Manjaro 24.0 'Wynsdey' released. Since we released Vulcan in December 2023 we worked hard to get the next release of Manjaro out there. We call it Wynsdey. This is also our first release which comes with Plasma 6. The GNOME edition has received several updates to GNOME 46 series. This includes a lot of fixes and polish when GNOME 46 originally was released in March 2024. GNOME's file manager comes with a new global search feature in GNOME 46. Global search is a great way to jump directly into search, without having to think about where the items you want are located. The new feature also leverages GNOME's existing file search capabilities, including the ability to search the contents of files, and filter by file type and modification date.
EasyOS 5.8.2, released on May 13, 2024, by BarryK, introduces a significant update, but with a known issue: the "Rollback to previous version" menu item in the initrd is non-functional due to busybox grep not recognizing the "-A" option. Despite careful code checking and a successful upgrade from version 5.6.7 to 5.8.2, rollback attempts failed. A fix is anticipated soon, with version 5.8.3 expected shortly. The update from 5.6.7 involves a substantial 808MB download. For detailed release notes and download links, visit the EasyOS website.
Adds release based on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic) and Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar) for best support of new hardware. Upgrades to latest partclone release v0.3.27 (released October 2023) from v0.3.20 (which was released in April 2022). This should improve issues with BTRFS filesystems, as it supports BTRFS v6.3.3, rather than v5.11. Added experimental command-line interface (CLI): CLI should be considered EXPERIMENTAL and UNSTABLE, and behavior may change between versions without notice; CLI only supports images created by Clonezilla and Rescuezilla (the other supported formats coming in future); CLI only supports backup, verify, restore and clone operations (mount and unmount operations coming in future).
Below is a summary of the feature improvements included in this release: Access to the Spiderfoot reconnaissance tool that automatically queries over 100 public data sources (OSINT) to gather intelligence on IPv4 Addresses, Domain Names, E-mail Addresses, Names and more can be run as a Docker container. The graphic: Spiderfoot - NST 38 System Scan was a summary result to determine open exposed ports using this tool. Access to the Metasploit Framework (MSF) for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine can be run as a Docker container. Added the Portainer application, for Docker container management, as a Docker container. As always, the networking and security applications included have been updated to their latest version which can be found in the manifest.
Major changes in EuroLinux 9.4. Security - key security-related highlights: Rsyslog log processing system introduces customizable TLS/SSL encryption settings and additional capability dropping options. The OpenSSL TLS toolkit adds a provider-specific configuration directory. The Linux kernel cryptographic API (libkcapi) 1.4.0 introduces new tools and options. You can now specify target file names for hash calculations using the -T option. The stunnel TLS/SSL tunneling service 5.71 provides many new features such as support for modern PostgreSQL clients. Programming languages, web and database servers - later versions of the following application are now available: MariaDB 10.11; nginx 1.24; PHP 8.2; PostgreSQL 16; Python 3.12.
From Rocky Linux 9.4 forward, you can specify arbitrary custom mount points except for specific paths that are reserved for the operating system. Creation of different partitioning modes is now available including auto-lvm, lvm, and raw. Customize tailor options for a profile and add it to your blueprint customizations by using selected and unselected options to add and remove rules. Security: Listed below are security-related highlights in the latest Rocky Linux 9.4 release. For a complete list of security-related changes, see the upstream link. SELinux userspace release 3.6 introduces deny rules for further customizing policies. Keylime server components, the verifier and registrar, are available as Containers. Rsyslog processing system introduces customizable TLS/SSL encryption settings and additional options that relate to capability dropping. OpenSSL TLS toolkit adds a drop-in directory for provider-specific configuration files. libkcapi 1.4.0 introduces new tools and options. Notably, with the new -T option, you can specify target file names in hash-sum calculations. stunnel 5.7.1 TLS/SSL tunneling service changes the behavior of OpenSSL 1.1 and later versions in FIPS mode. Besides this change, this version provides many new features such as support for modern PostgreSQL clients.
The most important technical change with Plasma 6 is the default setting of Wayland as the display server instead of the previous X11 display server. We have already described the differences between X11 and Wayland in an article in our knowledge base. The new display protocol promises, among other things, less tearing and artifacts as well as better configurability for multi-monitor environments. In the best case scenario, you will not notice the change or even perceive it as positive. However, there are cases where you should stick with X11 for the time being. This applies in particular to owners of older NVIDIA cards that require drivers older than v495.44. We make it easy for you to test which session type is the most suitable for you at the moment. To provide you with a quick and easy way to switch between X11 and Wayland, we have included an easy selection option.
Perl Crypt::Blowfish added to improve Deezer plugin performance. Streaming plugins tested to work for now: Spotty v4.10.1; TIDAL v1.4.6; Qobuz v3.5.0; Deezer v2.81.4; YouTube v0.212. WAV output file option added to CD ripping. CDDB replaced with Gnudb. SMB3 and WebDAV support into Storage Network drives. Automatic web UI color theme option based on device theme. Kernel update to 6.6.30 and 6.6.30-rt30. Linux firmware file inclusion improved. Daphile built with GCC 13.2. ISO file size grown due to increased kernel modules with related firmware files. Compression strategy change: Kernel modules and firmware files use LZMA (.xz); SquashFS root filesystem uses Zstd.
The latest version of Sparky CLI Installer provides a few changes, such as autopartitioning option and so, autosetting the target system a little faster. The Nala [package manager] doesn't upgrade packages properly as APT, so I recommend to uninstall Nala on Sparky Testing. There is also issue of libgnutls-dane0 package (massive package update in testing) which has to be uninstalled before upgrading other packages. There are three new package repo and ISO mirror servers available for downloading ISO images and installing packages, located: US2 in NY, USA, SI1 and SI2 in Singapore, Asia. All three servers are provided thanks to Astian, Inc.
In the latest release (11.01, 2024-05-04), the kernel has been upgraded to the Long-Term-Supported linux-6.6.30 version. Notable additions include a helper script facilitating ZFS support integration into custom SystemRescue ISOs (#359) and the inclusion of firmwares for Qlogic Cards with the package linux-firmware-qlogic (#374). Additionally, disk utilities have been updated, with GParted now at version 1.6.0 and nwipe at version 0.36.