LVM cloud image variants now remove /etc/lvm/devices/system.devices to resolve issues with PV/VG/LVs upon installation of the images due to being hardcoded to a specific device. An aarch64 kernel with a 64kb page size is now available via the package kernel-64k. nfsrahead, a tool to configure the readahead for NFS mounts, was added. Intel Arc GPU support has been added. The infamous Flatpak bug that breaks all fonts in applications using the default font (Cantarell) has been fixed! Wireguard once again works with SELinux enabled.
LVM cloud image variants now remove /etc/lvm/devices/system.devices to resolve issues with PV/VG/LVs upon installation of the images due to being hardcoded to a specific device. An aarch64 kernel with a 64kb page size is now available via the package kernel-64k. nfsrahead, a tool to configure the readahead for NFS mounts, was added. Intel Arc GPU support has been added. The infamous Flatpak bug that breaks all fonts in applications using the default font (Cantarell) has been fixed! Wireguard once again works with SELinux enabled.
Add curl, a command line tool to download over HTTPS, FTP, and other protocols. curl can be useful for online investigations as an alternative to wget. Everything you do with curl goes through the Tor network. If you want to use curl on a local network, use /usr/bin/curl instead. Use LUKS2 by default for all new Persistent Storage and LUKS encrypted volumes. LUKS2 provide stronger cryptography by default. We will provide a migration plan from LUKS1 to LUKS2 for existing Persistent Storage in Tails 5.14 (early June). Update Tor Browser to 12.0.6.
On May 17, 2023, we released EuroLinux version 8.8. It retains compatibility with Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.8. The EuroLinux 8.8 repositories have been expanded to include Python 3.11, Nginx 1.22 and PostgreSQL 15. Among others, several packages have been updated, such as: Git 2.39.1, Git LFS 3.2.0, Valgrind 3.19, SystemTap 4.8, Dyninst 12.1.0, Elfutils 0.188, PCP 5.3.7, Grafana 7.5.15, GCC Toolset 12, LLVM Toolset 15, Rust Toolset 1.66, GoToolset 1.19.4. The Linux kernel was updated to version 4.18.0-477.
XeroLinux has released a new version with several important changes, including the resolution of KDFONT issue, an updated Arch Kernel to version 6.3.2, and the fixing of most PipeWire USB Headphones issues. The new release now uses the Catppuccin theme and style for everything and features major under-the-hood performance optimizations for KDE Plasma. The QT has been updated to the latest version, 5.15.9, and KDE Plasma, KDE Frameworks, and KDE Gear tools have also been updated to their latest versions, 5.27.5, 5.106, and 23.04.1, respectively. During the installation, Memtest86 will be removed due to an ongoing issue with Grub, and a fresh install is no longer required for existing XeroLinux users.
The NuTyX 23.05.0 and cards 2.6.7 release note contains a comprehensive list of updated packages, including new toolchains such as gcc 13.1.0, glibc 2.37, and binutils 2.40. Additionally, it includes updated versions of several desktop environments, including XFCE 4.18.3, MATE 1.26.1, GNOME 44.0, and KDE Plasma 5.27.5. Other updated applications include Thunderbird 102.10.1, Gimp 2.10.34, and Libreoffice 7.5.3.2. NuTyX also ships with Long Term Support (LTS) kernels, ranging from 4.14.314 to the latest stable version, 6.3.2. Overall, the release note highlights a substantial update to the NuTyX operating system, with numerous improvements to its core components and desktop environments.
Escuelas Linux has released version 8.2 with updated applications and important bug fixes, showcasing a polished and beautiful environment to run both educational and general purpose software. The release includes popular applications such as Audacity 3.3.2, Blender 3.5, GCompris 3.2, Google Chrome 113, Kdenlive 23.04, IBM Java 8.0-8.0, LibreOffice 7.5.3, Mozilla Firefox 113, and Wine 8.7, among others. The release also offers an optional Developer Pack 8.2 with updated environments for C, C++, Java, and PHP development, including Android Studio Flamingo 2022.2.1 and Eclipse IDE 2023-03. The release fixes several bugs, including issues with GIMP, KTorrent, Xterm, UXTerm, Avogadro, Pencil2D, Kdenlive, and GCompris, among others.
Version 5.2.4 of EasyOS Kirkstone series was released on May 4 with some significant updates for version 5.3. The two major updates in the release notes are the change in ext4 folder encryption from fscrypt v1 to v2 and significant improvement in the Flatpak Installer (Flapi). However, the upgrade to fscrypt v2 means that encrypted folders created before 5.3 will no longer be accessible. Therefore, users who have encrypted folders and enter a password at bootup must download the 'easy-update' script before upgrading to 5.3; otherwise, the update will break the installation.
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.2, code-named 'Turquoise Kodkod'. AlmaLinux 9.2 provides enhancements and features to the hybrid cloud's foundation and helps deliver workloads, applications and services for multiple environments faster and with less effort. This release includes security updates such as the realmd system role, a SCAP profile, and Ansible content for enhanced system checks to simplify managing security and compliance. Improvements to application streams provide compilers, runtime languages, databases and web server updates. Enhancements to the web console and new system roles make it easier to automate and standardize systems.
On May 11, 2023, we released version 9.2 of the EuroLinux operating system. It maintains compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. EuroLinux 9.2 repositories have been expanded to include Python 3.11, Nginx 1.22, PostgreSQL 15, new versions of Performance Co-Pilot, updated toolsets - Rust 1.66, Go 1.19 and LLVM 15. The new version of the system also introduces a variety of improvements to the web console (cockpit). The Linux kernel has been updated to version 5.14. Key security-related highlights: the OpenSSL secure communications library was rebased to version 3.0.7; SELinux user-space packages were updated to version 3.5; Keylime was rebased to version 6.5.2; OpenSCAP was rebased to version 1.3.7; SCAP Security Guide was rebased to version 0.1.66.