OpenMandriva Lx 23.01 ROME

 

OpenMandriva's grand entry to the world of "rolling-release" distributions comes to fruition today with the initial release the project's "ROME" edition. It aims to continually provide the most up-to-date software packages without compromising the system stability. "To make sure you do not fall behind, we are announcing a new way to keep you up to date - ROME, the OpenMandriva rolling edition. ROME is the rolling release, designed for individual users; it will receive the most up-to-date packages, including recent security and bug-fix updates. A lot of interesting things have happened in the rolling branch since the traditional point release. Among others, KDE Frameworks 5.101, Plasma Desktop 5.26.4, KDE Applications 22.12.0 are in, and everything has been rebuilt with the Clang 15.06 compiler. Linux kernel 6.1.1 (Clang-compiled kernel as default, with the option to install GCC-compiled kernel easily from the om-welcome module)." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Three separate ISO images are available for download - one live image with GNOME and two with KDE Plasma (the "znver1" one being optimised for the current AMD processors). Download (MD5, pkglist): openmandriva.rome-23.01-plasma.x86_64.iso (2,642MB), openmandriva.rome-23.01-plasma.znver1.iso (2,732MB), openmandriva.rome-23.01-gnome.x86_64.iso (2,624MB).

MX Linux 21.3

 

The MX Linux team have announced the release of an update to the project's 21.x series. The new version includes Xfce 4.18 and an optional updated kernel with new hardware support. "MX Linux 21.3 is the third refresh of our MX 21 release, consisting of bug fixes, kernels and application updates since our original release of MX Linux 21. If you are already running MX 21, there is no need to reinstall. Packages are all available thru the regular update channel. Highlights include: Debian 11.6 Bullseye base; new and updated applications; the Xfce releases now feature Xfce 4.18; Fluxbox gets a new mx-rofi-manager tool to save and manage rofi configuration; the KDE release is now a full AHS-enabled release, defaulting to the 6.0 AHS kernel; the Debian Stable kernel (5.10) is still available in mx-packageinstaller." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): MX-21.3_x64.iso (1,867MB, SHA256, signature), MX-21.3_ahs_x64.iso (1,971MB, SHA256, signature), MX-21.3_KDE_x64.iso (2,401MB, SHA256, signature), MX-21.3_fluxbox_x64.iso (1,523MB, SHA256, signature).

Legacy OS 2023

 

 Legacy OS, a project originally targeting older hardware, has returned after several dormant years. The distribution was once a member of the Puppy Linux family, but has shifted its base to antiX while maintaining the same IceWM user interface. A release announcement on the project's home page reads: "After a six year hiatus Legacy OS is back, now based on antiX and Debian 'Bullseye' 64-bit. After a long development period, Legacy OS 2023 is now available for download. As with previous releases, Legacy OS uses the Ice Window Manager (IceWM) and ROX/PCmanFM file managers. All the included Ice window manager themes have been created for this release. A useful selection of applications are included by default. VLC, MPV, Strawberry, Peek, FreetuxTV, OnlyOffice, Scribus, GIMP, Inkscape, Firefox-ESR, Thunderbird and Transmission, just to name a few. Also available for download through the Synaptic package manager are the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers. Unlike previous releases, Legacy OS 2023 will receive regular updates." Download: LegacyOS_2023_x64.iso (3,047MB, SHA512, pkglist).