The underlying GNU/Linux operating system has been upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2023-02-12; Linux kernel has been updated to 6.1.11; Partclone has been updated to 0.3.23 and this has updated Btrfs to 6.0.1; show option '-j2' in the restoreparts menu, default off; the swap partition is shown in the saveparts dialog menu; swap partition can be saved in two modes - only keep UUID/label or dumped by dd; improved LUKS mechanism to support multiple LUKS devices; LUKS swap device should keep UUID and label only, not use dd mode; add '--powersave off' in setterm for screen not blanking in the console; support mkinitcpio in updating initramfs mechanism - this is for restoring Arch and Manjaro Linux; new program, ocs-live-ver, can be used to show Clonezilla Live version; replace ocs-bttrack with opentracker since Python 2 is not available in Debian 'Sid' any more; Memtest86+ has been updated to version 6.00.
We are proud to introduce the latest version of Parrot. Parrot 5.2 includes several new features and improvements made since version 5.1; these mostly include security and stability updates. What's new: the Calamares installer has received several important updates to fix common installation issues; the Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.0; several security updates have been included to fix important bugs to Firefox, Chromium, sudo, dbus, nginx, libssl, OpenJDK and X.Org; Anonsurf, our popular anonymity tool, now includes better support to TOR bridges; wireless drivers for several Broadcom and Realtek cards not supported by Debian received a major upgrade to include support for the 6.x Linux kernel, along with VirtualBox and NVIDIA drivers....
We are proud to announce the release of the Gnoppix User Setup Tool, allowing users to configure their Gnoppix experience in multiple languages and with multiple keyboard layouts. Now, users all over the world can enjoy the full power of Gnoppix, no matter their language or location. Get started today and take advantage of all the features Gnoppix has to offer. This is an exceptional maintenance update, normally only available to members. However, due to the huge (especially none-latin) requests of Gnoppix, the changes are extraordinary (Gnoppix User Setup tool and Gnoppix-CTL) so an exception is made and this release is made available to everyone. *(see attachment)
It is with great pleasure to present to you the February release of a new stable ISO. For the Plasma desktop, the latest Plasma (5.27.0), KDE Gear (22.12.2), and Frameworks (5.103.0) are included. All built on Qt 5.15.8+. Among the many changes included in Plasma 5.27 are the Big Multi-monitor Refactor to make working with screens much more reliable. There is also a new fine grained control tools when the user has 3 or more screens connected. For those with a large monitor KWin has long been able to place one window on the left and one on the right. Now with Meta-T the quick tiling is launched allowing complete control of where your windows are placed. Drag windows with Shift pressed and it will stick to the tiled layout. And a new System Settings module has been added to easily control the settings for Flatpaks.
I’m happy to announce the availability of MidnightBSD 2.2 for amd64 and i386. This release focused on updating third party software in the base system and some smaller enhancements.
The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.17.2 of its Alpine Linux operating system. This release includes various security fixes.
Determine group membership of users faster: The group membership of a user in UCS is now conveyed via the 'memberof' attribute of the user. This means you no longer have to search across all groups for a user but can access a cache on the user object that contains this information. This considerably speeds up the search for group membership. Synchronisation of password history: With the new UCS version, to prevent the use of passwords that have already been used, a user's passwords that have been used in the past are stored in a history. For this purpose, UCS saves hashes of the passwords in the history. In the past, the history was saved individually by the system that processes the password change - this can be OpenLDAP (for changes via UDM and Kerberos), Samba4 (for changes via desktop systems in the UCS domain) or Active Directory (when using the AD connector). From now on, these different histories will be synchronised, so it doesn't matter which system the user changes their password on since the same overarching password history now applies.
Endless OS 5.0.0 is out. Endless OS 5 continues to be the app-centric operating system you’ve come to know and love, but the experience has been refreshed based on user testing and feedback. At a glance, you’ll notice the grid of apps and search are largely the same, while the taskbar a the bottom of the screen in Endless OS 4 has been split into two more purposeful elements in Endless OS 5 - the bottom dash for your favorite and running apps at the bottom of the screen, and the top panel with more information and system status at the top of the screen.
Linux Kernel update to 6.1.10. Module nvidiafb removed to avoid hang problems. glib downgraded to 2.72.1 because of problems (segfault, kernel trap) with Xfce4 in runlevel 5. See also https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2806 PBM6-EFI update. Build scripts updated.
It is a quarterly updated point release of Sparky 6 “Po Tolo” of the stable line. Sparky 6 is based on and fully compatible with Debian 11 “Bullseye”.