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2024-12-09 NEWDistribution Release: Window Maker Live 12.8
Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that applies the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. The project has released version 12.8 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "A selection of TeX Live packages for a decent TeX system, and auxiliary tools like AUCTeX for Emaacs and the vim-latexsuite were also included. All of Bookworm's outdated GNUstep packages were replaced with current versions recompiled from their still up to date Debian/Trixie sources. The included GNUstep programs are more tightly integrated in the desktop. Only seeing is believing: The GNUstep packages were augmented by a few GUI themes demonstrating GNUstep's theming capabilities. The current Emacs release 29.4 has been added with its GNUstep based GUI. This emacs-gnustep variant is provided as a self-contained component and does not rely on nor conflict with the official Debian emacs packages. The bare bones Surf browser has been replaced with otter-browser since the former's apparmor based security sandboxing proved too restrictve for casual usage. Also, the GNUstep based netsurf port WebSurf.app was added." The release announcement offers additional details. Download (MD5, pkglist): wmlive-bookworm_12.8-amd64.iso (2,865MB), wmlive-bookworm_12.8-i386.iso (2,842MB).
2024-12-09 NEWDistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1100
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2024-12-08 NEWDistribution Release: Manjaro Linux 24.2.0
Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 24.2.0, the latest stable version of the project's rolling-release distribution with separate GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce editions. The new release updates the default Linux kernel to version 6.12: "Manjaro Linux 24.2 'Yonada' released. Since we released Xahea in October 2024, we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Yonada'. The GNOME edition has received several updates to GNOME 47 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when GNOME 47.2 was originally was in September 2024. The Plasma edition comes with the latest Plasma 6.2 series, Frameworks 6.8 and KDE Gear 24.08. Plasma 6 has come into its own over the last two releases. The wrinkles that always come with a major migration have been ironed out, and it's time to start delivering on the promises of the new Qt 6 and Wayland technology platforms that Plasma is built on top of. Kernel 6.12 is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.6 LTS and 6.1 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed." See the release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): manjaro-gnome-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,630MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-kde-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,798MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), manjaro-xfce-24.2.0-241208-linux612.iso (3,400MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). Separate images with the 6.1 and 6.6 Linux kernels are also available.
2024-12-05 NEWDevelopment Release: Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 4
Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution developed by System76 which is migrating from GNOME to the custom COSMIC desktop environment. The project's latest alpha release showcases new features in COSMIC: "A settings page has been added to System and Accounts Settings enabling you to set your default applications for various purposes, including your preferred browser, file manager, email client, music and video players, image viewer, and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos, and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar. The Default Applications settings page in COSMIC Settings shows dropdown menus for selecting your default apps. This example includes the following: Firefox web browser, COSMIC Files file manager, COSMIC Media Player for both music and video, Image Viewer for photos and Thunderbird for both mail client and calendar." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): pop-os_24.04_amd64_intel_13.iso (2,518MB), pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_13.iso (2,928MB).
2024-12-05 NEWDistribution Release: Alpine Linux 3.21.0
Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. The project's latest release is Alpine Linux 3.21.0. Along with several key package upgrades, the new version also introduces loongarch64 CPU support. "We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.0, the first in the v3.21 stable series. Highlights: Linux kernel 6.12, GCC 14, LLVM 19, Node.js (LTS) 22.11, Rust 1.83, Crystal 1.14, GNOME 47, Go 1.23, KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, PHP 8.4, Qt 6.8, Sway 1.10, .NET 9.0. Significant changes: initial support for loongarch64 was added. As always, make sure to use 'apk upgrade --available' when switching between major versions. OpenSSH service will automatically restart when upgrading to be able to accept new connections. The linux-firmware is now compressed with zstd. Users running custom-built kernels need to ensure that CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y is present in the kernel configuration. Users with / and /usr on separate filesystems (which is unsupported) need to take special care." The release announcement offers additional details and upgrade instructions. Download (pkglist): alpine-standard-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (240MB, SHA256, signature), alpine-extended-3.21.0-x86_64.iso (953MB, SHA256, signature).
2024-12-03 NEWDistribution Release: EasyOS 6.5
Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 6.5. The EasyOS distribution features custom container technology called Easy Containers which can run applications or the entire desktop environment in a container. The project also includes tools for installing AppImage and Flatpak packages. Users can also set up containers to run other distributions: "The Scarthgap-series is built with packages compiled in a fork of OpenEmbedded, and optimised for EasyOS, but a small package repository; only about 1800 packages. However, more packages can be installed via Appi, the AppImage manager, and Flapi, the Flatpak manager. There is yet another avenue for adding packages to Scarthgap; another Linux distribution can be run in a container and within that container there is access to the entire package repository of that distribution. Easy Scarthgap can run Easy Daedalus in a container, which means that you don't really need to run Easy Daedalus as a separate distribution." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: easy-6.5-amd64.img (953MB, MD5, pkglist).
2024-12-03 NEWDistribution Release: Nitrux e3ba3c69
The Nitrux project has published a new release. The new release is referred to as version 3.8.0 in the release announcement, is given the codename "db", and is tagged with version identifier "e3ba3c69" in the ISO filename. The new release offers updated applications, some system installer fixes, and OpenRC reorganization: "The list below highlights the components we've updated in the distribution. Firefox to version 133.0. Nitrux Update Tool System to version 2.1.9. MESA 3D Graphics Library to version 24.2.8. We've updated our Calamares configuration with the following changes: Remove a non-functional kernel parameter. Add kernel parameters to prevent clock drift in some laptops. We've updated our OpenRC services configuration with the following changes: Sort various services into runlevels that make more sense given their purpose. Remove some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve boot time. We've updated our OpenRC package for Rsyslog to improve the service script. We've updated our desktop configuration with the following changes: Update check-docs-directory to update the Documentation directory on the desktop. Update Flatpaks install scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL. Update scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages. Update desktop-config to display a notification when the distribution is running in a VM or the minimum requirements are unmet." Download (MD5): nitrux-nx-desktop-plasma-e3ba3c69-amd64.iso (3,137MB, pkglist).
2024-12-03 NEWBSD Release: FreeBSD 14.2
The FreeBSD team have announced the release of FreeBSD 14.2. The new release includes several minor changes, mostly in th erealm of updated hardware drivers, an update to OpenZFS 2.2.6, and a reduction in size to the boot loader. "The BIOS boot loader added back support for gzip and bzip2, but removed support for graphics mode (by default) to address size problems. (The EFI boot loader is unchanged with support for all of those. Sponsored by Netflix.) Lots of improvements to the network stack, including performance improvements and bug fixes for the sctp(4) stack. Descriptors returned by sctp_peeloff(2) now inherit capabilities from the parent socket. (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation.) AIM(Adaptive Interrupt Moderation) support has been added to the igc(4) driver. 472a0ccf847a (Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC 'Netgate' and BBOX.io.) This feature has also been added to the lem(4), em(4) and igb(4) drivers. A major regression in UDP performance introduced in FreeBSD 12.0, including NFS over UDP, is believed to be fixed with this change. 49f12d5b38f6 (Sponsored by Rubicon Communications, LLC 'Netgate"' and BBOX.io.) The LinuxKPI, particularly for 802.11, has been enhanced to improve the stability of wireless drivers such as iwlwifi(4). (Sponsored by The FreeBSD Foundation.)" Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,249MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist).
2024-12-02 NEWDistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1099
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly....
2024-11-30 NEWDistribution Release: Armbian 24.11.1
The Armbian team has announced the release of Armbian 24.11.1, the updated build of the project's Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed primarily for ARM development boards. The new release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.6.60 and brings other significant improvements: "We are thrilled to announce Armbian release 24.11.1, packed with significant updates across our entire ecosystem. These updates are aimed at enhancing functionality, expanding hardware support and refining the user experience for both developers and everyday SBC users. Core system updates: the updated build system introduces new tools for faster builds and seamless integration; optimized compilation workflows and prebuilt configurations make deploying custom firmware easier and more efficient, especially for developers focusing on specialized projects; Armbian Config Next Generation has seen improvements in hardware control, streamlined service management and automated configuration scripting...." See the release announcement and the release changelog for further details. The project's download page provides a very long list of supported devices; here we link to two generic x86 variants with GNOME (based on Ubuntu 24.04) and Xfce (based on Debian 12): Armbian_24.11.1_Uefi-x86_noble_current_6.6.60_gnome-kisak_desktop.img.xz (1,966MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Armbian_24.11.1_Uefi-x86_bookworm_current_6.6.60_xfce_desktop.img.xz (2,018MB, SHA256, signature, torrent).
2024-11-26 NEWDistribution Release: elementary OS 8.0
The elementary OS project has announced the release of version 8.0 of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution. The new release focuses on adjusting application permissions and expanding the default Flatpak repositories: "Application settings has an all-new design that expands your control over permissions. We now support adjusting the run-time permissions in Flatpak's Permissions Store - these are set when an app explicitly asks for your permission to access a feature while it's running. So if you've previously denied an app access to run in the background or granted an app permission to set the wallpaper, you can change your mind at any time and adjust permissions here. We've also adjusted the language of install-time permissions - aka sandbox holes - to be more clear that these represent advanced system access and the implications of adjusting them. Plus the descriptions of several individual items were changed based on your feedback to use less technical language. And app permission pages now show the app's icon and description." Details on the changes along with screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist) and purchase options are offered on the project's home page.
2024-11-25 NEWDistribution Release: Emmabuntüs DE5-1.03
The Emmabuntüs project is a desktop Linux distribution with editions based on Debian's Stable branch with both the Xfce and LXQt desktop environments available. The project has fixed some issues with the ISO which could cause problems when used with specific image writers. The new Emmabuntüs DE5-1.03 release also improves braille support. The release announcement states: "This new version of our distribution mainly concerns updates of some embedded software, the fix for the use of bootable USB stick creators with the precious help of Thomas, the Xorriso developer, and the addition of the ibus-braille utility enabling 6 dots writing via the keyboard like the Perkins method. Emmabuntüs DE 5 1.03 includes the following new features and enhancements: Based on the Debian 12.8 'Bookworm' operating system; added ibus-braille accessibility function for 6 dots writing via the keyboard like the Perkins method; fix of ISO usage by the bootable USB stick creators Etcher and MintStick, following the evolution of the Syslinux replacement by GRUB-PC; updates: Firefox 128.4.0esr, Thunderbird 128.4.3esr, Warpinator 1.8.6, Cahiers débutant Debian 12.7, deb-get 0.4.3, TurboPrint 2.57." Download (SHA256): emmabuntus-de5-amd64-12.8-1.03.iso (3,984MB, torrent, pkglist).


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