The Calculate Linux 18.12 distribution release is released. It is developed by the Russian-speaking community, built on the basis of Gentoo Linux, supports a continuous update release cycle and is optimized for rapid deployment in a corporate environment.
The distribution It is available in several editions compiled for the i686 and x86_64 architectures: Calculate with the KDE desktop environment (CLD), MATE (CLDM), LXQt (CLDL) and Xfce (CLDX and CLDXE), Calculate server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS).
All versions of the distribution kit are distributed in the form of a bootable live image with the possibility of installation on a hard disk or USB drive.
Calculate Linux it is compatible with Gentoo portage, uses the OpenRC initialization system and applies a continuous model of updates.
Live USB includes proprietary and open video drivers, multiboot and boot image modification are supported by Calculate utilities.
The system supports directory server work with centralized authorization in LDAP and storage of user profiles on the server.
The composition includes a specially developed collection for the Calculate project of utilities for tuning, assembling, and installing the system, plus tools are provided for creating specialized ISO images tailored to user tasks.
Main new features in Calculate Linux 18.12
With this new release of Calculate Linux 18.1, New improvements have been added to the distribution in addition to updating the packages and applications that make up the system.
One of the main novelties that we can highlight in this release is the addition of a new edition of the distribution for educational institutions (CLDXE), based on Xfce.
Another highlight in Calculate Linux 18.12 was added support for partitioning with the Btrfs file system with support for zstd format compression.
Besides that The distribution kit server editions were optimized for size, shortened by excluding unused firmware from the assembly.
Livecd ISO images are packed using the zstd compression algorithm, which speeds up LiveCD boot times, startup programs, and system installation. Furthermore, it is possible to compress the system image using the lz4 algorithm.
The software versions have been updated, including 32-bit and 64-bit builds carried over to Linux kernel 4.19.9.
Another important point that can be mentioned is that the installer adds the support to transfer already installed programs during the reinstallation of the system.
The file system option for automatic dialing was also added and the space required for automatic dialing has been calculated.
On the other hand, support was added to update packages during the first system boot.
En Calculate Linux Desktop LXQt adds a graphical printer configuration utility and fixes problems when working with SMB resources, by dragging icons to the desktop and calling a minimized application from another desktop.
What was added in the different flavors of Calculate Linux 18.12
In the different versions of the distribution LibreOffice was updated as main packages to 6.0.6.2, Firefox 62 in some and Firefox 64, Claws Mail 3.17.3, Gimp 2.10.4, Clementine 1.3.1
- CLD (KDE), added to KDE Frameworks 5.52.0, KDE Plasma 5.14.3, KDE applications 18.08.3, LibreOffice 6.0.6.2
- CLDC (Cinnamon), comes with the latest version of Cinnamon 4.0.3.
- CLDL (LXQt), the environment is updated to LXQt 0.13.
- CLDM (MATE) MATE version is 1.20.
- CLDX (Xfce), has the Xfce version 4.12.
- CLDXE (Xfce Education), has the version of Xfce 4.12, the IDE Eclipse 4.9.0 and Inkscape 0.92.3.
- CDS (Directory Server) updates OpenLDAP 2.4.44, Samba 4.5.16, Postfix 3.3.1, ProFTPD 1.3.5e, Bind 9.11.2_p1
- CLS (Linux Scratch), comes with Xorg-server 1.19.5 and Linux kernel 4.19.9
How to get Calculate Linux 18.12?
If you are interested in being able to try any of the different flavors of Calculate Linux 18.12, you can go to its official website where you will find the download links of the version that you like.