Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 42 of the year 2024
To this Week 42 of the year and third of the month of October (14/10 to 20/10) of the year 2024 in the Linuxverse, we offer you our timely and customary weekly summary on the news of releases of Distributions based on Linux and BSD. Such as the Clonezilla Live, Solus and AlmaLinux OS Distributions, which we will highlight today this week.
And as you know, many of these release news we bring directly from the websites of «DistroWatch, OS.Watch y FOSS Torrent». While, from the website of «Archive OS» We mentioned at the end the announcements about the recovery and dissemination of ISO files of discontinued GNU/Linux Distros. So, without further ado, we will now address the releases of the «GNU/Linux Distros of the Linuxverse for Week 42 of the year 2024».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 41 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 42 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 42 of the year 2024
Clonezilla Live 3.2.0-5
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: 15th October 2024.
- Download Links: Clonezilla Live 3.2.0-5.
- Featured news: This new update, called «Clonezilla Live 3.2.0-5», includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The underlying GNU/Linux operating system packaging has been updated to the current versions of the Debian Sid repository, as of 15/07/2024; including the use of the Linux Kernel 6.11.2-1. In addition, the wireless-tools feature has been removed from the live system because it is not available in the used package repository. However, the «iw» package should have the same feature, which is already included in the live system. Finally, among many other new features, the reiser4progs package has been removed from the live system and the ISO now includes a patch on the live-config package to support the «usercrypted» boot parameter.
Clonezilla is a Software Tool that works as a partition and disk cloning/imaging program. Therefore, it is ideal for operating system deployment, full backup and recovery. And today, it is available through three types of Clonezilla: Clonezilla Live, Clonezilla Lite Server and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition). About Clonezilla
Solus 4.6
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: 14th October 2024.
- Download Links: Solus 4.6.
- Featured news: This new update, called «Solus 4.6», includes some interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The inclusion of updates to the desktop environment, kernel improvements and greater compatibility with various modern hardware. In addition, from now on, the file names of the ISOs are slightly different than they used to be. So, each ISO file now has in the name the release channel and the date when the ISO was generated. Finally, and punctually, it includes updated programs such as: Firefox 131.0.3, LibreOffice 24.2.5.2, Thunderbird 128.3.1, Linux Kernel 6.10.13 (Stable) and 6.6.54 (LTS), Mesa 24.2.3; in addition to the Desktops: Budgie 10.9.2, GNOME 46.5, Plasma 6.1.5 and XFCE 4.18.
Solus is a modern operating system designed to meet the everyday needs of the average user. Once installed, it is always upgradeable. And it is built on the shared vision of a strong community working toward a common goal. All Solus developments and improvements are the work of people who want to use their computers the way you do. Solus stands on an open platform, powered by industry-proven technologies, including GNU/Linux. About Solus
AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: 15th October 2024.
- Download Links: AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta.
- Featured news: : This new update called "AlmaLinux 9.5 Beta", includes interesting and useful improvements, changes and fixes, among which the following stand out: The update of many important programs of various categories, some of them being the compilers GCC Toolset 14, LLVM Toolset 18.1.3, Rust Toolset 1.79.0, Go Toolset 1.20.6 and GCC 11.5.0; the inclusion of new programs such as .NET 9.0 and BIND 9.18; and the update of others for various uses such as Node.js 22, GDB 14.2, Valgrind 3.23.0, SystemTap 5.1, elfutils 0.191, PCP 6.2.2 and Grafana 10.2.6. Finally, it includes important security updates to relevant components, such as: OpenSSL 3.2.2, SELinux policy 38.1.44 and Crypto-policies 20240822.
AlmaLinux OS is an enterprise-focused, open source, forever free, community-governed and driven Linux distribution focused on long-term stability and a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is also binary compatible with the RHEL® Distribution. Additionally, for its management and development there is the AlmaLinux OS Foundation, which was established as a non-profit organization to manage the ownership and governance of the project. About AlmaLinux OS
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 42 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:
On DistroWatch, OS.Watch and FOSS Torrent
- BluestarLinux 6.11.3: 14 for October.
- Starbuntu 24.04.1.4: 14 for October.
- Voyager Live 24.10: 14 for October.
- IPFire 2.29 – Core Update 189: 16 for October.
- Murena 2.4: 17 for October.
- canaima 8.0: 18 for October.
- Storm OS 2024.10.19: 19 for October.
- PorteuX 1.7: 20 for October.
Archive OS
- TR-DOS: 14 for October.
- clearOS: 16 for October.
- ArchStrike: 18 for October.
Summary
In short, we hope that this Forty-first publication (week 42) of this series dedicated to «News from the Linuxverse Distros for each week of the year 2024 » We hope you liked it and found it useful, both informatively and technically. Especially regarding the latest releases of the Clonezilla Live, Solus and AlmaLinux OS Distributions, which we have highlighted today.
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