[sf-lug] At Distrowatch etc. a bit of news.

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers.

	Hope you all had a great Holiday Season so far.

	Take it easy on that New Year Eve Celebration!
Why because:Next Online meeting is Sunday 1 January 2023 11A-1PM
       <https://meet.jit.si/sf-lug.org>

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	So Linux Update is a little magazine that
I somehow subscribed to and others might find it
of interest. The URL belows will get you more
information about the magazine and links to the rest
of it.

<https://mailchi.mp/linux-magazine.com/linux-update-backing-up-a-living-system-f3qe5i3qwm?e=b51ecaac22>

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   The E6420 was passed on to another user and is no longer available.

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Pine64 has announced it is making the Linux-based PineTab 2,
which is the successor to the original PineTab that didn't
make it through the post-pandemic chip shortage.
You can read all about it at:
<<https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-updated-linux-based-tablet-has-been-through-a-complete-redesign/>>


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	    Lately at Distrowatch.com
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2022-12-25 	Distribution Release: Mabox Linux 22.12
	Daniel Napora has announced the release of Mabox
Linux 22.12, a major update of the project's Manjaro-based,
rolling-release distribution with a highly customised
Openbox window manager as the preferred desktop:
<https://maboxlinux.org/mabox-linux-22-12-istredd-released/>

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2022-12-25 	NEW • Distribution Release: Manjaro Linux 22.0
   	Philip Müller has announced the release of
Manjaro Linux 22.0, a major update of the project's rolling-release 
distribution with separate KDE Plasma, Xfce and GNOME editions.
The new version updates all major components of the three
popular desktops and brings the very latest Linux kernel 6.1.1.
<https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-22-0-sikaris-released/129983>

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2022-12-22 	NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 22.12.0
	NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) 
built from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a 
custom package manager called "cards". The latest version, 22.12.0, 
provides several key package upgrades and offers twelve desktop editions 
along with one command line edition.  For more infomation
check out <https://nutyx.org/en/news#1>
It has 3 versions at Distrowatch.com
NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-KDE5.iso (1,988MB),
NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-GNOME.iso (1,737MB),
NuTyX_x86_64-22.12.0-MATE.iso (1,725MB).

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2022-12-20 	NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 22.12
  	Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 22.12, an 
updated build of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution with Xfce 
as the default desktop (and with other popular desktops available for 
selection during the installation process). This version ships with the 
just-release Xfce 4.18.

<https://endeavouros.com/news/cassini-packed-with-new-features-is-here/>

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2022-12-20 	NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21.1
  	The Linux Mint team have announced the reelase of Linux Mint 21.1 
"Vera". The new release makes handling Flatpak packages smoother, 
integrating Flatpak support into the update manager and making it easier 
to work with both traditional Deb packages and Flatpaks in the software 
centre.  There are seperate links for each of the several Desktop 
Environments supplied in separate iso files.

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2022-12-20 	NEW • Distribution Release: Guix System 1.4.0
  	Ludovic Courtès has announced the release of Guix System 1.4.0, an 
advanced and "libre" distribution of the GNU operating system developed 
by the GNU Project. Its custom pacakage management, called "guix", 
supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, as well as unprivileged 
package management.
<https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2022/gnu-guix-1.4.0-released/>

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2022-12-19 	NEW • Distribution Release: BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium
  	John Raff has announced the release of BunsenLabs Linux Beryllium, a 
major update of the project's lightweight, Debian-based distribution 
with an Openbox window manager as the preferred user interface. 
Beryllium is the project's first version based on Debian 11.
Of course it uses systemd.
<https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=8353>
  beryllium-1-amd64.hybrid.iso (1,511MB, signature, torrent), 
beryllium-1-i386.hybrid.iso (1,231MB, signature, torrent).

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2022-12-16 	NEW • Distribution Release: AV Linux MX-21.2.1
  	Glen MacArthur has announced the release of AV Linux MX-21.2.1, the 
latest version of the project's Debian and MX Linux-based distribution 
for "content creators". Some of the changes in this version include
<http://www.bandshed.net/2022/12/15/avl-mxe-21-2-1-mxde-efl-21-2-2-XeroLinux]

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2022-12-15 	NEW • Distribution Release: TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE"
  	TrueNAS SCALE is a Deban-based network attached storage (NAS) 
operating system. The project's latest release, TrueNAS 22.12.0 "SCALE" 
introduces a bulk upgrade feature and improves upon rootless logins.

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2022-12-15 	NEW • Distribution Release: XeroLinux 2022.12
  	XeroLinux, a distribution added to DistroWatch recently, has been 
updated to version 2022.12. XeroLinux is based on Arch Linux and uses 
KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop.

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2022-12-14 	NEW • Distribution Release: Kaisen Linux 2.2
  	Kaisen Linux is a rolling release, Debian-based desktop distribution. 
The project aims to be useful for IT professionals and includes a set of 
tools for system administration. The project's latest release is version 
2.2 and it rolls back or simplifies a few 
features:<https://kaisenlinux.org/blog/kaisenlinuxrolling2.1.php>

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	Distrowatch skipped its weekly Newsletter.

	Happy New Year!

	Bobbie Sellers