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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an initiative to build a low-cost laptop computer with a pre-installed operating system and applications designed for children in developing countries. The operating system is a Linux-based solution, a heavily customised edition of Fedora Core with a special graphical user interface called Sugar. Among applications, the system includes a web browser built on Xulrunner, a simple document viewer based on Evince; the AbiWord word processor, an RSS reader, email, chat and VOIP clients, a multimedia authoring and playback environment, a music composition toolkit, graphics toolkits, games, a shell, and a debugger.
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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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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 (378MB). |
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