This thread is for tracking the development of the 4MLinux 39 series.

4MLinux 39.0 Core BETA released.
This is a core system (only about 15 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 39 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 5.10.79, GNU C Library 2.34, and BusyBox 1.33.2. The 4MLinux 38 series uses GNU Compiler Collection 11.2.0 to compile programs designed for the x86_64 architecture.

Despite its extremely small size, 4MLinux Core supports both BIOS and UEFI boot modes.

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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4MLinux 39.0 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.

Road map:
December 2021 -> BETA
March 2022 -> STABLE
July 2022 -> OLD STABLE
November 2022 -> EOL

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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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 39.0-0.104.2 is based on 4MLinux 39.0 BETA and ClamAV 0.104.2.

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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BakAndImgCD is an official 4MLinux fork, which has been designed to perform the following two tasks: data backup and disk imaging. The 4MLinux Backup Scripts make use of FSArchiver, GNU ddrescue, Partclone, Partimage, rsync, and other utilities. The output files (archives and images) can be optionally compressed and sent to a remote sever (using Ethernet, WiFi, PPP or PPPoE). This release is based on the 4MLinux Backup Scripts 39.0.

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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This is a major release based on the 4MLinux Server 39.0, meaning that the components of the LAMP server are now: Linux 5.16.14, Apache 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.3, and PHP (both 5.6.40 and 7.4.28).

You can update your TheSSS by executing the "zk update" command (fully automatic process).

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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The status of the 4MLinux 39.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 7.3.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.30, Gnumeric 1.12.51), share your files using DropBox 143.4.4161, surf the Internet with Firefox 97.0.1 and Chromium 98.0.4758, send emails via Thunderbird 91.6.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 4.1, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.16 and mpv 0.34.0, play games powered by Mesa 21.3.7 and Wine 7.4. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 5.16.14, Apache 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.3, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.4.28). Perl 5.34.0, Python 2.7.18, and Python 3.9.9 are also available.

As always, the new major release has some new features. FSP (File Service Protocol) server is now included out of the box (gFTP can be used as its GUI client). Many system-wide changes has been done to improve font rendering. The 4MLinux installation script has been patched to provide better handling of JBD partitions. New applications available as downloadable extensions: Bluefish (advanced text editor), Ventoy (utility used for writing image files), TripleA (strategy game written in Java). And finally, youtube-dl has been replaced with yt-dlp for better handling of YouTube videos.


More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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Can upgrade from 34 or any to the last release?

Hi,

I was able to upgrade from 34 to 39 using the "zk update" command on my PC (it uses BIOS, not UEFI).

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This is a minor (point) release based on the 4MLinux Server 39.1, meaning that the components of the LAMP server are now: Linux 5.16.20, Apache 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.4, and PHP (both 5.6.40 and 7.4.29).

You can update your TheSSS by executing the "zk update" command (fully automatic process).

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 5.16.20. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.4, and PHP 7.4.29.
You can update your 4MLinux by executing the "zk update" command in your terminal (fully automatic process).

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...-released.html

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The status of the 4MLinux 39 series has been changed to OLD STABLE. All users must update before November 2022 (EOL).

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...ld-stable.html

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The status of the 4MLinux 39 series has been changed to UNSUPPORTED. All users must update ASAP.

More:
https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.co...s-its-eol.html

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