Slick Greeter, which is in charge of the login screen, was given support for multiple keyboard layouts. The indicator located on the top-right corner of the screen opens a menu which lets you switch between layouts. System layouts defined in /etc/default/keyboard are listed first for easy access. Below that a sub-menu lists all supported layouts. Touchpad support was also improved. Tap-to-click is detected and enabled automatically in the login screen. The layout used for Onboard, the on-screen keyboard is configurable. The keyboard navigation was improved. The arrow keys can be used to edit the password which is being typed. A revealer icon appears when the password is clicked or edited. This revealer can be used to toggle the visibility of the password.
Captive portal and limiters moved from ipfw to pf: pf is the default packet filter in pfSense software. These changes leverage L2 features previously added to pf and upstreamed to FreeBSD, and improve performance and stability of the captive portal by eliminating the need for packets to traverse both pf and ipfw. UPnP and multiple game systems: A fix has been added to address an issue with UPnP and multiple game systems. This resolves the problems some game systems experienced connecting to the internet when UPnP was enabled and multiple consoles are in use. New gateway state killing options: These options give the user more flexibility in how the firewall decides to kill states automatically during failover events and also adds several new manual ways to selectively remove states. Improved Firewall/NAT rule usability: The Firewall/NAT rule interface has been improved to make it easier to create and manage rules. This includes new buttons to toggle multiple rules and copy rules to other interfaces.
The 5.4.7 release brings significant enhancements to translation capabilities and introduces exciting new features. One notable improvement is the ability to translate .desktop files in packages-templates, enhancing the overall localization experience. The release also includes version updates for gFTP and rtw89, bringing improvements and bug fixes to these applications. Additionally, users will now find menu entries for apps that have not yet been installed, providing convenient access to explore and install new software. The release also incorporates packages-templates from woofQ and explores mind-mapping tools, offering users more flexibility and creativity in organizing their thoughts and ideas.
Tails 5.15.1, released on July 11, 2023, brings several changes and updates. The Tor Browser has been updated to version 12.5, which introduces a new circuit view and improved information about onion services. Onion service authentication is now supported in Tor Browser, including its use in OnionShare. Additionally, the boot loader now displays the version of Tails as "Tails 5.15.1." The release also addresses various fixed problems, such as improving the search functionality for languages and keyboard layouts, making the upgrade of Persistent Storage more reliable, and fixing issues with opening documentation links from Tails Installer. Several known issues are mentioned, and users are advised to upgrade their Tails USB stick or perform a fresh installation using the provided instructions.
After a long work, Pisi GNU/Linux 2.3.3 KDE Pomegranate is here with its updated iso.
The underlying base system has been updated to the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite, v.11, Bullseye with a backported OMX Player.
The July release is an update following the June release and addresses a major issue with the use of non-free Nvidia drivers that caused systems to not boot. As a result, a new ISO is required immediately. The release includes the latest versions of Plasma desktop, KDE Gear, and Frameworks, all built on Qt 5.15.10+. Notably, the release introduces a new Plasma 6 preview ISO for testing purposes. Several system updates are also included, such as a new GCC, Glibc, and kernel version. Additionally, new applications like Tokodon and Signal Desktop have been added, and there are improvements in log viewing and ISO writing tools. However, it's worth noting that installing on RAID is currently not possible.
All our editions feature: Firefox 114.0.1, LibreOffice 7.5.3.2, Thunderbird 102.12.0, For audio and video multimedia playback, we offer software out-of-the-box that caters specifically to our desired experience for each edition. Budgie, GNOME, and MATE editions all ship with Rhythmbox for audio playback, with the latest release of the Alternate Toolbar extension to provide a more modern user experience. Budgie and GNOME ship with Celluloid for video playback. MATE ships with VLC for video playback. Plasma ships with Elisa for audio playback and Haruna for video playback. Hardware and Kernel Enablement: This release of Solus ships with Linux kernel 6.3.8, enabling us to provide support for a broader range of hardware, such as: Secure Boot support.
blendOS v3 introduces two new command line utilities, system and user, and both of these are designed to make the lives of developers much, much easier. system allows you to install packages on the host itself, such as drivers and virtualization software from the Arch Linux repositories (system install and system remove). Speaking of which, unlike quite a few other immutable distributions, blendOS supports software such as VirtualBox if installed on the host. user is a replacement for the old blend CLI (was deprecated in v2). It allows you to create and manage containers and associatiions, as well as generate and move dotfiles and containers between different blendOS machines, as touched upon in the previous section.
A brand new stable Q4OS 5.2 version codenamed 'Aquarius' is immediately available for download and use in production environments. This is a long-term support LTS version to be supported for at least five years with security patches and software updates. Q4OS Aquarius is based on Debian Bookworm 12 and Plasma 5.27.5, optionally Trinity 14.1.1 desktop environment, and it's available for 64bit/x64 computers. A 32bit/i686pae edition for older i386 systems with or without PAE extension will follow soon, in a few days. We plan to bring Aquarius for ARM devices as well. The objective is to provide rock stable, as lightweight as possible, Debian based operating system with added value thanks to unique Q4OS tools.