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Helix was a customised distribution based on Ubuntu with excellent hardware detection and many applications dedicated to incident response and forensics.
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| 2023-08-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Pardus 23.0 |
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TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM (The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey and The National Academic Network and Information Centre) has announced the release of Pardus 23.0, a major new update of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with a choice of Xfce and GNOME desktops. Pardus 23, code-named 'Ay Yıldız' or 'Crescent and Star', which is one of Turkey's national symbols, aims to offer the most up-to-date technology, ease of use with new applications, a long-term support program and a stable Linux kernel 6.1 version. The release offers various innovations, such as Pardus GNOME Welcome, Xfce Fine Settings and Pardus Updater. In Pardus 23, Xfce 4.18 is used as the default desktop environment. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems; while being visually attractive and user-friendly, it requires low system resources and makes the system fast. The release comes with Linux kernel 6.1.38 as well as many popular, up-to-date applications, such as Firefox 102.14.0esr, LibreOffice 7.4.7, Evolution 3.46.4 and VLC 3.0.18. See the brief release announcement and the more detailed release notes for further information. Download (SHA512, pkglist): Pardus-23.0-XFCE-amd64.iso (2,712MB), Pardus-23.0-GNOME-amd64.iso (2,864MB). The distribution supports both Turkish and English languages. |
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| 2023-08-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 23 |
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The developers of antiX, a systemd-free Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch, has announced the release of antiX 23. This is the project's first version based on Debian 12: "antiX 23 'Arditi del Popolo' is a new release based on Debian 'Bookworm'. As usual, we offer completely systemd-free and elogind-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Available ISO images files with SysVInit or Runit. The 32-bit edition uses a non-pae kernel. Note: after installation of the antiX-23_x64-full editions, the default kernel will be 'Modern' 6.1 even if 'Legacy' 5.10 was booted during the live boot. Changes: based on Debian 12 'Bookworm', but without systemd/libsystemd0 and elogind/libelogind0; eudev instead of udev; customised 5.10.188 Linux kernel; customised 6.1.42 Linux kernel (x64 full only): LibreOffice 7.5.5; Firefox 102.14.0esr (antiX-full); SeaMonkey 2.53.17 (antiX-base); Claws Mail 4.1.1; CUPS for printing; PipeWire/WirePlumber on full editions; ALSA on base and core editions..." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): antiX-23_x64-full.iso (1,685MB, SHA256), antiX-23_x64-base.iso (961MB, SHA256), antiX-23_x64-core.iso (531MB, SHA256), antiX-23-net_x64-net.iso (241MB, SHA256). Images for the i386 architecture are also available. |
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| 2023-08-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenMandriva 23.08 "ROME" |
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The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server. The project maintains a rolling release branch called ROME which was recently updated. The new snapshot, version 23.08, includes several package upgrades: "Many packages have been updated, including: KDE Frameworks 5.109, Plasma Desktop 5.27.7, KDE Applications 23.04.3 (KDE Gear 23.08.0 expected on 24/08/2023 update will be available as soon as it's released). Kernel 6.4.11 (built with Clang). Mesa 23.2. LLVM/Clang 16.0.6, glibc 2.38, systemd 253.8. Chromium browser 116.0, with JPEG XL support patched back in. LibreOffice suite 7.6.0.3, Krita 5.1.5, DigiKam 8.1. The latest LibreOffice builds introduce LibreOffice Qt 6 integration, making LibreOffice fit in with the Plasma 6 desktop preview as well. Flatpak support. Note: We have no plans to abandon or reduce native packages. Flatpak, appimage and the likes are a useful addition in particular for packages we can't package for licensing reasons. neovim 0.9.1. More software upgraded to the most recent version available in repositories. GNOME desktop 44.3. LXQt desktop 1.3.0." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (MD5, pkglist): openmandriva.rome-23.08-gnome.x86_64.iso (2,713MB), openmandriva.rome-23.08-lxqt.x86_64.iso (1,672MB), openmandriva.rome-23.08-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,710MB). |
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| 2023-08-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Emmabuntüs DE5-1.00 |
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Emmabuntüs is a desktop Linux distribution with editions based on Debian's Stable branch. The project's latest release, Debian Edition (DE) 5-1.00 is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "This Emmabuntüs DE5 release includes the following changes or features: Based on Debian 12.1 'Bookworm'; Linux kernel 6.1.27; Xfce 4.18.1; LXQt 1.20.0; LibreOffice 7.4.5; Firefox ESR 102.14.0; Falkon 22.12.1-2; Thunderbird 102.14.0; added a script to run OS-prober; improved startup time in live mode and installation of Calamares under WMware; removed PlayOnLinux and WINE to save space following the activation of a new ISO compression mode; disabled info message on non-free-firmware repository; replaced zram-tools by systemd-zram-generator; updated Scratch 3.29.1 to 64-bit version; updated of the Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 installation tutorial in French version. Emmabuntüs comes with a large number of software to allow beginners to have all the tools they may need without having to look for them and install them, see the list of all the software available on Emmabuntüs DE5. We fully assume this choice, which also allows us to provide a complete ready-to-use solution within the framework of our activities of computers re-use and training for computer classes under GNU/Linux, as for example in Togo within the framework of our collaboration with the associations YovoTogo and JUMP Lab'Orione." The release announcement has additional details. Download (SHA256): emmabuntus-de5-amd64-12.1-1.00.iso (4,028MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-08-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0 RC2 |
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Qubes OS is a security-oriented project which focuses on isolating the system components and data. The project has released Qubes OS 4.2.0-rc2 which introduces several key changes. The release announcement lists the highlights: "Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 37. Xen updated 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; 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 and Split SSH management in Qubes Global Settings." The project's release notes offer additional details. Download: Qubes-R4.2.0-rc2-x86_64.iso (5,938MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-08-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mageia 9 |
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Mageia is a general purpose, independent desktop distribution from the Mandriva family of projects. The project's latest release is version 9 which includes improves to the installer, package management, and minimal install size of the distribution. "Smaller disk footprint - the size of the minimal install (when disabling the recommended packages) has been reduced, it's the smallest since Mageia 4; the RPM database has switched to SQLite - the RPM database no longer uses the old and unmaintained Berkeley DB, it now uses the modern SQLite, conversion is performed during upgrade from Mageia 8; NFS support is done using system tools rather than our 15 years old forked NFS code, thus gaining support for NFSv4 and co; when using an HTTP server, it's now possible to specify a port different than the default 80; the stage1 images are compressed with zstd instead of gzip; lots of bug fixes and improvements in the partitioner; add 'downloader=curl' in order to switch from wget to curl for downloading packages; the rescue system has been enhanced; live ISO image - the NetworkManager system service is now enabled by default on the Plasma live ISO image (this was already done for the GNOME and Xfce live ISO iimages in previous releases) - this allows network connections to be managed via the Plasma system settings tool as well as by the traditional Mageia network management tools." Additional details can be found in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-9-x86_64.iso (4,311MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,864MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso (122MB, SHA512). |
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| 2023-08-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2023.3 |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest release is Kali Linux 2023.3. "Today we are delighted to introduce our latest release of Kali, 2023.3. This release blog post does not have the most features in it, as a lot of the changes have been behind-the-scenes, which brings a huge benefit to us and an indirect positive effect to you as end-users. It always goes without saying, but there are a number of new packages and tools as well as the standard updates. If you want to see what's new for yourself download or upgrade if you have an existing Kali Linux installation. The highlights of the changelog since the 2023.2 release from May: Internal Infrastructure - Major stack changes is under way; Kali Autopilot - The automation attack framework has had an major overhaul; New Tools - 9 new tools added this time round! With the release of Debian 12 which came out this summer, we took this opportunity to re-work, re-design, and re-architecture our infrastructure. It is as massive as it sounds, and should not be a surprise that its not yet complete! This is where a good amount of our focus has been for this release-cycle (and also the next one unfortunately)." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist)): kali-linux-2023.3-installer-amd64.iso (4,000MB, torrent), kali-linux-2023.3-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (468MB, torrent). |
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| 2023-08-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 7.0.0 |
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Robert Wiley has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 7.0.0, a major new update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Moksha desktop (a fork of Enlightenment). This version introduces a special "s76" variant with a cutting-edge Linux kernel (version 6.4.6): "The Bodhi team is thrilled to announce the long-awaited release of Bodhi Linux 7.0. Built on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base, Bodhi 7.0 is a momentous step forward. With a strong commitment to improving user experience, performance and adhering to its core values of minimalism and customization, this release marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Bodhi Linux. Bodhi Linux 7.0 comes with an array of improvements and updates. Most notable are: introduction of a new 's76' release which features a more advanced Linux kernel for those seeking cutting-edge performance; Linux kernel updates are now enabled by default; EFL and Terminology are updated to the version in e-git; Moksha no longer relies on deprecated libraries; the login screen boasts an upgraded slick greeter with a password reveal feature, complemented by a new Plymouth theme." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download: bodhi-7.0.0-64.iso (1,231MB, SHA256, pkglist), bodhi-7.0.0-64-s76.iso (1,241MB, SHA256). |
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| 2023-08-17 |
NEW • Development Release: TrueNAS 23.10 Beta 1 |
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The TrueNAS team has published a development snapshot of the project's network-attached storage SCALE branch. The new beta upgrades the Linux kernel, NVIDIA drivers, and OpenZFS: "What's New In TrueNAS SCALE Cobia? A heck of a lot! Rather than go through every enhancement in detail, we'll provide a quick overview and share the specifics of key Cobia features in future blogs. Some of the highlights include:OpenZFS 2.2 with many iXsystems contributions. Linux Kernel 6.1 and improved hardware support. NVIDIA 535.54.03 driver updates. Improved Apps UI. Improved Storage Pool UI. ZFS Block Cloning (Deduplication) for SMB and NFS file copies. ZFS dRAID Pool Layouts (coming soon). Netdata backend stats collection. Samba update and speed improvements. Simplified SMB cluster expansion via TrueCommand (coming soon). Importing of SMB shares from other systems (soming soon to Apps). Scale up to 1200 drives and 25PB+ on a single system. iSCSI improvements including ALUA support. Simplified feedback and bug reporting. Pause/Unpause ZFS Scrub Controls." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): TrueNAS-SCALE-23.10-BETA.1.iso (1,503MB, signature). |
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| 2023-08-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: siduction 2023.1.0 |
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Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 2023.1.0, the new stable version of the project's distribution based on Debian "Sid" (the "unstable" branch) and featuring a choice of KDE Plasma, LXQt and Xfce desktops: "The siduction team is very proud to present an unscheduled release for a special occasion. Debian, whose unstable branch some of us have been following for over 20 years, celebrates its 30th birthday on 2023-08-16 and we think that is worthy of all honor. Debian is the second oldest distribution after Slackware, and is solely supported by the people involved, without a company standing in the background or someone at the top deciding where things go. Debian is considered the 'universal operating system' because of the many architectures supported to this day and the stability of their releases is legendary. The flavours we offer for siduction 2023.1.0 are KDE Plasma 5.27.7.1, LXQt 1.3.0, Xfce 4.18, X.Org and noX. GNOME, MATE and Cinnamon did not make it again this time because there is no maintainer within siduction for them." Here are the complete release notes. Download (pkglist): siduction-2023.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (3,121MB, SHA256), siduction-2023.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (3,020MB, SHA256), siduction-2023.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (2,742MB, SHA256). |
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| 2023-08-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Devuan GNU+Linux 5.0.0 |
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Devuan GNU+Linux is a Linux distribution forked from Debian in 2015. The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd. The project's latest release is Devuan 5.0.0 "Daedalus". The release notes share highlights of the new version. "xserver-xorg-core now uses libseat1 to control rootless startx and access to input and video devices - this has several advantages, the most significant being that it removes the dbus dependency from xserver-xorg-core; libseat1 can use either seatd or elogind as a backend; if you need to override the default choice (autodiscovery), use the LIBSEAT_BACKEND environment variable; if you are using seatd as the backend, ensure the user is a member of the video group - this is only relevant to running startx as a user, X.Org run as root by a display manager is unaffected; users can now enjoy a Wayland desktop without elogind by installing libpam-ck-connector, sway and seatd; ensure the relevant user is a member of the 'video' group and run Sway from the terminal." Download (torrents, pkglist): devuan_daedalus_5.0.0_amd64_desktop-live.iso (1,387MB, SHA256, signature), devuan_daedalus_5.0.0_amd64_desktop.iso (3,858MB, SHA256, signature), devuan_daedalus_5.0.0_amd64_minimal-live.iso (798MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2023-08-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu 22.04.3 |
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Paride Legovini has announced Canonical has released an update to its Ubuntu 22.04 series. The new update, along with Ubuntu's official community editions, fix a number of security issues. The release announcement states: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 22.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 22.04.3 LTS, Lubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 22.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 22.04.3 LTS, and Xubuntu 22.04.3 LTS are also now available." Additional information is available in the release notes. Download: ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (4,804MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (4,057MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (2,788MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (6,047MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (3,574MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (3,527MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-22.04.3-dvd-amd64.iso (4,726MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso (2,907MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-08-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Window Maker Live 0.95.9-0 |
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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's latest release is based on Debian 12.1 "Bookworm". "This release is based on stable Debian 12.1 'Bookworm'. The current Window Maker 0.95.9 is used as default window manager and exclusive desktop session option. The additional Xfce desktop session option was removed. Selected components and utilities of Xfce, MATE and LXQt were seamlessly integrated with Window Maker. A fail-safe mode session option was added for troubleshooting needs. The GTK widget libraries have been recompiled with the gtk3-classic patches. The login manager is now LightDM instead of the former wmlive-gdm. The default web browsers are Pale Moon and Surf. As mail messaging client, Claws-Mail has been chosen. Most wmlive-specific scripts have been localized using machine translation for about 17 of the most common European languages used worldwide. The default init system is now systemd instead of SysVInit. As it turned out, systemd has become the de-facto standard init system over time and trying to circumvent and replace it with SysVInit while maintaining the same levels of functionality has become increasingly difficult and laborious." The release notes also affirm the distribution has moved from SysV init to systemd. Download (MD5): wmlive-bookworm-0.95.9-0_amd64.iso (2,297MB, pkglist). |
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| 2023-08-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Murena 1.13 |
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The Murena project provides open source images for common smartphones, open source cloud-based storage, calendar, and backup solutions, and sells phones with /e/OS pre-installed. The project's latest release is for version 1.13 which includes a number of fixes and minor improvements. "We are proud to deliver the /e/OS 1.13. Enjoy all the new features and improvements it embeds! We embedded some improvements! App lounge - Categories allows to discover way more apps. If users have to use a Google account, they're advised to use a Google account without any important data. Account added via Calendar can be used within a couple of minute. Translations - Gallery, Music, Advanced Privacy. Software updates - We merged bug fixes and security updates from LineageOS 19.1 source code. FP4 Firmware - Bumped firmware with the May update (FP4.SP29.B.069.20230510).Third-Party App support: we addressed some issues with in-app Maps display; we resolved an issue with a large number of markers on the map; we addressed some issues about network location." Additional details are presented in the project's release notes. Supported devices and download options can be found on the project's devices page. |
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| 2023-08-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rhino Linux 2023.1 |
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Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which offers a rolling release upgrade approach. The distribution's first stable release is available for x86_64, aarm64, Pine64 phones and tablets like the PinePhone, and Raspberry Pi computers. One of the key features of the new 2023.1 release is the unified meta package manager which is called rhino-pkg and can work with Deb, Pacstall, and portable package formats: "hino-pkg (rpk), which is a meta-package manager that combines apt, pacstall, flatpak, and snap into a nice little UI that can be used to install, remove, search, and upgrade all package managers at once. This was also my first time dabbling with i18n, and since it's not a large program, we have translated it into (as of the 6th of August, 2023) 14 different languages along with English, so that hopefully every user can understand what it's doing in their native language." Another key feature of the distribution is its custom Xfce desktop which the project refers to as the Unicorn Desktop. Additional details on the Rhino Linux 2023.1 release can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Rhino-Linux-2023.1-amd64.iso (2,131MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2023-08-04 |
NEW • BSD Release: XigmaNAS 13.2.0.5 |
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XigmaNAS, an embedded, open-source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) system based on FreeBSD, has been upgraded to version 13.2.0.5. The new release upgrades the underlying system to FreeBSD 13.2 and discontinues support for the GEOM RAID5 storage module. The major changes include "Upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-P1; upgrade Netatalk to 3.1.14; upgrade mDNSResponder to 1790.80.10; upgrade devcpu-data-amd to 20230424; upgrade jQuery to 3.7.0; upgrade syncthing to 1.23.5; upgrade lighttpd to 1.4.71; upgrade devcpu-data-intel to 20230613; upgrade msmtp to 1.8.24; upgrade syncthing to 1.23.6; upgrade sudo to 1.9.14p3; upgrade VirtualBox-OSE to 6.1.46; upgrade nut to 2023.07.11; upgrade PHP to 8.2.8. General note: download your configuration file from the backup/restore page and store it in a safe location before upgrading your system. GEOM RAID5: XigmaNAS 13.x releases will no longer support GEOM RAID5, the code was removed from the code base; you will NOT have access to your DATA; migrate your data to ZFS first before upgrade. Post-upgrade tasks: you may need to clear your browser's cache to circumvent display issues; make a backup of your configuration file and store it in a safe location..." Here is the complete readme file with general notes, upgrade instructions and a brief changelog. Download: XigmaNAS-x64-LiveCD-13.2.0.5.7091.iso (621MB, SHA512). |
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