From now on, Amarok Linux will become a Rolling Release Distro, so that we can provide our users with always up-to-date applications and at the same time keep the system up to date with important updates. Another change was in the Desktops, which now will be just two, which are LXQt and MATE, which provide lightness and a fluid Desktop, both for modest computers and for modern computers. Amarok Linux is now based on Debian Testing, which also brings stability and security to the system, as well as more recent and updated packages, of course always undergoing a check by the Debian team, in order to always provide us with packages with stability and without possible bugs.
ExTiX 22.8 is based on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)! Ubuntu 22.04 will be supported until 2027. The best thing with ExTiX 22.8 is that while running the system live (from DVD/USB) or from hard drive you can use Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu system. So easy that a ten year child can do it! One other very good thing with this version of ExTiX is that it is quite light. The ISO file is of only 1820 MB, which means that you can run the system super fast from RAM. When the boot process is ready you can eject the DVD or USB stick. Use Boot alternative 3 or Advanced options… >> load to RAM.
From the release notes: First, I have to tell y'all that, so far, the 5.19 kernel is quite a bit speedier at booting up than its predecessor. Even KDE/Plasma seems to be a little faster when starting up. Also, with this release, you may notice (or not) that I've included fewer desktop themes to try to get the size of the iso image down below 4gb. That required a remix of artwork packages 8 and 9 (which is why you're getting both updates). I've also added 3 new packages - udftools, qemu-img and rclone; all useful if you need to use the live system disk for system rescue. I'll be going over what packages are included in the live system for the next release to try to get the image size down another 200mb or so - I am aiming for minimal impact, so i have to go through the packages carefully. Unfortunately, as bugs are fixed and features added, software grows. The current package list for the live system is actually smaller than the original, because some packages simply disappeared over time as they became unnecessary, or no longer needed as a dependency. Despite a shorter package list, the 64-bit image file has grown by about 800mb over the past few years. The kernel package itself is now approaching 200mb plus the associated firmware packages - it used to be about 75mb. In any case, I felt I needed to give y'all a heads-up that a few packages are going to have to be stripped out to get the size down a little.
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'. Changes: system upgraded from Debian and Sparky stable repos as of August 11, 2022; PC: Linux kernel 5.10.127 (5.19.1 and 5.15.60-ESR can be installed from Sparky unstable repos); ARM: Linux kernel 5.15.32-v7+; Firefox 91.11.0.0esr (103.0.2 and 102.1.0esr Mozilla builds can be installed from Sparky repos as the 'firefox-sparky' and 'firefox-esr-sparky' packages, but they use a new user profile, so your bookmarks, passwords, settings have to be synchronized from the Mozilla account); Thunderbird 91.10.0; VLC 3.0.17; LibreOffice 7.0.4; LXQt 0.16.0; Xfce 4.16; Openbox 3.6.1; KDE Plasma 5.20.5; small improvements.
Intel vm_exit paths are guarded against Post-Barrier RSB predictions, AMD Microcode updated to 202204, SMBIOS 3.6 support, BHYVE VMs can be capable of auto-destruct (useful for testing)
KDE Neon version 20220811
Following these last months of alpha and beta testing, we are glad to announce the release of YunoHost 11.0, running on Debian 11 'Bullseye'. This comes along with the latest version of the 4.4 series which includes a Buster-to-Bullseye migration tool to upgrade as simply as possible. Versions 4.x are not expected to receive any upgrades any more (except for important security fixes or migration fixes). Changelog: various tweaks for Python 3.9, PHP 7.4, PostgreSQL 13 and other changes related to Buster-to-Bullseye ecosystem; moved MySQL, PHP and Metronome from 'Depends' to 'Recommends'; apt - add sury by default; MySQL - drop super old MySQL configuration, it now relies on Debian's default; regenconf/helpers - better integration for PostgreSQL; rework repository code architecture; rework where YunoHost files are deployed; try to implement a smarter self-upgrade mechanism to prevent/limit API downtime and related UX issues....
Alpine Linux stable version 3.16.2
In light of 'Hacker Summer Camp 2022' (BlackHat USA, BSides LV and DEFCON) occurring right now, we wanted to push out Kali Linux 2022.3 as a nice surprise for everyone to enjoy. With the publishing of this blog post, we have the download links ready for immediate access, or you can update any existing installation. It would not be a Kali release if there were not any new tools added. A quick rundown of what has been added (to the network repositories): BruteShark - network analysis tool; DefectDojo - open-source application vulnerability correlation and security orchestration tool; phpsploit - stealth post-exploitation framework; shellfire - exploiting LFI/RFI and command injection vulnerabilities; SprayingToolkit - password spraying attacks against Lync/S4B, OWA and O365. There have been numerous packages updates as well.
We are pleased to announce the release of TrueNAS SCALE 22.02.3 (Angelfish). This new release has several bug fixes and improvements and a few new features. See the Release Notes below for more details.