4MLinux 41.0: A new version available with Kernel 6.0
The year 2022 is ending, and some GNU / Linux Distros take the opportunity to release their latest versions for the use and enjoyment of its users and communities. And one of them, which is not so unknown, since it currently occupies the 65 position from the famous Distro Ranking website called DistroWatchit's 4MLinux.
In addition, 4MLinux is a free and open distribution that we usually address from time to time, so today we will take the opportunity to know what its new version brings us "4MLinux 4.10".
And, before starting to read this post about the new version of the GNU / Linux Distro called "4MLinux 4.10", we recommend the previous related posts to explore when finished:
4MLinux 41.0: A miniature and powerful Distro at the same time
About 4MLinux in general
For those who may not know much or nothing about this interesting Distribution, it is worth noting that it is:
"4MLinux is a minimalist custom distribution that is not a branch of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. Also, it can be used not only as a live environment for playing media files and solving user problems. And also as an operating system to recover from failures and as a platform to launch LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP)". The new version of 4MLinux 32.0 is now available and these are its news
Another feature that makes it stand out is its simplicity, which makes her have a low RAM and CPU consumption. Therefore, its average consumption can easily be between 128 and 256 MB RAM when starting freshly installed. And this will surely be increased with the use of a new Kernel of version 6.0.
However, for those who would like talk to us about it, they can explore their Official website, and also its official section on the website of SourceForge.
What's new in 4MLinux 41.0
According to official announcement of the launch Of the version 4MLinux 41.0, which comes with the JWM graphical environment (Joe's Window Manager), BTRFS support y el Linux kernel 6.0.9This includes the following new features:
- LibreOffice 7.4.3 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.32, Gnumeric 1.12.52) for office management.
- DropBox 151.4.4304 for sharing files in the cloud.
- Firefox 107.0 and Chromium 106. 0.5249 as default web browsers.
- Thunderbird 102.5.0 for local mail management.
- Audacious 4.2, VLC 3.0.17.3 and SMPlayer 22.2.0 for managing multimedia content.
- Mesa 22.1.4 and Wine 7.18 to improve compatibility with Windows apps and games.
- A LAMP 4MLinux server (Linux 6.0.9, Apache 2.4.54, MariaDB 10.6.11, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.4.33).
- A Development Kit consisting of Perl 5.36.0, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.10.6 and Ruby 3.1.2.
- New applications available out of the box, such as: FileZilla (FTP client), XPaint and GNU Paint (simple image editing tools), nvme (command line utility for managing NVM-Express partitions), as well as a collection of small SDL games.
- New applications available as downloadable extensions, such as: BlueGriffon (HTML editor), The Legend of Edgar (platform game), ioquake3 (adaptation of Quake III) and BZFlag (tank battle game).
Finally, it is important to highlight that, in its official download section and in the SourceForge files section, it is available in their Full, Core or Server editions for 64-bit systems.
Summary
In summary, 4MLinux with this new release of its current version "4MLinux 41.0" continues and will continue to be, for a long time to come, one of the best alternatives for Small and light GNU/Linux distros. In addition, it continues to stand out for having excellent technical characteristics, focused on the areas of maintenance (technical support) and multimedia use (playback). and also as miniserver (using the inetd daemon) and as a simple gaming operating system (small and simple games). Therefore, if you have not tried it yet, we recommend you try it live or a virtual machine to see its potential.
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