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This thread is for tracking the development of the 4MLinux 22 series.
4MLinux 22.0 Core BETA released.
This is a core system (only a few MB in size) for the 4MLinux 22 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 4.9.13, GNU C Library 2.24, and BusyBox 1.26.2. The 4MLinux 22 series uses GNU Compiler Collection 6.2.0 to compile programs designed for the i686 architecture.
4MLinux 22.0 BETA is ready for testing. Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages, including major changes in the core of the system, which now uses the LTS Linux kernel 4.9 series and the GNU Compiler Collection 6.2.0.
Development Plan:
March 2017 -> BETA
July 2017 -> STABLE
November 2017 -> OLD STABLE
March 2018 -> EOL
Antivirus Live CD 22.0-0.99.2 available for download.
Antivirus Live CD is an official 4MLinux fork including the ClamAV scanner. It's designed for users who need a lightweight live CD, which will help them to protect their computers against viruses. The latest version 22.0-0.99.2 is based on 4MLinux 22.0 and ClamAV 0.99.2.
4MRecover is a small live CD designed for data recovery. It's a part of 4MRescueKit, which in turn is one of the three main 4MLinux releases available for download.
This version includes TestDisk 7.0 and it uses 4MLinux 22.0 as the base system.
BakAndImgCD is an official 4MLinux fork, which has been designed to perform the following two tasks: data backup (the supported filesystems are: btrfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, f2fs, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, nilfs2, ntfs, reiser4, reiserfs, and xfs) and disk imaging (using Partimage, Partclone, and GNU ddrescue). This release is based on the 4MLinux Backup Scripts 22.0.
4MParted is a very small live CD designed for disk partitioning. It's a part of 4MRescueKit, which in turn is one of the three main 4MLinux releases available for download.
This version includes GParted 0.28.1 and it uses 4MLinux 22.0 as the base system.
TheSSS (The Smallest Server Suite) is a lightweight server suite distributed as a live CD. This release is based on the 4MLinux Server 22.0, meaning that the components of the LAMP server are now: Linux 4.9.13, Apache 2.4.25, MariaDB 10.2.6, and PHP (both 5.6.30 and 7.0.19). Additionally, DNS (BIND 9.11), FTP (ProFTPD 1.3.6), SMTP (Postfix 3.2.0 with Procmail and Fetchmail) servers are included, too. The 4MLinux server can be manged via its user-friendly WebGUI (LAMP Admin with Webmin 1.840).
4MRescueKit provides its users with software for antivirus protection, data backup, disk partitioning, and data recovery. It is distributed in the form of a multiboot CD, which includes four (extremely small) operating systems.
This release has Antivirus Live CD 22.0-0.99.2, BakAndImgCD 22.0, 4MParted 22.0, and 4MRecover 22.0.
The status of the 4MLinux 22.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.4.0.1 and GIMP 2.8.22, share them using DropBox 28.4.14, surf the Internet with Firefox 54.0 and Chromium 59.0.3071.86, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 5.3.0.1 and Thunderbird 52.2.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37904 and VLC 2.2.6, play games powered by Mesa 13.0.4 and Wine 2.10. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.9.33, Apache 2.4.25, MariaDB 10.2.6, PHP 5.6.30 and PHP 7.0.15). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
4MLinux 22.0 comes with some amazing new features (Skype BETA, FreeCol game, support for the LUKS disk encryption, to name but a few examples). However, the biggest changes are related to the 4MLinux Server, which is now a feature-rich, the lightest and the fastest server suite available on the market. See the recently updated documentation for details.
4MLinux 22.0 happens to be my first release to test after picking up the news via Twitter. I am impressed with the work you've done so far. After just two days of playing around with it - on two older laptops - it has quickly became my new favorite mini-distro. I came here just to draw attention upon a small "issue" I found. To ease collaboration, you could add a git repo for next release. Anyway, the problem is with line 381 in file /etc/init.d/rcS. A user may lock itself out if he/she removes the file $HOME/.bashrc. Assuming he/she was already using bash as root, on next reboot that line will render a /bin/bbash shell in /etc/passwd, thus unable to execute.
My quick fix/proposal is shown below:
Quote:
OLD-381
sed -i 's/ash/bash/g' /etc/passwd
NEW-381
sed -i 's/\/ash/\/bash/g' /etc/passwd
4MLinux 22.0 happens to be my first release to test after picking up the news via Twitter. I am impressed with the work you've done so far. After just two days of playing around with it - on two older laptops - it has quickly became my new favorite mini-distro. I came here just to draw attention upon a small "issue" I found. To ease collaboration, you could add a git repo for next release. Anyway, the problem is with line 381 in file /etc/init.d/rcS. A user may lock itself out if he/she removes the file $HOME/.bashrc. Assuming he/she was already using bash as root, on next reboot that line will render a /bin/bbash shell in /etc/passwd, thus unable to execute.
Many thanks! It will be corrected soon.
PS.
In the future, please start a separate thread with the title saying something about its contents.
This is a minor (point) release based on the 4MLinux Server 22.1, meaning that the components of the LAMP server are now: Linux 4.9.33, Apache 2.4.27, MariaDB 10.2.7, and PHP (both 5.6.31 and 7.0.21). The following servers have also been updated: DNS (BIND 9.11p3), SMTP (Postfix 3.2.2) and SSH (OpenSSH 7.5p1).
You can update your TheSSS by executing the "zk update" command (fully automatic process).
This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.9.40. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.27, MariaDB 10.2.7, and PHP 7.0.21 (see this post for more details). Additionally, some popular programs (Chromium, Java, PeaZip, SMTube) have been updated, too.
The 4MLinux ISO is about 100 MB bigger (than it used to be) due to the changes in the 4MLinux initrd image, which now includes the full set of the Linux firmware to provide better support for modern Ethernet and WiFi cards.
You can update your 4MLinux by executing the "zk update" command in your terminal (fully automatic process).
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