Distro watch
What’s waiting in the free software in-tray?
Zorin os 15
Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based distro that’s ideal for people migrating from Windows, thanks to its user interface which is inspired by Microsoft’s operating system. The latest version, Zorin OS 15, comes with Zorin Connect (which is based on KDE Connect) for sharing between devices. It also introduces Zorin Auto Theme, which changes the desktop theme into Dark mode at sunset – and back to the normal theme at sunrise. For more information, visit the release announcement at http://bit.ly/lxf252zorinos15.
4mlinux 29.0
This new release of the lightweight 32-bit distro – which focuses on maintenance, multimedia, miniserver and mystery – is now available. It comes with the Linux kernel version 4.19.41, updated desktop and server packages (including Libreoffice 6.2.4, GIMP 2.10.10, Dropbox 73.4.118, Firefox 66.0.5, Chromium
74.0.3729.10) and much more. The ‘mystery’ aspect of 4Mlinux refers to games, and 29.0 brings improved 3D acceleration for Quake II.
Download it from http://bit.ly/lxf2524mlinux.
Gparted live 1.0.0-1
This milestone release of the bootable CD version of the Gparted partition manager includes Gparted 1.0.0 and updated packages, among other updates. The Linux kernel has been updated to 4.19.37 and the boot menu has been improved. According to the release announcement (http://bit.ly/lxf252gparted),
Gparted Live 1.0.0-1 has been tested on Virtualbox,
Vmware, BIOS, UEFI and physical computers with AMD/ATI, NVIDIA and Intel graphics.
mx linux 18.3
Version 18.3 of MX Linux is out. It’s based on Debian 9.9 and features a customised Xfce desktop, and this new version mainly concerns itself with including application updates and bug fixes. The updated applications include mx-installer (which is based on the
gazelle-installer), and improvements to the UEFI boot installation routines have also been added. Find out more at http://bit.ly/lxfmxlinux.