Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 27 of the year 2024
To this twentietha seventh week of the year and first week of July (01/07 to 07/07) of the year 2024, we offer you our timely and customary weekly summary on the news of releases of Distributions based on Linux and BSD. Such as, OpenMandriva, Finnix and NethSecurity Distributions, which we will highlight today during this week.
And as you already know, We bring many of these release news directly from the “DistroWatch and OS.Watch” websites.. While, from the "ArchiveOS" website we mention at the end, the news about the recovery and dissemination of ISO files from discontinued GNU/Linux Distros. So, without further ado, below we will address the releases of the «GNU/Linux Distros of the Linuxverse for Week 27 of the year 2024».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 26 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 27 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 27 of the year 2024
OpenMandriva 24.07 RC
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 03, 2024.
- Download Links: Open Mandriva 24.07.
- Featured news: This new update called OpenMandriva 24.07 includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The change to Plasma 6 as the default desktop environment, which will allow offering a desktop KDE Plasma offers a variety of new features and improvements. And all this, ensuring that the Plasma 5 and Plasma 6 packages can coexist when necessary. Although, it also offers versions with LXQt 2.0.0 with Qt 6 and GNOME 46.2. Lastly, it includes Steam as OpenMandriva packages. And the inclusion of the app OM -Welcome, which is a new startup and configuration tool that seeks to offer users a convenient, centralized, all-in-one starting point for both configuring the system and installing the software.
OpenMandriva Lx is a GNU/Linux Distribution unique, which has been developed completely independently and, therefore, is not based on any other pre-existing one. Additionally, it is the first distribution built with Clang, starting with the OMLx 3.x development cycle in early 2016, even before Android changed its compilers. Currently, it is a Distro suitable for both servers and desktop computers, fully equipped and sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. And at the desktop level it offers 2 editions, one called ROMA (a continuous release version, ideal for individual users thanks to its most updated software) and another called ROCA (a version for workstations and servers, and individual users to whom They don't like frequent changes. About OpenMandriva
finnix 126
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 04, 2024.
- Download Links: finnix 126.
- Featured news: This new update called Finnix 126 includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The use of Linux kernel 6.8 (Debian 6.8.12-1), inclusion of nnew packages like libc6-i386 and the addition from kernel command line option 0 which does the same as utility 0 (locale-config), but during early startup and before shell prompts. Finally, bring severalDebian Upstream package updates, mMany minor fixes and improvements. Furthermore, This is the first Finnix release to contain additional “supply chain” guarantees, and already includes a patch for the recently discovered OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2024-6387.
Finnix is a GNU/Linux Distribution that offers a terminal operating system live (self-starting), which works as a versatile and original tool, incorporating hundreds of utilities available for recovery, maintenance, testing of other operating systems and computers. For this reason, it is considered an ideal, small, self-contained tool for system administrators, based on Debian GNU/Linux. Since it allows you to mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems and much more. About Finnix
NethSecurity 8.1
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 08, 2024.
- Download Links: NethSecurity 8.1.
- Featured news: This new update called NethSecurity 8.1 includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: Extensive bug fixes to improve stability, nNumerous user-driven improvements for better usability and 2 new main characteristics that are an Aconnection manager (a connection tracking interface) or with a Administrator user manager (accessible directly from the user interface). Finally, and as new additions, a pconnection management page, the possibility of iIntroduce a fixed option in the MultiWAN rules for connection persistence, and gVast improvements in remote database authentication.
NethSecurity is a GNU/Linux Distribution that offers a stable and highly functional operating system, under the a unified threat management (UTM) solution. Which, in turn, provides a complete set of security features, including firewall, content filtering, and deep packet inspection (DPI) using Netifyd. And also includes the Dedalo hotspot, OpenVPN and an optional remote controller. About NethSecurity
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 27 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:
In DistroWatch and OS.Watch
- Linux Mint 22 Beta “Wilma”: July 01.
- Raspberry Pi OS 2024-07-04: July 04.
Archive OS
- Virage Linux: July 01.
- Snøfrix: July 03.
- LispOS: July 05.
Summary
In summary, we hope that this twenty-seventh publication (week 27) of this series dedicated to «News from the Linuxverse Distros for each week of the year 2024 » you liked it and it was useful, informative and technically. Above all, regarding the latest releases of OpenMandriva, Finnix and NethSecurity Distributions, which we have highlighted today.
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