[sf-lug] Meeting notice and lately at Distrowatch.

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers,
	
	Well the next meeting will be on Sunday March 5 2023
from 11 AM to 1 PM.at <https://meet.jit.si/sf-lug.org>
If you have problems we can try to help if the bright folks come
along as they have recently.

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                     Lately at Distrowatch.com
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2023-02-20 	NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1007
  	This week in DistroWatch Weekly among other
doubtless interesting information is a review of
  helloSystem 0.8.0 which is actually an pale(so far)
imitation of the MacOS.  The review conclusion is that
GhostBSD would be a better starting point but read the
review to see the things that can go awry.

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2023-02-20 	NEW • Distribution Release: Athena OS 2023.02.20
	The developers of Athena OS, an Arch Linux-based distribution designed 
for penetration testing, bug-bounty hunting and InfoSec students, have 
announced the release of version 2023.02.20.
The Iso file is about 2.6 GB and it uses systemd.
You can view the change log at:
<https://github.com/Athena-OS/athena-iso/releases/tag/v23.02.20>

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    2023-02-16 	NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 3.0.3-22
  	Clonezilla Live is a Debian-based live CD containing
Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning software. The project's
latest release includes software upgrades from Debian's Sid branch
and improves handling of swap partitions. As usual for this distro,
3 versions for the x86 family, all uner 400 MB.
   Uses systemd and rhe release notes can be found at:
<https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/2023/02/-stable-clonezilla-live-303-22-released-/> 


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2023-02-15 	NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot 5.2
	Lorenzo Faletra has announced the release of Parrot 5.2, an
updated version of the project's Linux distribution based on Debian's
"Testing" branch. The new release updates the Linux kernel to version
6.0.12: Iso file size is varies between 2.4 and 4.9 GB uses systemd.
<https://parrotsec.org/blog/2023-02-15-parrot-5.2-release-notes/>

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2023-02-14 	NEW • Distribution Release: KaOS 2023.02
     KaOS is a rolling-release distribution designed for one 
architecture (x86_64) running one desktop environment (KDE Plasma). The 
project has published a new snapshot, KaOS 2023.02, which features the 
newly released KDE Plasma 5.27 desktop. Iso is about 3.5 GB and it uses
systemd.   <https://kaosx.us/news/2023/kaos02/>

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2023-02-09  NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.0-3
  	Univention Corporate Server (UCS) is an enterprise-class
distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The distribution's 5.0 series
has been updated, bringing new features, improved performance, and some
new security options.  Less than a GB in size, using systemd.

<https://www.univention.com/blog-en/2023/02/ucs-point-release-5-0-3/>

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2023-02-08 	NEW • Distribution Release: Endless OS 5.0.0
  	João Paulo Rechi Vita has announced the release of Endless OS
5.0.0, a significant upgrade of the project's app-centric, Debian-based
distribution featuring the EOS Shell (a fork of GNOME Shell), available
for x86_64 and arm64 (including Raspberry Pi and Pinebook) computers.
The new version introduces a refreshed desktop experience, multiple
workspaces and an all-new app centre. Users of Endless OS 4 will need
to upgrade to version 4.0.14 before they can upgrade to version 5.0.0.
Release announcement at the next url, uses systemd and Iso size 3.35 GB
<https://community.endlessos.com/t/release-endless-os-5-0-0/19857>

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2023-02-06 	DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1005
  	This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
     Review: NuTyX 22.12.0 and a return to CDE
<https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20230206>

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    2023-02-06 	Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 6.6
	 SparkyLinux is a Debian-based distribution which
provides several desktop editions accompanied by convenient
tools. The latest release from the project is SparkyLinux 6.6
which includes persistent storage when run live frm USB drives.

  The persistent storage  is a new direction but it apparently
uses systemd. Release announcement at
       <https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-6-6/>

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Bobbie Sellers AKA
bliss - on the ever-faithful Dell Latitude E7450, PCLinuxOS 2023
KDE Plasma 5.27.0 Kernel Version: 6.1.12-pclos1 (64-bit)
KDE Frameworks  5.102.0 - Qt Version: 5.15.6
Graphics : X11 - Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 5500
15.5 GiB of RAM CPU 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz
Actually 2 real cores and 2 virtual cores.