Meet Calculate Linux 23!

Lautre · December 29, 2022, 9:58am

Released on December 29, 2022

We are pleased to announce the release of Calculate Linux 23.

This new (year) version includes a server Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc tool, and features mirror selection for updates.

Calculate Linux Desktop featuring the KDE (CLD), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), Mate (CLDM) or Xfce (CLDX and CLDXS) desktop, Calculate Container Manager (CCM), Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) are now available for download.

Main changes

All desktop environments were updated, namely KDE Plasma 5.25.5, Xfce 4.18, MATE 1.26.0, Cinnamon 5.6.5, and LXQt 1.2.
We launched a new server flavour, Calculate Container Manager for running LXC containers.
A new tool was added, cl-lxc. It allows you to create and update Calculate Linux containers.
The cl-update tool now features mirror selection for binary packages.
An availability test was added for Git repositories. Note that it is possible to switch between GitHub an Calculate Git.
Portage path changed to /var/db/repos/gentoo.
The new installer comes with a password complexity check.
nano replaced by vi, included in the busybox package.
Better detection for the proprietary Nvidia driver.

Featured Packages

CLD (KDE desktop): KDE Frameworks 5.99.0, KDE Plasma 5.25.5, KDE Applications 22.08.3, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124 - 3.1 G
CLDC (Cinnamon desktop): Cinnamon 5.6.5, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Evolution 3.46.2, Gimp 2.10.32, Rhythmbox 3.4.6 - 2.8 G
CLDL (LXQt desktop): LXQt 0.17, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Claws Mail 4.1.0, Gimp 2.10.32, Strawberry 1.0.10 - 2.9 G
CLDM (MATE desktop): MATE 1.26, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Claws Mail 4.1.0, Gimp 2.10.32, Strawberry 1.0.10 - 2.9 G
CLDX (Xfce desktop): Xfce 4.18, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Claws Mail 4.1.0, Gimp 2.10.32, Strawberry 1.0.10 - 2.8 G
CLDXS (Xfce Scientific desktop): Xfce 4.18, Eclipse 4.15, Inkscape 1.2.1, LibreOffice 7.3.7.2, Chromium 108.0.5359.124, Claws Mail 4.1.0, Gimp 2.10.32 - 3.1 G
CCM (Container Manager): Kernel 5.15.82, Calculate Utilities 3.7.3.1, Calculate Toolkit 0.3.1 - 699 M
CDS (Directory Server): OpenLDAP 2.4.58, Samba 4.15.12, Postfix 3.7.3, ProFTPD 1.3.8, Bind 9.16.22 - 837 M
CLS (Linux Scratch): Xorg-server 21.1.4, Kernel 5.15.82 - 1.7 G
CSS (Scratch Server): Kernel 5.15.82, Calculate Utilities 3.7.3.1 - 634 M