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ZORIN OS 15 LITE
The latest release of Zorin OS, an Ubuntu-based distro that’s aimed at beginners who use older or low-powered PCS, has been released. Version 15 has had a refreshed Xfce 4.14-based desktop. It has been designed to be particularly easy to use for new users, especially those who are coming from Windows 7, which enters its end of life phase in January 2020. The idea with Zorin OS 15 Lite is that they can install the new operating system and continue to get years of use out of their old PC. Find out more at: http://bit.ly/lxf258zorin.
PCLINUXOS 2019.11
This new version of the user-friendly distro with built-in support for graphics and sound cards, and wide support for multimedia playback, has been released. It comes in a number of editions with different desktop environments, and each one has been updated. The KDE version comes with the Darkstar kernel 5.3.10, along with an updated desktop. Meanwhile, the MATE edition comes with the new kernel 5.3.10 and updated apps and libraries.
Find out more at: http://bit.ly/lxf258pclinux.
PROJECT TRIDENT VOID ALPHA
Project Trident is an operating system that used to be based on Trueos and FREEBSD. However, it now uses Void as its base, and the first development snapshot with the new base has been released, giving us a hint at what this next version of Project Trident can offer. As Void Linux package repositories are constantly updated, the image is a complete net-install implementation. To find out more and give the early version a whirl, head to: http://bit.ly/lxf258projecttrident.
XIGMANAS 12.1.0.4
The latest stable version of this Freebsd-based OS for NAS (network-attached storage) devices has been released. This version updates the FREEBSD base system to version 12.1. There have also been WEBGUI code and framework improvements, updated drivers and updates to Virtualbox, sudo, Samba and other tools as well. It’s well worth checking out the release announcement at http://bit.ly/lxf258xigma for the full rundown of new features, as well as instructions on how to safely install the new version.