features and noteworthy new packages: Linux 5.4 kernel (linux-lts). Support for Raspberry Pi 4 (aarch64 and armv7). Initial GNOME and KDE support. Support for Vulkan. MinGW-w64 and DXVK support. Rust is available on all architectures except s390x Significant updates: Linux 5.4.5, GCC 9.2.0, Busybox 1.31.1, musl libc 1.1.24, LLVM 9.0.0, Go 1.13.4, Python 3.8.0, Perl 5.30.1, Postgresql 12.1, Rust 1.39.0, Crystal 0.31.1, Erlang 22.1, Zabbix 4.4.3, Nextcloud 17.0.2, Git 2.24.1, Xen 4.13.0, Qemu 4.2.0." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.11.0-x86_64.iso (121MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.11.0-x86_64.iso (457MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2019-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Emmabuntüs DE2-1.06 |
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Emmabuntüs is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution designed to run on older computers. The project has published a new update to its Debian 9 "Stretch" branch, Emmabuntüs DE2-1.06. The new release offers several package updates from Debian 9 repositories along with many fixes. "This Debian Edition 2-1.06 version includes the following fixes and enhancements: Based on Debian 9.11 Stretch. Added utilities: Orage, NdisGTK. Added some French soundtracks for KTuberling. Added OpenBoard. Added open-vm-tools-desktop. Removed Minitube. Improved settings and Emmabuntüs tools windows. Improved explanations of post-installation configuration options. Fixed non-free firmware support during installation. Fixed country and keyboard selection windows during installation. Fixed security issues. Fixed information icons when updating packages for Revival-blue and Moka themes. Fixed XScreenSaver slideshow launch. Fixed network share via Samba. Updates of HPLip 3.19.11, TurboPrint 2.49-1, Teamviewer 14.5.1691, Firefox ESR 68.3.0." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: emmabuntus-de2-amd64-stretch-1.06.iso (3,187MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10-20191210 |
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Peppermint OS is a lightweight, desktop distribution based on packages from Ubuntu which merges components of the Xfce and LXDE desktop environments. Peppermint OS also tries to integrate web-based applications into the desktop, using site-specific browsers, and local programs. The project's latest release is an update to its existing version 10, offering new packages and updated hardware support. "Team Peppermint are pleased to announce Peppermint 10 Respin (20191210), the latest iteration of our operating system. Based on the 18.04 LTS (long-term support) code base, Peppermint 10 Respin still comes in both 64bit and 32bit flavours so older hardware is still supported. We hope you enjoy using it half as much as we did putting it together. Peppermint 10 Respin main changes: all 18.04 base updates to 10 December 2019, including the 5.0 kernel and HWE X.Org stack, Firefox 71; added a cursor resize utility to the settings panel; added a web browser manager GUI utility to aid with the installation and removal of some of the more common web browsers; reverted to an earlier Xenial version of pulseadio-equalizer; added a Peppermint 6 (LXDE) style xfpanel-switch profile which swaps out the Whisker menu for an old-school hierarchical menu." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): Peppermint-10-20191210-amd64.iso (1,490MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 19.3 |
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The Linux Mint team has published an update to the project's 19.x series, which is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The distribution's newest release is Linux Mint 19.3 which is available in three editions (Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce). One of the big new features in this release is proactive System Reports which will notify the user of potential problems. "You'll notice something new in your system tray after you install Linux Mint 19.3. A little warning icon tries to catch your attention and indicates there are a few things for you to review. In the past, we worked on improving documentation (such as the installation guide) and the welcome you get when you first log in (the first steps section of the Welcome Screen for instance). In Linux Mint 19.3, we're going a step further and we're trying to detect potential issues in your computer. If you're missing a language package, a multimedia codec, if a hardware driver or a new version of Linux Mint is available, this little icon will let you know and provide solutions." Further details can be found in the release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-mate-64bit.iso (2,004MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-xfce-64bit.iso (1,902MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 31.0 |
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Zbigniew Konojacki has announced the release of 4MLinux 31.0, a new stable version of the project's minimalist distribution with focus on four capabilities: maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), mini-server (using the inetd daemon) and mystery (providing several small Linux games). This is the distribution's first release without the i686 flavour: "4MLinux 31.0 STABLE released. This is a milestone release due to the fact that 4MLinux has finally dropped 32-bit support. It is now a fully 64-bit operating system. For this reason one must perform a fresh installation. There are two editions available for download - desktop and desktop with LAMP server. If you need a pure server environment (i.e. without desktop), you can try an official 4MLinux fork called TheSSS which is only about 120MB in size." The release comes with Linux kernel 4.19.86, LibreOffice 6.3.4, AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.14, Gnumeric 1.12.44, DropBox 85.4.155, Firefox 71.0, Chromium 78.0.3904.108, Thunderbird 68.3.0, Audacious 3.10.1, VLC 3.0.8 and many popular server packages and development tools. See the complete release announcement for more information and a screenshot of the default desktop. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-31.0-64bit.iso (747MB), 4MServer-31.0-64bit.iso (802MB). |
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| 2019-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Minimal Linux Live 15-Dec-2019 |
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Ivan Davidov has announced the release of a new build of Minimal Linux Live (MLL), version 15-Dec-2019. MLL is a tiny, educational Linux distribution designed to be built from scratch by using a collection of automated shell scripts. It offers a core environment with just the Linux kernel, GNU C library and Busybox userland utilities. The changelog of the current release includes the following items: "Updated software base - MLL is based on Linux kernel 5.4.3, GNU C library 2.30 and Busybox 1.31.1; the generated ISO image file is 10MB (x86_64) and requires 256MB RAM in order to run properly; CloudFlare DNS resolvers - by default MLL has three DNS resolvers: Gogle Public DNS (8.8.8.8), Quad4 (4.4.4.4) and CloudFlare DNS (1.1.1.1); GraalVM overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK, Python, Ruby and Node.JS/JavaScript; adopt OpenJDK overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK from the AdoptOpenJDK project; Zulu JDK overlay bundle - this overlay bundle provides JDK from Azul Systems...." Download links: minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_bios.iso (10MB), minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_uefi.iso (10MB), minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_mixed.iso (18MB). |
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| 2019-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 15.1 |
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Artyom Zorin has announced the release of Zorin OS 15.1, an updated version from the project that develops a set of beginner-friendly Linux distributions based on Ubuntu's latest LTS (long-term support) release: "Today, we're excited to announce that Zorin OS is getting even better with the release of version 15.1. We've paid close attention to your feedback and worked hard to make the desktop experience better for work, learning, playing and everything in between. We've focused on making the desktop feel even more familiar and user-friendly to new users, especially those moving away from Windows 7 leading up to the end of its support in one month. Zorin Connect has been upgraded to make the experience between your computer and Android phone even more seamless. The Slideshow remote feature now includes a pointer that responds to your phone's movement." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Zorin OS 15.1 is available in "Core" (with Zorin Desktop) and "Lite" (with Xfce, both 64-bit and 32-bit) editions; here are the download links (MD5, pkglist): Zorin-OS-15.1-Core-64-bit.iso (2,231MB), Zorin-OS-15.1-Lite-64-bit.iso (2,259MB), Zorin-OS-15.1-Lite-32-bit.iso (2,070MB). |
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| 2019-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 10.6 |
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John Martinson has announced the release of Robolinux 10.6, the latest update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution with integrated VirtualBox for running non-Linux operating systems. The current release targets the users of Microsoft Windows 7, the support of which will end next month: "Since Windows 7 expires on January 14th, 2020, Robolinux is anticipating a massive number of new Linux users who do not want to upgrade to a newer version of Windows. This is exactly what happened back in April 2014 when XP expired. This time Robolinux will offer screen sharing in order to support these new users who do not want to go through a Linux learning curve. In order to get ready for this massive number of new Linux users we have made sure that all five of our 10 series versions - Cinnamon, Mate 3D, Xfce, LXDE and GNOME are as rock-solid as possible with new kernels, hardware drivers and over five hundred security and application updates. VirtualBox was upgraded to version 5.2.34 and we added the privacy Brave browser to our free App installers." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.6.iso (3,310MB), robolinux64-gnome-v10.6.iso (3,060MB), robolinux64-lxde-v10.6.iso (1,896MB), robolinux64-mate3d-v10.6.iso (3,044MB), robolinux-xfce-v10.6.iso (2,058MB). |
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| 2019-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArcoLinux 19.12.15 |
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Erik Dubois has announced the release of ArcoLinux 19.12.15, a new stable version of the project's Arch-based distribution featuring Xfce as the default desktop. This release brings the latest Calamares installer with several new modules: "Calamares 3.2.16 - beginning of November 2019 Calamares released a new version, we are using this version on our 19.12 release. We have added the possibility to install the NVIDIA driver to the ISO image. If you select the box on the NVIDIA page with an internet connection it will install nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-utils. There is currently no support for the 390x driver. This needs to be installed manually. We had a separate script to build LTS ISO images - this resulted in 64 ISO images. Because of the new module we went from 64 to 35 ISO images. Every ISO image can potentially install an LTS kernel. You will need internet to get it installed. If there is no internet, the LTS kernel will not be installed and installation will finish with the standard Linux kernel." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (pkglist): arcolinux-v19.12.15.iso (1,970MB, MD5). Additionally, ArcoLinuxD (a minimal distribution with scripts that enable power users to install any desktop and application) and ArcoLinuxB (a set of community editions with many popular desktops and window managers) are also available. |
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| 2019-12-10 |
NEW • BSD Release: NomadBSD 1.3 |
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Marcel Kaiser has announced the release of NomadBSD 1.3, a new stable version of the project's FreeBSD-based, desktop-oriented operating system featuring the Openbox window manager: "We are pleased to present the release of NomadBSD 1.3. Changes since 1.2: the base system has been changed to FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p1; due to a deadlock problem, FreeBSD's Unionfs has been replaced by Unionfs-fuse; the GPT layout has been changed to MBR - this prevents problems with Lenovo systems that refuse to boot from GPT if 'lenovofix' is not set, and systems that hang on boot if 'lenovofix' is set; support for ZFS installations has been added to the NomadBSD installer; the rc-script for setting up the network interfaces has been fixed and improved; support for setting the country code for the WLAN device has been added; auto configuration for running in VirtualBox has been added; a check for the default display has been added to the graphics configuration scripts - this fixes problems where users with Optimus have their NVIDIA card disabled; NVIDIA driver version 440 has been added...." Continue to the release announcement for more information. NomadBSD 1.3 is available in the form of IMG files for amd64 and i386 architectures as well as Apple computers. Here are the download links: nomadbsd-1.3.img.lzma (2,296MB, SHA256, pkglist), nomadbsd-1.3.i386.img.lzma (2,193MB, SHA256), nomadbsd-1.3.img.lzma (2,296MB, SHA256). |
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| 2019-12-09 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 844 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Project Trident Void Alpha
- News: Debian releases alpha installer for "Bullseye", SparkyLinux creates portable edition, Haiku improves hardware and filesystem support, OpenBSD publishes four new security errata, VPN hijacking vulnerability on Linux and BSD
- Questions and answers: Dealing with massive log files being generated
- Released last week: CAINE 11.0, elementary OS 5.1, Tails 4.1, Univention Corporate Server 4.4-3
- Torrent corner: Arch, CAINE, Container, elementary OS, Endless OS, KDE neon, SmartOS, SparkyLinux, Tails, Univention
- Opinion poll: Project Trident migrating from FreeBSD/TrueOS to Void
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2019-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 3.8.1 (Beta) |
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Samuel F. Baggen has announced the availability of Elive 3.8.1, a new development snapshot of the project's desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian 10 and featuring the Enlightenment 16 desktop. This is Elive's first release labelled as "beta": "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of the beta version 3.8.1. This new version includes: system updated to the last Debian 'Buster' base; reduced RAM resources usage; build improvements - these new ISO images include persistence, UEFI and SecureBoot all in a single build, we no longer require the special USB build to have only the persistence feature; language and keyboard improvements and an own tool included; Thunar features - admin mode fixed, the feature to set an image as wallpaper now works with E16 too; browsers updated, Firefox is now available with the Quantum features, Netsurf is included again as an extremely light alternative, Palemoon is available optionally in the repositories; kernel updates in the installed system are more reliable now." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The 32-bit edition of Elive 3.8.1 is available for free, while the 64-bit variant is a "donationware". Download (MD5) link: elive_3.8.1_alpha_hybrid_i386.iso (2,484MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 6.1 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox is a commercial company which offers specialized products based on Debian. The company has launched Proxmox Virtual Environment version 6.1 which is based on Debian 10.2 "Buster". The release announcement covers the highlights of the new version: "It is built on Debian Buster 10.2 and a specially modified Linux kernel 5.3, QEMU 4.1.1, LXC 3.2, ZFS 0.8.2, Ceph 14.2.4.1 (Nautilus), Corosync 3.0, and more of the current leading open-source virtualization technologies. This release brings new configuration options available in the GUI which make working with Proxmox VE even more comfortable and secure. Editing the cluster-wide bandwidth limit for traffic types such as migration, backup-restore, clone, etc. is possible via the GUI. If the optional package ifupdown2 of the Debian network interface manager is installed, it’s now possible to change the network configuration and reload it in the Proxmox web interface without a reboot. We have improvements to 2-factor authentication with TOTP and U2F. The HA stack has been improved and comes with a new 'migrate' shutdown policy, migrating running services to another node on shutdown. In the storage backend, all features offered by newer kernels with Ceph and KRBD are supported with version 6.1." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_6.1-1.iso (776MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.4-3 |
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Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The project's latest release is an update to the distribution's 4.4 series: 4.4-3. "With this release, we have found a solution to three challenges: first, we fixed problems with upgrading Docker which occurred in older UCS installations. These had led us to delay the update to UCS 4.4-2 for some environments and to extend the maintenance of UCS 4.4-1 in order to give all users sufficient time to perform updates. Less common, but all the trickier were two other cases. With some Samba 4 shares, newer versions of Windows Explorer could crash when accessing the security settings. This was caused by extended file system permissions in connection with local user accounts not stored in LDAP. From this Samba generated status codes unknown to Windows. The second and similarly difficult to pinpoint case in an Open Source software used by us was a startup problem of OpenLDAP, which only occurred with a very rare constellation of contents at the end of the database file. We were able to isolate both problems, solve them in UCS and make patches available to the OSS projects." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: UCS_4.4-3-amd64.iso (1,278MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 19.3 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has published a new beta version of the project's upcoming 19.3 release. The beta offers a preview of some new features, including a more advanced System Reports tool which will try to proactively let the user know about potential problems: "You'll notice something new in your system tray after you install Linux Mint 19.3. A little warning icon tries to catch your attention and indicates there are a few things for you to review. In the past, we worked on improving documentation (such as the Installation Guide) and the welcome you get when you first log in (the first steps section of the Welcome Screen for instance). In Linux Mint 19.3, we're going a step further and we're trying to detect potential issues in your computer. If you're missing a language package, a multimedia codec, if a hardware driver or a new version of Linux Mint is available, this little icon will let you know and provide solutions. In the documentation, the release notes and to some extent the welcome screen, we document broad issues which affect all users in general." Further details can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) and in the What's New document. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,004MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-19.3-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,900MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 4.1 |
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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's latest release is Tails 4.1 which switches the default key server, updates the Tor Browser application and Thunderbird mail client, and adds newer hardware support. "Use keys.openpgp.org as the default OpenPGP key server. keys.openpgp.org is more trustworthy than other OpenPGP public key servers because it only references an OpenPGP public key after sending a confirmation email to the email addresses listed in the key. keys.openpgp.org does not distribute third-party signatures, which are the signatures on a key that were made by some other key. Third-party signatures are the signatures used to create the OpenPGP Web of Trust. keys.openpgp.org prevents OpenPGP certificate flooding attacks, which can make your OpenPGP keyring unusable and crash your computer. Update Tor Browser to 9.0.2. Update Thunderbird to from 60.9.0 to 68.2.2. Replace the TorBirdy extension with custom settings and patches in Thunderbird that provide equivalent privacy. Update Enigmail to 2.1.3, which has a simplified setup wizard that automatically creates an OpenPGP key for new email accounts." The project's release announcement offers further details. Download: tails-amd64-4.1.iso (1,098MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 5.1 |
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elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution. Some of its more interesting features include a custom desktop environment called Pantheon and a custom software centre. The project's latest release is elementary OS 5.1 "Hera", which introduces many package updates, a refreshed login screen, and an onboarding application to guide new users through available features. "The newly redesigned login and lockscreen greeter looks sharper, works better, and fixes many reported issues with the previous greeter including focus issues, HiDPI issues, and better localization. The new design in Hera was in response to user feedback from Juno, and enables some nice new features. It now always shows usernames for all users, shows users' backgrounds as cards so you can more easily find users who maybe haven't set differentiating avatars, notifies when Caps or Num Lock are on, and makes 'Log In as Guest' more distinct when it's enabled. The new Onboarding app that ships with Hera introduces key features to users and handles common first-run tasks like managing privacy settings." Further details and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-5.1-stable.20191202.iso (1,399MB, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: NetBSD 9.0 RC1 |
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Martin Husemann has announced the availability of the first release candidate for NetBSD 9.0. The new development snapshot features kernel address space layout randomization (ASLR), updated ZFS support and support for AArch64 processors. "Here are a few highlights of the new release: Support for Arm AArch64 (64-bit Armv8-A) machines, including "Arm ServerReady" compliant machines (SBBR+SBSA). Enhanced hardware support for Armv7-A. Updated GPU drivers (e.g. support for Intel Kabylake). Enhanced virtualization support. Support for hardware-accelerated virtualization (NVMM). Support for Performance Monitoring Counters. Support for Kernel ASLR. Support several kernel sanitizers (KLEAK, KASAN, KUBSAN). Support for userland sanitizers. Audit of the network stack. Many improvements in NPF. Updated ZFS. Reworked error handling and NCQ support in the SATA subsystem. Support a common framework for USB Ethernet drivers (usbnet)." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): NetBSD-9.0_RC1-amd64.iso (465MB, torrent), NetBSD-9.0_RC1-i386.iso (569MB, torrent). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CAINE 11.0 |
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CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux live distribution created as a project of digital forensics. The project's latest release, CAINE 11.0, is based on Ubuntu 18.04 and reportedly supports booting on UEFI, Secure Boot, and Legacy BIOS devices. Version 11.0 includes a Btrfs forensic tool and limits access to all storage devices to read-only mode. "Important changes: All devices are blocked in Read-Only mode, by default. New tools, new OSINT, Autopsy 4.13 onboard, APFS ready,BTRFS foresic tool, NVME SSD drivers ready! SSH server disabled by default (see manual page for enabling it). SCRCPY - screen your Android device. Autopsy 4.13 + additional plugins by McKinnon. X11VNC Server - to control CAINE remotely. Hashcat. New scripts (in the Forensics Tools - Analysis menu). AutoMacTc - a forensics tool for Mac. Bitlocker - volatility plugin. Autotimeliner - automagically extract forensic timeline from volatile memory dumps. Firmwalker - firmware analyzer. CDQR - Cold Disk Quick Response tool." Further details can be found on the project's home page. Download: caine11.0.iso (4,138MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2019-12-02 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 843 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Obarun 2019.11.02 and Bluestar Linux 5.3.6
- News: New Snapcraft extension for KDE, Fedora plans to disable empty passwords, FreeBSD's quarterly status report, Red Hat explains how to deal with bit rot
- Questions and answers: Using special shell characters on the command line
- Released last week: KNOPPIX 8.6.1, Devuan 2.1, Kali Linux 2019.4
- Torrent corner: Archman, Devuan, Kali, KDE neon, KNOPPIX, LibreELEC, Volumio
- Upcoming releases: Linux Mint 19.3 Beta
- Opinion poll: Favourite shell short-cut
- New distributions: FuryBSD, Blackhat-Global OS Lite
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 18.12 |
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GhostBSD is a rolling-release desktop operating system based on TrueOS, which is in turn based on FreeBSD's development (-CURRENT) branch. The project has published an update to GhostBSD 18.10, GhostBSD 18.12, which includes a number of updates and which replaces the Oktopkg graphical package manager with Software Station 0.3, a new pkgng-using software manager developed in-house. The new release also comes with updated versions of FFmpeg (4.1), Firefox (64.0), GStreamer (1.14.4), PulseAudio (12.2) and Thunderbird (60.3.3), among others. "GhostBSD 18.12 is an updated ISO image of GhostBSD 18.10 with some little changes to the live DVD/USB and with updated packages. What has changed since 18.10: removed default call of kernel modules for AMD and Intel processors; replaced Octopkg by Software Station; added back gop hacks to the live system; added ghostbsd-drivers and ghostbsd-utils; we updated the packages to the latest builds." The project's release announcement offers upgrade instructions for existing users along with screenshots of the operating system's MATE desktop environment. Download the latest version of GhostBSD from the project's download server: GhostBSD18.12.iso (2,592MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Grml 2018.12 |
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Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2018.12, a new version of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution focusing on the needs of system administrators: "So we did it again - we just released Grml 2018.12 'Gnackwatschn'. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'Testing' which will be released as a stable Debian 'Buster' in 2019. As usual, it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous Grml releases. Important changes: when using the 'ssh' boot option, Grml automatically starts haveged, a userspace entropy daemon which uses HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion); the cpufrequtils package with its loadcpufreq handling has been dropped. New features: netcardconfig - added support for VLAN configuration + non-interactive mode; grml-chroot - mount /dev/pts as devpts inside chroot; grml2usb - added support for Secure Boot...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a full list of new features. Download (mirrors): grml64-full_2018.12.iso (672MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), grml64-small_2018.12.iso (313MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OviOS Linux 3.00 |
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OviOS Linux is a storage operating systems based on the Linux kernel, with open-source software needed to create a fully functional, high-performance storage server. A major new update, version 3.00 (code name 'Arcturus'), was released yesterday: "OviOS Linux 3 comes with a few package upgrades, bug fixes and new features. Upgrades: Linux kernel 4.9.144, NFS Utils 2.3.3, Samba 4.9.3, glibc 2.28, GCC 8.2.0, iSCSI Target 1.0.74, ZFS on Linux 0.7.12, ovios-shell 3.00. New features: smbjoindc is now smbovios and has new features, to join, get info and leave a domain controller, usage - smbovios --info | --join | --unjoin; new option exclude.pools - this allows the administrator to specify one or more storage pools that will not be started or stopped by ovios (HA cluster included), this is useful for the docker image where an admin can decide to manage some pools outside of the ovios environment and use ovios for some pools; nfs_export and smb_export have been enhanced to provide better logging in ovilogs; documentation has been improved; HA cluster hardened, use the HA Cluster guide from the documentation page...." Read the release notes for further details and some basic getting-started information. Download: OviOS_Linux_3.00_20181230.iso (681MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 2.7 |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based desktop distribution featuring the Trinity desktop, a lightweight environment forked from KDE 3. The project's latest stable release is Q4OS 2.7 which improves scaling for high resolution screens. The release announcement states: "A significant update to the Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable LTS is immediately available for download. The new 2.7 series brings some important improvements for the Trinity desktop. An essential change is much improved scaling ability for hi-dpi screens, making this operating system better adapted for modern computers. Desktop profiler, Software centre, Welcome screen, Setup utility, and other Q4OS specific tools have been updated to be rendered correctly for higher screen resolutions. Apart from the scaling capabilities, Q4OS 2.7 brings numerous improvements and fixes, for example better GTK3 themes integration, fixes to XDG standard implementation and others. Current users only need to perform regular update of their systems to activate scaling capabilities, however we recommend for new users to download and make a fresh Q4OS 2.7 installation. Other changes include Q4OS installer improvements, Firefox 64 and LibreOffice 6.1.3 installers, important security and bug fixes as well as cumulative upgrade covering all changes since the previous Q4OS 2 Scorpion stable release." Download (MD5): q4os-2.7-x64.r1.iso (574MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slackel 7.1 "Openbox" |
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Dimitris Tzemos has announced the release of Slackel 7.1 "Openbox", the latest version of this distribution based on Slackware and Salix. The new version is available in 64-bit builds only and features several application updates and a new icon theme. Persistent file encryption is also supported: "Persistent file encryption is supported. Running the above script you will be asked if you want to encrypt the persistent file. Then just boot with persistent option from menus. System will understand that the persistent file is encrypted and ask to type the encrypt passphrase to unlock it. You can use the persistent file "persistent" for /home encryption. You can use this feature by changing the parameter changes=persistent to home=persistent You can rename the persistent file "persistent" to "whatever_you_like" and use it by changing the parameter changes=whatever_you_like or home=whatever_you_like. Tip: You can create a persistent file (its name is always persistent). Then rename it to e.g. home. Create again a persistent file for whole system. So you can boot with persistent option from menus to have persistent encryption for whole system or boot by changing the parameter changes=persistent to home=home to have only /home encryption." Further information, including default passwords, can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): slackellive64-openbox-7.1.iso (1,552MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OLPC OS 13.2.10 |
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James Cameron has announced the release of OLPC OS 13.2.10, an updated build of the project's specialist distribution developed under the initiative of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to provide children in developing countries with low-cost laptops. This version, still based on Fedora 18, is mostly a bug-fix release with updated "activities": "We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.10 for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. It is Sugar 0.112 on Fedora 18, with updated activities Clock-20, GetBooks-18.1, ImageViewer-64, Implode-19, Jukebox-34, Log-39, Maze-28, Memorize-55, Paint-68, Physics-34, Pippy-72, Record-103, StopWatch-20.1, Terminal-45.4, TurtleBlocks-218 and Write-99.1. Fixes: activity journal title - save on enter, clear selection and close toolbar on enter; fix Gtk.SpinButton styling; update the favourite icon when there is only one journal object; fix copy-from-journal utility - undefined name error, DBusGMainLoop; fix for activities that do not properly stop; increase icon LRU cache sizes; new translations. Clock-20: ticking clock and accurate second hand; improve documentation; simplify time translation; declare license metadata, GPLv3+ and Public Domain; update POT file...." Here is the brief release announcement, with much more details provided in the release notes. Download: 32022o0.img (751MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2019.01 RC2 |
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Luca Giambonini has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Chakra GNU/Linux 2019.01, an upcoming major new update of project's desktop distribution featuring the latest KDE Plasma: "Chakra 2019.01 'Hawking' RC2 released. The second release candidate is ready; except for the Calamares bug, the RC2 is very close to be the final version. What's new since RC1: added vdpau driver and libraries to enable hardware accelerated video; moved the Kickoff menu from the Latte dock to the top left corner; renamed 2019.01. Fixed: slow start-up in live mode; slow start of Calamares (around 1 minute the first run, caused by fc-cache); update images in Calamares and Heritage. Known issues: Calamares crashes during the partition selection (see bug report). The testing version does not contain the final release name, but it is tagged by the commit tag and date." Here is the brief release announcement which also links to the earlier RC1 announcement with some more information. Interested testers can download the new Chakra ISO image from here: chakra-2018.12.29-401367c6-x86_64.iso (2,018MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: RancherOS 1.5.0 |
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Rancher Labs has published the release of RancherOS 1.5.0, an updated build of the company's minimalist Linux distribution designed for running Docker containers. This release brings a large number of new features, as well as bug fixes: "Release 1.5.0. Versions: Linux 4.14.85, Buildroot 2018.02.7, Docker 18.06.1-ce by default, RPi64 - Linux 4.9.80; Console - Alpine 3.8, CentOS 7.5.1804, Debian 9, Fedora 28, Ubuntu 18.04. Major features and enhancements: support for LUKS; support for WiFi and 4G/LTE; support for custom rootfs of os initrd; support for Hyper-V; support for VMDK images; support for disabling access to the system from the console - added the ability to disable auto-login, added the ability to ignore rancher.password; support for multiple user-docker daemons; support for ARM server (experimental); support for built-in other consoles; support for vSphere network protocol profiles; enhancements for faster boot speed and lower memory footprint - disabled repeated system image loading, added the ability to disable cloud-init, used gzip compression initrd instead of xz; enhancement for consoles - docker top is now available for all consoles, scp is now available for CentOS and Fedora consoles...." Continue to the full release notes for a complete changelog. Download: v1.5.0/rancheros.iso (128MB). |
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| 2018-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nitrux 1.1.2 |
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Nitrux Latinoamericana S.C. has announced the release of Nitrux 1.1.2, an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the "Nomad" desktop which is developed in-house and which extends KDE's Plasma with a mix of aesthetics and functionality: "We are pleased to announce the launch of Nitrux 1.1.2. This new version brings together the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements and ready-to-use hardware support. What's new? The third release of Nitrux 1.1.x series; updated Linux kernel to mainline version 4.20; updated Plasma 5 (5.14.4), KDE Applications (18.12.0), KF5 (5.54.0). Updated znx: don't add the menu entry if no images were found; test if URL points to a local file before trying to copy it; append the release type to the file name; fixed file name for upload; use print for writing to stdout; fixed list command; for the sake of brevity, cd to/during the clean command; use %s when printing user-provided positional parameters. Update MauiKit, Index, Pix, Buho, VVave; added Nota text editor; updated Chromium and LibreOffice AppImages; updated NVIDIA binary X.Org driver...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: nitrux_release_stable-v-1-1-2.iso (1,520MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 18.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 18.12, an updated build of the project's Gentoo-based distribution for desktops and servers. This release updates the Linux kernel to version 4.19.9 and it also brings a new "Education" edition: "Calculate Linux 18.12 released. We have a bunch of news for this final 2018 release. We have added support for installation on Btrfs with zstd compression. All server editions have been optimized for size. Software can now be transferred when re-installing the system. Our ISO images are packed in the zstd format to speed up the start-up times for the live image, applications and system installation. Software: 32-bit and 64-bit builds moved to Linux kernel 4.19.9, KDE Applications updated to 18.08.3, KDE Plasma updated to 5.14.3, Cinnamon updated to 4.0.3. We also released a new Calculate flavour for educational purposes (Calculate Linux Desktop Xfce Education, or CLDXE for short)." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-18.12-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,516MB, torrent), cldc-18.12-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 2,235MB, torrent), cldl-18.12-x86_64.iso (LXQt, 2,180MB, torrent), cldm-18.12-x86_64.iso (MATE, 2,297MB, torrent), cldx-18.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 2,140MB, torrent), cldxe-18.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce Education, 2,427MB, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2018.12 |
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A new version of KaOS, a rolling-release Linux distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop environment, has been released. Version 2018.12 comes with the very latest that the KDE and Qt projects have on offer, including Plasma 5.14.4, KDE Applications 18.12.0 and Qt 5.12.0: " KaOS is proud to announce the December release of a new stable ISO image. Two years after initially starting the move to OpenSSL 1.1 has this update become possible. All downstream libraries and applications have caught up, so the move was now smooth, without the need to have a mix of OpenSSL versions in the repositories. This move required a very large rebuild and combined with a move to Perl 5.28.1, FFmpeg 4.1, LLVM/Clang 7.0.1 and Qt 5.12.0, it is clear a new ISO was needed. The artwork saw an update to the Midna SDDM theme, gone are the QML sliding effects, instead a cleaner and simpler layout with the addition of several warnings when numlock or capslock are activated. Online Package Viewer has undergone a complete rewrite; the backend is now a very modern Go-based API, with JSON files getting the needed output, thus all loads much faster. This include the mirror status page." Read the detailed release announcement for further information. Download (SHA256): KaOS-2018.12-x86_64.iso (1,990MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 17.3 |
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antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy-to-install Linux live CD distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch for x86 systems. The project's latest release is antiX 17.3 which includes new kernel fixes. "This is primarily a point-release upgrade of antiX-17.2 'Helen Keller' with a newer L1TF/Foreshadow and Meltdown/Spectre patched kernel, a few bug fixes, updated translations and some upgraded and new packages. The major change is that we now offer options for LUKS encrypted root, home, and swap partition at installation. So what has changed since antiX 17.2 release? New 4.9.146 kernel patched for L1TF/Foreshadow and Meltdown/Spectre exploits; all packages upgraded to Debian 9.6; LUKS encryption options on GUI installer (not yet available on the cli-installer); Firefox ESR upgraded to 60.4 (Quantum); removal of PulseAudio and Pavucontrol; Newsboat replaces Newsbeute; improved localization of applications; a few more languages were added to the F2 live boot menu." The distribution is available in four editions (Full, Base, Core and Net) with the first two offering graphical environments and the latter two providing command line interfaces. The release announcement offers further details. Download: antiX-17.3.1_x64-full.iso (952MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), antiX-17.3.1_386-full.iso (987MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2018-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 Alpha 1 |
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Cristina Sgubbi has announced the availability of the first development build of the upcoming OpenMandriva Lx 4.0. The new version brings a change in the package management department (a switch to RPM 4 and dnf) and the distribution is now compiled with Clang 7.0: "Today we are proud to introduce you to the OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 major release alpha 1. Big changes have happened - we switched to RPM 4 and dnf as the software package manager. We have had massive updates in the core system and rebuilt everything with Clang 7.0, giving you a significant speed increase. OMLx 4.0 now includes complete ports to AArch64 and ARMv7hnl platforms and has started a port to RISC-V. We have also built a version specifically for current AMD processors (Ryzen, ThreadRipper, EPYC) that outperforms the generic version by taking advantage of new features in those processors. Main features: KDE Plasma 5.14.4, KDE Frameworks 5.53.0 and KDE Applications 18.11.90...." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: OpenMandrivaLx.4.0-alpha1-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,340MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). A special "znver1" build optimised for the current range of AMD processors is also available: OpenMandrivaLx.4.0-alpha1-plasma.znver1.iso (2,441MB, MD5). The builds for the AArch64 and ARMv7 architectures were not yet ready at the time of writing. |
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| 2018-12-24 |
NEW • Development Release: LibreELEC 9.0 Beta 1 |
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LibreELEC is a minimal Linux distribution for running the Kodi media centre. The LibreELEC project has published a new development snapshot, LibreELEC 9.0 Beta 1 (which also carries the build number 8.95.1). "LibreELEC 9.0 (Leia) Beta 1 has finally arrived after a long gestation period. Based upon Kodi v18 RC3, the 9.0 Beta 1 release contains many changes and refinements to user experience and a complete overhaul of the underlying OS core to improve stability and extend hardware support. Kodi v18 also brings new features like Kodi Retroplayer and DRM support that (equipped with an appropriate add-on) allows Kodi to unofficially stream content from services like Netflix and Amazon. Compared to 8.2, major changes are: Settings add-on: Changeable SSH passwords. Default firewall (iptables) with simple configurations for Home/Public networks. Updates are moved to their own menu, other options are cleaned up a little. Safe Mode boot when Kodi experiences startup problems." Further details and download links can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.95.001.img.gz (239MB). |
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| 2018-12-24 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 795 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: First impressions of Pinebook, the $99 Linux laptop
- News: Questions and answers with Bedrock developer, Librem 5 development kits shipped, FreeBSD to use ZFS on Linux code base, Alpine being ported to RISC-V, Lubuntu dropping 32-bit support
- Questions and answers: Separate /home partition and dual booting performance
- Released last week: Linux Mint 19.1, MX Linux 18, NethServer 7.6, SparkyLinux 5.6, HardenedBSD 12-120058
- Torrent corner: Alpine, ArchLabs, FreeBSD, Mint, MX, KDE neon, NethServer, NuTyX, Peppermint, SparkyLinux
- Upcoming releases: UBports 16.04 OTA-7
- Opinion poll: Running a Pinebook
- New distributions: Onix OS, NEMS, Tux Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Elive 3.0.3 |
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Samuel F. Baggen has announced the release of Elive 3.0.3, an updated build of the project's desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian 7 "Wheezy" and featuring a highly customised Enlightenment 17 desktop: "The major stable release of Elive 3.0 has been updated. We were so pleased with this stable release of Elive and the result has been so amazing that there's almost nothing that needed to be changed from it. It was a truly a rock solid system and we wanted to update it with a slightly updated and polished build which includes: wallpaper - dynamically changes depending of the hour of the day, looking more magical and nicer for your eyes, and it also includes a hidden surprise for Christmas; pop-ups - you won't be annoyed any more by the Hotkeys Document that appears in the desktop startup, we moved it to the launcher bar of applications; desktop - disabled the screen off timeout and the asking for the presentation mode; Flash - updated the Adobe Flash player for common browsers to the last version, tested on Chrome, Firefox and Opera; multiuser - improved the multiple user desktop switching mode compatibility...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5, pkglist): elive_3.0.3_stable_hybrid.iso (3,114MB), elive_3.0.3_stable_usb.img (3,252MB). |
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| 2018-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Fatdog64 Linux 800 Beta |
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Fatdog64 Linux is a small, desktop, 64-bit Linux distribution. Originally created as a derivative of Puppy Linux with additional applications. The project has released a new development snapshot, Fatdog64 Linux 800 Beta. The new version includes a number of package updates, Redshift to make late night work easier on the eyes and support for additional wireless drivers. The release announcement states: "The Fatdog64 team is pleased to announce the second test release of the next generation Fatdog64 GNU/Linux system. Compared to the previous alpha release, this release has the following changes. Changes from 800 alpha - the following list of updates, new features and changes is only partial. Updates: AMD microcode to latest (pulled on 2018-12-18); Linux 4.19.10; findnrun 3.1.0; SQLite 3.26.0; MESA 18.2.6; OpenSSL 1.1.0j. New features: Redshift and GUI to set location; Wpa_gui updated with network activity icon and renamed Network tool. Modules (drivers): support for rtl8821ce-based wireless network adapters. Known issue: Bluetooth applet is still missing. And as usual, numerous bug fixes." Download: Fatdog64-800b.iso (431MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 10.5 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a custom package manager called "cards". The project has released NuTyX 10.5 which offers a number of software updates in Base (command line) and MATE (desktop) editions. "I'm very please to announce the new NuTyX 10.5 release. NuTyX 10.5 comes with Linux kernel 4.14.89 LTC, glibc 2.28, GCC 8.2.0, Binutils 2.30, Python 3.7.1, X.Org Server 1.20.3, Qt 5.11.3, GTK+ 3.24.1, GIMP 2.10.8, KDE Plasma 5.12.6 LTS, kf5 5.53.0, MATE 1.20.3, Xfce 4.12.3, Firefox 64.0. A second kernel is proposed for people who want to use the very last version of the kernel 4.19.11. NuTyX 10.4 users are invited to upgrade. Four new ISO images are available in 64-bit and 32-bit variants. Sizes are from 315 MB up to 1.29 GB. They are available on the download page. The 64-bit image is available in 'Fixed' and 'Rolling' release models as a Base and a MATE ISO image. The installer has been split in two installation modes - simple and advanced." Further information on NuTyX 10.5 can be found on the distribution's news page. Download (pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-mate-10.5.iso (1,318MB, SHA256), NuTyX_x86_64-10.5.iso (314MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9-20181222 |
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Mark Greaves has announed the release of an version of Peppermint OS 9. Peppermint OS is a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu and featuring a combination of local and web-based applications. The new version is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and offers a number of improvements: "Swapped VLC for Xplayer (we've had reports that VLC has been getting a little 'flaky' for some users over their last few releases). Removed the Linux Mint 'Levels' from mintupdate (in line with our update policy, not Linux Mints). Fixed the ICE applications 'Where in the menu ?' category names, so they now match the Xfce Whisker Menu categories (i.e. 'Sound & Video' renamed to 'Multimedia', and 'System Tools' renamed to 'System'). Added 'Accessibility Settings' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'System' Category. Added 'Enable/Disable Neofetch' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'Tweaks' Category. Added 'System Information' utility to the Peppermint Settings Panel 'System' Category. Added a 'Transparent' wallpaper (so users can now set solid colour backgrounds via the 'Wallpapers' utility)." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download links and checksums are available on the distribution's home page. Download: Peppermint-9-20181222-amd64.iso (1,356MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-21 |
NEW • Development Release: SELKS 5.0 RC1 |
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Peter Manev has announced the availability of the first release candidate for SELKS 5.0, a specialist, Debian-based distribution designed for network security management: "Yet another upgrade of our SELKS. We are very thankful to all the great open-source projects and tools for making it possible to showcase Suricata with our new distro. Features and fixes post SELKS 5 beta: Elasticsearch 6.5.3; Logstash 6.5.3; Kibana 6.5.3; Moloch 1.6.2 - the new SELKS makes use of Moloch and Moloch viewer to parse and view the full packet capture done by Suricata; Moloch comes with an arsenal of tools and features on its own like CyberChef, an extremely flexible and easy-to-use interface for FPC drill down, filtering, search and PCAP export; Scirius 3.1.0 CE - administration, ruleset and threat hunting management, blazing fast drill-down and search capability through millions of events with milliseconds response time, easy filter and grouping of alerts, any field and action is selectable and searchable...." See the full release announcement for a complete list of fixes since the beta from two months ago. Download (SHA256): SELKS-5.0rc1-desktop.iso (1,357MB, pkglist), SELKS-5.0rc1-nodesktop.iso (1,051MB). |
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| 2018-12-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 18 |
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The MX Linux team have announced the release of version 18 of their distribution. The new release is based on Debian 9.6 "Stretch" and features both core system updates and new versions of desktop applications. "We are pleased to offer MX-18 Continuum. MX-18 offers the following features: Updated packages - the latest updates from Debian 9.6 'Stretch', antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10 (with plugins); MESA 18.2.6; updated firmware; 4.19.5 Linux kernel (with blk-mq file system corruption patch). The new kernels feature Meltdown and Spectre mitigation, even on the 32-bit kernel. The 32-bit ISO image has a PAE kernel for RAM usage above 4 GB. Easily change kernels, say to the latest 'liquorix' kernel or downgrade to Debian 'stable' kernel (4.9) with MX Package Installer. Firefox 64.0, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1, some Xfce components updated (Xfce Settings, Thunar). New and updated mx-apps: selectable themes for installed system GRUB boot menu and Plymouth boot-splash via mx-boot-options; system-keyboard and system-locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management...." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: MX-18_x64.iso (1,375MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), MX-18_386.iso (1,389MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 19.1 |
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The Linux Mint team have published an update to the distribution's 19.x series. The new release, Linux Mint 19.1, is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and is available in three flavours: Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce. Apart from some visual and performance improvements to Cinnamon, Linux Mint also makes it easier to report bugs and help developers fix problems: "When software crashes tools such as mintreport produce a stack trace our developers can look at to understand the cause of the crash. This is the first step towards fixing such a bug. For the stack trace to be meaningful, users need to have debug symbols installed. In an effort to reduce bandwidth for their mirrors, Debian decided to move debug symbols outside of the main repositories. This decision affected not only Debian and LMDE but also Ubuntu and Linux Mint and made it much more difficult for users to install these symbols. To simplify this process, support for debug symbols was added into the Software Sources tool. Adding debug symbol repositories can now be done with a click of the mouse." Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,882MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-mate-64bit.iso (1,936MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-xfce-64bit.iso (1,841MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17 |
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Matthew Dobson has announced the release of ArchLabs Linux 2018.12.17. Originally a minimalist, Arch-based live distribution with Openbox, the latest release of ArchLabs Linux is a radical departure from the original concept as the distribution is now designed for users who like to customise their system during installation. Version 2018.12.17 is provided as an installation image only and it introduces a comprehensive selection of options, including a fine-grained choice of desktops/window managers (bspwm, Cinnamon, dwm, i3-gasp, GNOME, KDE Plasma, Openbox and Xfce) and applications: "The Team and I are happy to present the ArchLabs 2018.12 release. It has been almost six months since our latest release and this one brings a different approach. We have decided to do away with the live environment. When you start your USB install you will be thrown straight into the installer. Instructions on how to start the installer are right there. No need for passwords with this live USB either. Most of the changes with ArchLabs this release is under the hood but we do have some other more obvious changes." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): archlabs-2018.12.17.iso (824MB, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 18 RC1 |
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The first release candidate of the upcoming MX Linux 18 is now ready for testing. MX Linux is an increasingly popular Debian-based desktop Linux distribution (with Xfce) built in a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. This release fixes several bugs present in the beta, although it still retains a few known issues: "We are pleased to offer MX Linux 18 release candidate 1 for testing. The latest updates from Debian 9.6 'Stretch', antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10 (with plugins), MESA 18.2.6, updated firmware, 4.19.5 Linux kernel (with blk-mq file system corruption patch), Firefox 64.0, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1, some updated Xfce components. New and updated MX applications: selectable themes for installed system GRUB boot menu and Plymouth bootsplash via 'mx-boot-options'; system keyboard and system locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management; updates to MX package installer, including faster performance...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: MX-18RC1_x64.iso (1,369MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist), MX-18RC1_386.iso (1,382MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2018-12-18 |
NEW • BSD Release: HardenedBSD 12-1200058 |
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HardenedBSD is a security-enhanced fork of FreeBSD. the project has released a new stable branch, 12-STABLE, and 12-1200058 is the first version of the new series. The new branch includes the ability to run bhyve inside a jail and introduces Non-Cross-DSO Control-Flow Integrity (CFI). "Non-Cross-DSO CFI is an exploit mitigation technique that helps prevent attackers from modifying the behavior of a program and jumping to undefined or arbitrary memory locations. Microsoft has implemented a variant of CFI, which they term Control Flow Guard, or CFG. The PaX team has spent the last few years perfecting their Reuse Attack Protector, RAP. CFI, CFG, and RAP all attempt to accomplish the same goal, with RAP being the most complete and effective implementation. Clang's CFI is stronger than Microsoft's CFG and PaX Team's RAP is stronger than both CFI and CFG. RAP would be a great addition to HardenedBSD; however, it requires a GPLv3 toolchain and is patented." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-STABLE-amd64-disc1.iso (899MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 5.6 |
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SparkyLinux is a lightweight distribution based on Debian. The project's latest release is SparkyLinux 5.6 which is based on Debian's Testing 'Buster' branch. The new version includes several package updates and includes PAE support in the 32-bit kernel. Users who need non-PAE kernels are advised to switch to SparkyLinux's Stable branch. "There are new live/install ISO images of SparkyLinux 5.6 'Nibiru' available to download. This it the 4th and the last this year ISO image update of the rolling line, which is based on Debian Testing 'Buster'. Changes: system updated from Debian testing repos as of December 16, 2018; Linux kernel 4.19.9 (4.19.10 & 4.20-rc7 available at Sparky 'Unstable' repos); the Calamares installer 3.2.1; many small fixes. Changes of small window managers configuration (can be installed via Minimal ISO images or APTus): a previous sound applet changed by pnmixer; PCManFM file manager changed by Thunar; added packages: xfce4-notifyd, xfce4-power-manager, sparky-fileopen; Thunar daemon is enabled as default." See the project's release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,325MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-minimalgui.iso (956MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), sparkylinux-5.6-x86_64-minimalcli.iso (521MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethServer 7.6 |
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NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. The product's main feature is a modular design which makes it simple to assign the server various roles. The project's latest release is NethServer 7.6 which introduces multiple backup storage options, Rspamd is included for blocking unwanted e-mail messages and Fail2Ban can track attacker activity inside jails. "Today, we're happy to announce that NethServer 7.6 has been released and is publicly available. This release marks a big step forward for communication, collaboration and security, introducing: Multiple backups, with new storage backends and encryption. New modern look and feel for NethServer user interface (alpha). E-mail: Rspamd is now the default, with quarantine support. WebTop Groupware: CalDAV/CarDAV server, optimized layout for tablets, favorite folder and video calls. Fail2Ban: track the activity of the attackers with new jails. nDPI: performance and security improved. Accounts: easily delete a list of users, DC container upgraded and password expiration management improved." More information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.6.1810-x86_64.iso (1,005MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-17 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 794 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Rolling in the Void
- News: Getting an overview of open windows in GNOME, improvements to HAMMER2, Linux to drop x32 support, Quirky discontinued
- Opinion: Avoiding the effects of software bloat
- Released last week: Tails 3.11, FreeBSD 12.0, Univention Corporate Server 4.3-3
- Torrent corner: ArcoLinux, Clonezilla, EndlessOS, FreeBSD, GParted, Kodachi, Tails, Univention, Ultimate Edition, Voyager
- Opinion poll: What do you think of Void's unusual approach?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 0.33.0-1 |
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Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 0.33.0-1, the latest stable version of the project's specialist live CD with a collection of disk partitioning and data rescue tools: "The GParted team is pleased to announce a new stable release of GParted Live. This release includes GParted 0.33.0, updated packages and other improvements. Items of note include GParted 0.33.0 which adds the following enhancements: support copying and moving of unsupported partition content; add MINIX file system support; recognise APFS Apple file system; GTK+ 2 code modernisation; based on the Debian Sid repository as of 2018-12-14; Linux kernel updated to 4.18.20. This release of GParted Live has been successfully tested on VirtualBox, VMware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVDIA and Intel graphics. Note that the default boot options does not display an X desktop on old Acer Aspire laptops. The workaround is to select 'Other modes' of GParted Live and choose 'GParted Live (Safe graphics setting, vga-normal)'. If this issue occurs on a 64-bit computer with UEFI then try the amd64 image." Here is the full release announcement. Download (SHA512, signature, pkglist): gparted-live-0.33.0-1-amd64.iso (318MB), gparted-live-0.33.0-1-i686-pae.iso (310MB), gparted-live-0.33.0-1-i686.iso (309MB). |
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| 2018-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 |
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Raj Meel has announced the availability of the fourth service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12, the current legacy branch of the company's commercial, enterprise-class distribution with long-term support of over 10 years: "SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 is now generally available. Service Pack 4 marks the fourth generation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, a major code stream and product foundation with a lifecycle from 2014 to 2024 plus long-term support (10 + 3 years). This release consolidates all fixes and updates introduced since SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 3. Key features of this release include: persistent memory enhancements - Intel Optane DC persistent memory (NVDIMM) with SAP HANA is supported for faster recovery from planned and unplanned outages; new hardware support - latest Intel processors, AMD's 'Zen 2' core processor generation, IBM Z14, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper II, IBM POWER9 (Little Endian) enhancements, Arm SoC/ODM support for selected vendors including Raspberry Pi devices...." See the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. A 60-day trial edition of both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (pkglist) are available from SUSE's download page (registration required). |
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| 2018-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 4.3-3 |
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Stefan Gohmann has announced the release of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.3-3, the latest update of the project's Debian-based distribution for servers with a web-based administration system: "Third point release for Univention Corporate Server (UCS) 4.3 is now available. It includes a number of important updates and various new features. The portal is the starting point for many UCS users and administrators. As described in the blog article Design the UCS Portal with Drag & Drop, you can adapt it very easily to your needs. The 'Applications' and 'Administration' categories were static until now. We have extended the portal so that you can now define your own categories. In addition, you can add static links to the portal. In many environments different users should be shown different tiles. To do this, the group members for whom a particular tile is displayed are stored in the tiles. Previously, you could only assign each tile to one group. With UCS 4.3-3 you can now assign several groups to each tile. As soon as a user is a member of one of these groups, the corresponding tile will be displayed." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: UCS_4.3-3-amd64.iso (1,225MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-11 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 12.0 |
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The FreeBSD team has announced the project's first release in its 12 series. FreeBSD 12.0 features a number of software updates, including OpenSSL 1.1.1, OpenSSH 7.8, and the Clang compiler has been updated to version 6.0.1. TRIM support has been improved for the UFS filesystem and the bhyve virtualization software can now be run inside a jail. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE. This is the first release of the stable/12 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1a (LTS). Unbound has been updated to version 1.8.1, and DANE-TA has been enabled by default. OpenSSH has been updated to version 7.8p1. Additional capsicum(4) support has been added to sshd(8). Clang, LLVM, LLD, LLDB, compiler-rt and libc++ has been updated to version 6.0.1. The vt(4) Terminus BSD Console font has been update to version 4.46. The bsdinstall(8) utility now supports UEFI+GELI as an installation option. The VIMAGE kernel configuration option has been enabled by default." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (851MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (722MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2018-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 3.11 |
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A new version of Tails has been released. Tails is a Debian-based live distribution whose goal is to help its users to browse the Internet anonymously and to circumvent censorship. This version is a standard minor upgrade and bug-fix release: "Upgrades and changes: Add a confirm dialog between downloading and applying an automatic upgrade to control better when the network is disabled and prevent partially applied upgrades. When running from a virtual machine, warn about the trustworthiness of the operating system even when running from a free virtualization software. Disable Autocrypt in Thunderbird to prevent sending unencrypted emails by mistake. Update Linux to 4.18.20. Update Tor Browser to 8.0.4. Update Thunderbird to 60.3.0. Fixed problems: Fix the opening of Thunderbird in non-English languages. Reduce the logging level of Tor when using bridges. For more details, read our changelog." Further information is available in the project's release announcement. Download: tails-amd64-3.11.iso (1,168MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-10 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 793 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: openSUSE Tumbleweed (2018)
- News: Debian struggles with usrmerge, Void provides technical tips, Hyperbola gets FSF approval
- Questions and answers: Finding and removing non-free packages
- Released last week: DragonFly BSD 5.4.0, Scientific Linux 7.6, CentOS 7-1810
- Torrent corner: Antergos, AUSTRUMI, CentOS, DragonFly BSD, ExTiX, FreeNAS, GuixSD, HardenedBSD, Kodachi, Omarine, Scientific, SmartOS, SwagArch
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 12.0, Tails 3.11
- Opinion poll: How many non-free packages are on your system?
- New distributions: Sculpt OS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the initial beta release of Mageia 7, an upcoming major version from the project that forked the then defunct Mandriva Linux in late 2010: "Everyone at Mageia is very happy to get the first step towards Mageia 7. There is still a lot of work to come before Mageia 7 is ready - a big Qt and Plasma update, fixes for MATE and more checks on 32-bit hardware, as well as the artwork for Mageia 7. This release will see the return of the Classical installer as well as live images, with the standard lineup of architectures and desktop environments - 32-bit and 64-bit Classical Installers; 64-bit Plasma, GNOME and Xfce live DVDs and a 32-bit Xfce live DVD. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: Linux kernel 4.19.6, RPM 4.14.2, Plasma 5.14.2,GNOME 3.30, Xfce 4.13.4, Firefox 63, Chromium 70, LibreOffice 6.1.3." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download links: Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,742MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,346MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,232MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). A standard installation DVD is also available: Mageia-7-beta1-x86_64.iso (4,219MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-07 |
NEW • Mobile OS Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-6 |
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UBports is a community project which continues the development of Ubuntu Touch, a mobile operating system originally started by Canonical. The UBports team has announced the release of a new update, 16.04 OTA-6. The new version brings fixes and stability improvements, as well as several enhancements to the Morph web browser. "OTA-6 brings a number of fixes and improvements to Ubuntu Touch. In this release, we primarily focused on bug fixes and stability improvements. Half of the confirmed closed tickets for OTA-6 affected the Morph browser. This got to be so high, in fact, it swayed the decision to start the release process! A number of high-visibility issues were fixed: Unable to restore previous session at startup. No way to accept self-signed certificates. Webapps cannot access local content on device. ReCaptcha says "browser not supported". Media playback does not stop when a tab is closed. Scrollbar theme does not match the system theme." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download instructions for supported devices can be found on the project's Get UT page. |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.16.0 |
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Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) is a Linux-based, stateless operating system that is built around the GNU Guix package manager. The operating system provides advanced package management features such as transactional upgrades and roll-backs, reproducible build environments, unprivileged package management, and per-user profiles. The project's latest release is GuixSD 0.16.0 which includes several new packages and improvements to the package manager. "On GuixSD, 'guix system reconfigure' will now always load replacements of system services. That way, when you deem appropriate, you can run 'herd restart service' to start the upgraded service. As usual, 985 packages were added and 1,945 were upgraded, notably the GNU C Library now at version 2.28 (which, incidentally, allowed us to get rid of our Hurd-specific glibc variant, at last!). Today Guix provides 8,715 packages. The manual is now partially translated into German. The French translation is now 90% complete. You can help translate the manual into your native language by joining the Translation Project." Further details are available in the release announcement. Download: guixsd-install-0.16.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz (190MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 19.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the availability a new development release, Linux Mint 19.1 Beta. The new snapshots - available in Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce editions - improve the speed of the Nemo file manager, the Update Manager has been adjusted to show alternative mainline kernel versions and Mint-Y themes were given more contrast. Some new changes are coming to Cinnamon too: "As you go through the "First Steps" section of the Linux Mint 19.1 welcome screen, you'll be asked to choose your favourite desktop layout. Cinnamon 4.0 ships with a brand new panel layout and thus with a new workflow. With a click of a button you'll be able to switch back and forth between old and new and choose whichever default look pleases you the most. The new panel ships with a window list with app grouping and window preview, a feature which has become the norm in other major desktop operating systems, whether it's in the form of a dock (in macOS), a panel (in Windows) or a sidebar (in Ubuntu). The panel looks more modern but it's also much more configurable than before." Further information can be found in the release announcements and release notes for each edition. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,880MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,934MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release announcement, release notes), linuxmint-19.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso (1,840MB, SHA256, signature, release announcement, release notes). |
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| 2018-12-06 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 11.2 |
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Ladislav Sirovy has announced the release of FreeNAS 11.2, the latest stable version of the project's specialist FreeBSD-based operating system designed for computers providing Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. The new release brings a completely redesigned web interface, among many other changes: "FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE introduces a ton of new features, including a major revamp of the web interface, support for self-encrypting drives, and new, backwards-compatible REST and WebSocket APIs. This update also introduces iocage for improved Plugin and Jail management and simplified Plugin development. FreeNAS 11.2 introduces an updated web interface. Based on Angular and Javascript, the web interface has been modernized to be more user-friendly, snappier and aesthetically pleasing. The redundant top bar has been removed and most FreeNAS configuration menus can be accessed by clicking the appropriate item in the left column. The new design streamlines the layout with cleaner dropdown menus, while maintaining the same functionality and workflow you’ve grown familiar with while using FreeNAS." See the release announcement and release notes for further information and screenshots. Download: FreeNAS-11.2-RELEASE.iso (575MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 5.3 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux. The company's latest release is Proxmox 5.3 "Virtual Environment" which includes several improvements for storage and containers. "Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH today unveiled Proxmox VE 5.3, its latest open-source server virtualization management platform. Proxmox VE is based on Debian Stretch 9.6 with a modified Linux Kernel 4.15. Ceph Storage has been updated to version 12.2.8 (Luminous LTS, stable). Proxmox VE 5.3 brings many improvements in storage management. Using the Disk management it is possible to easily add ZFS raid volumes, LVM and LVMthin pools as well as additional simple disks with a traditional file system. The existing ZFS over iSCSI storage plug-in can now access LIO target in the Linux kernel. Nesting is enabled for LXC containers making it possible to use LXC or LXD inside a container. Also, access to NFS or CIFS/Samba server can be configured inside containers. For the keen and adventurous user, Proxmox VE brings a simplified configuration of PCI passthrough and virtual GPUs (vGPUs such as Intel KVMGT) - now even possible via the web GUI." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_5.3-1.iso (641MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1810 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 7-1810, the latest update in the CentOS 7 series, built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6: "We are pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1810) for the x86_64 architecture. Effective immediately, this is the current release for CentOS Linux 7 and is tagged as 1810, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 source code. Updates released since the upstream release are all posted, across all architectures. We strongly recommend every user apply all updates, including the content released today, on your existing CentOS Linux 7 machine by just running 'yum update'. As with all CentOS Linux 7 components, this release was built from sources hosted at git.centos.org. In addition, SRPMs that are a byproduct of the build (and also considered critical in the code and buildsys process) are being published to match every binary RPM we release." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download links (SHA256, signature, pkglist): CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1810.iso (4,376MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1810.iso (918MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1810.iso (507MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1810.iso (1,406MB, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1804.iso (1,859MB, torrent). |
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| 2018-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 7.6 |
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Pat Riehecky has announced the release of Scientific Linux 7.6, a new update of the entereprise-class Linux distribution rebuilt from source packages provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux and sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, USA. The new release comes with several minor updates and a known issue affecting the Cinnamon desktop users: "Scientific Linux 7.6 x86_64. These are the notes for the 'release candidate' of Scientific Linux 7.6. Please also review the upstream vendor's 7.6 release notes for major upstream changes. Scientific Linux 7.x users should run 'yum clean expire-cache' at this time. Major differences from upstream 7.6: Scientific Linux features the X.Org fix listed in Bugzilla 1650634. Major differences from Scientific Linux 7.5: sl-release is updated to use the 7.6 repos; PackageKit has initial support for notification of SL7 minor release upgrades, to use this feature you must install sl7-upgrade. Known issues: Cinnamon desktop from EPEL7 prevents upgrades due to Caribou and GNOME Shell." Here is the brief release announcement, with further information provided in the detailed release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): Scientific-7.6-Install-Dual-Layer-DVD-x86_64.iso (7,994MB), SL-7.6-x86_64-netinst.iso (549MB). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 18 Beta 1 |
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MX Linux is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's Stable branch and is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. The project has released a new development snapshot, MX Linux 18 beta 1. "We are pleased to offer MX Linux 18 beta 1 for testing. The latest updates from Debian 9.6, antiX and MX repositories: GIMP 2.10, MESA 18.2.6, updated firmware, 4.19.5 Linux kernel, Firefox 63.0.3, VLC 3.0.3, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.9.1, LibreOffice 6.0.1. New and updated mx-apps: system-keyboard and system-locale options allow easy access to configuration of system default keyboard and locales management; updates to MX package Installer, including faster performance, Flatpaks, and popular application entries.; mx-installer (based on gazelle-installer) now includes LUKS encrypted root, home and swap partition options; mx-codecs updated to install updated S3 texture packs (important for Valve/Steam games in particular); improved localization: almost all mx-apps received translation updates; new Conky configurations; the login screen has locale selection options now; Thunar custom actions updates...." The release announcement has further details and a list of known issues. Download: MX-18b1_x64.iso (1,303MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 5.4.0 |
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The DragonFly BSD project has announced a new version of their operating system. The new version, DragonFly BSD 5.4.0,includes a number of performance improvements, ships with version 8.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection, and HAMMER2 file system bug fixes. "Big-ticket items: Better support for asymmetric NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) configurations. In particular, both the memory subsystem and the scheduler now understand the Threadripper 2990WX's architecture. The scheduler will prioritize CPU nodes with direct-attached memory and the memory subsystem will normalize memory queues for CPU nodes without direct-attached memory (which improves cache locality on those CPUs). Incremental performance work. DragonFly as a whole is very SMP friendly. The type of performance work we are doing now mostly revolves around improving fairness for shared-vs-exclusive lock clashes, reducing cache ping-ponging due to non-contending SMP locks (i.e. massive use of shared locks on shared resources), and so forth. Major updates to dports brings us to within a week or two of FreeBSD's ports as of this writing, in particular major updates to chromium, and making the whole mess work with gcc-8. DragonFly now ships with GCC 8.0, and runs as the default compiler. It is also now used for building dports." Further information can be found in the release announcement. Download: dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso (989MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-03 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 792 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: GhostBSD 18.10 - Changing the base
- News: DragonFly BSD improves wireless support, Fedora plans temporary pause in development, Fedora 27 reaches EOL, Redcore changes ports management tools, interview with GhostBSD founder
- Questions and answers: When to use swap space
- Released last week: Calculate Linux 18 "LXQt", BlackArch 2018.12.01, 4MLinux 27.0
- Torrent corner: 4MLinux, BunsenLabs, Calculate, Clonezilla, HardenedBSD, KDE neon, Robolinux, Slax, Ultimate Edition
- Opinion poll: How much swap space do you use?
- New distributions: Avouch Linux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2018-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 27.0 |
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4MLinux 27.0 has been released. 4MLinux is a project building a set of Linux distributions for desktops (with JWM, 32-bit only) and servers (with the complete LAMP stack, 64-bit). The new version comes with assorted improvements on the multimedia and gaming fronts: "The status of the 4MLinux 27.0 series has been changed to STABLE. As always, the new major release has some new features: optional support for AV1 video coding (encoding via FFmpeg and decoding via VLC and mpv), an option to disable PulseAudio with one click (important for those who use 4MLinux to play classic video games such as DOOM), better support for display drivers when 4MLinux is running in KVM (important for those who use a VNC client to manage 4MServer). LazPaint (small yet powerfull raster image editor with layers) and Blender (professional 3D computer graphics software) have been added as downloadable extensions. Additionally, some good news for gamers: more engines available for XBoard (GNU Chess, GNU Shogi, Fairy-Max) as well as more video games to play (Duke3D, Liero, Strifle). A few small terminal-based games have been added, too." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): 4MLinux-27.0-32bit.iso (1,136MB), 4MServer-27.0-64bit.iso (1,207MB). |
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| 2018-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 12.0-RC3 |
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Glen Barber has announced the availability of the third release candidate for FreeBSD 12.0. Unless there are any unexpected showstopper bugs, this should be the last release candidate before the final release on 11th of December: "The third RC build of the 12.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 12.0-RC2 includes: fix for vulnerabilities in NFS server code (FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs); the if_ixlv.ko kernel module had been added as a link to if_iavf.ko for backwards compatibility when upgrading from earlier releases; various memory leak fixes; various miscellaneous fixes. A list of changes since 11.2-RELEASE is available in the releng/12.0 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 12.0-RELEASE cycle progresses. Virtual Machine disk images are available for the amd64 and i386 architectures. The partition layout is: 16 kB - freebsd-boot GPT partition type (bootfs GPT label); 1 GB - freebsd-swap GPT partition type (swapfs GPT label); 20 GB - freebsd-ufs GPT partition type (rootfs GPT label)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-amd64-dvd1.iso (3,703MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-12.0-RC3-i386-dvd1.iso (3,191MB, SHA512). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 18.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the availability of a new snapshot of siduction, a rolling-release distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch. "Today we are proud to release siduction 18.1.0 with the flavours KDE, LXQt, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, X.Org and noX. The released images are a snapshot of Debian Unstable, that also goes by the name of Sid, from 2017-29-12. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, a brand new installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.14.10, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.5 and systemd 236. KDE Plasma stands at version 5.10.5, while GNOME comes in at 3.26 with some packages still at 3.24. LXQt ships at 0.12.0 and Xfce at 4.12.4, while Cinnamon comes in at 3.4.6 and MATE at 1.18.3. Sadly, right now, GNOME, MATE and LXDE are largely unmaintained. If no one steps up to keep them in a releasable state, we might have to drop these flavours with our next release. The corresponding packages will stay in the archives." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-18.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,314MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (2,295MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (1,175MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,227MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 17.1.0 |
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Philip Müller has announced a new update to the rolling Manjaro Linux distribution. The new installation media, labeled Manjaro Linux 17.1.0, ships with several package upgrades. "This is our second try with Xorg-Server v1.19.6. This time we also updated our Mesa-Stack and changed the handling of DRI/DRM. Some reported Compiz not working with this. Therefore we had it updated to the latest source currently available. Friends of GIMP may try out the latest development edition of this fantastic graphical art app. Again we have the latest Firefox and WINE added. Also linux49 and linux414 got updated to their latest point-releases. This marks the last update of Manjaro in 2017. We wish you all the best for next year. Have fun and celebrate with family and friends!" The release announcement mentions Manjaro Linux will no longer officially support 32-bit packages, but 32-bit support can be found through the related Manjaro32 project. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (1,702MB, SHA1, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (2,043MB, SHA1, signature, torrent), manjaro-gnome-17.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso (1,754MB, SHA1, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 8.2 |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 8.2, a set of independently-developed, RPM-based distributions designed for desktops, servers and educational institutions: "BaseALT Ltd announces the release of ALT Server, ALT Workstation and ALT Education distributions version 8.2, aimed at corporate servers and desktops, educational and personal use. Changes in version 8.2: critical security fixes in Linux kernel, Samba, OpenSSL and other software packages included along with bug fixes; iucode-tool is now used to load updated CPU microcode. ALT Server 8.2 changes: the link to access System management center printed to console; FreeIPA server added. ALT Workstation 8.2 changes: Chromium browser is not installed by default but provided in the image; FreeIPA client added...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and links to product descriptions. Download (pkglist, the live/installation images support English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian languages): alt-workstation-8.2-x86_64.iso (MATE, 3,306MB, MD5), alt-kworkstation-8.2-install-x86_64.iso (KDE, 3,776MB, MD5, alt-kworkstation-8.2-live-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,427MB, MD5). |
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| 2017-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 17.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 17.12, a set of desktop and server distributions based on Gentoo Linux. This release is comes in four desktop flavours, with KDE Plasma 5.10.5, Cinnamon 3.4.6, MATE 1.18.0 and Xfce 4.12.3: "On the New Year's eve, meet Calculate Linux 17.12! This latest release features installation on software RAID and offers still better load and memory balance. Main changes: added SoftRaid support; fixed auto-partitioning problems; third-party overlays supported; the Calculate Utilities server does not run on the background, it is launched by D-Bus; the MuQSS patch was included to the kernel configuration for better application task scheduling; the UKSM patch was included in the kernel configuration for less memory load; PAE binary kernel supported for 32-bit systems; all server kernel settings optimized; GCC updated to 6.4 and the kernel updated to v 4.14...." Read the full release announcement for further details and upgrade instructions. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-17.12-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,005MB, torrent), cldc-17.12-x86_64.iso (Cinnamon, 1,796MB, torrent), cldm-17.12-x86_64.iso (MATE, 1,840MB, torrent), cldx-17.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,735MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Lite 3.8 Beta |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the availability of the beta release of Linux Lite 3.8, a beginner-friendly distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. It is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. "Linux Lite 3.8 beta is now available for testing. There have been a number of changes since the 3.6 release. This is the last release for the 3.x series Linux Lite 3.8 final will be released on February 1st, 2018. The changes for Linux Lite 3.8 include more support for LibreOffice, regional support for DVDs, a font viewer and installer and we now have our own Google-based search page as the home page in Firefox. We've also added TLP for laptops to Lite Tweaks. We've added a Thesaurus (synonyms) to LibreOffice for the US English language. If you have DVDs that are from a region other than your own, you can now easily change the region so that it plays in VLC. We've added a font viewer to make viewing and installing fonts easy." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download (MD5): linux-lite-3.8-beta-64bit.iso (1,024MB, torrent), linux-lite-3.8-beta-32bit.iso (1,043MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-28 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 7.1.1 |
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Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 7.1.1, a security and bug-fix update from the project that develops a lightweight operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware platforms: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.1.1, the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 7.1 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. The following security advisories were fixed: buffer overflow via cmap for 4 graphics drivers; x86 - vulnerabilities in context handling; Vnode reference leak in the openat system call. Userland changes: dhcrelay(8) - fix bug that prevented proper operation when run in the background; Heimdal - update to 7.1; mtree(8) - don't modify strings stored in hash, otherwise filling up of directory hierarchy stops if the same hash value occurs in directory and leaf...." Here is the brief release announcement, with a detailed changelog provided in the release notes. Installation images of NetBSD 7.1.1 are available for 54 different platforms; here are the quick links to the amd64 and i386 architectures (SHA512): NetBSD-7.1.1-amd64.iso (376MB, torrent), NetBSD-7.1.1-i386.iso (408MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: FatDog64 Linux 720 |
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The FatDog64 Linux team have announced a new stable release of their distribution. FatDog64 is a lightweight distribution which has a similar style to Puppy Linux, but focuses on supporting 64-bit computers. "The Fatdog team (Kirk, James, SFR and step) is happy to announce the next version of Fatdog64, 720 Final. Fatdog64 720 Final is the next iteration of Fatdog64. It is still built on the same base as Fatdog64 710 so it has a high-degree of compatibility with 710 packages; however it has been expanded, improved, and modified to meet today's challenge. Much of the improvements in this release are from SFR and step. We like to thank those who have provided feedback, suggestions, advice, bug reports, bug fixes in the Beta cycle and in the previous releases. You know who you are." A list of key package updates and major changes since the Fatdog64 710 release can be found in the project's release announcement. More specific package information can be found in the release notes. Download: Fatdog64-720.iso (381MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Slax 9.3.0 |
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Slax is a Debian-based distribution designed to be run from a USB flash drive. The project has released a new version of the live desktop distribution carrying the version number 9.3.0. The new version's major change is the introduction of additional firmware for wireless networking devices. "Lets recap all the changes since previous stable version: First of all, I've added lots of firmware drivers to support various WIFI devices. It is around 40MB compressed, so Slax is a bit bigger now due to this, but I fully understand that a computer without network connection is completely useless, so this had to happen. I spent some time testing Slax to boot from many different file systems and I was able to identify some problems, which are now fixed. Most importantly this includes NTFS and ext4 support, so Slax is now capable of booting from them as well." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement for Slax 9.3.0. ISO images can be downloaded from the distribution's home page. Download: slax-64bit-9.3.0.iso (256MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ArchLabs 2017.12 |
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ArchLabs is an Arch Linux-based distribution featuring the Openbox window manager. Matt Dobson has announced the release of new installation media for ArchLabs bearing the version number 2017.12. Early versions of ArchLabs featured the Calamares graphical system installer, but the newest version swaps out Calamares for an alternative installer called ABIF. "The biggest addition to ArchLabs this time around is the removal of Calamares and the re-appearance of ABIF. There are a couple of reasons behind this. Firstly, both Nate and I prefer ABIF as our method of installation and secondly, we managed to trim down the ISO by a few more MBs. ABIF has been fine-tuned to suit ArchLabs needs and is a bit more of an in-depth way of installing ArchLabs. Don't be scared off by ABIF, it is surprisingly simple to use. For those of you who have never used ABIF, you will be able to find a walkthrough in the next coming days at our forum." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): archlabs-2017-12.iso (891MB, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Endless OS 3.3.5 |
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Endless OS is a Linux-based operating system which provides a simplified and streamlined user experience using a customized desktop environment forked from GNOME 3. The Endless team has announced the availability of Endless OS 3.3.5. The new version makes it easier for multi-language users to switch languages, even before signing into their account. "Here's what's new in Endless OS 3.3.5. Sign-on improvements. We've made it easier for users who mix English and non-English languages in their password to switch languages while signing in to unlock their computer. Improvements to apps. The new version of Flatpak and Flatpak Builder adds new features and fixes many bugs. This means users will see improvements to their apps such as: Missing icons will now appear in some apps like Telegram; prevented a situation where apps wouldn't be able to connect to the internet after changing from one wireless network to another; improvements to language and localization selection." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Endless OS is available in multiple languages and the distribution's ISOs are offered through a variety torrents on the project's Download page. |
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| 2017-12-18 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 743 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Daphile 17.09
- News: Slax improves wireless support, a cutting-edge spin of antiX, SparkyLinux runs on Raspberry Pi computers, Fedora's Modular Server delayed
- Tips and tricks: Tools for rescuing the operating system and data files
- Released last week: FreeNAS 11.1, TrueOS 17.12, MX 17
- Torrent corner: antiX, Debian, Fedora, FreeNAS, LinHES, Mint, MX
- Upcoming releases: Black Lab Linux 10.1
- Opinion poll: Dedicated computer for media playing
- DistroWatch.com news: Visitor reviews and statistics
- DistroWatch.com donation: PCLinuxOS
- New distributions: Secure-K OS, Reborn OS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 17 |
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The MX team has announced the release of MX Linux 17, a lightweight distribution based on Debian and featuring the Xfce desktop environment. The new release is based on Debian 9.3 and ships with Xfce 4.12. "MX Linux 17 final images are now available for download. This release features the following: 4.13 kernels for both 32-bit and 64-bit ISO images (yes, we still have 32-bit); the 32-bit ISO image has a PAE kernel for RAM usage above 4 GB; easily change kernels, say to the latest Liquorix kernel or downgrade to Debian Stable kernel (4.9) with MX Package Installer; the latest updates from Debian 9.3.0 and Xfce 4.12.3; all the antiX live features, including persistence (up to 20 GB) and remaster tools; automatic selection of appropriate drivers for most Broadcom chipsets (in most cases, no user intervention required); updated packages - Firefox 57.0.2, VLC 2.7, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 52.5, LibreOffice 5.4.1, LuckyBackup 0.4.9, Passwords and Keys 3.20.0, Xfce4 Terminal 0.8.3...." Further details, an overview of the custom MX tools and key package versions can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (MD5): MX-17_x64.iso (1,214MB, torrent, pkglist), MX-17_386.iso (1,239MB, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 18.3 "KDE", "Xfce" |
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The Linux Mint team has released two new editions of the project's Ubuntu-based series. The project's new offerings include editions for the KDE and Xfce desktop environments. Both new releases are part of the project's larger 18.3 release which already features Cinnamon and MATE editions. Along with support for Flatpak packages and a new snapshot tool called Timeshift, Linux Mint ships with a tool called System Reports which can gather key information to help trouble-shoot problems. "When a crash occurs, information is now gathered and a crash report is generated. The System Reports tool lists the crashes and is able to generate stack traces for them. When developers aren't able to reproduce a bug, that information is very useful. It's always been very difficult for non-experienced users to produce core dumps or stack traces. This tool helps a lot with that. In addition to crash reports, the tool is also able to show information reports." These pieces of information can be forwarded to the project's developers to help them fix bugs. Further information on Linux Mint 18.3 can be found in the release announcements (KDE, Xfce). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.3-kde-64bit.iso (2,077MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-18.3-xfce-64bit.iso (1,746MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes). |
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| 2017-12-14 |
NEW • BSD Release: TrueOS 17.12 |
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TrueOS is an open source operating system based on FreeBSD's development branch. TrueOS provides a rolling release platform featuring the Lumina desktop environment and the OpenRC service manager. The project's latest snapshot, version 17.12, includes LibreSSL in the base system (replacing OpenSSL), Bhyve virtual machine support, and the latest drivers supplied by FreeBSD's 12.0-CURRENT branch. "Notable changes: over 1,100 OpenRC services have been created for 3rd-party packages, this should unsure the functionality of nearly all available 3rd-party packages that install/use their own services; the OpenRC services for FreeBSD itself have been overhauled, resulting in significantly shorter boot times; separate install images for desktops and servers (server image uses a text installer); Bhyve support for TrueOS Server install; FreeBSD base is synced with 12.0-CURRENT as of December 4th; FreeBSD ports tree is synced as of November 30th; Lumina desktop has been updated to 1.4.1." Additional changes and a list of key package versions can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): TrueOS-Desktop-17.12-x64-DVD.iso (2,763MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, TrueOS-Server-17.12-x64-DVD.iso (911MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-14 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 11.1 |
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Joon Lee has announced the release of FreeNAS 11.1, an updated release of the project's specialist FreeBSD-based operating system designed for computers providing Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. This version updates the base system to FreeBSD 11.1: "The FreeNAS development team is excited and proud to present FreeNAS 11.1. FreeNAS 11.1 adds cloud integration, OpenZFS performance improvements, including the ability to prioritize re-silvering operations, and preliminary Docker support to the world's most popular software-defined storage operating system. This release includes an updated preview of the beta version of the new administrator graphical user interface, including the ability to select display themes. The base operating system has been updated to the STABLE version of FreeBSD 11.1, which adds new features, updated drivers, and the latest security fixes. Support for Intel Xeon Scalable Family processors, AMD Ryzen processors, and HBA 9400-91 has been added." See the full release announcement for more details and a screenshot of the improved administration interface. Download: FreeNAS-11.1-RELEASE.iso (598MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-12-11 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 742 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: heads 0.3.1
- News: Improvements coming to Tails, Debian makes all package code available on the web, plans automatic updates and updates install media, Ubuntu phasing out Python 2, tips for using Void
- Tips and tricks: Working with images from the command line
- Released last week: Puppy Linux 7.5, Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0, ROSA R10
- Torrent corner: Bodhi, Peppermint, Puppy, ReactOS, ROSA, Urk
- Opinion poll: Privacy protecting distributions
- DistroWatch.com news: Moving to HTTPS only -- Part 2
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2017-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 4.4.0 |
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Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 4.4.0. Bodhi Linux is based on Ubuntu LTS and features the Moksha desktop environment, a fork of Enlightenment. The new version of Bodhi Linux features several package updates, including version 4.13 of the Linux kernel. The project's release announcement states: "Today I am pleased to announce the release of Bodhi Linux 4.4.0. This is a normal update release and it comes three months after the release of Bodhi 4.3.1. Existing Bodhi 4.x.y users do not need to reinstall as the primary goal of this update release is to simply keep the current ISO image up to date. This release image includes EFL 1.19.1, Terminology 1.1.0, Ephoto 1.5, and Linux kernel 4.13. As with every release in the 4.x.y Bodhi series it is built on top of the rock solid foundation that is Ubuntu 16.04." Bodhi Linux is available in three editions: Standard, AppPack (with additional applications), and Legacy for older computers. Download (pkglist): bodhi-4.4.0-64.iso (737MB, MD5, torrent), bodhi-4.4.0-apppack-64.iso (1,342MB, MD5, torrent), bodhi-4.4.0-legacy.iso (691MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20171130 |
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Mark Greaves has announced the release of an updated build of Peppermint OS 8, a lightweight distribution based on Lubuntu (the long-term support branch) and featuring the LXDE desktop: "Team Peppermint is pleased to announce the latest iteration of our operating system, Peppermint 8 Respin, which still comes in 32-bit and 64-bit variants, with the 64-bit variant having full UEFI and Secureboot support. Whilst a respin is generally a minor release intended as an ISO image update, the Peppermint 8 Respin does contain some significant changes: Nemo 2.8.7 updated to 3.4.7 which seems more stable during large file operations and now has a separate process for controlling the desktop; OpenVPN updated in the repository to version 2.4.4 to support mixed mode IPv4/IPv6 VPNs; switched to slick-greeter, a much prettier login screen and a GUI utility in the menu called 'Login Window' for login screen settings, including the ability to add, change, remove an auto-login user; added a desktop right-click 'Open Peppermint Settings Panel' context menu item...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete list of changes. Download (SHA256) links: Peppermint-8-20171130-amd64.iso (1,266MB, signature, torrent, pkglist), Peppermint-8-20171130-i386.iso (1,189MB, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-06 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.7 |
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ReactOS is an open source operating system which strives to be binary compatible with Microsoft Windows and is capable of running many Windows applications. The project has released ReactOS 0.4.7 which introduces improvements to application skins, better disk usage reporting and a smoother experience when sending files to the Recycle Bin. "James Tabor has put in a great deal of effort into getting the ReactOS painting process as close to Windows as possible. Furthermore, Katayama Hirofumi MZ has fixed the anti-aliasing text when a button was grayed out (and which was impossible to read before this fix). Another major achievement brought to you by Giannis has been to solve the Clipboard and Recycle Bin bugs. Now, in 0.4.7, ReactOS won't crash due an invalid/empty clipboard as it did previously, copy/pasting multiple files and pasting folders in the background should work well and now follows the Windows specs more closely. In 0.4.7, ReactOS now correctly manages file deletions when dragging them to the Recycle Bin." Further details and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement. ReactOS is available in two editions, one for installing the operating system and a LiveCD edition for testing. Download (MD5): ReactOS-0.4.7-iso.zip (101MB), ReactOS-0.4.7-live.zip (71MB). |
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| 2017-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R10 |
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Vladimir Potapov has announced the release of ROSA R10, the latest stable build of the desktop-focused distribution with support for KDE 4 and Plasma 5 desktop environments: "ROSA Desktop R10 is the second release based on the ROSA 2016.1 platform. The distribution is targeted mainly at the Linux advocates eager to try new software versions. According to the updates policy, the ROSA 2016.1 platform will have four years of technical support. Technical changes in comparison with ROSA R9: many system libraries, system and software packages were updated to their latest versions; Linux kernel 4.9.60 LTS is used by default, other kernel versions and variants are available in special repositories; the proprietary NVIDIA drivers have been updated to new versions - 384.90 and experimental 387.12 for the relatively new video cards, 340.104 for GeForce 8 and 9, 304.137 for GeForce 6 and 7; MESA has been updated to version 17.1.6 with OpenGL support up to version 4.5...." See the release announcement (in Russian) and release notes (in English) for more details. Download (pkglist): ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.iso (2,004MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,022MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.iso (2,030MB, MD5, torrent), ROSA.FRESH.PLASMA.R10.x86_64.uefi.iso (2,043MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2017-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 |
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Uruk GNU/Linux is a completely free-software distribution based on Trisquel GNU/Linux and featuring the MATE desktop. The project's latest release, version 2.0, includes an updated Linux-libre kernel, version 7 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), MATE 1.12 and a new welcome screen. "We grew up and the project grew up with us. At this time we worked a lot and we made great changes. The big change came today - it's Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 "lugalbanda". We use "lugalbanda" as the code name for this release. Lugalbanda is a character found in Sumerian mythology and literature in ancient Iraqi history. It comes with many changes: build new repository for Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0; Linux-libre kernel 4.9.66 LTS, GCC 7, MATE 1.12.1, Abrowser 57; new welcome screen; replaced MDM with LightDM as the default display manager; new control center; Guix installer; new customization with new themes, cursor and wallpapers; comes with many useful applications by default, including Thunderbird, Deluge, FF Multi Converter, VLC, LibreOffice, Rose Crypt, Uruk Cleaner, AIA, Diskman Indicator, LightDM setting, GIMP, upms...." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: uruk_2.0-amd64.iso (1,367MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Puppy Linux 7.5 |
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Philip Broughton has announced the release of a new version of Puppy Linux. The new version is Puppy Linux 7.5, code name "Xenialpup". The new version of the lightweight distribution is built using packages from Ubuntu's 16.04 "Xenial" release and Puppy maintains binary compatibility with Ubuntu packages. "Puppy Linux is small, runs in RAM, is lightning fast, very versatile and good fun! It has everything a novice will need while allowing full control to the experienced user. It comes in both 32-bit & 64-bit versions that can boot in both BIOS and UEFI enabled computers. The 32-bit version has kernel 4.4.95-noPAE for better compatibility with older hardware while the 64-bit has kernel 4.9.58 for better modern hardware support. True to Puppy Linux tradition both versions come with a full range of communications, productivity and entertainment applications as well as a wide range of the unique puppy-specific utilities and applications. The 330MB ISO includes: JWM window manager and ROX file manager. Palemoon browser and Claws mail client. FTP, torrent and chat applications. MPV media player, Simple Screen Recorder and Deadbeef audio player. Abiword word processor and Gnumeric spread sheet application." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download links for 32-bit and 64-bit builds can be found on the project's home page. Download: xenialpup64-7.5-uefi.iso (330MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-04 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 741 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Pop!_OS 17.10
- News: openSUSE's Tumbleweed snapshots, Q4OS can be installed on a Windows partition, Fedora 25 reaching its end of life
- Tips and tricks: Keep terminal programs running, using the at command, reverse OpenSSH connections
- Released last week: Linux Mint 18.3, Black Lab 11.5, Lakka 2.1
- Torrent corner: Alpine, Antergos, Black Lab, deepin, Lakka, Linux Mint, Raspbian, Sabayon, SalentOS, SwagArch, Univention
- Opinion poll: Scheduling tasks
- DistroWatch.com news: Moving to HTTPS only
- New distributions: Janus Linux
- Reader comments
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| 2017-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rocks Cluster Distribution 7.0 |
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Philip Papadopoulos has announced the release of Rocks Cluster Distribution 7.0, a major new update of the project's specialist operating system for easy deployments as computer clusters. Rocks Cluster 7.0 is based on CentOS 7.4: "The latest update of Rocks, code name 'Manzanita', is now released. Manzanita is a 64-bit only release and is based upon CentOS 7.4. The Rocks-supplied OS rolls have all updates applied as of December 1, 2017." The brief release announcement doesn't give many details about the release, but the distribution's user guide has been updated to include notes about the "significant differences" compared to Rocks 6: "This section describes how to install your Rocks cluster frontend for Rocks 7. It is significantly different than Rocks 6. The minimum requirement to bring up a frontend is to have the following rolls: Kernel, Base, Core, CentOS, Updates-CentOS. Rocks 7 supports a network-only installation. All rolls must be located on a roll server on a network that is accessible by your frontend." Here are the links to download the essential Rocks 7.0 rolls (MD5, pkglist): kernel-7.0-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (1,171MB), base-7.0-2.x86_64.disk1.iso (349MB), core-7.0-2.x86_64.disk1.iso (122MB), CentOS-7.4.1708-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (7,791MB), Updates-CentOS-7.4.1708-2017-12-01-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (1,562MB). |
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| 2017-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Fatdog64 Linux 720 Beta |
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The Fatdog64 Linux distribution is a descendant of Puppy Linux for 64-bit x86 computers. The Fatdog64 project has announced the release of a new development snapshot, Fatdog64 Linux 720 Beta. The new beta features many package updates, the "spot" user's home directory has been moved and some changes have been made to Samba shares. "Fatdog64 720 beta is the next iteration of Fatdog64. It is still built on the same base as Fatdog64 710 so it has high-degree of compatibility with 710 packages; however, it has been expanded, improved and modified to meet today's challenge. Much of the improvements in this release are from SFR and step. As usual, we neither support nor recommend carrying over your savefile and savefolder from older versions of Fatdog (Fatdog does not update from any previous versions); however, if you do, there are a few gotchas that you definitely need want to know in this version. Spot's home directory has been moved from /root/spot to /home/spot - this has repercussions, please read the details here." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: Fatdog64-720b.iso (377MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2017-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-11-29 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of an updated build of Raspbian, a Debian-based distribution designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers: "We're pleased to announce that we are releasing the latest version of Raspbian 'Stretch' for your Pi today. This new release is mostly bug fixes and tweaks over the previous Stretch release, but there are one or two changes you might notice. The file manager included as part of the LXDE desktop (on which our desktop is based) is a program called PCManFM and it's very feature-rich; there's not much you can't do in it. However, having used it for a few years, we felt that it was perhaps more complex than it needed to be - the sheer number of menu options and choices made some common operations more awkward than they needed to be. So to try to make file management easier, we have implemented a cut-down mode for the file manager." Read the full release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download the standard build or the "lite" edition from here: 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch.zip (1,683MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch-lite.zip (348MB, signature, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 17 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 17, a major update of the project's Gentoo-based set of distributions designed for desktops (with a choice of KDE Plasma, MATE or Xfce) as well as servers: "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 17. Main changes: Timeless, a new server flavour, designed for those eager to try the development version of Calculate Utilities; GUI manager - updated appearance, including new own icons; command-line manager - one session for cl-console and cl-console-gui, so that you can switch between them freely; live USB - system startup possible without PulseAudio; numerous revisions in templates - new functions added, support provided for 'or' expressions, service launching, package linking, package version downgrade, ldif format; beta versions of the brand new Calculate Linux Desktop Cinnamon and Calculate Linux Desktop LXQt available in 'nightly' stages; up to 5000 binary packages are available in the Calculate repository...." See the release announcement for more information, upgrade instructions and screenshots. Download (MD5, pkglist): cld-17-x86_64.iso (KDE Plasma, 2,132MB, torrent), cldm-17-x86_64.iso (MATE, 1,735MB, torrent), cldx-17-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,646MB, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Kodachi 3.5 |
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Warith Al Maawali has announced the release of Linux Kodachi 3.5, a new version of the project's Debian-based, privacy-oriented distribution. This release includes a new hard disk installer from the Refracta project: "Version 3.5, based on Debian 8.6 Xfce. Added Refracta installer, now you can install Kodachi permanently on your PC; added new tool - Mat Meta data anonymization tool; improved destroy Kodachi script; improved display script with new CPU and network monitor on taskbar; detect screen resolution changes and display accordingly; introduced banned message if someone misuses the bandwidth or hosts illegal torrent files using our VPN network; added Gibru engine to search bookmarks; added new version notification; added own VPN tool so now you can use your own VPN - all you need is to paste your configuration into the correct directory located on the Kodachi desktop; fixed a few bugs; updated system, Firefox, Firefox plugins, Tor, VeraCrypt, Komodo edit, Electrum Bitcoin wallet." Here is the complete changelog. Download (SHA512): kodachi-3.5-64.iso (2,066MB, pkglist, username: "root" or "kodachi", password: "r@@t00") |
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| 2016-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus 3.2.2 |
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Porteus is a fast, portable Linux distribution based on Slackware. The project has published a new stable release, Porteus 3.2.2. The new release is available in four editions: Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce. "Porteus is on cloud nine to announce the final release of Porteus v3.2.2 and Porteus Kiosk 4.2. There have been some major changes in the desktop edition since the 3.1 release including: Linux kernel 4.9, PulseAudio, eudev, consolekit2, more complete 000-kernel firmware. Other Slackware based changes can be found here. Four desktops are available at this point: Xfce4, MATE, Cinnamon and KDE5. The base modules are a little larger than the previous release but contain a more complete set of packages for all round compatibility." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement for Porteus 3.2.2. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (272MB, signature), Porteus-KDE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (412MB, signature), Porteus-MATE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (243MB, signature, Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (239MB, signature). |
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| 2016-12-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenELEC 7.0.0 |
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OpenELEC is a Linux-based distribution designed to act as a media hub and, in particular, to run the Kodi media software. The project has released a new version, OpenELEC 7.0.0, which supports WeTek Core devices, includes updated AMDGPU video drivers and offers users Kodi 16.1. The project has also introduced Bluetooth and OpenVPN support. "The OpenELEC 7.0 (internal version 7.0.0) release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating." A list of new features and changes can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.0.img.gz (221MB). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System Distribution 0.12.0 |
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The GNU Guix project has announced the release of an update to the Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) operating system. GuixSD is a Linux distribution built around the Guix package manager, which offers transactional upgrades and roll-backs along with reproducible builds. The new release, GuixSD 0.12.0, includes several new services, including log rotation, CUPS and the OpenSMTPD e-mail service. "We are pleased to announce the new release of GNU Guix and GuixSD, version 0.12.0! The release comes with USB installation images to install the standalone GuixSD, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries. It’s been a little over 4 months since the previous release, during which 76 people contributed code and packages. The highlights include: New GuixSD system services, including a log rotation service, a CUPS printing service, NFS related services, and an OpenSMTPD service. Guix daemon offloading support now uses Guile-SSH. GuixSD can now be installed to a LUKS-encrypted root." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: guixsd-usb-install-0.12.0.x86_64-linux.xz (153MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot Security OS 3.3 |
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Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot Security OS 3.3, a new release of the project's Debian-based, specialist distribution with a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy and cryptography: "Parrot 3.3 released. We are sorry for all the silence behind our development process these days, but we were secretly working on two main projects, the perfect plan to conquer the world and the new Parrot 3.3 release which fixes many minor but unpleasant bugs and introduces many many updates. This release is not a definitive goal; it is just a working snapshot of the bigger work we are doing for parrot 3.4 that will be released very soon. Changelog: include Linux 4.8 kernel; fix touchpad and multitouch support; fix mismatching kernel installer; update anonsurf; fix minor MATE bugs; include GCC 6.2; update Metasploit Framework to 4.13; switch to PHP 7; upgrade most of the tools to their latest versions." See the release announcement and changelog for more details. As always, Parrot Security OS is available in several editions; a quick link to "Full" variant: Parrot-full-3.3_amd64.iso (3,565MB, SHA512, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva Lx 3.01 |
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Kate Lebedeff has announced the release of OpenMandriva Lx 3.01, an updated build of the distribution's 3.0 branch, featuring the KDE Plasma desktop, which was originally released in August: "Not long after Lx 3.0 final release we are proud to announce OpenMandriva Lx 3.01. The 3.01 release brings a number of major fixes - updated software; new drivers and kernel with better support for newer hardware; many bug fixes; stable Plasma running on Wayland. OpenMandriva Lx is a cutting-edge distribution compiled with LVM/Clang. Combined with the high level of optimisation, it gives the desktop an unbelievably crisp response to operations on KDE Plasma 5 which makes it a pleasure to use. The latest release of all the KDE applications is there to support the desktop and help give you a consistent feel. Main features: KDE Plasma 5.8.4, KDE Frameworks 5.29.0, KDE Applications 16.08.3, Qt 5.6.2, Linux kernel 4.9 with BFQ as a default CPU scheduler, systemd 232..." Here is the full release announcement. Download (MD5): OpenMandrivaLx.3.01-PLASMA.x86_64.iso (2,018MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 16.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 16.1.0, a set of distributions based on Debian's "unstable" branch. The release arrives in two batches, with the one made available today coming in LXDE, Xfce and KDE Plasma flavours, while a second batch, featuring GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt, is scheduled for release in January. "Today we present the first batch of siduction 2016.1 which consists of the noX, Xorg, LXDE, Xfce and Plasma 5 flavours. We attempt to release a second batch with the GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt flavours as soon as possible in the new year. The released images are a snapshot of Debian 'unstable' that also goes by the name of 'Sid', from 2016-12-23. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.9, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.0 and systemd 232." Read the full release notes for more details. Download (pkglist): siduction-16.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,528MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,094MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,130MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.5.0 |
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The Alpine Linux project, an independent Linux distribution developed with embedded systems and security in mind, has released Alpine Linux 3.5.0. The new release switches the distribution from using the OpenSSL security library to LibreSSL, introduces support for ZFS as the root file system and features many package upgrades. "New features and noteworthy changes: Switch from OpenSSL to LibreSSL; Support for aarch64 (uboot only for now); Support for ZFS as root; PostgreSQL update to 9.6.x - see the PostgreSQL documentation for upgrade instructions; Samba 4.5.3; GTK+3.0 3.22.5; glib 2.50.2; Support for R, JRuby and OCaml; Better Python3 support; The nodejs package was renamed to nodejs-current and moved to the community repository. The nodejs-lts package was renamed to nodejs. This means that you get the LTS version if you do 'apk add nodejs'." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download: alpine-standard-3.5.0-x86_64.iso (78.0MB, SHA256, signature), Download: alpine-extended-3.5.0-x86_64.iso (249MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-22 |
NEW • Development Release: NethServer 7.3 RC3 |
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Alessio Fattorini has announced the release of a new development snapshot for NethServer, a server distribution based on CentOS. The new development snapshot, NethServer 7.3-rc3, is based on CentOS 7.3, increases the flexibility of the administrators group and improves HTTPS proxy handling. "We have changed the behaviour of the Transparent HTTPS proxy dropping the MITM (Man In The Middle) feature that inspects all the encrypted traffic, substituting it with a new implementation that sniffs only the beginning of the connection to discover the destination website (for filtering purposes). We can do this now because CentOS 7.3 introduced squid 3.5 which has a new function to intercept HTTPS connections, called peek and splice. Basically, it means that we peek at the beginning of the connection to discover the destination website (and block it if desired) and then let the traffic flow unaltered from the client PC to the secure website." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: nethserver-7.3.1611-rc3-x86_64.iso (740MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.19 Core 108 |
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The IPFire project has announced an update to the security-minded Linux distribution. The new release fixes some issues with the project's 2.19 series and carries the name IPFire 2.19 Core Update 108. "Just before Christmas, we are going to release the last Core Update for 2016. IPFire 2.19 - Core Update 108 brings some minor bug fixes and feature enhancements, some security fixes in ntp and various fixes in the squid web proxy. Asynchronous logging is now enabled by default and not configurable any more. This made some programs that wrote an extensive amount of log messages slow down and possible unresponsive over the network which causes various problems. This was seen on systems with very slow flash media and virtual environments." The release announcement includes further details and list of updated packages. Download (SHA1): ipfire-2.19.x86_64-full-core108.iso (163MB, torrent, pkglist).
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ExTiX 17.0 |
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Arne Exton has announced the release of a new version of the Debian- and Ubuntu-based ExTiX distribution. The new release, version 17.0, ships with the KDE desktop environment and is available in a single, 64-bit x86 build. ExTiX 17.0 KDE DVD 64-bit is based on Debian 8.6 'Jessie'/Debian 9 'Stretch' and Ubuntu 16.10. The original system includes the desktop environment Unity (Ubuntu). After removing Unity I have installed KDE Frameworks 5.26.0 with KDE 4.16. KDE Frameworks are 60 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. The system language is English. My special kernel, 4.9.0-11-exton, corresponding to kernel.org's kernel 4.9 - latest as of 161221. You can download 'my' kernel if you want to use it in another Ubuntu/Debian system." Additional information on ExTiX 17.0 is available in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5): extix-64bit-kde-refracta-isoh-uefi-1920mb-161221.iso (1,974MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BlackArch Linux 2016.12.20 |
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BlackArch Linux 2016.12.20 has been released. BlackArch is an Arch Linux-based live distribution (in 6.2 GB!) with a substantial collection of utilities made for penetration testing and forensic analysis. This new version comes with an updated Linux kernel and base system, as well as over 100 new tools: "Today we released new BlackArch Linux ISO images. Here is the changeLog: include linux kernel 4.8.13; fix LXDM shutdown and reboot issue; userland clean-ups; added more than 100 new tools; updated all BlackArch tools; updated all system packages; updated menus for window managers (Awesome, Fluxbox, Openbox). Following newest tools have been added: Dracnmap - tool to exploit the network and gathering information with Nmap help; OpenDoor - OWASP directory access scanner; WAFNinja - tool which contains two functions to attack web application firewalls; Hoper - trace URL jumps across links to obtain the last URL...." Visit the project's news page to read the release announcement and all the recent additions to the distribution's toolkit. Download (SHA1): blackarchlinux-live-2016.12.20-x86_64.iso (6,363MB, torrent, pkglist), blackarchlinux-netinst-2016.12.20-x86_64.iso (456MB, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 422 |
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The GeckoLinux project is an openSUSE-based, desktop oriented distribution. The project provides eight different editions with live discs for testing purposes. The latest version of the distribution, GeckoLinux 422.161213.0, is based on openSUSE 42.2 Leap and includes many package updates. "Changes to all GeckoLinux Static editions: The base system has been updated to openSUSE Leap 42.2, with updated versions of the Linux kernel (4.4.36), systemd (228), GTK+ (3.20), Qt (5.6.1) and glibc (2.22). Also the GeckoLinux language-installer.sh script for non-English language packs has been updated to be more reliable and easy to use. Also the script created by Mindaugas Baranauskas to ensure that X.Org correctly starts has been significantly improved, and SiS graphics support has also been included. Perhaps the most important change is that the old yast2-live-installer that served us well for past releases is no longer supported by openSUSE and no longer works. Therefore, it has been replaced by the Calamares universal installer framework." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): GeckoLinux_Cinnamon.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (970MB), GeckoLinux_Mate.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (1,013MB), GeckoLinux_Gnome.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (981MB), GeckoLinux_Plasma_Stable.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (1,042MB). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: OPNsense 17.1 Beta |
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The OPNsense project is a FreeBSD-based operating system developed for firewalls and routers. The project has released a new development snapshot which uses FreeBSD 11.0 as its base. "With the best wishes for the holiday season attached we hereby humbly present our 17.1-BETA images and thank everyone for their early input, valid questions and generally keeping us on our toes throughout the past months. The next major release features FreeBSD 11.0, the SSH remote installer, new languages Italian and Czech, state-of-the-art HardenedBSD security features, PHP 7.0, native PAM authentication against e.g. 2FA (TOTP), as well a rewritten Nano-style card images that adapt to the media size to name only a few. These will be the only beta images. They are not suitable for production environments. Release candidate builds will start in January in order to provide production-ready images." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OPNsense-17.1.b-OpenSSL-cdrom-amd64.iso.bz2 (254MB, SHA256). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 18.1 |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the release of an update to the project's 18.x branch. The new version, Linux Mint 18.1, is available in two editions (Cinnamon and MATE), in 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The new release offers Cinnamon users a new screensaver that displays more information and provides media controls even when the screen is locked. On computers which feature accelerometers, the Cinnamon desktop can now rotate when the device's orientation changes. Both editions offer upgrades to the X-apps programs with the Xplayer media player now offering the ability to blank screens not being used to display video. Also, the update manager can display a list of available kernel versions with recommendations. "The screensaver in Cinnamon 3.2 was redesigned and rewritten from scratch in Python. Not only does it look better, but it's also much faster, more responsive and more customizable than the old one. Background slide shows set in Cinnamon continue to play in the new screensaver. On laptops the battery power is shown, so you can see if you're running low without having to log in." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcements (Cinnamon, MATE). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,726MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes), linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit.iso (1,788MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, release notes). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GoboLinux 016 |
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Lucas Villa Real has announced the release of GoboLinux 016, an independently-developed distribution characterised by a custom (and very un-UNIX-like) file system hierarchy. This release of GoboLinux, the first stable version in over 2.5 years, ships with a minimalist desktop based on the Awesome window manager: "We are pleased to present release 016 of GoboLinux, the Linux distribution featuring a re-thought file system structure. GoboLinux was created out of a desire to try new approaches in the Linux distribution design space. GoboLinux 016 continues this journey, with a focus on the exploration of novel ideas aiming to make the system simpler yet functional. The GoboLinux ISO image serves both as an installation disc and a live environment, with a graphical desktop featuring Awesome WM. In fact, due to the modular nature of the GoboLinux file system, every program available in the image can be used directly from the Live environment." Read the detailed release notes for further information. Download: GoboLinux-016-x86_64.iso (958MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-16 |
NEW • Development Release: 3CX Phone System 8.6.0 RC |
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3CX Phone System is a specialist Linux distribution designed for VoIP telephony. The project's latest "netinst" image includes a standard Debian installer which automatically installs the Linux edition of the 3CX VoIP software. A release candidate is now available for testing: "Service Pack 4 is here in time for the holidays and it's packed with new features and improvements. The V15 Linux edition is now a release candidate. We added a DECT / FXS provisioning feature that allows you to easily provision a DECT-base station and assign handsets to individual extensions. Furthermore, a new reporting module and many fixes to the reports. We have also closed the feature gap between Linux and Windows further by introducing fax, failover and the directory service to the Linux edition. You can apply these updates from the updates page in the management console." See the release announcement for more details and a list of new features. Interested testers can download the installation CD image from here: debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (265MB, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 16 |
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MX Linux is a mid-weight, Debian-based Linux distribution which uses Xfce as the project's default desktop environment. The project has announced the release of MX 16, code name "Metamorphosis". While based on Debian's Stable branch, MX Linux uses the SysVInit software rather than the newer systemd init technology. "The development team of MX Linux is pleased to announce the release of MX Linux 16, code named 'Metamorphosis'. Built on the reliable and stable Debian 8.6 'Jessie' base with extra enhancements from the antiX live system, it also comes with numerous up-to-date applications provided by the MX Linux packagers. Just like previous versions of MX, this release defaults to SysVInit. Available in 32-bit and 64-bit variants. Both ISO images weigh in at around 1.2 GB in size. Key default applications: Firefox 50.0.2, VLC 2.2.4, Clementine 1.3.1, Thunderbird 45.5.1, LibreOffice 5.2.2.... The new release is available in 32-bit and 64-bit builds with the 32-bit ISO image featuring a kernel that does not require PAE support to boot. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: MX-16_x64.iso (1,137MB, MD5, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 4.4 "Virtual Environment" |
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Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) is a Debian-based distribution used for running virtual appliances and containers. The latest release of Proxmox VE, version 4.4, allows for the creation of unprivileged contains through the distribution's graphical interface. The project has also a new dashboard: "Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH today released version 4.4 of its server virtualization platform Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE). In addition to numerous improvements and updates the open source solution Proxmox VE brings a new dashboard for Ceph and cluster. The new Ceph dashboard gives the administrator a comprehensive overview of the Ceph status, the Ceph monitors, the Ceph OSDs, and the current performance and utilization of the Ceph cluster. Together with the existing disk management the new dashboard simplifies the ease-of-use and administration of Ceph storage and paves the way to the complete software-defined data centre." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_4.4-eb2d6f1e-1.iso (521MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OLPC OS 13.2.8 |
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James Cameron has announced the release of OLPC OS 13.2.8, the latest version of a specialist distribution developed under the initiative of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to provide children in developing countries with low-cost laptops. This release is still based on Fedora 18, but it ships with updated Sugar, the distribution's default desktop user interface: "We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.8 for XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. Features: new Sugar 0.110 with completed translations; updated activities Speak 52, Measure 53, Maze 26.1, Implode 17, GetBooks 16.2, Clock 18.1 and Chat 83; add sugar-erase-bundle feature, for use by deployment scripts. Fixes: fix Fedora secondary mirror references so yum can work; remove Sugar Web Account control panel as it does nothing; remove Simple-English-Wikipedia on XO-1.5 to fit into 2 GB limit for some models; add forward and back buttons in help view; display activity instance title in join requests...." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details and installation instructions. Download: 32020o0.img (745MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1611 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the release of CentOS 7-1611. The new release is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 and offers a number of new features, including SHA2 support in OpenLDAP, Bluetooth LE and a technology preview of Btrfs. "Since release 1503 (abrt>= 2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page. Various new packages include among others: python-gssapi, python-netifaces, mod_auth_openidc, pidgin and Qt5. Support for the 7th-generation Core i3, i5, and i7 Intel processors and I2C on 6th-generation Core Processors has been added. Various packages have been rebased. Some of those are samba, squid, systemd, krb5, gcc-libraries, binutils, gfs-utils, libreoffice, GIMP,SELinux, firewalld, libreswan, tomcat and open-vm-tools..." Further information can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1611.iso (4,177MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1611.iso (377MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 Test 2 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of a new development snapshot of Parsix GNU/Linux. The new beta version, Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15-TEST-2, of the Debian-based project ships with GNOME 3.22 and version 4.4.35 of the Linux kernel. The Adobe Flash player has also been updated. The 64-bit builds support booting on UEFI-enabled computers. "Parsix GNU/Linux 8.15 (code name 'Nev') ships with the stable GNOME 3.22 desktop environment and an updated kernel. This version has been synchronized with Debian 'Jessie' repositories as of November 27, 2016. Parsix 'Nev' ships with the LibreOffice 4.3.3 productivity suit by default. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, GRUB 2, Firefox 50.0, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.12, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.36 and an updated kernel based on Linux 4.4.35 with TuxOnIce, BFS and other extra patches. The live DVD has been compressed using Squashfs and xz." A list of changes and key package versions can be found in the project's release notes. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: parsix_8.15-TEST-2-amd64.iso (1,278MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Korora 25 |
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Jim Dean has announced the release of Korora 25, a new version of the Fedora-based distribution with various user-friendly enhancements and a choice of five desktop environments - Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce: "The Korora project has released version 25 (code name 'Gurgle') which is now available for download. Due to popular demand there is a KDE Plasma release. While it has the usual Korora extras, in order to reduce the workload in bringing this back we have made the look more vanilla. Features: Cinnamon 3.2 includes lots of refinements; GNOME 3.22 has improved support for the Wayland compositor, Wayland is now the default for the GNOME edition; Mate 1.16 focused on bug fixes; Xfce 4.12 focused on polishing the desktop and improving the user experience; derived from Fedora 25, Korora benefits from Fedora's long tradition of bringing the latest technologies to open-source software users; 64-bit only." Here is the complete release announcement. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): korora-live-cinnamon-25-x86_64.iso (2,092MB), korora-live-gnome-25-x86_64.iso (2,188MB), korora-live-kde-25-x86_64.iso (2,442MB), korora-live-mate-25-x86_64.iso (2,201MB), korora-live-xfce-25-x86_64.iso (2,124MB). |
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| 2016-12-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.7 |
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BackBox Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution used for security assessment and penetration testing. The project has released a new stable version, BackBox Linux 4.7, which upgrades key components and fixes several bugs. "The BackBox team is pleased to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux, version 4.7. We thought to release a new minor version to give our users the opportunity to have a stable and up-to-date system until the next official major release, i.e. BackBox 5, still under development. In this release we have fixed some minor bugs, updated the kernel stack, base system and tools. The ISO images for 32-bit and 64-bit can be downloaded from the official web site download section. What's new? Updated Linux kernel 4.4; updated hacking tools - beef, Metasploit, OpenVAS, SE Toolkit, sqlmap, WPScan." Existing BackBox 4.x users can upgrade to the latest release rather than perform a fresh installation. Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256) the live DVD image from here: backbox-4.7-amd64.iso (2,358MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0 |
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Tomasz Jokiel has announced the release of Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0. The Gentoo-based kiosk platform now provides version 4.4.36 of the Linux kernel, Firefox 45.5.1 ESR and Google Chrome 54, along with many other changes. "I'm pleased to announce that Porteus Kiosk 4.2.0 is now available for download. Major software upgrades in this release include: Linux kernel 4.4.36, X.Org Server 1.18.4, Mozilla Firefox 45.5.1 ESR and Google Chrome 54.0.2840.100. Packages from the userland are upgraded to portage snapshot tagged on 20161203. Short changelog for 4.2.0 release: All files used by the clients (wallpaper, screensaver slide show images, browser preferences, proxy configuration) can be hosted directly on Porteus Kiosk Server - no need to use 3rd party web hosting service anymore. If multiple browser tabs were set during installation then it's possible to toggle between the tabs at specific time interval. This is useful for digital signage purposes. Screensaver slideshow can display images in random order instead of alphabetic order...." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Porteus-Kiosk-4.2.0-x86_64.iso (62MB, MD5), Porteus-Kiosk-Server-4.2.0-x86_64.iso (63MB, MD5). |
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.5 |
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The SparkyLinux distribution is based on Debian and features many editions, providing many different desktop environments for its users. The project has announced the release of SparkyLinux 4.5 which features LibreOffice 5, version 4.8 of the Linux kernel and systemd 232. The Pantheon desktop environment has been removed in favour of the Deepin desktop and the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). "Changes between 4.4 and 4.5: Full system upgrade as of November 29, 2016; Linux kernel 4.8.7 as default (4.8.12 available in Sparky 'unstable' repository); Firefox 45.5.0 ESR (Firefox 50.0.2 available in our repository); Icedove 45.4 (Thunderbird 45.5.1 available in our repository); LibreOffice 5.2.3-rc1; glibc 2.24, systemd 232-6, Python 2.7.12 and 3.5.2, GCC 5.4.1 and 6.2.0; added two new desktops to be installed via the MinimalGUI/CLI and APTus - CDE (Common Desktop Environment), DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment)...." The release announcement has further details. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,381MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-mate.iso (1,490MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-kde.iso (1,541MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,373MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-4.5-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,220MB, SHA512, signature), |
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| 2016-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mageia 5.1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 5.1, an updated build of the distribution current stable branch. This unscheduled version was put together due to delays delivering the upcoming Mageia 6 which is currently in development. From the release announcement: "We are very pleased to announce the release of Mageia 5.1. This release is a respin of the Mageia 5 installation and live ISO images, based on the Mageia 5 repository and incorporating all updates to allow for an up-to-date installation without the need to install almost a year-and-a-half worth of updates. It is therefore recommended for new installations and upgrades from Mageia 4. If you are currently running Mageia 5 then there is no need to install Mageia 5.1 as it is the same as your system, provided that updates have been installed. Mageia 5.1 ships with many updated packages, including LibreOffice 4.4.7, Linux kernel 4.4.32, KDE4 4.14.5, GNOME 3.14.3 and countless other updates." See also the release notes for detailed technical information. Download links: Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,815MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,622MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,745MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-12-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Linux Mint 18.1 Beta |
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The Linux Mint team has announced the availability of a new development snapshot. The new version, Linux Mint 18.1 beta, features a new screen saver which allows the user to control the media player while the screen is locked, giving users the ability to control music playback without unlocking their computer. In the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint it is possible to enable sounds to accompany on-screen notifications and the Xplayer video player can now blank monitors not in use by the player window. "If you have more than one monitor, you can now press the 'Blank Other Monitors' button when playing a video in full screen. Your video will continue to play and all your other monitors will turn black. The blanking can be toggled back and forth and automatically stops if you leave full screen or close the player. This feature is also available if you plug an external monitor to a laptop, so it allows you to blank the external monitor, or to blank the laptop itself without having to close the lid." These and other changes can be found in the release announcements for each edition (Cinnamon, MATE), in the What's New pages (Cinnamon, MATE) and in the release notes (Cinnamon, MATE). Download (pkglist): linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,703MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,783MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2016-11-25 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2016-11-25, a security update of the Debian-based distribution for the Raspberry Pi single-board computers: "The more observant among you may have spotted that we've recently updated the Raspbian-with-PIXEL image. With any major release of the OS, we usually find a few small bugs and other issues as soon as the wider community starts using it, and so we gather up the fixes and produce a 1.1 release a few weeks later. We don't make a fuss about these bug fix releases, as there's no new functionality; these are just fixes to make things work as originally intended. However, in this case, we've made a couple of important changes. They won't be noticed by many users, but to those who do notice them and who will be affected by them, we should explain ourselves! What has changed? First, from now on SSH will be disabled by default on our images." Here is the full release announcement with an explanation of the changes made in this release. Download: 2016-11-25-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,469MB, SHA1, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 15.12 |
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The developers of Calculate Linux, a Gentoo-based desktop and server distribution, have announced the release of Calculate Linux 15.12. One of the main changes in this release is the replacement of the Chromium web browser with Qupzilla. "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 15.12. Calculate Linux Desktop, featuring either the KDE SC 4 (CLD), the MATE (CLDM) or the Xfce (CLDX) environment, Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Media Center (CMC), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and CLSK with KDE SC 5, Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) are all available for download. Chromium was replaced with the QupZilla web browser on desktop CL versions. A Calculate Linux ISO image can be booted from a live hard drive volume. To do so, select the Live HDD formatting line that was added to the GRUB menu. The release announcement contains a full list of changes and updates. Calculate Linux offers users several desktop editions, including KDE, MATE and Xfce, as well as a directory server, media centre and "Scratch" editions. Download (pkglist): cld-15.12-x86_64.iso (2,392MB, MD5, torrent), cldm-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,965MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,900MB, MD5, torrent), cmc-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,343MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: deepin 15 |
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The eventful last days of the year 2015 have brought us one truly tragic piece of news, but also a brand-new release of deepin, an increasingly popular distribution developed in China and featuring the Deepin desktop environment. This is the project's first version based on Debian GNU/Linux (the "unstable" branch), rather than Ubuntu. From the release announcement: "deepin is a Linux distribution committed to providing an elegant, user-friendly, safe and stable operating system for users all over the world. deepin 15 pays more attention to internationalization, and is enhanced with brand new mirror image acceleration (CDN acceleration). Languages supported are up to 30, thus the infinite charm of deepin can be experienced globally. Newly added languages are Malay, Bulgarian, Swedish, Croatian, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, Spanish (Latin America), Hindi (India), Ukrainian. Besides, we have reached an important cooperative relationship with Intel. We will collaboratively utilize Crosswalk Project to migrate existing web applications to deepin (Linux platform), thus enriching the diversity of applications for deepin and to improve the deepin experience." Download the installation DVD image from here: deepin-15-amd64.iso (1,851MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Releases: Manjaro Linux 15.12 "i3", "bspwm" |
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The Manjaro Linux project has announced the availability of Manjaro Linux 15.12 "i3" and "bspwm" editions, two interesting variants of the distribution that features two of the less popular, but no less interesting window managers - i3 (a dynamic tiling window manager featuring extended Xinerama support) and bspwm (a tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree). The "i3" variant (release announcement with a screenshot is an official Manjaro product, while the "bspwm" flavour is the latest addition to the project's growing number of community-built Manjaro variants: "We are happy to announce a new addition to our community editions, bspwm edition. Bspwm is a manual tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning that features intuitive mouse and keyboard controls. Compared with our i3 edition, it is more minimalistic and CLI-oriented, with the 64-bit edition booting at 105 MB of RAM used. It uses minimal RAM and CPU to be as light as possible without sacrificing functionality. This edition tries to make the command line more accessible for beginners." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download links: manjaro-i3-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,157MB, MD5), manjaro-bspwm-15.12-x86_64.iso (728MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UberStudent 4.3 |
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Stephen Ewen has announced the release of UberStudent 4.3, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a collection of specialist software applications and tools designed primarily for students: "I'm pleased to announce the release of UberStudent 4.3 'Heraclitus', Xfce edition. UberStudent is a Linux distribution for everyone, especially higher education and college-bound secondary students, people who teach them, and their schools. Researchers, knowledge workers, and life-long learners will equally benefit. It has been specifically designed for complete Linux beginners, while remaining equally satisfying to the most advanced Linux user. System: Ubuntu 14.04.3 long-term stable release base supported until April 2019; Linux kernel 4.2; Xfce 4.12, X.Org Server 1.17; Mesa 10.5.9, LibreOffice 5. There are many, many new features and improvements, including latest versions of all core programs, additions to the UberStudent suite of administration tools, improved language support...." Continue to the release announcement for further information. Download: uberstudent-4.3-xfce-amd64.iso (2,778MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Solus 1.0 |
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Ikey Doherty has announced the release of Solus 1.0, the first stable release from the Linux distribution project that delivers a home-made desktop environment called "Budgie" and a custom package manager named "eopkg": "The Solus project is proud to announce the release of the first version of its operating system. Solus 1.0 is code-named 'Shannon' after the longest river in Ireland. Solus 1.0 is the result of over eight months of work, coalesced from over a dozen contributors, over 2,000 package builds, a rewrite of the premier desktop environment Budgie, and more. Solus is a Linux-based operating system built from scratch for the modern desktop and targeting the x86_64 architecture. The Solus project develops a GTK+-based desktop environment referred to as Budgie. Budgie ships with a multitude of features. Budgie has been tested and refined to ensure that high-contrast theming works out of the box, enabling usage by individuals with visual impairments. This Budgie menu enables quick access to your installed programs and offers category and compact views." Continue to the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download (SHA256): Solus-1.0.iso (819MB, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SolydXK 201512 |
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Arjen Balfoort has announced the release of SolydXK 201512, the latest stable release of project's distribution that offers a choice of Xfce 4.10 or KDE 4.11 desktops, all based on the stable Debian GNU/Linux 8: "It's time for new releases again! The new ISO images come packed with changes. I'm not going to mention them all but here are a few: the live installer can now encrypt your partitions; the USB creator has been rebuilt and it does create bootable USB pen drives for several distributions; the update manager has new icons to indicate its status; you can right-click to show the legend for the meaning of the icons; left-click has been removed, So you will need to right-click to activate the update manager window. I hope you are going to enjoy these new releases!" Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (pkglist): solydx_8_64_201512.iso (1,421MB, MD5, torrent), solydk_8_64_201512.iso (1,509MB, MD5, torrent). Besides the official releases, the project's developers have also updated their "Community" editions, including the 32-bit flavours of SolydX and SolydK, as well as the "Enthusiasts" variant (based on Debian's "Testing" branch) and a special edition for the Raspberry Pi mini-computer. |
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| 2015-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e" |
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The developers of the openSUSE educational edition, "Edu Li-f-e", have announced the launch of a new release, based on openSUSE 42.1 Leap. The new version, openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e", ships with multiple desktop environments and multimedia support. "The best Linux distribution for education got a whole lot better, your Li-f-e (Linux for Education) takes a `Leap' to 42.1. openSUSE Education community is proud to present this latest edition based on openSUSE 42.1 with all the features, updates and bug fixes available on it to date. This effectively makes it the only enterprise grade long term supported (LTS) distribution for Education. As with previous releases, we have bundled a ton of software on this live DVD/USB specially packaged for education, along with the Plasma, GNOME and MATE desktop environments, full multimedia experience is also provided out of the box thanks to the Packman repositories." Further information and download links can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download: openSUSE-Edu-li-f-e.x86_64-42.1.1.iso (3,770MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MX Linux 15 |
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The MX Linux project has released a new version of the antiX-based distribution. The new release, MX Linux 15, is based on Debian's Stable (Jessie) branch and is designed to work on a variety of hardware, including low-resource computers. "We are extremely pleased to announce the release of MX-15 (code name Fusion) based on the reliable and stable Debian Jessie (8.2) with extra enhancements and up to date applications provided by our packaging team. Just like MX-14, this release defaults to sysVinit (though systemd is available once installed). Available in 32- and 64-bit. The 32-bit version ships with two stable 3.16 Debian kernels (PAE and non-PAE), while the 64-bit comes with the more recent 4.2 Debian backports kernel to cater for newer hardware." The new release offers users version 4.12 of the Xfce desktop environment, Firefox 43 and LibreOffice 4.3. Further information can be found on the antiX News page. Downloads (MD5) (pkglist): MX-15.01_386.iso (1,081MB), MX-15_x64.iso (985MB). |
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| 2015-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 15.12 |
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Philip Muller has announced the release of a new version of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution. The new release, Manjaro Linux 15.12, ships with Xfce 4.12 and KDE's Plasma 5.5 desktop along with a freshly polished system installer. "Notable changes in our tools: kcm module of Manjaro-Settings got reworked; several enhancements to Pamac and Octopi; optimizations and fixes to Manjaro-Tools; a LVM issue was fixed within Thus. Package-wise we have following changes: KDE Apps got updated to 15.12, VirtualBox is now at 5.0.12, mesa is at 11.0.8, WINE at 1.8 and the kernel at 4.4-rc6. Bumblebee is now also fixed for OpenRC and small fixes went into our Samba share Thunar plugin. To round-up this update, you find here some additional packages. Some Linux 3xx kernels got updated, last-minute fixes for Plasma 5, haskell updates, renewed Deepin desktop 2015 and fixes to Firefox complete Manjaro 15.12." Further information on the latest release of Manjaro Linux can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,466MB, SHA256), manjaro-kde-15.12-x86_64.iso (1,856MB, SHA256), manjaro-net-15.12-x86_64.iso (562MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-12-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Tails 2.0 Beta 1 |
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The Tails project, which produces a live DVD designed for private and anonymous web browsing through pre-configured Tor network, has released the first development build of the upcoming version 2.0. This the distribution's first version based on Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 and it comes with the GNOME Shell desktop in "Fallback" mode. From the release announcement: Tails 2.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 8 'Jessie'. As such, it upgrades essentially all included software. The most noticeable change is probably the move to GNOME Shell, configured in Classic mode. This desktop environment provides a modern and actively developed replacement for the ageing GNOME 'Flashback'. GNOME Shell also paves the way for better supporting touchscreens in the future. Under the hood, an amazing amount of code was ported to more modern technologies. This, in turn, allowed us to do lots of small changes all around the place, that will make the Tails experience both safer, and more pleasant. For example, all custom system services are harder to exploit thanks to the use of Linux namespaces, set up by systemd. And the way Tails tells the user that 'Tor is ready' is now more accurate." Interested beta testers can download the live DVD image from here: tails-i386-2.0~beta1.iso (1,059MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • BSD Release: pfSense 2.2.6 |
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Chris Buechler has announced the release of pfSense 2.2.6, an updated build of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system made for firewalls and routers. This release is largely a security update to fix issues with the software's browser-based user interface and several recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities, while it also upgrades the base system to the latest FreeBSD version: "pfSense software version 2.2.6 is now available. This release includes a few bug fixes and security updates. Security fixes and errata: webgui - local file inclusion vulnerability in the pfSense WebGUI; captiveportal - SQL injection vulnerability in the pfSense captive portal logout; webgui - multiple XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities in the pfSense WebGUI; updated to FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p25; openssl - multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL; updated strongSwan to 5.3.5; includes fix for CVE-2015-8023 authentication bypass vulnerability in the eap-mschapv2 plugin. As always, you can upgrade from any previous version straight to 2.2.6. For those already running any 2.2.x version, this is a low-risk upgrade. For those on 2.1.x or earlier versions, there are a number of significant changes which may impact you. Pay close attention to the 2.2 upgrade notes for the details." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: pfSense-LiveCD-2.2.6-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz (99.2MB, SHA256). |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 |
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The SUSE team has announced the availability of the first service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12. The new release, SUSE Linux Enterprise SP1, features rollback functionality through Btrfs, the GNOME 3.10 desktop environment and the ability to download software updates during the installation process. The new release is available in Desktop and Server editions. The Desktop offering includes seven years of support while the Server edition features a thirteen year life cycle. "SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 introduces a number of innovative changes. Here are some of the highlights: Robustness on administrative errors and improved management capabilities with full system rollback based on Btrfs as the default file system for the operating system partition and SUSE's snapper technology. An overhaul of the installer introduces a new workflow that allows you to register your system and receive all available maintenance updates as part of the installation." Further information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes for the Desktop and Server product lines. SUSE Linux Enterprise is a commercial product with the company offering free 60-day trials which can be acquired from the company's Download page. |
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| 2015-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.3.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.3.1, the latest stable version of the project's distribution designed (among other tasks) for data rescue, system restore and backups: "Version 4.3.1. Minor updates: /etc/issue updated; login.defs and .bash_profiles updated; /etc/skel directory updated; adduser script - user is now also in 'video' group; GTK+ theme updated; Tint2 clock display; Xfce panel - volumeicon2 replaced with Xfce audio mixer plugin; /var/log/boot.log removed; build and compile script updates. Live edition: UTF-8 is now enabled by default; language scripts renamed to 'setlanggerman' and 'setlangczech'. Linux kernels for Banana Pi and Cubietruck added. ARM Linux kernel versions: QEMU - 4.2.8; Raspberry Pi - 4.1.13; Banana Pi - 4.2.3; Cubietruck - 4.4-rc1." Read the rest of the changelog for a full list of changes and improvements. Download the live DVD image (with Xfce) from here: ploplinux-4.3.1-x86_64.iso (1,428MB, MD5). Installation images for standard desktop computers and various ARM devices are also available. |
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| 2015-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 4.2 |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the launch of SparkyLinux 4.2, the second update to the project's 4.x series. SparkyLinux is based on Debian's Testing "Stretch" branch and is available in several desktop editions. The new release features LibreOffice 5, Iceweasel (Firefox) 38 ESR and version 4.2 of the Linux kernel. SparkyLinux 4.2 also offers the Tor Messenger for private chat communications via the distribution's repositories. Further, two editions of the distribution have been discontinued and the translation system has been updated: "The latest poll has told which Sparky edition is not too popular, so these two editions have been dropped: JWM and CLI. Most Sparky tools have been re-configured and they use a simple localization system now. All of them use English and Polish language packages, and many of them, thanks to our community members, use other localizations now. The present status and files to be (still) translated are available at our wiki page." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-lxde.iso (1,563MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-mate.iso (1,662MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-xfce.iso (1,549MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-kde.iso (1,655MB, SHA512), sparkylinux-4.2-x86_64-lxqt.iso (1,384MB, SHA512). |
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| 2015-12-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultimate Edition 4.9 |
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Ultimate Edition developer "TheeMahn" has announced the release of Ultimate Edition 4.9, the latest update to the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring KDE as the default desktop: "It is tradition here in the Ultimate Edition land to release a special Ultimate Edition release for Christmas and this year will be no exception. Ultimate Edition started in 2006 by releasing a Christmas version to the general populous. You can learn more about that by reading an interview Sourceforge conducted on me in 2009. What is the special release, a Christmas-themed Ultimate Edition? No, ARM steps to the plate in this release, a return to the roots of Ultimate Edition in the form of LTS (long-term support), and a step into the future all in one snap. TheeMahn, please stop being cryptic." Visit the distribution's home page to read the full release announcement. Download (MD5): ultimate-edition-4.9-x64.iso (3,445MB). This month's Ultimate Edition release galore includes a separate 4.2.3 "Light MATE" edition and a brand-new release for the armhf architecture, version 4.2; find them all on the project's SourceForge page. |
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| 2015-12-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.3.0 |
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Natanael Copa has announced a new release of the Alpine Linux distribution. Alpine Linux is a minimal, independently developed Linux distribution, designed to run on firewalls, VPN services and low-resource devices like the Raspberry Pi. The latest release, Alpine Linux 3.3.0, ships with version 4.1 of the Linux kernel, GCC 5.3, LibreOffice 5.0 and version 1.12 of the MATE desktop environment. This release is available in several flavours: "We are pleased to announce Alpine Linux 3.3.0, the first release in v3.3 stable series. The ISO images have been renamed. Current images are now: alpine (previously ‘alpine-mini’). Minimalist boot media for network access. alpine-vanilla (same as before). Same as ‘alpine’ but with vanilla kernel. alpine-extended (previously ‘alpine’). Same as ‘alpine’ but with slightly more packages available in the repository. Handy where network access is limited. alpine-xen (same as before). Boot media for Xen Dom 0. alpine-rpi (same as before). alpine-uboot (same as before). General ARM image." Further information on Alpine Linux 3.3.0 can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (SHA256): alpine-3.3.0-x86_64.iso (82MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Manjaro Linux 15.12 RC2 |
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The Manjaro Linux developers have published a new release candidate which includes a number of significant package upgrades. The new development release, Manjaro Linux 15.12-rc2, upgrades the Plasma desktop, LibreOffice and Firefox. Perhaps most importantly, the new release candidate upgrades the GNU compiler, breaking ABI compatibility with older packages. "This is one of the biggest updates we did so far. Mostly due the C++ 11 ABI change within GCC. It is recommended to rebuild your AUR packages for this ABI. With this we are finally dropping Plasma 4 for good. All users of this desktop should either switch over to Plasma 5 or any other maintained desktop, like LXQt. So what changed? We have now Plasma 5.5 with all its goodies, updated Mesa, LibreOffice 4 and 5 series. Firefox 43 is using now GTK3. You might need to check your themes if you have unwanted graphical issues due this change. However we fixed Menda, so you should be fine with that theme." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): manjaro-xfce-15.12-rc2-x86_64.iso (1,454MB, MD5), manjaro-kde-15.12-rc2-x86_64.iso (1,827MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-17 |
NEW • Development Release: deepin 15 Beta |
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The deepin development team has announced the release of deepin 15 beta, the latest development build of the Debian-based distribution featuring a custom desktop environment and layout: "Thanks to the warm feedback from alpha 2 users, the function completeness and stability have been significantly improved in deepin 15 beta. Completely new design style. For this version, a white system theme and winning works of Deepin wallpaper contest 2015 have been used to present you a fresh and elegant feeling. System sound and animation effects and have been thoroughly perfected. Notification, wake up and similar operations will all come with fine sound and animation effects. From now on, every operation you perform will no longer be dull. Meanwhile, we have further refined system details, e.g., finely adjusted the render effects of fonts, added a multitasking view button to the dock. All to make you use the desktop comfortably and smoothly in work and entertainment." Continue to the release announcement which includes numerous screenshots of the deepin desktop. Download the installation DVD image from SourceForge: deepin-15-beta-amd64.iso (1,884MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tails 1.8 |
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Tails 1.8 has been released. Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a live Linux distribution, based on Debian's latest stable release, designed for secure and anonymous web browsing. The main change in this release is the switch to Icedove (Thunderbird) as the default email client: Tails 1.8 is out. This release fixes numerous security issues. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. New features: Icedove, a re-branded variant of Mozilla Thunderbird is now the official email client in Tails, replacing Claws Mail. Claws Mail will be removed from Tails in version 2.0 (2016-01-26). If you have been using Claws Mail and activated its persistence feature, follow our instructions to migrate your data to Icedove. Upgrades and changes: Electrum Bitcoin wallet from 1.9.8 to 2.5.4, now Electrum should work again in Tails; Tor Browser to 5.0.5; Tor to 0.2.7.6; I2P to 0.9.23; Icedove from 31.8 to 38.4; Enigmail from 1.7.2 to 1.8.2." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and known issues. Download (SHA256): tails-i386-1.8.iso (1,004MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5 Test 2 |
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Alan Baghumian has announced the availability of a second test release of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5, the upcoming new release based on Debian's current stable version, but featuring the brand-new GNOME Shell 3.18.3 desktop: "Hello everybody, the second testing version of Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5, code name 'Atticus;, is available now. Parsix GNU/Linux 8.5-TEST-2 comes with GNOME Shell 3.18.3, an updated kernel based on Linux 4.1.13 and a whole bunch of updated packages. This version has been built on top of the rock-solid Debian 'Jessie' (8.5) platform and all base packages have been synchronized with Debian's 'Jessie' repositories as of November 14, 2015. Highlights: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, GRUB 2, GNU Iceweasel (Firefox) 42.0, GParted 0.19.0, Empathy 3.12.11, LibreOffice 4.3.3, VirtualBox 4.3.30 and a kernel based on Linux 4.1.13 with TuxOnIce 3.3, BFS and other extra patches. Live DVD has been compressed using SquashFS and xz." See the release announcement and release notes for further details and a list of upgraded packages. Download the live DVD image from SourceForge: parsix_8.5-TEST-2-amd64.iso (1,238MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ClearOS 6.7.0 |
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Peter Baldwin has announced the release of ClearOS 6.7.0, the latest stable version of CentOS-based distribution's legacy branch - a product designed primarily for servers and gateways: "ClearOS 6.7.0 has been released for both Community and Professional editions. Now that ClearOS 7 is available, the ClearOS 6 release series has entered maintenance mode. Security and bug fixes will continue to be released. This version features improvements and bug fixes. ClearOS 6.7 enters extended support and no further features for this version are anticipated. To upgrade an existing system to ClearOS 6.7.0, you can run the following command: 'yum upgrade'. For a full list of improvements that have been added, please review the changelogs." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download either the free "Community" edition or the subscription-based "Professional" variant from here: clearos-community-6.7.0-x86_64-DVD.iso (697MB, MD5, pkglist), clearos-professional-6.7.0-x86_64-DVD.iso (697MB, MD5). |
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| 2015-12-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CentOS 7-1511 |
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Karanbir Singh has announced the launch of a new version of CentOS. The CentOS project builds an enterprise class distribution based on source code from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The latest release, CentOS 7-1511, contains mostly minor new features and security fixes. "Since release 1503 (abrt>=2.1.11-19.el7.centos.0.1) CentOS-7 can report bugs directly to bugs.centos.org. You can find information about that feature at this page. sudo is now capable of verifying command checksums. A Kerberos HTTPS proxy is now available for identity management. NSS no longer accepts DH key parameters < 768 nor RSA/DSA certificates with key sizes < 1024 bits. NSS also now enables TLS1.1/1.2 by default. Various packages now support TLS1.1/1.2 and EC ciphers..." Singh reported CentOS developers are working to produce builds for ARM, Aarch64 and 32-bit x86 architectures. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes for CentOS 7-1511. Download: CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso (4,129MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rockstor 3.8-10 |
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Suman Chakravartula has announced the release of Rockstor 3.8-10, the latest stable build of the project's CentOS-based specialist Linux distribution for Network Attached Storage (NAS) tasks: "Rockstor 3.8-10 is now available. This is our second release in the Stable updates channel. We closed 13 issues in this release, compared to 20 in 3.8-9. And this release took a bit longer. If you are wondering why, it’s because of the big feature improvement in this release: asynchronous replication. This feature efficiently replicates Shares on one Rockstor appliance to another by using Btrfs send/receive functionality. While this feature was added a while ago, it was a bit over-engineered and buggy, so it had to be improved. I started refactoring the existing pub-sub design and ended up completely redesigning it. The result is a much simpler and more robust implementation. I plan to write more about it here and the community wiki soon." Read the rest of the release announcement for a further details and a list of bug fixes. Download (MD5): Rockstor-3.8-10.iso (707MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" |
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Sergey Aleksandrov has announced the release of ROSA R6 "Desktop Fresh LXQt" edition, a lightweight edition of ROSA that features the LXQt desktop for the very first time: "After several months of ROSA Desktop Fresh R6 KDE release, we are happy to announce a lightweight edition of Desktop Fresh R6 which uses LXQt desktop environment. Up to Desktop Fresh R5, we used to release lightweight editions on the basis of LXDE. However, LXDE is based on GTK+ 2 library stack which didn't get significant updates since the year 2011 - all new features are now implemented in the GTK+ 3 series. The old GTK+ 2-based LXDE is not dead and is still developed by a group of volunteers, but their progress is not as significant as LXQt's one. In particular, there was almost no significant difference in LXDE components between LXDE editions of ROSA Desktop Fresh R4 and Fresh R5. But our distribution has a 'Fresh' word in its name, so we decided to give a chance to a new desktop environment. And after several months of experiments, integration work and bug fixes, we are ready to present a new edition of ROSA Desktop Fresh which is based on LXQt." Continue to the release notes for further information. Download: ROSA.FRESH.LXQT.R6.x86_64.iso (1,276MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.17 Core 95 |
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The developers of IPFire, an independent distribution which focuses on security, have announced a new update to their distribution. The latest release, IPFire 2.17 Core Update 95, offers users a number of improvements to the IPsec VPN software and an updated Linux kernel. "This is the official release announcement for IPFire 2.17 Core Update 95 which is a bigger release with a new kernel and various smaller feature enhancements and bug fixes. This update contains a minor update to the Linux kernel IPFire is using based on Linux 3.14.57. Various device drivers for Intel network controllers and some other hardware have been improved. strongswan has been updated to version 5.3.3 and much work was done on the IPsec VPN stack. The changes include feature enhancements and bug fixes. It is now possible to configure more than one subnet per IPsec net-to-net connection- That makes configuration for more complex networks easier and also reduces the overhead for the IPsec connection." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (SHA1): ipfire-2.17.i586-full-core95.iso (157MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment" |
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The developers of Proxmox, a commercial distribution based on Debian, have announced the release of Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment". The new release features improved support for ZFS, an advanced file system, and Linux containers (LXC). "The recent release is based on the latest Debian Jessie and on the 4.2.6 kernel with LXC and QEMU 2.4.1. Based on the feedback from the Proxmox community and customers, countless small improvements and bug fixes went into the product. Included are better ZFS integration for the ISO installer, better start-up and shutdown behaviour, disk resizing for LXC containers, and also several LXC technology previews like for example support for unprivileged container or LVM thin support. All TurnKey GNU/Linux V14 Appliances are now available as LXC templates." Further information on the release of Proxmox 4.1 "Virtual Environment" can be found in the company's release announcement. Download: proxmox-ve_4.1-2f9650d4-21.iso (685MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SME Server 9.1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the release of SME Server 9.1, the first update to the stable 9.x branch of the project's server distribution based on CentOS 6: "Koozali is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Koozali SME Server distribution. SME Server is intended for use on servers in small and medium businesses and is based on CentOS. The latest release, SME Server 9.1, provides users with an update to the distribution's 9.x series and is based on CentOS 6.x. SME Server 9.1 introduces support for Windows 10 domains and includes OpenSSL packages from the project's upstream distribution. Major changes in this release: added functionality to use a dummy NIC for the internal interface; set the check update frequency of 'smecontribs' through the server-manager; disable SSLv3; added Windows 10 support for SME Domain." See the release announcement and release notes for a complete list of changes. Download the installation DVD image from here: smeserver-9.1-x86_64.iso (767MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 0.3.2 |
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The developers of elementary OS have announced the launch of an updated version of the project's Freya series. The new version, elementary OS 0.3.2, fixes a number of issues, including boot issues with UEFI and Secure Boot systems. "Just in time for the holidays, it's a new release of elementary OS! Freya 0.3.2 is a minor release, mostly focused around solving some issues folks have had with UEFI & Secure Boot, but we've also managed to sneak in some internationalization updates and a couple new features. With the help of incredibly useful tips, advice, and code snippets from Antoni Norman (aka Pinguy), Cody has almost completely rewritten our .iso build system since 0.3.1. We've tested these new builds on 64-bit (U)EFI, and BIOS machines, with and without Internet, with Secure Boot and legacy boot, and everything in between. No more infamous GRUB boot error!" Further information on elementary OS 0.3.2 can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: elementaryos-0.3.2-stable-amd64.20151209.iso (1,098MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chapeau 23 |
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The Chapeau project has released a new version of its Fedora-based distribution. The Chapeau distribution offers users a Fedora-compatible desktop distribution for the 64-bit x86 architecture. Chapeau ships with third-party software which is not available in Fedora by default due to packaging or licensing concerns. The latest version, Chapeau 23, offers users GNOME 3.18, LibreOffice 5, PlayOnLinux, Steam and Firefox with Adobe Flash enabled by default. "New features in Chapeau 23: We have a new Hardware Helper Tool (hht). Inspect your hardware and manage your NVIDIA drivers with ease, even with NVIDIA Optimus!. The Korora repository has been removed. The default display server remains to be X in Chapeau 23, unlike Fedora 23 Workstation Wayland is disabled by default. More wallpapers! Gnome 3.18 now has Google Drive integration. Other noteworthy changes inherited from Fedora 23 are: Python 3 is now the default implementation." Further information can be found in the distribution's release announcement for Chapeau 23. Download (MD5): Chapeau_23_x86-64.iso (2,527MB, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-07 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 4.4.1 |
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Justin Sherrill has announced the release of DragonFly BSD, the latest stable release from the BSD-derived operating system that features the Hammer file system, virtual kernels and other unique characteristics. This first point release in the stable 4.4 series is provided due to the late inclusion of an important OpenSSL security update: "DragonFly BSD 4.4 has been tagged and built. DragonFly version 4.4 brings further updates to accelerated video for both i915 and Radeon users, a new locale system, and a new default linker. Significant behind-the-scenes work has also been done, with symbol versioning, Hammer1 improvements, and other changes. Version 4.4.1 was the first release due to the late inclusion of OpenSSL update 1.0.1q. ... If you have an existing 4.2.x system and are running a generic kernel, the normal upgrade process will work. Change your local /usr/src to 4.4." See the brief release announcement and the more detailed release notes for further information. Download the installation CD image from one of the DragonFly BSD mirrors: dfly-x86_64-4.4.1_REL.iso.bz2 (209MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2015-12-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 8.3 |
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The Robolinux project has announced the availability of a new release of their commercial, Debian-based distribution. The latest version, Robolinux 8.3, includes several new multimedia applications, including Photo Filmstrip, Spotify, Blender, OpenShot and Pinta. Robolinux 8.3 also ships with Wireshark for monitoring network traffic. Additional wi-fi and printer drivers were added while Popcorntime was removed from the list of applications. "As the Christmas and holiday season was approaching Robolinux polled its user base extensively asking `What hot new apps do you want in Robolinux Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce & LXDE Raptors?' An overwhelming number of users responded with "We want more multimedia and privacy apps in Robolinux". Interestingly many users asked for a packet sniffer to monitor their privacy amongst other things." Further information on this release can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads (MD5) (pkglist): robolinux64-live-lxde-v8.3.iso (1,897MB), robolinux64-live-xfce-v8.3.iso (2,036MB), robolinux64-live-mate-v8.3.iso (1,887MB), robolinux64-live-cinnamon-v8.3.iso (2,010MB). |
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| 2015-12-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 17.3 |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced a new release of the Linux Mint distribution. The new release, Linux Mint 17.3, is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and is available in MATE and Cinnamon editions. Some of the key changes in this release involve the handling of software updates and managing hardware drivers. "Linux Mint 17.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable to use. Software repositories are very important. We use them all the time when installing new software or performing updates. They need to be fast and reliable. This was a major point of focus in the development of Linux Mint 17.3. Software repositories are mirrored (i.e. duplicated on many servers) all over the world. The main goal of the Software Sources configuration tool is to make it easy to find the best available mirror for you; one that is: reliable and fully up to date; fast and responsive. To find the fastest mirrors, the Software Sources tool now detects your location and starts its speed tests with mirrors near you." Further information can be found in the release announcements for the Cinnamon and MATE editions. Download (pkglist): linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso (1,508MB, SHA256, torrent), linuxmint-17.3-mate-64bit.iso (1,600MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2015-11-21 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of Raspbian 2015-11-21, a new update of the Debian-based distribution made for the Raspberry Pi single-board mini-computer: "Amid all the excitement last week, some people have noticed that we also released an updated Raspbian image, and have been asking what is in it. Obviously, one of the most important features of this image is support for Pi Zero (which is also the main reason we didn't make any fuss about it in advance). But there are a few other small changes which apply to all versions of the Pi, so here's a list for the curious. IBM's Node-RED Internet Of Things application is now included - this allows you to rapidly create IoT applications by connecting blocks in a graphical editor. To get started, run the Node-RED application from Programming in the main menu, and then use the web browser to access port 1880 at your Pi's own address to see the editor. Under Preferences in the main menu, you will now find an option for Add/Remove Software. This launches a modified version of the GNOME Packages application, which allows you to add and remove software on your Pi." Read the full release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download the compressed image file from here: 2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.zip (1,271MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Pentoo 2015.0 RC4.6 |
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Richard Farina has announced the availability of a new development update of Pentoo 2015.0, a Gentoo-based live DVD (with Xfce 4.12 and Linux kernel 4.0.8) featuring an extensive set of tools designed for penetration testing and forensic analysis: "The DEF CON 23 release was RC 3.8, and today we are announcing RC 4.6. That is 7 (publicly uploaded) builds that got tested, and we found bugs worth fixing. What you can download today, is hopefully the most impressive ISO image to date. I won't harp on how it's awesome, or why it's awesome, other than to say we tested things, made some usability improvements, and things just plain work. Isn't that what you have always wanted out of your live CD? I'll keep this announcement brief, but baring a major bug this will be your ISO for a little while. There are plans brewing for a fairly major improvement in the next release that it's totally hush hush (unless you hang out in IRC where I talk about it all the time). I will give a hint, it is something I have wanted to do for a long time, and now I finally get to." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pentoo-amd64-default-2015.0_RC4.6.iso (3,892MB, SHA512, torrent), pentoo-amd64-hardened-2015.0_RC4.6.iso (3,918MB, SHA512, torrent). |
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| 2015-12-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 1.4.4 |
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The developers of Q4OS have announced a new version of the project's Debian-based distribution. Q4OS features the Trinity desktop environment and can work on low-resource hardware. "The Q4OS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Q4OS 1.4.4 release. It's the maintenance release of the Q4OS 1.4 'Orion' series, and is built on and improves the previous version. The new Q4OS release ships with brand new update notifier and manager, as well as several different improvements. Update notifier pops up an icon in system tray, when updates are available from system repositories and lets administrator to apply them on request. Other improvements include optimized desktop profiles, fast data transfer from Android devices, broader support for various multimedia formats and more. Bunch of more or less important bug fixes, packages updates and security patches has been delivered as usual." Further information can be found on the project's blog. Builds of Q4OS are available for computers featuring 32-bit and 64-bit x86 processors and there is an image of Q4OS for the Raspberry Pi mini computer. Downloads (MD5): q4os-live-1.4.4-x64.iso (644MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Deepin 2014.2 |
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Deepin 2014.2, the second update of the Ubuntu-based community distribution with a custom, HTML 5-based desktop environment, has been released. The "live mode" functionality has been removed in this version, so it is no longer possible to test the distribution before committing to a hard disk installation. Other features of the release include: "Enabled brand-new Deepin themes, making the system interface more beautiful; newly added the feature of drag and drop re-ordering to the residing icons in Dock; newly added four kinds of re-ordering modes in the Launcher (by name, by category, by installation time and by frequency of use); newly added the functions of Icon, Cursor and Fonts setting in the Personalization Setting module; improved multi-screen display function; strengthened the network function and added the function of state memory; simplified the operation of choosing time zone in Control Center and newly added the function of daylight saving time...." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: deepin_2014.2_amd64.iso (1,888MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NixOS 14.12 |
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Version 14.12 of NixOS, a distribution that uses a custom package manager, deploys a unique file system layout, and offers various innovative features, has been released: "NixOS 14.12 'Caterpillar' has been released, the third stable release branch. In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous improvements; Nix has been updated to 1.8; NixOS is now based on glibc 2.20; KDE has been updated to 4.14; the default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.14. If users.mutableUsers is enabled (the default), changes made to the declaration of a user or group will be correctly realised when running nixos-rebuild. For instance, removing a user specification from configuration.nix will cause the actual user account to be deleted. If users.mutableUsers is disabled, it is no longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs." Read the brief release announcement on the project's home page, with further details available in the release notes. Download: nixos-graphical-14.12.231-x86_64-linux.iso (874MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenELEC 5.0 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 5.0, an updated release of the distribution designed for media centres - now with the news Kodi 14 media centre software a build for Freescale iMX6 devices: "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce OpenELEC 5.0. OpenELEC 5.0 is the latest stable release, which is a feature release and the successor of OpenELEC 4.2. The headline change is the update from XBMC 13 (Gotham) to Kodi 14 (Helix) and the big switch from XBMC to Kodi branding. Both project teams have conducted a major find/replace but if you spot residual mentions of XBMC anywhere please let us know. The name change affects more than the GUI; all references in code have been changed and in the OpenELEC filesystem /storage/.xbmc will be recreated as a symlink to /storage/.kodi to ensure hardcoded paths in add-ons or scripts continue to work. For information on Kodi 14 you can find here." Read the release announcement for further information. Download the generic, Raspberry Pi or Freescale iMX6 builds from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.0.0.tar (146MB), OpenELEC-RPi.arm-5.0.0.tar (104MB), OpenELEC-imx6.arm-5.0.0.tar (93.0MB). |
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| 2014-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2014.12 |
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Anke Boersma has announced the release of KaOS 2014.12, an updated build of the project's Arch-inspired, rolling-release Linux distribution featuring the KDE desktop: "KaOS is very proud to announce the availability of the December release of a new stable ISO image. It marks two major milestones for this distribution. Since its inception almost two years ago, a need to be ready for UEFI installs has always been a priority. That was tied to getting a modern Qt-based installer that could handle such UEFI installs. With this release, both are implemented. The new, Qt5/Python3-based installer is a joint effort of several distributions. In May of this year, developers of Netrunnner, KaOS and Manjaro got together to discuss the possibility to work jointly on a brand-new, Qt5-based installer. The idea was born to create Calamares. By June the coding started and by August a first, raw usable version was put into testing." Continue to the release announcement to find out more. Download: KaOS-2014.12-x86_64.iso (1,672MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspbian 2014-12-24 |
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Just in time for some holiday hacking - version 2014-12-24 of Raspbian, a Debian-based distribution designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board mini-computer, has been released. What's new? "Fix regression with omission of python-pygame; new firmware with various fixes and improvements; new UI configuration for LXDE; various package updates; python3-pygame preinstalled; 'nuscratch', scratch running on the Cog StackVM; miscellaneous other changes." Read also the "Merry Christmas! Got a New Pi? Read on!" post on RaspberryPi.org with useful tips on setting up a new Raspberry Pi. As usual, Raspbian is available for download either as a standalone image for USB storage devices or as part of NOOBS, a beginner-friendly compilation of several popular operating systems designed for Raspberry Pi. Get them from here: NOOBS_v1_3_11.zip (960MB, torrent), 2014-12-24-wheezy-raspbian.zip (934MB, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" |
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Ekaterina Lopukhova has announced the release of ROSA R5 "Desktop Fresh" edition, a desktop Linux distribution featuring an intuitive KDE 4.14.3 desktop: "The ROSA company is happy to present the long-awaited ROSA Desktop Fresh R5, the number 5 in the "R" lineup of the free ROSA distros with the KDE desktop as the main graphical environment. Changes in comparison with the previous release: KDE 4 desktop environment has been updated to version 4.14.3.; Firefox has been updated to version 34.0, ROSA repositories also provide Firefox ESR 24.8.0 with classical UI theme; fixed video playback problems in KLook and TimeFrame caused by migration to GStreamer 1.0 API; fixed issues with video preview in Dolphin; fixed problem with copying large files by means of kamera KIO slave...." Read the rest of the release notes for further details and system requirements. Download: ROSA.FRESH.KDE.R5.x86_64.iso (1,696MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2014.12 |
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Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2014.12, the last build in the current series of PCLinuxOS releases before some major upgrades: "PCLinuxOS 2014.12 ISO images have been released for Full Monty, KDE, MATE and LXDE. Highlights include Linux kernel 3.18.1, FFmpeg 2.5.1, MESA 10.4.0, SysVInit (no systemd) and all popular applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird and VLC have been updated to their latest versions. Please note if you have been keeping up with your PCLinuxOS software updates then there is no need to install fresh from a 2014.12 ISO image. These images are final releases based on legacy technology. Future releases will default to GRUB 2 and will support UEFI and GPT partition formats." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: pclinuxos64-kde-fullmonty-2014.12.iso (4,078MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-kde-2014.12.iso (1,724MB, MD5, pkglist), pclinuxos64-lxde-2014.12.iso (682MB, MD5), pclinuxos64-mate-2014.12.iso (700MB, MD5). |
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| 2014-12-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Webconverger 27.1 |
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Kai Hendry has announced the release of Webconverger 27.1, the latest update of the single-purpose, Debian-based Linux distribution designed for web kiosks - now with updated Linux kernel, version 3.16.7: "Webconverger 27 release. Webconverger wishes you a happy new year and gives the gift of a better web experience. Highlights of Webconverger 27.1: better Intel support, we do recommend NUC hardware and this update will give more flexibility with external displays; rebranded to our new logo and do check out our refreshed website; includes Firefox 34 with accompanying security fixes; new 3.16 kernel for better hardware support; new tabswitch= API, a convenient function to switch between tabs when used for digital signage; important Flash security updates, so important that Mozilla blocked versions below 11.2.202.425; Gujarati font support." See the complete release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download the live CD image from here: webc-27.1.iso (406MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 2.5.0 (Beta) |
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Samuel Baggen has announced the release of Elive 2.5.0, the latest build in the long line of development releases that characterise this Debian-based distribution with Enlightenment 17: "The Elive team is proud to announce the release of beta version 2.5.0. This new version includes: Linux kernel optimizations - CK2 (Con Kolivas patches) with the BFS (Brain F@#k Scheduler) and BFQ (Budget Fair Queueing) set by default, they improve desktop interactivity and hard disk I/O; updated version 3.16.7 of the Linux kernel to include the new CKT patches that includes many of bug fixes; much more friendly way to know who and where you are in your terminal; much better integration of Dropbox in the file manager; an amazing tool called git-watcher is now in Elive; fixed a message in the boot process about a glib warning." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details and notes from the developer. Download the live DVD image from here: elive_2.5.0_beta_hybrid.iso (2,270MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Kubuntu 15.04 Alpha 1 |
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Jonathan Riddell has announced the availability of the initial development release of "Vivid Vervet", a family of Ubuntu distribution that will eventually bear the version number 15.04. This first alpha build is available for Kubuntu (now with Plasma 5 as the default KDE), Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu Kylin. From the release announcement: "The first alpha of Vivid Vervet (to become 15.04) has now been released. This alpha features images for Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin and Ubuntu Cloud. Kubuntu uses KDE software and now features the new Plasma 5 desktop. Plasma 5, the next generation of KDE Software is still a work in progress, but is stable enough for everyday use and it keeps getting better as new versions drop frequently." See also the brief Kubuntu release notes for more information and screenshots. Download links: kubuntu/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,202MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (690MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-gnome/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,031MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin/vivid-desktop-amd64.iso (1,336MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Robolinux 7.7.1 "LXDE" |
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John Martinson has announced the availability of a brand-new edition of Robolinux with the lightweight LXDE as the default desktop. Extremely fast and containing a pre-configured VirtualBox for running other operating systems from within Robolinux, it is, according to the developers, the project's best release to-date. From the distribution's SourceForge page: "Robolinux is very proud and excited to announce its new Robolinux LXDE 'Need for Speed' 32-bit and 64-bit variants which boot up using an unprecedented 66 MB of RAM in its 32-bit operating system. An incredible amount of effort was put into making the LXDE user interface look extremely polished and easy to use. An enormous amount of time and effort went into optimizing and streamlining the new LXDE desktop so that Linux beginners and advanced users would be very pleased. Both variants are based on the rock-solid Debian 7 source code and have one-click 'Auto Upgrade Robolinux' option in the main menu." Download (MD5) link: robolinux64-lxde-v7.7.1.iso (1,652MB, username: "live", password: "live"). |
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| 2014-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Wifislax 4.10 |
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Version 4.10 of Wifislax, a Slackware-based distribution with a collection of utilities for performing wireless connection analyses and related security tests, has been released. This the first time the ISO image file exceeds 700 MB which means that it will no longer fit on a CD. The release comes with some user-friendly enhancements, e.g. users no longer need to run "update-grub" after installing the distribution to a hard disk and there is also a new notification system for updated packages. Much of the development has focused on creating update/install scripts, with can be used to update parts of the system, including the Linux kernel. Wifislax 4.10 is built on top of Linux kernel 3.12.35 and it includes a choice of KDE 4.10.5 and Xfce 4.10 desktops. Both Spanish and English languages are supported, although the release announcement is available in Spanish only. Download the live CD image from the project's download server: wifislax-4-10-final.iso (795MB, pkglist). |
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| 2014-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 14.12 |
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Alexander Tratsevskiy has announced the release of Calculate Linux 14.12, the latest update of the project's Gentoo-based distribution with editions for desktops (KDE or Xfce), servers and media centres: "We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 14.12. Main changes: updates are checked even faster in the background; Calculate utilities, Perl and Python libraries, and the rest of your packages will not be updated separately any more; if only the file header has been modified, the new configuration will be accepted automatically; all obsolete package archives are cleared; added support for installing CL as a host system on Virtio devices; icons somewhat edited and services rearranged for Calculate Console; CLD and CLDX got back several wallpapers from previous versions...." Continue to the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (pkglist): cld-14.12-x86_64.iso (KDE, 2,299MB, MD5, torrent), cldx-14.12-x86_64.iso (Xfce, 1,714MB, MD5, torrent), cmc-14.12-x86_64.iso (XBMC, 1,115MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Point Linux 3.0 Beta 3 |
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Peter Ryzhenkov has announced the availability of the third beta build of Point Linux 3.0, a Debian-based distribution with a choice of MATE or GNOME desktops: "Point Linux team proudly announces the availability of the Point Linux 3.0 beta 3. The key feature of this release is the new GNOME 3.14 edition that hopefully will make a perfect company to the existing MATE desktop. Just like in the previous MATE-only releases, Point Linux GNOME edition comes in two suites, 'Full' for the fully functional out-of-the-box desktop, and 'Core', containing only the basic and free components. Based on the recently introduced GNOME 'Classic' mode, Point Linux combines it with the custom tweaks and the brand-new dark panel theme aiming to bring the best possible experience for the GNOME 2 fans. Point Linux MATE 3.0 beta 3 got many under-the-hood bug fixes and infrastructural changes." For more information please consult the release notes for the MATE edition and the GNOME variant. Download (pkglist): pointlinux-mate-full-3.0b3-64.iso (1,118MB, MD5, torrent), pointlinux-gnome-full-3.0b3-64.iso (1,119MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Tanglu 2.0 |
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Matthias Klumpp announced the release of Tanglu 2.0, a desktop Linux distribution with a choice of KDE or GNOME, based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "We are glad to announce the availability of the second release of Tanglu, code name 'Bartholomea'. This release contains a large amount of updated packages, and ships with the latest release of KDE 4 and GNOME. Tanglu 2 ships with two options to install it: Debian Installer (d-i) and our own live-installer. We recommend to use Debian Installer ('Install Tanglu' option on the live CD boot menu), because a lot of testing went into it and it does a much better job compared to the live installer, which will be replaced with Tanglu 3. The KDE flavor of Tanglu received bug-fix updates for the Plasma workspaces and contains new versions of the KDE applications." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (SHA256, pkglist): tanglu-2.0-kde-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,367MB), tanglu-2.0-gnome-live-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,284MB). |
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| 2014-12-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxConsole 2.3 |
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Yann Le Doaré has announced the release of LinuxConsole 2.3, an independent Linux distribution made for game consoles: "LinuxConsole is primarily designed to turn old and semi-old computers into game console centers. The LXDE desktop includes some utilities, scripts to install Firefox 34, Flash player and Google Chrome), and system-management functions (like installing printers). As a bonus, a lightweight package manager called opkg-gui allows you to install and run stable source packages to fill out the basic live CD with the latest software. Several categories are available: games, office, system, education. Based on the goal to revive old computers, this distribution works well on old and semi-old computers with low resources (as low as 256 MB of RAM), it runs on old and new video cards (Intel, NVIDIA, ATI), it can be turned into a live USB image, and it can be installed as a dual-boot system with Windows. Features: locale support for English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese and Breton, Linux kernel 3.14.26...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: linuxconsole.2.3-x86.iso (700MB, MD5). |
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