Manjaro Linux 24.2 'Yonada' released. Since we released Xahea in October 2024, we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it 'Yonada'. The GNOME edition has received several updates to GNOME 47 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when GNOME 47.2 was originally was in September 2024. The Plasma edition comes with the latest Plasma 6.2 series, Frameworks 6.8 and KDE Gear 24.08. Plasma 6 has come into its own over the last two releases. The wrinkles that always come with a major migration have been ironed out, and it's time to start delivering on the promises of the new Qt 6 and Wayland technology platforms that Plasma is built on top of. Kernel 6.12 is used for this release, such as the latest drivers available to date. With 6.6 LTS and 6.1 LTS we offer additional support for older hardware as needed.
Snal Linux 1.35, released on December 8, 2024, is the latest version of this Arch Linux-based distribution, incorporating select packages from the Arch User Repository. Exclusively supporting the x86_64 architecture, this update features the Linux kernel 6.12.3 and Firefox 133. The ISO image can be downloaded from SourceForge, with the provided sha256sum for verification: 7d59d0d9db312a3cc3e236aafb0bf4a56dbee82ea020386dc738cd4f8ff43e10 .
The 2024-12-07 release introduces updates to critical system components, including the upgrade to the long-term-supported Linux kernel version 6.6.63. Additionally, key custom packages have been refreshed, with blocksync-fast advancing to version 1.0.6 and Firefox ESR updated to version 128.5.1, ensuring enhanced stability and performance.
The new release 24.04.1.8 of Starbuntu presents the new update of the libreoffice suite 4:24.2.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.1. In addition, Starbuntu now has got the manual pages in Spanish. Moreover, the problem of spaces in file paths has been solved in a better way than before.
Raspberry Digital Signage 21.0 has been released, offering an updated digital signage operating system for Raspberry Pi. Designed to display full-screen browser views of specified resources, it supports content from the internet, local networks, or local storage, with the option to use the Raspberry Pi as a webserver. This version includes the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite, which features critical security fixes, and integrates Chromium 130 alongside the latest rpi-chromium-mods. Widely adopted worldwide, the software highlights its robust HTML5 capabilities for enhanced resource display. Developed by Marco Buratto under the GPL License, the project continues to lead in cost-effective digital signage solutions.
openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 is a lightweight, ultra-reliable operating system designed for containerized and virtualized workloads, blending SUSE Linux Enterprise’s security and compliance features with a developer-friendly, immutable platform. It offers self-install and raw images, alongside a Packages DVD for offline use, favoring USB-based installations through Ignition or Combustion. The system supports VMs on Xen and KVM, as well as preconfigured images for Raspberry Pi and other SoC hardware, with tools like jeos-firstboot and the Fuel Ignition config generator simplifying setup and customization.
SparkyLinux has released an unplanned update for its semi-rolling 2024.12 ISO images, addressing a critical GPG key issue affecting its repository on Debian testing (semi-rolling) systems. This issue does not impact stable (version 7) or oldstable (version 6) editions. The update includes refreshed GameOver, Multimedia, and Rescue special editions, alongside all package upgrades as of December 5, 2024, with the system running on Linux kernel 6.11.10. Users who manually resolved the GPG issue can continue updating without reinstalling. New ISO images are available on Sparky's download page. Known issues include a blank welcome window on some machines.
We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.21.0, the first in the v3.21 stable series. Highlights: Linux kernel 6.12, GCC 14, LLVM 19, Node.js (LTS) 22.11, Rust 1.83, Crystal 1.14, GNOME 47, Go 1.23, KDE Plasma 6.2, LXQt 2.1, PHP 8.4, Qt 6.8, Sway 1.10, .NET 9.0. Significant changes: initial support for loongarch64 was added. As always, make sure to use 'apk upgrade --available' when switching between major versions. OpenSSH service will automatically restart when upgrading to be able to accept new connections. The linux-firmware is now compressed with zstd. Users running custom-built kernels need to ensure that CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y is present in the kernel configuration. Users with / and /usr on separate filesystems (which is unsupported) need to take special care.
The list below highlights the components we've updated in the distribution. Firefox to version 133.0. Nitrux Update Tool System to version 2.1.9. MESA 3D Graphics Library to version 24.2.8. We've updated our Calamares configuration with the following changes: Remove a non-functional kernel parameter. Add kernel parameters to prevent clock drift in some laptops. We've updated our OpenRC services configuration with the following changes: Sort various services into runlevels that make more sense given their purpose. Remove some services from the async, default, and sysinit runlevels to improve boot time. We've updated our OpenRC package for Rsyslog to improve the service script. We've updated our desktop configuration with the following changes: Update check-docs-directory to update the Documentation directory on the desktop. Update Flatpaks install scripts for Steam, Bottles, and HGL. Update scripts to install LibreOffice and Bauh Appimages. Update desktop-config to display a notification when the distribution is running in a VM or the minimum requirements are unmet.
The Scarthgap-series is built with packages compiled in a fork of OpenEmbedded, and optimised for EasyOS, but a small package repository; only about 1800 packages. However, more packages can be installed via Appi, the AppImage manager, and Flapi, the Flatpak manager. There is yet another avenue for adding packages to Scarthgap; another Linux distribution can be run in a container and within that container there is access to the entire package repository of that distribution. Easy Scarthgap can run Easy Daedalus in a container, which means that you don't really need to run Easy Daedalus as a separate distribution.