the release of the Calculate Linux 20 distribution, which is developed by the Russian-speaking community, is based on Gentoo Linux, supports a continuous release cycle, and is optimized for quick deployment in corporate environments. Available for download the following editions of the distribution: Calculate Linux Desktop with KDE desktop (), MATE (CLDM), Cinnamon (CLDC), LXQt (CLDL), and Xfce (CLDX and CLDXE), Calculate Directory Server (), Calculate Linux Scratch () and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS). All versions of the distribution are distributed as bootable Live images for x86_64 systems with the option of installation on a hard disk or USB flash drive (support for 32-bit architectures has been discontinued).
Calculate Linux is compatible with Gentoo ports, uses the OpenRC initialization system, and applies a Rolling update model. The repository contains more than 13 thousand binary packages. The Live USB includes both open-source and proprietary video drivers. Multi-boot is supported, and the boot image can be modified using Calculate utilities. The system supports integration with the Calculate Directory Server domain for centralized LDAP authorization and user profile storage on the server. It includes a specially developed set of utilities for configuring, building, and installing the system. Tools are provided for creating specialized ISO images tailored to user tasks.
Key Changes:
- The transition to the profile .
- Binary repository packages have been rebuilt with GCC 9.2.
- Official support for 32-bit architectures has been discontinued.
- Overlays are now connected using the utility instead of layman and have been moved to the /var/db/repos directory.
- A local overlay /var/calculate/custom-overlay has been added.
- The cl-config utility for service configuration has been added (executed when calling 'emerge --config').
- Support for the universal DDX driver '' has been added, which is not tied to specific types of video chips and works over the KMS interface.
- The graphical hardware display utility HardInfo has been replaced with CPU-X.
- The video player mplayer has been replaced with mpv.
- Instead of vixie-cron for scheduled tasks, .
- The Xfce desktop has been updated to version , the icon theme has been updated.
- The distribution for educational institutions has been renamed from CLDXE to CLDXS.
- Plymouth has been used to display the graphical boot screen.
- Fixed simultaneous sound playback by different applications when using ALSA.
- Corrected default sound device settings.
- Corrected the naming of network devices by excluding devices with local MAC addresses.
- Fixed kernel settings selection between desktop and server in the cl-kernel utility.
- Fixed the browser shortcut disappearing from the taskbar when updating the program.
- Corrected automatic detection of a single disk for installation.
- Improved accuracy in determining the disk space required for system installation.
- Fixed the system shutdown in the container.
- Fixed disk partitioning with logical sectors larger than 512 bytes.
- Corrected the automatic selection of a single disk during auto-partitioning.
- Changed the behavior of the ‘—with-bdeps’ parameter in the update utility to be similar to emerge.
- Added the ability to specify yes/no in utility parameters instead of on/off.
- Fixed detection of the currently loaded video driver through Xorg.0.log.
- Fixed system cleanup from unnecessary packages — excluded the removal of the currently loaded kernel.
- Fixed image preparation for UEFI.
- Fixed IP address detection on bridge devices.
- Fixed auto-login to GUI (using lightdm where available).
- Fixed freezing during system boot related to the interactive mode of OpenRC.
Package composition:
- CLD (KDE desktop), 2.38 GB: KDE Frameworks 5.64.0, KDE Plasma 5.17.4, KDE Applications 19.08.3, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 71.0
- CLDC (Cinnamon desktop): Cinnamon 4.0.3, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 70.0, Evolution 3.32.4, Gimp 2.10.14, Rhythmbox 3.4.3
- CLDL (LXQt desktop), 2.37 GB: LXQt 0.13.0, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 70.0, Claws Mail 3.17.4, Gimp 2.10.14, Clementine 1.3.1
- CLDM (MATE desktop), 2.47 GB: MATE 1.22, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 70.0, Claws Mail 3.17.4, Gimp 2.10.14, Clementine 1.3.1
- CLDX (Xfce desktop), 2.32 GB: Xfce 4.14, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 70.0, Claws Mail 3.17.4, Gimp 2.10.14, Clementine 1.3.1
- CLDXS (Xfce Scientific desktop), 2.62 GB: Xfce 4.14, Eclipse 4.13.0, Inkscape 0.92.4, LibreOffice 6.2.8.2, Firefox 70.0, Claws Mail 3.17.4, Gimp 2.10.4
- CDS (Directory Server), 758 MB: OpenLDAP 2.4.48, Samba 4.8.6, Postfix 3.4.5, ProFTPD 1.3.6b, Bind 9.11.2_p1
- CLS (Linux Scratch), 1.20 GB: Xorg-server 1.20.5, Linux kernel 5.4.6
- CSS (Scratch Server), 570 MB: Linux kernel 5.4.6, Calculate Utilities 3.6.7.3
Source: opennet.ru
