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4MLinux 39.0 released with 5.16 kernel, FSP server and new applications
Zbigniew Konojacki announced the release of 4MLinux 39 with kernel 5.16, FSP server and
new applications, and more.
Check out what's new and find out where to download the distro.
4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution that delivers a number of features and
a simple yet usable desktop.
It focuses on four features: maintenance (like system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing
video DVDs and other multimedia files), miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and mystery (providing
various small Linux games).
This distribution also includes support for booting on UEFI-enabled machines.
Now, 4MLinux creator Zbigniew Konojacki today announced the general availability of 4MLinux
39.0 as the latest stable release of this lightweight, standalone GNU/Linux distribution
with the JWM (Joe's Window Manager) window manager.
What's New in 4MLinux 39
4MLinux 39.0 is here almost four months after 4MLinux 38 to update many of the core components
and applications to some of their latest versions.
As such, 4MLinux is now powered by the Linux 5.16 kernel series and comes with the Mesa
21.3.7 graphics stack.
New features in 4MLinux 39.0 include an FSP (File Service Protocol) server, improved font
rendering, improved handling of JBD partitions by the installation script, as well as new
applications available for download as extensions.
Among these new applications are the Ventoy utility used to write image files, the Bluefish
advanced HTML editor and the TripleA strategy game.
Also, as of this release, the youtube-dl program has been replaced by yt-dlp, which seems to
handle YouTube videos much better.
As usual, several apps have been updated.
4MLinux 39.0 comes with LibreOffice 7.3.1 office suite, AbiWord 3.0.5 word processor,
GIMP 2.10.30 image editor, Gnumeric 1.12.51 spreadsheet editor, Mozilla Firefox 97.0.1
and Chromium browser 98.0.4758, Mozilla Thunderbird 91.6. 1 email client, Audacious 4.1 audio
player, as well as VLC 3.0.16 and MPV 0.34.0 video players.
The server edition, 4MServer, which allows you to easily configure a LAMP server (Linux,
Apache, MariaDB, PHP) on your machine, comes with Apache web server 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.3
database management system, PHP 5.6.40 and 7.4.28 scripting languages, as well as Python
2.7.18, Python 3.9.9, and Perl 5.34.0 programming languages.
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4MLinux 39.0 announced
Zbigniew Konojacki, version 39.0 of 4MLinux, a GNU/Linux distribution that focuses on the
essentials like a maintenance (like a system recovery live CD), multimedia, a mini server
(using the inetd daemon), a miniserver, and provides some minor GNU/Linux games announced
by It is stated that 4MLinux users can update their systems by running the "zk update" command
in the terminal.
new version,It provides a number of updates to important packages along with support for
new hardware.
As always, there are some new features in the new major version.
FSP (file service protocol) server now works out of the box.
gFTP is available as a GUI client.
The 4MLinux installation script has been patched to provide better handling of JBD partitions.
The release also brings products like Bluefish (advanced text editor), Ventoy (utility for
burning image files), TripleA ( strategy game written in Java).
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4MLinux 39.0
Zbigniew Konojacki announced the release of 4MLinux 39.0.
4MLinux is a standalone Linux distribution that provides an ultra-lightweight JWM desktop,
application suite, and scripts for installing additional extensions.
As always, the new major release comes with some new features.
A File Service Protocol (FSP) server is now included in the assembly (gFTP can be used
as a GUI client).
Made many system-wide changes to improve font rendering.
The 4MLinux install script has been patched to provide better support for JBD partitions.
New applications are available as downloadable extensions: Bluefish (advanced text editor),
Ventoy, TripleA (Java strategy game), youtube-dl has been replaced by yt-dlp for better YouTube
video support.
Packages have been updated and the new 4MLinux offers, among others: LibreOffice 7.3.1, GNOME
Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.30, Gnumeric 1.12.51), DropBox 143.4.4161, Firefox 97.0.1,
Chromium 98.0.4758 , Thunderbird 91.6.1, Audacious 4.1, VLC 3.0.16, mpv 0.34.0, Mesa 21.3.7,
Wine 7.4.
4MLinux LAMP Server comes with Linux 5.16.14, Apache 2.4.53, MariaDB 10.7.3, PHP 5.6.40
and PHP 7.4.28, Perl 5.34.0, Python 2.7.18 and Python 3.9.9
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