Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 12 of the year 2024
To this twelfth week of the year and third of the month of March (18/03 to 24/03) 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 reference the websites of «DistroWatch and OS.Watch», 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 12 of the year 2024», where we highlight the current releases of 4MLinux, Regata OS and Dynebolic.
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But, before starting to comment on each of these new GNU/Linux Distros releases that have happened in the «Linuxverse during Week 12 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 12 of the year 2024
4MLinux 45.0
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: March 18th 2024.
- Download Links: 4MLinux 45.0.
- Featured news: This new version called 4MLinux 45.0, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, such as more recent versions of its classic set of applications, which now include LibreOffice 24.2.1, GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.36, Gnumeric 1.12.56), Firefox 123.0.1, Chrome 122.0.6261.128, Thunderbird 115.8.1, Audacious 4.3.1, VLC 3.0.20 and SMPlayer 23.12.0, Mesa 23.3.0 and Wine 9.2. And finally, on a technical level it includes a renewed LAMP 4MLinux server (Linux Kernel 6.6.18, Apache 2.4.58, MariaDB 10.6.16 and PHP 8.2.16); plus Perl 5.38.2, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.11.6, and Ruby 3.2.2.
4MLinux is a small, independent, general-purpose GNU/Linux Distribution with a strong focus on the following four "M" of computing: (M)maintenance (for use as a rescue operating system via a Live CD), (M)ultimedia (for full support for a large number of images, audio and video formats), (M)iniserver (for DNS, FTP, HTTP, MySQL, NFS, Proxy, SMTP, SSH and Telnet service facilities), and (Mystery (to get a great collection of classic GNU/Linux games). About 4MLinux
Regatta OS 24.0.0
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: March 19th 2024.
- Download Links: Regatta OS 24.0.0.
- Featured news: This new version called Regata OS 24.0.0, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, such as a new KDE Plasma 6 graphical environment, and the Linux 6.7 kernel, which is combined with Mesa 24 to better support the latest hardware. modern possible. And finally, improvements related to user experience were added, and Regata OS's own applications also received some visual changes, including improvements to the dark theme, rounded corners, and other changes to the color scheme.
Regata OS is a GNU/Linux Distribution based on openSUSE with KDE Plasma, which focuses on the desktop (office/multimedia) and gaming needs of users. Among its main features, some stand out, such as its own software store, ideal for installing apps and games quickly and easily, good ready-to-use integration with Google Drive, support for a game mode through the Vulkan graphics API, an extensive library of games available through the Regata OS Game Access portal, and many others. About OS Regatta
Dynebolic 4.0.0 Beta
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: March 21th 2024.
- Download Links: Dynebolic 4.0.0 Beta.
- Featured news: This first development version of the future stable version called Dynebolic 4.0.0 Beta, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, such as a modern base based on Devuan 5 “Daedalus”. In addition, improvements to its live boot and the use of the Linux 6.8 Kernel with the KDE 5 Plasma Desktop Environment and its “Activities” traditions to provide presets for the usual 5 multimedia workflows (Video Streaming, Audio Recording , Video recording, Graphic design generation and Content publishing).
Dynebolic is a GNU/Linux Distribution Dynebolic 100% Free focused on multimedia production, which is why it is widely recommended by the Free Software Foundation. Additionally, it comes in a live ISO image that can be run from a CD or USB Drive, without the need to install it. Additionally, they are optimized for greater detection and recognition of most devices and peripherals connected to the average computer. Its last stable version was in 2007 (V. 2.5.2), while its last beta version was in 2011 (V. 3.0 Beta). About Dynebolic
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 12 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:
- MakuluLinux 2024-03-18: March 21.
- peropesis 2.4: March 21.
Summary
In summary, we hope that this twelfth publication in this series dedicated to News from the Distros of the "Linuxverse for Week 12 of the year 2024" you liked it and it was useful informatively and technically, especially regarding the latest releases of the Distros 4MLinux, Regata OS and Dynebolic. And also, that allows us to continue contributing efficiently to the dissemination and massification of the various free and open operating systems projects, which are continually updated for the benefit of all the passionate Free Software, Open Source and GNU / Linux Community.
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