bluestar-linux-6.1.2-2023.01.03-x86_64 has been released and is available for download
This new version combines the latest software updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and ready-to-use hardware support.
January 2023 release available. You need to re-install Archcraft for this update. After that, you can update to the next release with pacman. Changelog: created the ISO image base from scratch; better network manager support, various VPN plugins; better Bluetooth support; Pipewire for sound/audio (systemwide, Bluetooth, jack); better printer support; almost all audio, video and image codecs; better file manager functionality (mounting, networking, archiving); better multi-monitor support; CJK fonts pre-installed; new themes for both Openbox and bspwm; creating user themes is super easy now; many minor changes.
Vanilla OS is not an ordinary Linux distribution; it is a project that sets itself many goals and is not afraid to put itself out there, proudly displaying its unique technologies such as the Apx sub-system, its own automatic update system, and ABRoot transactions. So many terms, so many promises, so much everything. But let's see together, in detail what the strengths of Vanilla OS are, the features that make it unique. Vanilla OS comes with its own sub-system.. ehm.. package manager, called Apx. Apx introduces a whole new paradigm in package management. The idea is to use your system only as a box for storing your files, leaving it clean of packages and limiting the risk of breaking due to incompatible, poorly constructed or conflicting packages. It achieves this by installing software inside one or more containers fully managed by Apx having restricted access to your system's resources while still being able to use the same drivers and display server.
We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 23. This new (year) version includes a server Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc tool, and it features mirror selection for updates. Main changes: all desktop environments have been updated, namely KDE Plasma 5.25.5, Xfce 4.18, MATE 1.26.0, Cinnamon 5.6.5 and LXQt 1.2; we launched a new server flavour, Calculate Container Manager, for running LXC containers; a new tool, cl-lxc, has been added - it allows creating and updating Calculate Linux containers; the cl-update tool now features mirror selection for binary packages; an availability test has been added for Git repositories....
After suffering many hardships during the development of the project, We are happy to announce that we are finally releasing Ultramarine Linux 37! This release has one of the biggest fundamental changes compared to our older release, including a major infrastructure change from Ultramarine 36. After being acquired by Fyra Labs, we finally have the manpower to work on new things and keep track of new projects under the Fyra Labs name, so you can now expect even more frequent updates to Ultramarine as time goes on.
It is with great pleasure that we announce Linuxfx version 11.2.22.06 Plasma. This edition features the latest version of KDE Plasma and is built on top of the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release and also features the latest version of the WxDesktop tools. Wine 7, Plasma 5.26.3, WxDesktop 12.0, Kernel 5.15 and advanced support for the Android system are some of the new features in this version. There are several new features and improvements, so we recommend downloading this version immediately!
Shortly after Christmas, we release IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 172. It comes with cryptography improvements for IPsec and OpenVPN, as well as security improvements under the hood, a plethora of package updates and various bugs fixed across the place.
Nala as a new frontend for Debian’s package manager frontend apt. It works as a drop-in replacement, meaning that you can use the commands you are used to from apt also with nala. Apt gets the job done, but it is neither fast nor is it very user-friendly, when it comes to how it outputs its information. Nala in comparison seems like apt on steroids. It is faster by using parallel downloads, has better output, that is presented in a user-friendly way. It also has a history function that was borrowed from Fedoras package manager frontend dnf. You can try out nala right now and if you don’t like it, return to apt any time. You can also use both, alternating between them.
Pardus 21.4 is a minor version release. To observe the changes made, it is sufficent to keep your Pardus 21 system up-to-date.