Calculate Linux 17.12.2 released

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Released on February 22, 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 17.12.2, based on Gentoo 17.0. Therefore, the whole of the packages were rebuilt and some fixes done.

Eight flavors are now available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop supplied with the KDE (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), Mate (CLDM) or else Xfce (CLDX) environment, Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS), Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) an Calculate Container Scratch (CCS).

Main Changes

  • We moved to the new Gentoo 17.0 profile. All binary packages were rebuilt, in the repo as well as on Live DVDs/USBs
  • All currently available Meltdown and Spectre patches were included
  • grub.d privileges are safe now
  • Restore functionality supported for LXC containers file capabilities
  • Network interfaces can be once again renamed and saved
  • Password configuration fixed for editing Grub entries
  • IO Scheduler option removed
  • Network configuration inside containers fixed
  • File attributes updated correctly by templates
  • Kernel start fixed (warnings and errors OK)
  • Possible to use a file as swap memory

Featured Packages

  • CLD (KDE desktop):
    • KDE Frameworks 5.43, KDE Plasma 5.11.5, KDE Applications 17.08.3, LibreOffice 5.4.5.1, Firefox 57.0.1
    • i686 - 1.9 G, x86_64 - 2.1 G
  • CLDC (Cinnamon desktop):
    • Cinnamon 3.4, LibreOffice 5.4.5.1, Firefox 57.0.1, Evolution 3.24.6, Gimp 2.8.22, Rhythmbox 3.4.1
    • i686 - 1.8 G, x86_64 - 1.9 G
  • CLDM (MATE desktop):
    • MATE 1.18, LibreOffice 5.4.5.1, Firefox 57.0.1, Claws Mail 3.16.0, Gimp 2.8.22, Clementine 1.3.1
    • i686 - 1.8 G, x86_64 - 2.0 G
  • CLDX (Xfce desktop):
    • Xfce 4.12, LibreOffice 5.4.5.1, Firefox 57.0.1, Claws Mail 3.16.0, Gimp 2.8.22, Clementine 1.3.1
    • i686 - 1.7 G, x86_64 - 1.8 G
  • CDS (Directory Server):
    • OpenLDAP 2.4.44, Samba 4.5.15, Postfix 3.2.4, ProFTPD 1.3.5e, Bind 9.11.2_p1
    • i686 - 764 M, x86_64 - 814 M
  • CLS (Linux Scratch):
    • Xorg-server 1.19.5, Kernel 4.14.19
    • i686 - 827 M, x86_64 - 947 M
  • CSS (Scratch Server):
    • Kernel 4.14.19, Calculate Utilities 3.5.8.10
    • i686 - 549 M, x86_64 - 599 M

Downloads and Updates

Our LiveUSB images in both x86_64 and i686 versions are available for download at http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/download.

If you already have Calculate Linux on board, please update your system to get CL 17.12.2.