It is evident from the feedback received over the past few years that the Accessible-Coconut GNU/Linux operating system represents a significant advancement in enhancing the lives of individuals with visual impairments. Zendalona is pleased to announce the release of Accessible-Coconut 22.04.03, which integrates all the valuable feedback provided by our users. Such responses are expected to continue. The new version comes with two interesting new games - Maths-Tutor and Snakes-and-Ladders. Additional updates in the new version encompass system upgrades, enhanced support for Pidgin Telegram, updates to Coco-Patcher, fixes for eBook-speaker and refreshed files within the user guide. We are thrilled to announce that Zendalona has been accepted into Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2024. This presents a significant opportunity to empower students and drive forward open-source development, particularly in the realm of accessibility.
Team Tiny Core is excited to unveil Core v15.0, featuring significant updates across various components. This release includes kernel 6.6.8, glibc 2.38, gcc 13.2.0, binutils 2.41, and updates to essential libraries and applications such as e2fsprogs, util-linux, zlib, and busybox. Additionally, several improvements and additions have been made to tools like tce-audit, tce-load, update-everything, and busybox configurations. Visit the provided links for more details and to download the latest release.
We're excited to announce the latest Armbian release, 24.2, code name 'Kereru'. This update comes with a plethora of changes, making the Armbian experience even better. In recent developments, we're proud to announce the completion of several projects geared towards refining the Armbian experience. Notably, we've resolved DNS resolution issues associated with Debian 'Bookworm', ensuring smoother connectivity for users. Furthermore, our team has optimized the performance of HDMI consoles on Khadas VIM1S and VIM4 devices, alleviating previous sluggishness.
antiX 23.1 'Arditi del Popolo' is a bug-fix release based on Debian 'Bookworm'. As usual, we offer completely systemd-free and elogind-free flavours for both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. Features: based on Debian 12 'Bookworm', but without systemd and elogind; eudev instead of udev; customised 5.10.197 Linux kernel; customised 6.1.60 Linux kernel (x64 full only); LibreOffice 24.2.0; Firefox 115.8.0esr on antiX-full, SeaMonkey 2.53.18.1 on antiX-base; Claws Mail; CUPS for printing, PipeWire and WirePlumber on Full editions, ALSA on Base and Core editions; Celluloid and mpv for playing video; SMTube to play youtube videos without using a browser; QPdfView PDF reader; App Select; User Language – set up localisation of popular apps e.g. LibreOffice; no snaps (systemd) and no Flatpaks (elogind).
bluestar-linux-6.7.5-2024.02.17-x86_64 has been released and is available for download
Issue #1703: Try to list devices in SMART | Devices page, even if smartctl fails.
Plop Linux 24.2 released. Fix: 32-bit EFI boot file name changed to BOOIA32.EFI
IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 183 introduces significant changes, including a revamped interface with new colors and fonts, and a fresh kernel based on Linux 6.6. This major update also includes numerous package updates, bug fixes, and performance improvements across the system. Notably, OpenSSL has been updated to enforce minimum RSA key lengths, and security patches have been applied to address vulnerabilities in glibc. Additionally, GRUB has been updated to resolve reported hardware compatibility issues. Various packages have been updated, and new add-ons, like mympd, have been included. Moreover, the deprecation of the icinga package, based on the outdated 1.x branch, has been announced, with plans for removal in Core Update 185.
bluestar-linux-6.7.4-2024.02.10-x86_64 has been released and is available for download
This new release is based on FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE. Update Station got a significant change to upgrade to a major FreeBSD version, allowing upgrading GhostBSD from 13.2-STABLE to 14.0-STABLE. Also, a major change to the installer is the user created is an admin, and the root user gets the same password as the admin. If the admin password is changed after the installation, the root password will not change. Enhancement, improvements, and new features: Adding support for the future installer and simplified desktop configuration. Search also in PKG description (not only PKG name). New wallpapers for 24.01. Preparing GhostBSD to upgrade to 14.0. Adding search to description and Added -U to pkg query to search.