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Thursday, February 27, 2025

BakAndImgCD 48.0 released.

BakAndImgCD 48.0

 
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, 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 48.0. 

More: 
http://www.4mlinux.com/


Monday, February 24, 2025

Antivirus Live CD 48.0-1.4.2 released.

Antivirus Live CD 48.0-1.4.2

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 48.0-1.4.2 is based on 4MLinux 48.0 BETA and ClamAV 1.4.2.
 
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Sunday, February 9, 2025

4MLinux 48.0 BETA released.

4MLinux 48.0 BETA

4MLinux 48.0 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 2024 -> Core BETA
January 2025 -> BETA (delayed)
March 2025 -> STABLE
July 2025 -> OLD STABLE
November 2025 -> EOL 
 
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

4MLinux 48.0 Core BETA released.

 
4MLinux 48.0 Core running in QEMU

This is a core system (only about 16 MB in size) for the 4MLinux 48 series. The system includes: the Linux kernel 6.6.67, GNU C Library 2.40, and BusyBox 1.36.1. The 4MLinux 48 series uses GNU Compiler Collection 14.2.1 to compile programs designed for the x86_64 architecture.

Despite its extremely small size, 4MLinux Core supports both BIOS and UEFI boot modes
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

4MLinux 46 is now OLD STABLE.

The status of the 4MLinux 46 series has been changed to OLD STABLE. All users must update before March 2025 (EOL).

 

4MLinux 45 reaches its EOL.

The status of the 4MLinux 45 series has been changed to UNSUPPORTED. All users must update ASAP.

 

4MLinux 47.0 STABLE released.

4MLinux 47.0 STABLE
 
The status of the 4MLinux 47.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 24.8 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.38, Gnumeric 1.12.57), surf the Internet with Firefox 133.0 and Chrome 131.0, send emails via Thunderbird 128.5, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 4.4.2, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.21 and SMPlayer 24.5.0, play games powered by Mesa 24.1.5 and Wine 9.21. You can also setup a very lightweight HTTP/FTP server (based on BusyBox 1.36.1). Perl 5.38.2, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.12.5, and Ruby 3.3.4 are also available.

As always, the new major release has some new features. Gnome CD Master (GUI frontend for cdrdao), Dia (program for drawing diagrams), GLiv (OpenGL image viewer), XRoar (Dragon and Tandy 8-bit computer emulator) as well as many command line MOD/MIDI players are now available out of the box. Gnubik (famous puzzle game) and GNU Backgammon have been added to the 4MLinux GamePack package (downloadable extension). Support for hundreds of old image formats is now provided by RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library with its GIMP plugin). And finally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on virtual KVM block devices (/dev/vda1, /dev/vda2, and so on). 

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