[sf-lug] new Linux releases on hand and expected

[John Strazzarino]

Sounds good.  I'll see you at the June 7th meeting.

John


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> On May 27, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi LUGers,
> 
>    Over the last few days I have downloaded 32 bit versions of
> Ubuntu 15.04, Kubuntu 15.04, Fedora Live Workstation 22 and
> Fedora Live Jam 22.
> 
>    Also for older equipment or maybe netbooks I got 64 and 32 bit
> versions of Q4OS which is a very compact distribution which may
> need further downloads of tools for your use once installed.
> It is, as most releases recently, UEFI compatible.
> 
>    If anyone wants copies at the next meeting let me know ASAP.
> 
>    I have been running Mageia 5 RC for over a week now and
> read today that it has been frozen for the next release of Mageia 5.
> 
>    There are several server releases out there as well and one
> designed to set up clusters.
> 
>    Mandriva, by the way has finally gone out of business.  But though
> the company has gone out of business Mandrake's great ideas persist
> in at least 3 forks, Mageia which might as well be Mandriva, PC Linux OS
> and Open Mandriva.
>    Open Mandriva in its 2015 Alpha release is not a big favorite of mine.
>    PCLOS is eagerly awaited by fans like me who expect it to be UEFI
> compatible.  It is more focused toward entertainment than the other forks.
> 
>    Bobbie Sellers
> 
> 
> 
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