Tux Machines
Distributions: Linux Lite 6.6 RC1, elementaryOS, Solus 4.4, blendOS v3 "Bhatura", Q4OS 5.2 Aquarius
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 12, 2023
Linux Lite 6.6 RC1 Released
Linux Lite 6.6 RC1 is now available for testing.
This is one our largest releases on record since we began in 2012.
We've added 1000's of lines of new code in the form of supporting a large range of languages. We've massively increased the number of language translations across the entire Menu and Sub-Menu system, by adding support for 22 Languages. We had the time to take on a task of this magnitude so we used it completely.
We're releasing this RC with a longer than usual test time to allow for feedback and corrections to occur. There are some details below, but all of the changes will be in the Final Release Announcement.
2023-07-05 elementaryOS: Big Feature Updates for Accessibility, Privacy, Security, and More
Solus 4.4 Released
We are proud to announce the immediate availability of Solus 4.4, a new Solus 4 series release named Harmony. This release delivers new desktop environment updates, software stacks, and hardware enablement.
blendOS v3 "Bhatura" is now available
blendOS v3 “Bhatura” has now been released, with a host of new features, including the ability to switch between 7 desktop environments with system track, seamless atomic background updates, support for 10 container distributions and Nix, reproducible systems (containers and dotfiles), new developer-friendly CLI utilities for system and user operations and a lot more.
Q4OS 5.2 Aquarius, stable
A brand new stable Q4OS 5.2 version codenamed 'Aquarius' is immediately available for download and use in production environments. This is a long-term support LTS version to be supported for at least five years with security patches and software updates. Q4OS Aquarius is based on Debian Bookworm 12 and Plasma 5.27.5, optionally Trinity 14.1.1 desktop environment, and it's available for 64bit/x64 computers. A 32bit/i686pae edition for older i386 systems with or without PAE extension will follow soon, in a few days. We plan to bring Aquarius for ARM devices as well.
The objective is to provide rock stable, as lightweight as possible, Debian based operating system with added value thanks to unique Q4OS tools. We keep the Plasma desktop appearance as the Debian stock one, however users who like Q4OS brand are recommended to switch to Q4OS dedicated Debonaire theme in system settings. Desktop profiler, an exclusive Q4OS tool, features custom profiles support, so a user can export the current desktop status snapshot, modify it and even create customized profiles on his own. Any profile is importable, so a user can import and apply it later on another hardware, getting a unique possibility of easy installation and configuration of the pre-defined set of applications and packages at once. In other words, a user easily gets a fresh operating system installation configured and ready to work with a minimal post installation effort. In addition, each desktop environment may keep its own applications profiles.