Changes between Sparky 2022.04 and 2022.07 include all packages upgraded from Debian & Sparky testing repos as of July 5, 2022, Linux kernel 5.18.5 (5.18.9 & 5.15.52-LTS in sparky unstable repos), added new packages to iso images: nala, hypnotix, zstd, onboard, ‘sparky-upgrade’ cli tool uses nala’ instead of ‘apt’ now, if nala is installed, Python 3.10.4 as default; Python 3.9 has been removed and updates on various packages.
Oracle is pleased to announce Oracle Linux 9 general availability for Intel-64/AMD-64 (x86_64) and Arm (aarch64). This release includes the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 (UEK R7), also generally available today, along with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). Oracle Linux is an optimized and secure operating environment for application development and deployment. Oracle Linux 9 with UEK R7 provides kernel, performance and security enhancements including UEK R7, based on the mainline long-term support (LTS) 5.15 release, offers the latest hardware support and is aligned with the Linux kernel community for more timely delivery of critical fixes and security updates. This release includes core scheduling, a security feature to help avoid side-channels attacks; adds CTF (C-type format) debug info data as part of the core kernel installation....
AgarimOS with Xfce
Team Porteus is finally able to announce the immediate availability of Porteus 5.0 final in eight desktop flavours. Main changes include: Linux kernel 5.18.8; Core is based on Slackware 15.0; Perl has been moved to 05-devel; Slackware package managers included slackpkg (in core) and slpkg (in 05-devel); a simple wrapper for slackpkg, pmod, to produce a module of the package; a small script, pkginfo, to provide some info about whether a package is installed, what's in it, whether it has missing libraries and which module it's in, if any; numerous tweaks, fixes and optimizations to our core scripts.
Announce - Condres OS Plasma 1.0. With great pleasure we announce the release of Condres Plasma 1.0 based on Debian 11. This first release will be followed by a full online Calamares-based installer. We will integrate the Control Center that was previously available in the old releases on the new Debian-based edition. The new implementations will be available in September / October 2022. Release Notes for Condres Plasma 1.0. Today we are proud to release Condres OS 1.0 with the KDE flavour. This release comes with the name '1.0'. New features: add snapper btrfs; new theme for Plasma (ant-dark, icon tela, playmouth splash)
With version 5.0-2, RADIUS now also allows administrators to assign dedicated VLANs to specific user groups. For example, visitors can be assigned access to a dedicated guest VLAN that allows access only to the Internet, but not to the organization's internal network. This is an important feature for increasing network security. For more info, see the blog article Service-specific Password for RADIUS. Minor enhancements and bug fixes have been released for the App Center, which in detail can be found in the release notes. Here, we have focused on porting more apps to UCS 5 as well as the deployment of new apps.
Initial support for FM radios (@mardytardi): If you own any of those devices: BQ E4.5, BQ E5, Xiaomi Note 7 Pro - you are lucky: Connect your headphones, download the FM Radio App and enjoy the show. Several improvements are planned, and consider it more like a proof of concept. Also it will not work on other devices since the kernel needs a few options set. More devices to come... Messaging App (@lduboeuf): Some smaller improvements for MMS handling for bigger attachments. Also text messages with special characters from the HTML specification (&, <, >) are no longer truncated. Jingpad A1 (@fredldotme): Support hardware video decoding in the Media Player App.
We are proud to present the 'Artemis' release, named after the upcoming NASA mission to the moon and I do refer to that mission for a reason, but more on that later. Artemis is our regular ISO refresh release, so users who already are running EndeavourOS don’t have to install this release, you already are up-to-date. Besides the regular updates and improvements on the ISO image and the installation process is this release the first ISO that brings EndeavourOS ARM closer to the main release. Just like NASA’s Artemis mission will be to go back to the moon and also lay the foundation for the future (Mars) missions, the Artemis release is laying the foundation for the future of EndeavourOS ARM. From the launch of our ARM branch in 2020, it was always our goal to integrate the ARM install process as an option on the main ISO release. After a lot of brainstorming and perseverance, we are proud to present you with our first milestone step in bringing the two projects closer together.
ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 3.0.0-26: The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2022/Jun/12). Linux kernel was updated to 5.18.5-1. Add packages ngrep, duf, duff and dfc in the live system. Add more options in boot parameters to be parsed, including: extra_pbzip2_opt, extra_lbzip2_opt, extra_plzip_opt, extra_lz4mt_opt, and extra_xz_opt. Thanks to ottokang for this request. Update live-boot as 1:20220505.drbl1, and jfbterm 0.4.7-49.drbl2 (sync the version number with that of Fedora). The option --rsyncable of zstd causes bad performance. It can be 5 times slower for v1.4.x, and worse for v1.5.2. Hence by default we do not use it, and use zstd 1.5.2 again in this release. Support more wired NIC device types of name in ocs-live-netcfg.
Calamares now uses the 3.3 branch. There are no releases with it yet, but it comes with enough improvements that it is a better fit for KaOS. The integration with KPMCore has improved, LUKS support is more robust and there is now an option to not encrypt the boot partition when encryption is chosen for the install. Some GUI improvements have been implemented too. But for most, the biggest news for this release will be Plasma 5.25. KDE Plasma 5.25 redesigns and enhances how you navigate between windows and workspaces. The Overview effect shows all of your open windows and virtual desktops. Gestures on touchpads and touchscreens put Plasma at your fingertips. The dominant colour of your background picture can be applied to all components that use the accent colour.