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- Development Release: FreeBSD 13.0-BETA4 (2021/02/28 00:24)The fourth beta snapshot of FreeBSD 13.0 is now available for download and testing. This is an unplanned release which means that the final build of FreeBSD 13.0 has been rescheduled to arrive a week later than originally envisaged, on 30 March. "The fourth BETA build of the....
- Distribution Release: Mageia 8 (2021/02/26 21:17)Mageia is a community fork of the now-discontinued Mandriva distribution. The Mageia distribution provides a general purpose operating system with a focus on easy to use, pre-configured desktop environments. The project's latest release is Mageia 8 which improves boot time performance, mostly removes dependencies on Python 2, and....
- Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2021.1 (2021/02/24 23:01)Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's first release of the year is Kali Linux 2021.1. "Today we’re pushing out the first Kali Linux release of the year with Kali Linux 2021.1. This edition brings enhancements of existing features,....
- Distribution Release: GeckoLinux 999.210221.0 (2021/02/22 23:03)GeckoLinux is an openSUSE-based distribution which features both fixed and rolling-release editions. The project's latest rolling-release snapshot, version 999.210221, introduces updated desktop environments and a number of fixes. The project's release announcement shares the available desktop versions and details on improvements: "Plasma 5.21, Framework 5.79.0, KDE applications 20.12....
- DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 905 (2021/02/22 02:12)This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Septor 2021News: Manjaro to be PinePhone's default operating system, Slackware prepares for a new release, UBports unveils new Devices page, Mint urges users apply security updatesQuestions and answers: Using older kernels on Ubuntu LTS releasesReleased last week: siduction 21.1.0, Devuan GNU+Linux 3.1.0,....
- Development Release: FreeBSD 13.0-BETA3 (2021/02/21 07:08)Glen Barber has announced that the third BETA build of the upcoming FreeBSD 13.0 (scheduled for final release on 23 March) is now ready for testing: "The third BETA build of the 13.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since 13.0-BETA2 includes: a fix to....
- Distribution Release: Netrunner 21.01 (2021/02/21 01:14)Netrunner 21.01, an updated version of the project's desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch, but featuring the latest LTS (long-term support) kernel, has been released: "The Netrunner team is happy to announce the release of Netrunner 21.01 'XOXO'. This version is based on the current Debian....
- Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 21.02 (2021/02/18 17:48)Mabox Linux is a Manjaro-based rolling release distribution. Mabox Linux features the Openbox window manager as its default interface and provides a welcome screen with access to utilities which add additional software to the operating system. The project's latest snashot, Mabox Linux 21.02, updates the default kernel to....
- BSD Release: pfSense 2.5.0 (2021/02/17 18:49)pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD specifically tailored for use as a firewall and router that is entirely managed via web interface. The project's latest release, pfSense 2.5.0, is based on FreeBSD 12.2. The release announcement highlights changes in the new version: "Base OS....
- Distribution Release: Tiny Core Linux 12.0 (2021/02/17 16:04)Tiny Core Linux is one of the world's smallest Linux distributions which uses the BusyBox userland utilities. The project's latest release, Tiny Core Linux 12.0, introduces a number of new fixes, package updates, and updated hardware support. "Changelog for 12.0: kernel updated to 5.10.3, glibc updated to 2.32....
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- The Shotcut project has released version 21.02.27 (2021/02/28 02:00)
- The HumHub project has released version 1.7.3 (2021/02/27 02:00)
- The Calibre project has released version 5.12 (2021/02/27 02:00)
- The stafwag_ansible-role-users project has released version 1.001 (2021/02/27 02:00)
- The CAWT project has released version 2.7.0 (2021/02/27 02:00)
- The Wine project has released version 6.3 (2021/02/27 02:00)
- The TextMate project has released version 2.0.19 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The BallroomDJ project has released version 3.32.9 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The Vim project has released version 8.2.2550 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The Zotero project has released version 5.0.96 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The asm1825 Assembler project has released version 0.8.0 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The BakAndImgCD project has released version 36.0 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The Embree project has released version 3.12.3-alpha.1 (2021/02/26 02:00)
- The o project has released version 2.35.1 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The exiftool project has released version 12.20 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The SDL_bgi project has released version 2.4.3 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The Bokeh project has released version 2.3 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The abcMIDI project has released version 2021.02.21 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The phpMyAdmin project has released version 5.1.0 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- Red Hat to provide free licenses to open source projects (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The MONARC project has released version 2.10.2 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The Jenkins project has released version 2.281 (2021/02/25 02:00)
- The Nano project has released version 5.6 (2021/02/24 02:00)
- The Adobe Brackets project has released version 1.14.2 (2021/02/24 02:00)
- The GitLab project has released version 13.9.1 (2021/02/24 02:00)
Packages
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- 02/27 llvm 11.1.0 ()LLVM: a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies
- 02/26 linux 5.11.2 ()Linux kernel: a UNIX clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds
- 02/26 calibre 5.12.0 ()Calibre: an e-book library management application
- 02/25 NVIDIA 460.56 ()NVIDIA: a proprietary display driver for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris
- 02/25 freecad 0.19 ()FreeCAD: a general purpose parametric 3D modeller for CAD
- 02/25 privoxy 3.0.32 ()Privoxy: a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy
- 02/25 blender 2.92.0 ()Blender: a very fast and versatile 3D modeller and renderer
- 02/24 cmake 3.19.6 ()cmake: a cross-platform, open-source build system
- 02/24 qt-creator 4.14.1 ()Qt Creator: a cross-platform IDE tailored to the needs of Qt developers
- 02/24 nano 5.6 ()GNU nano: a curse-based text editor for UNIX
- 02/24 phpMyAdmin 5.1.0 ()phpMyAdmin: a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the web
- 02/23 plasma-desktop 5.21.1 ()Plasma Desktop: a desktop environment
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| Category | Package | Software |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| OS Type | BSD |
| OS Type | Linux |
| OS Type | Solaris |
| OS Type | Other OS |
| Distribution category | Beginners |
| Distribution category | Clusters |
| Distribution category | Data Rescue |
| Distribution category | Desktop |
| Distribution category | Disk Management |
| Distribution category | Docker |
| Distribution category | Education |
| Distribution category | Firewall |
| Distribution category | Forensics |
| Distribution category | Free Software |
| Distribution category | Gaming |
| Distribution category | High Performance Computing |
| Distribution category | Live Medium |
| Distribution category | Multimedia |
| Distribution category | MythTV |
| Distribution category | NAS |
| Distribution category | Netbooks |
| Distribution category | Old Computers |
| Distribution category | Privacy |
| Distribution category | Raspberry Pi |
| Distribution category | Scientific |
| Distribution category | Server |
| Distribution category | Security |
| Distribution category | Source-based |
| Distribution category | Specialist |
| Distribution category | Telephony |
| Distribution category | Thin Client |
| 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 |
| Based on | openSUSE |
| Based on | PCLinuxOS |
| Based on | Puppy |
| 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 |
| Desktop interface | Equinox |
| Desktop interface | Firefox |
| Desktop interface | Fluxbox |
| Desktop interface | flwm |
| Desktop interface | FVWM |
| Desktop interface | GNOME |
| Desktop interface | Hackedbox |
| Desktop interface | i3 |
| Desktop interface | IceWM |
| Desktop interface | ion |
| Desktop interface | JWM |
| Desktop interface | KDE |
| Desktop interface | KDE Plasma |
| Desktop interface | Kodi (XBMC) |
| Desktop interface | Lesstif |
| Desktop interface | Lumina |
| Desktop interface | LXDE |
| Desktop interface | LXQt |
| Desktop interface | MATE |
| Desktop interface | Maynard |
| Desktop interface | Metacity |
| 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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