For the first time, this stable release includes GNOME Mobile! If you haven't followed the amazing progress that was made to bring GNOME to phones and tablets, see Towards GNOME Shell on Mobile, GNOME Shell on mobile: An update and GNOME Mobile Show & Tell (video). Lots of improvements to GNOME Software. Translations (lang) is installed by default now, and the default locale is en_US.UTF-8 instead of C.UTF-8. USB tethering is now functional. Minimum password length in installer images has been changed from 8 to 6. PineBook Pro: backlight control and audio works by default.
This release brings newer packages like Mesa and others, but Leap 15.5 is a non-feature release. Some of these newer packages to highlight include KDE Plasma 5.27, which is a Plasma Long Term Support version until the next one rolls out in 2024. Konqi lovers will enjoy a new welcome wizard, dynamic customization of desktop workspaces and more functionality with KRunner that includes a full desktop search, unit and currency exchange rate conversions, dictionary definitions, calculator features, and it shows graphical representations of mathematical functions. The Color Picker had a few improvements and added the possibility of displaying another preview color circle. KDE Gear 22.12.3 will be a new package in the release and complement the use of Plasma 5.27. The update fixes bugs with the Desktop Environment applications and highlights the enhancement of compression/decompression utility ark, improvements to text editor Kate and fixes some crashing of the video editor Kdenlive. Qt 5.15 LTS is available with the KDE Qt 5 patch collection.
Important updates, fixes and improvements: Access encrypted folders on mounted ext4 partitions — June 04, 2023 Toggle touchpad on or off — June 02, 2023 OpenEmbedded version 4.0.10 revision-2 compile — June 01, 2023 YouTube-DL Update button fixed — June 01, 2023 How and why EasyOS is different page updated — May 29, 2023 Kdenlive AppImage vs Flatpak — May 29, 2023 Setting up permissions under /files take-2 — May 28, 2023 Fixed Kdenlive project setup — May 27, 2023 Little Flapi, Appi and pupX fixes — May 26, 2023 Kernel 5.15.114, vmwgfx enabled
This release contains a new tool called Backup Station to manage ZFS boot environment. Now the default time is set to local instead of UTC, which fixes an issue with LightDM time. Software Station search got improved to be less laggy. See below for a complete list of fixes and improvements.
We've been very busy behind the scenes and we're now happy to announce the availability Kodi v20 for all OSMC supported devices. All devices supported by OSMC on Kodi v19 remain supported for Kodi v20. It took time and effort to release this update as a stable release and ensure that the user experiences stays at the high level that you would expect from OSMC.
Athena Polias introduces an array of exciting updates in her latest changelog. These include a Blue Team circular menu, new hacking roles, enhanced installation options, integration of CyberChef as an application, automatic driver installation, stability improvements, environment and file system recognition, productivity enhancements, privacy-focused replacements, device recognition, HTB-Play updates, and the addition of various tools and features. Athena has also made significant backend improvements to boost performance.
bluestar-linux-6.3.5-2023.06.01-x86_64 has been released and is available for download
The Elive Team is pleased to announce this special release, featuring a synthwave-inspired Desktop-design. This special version of Elive has undergone rigorous testing for months to ensure stability and updated drivers. Many improvements has been made that keeps the system lightweight, efficient, and extremely stable. We are so happy with the result that we offer this release in both 32 and 64 bit for free at absolutely no cost now and in the future.
Snal Linux 1.27 was released on June 2, 2023 and is available for download.
In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: Core version changes: default linux: 5.15 -> 6.1, all supported kernels available. systemd has been updated to v253.1, see the pull request for more info. It’s recommended to use nixos-rebuild boot and reboot, rather than nixos-rebuild switch - since in some rare cases the switch of a live system might fail. glibc: 2.35 -> 2.37. Cinnamon has been updated to 5.6, see the pull request for what is changed. GNOME has been upgraded to version 44. Please see the release notes for details. KDE Plasma has been updated to v5.27, see the release notes for what is changed. Python implements PEP 668, providing better feedback to users that try to run pip install system-wide. nixos-rebuild now supports an extra --specialisation option that can be used to change specialisation for switch and test commands. libxcrypt, the library providing the crypt(3) password hashing function, is now built without support for algorithms not flagged strong. This affects the availability of password hashing algorithms used for system login (login(1), passwd(1)), but also Apache2 Basic-Auth, Samba, OpenLDAP, Dovecot, and many other packages.