Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 30 of the year 2024
To this thirtietha week of the year and fourth week of July (22/07 to 28/07) 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, the MidnightBSD, Murena and Linux Mint 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 30 of the year 2024».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 29 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 30 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 30 of the year 2024
MidnightBSD 3.2.0
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 25, 2024.
- Download Links: MidnightBSD 3.2.0.
- Featured news: This new update called MidnightBSD 3.2.0, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The availability of Ravenports (embedded system designed to create complex software packages on all UNIX-like platforms) for the amd64 architecture. And for its satisfactory use, during eDuring the initial installation process, the user must start Ravenports so that it is initialized on the path /raven/, so that software packages can then be installed using /raven/sbin/ravensw. Finally, the update of mport 2.6.2, and the removal of Perl and Brainfuck from its base, stand out among the many fixes and improvements made.
MidnightBSD is a new BSD-derived operating system developed with desktop users in mind. It includes all the software you'd expect for your daily tasks (email, web browsing, word processing, games, and much more). In addition, it has a small community of dedicated developers, who strive to create an easy-to-use operating system so that everyone can enjoy it freely AND is currently available for x86, AMD64 and as Virtual Machines. About MidnightBSD
Murena 2.2
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 25, 2024.
- Download Links: Murena 2.2.
- Featured news: This new update called Murena 2.2, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: Various privacy updates, application functionality and compatibility with various mobile devices, highlighting the new Parental Control function (App for the protection of minors) that will facilitate the management of devices in order to guarantee a safer digital environment for them. Additionally, it includes improved privacy measures, blocking an additional 800 trackers, ensuring better protection of your personal information.. Finally, the App Lounge now includes F-Droid's NSFW (Non Safe For Work) rating, allowing you to make better decisions about installing apps.
Murena is a company that designs smartphones and cloud storage services that prioritize user privacy. While, said name (Murena) is also used as a generic name to encompass the mobile operating system /e/OS, the associated open source smartphones and cloud-based services. Besides, andThe Murena project focuses on creating an operating system for smartphones, which stands out for its efficiency in blocking mobile application trackers, and now, the efficiency of its parental control. About Murena
Linux Mint 22
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 25, 2024.
- Download Links: Linux Mint 22.
- Featured news: This new update called Linux Mint 22, includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: It is a new long-term support version that will be compatible (effective) until 2029, which includes a lot of updated software for offer a bigger and better desktop experience. Above all, improvements in language support and new technologies thanks to its modern components and the use of the new base of packages taken from Ubuntu 24.04. Finally, it now ensures better compatibility with modern hardware, due to the use of the 6.8 kernel, in addition to the use of the default Pipewire sound server, support for GTK4 themes, and the migration from libsoup2 to libsoup3, and improvements in compatibility with HiDPI in the boot sequence, in Plymouth and Slick-Greeter.
Linux Mint is a free, open and free operating system that is very popular in the Linuxverse, in addition It is one of the most used GNU/Linux desktop distributions by millions of people around the world, due to being considered one of the best alternatives to operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS. Since it focuses on being a modern, elegant, comfortable, easy-to-use, secure and reliable operating system, which includes good multimedia support. And it is based on Debian and Ubuntu, which gives you around 30.000 packages and one of the best software managers. About Linux Mint
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 30 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
- Alpine Linux 3.20.2: July 22.
- Starbuntu 22.04.4.10: July 22.
- BluestarLinux 6.10. 0-1: July 24.
- Easy OS 6.1.1: July 24.
- Ubuntu Pack 24.04: July 25.
- OPNsense 24.7: July 25.
- Vanilla OS 2: July 28.
Archive OS
- Amarok Live: July 22.
- Ttylinux: July 24.
- RIOT: July 26.
Summary
In short, we hope that this thirtieth publication (week 30) 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 Distributions MidnightBSD, Murena and Linux Mint, which we have highlighted today.
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