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BETA versions of 4MLinux 8.1 have been released: 4MLinux 8.1 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 8.1 series. The system includes: Linux 3.10.28, glibc 2.18, and Busybox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 8.1 applications have been compiled under Fedora 20 (x86/32-bit/SMP) with GNU Compiler Collection 4.8.1.
4MLinux 8.1
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.1, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36573, FFmpeg Git-2014-01-11), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.0.2, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.6 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 50 MB.
4MLinux 8.1 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.6.2, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 27.0.1, SeaMonkey 2.24, and Thunderbird 24.3.0) with Flash Player support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite 8.1 and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 5.2.1, QupZilla Git-2014-01-23, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r5993) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.1), IRC (Irssi 0.8.16rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.2, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 130 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 8.2 have been released: 4MLinux 8.2 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 8.2 series. The system includes: Linux 3.12.13, glibc 2.18, and Busybox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 8.2 applications have been compiled under Fedora 20 (x86/32-bit/SMP) with GNU Compiler Collection 4.8.2.
4MLinux 8.2
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.2, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36817, FFmpeg Git-2014-02-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.1.0, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.10 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 55 MB.
4MLinux 8.2 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.6.2, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 28.0, SeaMonkey 2.25, and Thunderbird 24.4.0) with Flash Player 12 support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite 8.2 and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 5.2.1, QupZilla Git-2014-02-20, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r6033) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.1), IRC (Irssi 0.8.16rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.2, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 135 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 9.0 have been released: 4MLinux 9.0 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 9.0 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.12.18, GNU C Library 2.19, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux Web site. All 4MLinux 9.0 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.8.2 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 9.0
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.0, ClamAV 0.98.3), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37146, FFmpeg Git-2014-04-10), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.1, Mesa 10.1.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.4, Java RE 7u55, and VirtualBox 4.3.12 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 55 MB.
4MLinux 9.0 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine Git-2014-05-13, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 29.0.1, SeaMonkey 2.26, and Thunderbird 24.5.0) with Flash Player 12 support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite 9.0 and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.3.0, QupZilla Git-2014-05-20, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r6255) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.2), IRC (Irssi 0.8.16rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.2, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 145 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 9.1 have been released: 4MLinux 9.1 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 9.1 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.12.23, GNU C Library 2.19, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 9.1 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.8.2 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 9.1
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37218, FFmpeg Git-2014-06-01), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.2, Mesa 10.2.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.0, Java RE 7u60, VirtualBox 4.3.12, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 55 MB.
4MLinux 9.1 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.7.22, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 30.0, SeaMonkey 2.26.1, and Thunderbird 24.6.0) with Flash Player 12 support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite 9.1 and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.3.1, QupZilla Git-2014-06-25, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r6262) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.3), IRC (Irssi 0.8.16rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.4, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 145 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 10.0 have been released: 4MLinux 10.0 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 10.0 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.14.16, GNU C Library 2.19, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 10.0 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.1 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 10.0
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.0, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37241, FFmpeg Git-2014-07-20), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.0, Mesa 10.2.6, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.1, Java RE 7u67, VirtualBox 4.3.14, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 57 MB.
4MLinux 10.0 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.7.25, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 31.0, SeaMonkey 2.26.1, and Thunderbird 31.0) with Flash Player 14 support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite (CUPS 1.7.5, Xpdf 3.0.4, Ghostscript 9.14) and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.3.1, QupZilla Git-2014-07-20, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r6288) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.4), IRC (Irssi 0.8.17rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.4, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 148 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 10.1 have been released: 4MLinux 10.1 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 10.1 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.14.19, GNU C Library 2.19, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including Gallium3D, NVIDIA, and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 10.1 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.1 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 10.1
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37262, FFmpeg Git-2014-08-31), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.1, Mesa 10.3.1, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.2, Java RE 8u25, VirtualBox 4.3.18, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 58 MB.
4MLinux 10.1 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.7.29, which is able to run Mozilla software (Firefox 32.0, SeaMonkey 2.29.1, and Thunderbird 31.2.0) with Flash Player 15 support enabled. 4MLinux Printing Suite (CUPS 2.0.0, SANE 1.0.24, Xpdf 3.0.4, Ghostscript 9.14) and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.3.2, QupZilla Git-2014-09-16, SMplayer with SMTube SVN r6393) are also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.5), IRC (Irssi 0.8.17rc1, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.4, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 154 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 11.0 have been released: 4MLinux 11.0 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 11.0 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.14.23, GNU C Library 2.20, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including NVIDIA and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 11.0 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 11.0
The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.0, ClamAV 0.98.5), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37293, FFmpeg Git-2014-10-06), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.2, Mesa 10.3.5, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 2.10.52, Firefox 34.0, Java RE 8u25, LibreOffice 4.3.5, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.31, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.2.0 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 66 MB.
4MLinux 11.0 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.7.32, 4MLinux Printing Suite (CUPS 2.0.1, SANE 1.0.24, Xpdf 3.0.4, Ghostscript 9.15) and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.3.2, QupZilla Git-2014-10-26, SMplayer r6556). Improved support for YouTube videos (via SMTube SVN r6556 with mpv 0.7.1 and youtube-dl) is also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.5), IRC (Irssi 0.8.17, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.4, eMule 0.50a), and SSH (PuTTY 0.63) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 171 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 11.1 have been released: 4MLinux 11.1 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 11.1 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.14.27, GNU C Library 2.20, and BusyBox 1.22.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including NVIDIA and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 11.1 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 11.1
The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.1, ClamAV 0.98.6, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37343, FFmpeg Git-2014-12-26), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.3, Mesa 10.4.3, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.25, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 3.0.5, Firefox 35.0.1, Java RE 8u31, LibreOffice 4.4.0, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.32, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.4.0 is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 75 MB.
4MLinux 11.1 Allinone Edition
This release has Wine 1.7.35, 4MLinux Printing Suite (CUPS 2.0.1, SANE 1.0.24, Xpdf 3.0.4, Ghostscript 9.15) and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.4.0, QupZilla Git-2014-12-26, SMplayer r6639). Improved support for YouTube videos (via SMTube SVN r6639 with mpv 0.7.2 and youtube-dl) is also included. FTP (WinSCP 5.5.6), IRC (Irssi 0.8.17, XChat 2.8.9), P2P (rTorrent 0.9.4, eMule 0.50a), SSH (PuTTY 0.63), and VNC (TigerVNC 1.4.2) clients are available, too. The size of the ISO image is about 180 MB.
BETA versions of 4MLinux 12.0 have been released: 4MLinux 12.0 Core
This is a core system (about 5 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 12.0 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 3.14.34, GNU C Library 2.21, and BusyBox 1.23.1. Additional firmware and drivers (including NVIDIA and AMD video drivers) can be downloaded from the 4MLinux website. All 4MLinux 12.0 applications have been compiled with GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2 (x86/32-bit/SMP).
4MLinux 12.0
The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 12.0, ClamAV 0.98.6, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37369, FFmpeg Git-2015-02-05), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.17.1, Mesa 10.5.1, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.26, FLTK 1.3.3, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of many applications (such as Firefox 36.0.1, Java RE 8u40, LibreOffice 4.4.2) is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 71 MB.
4MLinux 12.0 Allinone Edition
This release has the same features as the basic version of 4MLinux, but it also includes 4MLinux Printing Suite (CUPS 2.0.2, SANE 1.0.24, Xpdf 3.0.4, Ghostscript 9.15) and 4MLinux QtPack (Qt 4.8.6 and 5.4.0, QupZilla Git-2014-02-18, SMplayer r6737). Improved support for YouTube videos (via SMTube SVN r6737 with mpv 0.8.0 and youtube-dl 2015.02.21) is also included. Fully automatic installation of Wine 1.7.38 (with WinSCP 5.7.0 and 7-Zip 9.38) is supported, too. The size of the ISO image is about 152 MB.
Looks like a very promising distro. Its speed is amazing.
Yes, it's Speedy Gonzales. Time, which 4MLinux needs to install itself to a hard disk drive, is comparable with the time needed by an average distro just to boot.
Yes, it's Speedy Gonzales. Time, which 4MLinux needs to install itself to a hard disk drive, is comparable with the time needed by an average distro just to boot.
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