Notable changes: NetworkManager has been rebased to 1.40; new module stream versions include Node.js 18, Mercurial 6.2, Maven 3.8 and Ruby 3.1; new compiler toolset versions include GCC 12, LLVM 14.0.6, Rust 1.62 and Go 1.18; the default value of the LimitRequestBody directive in httpd has been changed from unlimited to 1GiB to fix CVE-2022-29404; SSSD now supports direct integration with Windows Server 2022; cloud images - official Rocky Linux images are now available on Oracle Cloud Platform; Artifacts behind all images built are now exported for development use; LVM variants of the generic, EC2 and Azure images are now available.
Snal 1.23 was released November 13, 2022.
With this new ISO the installer is now out of beta and in a stable state!
The update includes bug fixes and performance improvements compared to th RC images before. I would like to thank everyone to be that patient and contribute your ideas of the new GnoppixNG Secure Desktop.
The Alpine Linux project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 3.16.3 of its Alpine Linux operating system. This is a bugfix release.
The Dunfell-series of EasyOS is built from packages compiled from source using "meta-quirky", a build system based on OpenEmbedded/Yocto (OE). The binary packages from a complete recompile based on Dunfell 3.1.20 release of OE was used to build EasyOS 4.5. There has been a major structural change, completely separating the EasyOS installation from the boot-loader, and the rEFInd/Syslinux bootloaders have been replaced with Limine. The latter handles both UEFI and legacy-BIOS computers. As the packages are cross-compiled from source, the repository is rather small compared to other distributions; however, this is compensated by a much increased collection of SFS files. These are large packages, even complete operating systems, that can run on the main filesystem or in a container. These are downloaded and installed by clicking on the "sfs" icon on the desktop -- a very simple operation. New SFSs include Android Studio, Audacity, Blender, Openshot, QEMU, Shotcut, SmartGit, SuperTuxKart, VSCode and Zoom. It is expected that more will be added. SFSs can be thought of as being like appimages, snaps, or flatpaks, but more light-weight and flexible. Lots of packages have been updated, including the kernel now at 5.15.78 and Firefox is 106.0.5. And of course lots and lots of fixes and enhancements. So many, but just picking out a few: printing from GTK3 apps fixed, support for the nim compiler (and 'debdb2pupdb' system utility rewritten in nim), improved 'dir2sfs' utility, new 'deb2sfs' utility, openGL fixed in containers ...and so on.
AlmaLinux 8.7 Stable provides a more stable foundation for open hybrid cloud innovation, new enhancements and features to deliver workloads, applications and services for multiple environments more efficiently, security features and updates for risk reduction and better compliance maintenance. New automation and management functionality is provided to make additional manual task automation, performing standard deployment processes at scale easier and to simplify day-to-day system management. These enhancements include adding several system roles and the web console new options and features. As for containers, Sigstore technology was built into the container tooling.
RHEL 8.7 introduces a number of new capabilities, including the ability to view and manage system-wide crypto policies for consistency and reduction of risk, label and optionally encrypt data in sosreports generated in the web console, install only kpatch updates with improved kernel live patching workflow in the web console, download installation media when creating a new virtual machine within the web console, and edit custom firewall services. Also included are several new RHEL system roles, especially the new Redfish Ansible automation modules, which let customers use the Redfish hardware management interface to control the power state of a system, manage the order of boot devices, manage Redfish accounts and virtual media.
The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Nov/3). Linux kernel was updated to 6.0.6-2. Language files de_DE, el_GR.UTF-8, es_ES, fr_FR, ja_JP, pl_PL, sk_SK, and tr_TR were updated. Thanks to Michael Vinzenz, Stamatis Mavrogiorgis, Juan Ramón Martínez, Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Akira Yoshiyama, Ondrej Dzivý Balucha, Kris and Volkan Gezer. Show options "-k0" and "-k1" in the restoring action for beginner mode in the ocs-onthefly. Include package ufw in live system. Disable glances service in live system. Add option "-sfs" in the dialog menu. The corresponding language files were updated, too.
The Welcome screen and Peppermint Hub have been redesigned. Peppermint Scope(Build log) has been added to allow visibility into the updates made to Peppermint. ICE has been removed. TKK Creator has been added to allow for tkinter theming. Suggested Packages has a new bootstrap theme. UEFI Boot problems have been corrected. Plymouth boot screen has been updated. A new theme has been applied to grub using the options from Adison Cavani. nala has been added. hBlock has been upgraded. Adjustments were made to xDaily to be more informative (Community requested). Kumo Icon Updated.