Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 06 of the year 2024
To this sixth week of the year and second week of February (05/02 to 11/02) of the year 2024, as is customary, we bring you a timely Weekly summary solely dedicated to all the news and updates related to each of the existing and known free and open operating systems.
Of course, taking as a reference, the “DistroWatch and OS.Watch” websites, which are usually the most relevant in this aspect of the announcements of the releases of new versions and new GNU/Linux Distros, and other similar ones. So, without further ado, we leave you with this new summary with the «News related to the GNU/Linux Distros of the Linuxverse for Week 06 of the year 2024 ».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 05 of the year 2024
But, before starting to comment on each of these new GNU/Linux Distros releases that have happened in the «Linuxverse during Week 06 of the year 2024 », we recommend you explore a previous related post with this same series of publications, at the end of it:
Linuxverse distros that have been updated during Week 06 of the year 2024
Grml 2024.02 RC1
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: February 06th 2024.
- Download ISO Data: Grml64-full_2024.02-rc1.iso (900MB, Signature).
- Featured news: This new version called Grml 2024.02 RC1, now includes improvements, changes and corrections, such as the improvement of the command grml-hwinfo (will add the output of the inxi command and collect information about network devices via ethtool), the addition of support for architectures arm64/aarch64 and Debian Trixie packaging (Testing), and the unification of order of boot options between isolinux/syslinux and GRUB. And finally, it now includes the Linux 6.5 kernel and EFI support for virtual machines.
Grml is a Debian-based live system that focuses on the needs of system administrators. This version of Grml provides new Debian trixie software packages. As usual, it also incorporates updated hardware support and fixes known bugs from previous versions of Grml. About Grml
OSMC 2024.02
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: February 05th 2024.
- Download ISO Data: Raspberry Pi 2/3/3+/ZeroW2 (243 MB, MD5: 5242ca2abc495e903836590909ea67bb).
- Featured news: This new version called OSMC 2024.02, now includes improvements, changes and fixes, such as the use of Kodi v20.3 (Nexus) is now available as standard, and the implementation of various solutions related to the Mi OSMC feature and 4K video playback on Vero devices. And finally, the user experience on 4K devices has now been greatly increased through various improvements.
OSMC is a minimal Debian-based GNU/Linux Distribution that incorporates the Kodi Media Center program for ideal use on Raspberry Pi, Apple TV and Vero devices. The latter being mentioned is an excellent device for managing the playback of multimedia media, which is why it is considered an ideal component in a low-cost HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer). About OSMC
Plop Linux 24.1
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: February 07th 2024.
- Download ISO Data: ploplinux-live-24.1_86-64.iso (2.90GB, MD5SUM).
- Featured news: This new version called Plop Linux 24.1, now includes improvements, changes and fixes, such as the use of the Linux kernel 6.7.3 for 64-Bit versions and Linux Kernel 6.5.7 for 32-Bit versions, the addition of support for AVIF images and running ldconfig at startup (/etc/rc.local). And finally, for these new versions it has now been replaced compressing hard drive images from gzip to xz.
Plop Linux is a small GNU/Linux Distribution ideal to be used from a CD/DVD/Mem-USB/HDD-USB or started remotely via network with PXE. Since it is designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems, automate tasks and many more technical tasks. Therefore, Plop Linux is considered to be designed for advanced Linux users. About Plop Linux
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 06 of 2024
And so as not to leave any out, it is also worth mentioning the official announcement of other well-known GNU/Linux Distros releases during this period of time:
Summary
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