Linux Lite 4.2 Beta is now available for public testing

Sep 26, 2018 14:10 GMT  ·  By

Linux Lite creator Jerry Bezencon kicked off the development of the Linux Lite 4.2 operating system series with the first beta release, which includes various updated packages and minor improvements.

Based on the Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system, Linux Lite 4.2 isn't the major update everyone was waiting for, but a minor, incremental update that brings various small improvements to the Lite Welcome app, an updated Help Manual that will be available in the final release, as well as updated components.

The Linux Lite 4.2 beta is powered by the Linux 4.15 kernel (Linux kernel 4.18 is also available) and ships with up-to-date apps including the Mozilla Firefox 62.0.2 "Quantum" web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird 52.9.1 email and news client, LibreOffice 6.0.6.2 office suite, VLC 3.0.3 media player, and GIMP 2.10.6 image editor.

"Linux Lite 4.2 Beta is now available for testing. This release has a number of minor changes. Think of it as 'refinement' and not a 'major upgrade'. There are some new wallpapers thanks to @whateverthing and some minor tweaks here and there," said developer Jerry Bezencon on the forum announcement.

Linux Lite 4.2 final release available this fall

The final release of the Linux Lite 4.2 operating system is expected to hit the streets sometime this fall, probably next month or in early November, but there's no release date set in stone at the moment of writing. Therefore, we recommend you stay on the stable version for now, Linux Lite 4.0, which is also based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

If you want to help with the testing, you can download the Linux Lite 4.2 beta release right now through our Linux software portal for 64-bit computers. However, please note that this is a pre-release version that you should not install on production machines, and there's no upgrade path to or from beta releases.

Linux Lite 4.2 beta with Lite Welcome
Linux Lite 4.2 beta with Lite Welcome
Linux Lite 4.2 beta with Lite Terminal
Linux Lite 4.2 beta with Lite Terminal

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