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30.11.2022 13:41 Michael Prokop has announced the release of Grml 2022.11, a new stable release of the Debian-based distribution with a focus on the needs of system administrators: "Grml new stable release 2022.11 available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian 'bookworm'. As usual it also incorporates current....

30.11.2022 02:50 Simon Coter has announced the availability of the first update in the Oracle Linux 9 series, a distribution built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 source code but featuring Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux Kernel ": "Oracle Linux 9 Update 1 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD....

29.11.2022 20:50 Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux. The company's latest release is Proxmox 2.3 "Backup Server" which is based on Debian 11 and includes ZFS support. The release announcement states: "We are pleased to announce version 2.3 of Proxmox Backup Server! It's based....

29.11.2022 09:33 George Vlahavas has announced the release of Salix 15.0 "Live" edition, a live distribution based on Slackware Linux 15.0, featuring the Xfce desktop environment, and available for both x86_64 and i486 platforms: "After several rounds of extensive testing, we are proud to announce the release of Salix Live....

28.11.2022 22:12 Snal Linux is a small Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It features the i3 window manager and it includes the Firefox web browser, as well as a handful of network and filesystem utilities. The project's latest release, Snal Linux 1.24, introduces a few key changes: "Snal Linux....

28.11.2022 06:10 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Void 20221001News: Debian warns Anacron service may be disabled, Fedora tests new web-based installer, Redox OS runs on some real hardwareQuestions and answers: Remotely shutting down and complex aliasesReleased last week: Proxmox 7.3 "Virtual Environment", Alpine Linux 3.17.0, BlueOnyx 5211RTorrent corner: TailsOpinion....

28.11.2022 06:10 Rocky Linux 9.1, a distribution built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 and 100% compatible with its parent, has been released: "We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.1. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le....

25.11.2022 17:50 UBports is a community project which develops a GNU/Linux distribution for mobile devices. The project's latest update is UBports 16.04 OTA-24 which introduces a number of improvements, particularly with handling text messages and fingerprint unlocking. "Note: This is the last OTA for Ubuntu 16.04 with major features.....

23.11.2022 15:20 Michael Stauber has announced the release of a new version of BlueOnyx, a specialist server distribution which provides a fully-integrated internet hosting platform. Version 5211R is based on AlmaLinux 9.1: "We just published the first ISO image of our new BlueOnyx 5211R to the download mirrors.....

22.11.2022 18:50 Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux. The company's latest release is Promix 7.3 "Virtual Environment" which is based on Debian 11.5 and supports ZFS storage volumes. "Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.3 comes with initial support for Cluster Resource Scheduling, enables updates for air-gapped....

22.11.2022 18:50 Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers and servers. The project's latest release is version 3.17.0 which upgrades OpenSSL to the 3.0 series. The release announcement offers details: "Significant changes: OpenSSL 3.0 is now the default OpenSSL version. OpenSSL....

22.11.2022 01:00 Simon Coter has announced the availability of Oracle Linux 8.7, an updated release of Oracle's Linux distribution built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux : "The Oracle Linux team is pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 8 Update 7....

21.11.2022 03:00 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Fedora 37News: Unity desktop running on Arch, Haiku improves USB support, UBports seeks testers, Murena adds support for five new devicesQuestions and answers: Swap files versus swap partitionsReleased last week: Fedora 37, BackBox 8, EuroLinux 8.7Torrent corner: BackBox, Fedora, SparkyLinux, wattOSOpinion poll:....

19.11.2022 17:50 Filip Komar has announced the launch of a development release of Mageia. The new snapshot, Mageia 9 Alpha, is available in several editions and includes an option to remove old kernels once they are no longer needed. "The available ISO images are the same as in Mageia 8,....

18.11.2022 03:00 Ron Ropp has announced a new release of wattOS, the first in several years. The new version, wattOS, is based on Debian 11 and features access to many extra software repositories, including Debian's Backports and Flatpak. The project's release announcement provides an overview of the distribution's features: "wattOS....