Users can install the latest Linux 4.1.4 kernel

Aug 5, 2015 22:33 GMT  ·  By

Black Lab Software, through Robert Dohnert, had the enormous pleasure of informing Softpedia about the immediate availability of the Black Lab Linux Enterprise 6.6 LTS computer operating system.

Based on the latest and greatest GNU/Linux and LTS (Long Term Support) technologies available on the market, the sixth maintenance update for the Black Lab Linux Enterprise 6.x series is here to add full Docker integration for running Linux containers without too much hassle. It includes the Docker 1.7 Linux container engine, as well as the VirtualBox 5.0 virtualization software and the Webmin 1.760 web-based interface for system administration.

"Today we have released Black Lab Enterprise Linux 6.6. Black Lab enterprise Linux 6.6 is a bug fix and application update for the Black Lab Enterprise Linux 6.x line," says Robert Dohnert, main developer and founder of Black Lab Software. "With this release we added full Docker integration and it also includes the Black Lab SDK 2.0. Black Lab Enterprise Linux 6.6 being based on LTS technologies will continue to get security updates until 2021."

Highlights of Black Lab Enterprise Linux 6.6

Prominent features of Black Lab Enterprise Linux 6.6 include the Xfce 4.12 and GNOME 3.10 desktop environments, the latest Mozilla Firefox 39.0 web browser, the entire LibreOffice 4.4 office suite, the Mozilla Thunderbird 31.8 LTS email and news client, the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.9 compiler, the latest Glom database designer software, and Linux kernel 3.16.0-43.

The good news, however, is that users will be able to upgrade the default Linux kernel packages in Black Lab Linux Enterprise 6.6 to the latest kernel version available as of August 5, 2015. The Linux kernel 4.1.4 LTS packages are available for installation from the default software repositories of the operating system. The distribution also includes all the security updates that have been released until August 1, 2015. Black Lab Linux Enterprise 6.6 LTS is available for purchase from Black Lab Software.

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