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BeatrIX Linux was a compact (less than 200MB) operating system aimed at both office and home users who want something simpler, safer and superior to Microsoft Windows, and that will run on just about any IBM-compatible PC made in the past 10 years. It runs as a live CD or it can be installed to hard drive.
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| 2021-05-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: JingOS 0.9 |
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JingOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for tablet computers. It can run desktop Linux applications like VS Code and LibreOffice. The project's latest release is JingOS 0.9 which features a number of key interface changes: "JingOS v0.9 updates: . Adaptive layouts: JingOS can now run perfectly on different resolution devices with adaptive layouts. Users can adjust resolutions in the Settings app. 2. Preview version of Sogou Input Method with virtual keyboard support. 3. Wallpaper settings. 4. Complex password settings: support character+number+symbol mixed password. 5. Gaussian blur effect of Notification Center and Control Panel. 6. The superposition and fusion mode of status bar and window, and solved the problem of status bar flashing when switching between apps. 7. The Files app adds support for compression and decompression (support zip, tar, 7zip, AR), also support tag, collection, sorting, OTG, etc. 8. Charging process will show on the lock screen. 9. System pop-up frame for Volume and Brightness adjustment. 10. Multi-languages support, including Chinese and English." Further details can be found in the project's release notes. Downloads can be request free of charge by visiting the download page. (ISO image size: 3,017MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-31 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 919 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: EndeavourOS 2021.04.17
- News: PureOS updates its user interface, Kali provides seamless application containers, Valve plans new Steam gaming device
- Myths and misunderstandings: Does physical access mean root access?
- Released last week: VzLinux 8.3, AlmaLinux OS 8.4, Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0
- Torrent corner: 4MLinux, ALT, Bluestar, KDE neon, MakuluLinux, OSGeoLive, Raspberry Pi OS, Univention, VzLinux
- Upcoming releases: Tails 4.19, openSUSE 15.3
- Opinion poll: Guarding against intruders with physical access
- DistroWatch turns 20 years old!
- New additions: VzLinux
- New distributions: eznixOS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2021-05-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: ALT Linux 9.1 "Simply" |
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Michael Shigorin has announced the release of ALT Linux 9.1 "Simply" edition, a variant of the project's independently-developed distribution aimed at home desktop and available for several popular processor architectures. It comes with the Xfce 4.14, desktop and Linux kernel 5.10. The supported architectures include x86_64, i586, aarch64, armh (armv7a), mipsel, riscv64, e2kv4/e2k (beta). The i586 flavour can be used on systems with just 512MB of RAM. The 9.1 release has Vulkan support on x86 and UEFI compatibility on ARM boards (e.g. Raspberry Pi 3 and 4), while OBS Studio is available as an installation option. The system comes with version 4.13 of the RPM package manager, systemd 246.13, Chromium 89 on x86, Firefox ESR 52.9.0 on e2k* and 78.10.0 on other architectures, Thunderbird 78.8.0, LibreOffice 7.0.5, GIMP 2.10.18, Audacious 3.10.1, Pidgin 2.13.0, VLC 3.0.11.1, Wine 5.20, X.Org Server 1.20.8 and Mesa 20.3.5. See the release announcement (in Russian) for further information. Here are the download links to the installation and live DVD images for the x86_64 architecture (SHA256, signature, pkglist): slinux-9.1-x86_64.iso (5,312MB), slinux-live-9.1-x86_64.iso (1,741MB). |
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| 2021-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: VzLinux 8.3 |
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VzLinux is the latest of the growing numbers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux clones and another potential alternative for those thinking to migrate away from the abandoned CentOS 8 distribution. It is a completely free and open-source product developed by Swiss-based Virtuozzo International GmbH and it compliments its range of specialist commercial solutions based on VzLinux. Yesterday, the company announced the release of VzLinux 8.3 to the general public: "Virtuozzo, a global leader in high-efficiency virtualization and hyperconverged software solutions, today released its latest VzLinux operating system (VzLinux 8) to the general public. VzLinux - an enterprise distribution - has been used by Virtuozzo as a base OS for the company's OpenVz virtualization solution and other commercial products as well as a guest OS for more than 20 years. Web hosting service providers and other end customers deploying the technology gain the immediate benefits of a stable, long-term supported Linux distro maintained by the open-source community. VzLinux 8 is a free, multi-purpose distro optimized to run in containers, virtual machines or on bare-metal servers." Here is the full press release. Download: vzlinux-iso-8.3-7.iso (4,327MB, pkglist), vzlinux-iso-min-8.3-53.iso (1,577MB). |
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| 2021-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 8.4 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 8.4, the latest update from the project that develops an enterprise-class Linux distribution supported by Oracle and built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): "Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 8 Update 4 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. Oracle Linux brings the latest open-source innovations, business-critical performance, and security optimizations for cloud and on-premises deployment. Oracle Linux maintains user space compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, which is independent of the kernel version that underlies the operating system. Oracle Linux 8 Update 4 includes the UEK R6 Update 2 on the installation image, along with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). For new installations, UEK R6 is enabled and installed by default and is the default kernel on first boot." Continue to the release announcement for a list of new features and improvements. The detailed release notes provide further technical details. Download link: OracleLinux-R8-U4-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,471MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 8.4 |
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AlmaLinux OS is an open-source, community-driven project that is built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). AlmaLinux OS introduces support for Secure Boot. "You can read more about it by checking out the Release Notes. The biggest change you'll notice is that the #1 most requested feature, Secure Boot, is now fully supported in this release. Other changes include OpenSCAP support, the release of a devel repo and some new module streams and some compiler updates. You can also find a link to the upstream release notes there, which will provide you with a complete list of changes and updates to this release. Changelog: Secure Boot is now fully supported; OpenSCAP security profiles are now ready for production; the 'devel' repository released with extra packages and build dependencies not included in upstream distribution; the 'PowerTools' repository is now disabled by default to match upstream distribution and moved to separate file...." While not yet available, a ARM port for AlmaLinux OS. Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, torrent, pkglist): AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-boot.iso (677MB), AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,347MB), AlmaLinux-8.4-x86_64-minimal.iso (1,890MB). |
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| 2021-05-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 |
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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 distribution's latest release is Univention Corporate Server 5.0-0 which is based on Debian 10 and uses a new dark theme for the web interface. "The fifth major release of Univention Corporate Server is ready and available for download. UCS 5.0 contains new features, has a fresh look, comes with several improvements and bug fixes. The new version also uses a new core: UCS 5.0 is based on Debian 10 (Buster) and Python 3. In this blog post, I would like to introduce the most important changes, give tips for the upgrade process and reveal what we’re planning for future releases. Univention Corporate Server features a new dark look, also visible during the installation, which gives the distribution a modern and elegant, yet tidy touch. The clean look is also present in the web interface: many areas have been visually reduced. The tiles in the portal, for example, now appear in a new colour theme." Further details can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: UCS_5.0-0-amd64.iso (910MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OSGeoLive 14.0 |
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Astrid Emde has announced the release of OSGeoLive 14.0, the latest version of the project's specialist, Lubuntu-based distribution featuring a collection of open-source geospatial software and free world maps: "The OSGeoLive team is proud to announce the release of version 14.0 of the OSGeoLive GIS software collection. We would like to dedicate this version to our friend Malena Libman who passed away shortly before OSGeoLive 14.0 was released. Highlights for this release include: based on Lubuntu 20.04.1 'Focal'; new applications - pygeoapi, Re3gistry, GeoStyler; version updates to most of the included packages; the Virtual Machine edition now includes applications that could not fit into the ISO image; additional Python modules like Fiona, rasterio, cartopy, pandas, geopandas, mappyfile, Jupyter; improved documentation and four new translations, now supporting: English, Deutsch, Español, Suomen kieli, Français, Italiano, 日本語, Magyar; 100% translation to Hungarian and Spanish; improved Quickstart for OpenStretMap." Read the full release announcement for further information. Download: osgeolive-14.0-amd64.iso (4,184MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-24 |
NEW • Development Release: OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 RC |
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The OpenMandriva team has announced a new release candidate. OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 RC introduces several package upgrades, along with a migration to the LLVM 12 build system. "Major updates: Linux kernel 5.12.4; LLVM 12 - We have updated our main toolchain to LLVM 12, and rebuilt the entire system with the new compiler; it should improve the overall performance a little; systemd-248.20210517, which should fix hostname resolution problems some people have observed in 4.2; KDE Plasma desktop 5.21.5; KDE Frameworks 5.82.0; KDE Gear 21.04.1; Qt 5.15.3 with all patches proposed by KDE Mesa 21.1.1; FFMPEG to 4.4. Another feature that will be interesting to some is that we’ve fully integrated support for the new JPEG-XL picture file format. JPEG-XL is significantly more efficient than traditional JPEG, and also adds all major features of PNG (such as transparent images and support for lossless compression)." Further details are available in the project's release announcement and release notes (pdf). Download (MD5): OpenMandrivaLx.4.3-rc-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,423MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AV Linux 2021.05.22 |
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Glen MacArthur has announced the release of AV Linux 2021.05.22, an updated build of the project's MX Linux-based distribution optimised for audio and video production and available for x86_64 and i386 architectures: "What began as a bug-fix and maintenance release has snowballed into a quasi new-features release, especially in the case of the 64-bit edition, with a move to Openbox and SLiM in an effort to put Xfce on Keto. Changelog: changed window manager to Openbox; removed xfwm and xfdesktop; changed wallpaper application to Nitrogen; changed login manager to SliM; created and added some background helper scripts for Openbox; corrected Liquorix repository for 'Buster'; removed now obsolete libfaudio OBS repository; updated and enhanced User Manual significantly; updates and improvements to the AVL-MXE Assistant to make it take up less screen space; tweaks to Default Diehard theme, AVL-MXE logo and new DH wallpapers; move to a more traditional panel and taskbar from the previous dock setup; added some new audio plugins - Drops, MZuther...." Continue to the release announcement for a full changelog. Download (pkglist): AVL-MXE-2021.05.22-xfce4-openbox-amd64.iso (3,801MB, SHA512, signature), AVL-MXE-2021.05.22-xfce4-openbox-i386.iso (3,050MB, SHA512, siganture). |
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| 2021-05-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: antiX 19.4 |
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The developers of antiX, a lightweight desktop Linux distribution featuring IceWM as the default window manager, have released version 19.4. The new build of the project's Debian-based distribution (with a choice of SysV and Runit init systems, available for i386 and x86_64 architectures) updates the IceWM window manager to version 2.3.4 and introduces the SeaMonkey web browser to some of its editions: "antiX-19.4 (Grup Yorum) available. All new ISO images are bug-fix, upgrades, improvements of antiX-19 SysV and Runit series. Changes: more options in the installer; SeaMonkey browser included in Full and Base editions; mps-tube removed (it seems to be broken); ytfzf included - it opens and downloads YouTube clips using mpv and youtube-dl; improved and updated localisation; newer 4.9 Linux kernel; Firefox 78.10.0esr; LibreOffice 7.0.4rc2; IceWM upgraded to the latest upstream version (2.3.4); latest firmware backported from Debian 'sid'; various upstream Debian security upgrades; base edition fits on a CD; iso-snashot-cli replaces iso-snapshot (gui) on base edition...." See the release announcement for further details and known issues. Download (pkglist): antiX-19.4_x64-full.iso (1,201MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4_386-full.iso (1,236MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4-runit_x64-full.iso (1,205MB, SHA256, signature), antiX-19.4-runit_386-full.iso (1,241MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2021-05-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lakka 3.0 |
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Tomáš Kelemen has announced the release of Lakka 3.0, a major new release of the project's LibreELEC-based lightweight Linux distribution with the goal of turning a small computer into a full-blown game console. This release is based on LibreELEC 9.2: "It has been over a year since our latest release, therefore there are many changes in this update. During this time we were working hard to bring you the new and updated Lakka. As usual the release includes the latest RetroArch version at the time, which is currently 1.9.3, as well as updates to all the supported cores to the most recent versions, even some new cores were added. This time we recommend doing a clean install to avoid any incompatibility issues, as significant changes to the underlaying operating system and RetroArch were made. The size of the boot partition was increased to 2 GB, which is not compatible with previous installations. Highlights of this release include: operating system based on LibreELEC 9.2 build system; Vulkan API enabled for AMD and Intel GPUs (Generic) and for Raspberry Pi 4; support for joycons...." Read the detailed release announcement for a complete changelog. Download: Lakka-Generic.x86_64-3.0.img.gz (551MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi.arm-3.0.img.gz (348MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi2.arm-3.0.img.gz (431MB, SHA256), Lakka-RPi2.RPi4.arm-3.0.img.gz (384MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-05-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 |
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Red Hat has announced the release of the fourth update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x series, an enterprise-class Linux distribution with comprehensive support options. This version provides access to OSTree repositories and facilitates off-line installations: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4 is generally available to customers as of May 19, 2021. Delivered as part of the predictable, six-month cadence of RHEL releases 8.4 brings important features for hybrid cloud, edge deployments and enhancements for operators, developers and organizations standardized on RHEL. With RHEL 8.3 we announced a deployment option for RHEL to help solve challenges common to edge computing environments. With 8.4, we have built on that work to improve the user experience around the edge computing capabilities in RHEL. RHEL 8.4 simplifies updates, provides additional options for installing to disconnected systems (as many edge systems are) and adds the ability to use OSTree repositories with OCI container images. Read about the improvements in Ben Breard's post on new edge features for 8.4." Read the release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. As always, existing Red Hat customers can get the new release from the company's Customer Portal, while new users can apply to download a 30-day evaluation edition. |
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| 2021-05-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 3.8.20 (Beta) |
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Elive, or Enlightenment live CD, is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager. The project's latest development snapshot is Elive 3.8.20 Beta which includes an updated Linux kernel, live mode USB persistence, and fixes an issue related to detecting time zones. "This new version includes: kernel updated to the version 5.10 with some fixes for building extra modules like NVIDIA; desktop fonts much improved for dynamic sizing; persistence with many improvements for saving sessions in Live mode (USB); Cinelerra gg from our own build always updated to their last releases; cairo-dock switched by default to software based rendering for stability and performance; timezones: fixed some issues detecting your timezone; E16 desktop includes some fixes like the iconify gadget to stay in the same location among restarts, and the systray gadget showing correctly the icons." Further details are available in the release announcement. Download (MD5): elive_3.8.20_beta_hybrid_i386.iso (2,789MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 999.210517.0 |
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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's latest rolling release snapshot carries the version number 999.210517.0 and features a number of new features. Btrfs is now used as the default filesystem, zRAM is enabled, and the EarlyOOM service is enabled to terminate applications which are using too much memory. "This release offers several quality of life improvements for GeckoLinux ROLLING users. By majority vote, the default filesystem for the various Calamares guided installation options is now Btrfs with transparent Zstd data compression. Of course, all other modern Linux filesystems are also still supported via the custom partitioning option. Additionally, zRAM swap is enabled out of the box, and the EarlyOOM daemon is also enabled to help prevent unrecoverable system freezes in low memory situations." Further changes and details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (MD5, pkglist): GeckoLinux_ROLLING_Cinnamon.x86_64-999.210517.0.iso (1,486MB), GeckoLinux_ROLLING_XFCE.x86_64-999.210517.0.iso (1,497MB), GeckoLinux_ROLLING_Gnome.x86_64-999.210517.0.iso (1,518MB). |
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| 2021-05-17 |
NEW • BSD Release: NetBSD 9.2 |
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NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like Open Source operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit AlphaServers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. The project's latest release is NetBSD 9.2 which introduces a number of networking fixes as well as ZFS stability improvements when working with network shares. "netinet: avoid information disclosure, NetBSD-SA2021-001: Predictable ID disclosures in IPv4 and IPv6. netinet: fixed 'multicast router sends multicast packet with invalid UDP checksum'. xen: fixes for XSA-362 - backends treating grant mapping errors as bugs. A malicious DomU could trigger a Dom0 kernel panic. xen: removed support for rx-flip mode in xennet(4) and xvif(4) as part of XSA-362 fixes (driver already defaulted to the faster rx-copy mode). zfs: various stability fixes. Fixed 'panic when creating a directory on a NFS served ZFS'. coda: fixed 'coda client opens wrong files instead of cache containers'. hyperv: fixed 'unable to ifconfig(8) up/down with hvn device'. msdosfs: fixed 'BOOTSIG0 and BOOTSIG1 checks prevent mounting Raspberry Pi Pico’s USB mass storage'." A complete list of changes can be found in the project's release notes. Download (pkglist): NetBSD-9.2-amd64.iso (466MB, MD5, torrent), NetBSD-9.2-i386.iso (571MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2021-05-17 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 917 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Fedora 34
- News: Haiku developing RISC-V port, NetBSD getting polished audio mixer, Fedora dropping remote root password authentication from installer, Vine Linux changes release cycle
- Questions and answers: Providing a distro mirror
- Released last week: Bodhi Linux 6.0.0, NomadBSD 130R-20210508, UBports 16.04 OTA-17
- Torrent corner: ArcoLinux, Bodhi, CloudReady, deepin, DragonFly BSD, ExTiX, FuguIta, GhostBSD, Guix System, KDE neon, NomadBSD, SharkLinux
- Upcoming releases: Tails 4.19
- Opinion poll: Favourite Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone
- New distributions: EdUBudgie, Ryanboot-offical-linux-netbooter
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2021-05-13 |
NEW • BSD Release: NomadBSD 130R-20210508 |
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A new stable version of NomadBSD has been released. NomadBSD is a persistent live system for USB Flash drives, based on FreeBSD. It features automatic hardware detection and setup and it is configured to be used as a desktop system (with Openbox as the default window manager). The new release, labeled as version 130R-20210508, upgrades the underlying base system to FreeBSD 13.0: "We are pleased to present the release of NomadBSD 130R-20210508. Changes since 1.4: we've decided to change the versioning scheme to the following form - FFfX-YYYYMMDD, where FF is the major two-digit FreeBSD version, f is the minor version, and X stands for ALPHA (A), BETA (B), RC or RELEASE (R), followed by a date; the new scheme allows us to provide images with different version of FreeBSD; the base system has been upgraded to FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE; the partition alignment has been changed to 1M to improve the write speed on Flash drives; a bug where GLX is disabled has been fixed; drivers for VMware have been added." Here is the full release announcement. Download (pkglist): nomadbsd-130R-20210508.img.lzma (2,085MB, SHA256), nomadbsd-130R-20210508.i386.img.lzma (2,071MB, SHA256). |
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| 2021-05-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UBports 16.04 OTA-17 |
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UBports is a community-developed fork of Canonical's Ubuntu Touch operating system for mobile devices. The project's latest release is 16.04 OTA-17 which introduces new device support, camera fixes across multiple devices, and an update to the Mir display software. "Ubuntu Touch now has support for NFC hardware in most of our devices running with Android 9 hardware compatibility, including the Pixel 3a and Volla Phone. NFC support gives app developers the ability to read or write NFC tags; or even to communicate with another device using the protocol. People have already been thinking up ideas for how to use NFC features to read from passive medical monitors... This is a feature that seems to make people very excited. You can find some demo apps for this feature on Alfred's GitHub, ut-nfcd-p2p-demo showcases support for two Ubuntu Touch devices communicating while ut-nfcd-ndev-demo shows off reading and writing NFC tags. Camera flash, zoom, rotation, and focus was fixed on many supported Ubuntu Touch devices, including the OnePlus One." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Supported devices and install options can be found on the project's devices page. |
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| 2021-05-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parted Magic 2021_05_12 |
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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, version 2021_05_12, is the latest of the distribution's fixed releases. The release announcement on the Parted Magic news page reports the distribution will shift to a rolling release approach later in the year. "This version of Parted Magic once again updates 100's of core programs and adds some new ones requested by users. I have added bcachefs-tools, but I was not able find a kernel patch for Linux 5.12, so there isn't any kernel support. There is also some other news. This is the last version of Parted Magic in it's current release format. Starting with the next release (in about 3 months), Parted Magic will take on the rolling release model. The One Year Subscription will be mostly unchanged. The other option will be a subscription service for $4 a month. Why is this better? You will be able to pay $4 a month and get fixes and updates. This lowers the price from $11 to $4 if you only need Parted Magic for a single one off project. All you have to do is log into your account and unsubscribe at any time." Parted Magic can be purchased from the distribution's online store for US$11. |
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| 2021-05-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bodhi Linux 6.0.0 |
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Bodhi Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which combined Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release with the Moksha desktop, which is a fork of the Enlightenment user interface. "Today the Bodhi Team is pleased to announce the release of Bodhi Linux 6.0. Bodhi 6.0 is built on the Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa) base. Our Arc-Green theme underwent a major revamp now featuring an animated background, updated splash screen, and numerous tweaks. The BL6 login screen now features the elegant slick greeter. Naturally, there also is a new Plymouth theme. The Moksha desktop environment has had numerous improvements and a few new features added. In addition to all this, the Bodhi Team has tried to improve support for non-English languages. As a result, we now install by default the gnome language tool. None of this would have been possible without the support of the Bodhi community and the volunteer work of our small group of translators." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): bodhi-6.0.0-64.iso (832MB, MD5, torrent), (837MB, MD5, torrent), (1,606MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2021-05-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System 1.3.0 |
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Ludovic Courtès has announced the release of Guix System 1.3.0, an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project which respects the freedom of computer users. It uses a recent Linux-libre kernel and a custom package management tool called Guix. Version 1.3.0 introduces experimental support for the POWER9 architecture. "We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 1.3.0. 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. A distinguishing Guix feature is its support for declarative deployment - instead of running a bunch of guix install and guix remove commands, you run guix package --manifest=manifest.scm, where manifest.scm lists the software you want to install. Doing that installs exactly the packages listed. You can have that file under version control and share it with others, which is convenient. Until now, one would have to write the manifest by hand—not insurmountable, but still a barrier to someone willing to migrate to the declarative model." Read the full release announcement for further details. Download: guix-system-install-1.3.0.x86_64-linux.iso (612MB, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-10 |
NEW • BSD Release: DragonFly BSD 6.0.0 |
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Justin Sherrill has announced the release of a new version of DragonFly BSD. The latest version, DragonFly BSD 6.0.0, focuses on filesystem improvements, including work done to the advanced HAMMER2 filesystem. "DragonFly version 6.0 is the next step from the 5.8 release series in 2020. This version has a revamped VFS caching system, various filesystem updates including HAMMER2, and a long list of userland updates. The details of all commits between the 5.8 and 6.0 branches are available in the associated commit messages for 6.0.0rc1 and 6.0.0. Big-ticket items: Significant work on dsynth, for building packages. Many updates of contrib system software. HAMMER2 work continues, with updates from Tomohiro Kusumi. Major VM work for extent-based representation. Due to major changes to the VM system we had to remove the MAP_VPAGETABLE mmap() feature, and this also means that vkernels will not be supported in this release. Support may be re-added at a later time via HVM (but not in this release)." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: dfly-x86_64-6.0.0_REL.iso.bz2 (254MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-10 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 916 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: JingOS 0.8 and Tribblix
- News: Fedora introduces i3 spin, pfSense provides WireGuard packages, FreeBSD improves wireless support
- Questions and answers: Installing third-party software on distributions
- Released last week: GParted Live 1.3.0-1
- Torrent corner: Bluestar, GParted Live, IPFire, KDE neon, Mabox, Manjaro, Plamo, SalientOS, SparkyLinux, SystemRescue
- Opinion poll: Methods for installing third party software
- New distributions: VzLinux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2021-05-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GParted Live 1.3.0-1 |
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GParted Live is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The project's latest release, GParted Live 1.3.0-1, improves exFAT filesystem support, makes it possible to resize LUKS2 encrypted volumes, and fixes a number of potential crashes. "This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and language translation updates. Key changes include: Support resizing open LUKS2 encryption mappings; improve exFAT support such as read FS usage and set UUID; fix crash in Create New Partition dialog when changing type; avoid GParted hanging when non-named device is hung. Bug Fixes: Stop GParted hanging when non-named device is hung; avoid detecting exfat-utils commands as exfatprogs commands; Add support for reading exFAT usage and updating the UUID; fix minor typos in docs (!68) and comments; add Ukrainian translation of docs; fix test suite failing in test_PipeCapture." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: gparted-live-1.3.0-1-amd64.iso (390MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-03 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 915 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Ubuntu 21.04
- News: Alpine considers own service manager, Fedora provides Silverblue upgrade instructions, Lubuntu 18.04 nears end of life, Mint changes Hypnotix provider and is included in Shells.com, Linus Torvalds discusses 30 years of Linux
- Questions and answers: The new Arch Linux system installer
- Released last week: Fedora 34, Calculate Linux 21, KaOS 2021.04
- Torrent corner: Artix, Calculate, Fedora, GhostBSD, KaOS, KDE neon, MakuluLinux, OpenBSD, OpenIndiana, Proxmox, Voyager Live
- Opinion poll: Have you tried Arch Linux's system installer?
- New additions: Rocky Linux
- New distributions: Archcraft, Neurolinux
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2021-05-01 |
NEW • OS Release: OpenIndiana 2021.04 |
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OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. The project's latest release is 2021.04 which includes updates for key desktop applications, development tools, and hardware drivers. "We have updated firefox and Thunderbird to newer ESR versions (78.10.0 resp. 78.9.1). This was overdue and has been requested by many users. Finally we have more than one NVIDIA driver version available with nvidia-390.141 being the default. Changing the driver to another version is documented. At the moment we have the following versions in our repository: nvidia-460.67, nvidia-390.141, nvidia-340.108. Our gcc-7, gcc-8, gcc-9, and gcc-10 compilers have been patched to use the illumos libc SSP implementation for -fstack-protector. We have added openssl-1.1.1 and many packages have been updated to make use of the newer and supported version of openssl. Alas this process isn't finished yet as many packages don't use it out-of-the box and a few even don't work with its new interface. Work has been started to update our Python versions and the related packages. As a consequence we now have python-37 and python-39 packages. This is also an ongoing process that hasn't been finished yet." Further information is provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): OI-hipster-gui-20210430.iso (1,801MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-text-20210430.iso (802MB, SHA256, signature), OI-hipster-minimal-20210430.iso (479MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2021-05-01 |
NEW • Development Release: elementary OS 6.0 Beta |
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elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution. Some of its more interesting features include a custom desktop environment called Pantheon and many custom applications. The developers have published a new beta snapshot which previews features coming to elementary OS 6.0. There are many changes in the works, including an updated installer, dark theme, development tools, and additional support for Flatpak. "A major shift for elementary OS 6 is the inclusion of Flatpak apps out of the box, as well as an entirely Flatpak-based AppCenter ecosystem. We’ve created and are shipping a Flatpak platform and SDK that include all of the FreeDesktop, GNOME, and elementary libraries and technologies your apps will need to be built as a Flatpak - think of the platform as the elementary OS base in Flatpak form. We’ve updated the relevant developer docs to include information about packaging your app as a Flatpak. If you already have an app on AppCenter or are developing one for elementary OS 6, we highly encourage you to familiarize yourself with writing a Flatpak manifest and testing your app as a Flatpak, as all AppCenter apps in elementary OS 6 and beyond will be built as Flatpaks." The release announcement has further information. Download link: elementaryos-6.0-daily.20210430.iso (2,429MB, pkglist). |
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| 2021-05-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 |
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Rocky Linux, a new Linux distribution built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is the latest option available to all the disenchanted CentOS users whose preferred distribution was abruptly terminated in December 2020. Lead by CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer, the project has announced its first release candidate for the upcoming version 8.3: "The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) is pleased to announce the general availability of the Rocky Linux 8.3 release candidate 1 for x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. This release is the culmination of months of hard work from every corner of the community. What started in a comment thread on a Red Hat blog in December of 2020 grew to a community over ten thousand strong in a Slack channel in a matter of days. From there you pulled together to build teams around infrastructure, branding, website, development, special interest groups and more. By February of 2021, over 80 million hits had been recorded across various social media platforms and news sites." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): Rocky-8.3-x86_64-dvd1.iso (8,921MB), Rocky-8.3-x86_64-minimal.iso (1,777MB), Rocky-8.3-x86_64-boot.iso (681MB). |
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| 2021-05-01 |
NEW • BSD Release: OpenBSD 6.9 |
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Theo de Raadt has announced the release of OpenBSD 6.9, the latest of the regular bi-annual releases from the project that develops a multi-platform, security-oriented UNIX-like operating system. This is OpenBSD's 50th official release: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 6.9. This is our 50th release. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than twenty years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 6.9 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system. Support for the powerpc64 platform was improved: added astfb(4), a driver for the framebuffer of the Aspeed BMC found on many POWER8 and POWER9 systems; added bsd.mp to powerpc64's installXX.{img,iso}; added RETGUARD implementation for powerpc and powerpc64; added a workaround for PCIO devices that cannot address the full 64-bit PCI address space to powerpc64; added limited emulation of unaligned access in the powerpc64 kernel." See the detailed release notes for a full list of changes and improvements. Download (pkglist): amd64/install68.iso (520MB, SHA256, signature), i386/install68.iso (384MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2021-05-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Elive 3.8.20 (Beta) |
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Elive, or Enlightenment live CD, is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager. The project's latest development snapshot is Elive 3.8.20 Beta which includes an updated Linux kernel, live mode USB persistence, and fixes an issue related to detecting time zones. "This new version includes: kernel updated to the version 5.10 with some fixes for building extra modules like NVIDIA; desktop fonts much improved for dynamic sizing; persistence with many improvements for saving sessions in Live mode (USB); Cinelerra gg from our own build always updated to their last releases; cairo-dock switched by default to software based rendering for stability and performance; timezones: fixed some issues detecting your timezone; E16 desktop includes some fixes like the iconify gadget to stay in the same location among restarts, and the systray gadget showing correctly the icons." Further details are available in the release announcement. Download (MD5): elive_3.8.20_beta_hybrid_i386.iso (2,789MB, 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 (378MB). |
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