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4MLinux 20.0 GNU/Linux Distribution Hits Stable Channel, Adds New Boot Options

Also includes numerous up-to-date software components

Nov 1, 2016 23:45 GMT  ·  By
4MLinux 20.0
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Today, November 1, 2016, 4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki informs us about the general availability of the final release of his independent 4MLinux 20.0 GNU/Linux operating system.

4MLinux 20.0 has entered development at the beginning of September, when the Core edition was pushed to the Beta channels for early adopters, as well as for the 4MLinux developer to rebase all of his GNU/Linux distributions on the new system, which is now powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.4.27 kernel fully patched against the "Dirty COW" vulnerability.

Probably the most important change in the 4MLinux 20.0 release is the implementation of new boot options that let users boot the GNU/Linux distro on both UEFI and Legacy BIOS PCs. "The status of the 4MLinux 20.0 series has been changed to STABLE," said Zbigniew Konojacki. "4MLinux now supports all possible boot options: BIOS with 32-bit CPU, BIOS with 64-bit CPU, UEFI with 32-bit firmware, and UEFI with 64-bit firmware."

Here's what's new in 4MLinux 20.0

As you might have expected, 4MLinux 20.0 ships today with lots of up-to-date software components, including the latest LibreOffice 5.2.3.2 office suite, GIMP 2.8.18 image editor, aTunes 3.1.2 audio player, Mozilla Firefox 49.0.2 web browser, Dropbox 12.4.22 file sharing client, VLC Media Player 2.2.4, and MPlayer SVN-r37881 video player.

Software apps like Chromium 53.0.2785.143, Skype 4.3.0.37, Mozilla Thunderbird 45.4.0, Audacious 3.8, Mesa 12.0.1 3D Graphics Library, and Wine 1.9.20 are also pre-installed in 4MLinux 20.0, which ships with a powerful LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP) server running Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.18, PHP 5.6.27, Perl 5.24.0, and Python 2.7.12.

Study the full package list if you're curious to know which software versions are included in 4MLinux 20.0, and read the release notes for any other details or questions you might have. In the meantime, don't hesitate to download the 4MLinux 20.0 Live ISO image right now from our website.