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PHLAK (Professional Hacker's Linux Assault Kit) was a modular security distribution, geared to be used as a live CD. PHLAK was created to become the only tool security professionals would need to perform security analysis, penetration testing, forensics, and security auditing. PHLAK comes with two light GUIs (fluxbox and XFCE4), packages for printing, publishing, a little multimedia, many security tools, and a file cabinet full of security related documentation for your reading/educational purposes. This distro was based off of Morphix.
Status: Discontinued
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2025-05-10 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 14.3-BETA2 |
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Colin Percival has sent out an announcement that the FreeBSD team has released a new development build, FreeBSD 14.3-BETA2. The snapshot includes several bug fixes, particularly surrounding wireless networking: "The second beta build of the 14.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available. If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing system, use the 'releng/14.3' branch. A summary of changes since BETA1 includes: multiple wifi-related bug fixes; a 'tcp_do_segment: sent too much' KASSERT will no longer trigger under certain circumstances; nuageinit now supports chpasswd; xz has been updated to 5.8.1; setting invalid VM sysctl values fails rather than causing a kernel panic; mountd(8) now reloads the exports(5) file properly; the arm64 kernel.bin file builds reproducible with respect to local; the in_systm.h and bpf.h headers are now self-contained." Additional information, along with checkums and alternative download options (including images for cloud deployments), can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: FreeBSD-14.3-BETA2-amd64-disc1.iso (1,241MB, SHA512). |
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2025-05-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SDesk 2025.05.06 |
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Steve Studios Inc. has announced the release of a new version of SDesk, an Arch-based Linux distribution with GNOME as the default desktop. The new version, called "20mini" and labelled as 2025.05.06, adds full SELinux support: "SDesk 20mini, contrary to its name, is the most substantial update to the SDesk distribution that Steve Studios has ever shipped. This massive update adds full SELinux support with a security policy specifically designed for Arch Linux. It is also the first version of SDesk to offer an ISO image with NVIDIA drivers. SDesk 20mini now includes the much more secure memory allocator, hardened_malloc, that is also used in systems like GrapheneOS, and it now restricts kernel pointer access in the proc filesystem for added security. This is also the first version to ship with built-in Java and Lua application support. 20mini also includes a firewall manager and desktop app, and now you can copy emojis directly from the status bar. You can also now view and select all of the old SDesk wallpapers used in previous versions right from the Settings app." Read the rest of the release announcement for complete changelog. Download (pkglist): sdesk-2025.05.06-x86_64.iso (3,079MB, SHA256, signature), sdesk_nvidia-2025.05.06-x86_64.iso (3,351MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2025-05-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plamo Linux 8.2 |
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The Plamo Linux maintainer group has announced the release of Plamo Linux 8.2, the latest release of the Japanese project's distribution that is loosely modeled on Slackware Linux and actively maintained since 2001. The new release provides updates packages, including Linux kernel 6.12.21 (with NVIDIA driver 570.133.07), GCC 14.2.0, LLVM 19.1.0, Mesa 25.0.3, Xfce 4.20, LXQt 2.1, MATE 1.28, Firefox 137.0, FFmpeg 7.1.1, TeX Live 20240313, LibreOffice 24.8.6. The developers have removed some unnecessary network-related tools and firmware during installation to slim down the installer; as a result, it is possible that hardware which was previously supported is no longer usable (due to a lack of firmware). In addition, there is a new tool, Plamo8_USBboot_img.zip, for booting from a VFAT-formatted USB memory stick. One copy the EFI, boot and GRUB directories present in this zip file to a USB memory stick and boot from the USB memory stick via UEFI (depending on the UEFI implementation). This environment includes network tools and a full set of Linux firmware, so it can also be used as a rescue system. Read the full release announcement (in Japanese) for further information. Download (pkglist): plamo-8.2_x86_64_usb.iso (12,231MB, MD5). |
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2025-05-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2025-05-06 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of a new version of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based distribution designed for the low-cost Raspberry Pi mini-computers. The 2025-05-06 version introduces new screen-locking and auto-login features: "We've installed a modified version of the swaylock screen locking application. Anyone who has used swaylock will be familiar with its somewhat minimal interface – when you lock the screen, you just get a completely white screen with no indication of what has happened or what you need to do. We felt this was a bit unhelpful, so we've added a custom frontend which gives a bit more feedback as to what is happening and what you need to do to unlock it again. You can now lock the screen by pressing Ctrl-Alt-L, or by choosing 'Shutdown' from the main menu and selecting 'Lock Screen' in the dialog. You'll then see the lock screen, with a password entry box." Continue to the verbose release announcement for a more complete list of new features and screenshots. Here are the download links to the "standard", "full" and "lite" editions for the arm64 architecture (pkglist): 2025-05-06-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz (1,148MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), 2025-05-06-raspios-bookworm-arm64-full.img.xz (3,086MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), 2025-05-06-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.xz (424MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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2025-05-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-28 |
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Clonezilla Live is a minimal, live distribution which provides tools for cloning and restoring disk and partition images. The project's latest release, version 3.2.1-28, is based on Ubuntu 25.04. "The underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded, this release is based on the Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' repository, as of 2025-05-04; Linux kernel has been updated to 6.14; Partclone has been updated to 0.3.36; added libfsapfs-utils, usb-modeswitch and fscrypt packages in Clonezilla live system; added ocs-find-live-key program and updated ocs-put-log-usb so that it can copy the log files even when Clonezilla live USB drive is used in 'To RAM' mode; it will find the USB key that is vFAT file system and that contains the Clonezilla-Live-Version' file, then it will be treated as Clonezilla live USB drive; ocs-live-repository - added dev=///OCS_LIVE_USB so that the Clonezilla live USB drive can be assigned as the image repository, especially when Clonezilla live USB drive is booted in 'To RAM" mode', the Clonezilla live USB drive has to be vFAT file system since it's used to boot in both UEFI and MBR mode." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (MD5): clonezilla-live-3.2.1-28-amd64.iso (462MB, pkglist). |
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2025-05-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 11.0 |
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Maria Fokanova has announced the release of ALT Linux 11.0 "Workstation", an independently-developed Linux distribution with RPM package management and (newly) GNOME as the default desktop: "Update 11 of ALT Workstation operating system is available. The new distribution release is based on Platform 11 (p11 'Salvia' stable branch). The build is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 architectures, using the 6.12 (LTS) Linux kernel. System environment: GCC 14 compiler suite; systemd 255.18; glibc 2.38; glib2 2.82. The new distribution retains the ability to boot ALT Workstation in LiveCD mode. The LiveCD uses Nouveau drivers, while the installed system defaults to NVIDIA drivers. Key features of the release on Platform 11: redesigned system theme; switched from MATE to GNOME desktop environment; numerous new GNOME-compliant applications; updated documentation. The most significant change in Workstation is transition to the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME components: GTK 4.16, Libadwaita 1.6, GNOME Shell 47.4." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: alt-workstation-11.0-x86_64.iso (6,228MB, SHA512, signature), alt-workstation-11.0-aarch64.iso (5,239MB, SHA512, signature). |
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2025-05-01 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 6.4.1 |
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The DragonFly BSD project has published its first update in over two years. The update to the 6.4.x branch introduces several fixes in the kernel, userland and package manager. "6.4.1 fixes a number of small, long-standing issues, including: Fixed the issue that a pkg(8) update might delete the df-latetest.conf config file, which rendered pkg(8) unusable. Updated the shipped ca_root_nss package so that the newer Let's Encrypt certificates are trusted and thus pkg(8) works with the Avalon HTTPS repo. Fixed a memory leak in the legacy IDE/NATA driver that could easily lead to kernel panics. Expose SMBIOS entry point via kenv so dmidecode(8) works on UEFI-only systems." The release announcement lists other changes to drivers, system libraries the HAMMER2 filesystem, kernel, and userland tools: "date - Add the -I flag for ISO 8601 formatted output. lpr - Fix the '-i' option to allow an optional argument. last - Fix a seg-fault when time_t is out of range. man pages - Fix numerous bugs. newfs_hammer2 - Fix "-V 1" option (not that anyone should ever use it). makefs - Add HAMMER2 support. makefs - Allocate extra inodes when leaving free space in UFS images. makefs - Fix the calculation of file sizes. makefs - Do not assume that daddr_t is 64 bits, cast to 64 bits prior to intermediate multiplications." Download (MD5, pkglist): dfly-x86_64-6.4.1_REL.iso (747MB), dfly-x86_64-6.4.1_REL.img (1,906MB). |
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2025-04-30 |
NEW • Development Release: openSUSE 16.0 Beta |
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The openSUSE project has announced the availability of openSUSE 16.0 beta, a development snapshot previewing features coming in the next version of the project's stable Leap branch. Many of the key changes focus on removing legacy packages. "Leap 16.0 with its fresh fork brings a renewed foundation and cleaner system. Expected to be Wayland-only (some X.Org remnants remain for now). SysV init support has been dropped. The new Agama installer is now the default. The traditional YaST stack is retired in favor of: Cockpit for system management; Myrlyn as a drop-in replacement for the YaST Software GUI. (Note: YaST is still available in Tumbleweed but will no longer be developed; YaST has been removed from Leap 16 and Myrlyn takes on this role of software installation like YaST. If someone is interested in the maintenance of YaST for further development and bug fixes, the source are available on GitHub. Leap 16.0 will no longer run on machines that do not support x86_64-v2." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Leap-16.0-offline-installer-x86_64.install.iso (4,398MB, SHA256, signature), agama-installer-Leap.x86_64-Leap.iso (604MB, SHA256, signature). |
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2025-04-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 25.04 |
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Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox Linux 25.04, the latest monthly update of the Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised desktop based on the Openbox window manager. The new release presents various improvements to the tint2 panel and the status indicator: "The April ISO image update brings a polished look, as well as important improvements to the default tint2 panel. The new look in the form of a thumbnail and additional functionalities have been given to the Panel Icon, which allows you to change the wallpaper and style of desktop elements. ... But the most important new feature is status indicator with a dynamic menu. In addition to the obvious functionality of notifying about available updates and performing updates, it has two additional modules: discs usage reporting, with a configurable alert level; it also allows you to browse the contents of mounted drives using a dynamic pipemenu. Directory size monitor for logs, Pacman cache, trash can, downloads." Continue to the release announcement, for more details and screenshots. Download: mabox-linux-25.04-Istredd-250430-linux612.iso (2,714MB, MD5, pkglist), mabox-linux-25.04-Istredd-250430-linux61.iso (2,670MB, MD5). |
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2025-04-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AnduinOS 1.3.0 |
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AnduinOS is an Ubuntu-based distribution which provides a GNOME desktop which has been themed and styled to resemble Windows 11. The project's latest release, AnduinOS 1.3.0, is based on Ubuntu 25.04 and ships with GNOME 48. "AnduinOS 1.3 is released. This version is highly recommended [because] we first added an app store (based on Flatpak) in it. Upgraded base system - the foundational system has been updated from Oracular (Ubuntu 24.10) to Plucky (Ubuntu 25.04). Added a new shortcut Super + V to toggle the clipboard history. Pre-installed GNOME Software to support installing software from the software store. Pre-installed Flatpak to support installing software from the software store. Fixed Firefox localization issue. Bumped GNOME to 48 and added HDR support. Now it's available for download for every one." The release announcement also shares screenshots of the customized GNOME desktop. AnduinOS ships different ISO files for each supported language with about a dozen languages supported. Download: AnduinOS-1.3.0-en_US.iso (1,922MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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3CX Phone System is a specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution designed to run a complete unified communications platform. The 3CX client, included in the distribution, can also be installed separately on most hardware as well as the cloud. It provides a complete open standards-based IP PBX and phone system that works with popular SIP trunks and IP phones. It will automatically configure all supported peripherals and it also comes with clients for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android. The ISO image includes a free license for the 3CX PBX edition. The ISO image contains the standard Debian installer which installs a minimal system with the nginx web server, PostgreSQL database, iptables firewall and Secure Shell. Options not relevant to 3CX have been removed from the distribution. Download the installation ISO image from here: debian-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (628MB). |
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