4MLinux 43.0 splash
After just over 3 months since the last major release, the release of the new version of the independent distribution 4MLinux 43.0, version in which the updates of a large number of components have been implemented, of which kernel 6.1.33, Mesa 23.1.1, Thunderbird 115.0.1 and more stand out.
4MLinux a minimalist custom distribution which is not a branch of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment to play multimedia files and solve user problems, but also as a system to recover from failures and a platform to launch servers LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP).
This is one of those Linux distributions that requires less system resources and it can even run on 128MB of RAM. 4MLinux too can be used as a rescue CD together with a complete working system or as a mini server.
4MLinux 32.0 Main New Features
With the launch of this new version that is presented 4MLinux 43.0, which is marked as stable, the previous edition of 4MLinux 42.0 moves to the "old stable" label, While for 4MLinux 41.0 has reached the end of its useful life. and users are recommended to upgrade to 4MLinux 43.0 as soon as possible.
Among the main changes that stand out from 4MLinux 43.0, are the system package updates, of which we can find the new kernel versions of Linux 6.1.33, the graphics stack Table 23.1.1, the web browser Firefox 115.0.2, Chrome web browser 115.0.5790.110, Wine 8.12 and the email client and calendar Thunderbird 115.0.1.
On the part of the productivity tools, as well as playback and editing of multimedia content, we can find the new versions of the office suite Libre Office 7.5.5, AbiWord 3.0.5 word processor, image editor GIMP 2.10.34, Gnumeric 1.12.55 spreadsheet editor, Audacious 4.3.1, VLC 3.0.18 and SMPlayer 23.6.0 media player.
While for the server edition, the new LAMP server components have been integrated which are Apache 2.4.57, MariaDB 10.6.14 and PHP versions 5.6.40, 7.4.33 and 8.1.19. Additionally, it offers a set of programming languages including Perl 5.36.0, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.11.3, and Ruby 3.1.4.
In addition to this, in 4MLinux 43.0 we will not only find updates to the system packages, since in this new version we will also be able to find some new features such as the ability to install proprietary web browsers such as Opera or Microsoft Edge.
The ability to install retro games, as support for older audio formats used on the Amiga, Atari, Commodore and ZX Spectrum platforms was added in the XMMS player.
And we can also find the additional packages available for download which include the SoundFonts suite for the FluidSynth sound synthesizer, the mtPaint bitmap graphics editor, the Java games Flappy Bird, Karoshi, Micropolis and Zuma.
Finally, if you want to know more about this new release, you can check the details in the original note at the following link.
Download and get 4MLinux 43.0
If you are not a user of the distribution and want to use it on your computer or test it in a virtual machine.
You can get the system image, soRegrettably, you must go to the official website of the project where you can find the links in its download section. The size of the ISO image is (1,2 GB), a selection of programs for server systems (1,3 GB) and a truncated environment (14 MB).
At the end of your download you can use the Etcher multiplatform tool to save the image to a flash drive and thus boot your system from a USB or also use unetbootin which is another multiplatform tool. In the case of creation in Linux, you can also resort to using the dd command.
Since 4MLinux is a minimalistic distribution, it can run in a minimum of 128MB of RAM to 1024MB, depending on the installation media.