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UBports
UBports is a community-developed fork of Canonical's Ubuntu Touch operating system for mobile devices. UBports works on getting the mobile operating system working on new devices, provides software updates and ports new versions of Ubuntu to mobile devices.
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| 2024-06-03 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1073 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
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Review: LXQt 2.0.0 running on EndeavourOS
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News: Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE rolls out new features for Aeon Desktop branch, Fedora mirrors see unexpected traffic spike, Wayland gains OpenBSD support
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Questions and answers: An overview of Linux desktop environments
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Released last week: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10, Armbian 24.5.1, KaOS 2024.05, Rhino Linux 2024.1, NethSecurity 8.0
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Torrent corner: AlmaLinux OS, Armbian, KaOS, KDE neon, Linux Lite
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Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 14.1
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Opinion poll: Do lightweight desktops offer enough features for you?
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New additions: NethSecurity
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Reader comments
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| 2024-06-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Lite 7.0 |
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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 7.0, a major new version of the project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop. This is the first Linux Lite version built from the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04. "Introducing Linux Lite 7.0 final, code name 'Galena'. The theme of this Series is maturity. We've been offering Linux Lite for 12 years and, in that time, have integrated many features as suggested by the community as well as building upon a solid and secure foundation. Changes: Thunar 4.18.8 split view; minor changes to Lite Welcome; new install slides; plus many other tweaks and changes. Details: Xfce 4.18, Linux kernel 6.8 (custom kernels also available via our Repository for versions 3.13 - 6.8), Chrome 125.0, Thunderbird 115.11.0, LibreOffice 7.6.7, VLC 3.0.20, Gimp 2.10.36, base 24.04. There is no upgrade path from RC to final or from series to series. Login is automatic, no credentials are required. The image can be written to a 4 GB or larger USB stick, or a writable DVD. If the screen locks during live mode, type 'linux' into the user box and click on the Login button (no password required)." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download: linux-lite-7.0-rc1-64bit.iso (2,683MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2024-05-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethSecurity 8.0 |
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NethSecurity is an open sourcem Linux-based firewall which is a spin-off of the NethServer project. NethSecurity's first release is labelled version 8.0 and the release announcement highlights key features: "Threat Shield Panel: It keeps you safe by blocking attacks from known malicious IP addresses. These addresses are compiled into blocklists, each with a clear name that tells you its purpose and who maintains it. The confidence score is a value from 1 to 10 that indicates the quality of the list. Modernized login experience: Enjoy a redesigned login screen. Certificate and reverse proxy management: Navigate a dedicated page for easy management of certificates and reverse proxy settings. The import process for both configurations has been significantly improved. Now, you can also use DNS verification to request Let’s Encrypt certificates, supporting wildcard certificates. Firewall rules configuration: Added a new page for configuring firewall rules, offering enhanced control. Users are encouraged to use this page for compatibility and optimal performance." Download: nethsecurity-8-23.05.3-ns.1.0.0-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz (52MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-05-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rhino Linux 2024.1 |
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Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which offers a rolling-release upgrade approach. The distribution uses a customised Xfce desktop environment. The project has published its first release of 2024 which focuses on an update to the Pacstall repository: "Our main highlights for 2024.1 are Pacstall's 5.0.0+ releases, so please be sure to check out the provided release notes and updated wiki down below. Joint members of the Rhino Linux and Pacstall teams have been working hard over the last several months on these releases, and we are very excited about the development potential that they hold. Known issues: In the live boot of our ISOs, desktop icons are not appearing at the start (these issues do not persist after installation). To launch Calamares installer for Rhino Linux, you can simply select 'Install Rhino Linux' from the App Grid." Additional details, including changes incorporated from upstream, are covered in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256): Rhino-Linux-2024.1-amd64.iso (2,149MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-05-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AlmaLinux OS 8.10 |
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The AlmaLinux OS distribution is a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux which maintains binary compatibility with upstream while offering a few additional features and bug fixes. The project has released AlmaLinux OS 8.10 which brings small improvements and fixes to the 8.x series. The release announcement touches on the highlights: "AlmaLinux 8.10 brings updates to security and data protection, and improvements in web-console and system roles to automate operations and ensure consistency in intricate IT settings. The release continues to enhance system availability, reliability, and recovery processes, alongside improving virtual machine snapshot functions in hybrid cloud scenarios. New system roles have been introduced to streamline the creation and administration of logical volume manager (LVM) snapshots for better data backup and recovery processes. Performance, scalability, and reliability continue to be the focus of updates in the 8.10 version to aid developers in application development and management." Additional information can be found in the project's release notes. Download (SHA256, torrent, pkglist): AlmaLinux-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso (13,099MB), AlmaLinux-8.10-x86_64-minimal.iso (2,041MB), AlmaLinux-8.10-x86_64-boot.iso (977MB). |
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| 2024-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2024.05 |
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Version 2024.05 of KaOS, an independently-developed Linux distribution focused on Qt/KDE toolkit and desktop, has been released. This release removes modsetting for all graphic cards and completes the removal of GTK2 from the project's repositories: "Four years after being end of life, GTK2 is finally removed from the KaOS repositories. The one major application left that still required GTK2 was Ardour, but with 8.4.0, an internal YTK is used, thus GTK2 is now gone. Updates to the base of the system included a move to Python 3.11, Glib2 2.80 stack, kernel moved to Linux 6.8.10, Systemd 253.19, ZFS 2.2.4, KMod 32, OpenSSL 3.3, FFMPEG 6.1, OpenJDK 17 and Mesa 24.0.7. Among the new packages included is Marknote, a nicely in Plasma 6 integrated note management application." Further information is provided in the project's release notes for KaOS 2024.05. Download (SHA256): KaOS-2024.05-x86_64.iso (3,472MB, pkglist). |
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| 2024-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Armbian 24.5.1 |
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Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM development boards. It is usually based on one of the stable or development versions of Debian or Ubuntu and it supports a wide variety of popular ARM-based devices, including Banana Pi, Cubieboard, Olimex, Orange Pi, Odroid, Pine64 and others. The project has announced an updated build which carries the version number 24.5.1: "Reproducible Armbian OS and Armbian build framework are tightly connected. Framework can build custom Debian or custom Ubuntu. Armbian Ubuntu is made from LTS or latest packages and is cleaned from all Canonical packaging including snapd. By default, we provide the latest critical packages also in the LTS package base. Armbian Jammy and Noble comes with highly optimized, specially built for each hardware platform, on top of mainline kernel 6.6.y or from SoC vendors, ZFS 2.2.4 and always the latest deb packaged Chromium, packed as .deb, comes with 3D and video acceleration where possible, VS Code, Thunderbird, Firefox, preinstalled Linux Userspace x86 and x86_64 Emulator on aarch64 hardware and several others. Armbian provides cleaned, improved, but stays close to the standard Debian and Ubuntu experience. To keep 100% compatibility, we tend to keep things that work well as they are. We stick to a minimalistic approach - less is more." The release announcement offers additional details. Download: Armbian_24.5.1_Uefi-x86_noble_current_6.6.31_gnome-oibaf_desktop.img.xz (1,864MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Armbian_24.5.1_Uefi-x86_bookworm_current_6.6.31_minimal.img.xz (705MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2024-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 |
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Red Hat has published a new update in the company's Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) product line, this one of the 8.x series. The new release, version 8.10, mostly introduces bug fixes and minor updates to the 8.x line. One interesting feature is a change to the behaviour of OpenSSH: "OpenSSH’s response after login failure is artificially delayed to prevent user enumeration attacks. This update introduces an upper limit so that such artificial delays do not become excessively long when remote authentication takes too long, for example in privilege access management (PAM) processing." Additional changes and important details can be found in the company's release notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10. The new version is available to individuals at no cost and can be downloaded through the company's Developer Portal. ISO files (pkglist) for RHEL range from 948MB to 1,326MB and are available in x86_64 and aarch64 builds. |
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| 2024-05-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EuroLinux 8.10 |
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EuroLinux is a distribution built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This RHEL clone has just received an upgrade to its 8.x branch. The latest release, version 8.10, mostly provides security fixes and minor updates to services and development languages: "The EuroLinux 8.10 release is codenamed 'Bucharest' - the capital of Romania. EuroLinux 8.10 is available for x86_64 and aarch64 (ARM64) architectures. Among the most significant new features are the new modules: MariaDB version 10.11; Nginx version 1.24; PHP version 8.2; PostgreSQL version 16; Python 3.12. Furthermore, the most crucial system components and developer tools have been upgraded to newer versions: GCC toolset version 13; GO language stack version 1.21; Rust language stack version 1.75; LLVM stack version 17." Aditional details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, pkglist): EL-8.10-x86_64-20240527-appstream.iso (15,161MB), EL-8.10-x86_64-20240527-minimal.iso (2,021MB), EL-8.10-x86_64-20240527-boot.iso (1,036MB). |
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| 2024-05-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultramarine Linux 40 |
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Ultramarine Linux is a Fedora-based desktop distribution which attempts to provide a better, out-of-the-box desktop experience. The project's latest release, Ultramarine Linux 40, swaps out the Pantheon desktop for Xfce and offers support for ARM devices, such as Raspberry Pi computers. "Now the moment we're sure you've been waiting for - the Xfce edition is here. The Xfce edition stays close to the stock Xfce experience with a little bit of Ultramarine spice sprinkled in. We embrace a more traditional dock and panel setup, compared to Xfce's split layout, and use a more modern menu (with search). In addition to these layout changes, we use the beautifully familiar Materia theme. The Xfce edition is perfect for lower-powered devices and people who want to squeeze the most out of their computers. Ultramarine 40 marks the end of our Pantheon edition. From a growing maintenance burden, to a shrinking userbase, it is simply no longer viable for us to maintain the Pantheon edition." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): ultramarine-flagship-40-live-x86_64.iso (2,636MB, SHA256), ultramarine-xfce-40-live-x86_64.iso (2,699MB, SHA256), ultramarine-kde-40-live-x86_64.iso (3,863MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-05-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Murena 2.0 |
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The Murena project delivers a de-Googled version of Android for smartphones which include several privacy protecting features and independent cloud services. The Murena team have released Murena 2.0 which ships with an updated version of the Bliss launcher, more capable tracker blocking, built-in QR code recognition in the camera app, and IP address hiding. "Advanced Privacy is a unique tool we have developed to prevent trackers from accessing your data while you are using third-party apps or just browsing the web. Let's have a look now at the enhanced Advanced Privacy features in /e/OS V2. Advanced Privacy lets you manage in-app trackers, IP addresses, and location. It's available as a widget and within the operating system settings. And now in a recent update, you can enjoy a better experience with Advanced Privacy with a more intuitive user interface; you'll have greater control over your privacy settings. In Advanced Privacy settings, you can also manage tracker permissions by app and see the complete statistics of trackers blocked." Additional information is provided through the release announcement and in the release notes. Download options for supported devices can be found on the project's Devices page. |
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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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