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In addition to the new Linux kernel 6.5.0-44, it introduces the man pages of all Starbuntu-specific applicaations in English language.... Read more

Improvements: Update to Debian 12.6. Angular libraries and components update. Translation improvements. Refactoring API to avoid source code duplication. Switch services to systemd. Advanced best QA practices applied. Seamless upgrade from CEv7 to EEv8. Improve memory usage downloading large backups... Read more

Tails 6.5, released on July 15, 2024, includes several enhancements and fixes. Installation with Tails Cloner is now 30 seconds faster, and the Tor Browser has been updated to version 13.5.1 with improved letterboxing. The Debian base is updated to version 12.6. Issues addressed include the first-us... Read more

Changes since 140R-20240126: The base system has been changed to FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p2. A hard link creation bug concerning unionfs has been fixed. A calculation bug which led to an overfull UFS root partition has been fixed. The fusefs module has been changed to reduce (and hopefully eliminate) t... Read more

The only underlying change from the last version - besides all up-to-date packaging - is that I've separated the bluestar installer functionality off into bslx-specifically named modules. This way, I can maintain them without changing the calamares code base.... Read more

Qubes 4.2.2 includes a fix for #8332: File-copy qrexec service is overly restrictive. As explained in the issue comments, we introduced a change in Qubes 4.2.0 that caused inter-qube file-copy/move actions to reject filenames containing, e.g., non-Latin characters and certain symbols. The rationale ... Read more

The latest release includes significant updates and improvements. Kicksecure has been updated, and the default connection is now to the public Tor network, eliminating the Anon Connection Wizard popup at first boot. The Whonix-Firewall has been ported from iptables to nftables with enhanced code qua... Read more

This release adds the various installation options - basic, desktop, deskpro, developer - as it did before. It now also performs software updates on the installation. Going forward, you may not see any graphical differences for a time while I restore much of the underlying logic from what I had adde... Read more

The 6.1 release includes several updates and fixes, including a new version of the yff audio, video, and image converter, and updates to the Chromium browser and Linux kernel. Key changes are the introduction of yff on July 13, 2024, the compilation of Linux kernel 6.6.39 on the same day, removal of... Read more

Snal Linux 1.33, an update based on Arch Linux, was released on July 13, 2024. This version supports the x86_64 architecture and includes Linux kernel 6.9.9 and Firefox 128.0. Users can download it from SourceForge. Key package updates include alsa-lib 1.2.12-1, gcc 14.1.1, and docker 1:27.0.3-1. Th... Read more