The release of the Calculate Linux 23 distribution is available, developed by the Russian-speaking community, built on the basis of Gentoo Linux, supporting a continuous release cycle of updates and optimized for rapid deployment in a corporate environment. The new version includes a server edition of Calculate Container Manager for working with LXC, a new cl-lxc utility has been added, and support for selecting an update repository has been added.
The following distribution editions are available for download: Calculate Linux Desktop with KDE desktop (CLD), MATE (CLDM), LXQt (CLDL), Cinnamon (CLDC) and Xfce (CLDX and CLDXE), Calculate Container Manager (CCM), Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS), and Calculate Scratch Server (CSS). All versions of the distribution are distributed as a bootable Live image for x86_64 systems with the ability to install on a hard drive or USB drive.
Calculate Linux is compatible with Gentoo Portages, uses the OpenRC init system, and uses the Rolling update model. The repository contains more than 13 thousand binary packages. Live USB includes both open source and proprietary video drivers. Supports multiboot and modification of the boot image using the Calculate utilities. The system supports working with the Calculate Directory Server domain with centralized authorization in LDAP and storage of user profiles on the server. The composition includes a selection of utilities specially designed for the Calculate project for configuring, assembling and installing the system. Tools are provided to create customized ISO images tailored to the needs of the user.
Major changes:
- Updated user environments: KDE Plasma 5.25.5, Xfce 4.18, MATE 1.26, Cinnamon 5.6.5, LXQt 1.2.
- A new server distribution Calculate Container Manager is proposed for launching LXC containers.
- The cl-lxc utility for creating and updating containers has been added, taking into account the features of Calculate Linux.
- The cl-update update utility now supports binary package mirror selection.
- Added a Git repository availability check with the ability to switch between GitHub and Calculate Git.
- Portage path changed to /var/db/repos/gentoo.
- The installer has added a check for the complexity of the entered passwords.
- The nano editor has been replaced with vi, from the busybox package.
- Improved NVIDIA proprietary driver detection.
The composition of the packages:
- CLD (KDE desktop), 3.1 G: 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.
- CLDC (Cinnamon desktop), 2.8 G: 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.
- CLDL (LXQt desktop), 2.9 G: 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.
- CLDM (MATE desktop), 2.9 G: 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
- CLDX (Xfce desktop), 2.8 G: 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.
- CLDXS (Xfce Scientific desktop), 3.1 G: 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.
- CCM (Container Manager), 699 M: Linux kernel 5.15.82, Calculate Utilities 3.7.3.1, Calculate Toolkit 0.3.1.
- CDS (Directory Server), 837 M: OpenLDAP 2.4.58, Samba 4.15.12, Postfix 3.7.3, ProFTPD 1.3.8, Bind 9.16.22.
- CLS (Linux Scratch), 1.7 G: Xorg-server 21.1.4, Linux kernel 5.15.82.
- CSS (Scratch Server), 634 M: Kernel 5.15.82, Calculate Utilities 3.7.3.1.
Source: opennet.ru