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- DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 889 (2020/10/26 02:09)This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Peppermint OS 10News: Arch warns of NVIDIA driver issue, Debian donates to Peertube, openSUSE explains MicroOS, FreeBSD publishes status reportQuestions and answers: What to do when the disk acts fullReleased last week: Ubuntu 20.10, Tails 4.12, NetBSD 9.1Torrent corner: Alpine, ExTiX, KDE....
- OS Release: RISC OS 5.28 (2020/10/24 19:57)RISC OS is a computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England in 1987. It was specifically designed to run on the ARM chipset, which Acorn had designed concurrently for use in its new line of Archimedes personal computers. It takes its name from....
- Distribution Release: Pop!_OS 20.10 (2020/10/24 02:01)System76, a US-based manufacturer of Linux desktops, laptops and servers, has announced the release of Pop!_OS 20.10, the latest version of the company's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. It includes various usability improvements, such as stacking tiled windows, floating window exceptions, fractional scaling or external monitor support in hybrid graphics....
- Distribution Release: Xubuntu 20.10 (2020/10/23 18:01)Xubuntu 20.10, the latest stable version of the project's official Ubuntu variant featuring the Xfce desktop, has been released: "Xubuntu 20.10 was released on Thursday, October 22, 2020 and will be supported for nine months until Thursday, July 22, 2021." The project has yet to publish an official....
- Distribution Release: Ubuntu Kylin 20.10 (2020/10/23 15:12)Ubuntu Kylin, a Linux distribution built for China and an official member of the Ubuntu family, has arrived at the 20.10 release. The new version features the much improved UKUI 3.0 desktop environment (a fork of MATE), as well as an enhanced file manager called Peony: "The Ubuntu....
- Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 20.10 (2020/10/23 12:00)David Mohammed has announced the release of Ubuntu Budgie 20.10, the latest version of the project that integrates the Budgie desktop into the underlying Ubuntu system: "For 20.10 your Ubuntu Budgie team has concentrated on paper-cuts - tidying up the rough areas reported by you our community. Shuffler....
- Distribution Release: Lubuntu 20.10 (2020/10/23 09:00)Dan Simmons has announced the release of Lubuntu 20.10, a new version of the Ubuntu's lightweight subproject that features the LXQt desktop: "Lubuntu 20.10 has been released. With the code name 'Groovy Gorilla', Lubuntu 20.10 is the 19th release of Lubuntu and the fifth release of Lubuntu with....
- Distribution Release: Kubuntu 20.10 (2020/10/23 06:01)Jonathan Riddell has announced the release of Kubuntu 20.10, featuring the KDE Plasma 5.19.5 desktop, KDE Application 20.08, the brand-new digiKam 7.0.0, support for Cloud deployment, and various other improvements: "The Kubuntu community are delighted to announce the release of Kubuntu 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla'. For this release, Kubuntu....
- Distribution Release: Ubuntu Studio 20.10 (2020/10/23 02:42)The Ubuntu Studio team have announced the release of Ubuntu Studio 20.10, an interim release which received nine months of support. This version makes a shift in desktop environments, migrating from Xfce to using KDE Plasma as the default user interface. "The biggest new feature is the switch....
- Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 20.10 (2020/10/23 00:00)The Ubuntu MATE team has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 20.10 which ships with the MATE 1.24.1 desktop. The new release offers nine months of support. "If you follow the Ubuntu MATE Twitter account you'll know that MATE Desktop 1.24.1 was recently released. Naturally Ubuntu MATE 20.10....
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- The Wine project has released version 5.20 (2020/10/26 02:00)
- The pass-import project has released version 3.1 (2020/10/26 02:00)
- The mkcert project has released version 1.4.2 (2020/10/26 02:00)
- The Firefly III project has released version 5.4.4 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The Shotcut project has released version 20.10.24 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The CherryTree project has released version 0.99.17 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The GNU Debugger project has released version 10.1 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The Electron project has released version 12.0.0-nightly.20201023 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The 4MLinux project has released version 34.1 (2020/10/25 03:00)
- The PrRescue project has released version 0.91 (2020/10/24 03:00)
- The kissback project has released version 0.4 (2020/10/24 03:00)
- The BallroomDJ project has released version 3.30.5 (2020/10/24 03:00)
- The qradiolink project has released version 0.8.5-rc2 (2020/10/24 03:00)
- The µBlock Origin project has released version 1.30.7b2 (2020/10/24 03:00)
- The Jailer project has released version 10.2.1 (2020/10/23 03:00)
- The OPNsense project has released version 20.7.4 (2020/10/23 03:00)
- The phpMyHue project has released version 1.7.2 (2020/10/23 03:00)
- The firejail project has released version 0.9.64 (2020/10/22 03:00)
- The Ant Media Server project has released version 2.2.0 (2020/10/22 03:00)
- The GitLab project has released version 13.5.0 (2020/10/22 03:00)
- FreeBSD publishes status report (2020/10/22 03:00)
- The Pybind11 project has released version 2.6.0 (2020/10/22 03:00)
- The libESMTP project has released version 1.0.6+ (2020/10/22 03:00)
- Information on openSUSE MicroOS (2020/10/21 03:00)
- The Vim project has released version 8.2.1873 (2020/10/21 03:00)
Packages
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- 10/24 kodi 18.9 ()Kodi: a media player and entertainment hub for digital media
- 10/23 git 2.29.1 ()Git: an open source version control system
- 10/23 firejail 0.9.64 ()Firejail: a Linux namespaces sandbox program
- 10/22 qbittorrent 4.3.0.1 ()qBittorrent: a P2P BitTorrent client
- 10/21 less 563 ()Less: a paginator that allows backward and forward movement
- 10/21 bind 9.17.6 ()ISC BIND: an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols
- 10/21 apt 2.1.11 ()APT: a front-end for the dpkg package manager
- 10/21 thunderbird 78.4.0 ()Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client
- 10/21 opera 72.0.3815.148 ()Opera: a light-weight graphical web browser
- 10/20 alsa-lib 1.2.4 ()alsa-lib: an audio library for use with the ALSA kernel modules
- 10/20 VirtualBox 6.1.16 ()VirtualBox: a family of x86 virtualisation products for enterprise and home use
- 10/20 xfsprogs 5.9.0 ()xfsprogs: a set of utilities for managing the XFS file system
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| Category | Package | Software |
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| word processor | abiword 3.0.2 | AbiWord: a full-featured word processor |
| window manager | AfterStep 2.2.12 | AfterStep: a window manager for X with a NeXT look and feel |
| email client | alpine 2.20 | Alpine: a text-based MIME email client based on Pine |
| audio library | alsa-lib 1.1.5 | alsa-lib: an audio library for use with the ALSA kernel modules |
| music player | amarok 2.8.0 | Amarok: a music player for Linux and UNIX |
| server | apache-tomcat 8.5.24 | apache-tomcat: a Java Servlet and JSP Container |
| package manager front-end | apt 1.5 | APT: a front-end for the dpkg package manager |
| display driver | ati-driver 16.40 | ATI driver: a proprietary Linux display driver for XFree86/X.Org by ATI, the Catalyst series |
| audio editor | audacity 2.2.1 | Audacity: a free audio editor |
| software | autoconf 2.69 | Autoconf: a package of M4 macros to produce scripts to automatically configure source code |
| software | automake 1.15.1 | GNU Automake: a tool for automatically generating Makefiles |
| video editor | avidemux 2.7.0 | Avidemux: a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks |
| window manager | awesome 4.2 | awesome: a configurable window manager for X |
| music player | banshee 2.6.2 | Banshee: a music management and playback application for GNOME |
| CLI | bash 4.4.12 | Bash: an sh-compatible command language interpreter |
| network | bind 9.11.2 | ISC BIND: an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols |
| software | binutils 2.29.1 | GNU Binutils: an essential collection of binary utilities |
| software | bison 3.0.4 | Bison: a replacement for the parser generator Yacc |
| payment | bitcoin 0.15.0.1 | Bitcoin: an innovative payment network and a new kind of money |
| 3D | blender 2.79 | Blender: a very fast and versatile 3D modeller and renderer |
| desktop environment | budgie-desktop 10.4 | Budgie Desktop: a simple desktop environment featuring heavy integration with the GNOME stack |
| CLI | busybox 1.27.2 | BusyBox: a program that combines many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable |
| data compressor | bzip2 1.0.6 | bzip2: a free, patent-free, high-quality data compressor |
| network | cacti 1.1.17 | Cacti: a complete network graphing solution |
| e-book | calibre 3.14.0 | Calibre: an e-book library management application |
| office suite | calligra 3.0.1 | Calligra: an integrated office suite based on the KDE libraries |
| multimedia | cdrkit 1.1.11 | cdrkit: a collection of applications related to creation of optical disk media |
| web browser | chromium 63.0.3239.108 | Google Chromium: an open-source edition of Google Chrome, a graphical web browser |
| multimedia | cinelerra 7 | Cinelerra: a complete audio and video production environment for Linux |
| desktop environment | cinnamon 3.6.7 | Cinnamon: a desktop environment developed by Linux Mint |
| music player | clementine 1.3.1 | Clementine: a multi-platform music player |
| software | cmake 3.10.1 | cmake: a cross-platform, open-source build system |
| window manager | compiz 0.9.13.1 | Compiz: a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL |
| CLI | coreutils 8.28 | GNU Coreutils: provides basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities |
| printing | cups 2.2.6 | CUPS: a UNIX printing system based on the Internet Printing Protocol |
| CLI | curl 7.57.0 | cURL: a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax |
| software | cvs 1.11.23 | CVS: a version control system |
| databases | db 6.2.32 | Berkeley DB: a family of open source developer databases from Oracle |
| BitTorrent client | deluge 1.3.15 | Deluge: a lightweight, cross-platform BitTorrent client |
| multimedia | devede 4.8.11 | DeVeDe: a program to create video DVDs and CDs suitables for home players |
| network | dhcp 4.3.6 | ISC DHCP: a server and client for automatic IP configuration |
| files | diffutils 3.6 | GNU Diffutils: a utility which finds differences between and among files |
| photo management | digikam 5.7.0 | Digikam: an advanced digital photo management application |
| browser | dillo 3.0.5 | Dillo: a lightweight, alternative browser for UNIX systems |
| package management | dnf 2.7.4 | DNF: a new package management library and a fork of yum |
| emulator | dosbox 0.74 | DOSBox: a DOS emulator |
| mail server | dovecot 2.2.33.2 | Dovecot: an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems |
| documentation system | doxygen 1.8.13 | Doxygen: a documentation system for C++, Java, C and IDL |
| file system utilities | e2fsprogs 1.43.7 | e2fsprogs: contains the required utilities for the EXT2 file system |
| software | eclipse 4.7.2 | Eclipse: a universal tool platform and IDE |
| boot manager | efibootmgr 15 | efibootmgr: a Linux user-space application to modify the Intel EFI boot manager |
| editor | emacs 25.3 | GNU Emacs: the extensible, self-documenting real-time display editor |
| window manager | enlightenment 0.22.1 | Enlightenment: a window manager for X |
| mail client | evolution 3.26.3 | Evolution: information management software providing mail, address book and calendaring functionality |
| mail server | exim 4.90 | exim: a mail server |
| video & audio | ffmpeg 3.4.1 | FFmpeg: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video |
| files | file 5.32 | file: a program that attempts to classify files by their content |
| files | findutils 4.6.0 | GNU Findutils: a set of tools to find files and to operate on groups of files |
| database | firebird 3.0.2 | Firebird: a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and UNIX |
| web browser | firefox 57.0.2 | Mozilla Firefox: a web browser for Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Android |
| software | firejail 0.9.52 | Firejail: a Linux namespaces sandbox program |
| software | flex 2.6.4 | Flex: a fast lexical analyser generator |
| window manager | fluxbox 1.3.7 | Fluxbox: a fast, compact window manager based on Blackbox |
| CAD | freecad 0.16 | FreeCAD: a general purpose parametric 3D modeller for CAD |
| font engine | freetype 2.8.1 | FreeType: a free, quality, portable font engine |
| software | gawk 4.2.0 | GNU Gawk: a free version of awk, a string manipulation language |
| software | gcc 7.2.0 | GNU GCC: the GNU compiler collection |
| software | gettext 0.19.8.1 | GNU gettext: the GNU internationalisation (i18n) library |
| FTP client | gftp 2.0.19 | gFTP: a graphical FTP client |
| ghostscript 9.22 | GPL Ghostscript: an interpreter for the PostScript language | |
| graphics | gimp 2.8.22 | GIMP: the GNU Image Manipulation Program |
| software | git 2.15.1 | Git: an open source version control system |
| software | glade 3.20.2 | Glade: a GUI builder for GTK+ and GNOME |
| software | glibc 2.26 | glibc: a C library for use with GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux |
| desktop | gnome-shell 3.26.2 | GNOME Shell: a core user interface of the GNOME 3 desktop |
| finance suite | gnucash 2.6.19 | GNUCash: an open source personal finance suite |
| spreadsheet | gnumeric 1.12.37 | Gnumeric: a spreadsheet and a part of the GNOME Desktop |
| software | gnupg 2.2.4 | GnuPG: a tool for secure communication and data storage |
| disk partition editor | gparted 0.30.0 | GParted: a disk partition editor application for GNOME |
| file | grep 3.1 | GNU Grep: a program to search for strings inside a file |
| software | groff 1.22.3 | GNU Groff: a device-independent document processor/formatter |
| Bootloader | grub 2.02 | GRUB: the GRand Unified Bootloader |
| multimedia framework | gstreamer 1.12.4 | GStreamer: a multimedia framework with a plugin-based architecture for a variety of platforms |
| software toolkit | gtk+ 3.22.26 | GTK+: a multi-platform toolkit for creating GUIs |
| compression utility | gzip 1.8 | gzip: a compression utility designed to replace compress |
| IRC client | hexchat 2.12.4 | HexChat: an IRC client |
| server | httpd 2.4.29 | httpd: a high-performance HTTP server, Apache 2.x version series |
| input bus | ibus 1.5.17 | IBus: an intelligent input bus for Linux and UNIX |
| Window manager | icewm 1.4.3 | IceWM: an X Window manager that emulates the looks of Motif, OS/2 and Windows |
| graphics | ImageMagick 7.0.7-15 | ImageMagick: a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images |
| graphics | inkscape 0.92.2 | Inkscape: a drawing tool that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG) |
| network | iptables 1.6.1 | iptables: enables the creation of packet alteration and firewall rules |
| optical disk burner | k3b 17.12.0 | K3b: a KDE-GUI for cdrecord and cdrdao, similar to Nero |
| library | kdelibs 4.14.38 | kdelibs: the KDE library API reference |
| development environment | kdevelop 5.2.1 | KDevelop: a C/C++ development environment |
| kernel | kmod 24 | kmod: a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules |
| finance manager | kmymoney 4.8.1 | KMyMoney: a personal finance manager for KDE |
| media player | kodi 17.6 | Kodi: a media player and entertainment hub for digital media |
| file manager | krusader 2.6.0 | Krusader: an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE |
| BitTorrent client | ktorrent 5.1.0 | KTorrent: a BitTorrent program for KDE |
| software | less 487 | Less: a paginator that allows backward and forward movement |
| FTP/HTTP client | lftp 4.8.3 | LFTP: a sophisticated FTP/HTTP client, file transfer program |
| library | libgnome 2.32.1 | libgnome: the library that provides access to the non-X11 dependant parts of the GNOME framework |
| productivity suite | libreoffice 5.4.4 | LibreOffice: a free personal productivity suite |
| software | libressl 2.6.4 | LibreSSL: an implementation of SSL and TLS protocols, forked from OpenSSL |
| software | libselinux 2.7 | libselinux: a library providing an interface for security-aware applications in SELinux |
| library | libtool 2.4.6 | GNU Libtool: a generic library support script |
| kernel virtualization | libvirt 3.10.0 | libvirt: a toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of the Linux kernel |
| audio codec library | libvorbis 1.3.5 | libvorbis: a free high-quality lossy audio codec library |
| web server | lighttpd 1.4.48 | lighttpd: a secure, fast, compliant, and flexible web server optimized for high-performance environments |
| boot loader | lilo 24.2 | LILO: a boot loader for x86 computers |
| web browser | links 2.14 | Links: a text and graphics mode web browser similar to Lynx |
| kernel | linux 4.14.8 | Linux kernel: a UNIX clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds |
| software | llvm 5.0.1 | LLVM: a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies |
| desktop environment | lumina 1.4.0-p1 | Lumina: a lightweight desktop environment for use on any UNIX-like operating system |
| logical volume manager | lvm 2.02.177 | LVM: the logical volume manager |
| desktop environment | lxde-common 0.99.2 | LXDE: a lightweight, fast and energy-saving desktop environment |
| desktop environment | lxqt-common 0.12.0 | LXQt: a Qt port of the LXDE desktop environment |
| CLI web browser | lynx 2.8.8 | Lynx: a text browser for the web |
| document processor | lyx 2.2.3 | LyX: an advanced open source document processor |
| language | m4 1.4.18 | GNU M4: the GNU m4 macro processor |
| software | make 4.2.1 | GNU make: a tool which controls the generation of executables from the program's source files |
| CLI | man 1.6g | man: a pager that displays the on-line manual pages |
| CLI | man-pages 4.14 | Man Pages: files containing the manual pages displayed by man |
| database | mariadb 10.2.11 | MariaDB: a robust SQL server, a fork of MySQL |
| desktop environment | mate-desktop 1.18.0 | MATE: a traditional desktop environment forked from GNOME 2 |
| file manager | mc 4.8.20 | GNU Midnight Commander: a file manager |
| 3D | mesa 17.3.1 | Mesa: a 3D graphics library |
| web browser | midori 0.5.11 | Midori: a lightweight web browser |
| video player | miro 6.0 | Miro: an Internet video player |
| server module | mod_perl 2.0.10 | mod_perl: provides a Perl module for httpd |
| video player | MPlayer 1.3.0 | MPlayer: a movie and animation player |
| CLI Email client | mutt 1.9.2 | Mutt: a text-based MIME Email client |
| database server | mysql 5.7.20 | MySQL: an SQL database server |
| digital video recorder | mythtv 29.0 | MythTV: an open-source software digital video recorder (DVR) project |
| CLI text editor | nano 2.9.1 | GNU nano: a curse-based text editor for UNIX |
| file manager | nautilus 3.26.2 | Nautilus: a file manager for the GNOME desktop |
| File Transfer | ncftp 3.2.6 | NcFTP: a set of programs implementing the File Transfer Protocol |
| software | ncurses 6.0 | GNU ncurses: a programming library allowing a programmer to write text user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner |
| software | NetBeans 8.2 | NetBeans: a full-featured cross-platform IDE written in Java |
| network | NetworkManager 1.10.2 | NetworkManager: a utility aimed at simplifying the use of computer networks on Linux |
| server | nginx 1.12.2 | nginx: an HTTP and reverse proxy server |
| network | nmap 7.60 | Nmap: a utility for network exploration or security auditing |
| file system driver | ntfs-3g 2017.3.23 | NTFS-3G: a read/write NTFS driver |
| display driver | NVIDIA 387.22 | NVIDIA: a proprietary display driver for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris |
| education | octave 4.2.1 | GNU Octave: a high-level interpreted language intended for numerical computations |
| window manager | openbox 3.6.1 | Openbox: a standards-compliant, lightweight, extensible window manager |
| software | openjdk 8u151 | OpenJDK: a complete and free implementation of Java SE, the core Java platform |
| software suite | openldap 2.4.45 | OpenLDAP: a full-featured open source LDAP software suite |
| video editor | openshot 2.4.1 | OpenShot: a video editor |
| file transfers | openssh 7.6p1 | OpenSSH: a client and server for encrypted remote logins and file transfers |
| network | openssl 1.1.0g | OpenSSL: a library for providing encrypted transport layers |
| web browser | opera 49.0.2725.64 | Opera: a light-weight graphical web browser |
| disk partitions | parted 3.2 | GNU Parted: a program to create, destroy, resize and copy PC disk partitions |
| file manager | pcmanfm 1.2.5 | PCManFM: an extremely fast and lightweight file manager |
| language | perl 5.26.1 | Perl: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
| language | php 7.2.0 | PHP: a server-side HTML embedded scripting language |
| database management | phpMyAdmin 4.7.7 | phpMyAdmin: a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the web |
| instant messenger client | pidgin 2.12.0 | Pidgin: an instant messenger client for several protocols (formerly GAIM) |
| video editor | pitivi 0.99 | PiTiVi: a free and open-source video editor for Linux |
| desktop environment | plasma-desktop 5.11.4 | Plasma Desktop: a desktop environment |
| mail server | postfix 3.2.4 | Postfix: a mail transport agent |
| database | postgresql 10.1 | PostgreSQL: a relational database management system |
| network | ppp 2.4.7 | PPP: provides a server/client for point to point protocol |
| network | privoxy 3.0.26 | Privoxy: a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy |
| FTP server | proftpd 1.3.6 | ProFTPD: an FTP server |
| audio server | pulseaudio 11.1 | PulseAudio: a sound server for POSIX and Win32 systems |
| language | Python 3.6.4 | Python: an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| emulator | qemu 2.11.0 | QEMU: an open source machine emulator and virtualiser |
| mail server | qpopper 4.1.0 | Qpopper: a POP3 server |
| software | qt 5.10.0 | Qt: a C++ application framework for writing graphical applications |
| software | qt-creator 4.5.0 | Qt Creator: a cross-platform IDE tailored to the needs of Qt developers |
| desktop environment | razorqt 0.5.2 | Razor-qt: an advanced, easy-to-use and fast desktop environment based on Qt technologies |
| file system tools | reiserfsprogs 3.6.27 | reiserfsprogs: contains tools for using Reiser file system |
| package management | rpm 4.14.0 | RPM: a package management system originally developed by Red Hat |
| network | rp-pppoe 3.12 | RP-PPPoE: a PPP over Ethernet client/server suite |
| package management | rsync 3.1.2 | rsync: an open source utility that provides fast, incremental file transfer |
| language | ruby 2.4.3 | Ruby: interpreted, dynamically typed, pure object-oriented scripting language |
| networking protocol | samba 4.7.4 | Samba: a free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol |
| scanner | sane-backends 1.0.27 | SANE: a universal scanner interface |
| CLI | screen 4.6.2 | Screen: multiplexes a physical terminal |
| desktop publishing | scribus 1.4.6 | Scribus: A desktop publishing program for Linux using the Qt library |
| internet client | seamonkey 2.49.1 | Mozilla SeaMonkey: a web browser, e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor |
| text editor | sed 4.4 | GNU sed: a stream-oriented non-interactive text editor |
| sendmail 8.15.2 | Sendmail: a powerful and flexible Mail Transport Agent | |
| bootloader | shim 14 | shim: a bootloader to chain-load signed bootloaders under Secure Boot |
| photo organiser | shotwell 0.26.4 | Shotwell: an open-source digital photo organiser for GNOME |
| network | snort 2.9.11 | Snort: a light-weight network intrusion detection program |
| mail filter | SpamAssassin 3.4.1 | SpamAssassin: a mail filter which attempts to identify spam using text analysis |
| database | sqlite 3.21.0 | SQLite: an embeddable SQL engine in a C library |
| web proxy | squid 3.5.27 | Squid: a full-featured web proxy cache |
| software | subversion 1.9.7 | Subversion: a version control system |
| e-mail client | sylpheed 3.6.0 | Sylpheed: an e-mail client and news reader based on GTK+ |
| package management | synaptic 0.84.2 | Synaptic: a graphical front-end for APT |
| system | systemd 236 | systemd: a system and service manager for Linux |
| system | sysvinit 2.88 | SysVinit: the Linux System V Init |
| archives | tar 1.30 | GNU Tar: a utility for creating tar archives |
| language | tcl 8.6.8 | TCL: a powerful and dynamic programming language |
| network | tcpdump 4.9.2 | TCPDUMP: a command-line packet sniffer and network debugging tool |
| help | texinfo 6.5 | GNU Texinfo: a collection of utilities that generate online help and printed manuals |
| TeX documents | texlive 2017 | TeX Live: a collection of programs for typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents |
| e-mail client | thunderbird 52.5.2 | Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client |
| Virtual Network Computing | tigervnc 1.8.0 | TigerVNC: a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing) |
| CLI | tmux 2.6 | tmux: a terminal multiplexer |
| network | tor 0.3.1.9 | Tor: a network of virtual tunnels that allows people to improve privacy and security on the Internet |
| BitTorrent client | transmission 2.92 | Transmission: a BitTorrent client |
| system | util-linux 2.31.1 | util-linux: a collection of essential utilities for Linux systems |
| CLI text editor | vim 8.0 | Vim: an improved version of the editor „vi“, one of the standard text editors on UNIX |
| virtualisation | VirtualBox 5.2.4 | VirtualBox: a family of x86 virtualisation products for enterprise and home use |
| video & audio player | vlc 2.2.8 | VLC: a cross-platform media player and streaming server |
| FTP server | vsftpd 3.0.3 | vsftpd: a very secure and fast FTP server |
| display | wayland 1.14.0 | Wayland: a display server protocol |
| sysadmin | webmin 1.870 | Webmin: a web-based interface for Unix system administration |
| file transfer | wget 1.19.2 | wget: retrieves files from web and FTP sites |
| network manager | wicd 1.7.4 | wicd: an open-source wired and wireless network manager for Linux |
| windows manager | WindowMaker 0.95.8 | Window Maker: an X11 windows manager, similar to NeXTSTEP |
| API | wine 2.0.3 | Wine: an open source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix |
| network | wireshark 2.4.3 | Wireshark: a network protocol analyzer |
| publishing | wordpress 4.9.1 | WordPress: publishing software for the world wide web |
| desktop manager | xfdesktop 4.12.4 | Xfdesktop: a desktop manager for the Xfce desktop |
| file system utilities | xfsprogs 4.14.0 | xfsprogs: a set of utilities for managing the XFS file system |
| video player libraries | xine-lib 1.2.8 | xine-lib: contains the libraries for xine, a free video player |
| display server | xorg-server 1.19.6 | X.Org: the X.Org Foundation's public implementation of the X Window System |
| data compression | xz 5.2.3 | XZ Utils: data compression software with high compression ratio |
| file system & volume manager | zfs 0.7.5 | ZFS: an advanced file system and volume manager maintained by the Illumos community |
| data compression library | zlib 1.2.11 | zlib: a legally unencumbered lossless data compression library |
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| Country of origin | All 1) |
| Based on | Android |
| Based on | Arch |
| Based on | CentOS |
| Based on | CRUX |
| Based on | Debian |
| Based on | Debian (Stable) |
| Based on | Debian (Testing) |
| Based on | Debian (Unstable) |
| Based on | Fedora |
| Based on | FreeBSD |
| Based on | Gentoo |
| Based on | Independent |
| Based on | KDE neon |
| Based on | KNOPPIX |
| Based on | LFS |
| Based on | Mageia |
| Based on | Mandriva |
| Based on | Manjaro |
| Based on | OpenBSD |
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| Based on | Red Hat |
| Based on | rPath |
| Based on | sidux |
| Based on | Slackware |
| Based on | SliTaz |
| Based on | Solaris |
| Based on | Ubuntu |
| Based on | Ubuntu (LTS) |
| Based on | Tiny Core |
| Based on | Zenwalk |
| Not based on | None |
| Not based on | Arch |
| Not based on | CentOS |
| Not based on | Debian |
| Not based on | Fedora |
| Not based on | FreeBSD |
| Not based on | Gentoo |
| Not based on | Independent |
| Not based on | KDE neon |
| Not based on | KNOPPIX |
| Not based on | LFS |
| Not based on | Mageia |
| Not based on | Mandriva |
| Not based on | Manjaro |
| Not based on | Mint |
| Not based on | OpenBSD |
| Not based on | openSUSE |
| Not based on | PCLinuxOS |
| Not based on | Puppy |
| Not based on | Red Hat |
| Not based on | rPath |
| Not based on | sidux |
| Not based on | Slackware |
| Not based on | SliTaz |
| Not based on | Solaris |
| Not based on | Ubuntu |
| Not based on | Tiny Core |
| Not based on | Zenwalk |
| Desktop interface | No desktop |
| Desktop interface | AfterStep |
| Desktop interface | Android |
| Desktop interface | Awesome |
| Desktop interface | Blackbox |
| Desktop interface | bspwm |
| Desktop interface | Budgie |
| Desktop interface | Cinnamon |
| Desktop interface | Consort |
| Desktop interface | Deepin |
| Desktop interface | dwm |
| Desktop interface | Enlightenment |
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| Desktop interface | ion |
| Desktop interface | JWM |
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| Desktop interface | Kodi (XBMC) |
| Desktop interface | Lesstif |
| Desktop interface | Lumina |
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| Desktop interface | MATE |
| Desktop interface | Maynard |
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| Desktop interface | Mezzo |
| Desktop interface | Moblin |
| Desktop interface | Openbox |
| Desktop interface | Pantheon |
| Desktop interface | Pearl |
| Desktop interface | pekwm |
| Desktop interface | Ratpoison |
| Desktop interface | Razor-qt |
| Desktop interface | SLWM |
| Desktop interface | Sugar |
| Desktop interface | Trinity |
| Desktop interface | TWM |
| Desktop interface | Unity |
| Desktop interface | WebUI |
| Desktop interface | WMaker |
| Desktop interface | WMFS |
| Desktop interface | WMI |
| Desktop interface | Xfce |
| Architecture | All 2) |
| Package management | None/Unknown |
| Package management | DEB |
| Package management | Flatpak |
| Package management | Nix/Guix |
| Package management | RPM |
| Package management | Pacman |
| Package management | PET |
| Package management | Portage |
| Package management | Snap |
| Package management | TGZ/TXZ |
| Release model | Fixed |
| Release model | Semi-Rolling |
| Release model | Rolling |
| Install media size | Under 100MB |
| Install media size | Under 250MB |
| Install media size | Under 700MB |
| Install media size | Under 2000MB |
| Install media size | Over 2000MB |
| Install method | Local |
| Install method | Net-Install |
| Multi-language support | All |
| Multi-language support | Yes/Other 3) |
| Multi-language support | No |
| Init software | OpenRC |
| Init software | RC |
| Init software | runit |
| Init software | systemd |
| Init software | SysV |
| Init software | Upstart |
| Init software | Not systemd |
| Init software | Other |
| Status | Active |
| Status | Dormant |
| Status | Discontinued |
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