4MLinux Changelog

What's new in 4MLinux 31.1

Jan 13, 2020
  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.90.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.41, MariaDB 10.4.11, and PHP 7.3.13.

New in 4MLinux 31.0 (Dec 16, 2019)

  • Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.3.4.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.14, Gnumeric 1.12.44), share your files using DropBox ‬85.4.155,‭ surf the Internet with Firefox 71.0 and Chromium ‬78.0.3904.108,‭ send emails via Thunderbird 68.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10.1, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.8 and mpv 0.29.1, play games powered by Mesa 19.1.5 and Wine 4.21. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.19.86, Apache 2.4.41, MariaDB 10.4.10, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.3.12). Perl 5.30.0, Python 2.7.16, and Python 3.7.3 are also available.
  • This is a milestone release due to the fact that 4MLinux has finally dropped 32-bit support. It is now a fully 64-bit operating system. For this reason one must perform a fresh installation.

New in 4MLinux 30.2 (Nov 27, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.79.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.41, MariaDB 10.4.8, and PHP 7.3.10.

New in 4MLinux 30.1 (Oct 23, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.69.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.41, MariaDB 10.4.7, and PHP 7.3.9.

New in 4MLinux 30.0 (Sep 1, 2019)

  • The status of the‭ 4MLinux 30.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.2.6.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.12, Gnumeric 1.12.44), share your files using DropBox ‬79.4.143,‭ surf the Internet with Firefox 68.0.2 and Chromium ‬76.0.3809.100,‭ send emails via Thunderbird 60.8.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10.1, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.7.1 and mpv 0.29.1, play games powered by Mesa 19.0.5 and Wine 4.14. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.19.63, Apache 2.4.39, MariaDB 10.4.7, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.3.8). Perl 5.28.1, Python 2.7.16, and Python 3.7.3 are also available.
  • As always, the new major release has some new features. OpenGL support in games is now available out of the box (no need to install additional drivers). ‬Additionally, 4MLinux automatically disables Pulseaudio when needed (for example, in classic games like DOOM). New multimedia applications: FlMusic (audio player), Sound Studio (sound editor), fdkaac (command line front-end for Fraunhofer FDK AAC codec library). Both Qt5 and Gtk3 in 4MLinux now include full support for WebP images.

New in 4MLinux 29.2 (Aug 6, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.57.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.39, MariaDB 10.3.16, and PHP 7.3.7.

New in 4MLinux 29.1 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.49.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.39, MariaDB 10.3.15, and PHP 7.3.6 .

New in 4MLinux 29.0 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • Edit your documents with LibreOffice‭ ‬6.2.4.2‭ ‬and GNOME Office‭ (‬AbiWord‭ ‬3.0.2,‭ ‬GIMP‭ ‬2.10.10,‭ ‬Gnumeric‭ ‬1.12.44‭)‬,‭ ‬share your files using DropBox‭ ‬73.4.118,‭ ‬surf the Internet with Firefox‭ ‬66.0.5‭ ‬and Chromium‭ ‬74.0.3729.108,‭ ‬send emails via Thunderbird‭ ‬60.7.0,‭ ‬enjoy your music collection with Audacious‭ ‬3.10.1,‭ ‬watch your favorite videos with VLC‭ ‬3.0.6‭ ‬and mpv‭ ‬0.29.1,‭ ‬play games powered by Mesa‭ ‬18.3.1‭ ‬and Wine‭ ‬4.7.‭ ‬You can also setup the‭ ‬4MLinux LAMP Server‭ (‬Linux‭ ‬4.19.41,‭ ‬Apache‭ ‬2.4.39,‭ ‬MariaDB‭ ‬10.3.14,‭ ‬PHP‭ ‬5.6.40‭ ‬and PHP‭ ‬7.3.5‭)‬.‭ ‬Perl‭ ‬5.28.1,‭ ‬Python‭ ‬2.7.15,‭ ‬and Python‭ ‬3.7.1‭ ‬are also available.‭
  • ‬As always,‭ ‬the new major release has some new features:‭ Audacious available out of the box, a new desktop ‬sub-menu called “Office” ‭(‬with AbiWord, Gnumeric, LazPaint‭)‬,‭ spellcheck functionality added to Sylpheed and HexChat, improved LibreOffice installation script, better support for MINIX file system (via ‬util-linux‭ and GParted)‬,‭ much improved ‬3D acceleration in Quake2. And finally, the 4MServer now includes PHP 7.3 with NaCl cryptography support.

New in 4MLinux 28.2 (May 5, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.19.35. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.39, MariaDB 10.3.14, and PHP 7.2.17.

New in 4MLinux 28.1 (Apr 8, 2019)

  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.38, MariaDB 10.3.13, and PHP 7.2.16.

New in 4MLinux 28.0 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 28.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.2.1.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.8, Gnumeric 1.12.43), share your files using DropBox 66.4.84, surf the Internet with Firefox 65.0.2 and Chromium 72.0.3626.53, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 60.5.2 and Skype for Web, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10.1, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.6 and mpv 0.29.0, play games powered by Mesa 18.2.0 and Wine 4.1. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.19.19, Apache 2.4.38, MariaDB 10.3.12, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.2.15). Perl 5.28.0, Python 2.7.15, and Python 3.7.0 are also available.
  • As always, the new major release has some new features: improved installation script (new disk formatting options have been added), much more firmware available (for network devices, sound cards and scanners), added support for reading bar codes (via ZBar), better support for Debian and Fedora packages (via Midnight Commander and Engrampa), new web browser (NetSurf) as well as new download manager (Gwget). Additionally, Electrum is now available as a downloadable extension (both Bitcoin and Lite Coin wallets are supported by 4MLinux).

New in 4MLinux 27.2 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.94. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.37, MariaDB 10.3.12, and PHP 7.2.14.

New in 4MLinux 27.1 (Jan 8, 2019)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.87.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.37, MariaDB 10.3.11, and PHP 7.2.13.

New in 4MLinux 27.0 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 27.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.8, Gnumeric 1.12.43), share your files using DropBox 61.4.95, surf the Internet with Firefox 63.0.3 and Chromium 70.0.3538.67, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 60.3.2 and Skype for Web, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.4 and mpv 0.28.2, play games powered by Mesa 18.1.4 and Wine 3.20. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.14.80, Apache 2.4.37, MariaDB 10.3.10, PHP 5.6.38 and PHP 7.2.12). Perl 5.26.2, Python 2.7.15, and Python 3.6.5 are also available.
  • As always, the new major release has some new features: optional support for AV1 video coding (encoding via FFmpeg and decoding via VLC and mpv), an option to disable PulseAudio with one click (important for those who use 4MLinux to play classic video games such as DOOM), better support for display drivers when 4MLinux is running in KVM (important for those who use a VNC client to manage 4MServer). LazPaint (small yet powerfull raster image editor with layers) and Blender (professional 3D computer graphics software) have been added as downloadable extensions. Additionally, some good news for gamers: more engines available for XBoard (GNU Chess, GNU Shogi, Fairy-Max) as well as more video games to play (Duke3D, Liero, Strifle). A few small terminal-based games have been added, too.

New in 4MLinux 26.2 / 27.0 Beta (Nov 8, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.74.
  • The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.35, MariaDB 10.3.10, and PHP 7.2.10.

New in 4MLinux 26.1 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.68. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.34, MariaDB 10.3.9, and PHP 7.2.10.

New in 4MLinux 26.0 (Sep 7, 2018)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 26.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.1.0.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.6, Gnumeric 1.12.43), share your files using DropBox 55.4.171, surf the Internet with Firefox 61.0.2 and Chromium 68.0.3440.75, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 52.9.1 and Skype for Web, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.3 and mpv 0.28.2, play games powered by Mesa 17.3.7 and Wine 3.14. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.14.64, Apache 2.4.34, MariaDB 10.3.9, PHP 5.6.37 and PHP 7.2.9). Perl 5.26.1, Python 2.7.14, and Python 3.6.4 are also available.
  • 4MLinux 26.0 comes with some new features: Tcl/Tk (with a collection of small games) has been integrated into 4MLinux, Engrampa (archive manager) is finally able to open Debian packages, Git in 4MLinux has now both GUI and cgit web interface, Beaver (with syntax highlighting) has been added for easier editing of scripts and C/C++ code, TiMidity++ now uses the Tcl/Tk interface while AbiWord has migrated from GTK2 to GTK3, Expect has been added to the 4MLinux Server to facilitate task automation, Xorriso (with its GUI) is now available as a downloadable extension, Vala and Rust have been added to the set of 4MLinux development packages. And finally the biggest change: full support for modern image and video encoding. ImageMagick and GIMP are now able to handle WebP, HEIF and BPG images. You can use Hyper Video Converter for: VP8/VP9/AVC/HEVC encoding, creating video for web, extracting audio tracks, and many other tasks.

New in 4MLinux 25.2 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.55. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.3.8, and PHP 7.2.7.

New in 4MLinux 25.1 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.48. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.3.7, and PHP 7.2.6.

New in 4MLinux 25.0 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 25.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.0.4.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.10.0, Gnumeric 1.12.40), share your files using DropBox 47.4.74, surf the Internet with Firefox 60.0 and Chromium 66.0.3359.26, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 52.7.0 and Skype for Web, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.9, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.2 and mpv 0.27.0, play games powered by Mesa 17.2.5 and Wine 3.8. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.14.39, Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.2.14, PHP 5.6.36 and PHP 7.2.5). Perl 5.26.1, Python 2.7.14, and Python 3.6.4 are also available.
  • As always, a new major release comes with some new features: better handling of CA certificates (no need to accept them manually), full support for Zstandard data compression algorithm (4MLinux Backup Scripts), login screen can now be disabled (it's a response to user requests), GIMP 2.10 with full support for scanners and digital cameras, Python3 with Meson and Ninja (this is now, de facto, the main build system in GNOME/GTK+ ecosystem).
  • The default media player in 4MLinux is now mpv (with GNOME MPV). Other players (MPlayer, SMPlayer, xine and VLC) are available as downloadable extensions. Good news for modern computers: all these applications are now able to make use of hardware video acceleration (via VA-API and VDPAU). Good news for old computers: MPlayer, xine and VLC can play videos without X Window System (use Midnight Commander to select files to play).

New in 4MLinux 24.2 (May 4, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.33 and Chromium updated to its latest version. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.2.13, and PHP 7.2.4.

New in 4MLinux 24.1 (Apr 2, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.25 and VLC updated to its version 3.0.1. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.13, and PHP 7.2.3.

New in 4MLinux 25.0 Beta (Mar 23, 2018)

  • 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages, including major changes in the core of the system, which now uses the GNU C Library 2.26 and the GNU Compiler Collection 7.2.0.

New in 4MLinux 24.0 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.0.0.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2, GIMP 2.8.22, Gnumeric 1.12.38), share your files using DropBox 43.4.49, surf the Internet with Firefox 58.0.2 and Chromium 64.0.3282.119, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 52.6.0 and Skype for Web, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.9, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.0 and MPlayer SVN-r37946, play games powered by Mesa 17.1.4 and Wine 3.1. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.14.18, Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.12, PHP 5.6.33 and PHP 7.2.2). Perl 5.26.0 and Python 2.7.13 are also available.
  • Huge amount of hardware-related improvements: added support for tablet devices (via kernel and X.Org drivers), added support for digital cameras (via libgphoto2 with gtkam and its GIMP plugin), added support for PPPoE (via kernel drivers and PPPD), improved support for UVC webcams (via v4l-utils and Guvcview), improved support for sound cards (via PulseAudio with pavucontrol), improved support for wireless cards (via kernel drivers and firmware), improved support for mice and joysticks (via kernel drivers and Joystick Calibrator).
  • And finally the biggest change: there are now two ISO images available for download: 4MLinux-24.0-32bit.iso and 4MServer-24.0-64bit.iso. The latter one is a multi-lib system running a 64-bit LAMP suite (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and PHP).

New in 4MLinux 23.3 (Feb 12, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.9.78. Desktop users can enjoy GIMP, which is now available out of the box. The 4MLinux Server includes Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.12, and PHP 7.2.1. Important remainder: this is the last release supporting the 32-bit version of the 4MLinux LAMP server.

New in 4MLinux 23.2 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.9.75. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.11, and PHP 7.0.26 (see this post for more details). Additionally, some popular programs (Audacity, Chromium, VLC) have been updated, too. 4MLinux 23.2 includes bugfixes for VLC (which now plays the "https" network streams correctly) and Chromium (restored good sound quality).

New in 4MLinux 23.1.1 (Dec 26, 2017)

  • Exceptionally, so called point release has been marked as a major one due to some new amazing features. The live CD is now over 1GB in size and it comes with some popular programs available out of the box (Audacious, Chrome, VLC, GNOME Office). Full 3D support is enabled by default for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA video cards. On the other hand, 4MLinux is still friendly for older PCs. So called Legacy Installer makes it possible to install 4MLinux on the machines with 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of free disk space.

New in 4MLinux 23.1 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.9.61. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.10, and PHP 7.0.25 (see this post for more details). Additionally, some popular programs (Audacity, PeaZip, UNetbootin) have been updated, too.

New in 4MLinux 23.0 (Nov 2, 2017)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 23.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your own images with GIMP 2.8.22, edit your documents with LibreOffice 5.4.3.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2 with Gnumeric 1.12.35), share your files using DropBox 37.4.29, surf the Internet with Firefox 56.0 and Chromium 61.0.3163.100, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 5.5.0.1 and Thunderbird 52.4.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.9, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37931 and VLC 2.2.6, play games powered by Mesa 17.0.4 and Wine 2.19. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.9.52, Apache 2.4.28, MariaDB 10.2.9, PHP 5.6.31 and PHP 7.0.24). Perl 5.24.1 and Python 2.7.13 are also available.
  • 4MLinux 23.0 comes with much improved support for FAAC, GIF, JPEG 2000, Monkey's Audio and Musepack file formats. GNOME Office (AbiWord with Gnumeric) has been added as a downloadable extension. Full support for SCSI, RAID and LVM devices is now available out of the box. And finally, the biggest change is related to the installation script, which now makes it possible to install 4MLinux on ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS, Btrfs, and NILFS2 partitions.

New in 4MLinux 21.3 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

New in 4MLinux 21.2 (May 7, 2017)

  • This is a minor maintenance release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel. The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.63. Additionally, some popular programs (DropBox, FileZilla, Firefox, Java, LibreOffice, PeaZip) have been updated, too. 4MLinux 21.2 includes changes in WiFi configuration files to fix the problem with password-protected access points reported by some users.

New in 4MLinux 21.1 (Apr 2, 2017)

  • The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.56. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacity, Chromium, Firefox, SMTube) have been updated, too. 4MLinux 21.1 includes the updated apulse package (backported from 4MLinux 22.0) to fix the problem with sound in the Firefox 52 series.

New in 4MLinux 22.0 Beta (Mar 19, 2017)

  • Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages,

New in 4MLinux 21.0 (Mar 6, 2017)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 21.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.3.0.3 and GIMP 2.8.20, share them using DropBox 19.4.13, surf the Internet with Firefox 51.0.1 and Chromium 56.0.2924.76, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.7.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37889 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 13.0.4/Wine 2.2 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.44, Apache 2.4.25, MariaDB 10.1.21, PHP 5.6.30 and PHP 7.0.15). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
  • 4MLinux now supports Windows shares (CIFS is available out of the box, while Samba client can be found on the 4MLinux installation CD). The proprietary drivers set is wider than ever and it includes: AMD (Crimson and FirePro), NVIDIA (both mainline and legacy), and Broadcom (WiFi driver). The new (easy to notice) programs in user space are: LXTerminal (terminal emulator with full UTF support), Xpad (sticky notes application), and AlsaPlayer (music player). And finally, PHP7 has been added to the 4MLinux LAMP Server.

New in 4MLinux 20.3 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.44. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacious, Dropbox, FileZilla, Firefox, Java RE, LibreOffice, PeaZip, Thunderbird, WinSCP) have been updated, too.

New in 4MLinux 20.2 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.39. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacious, Chromium, Dropbox, Firefox, LibreOffice, MuCommander, Opera, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Wine) have been updated, too. This is the first 4MLinux live CD that includes the Broadcom proprietary WiFi driver (aka "wl driver").

New in 4MLinux 20.1 (Dec 4, 2016)

  • The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.34, which restores PAE support that "magically" disappeared in 4MLinux 20.0 (sorry :-). Additionally, some popular programs (Double Commander, Dropbox, Firefox, Java RE, Opera, PeaZip, Thunderbird, Wine) have been updated, too.

New in 4MLinux 20.0 (Nov 1, 2016)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 20.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.3.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 12.4.22, surf the Internet with Firefox 49.0.2 and Chromium 53.0.2785.143, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.4.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37881 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 12.0.1/Wine 1.9.20 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.27, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.18, and PHP 5.6.27). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
  • 4MLinux now supports all possible boot options: BIOS with 32-bit CPU, BIOS with 64-bit CPU, UEFI with 32-bit firmware, and UEFI with 64-bit firmware.
  • Exceptionally, the STABLE version ships with a newer kernel (4.4.27) than the one, which was included in BETA (4.4.17). This is to fix the Dirty COW bug.

New in 4MLinux 19.0 (Sep 2, 2016)

  • Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.1.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 7.4.30, surf the Internet with Firefox 48.0.2 and Chromium 52.0.2743.116, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37870 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 11.2.2/Wine 1.9.16 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.14, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.16, and PHP 5.6.25). Perl 5.22.2 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.
  • Fuse (ZX Spectrum emulator) is now available out of the box, while Double Commander is offered as a downloadable extension. 4MLinux 19.0 includes the improved support for the MP2 format (via TwoLAME and SoX). Additionally, users have now more options to control the X.Org Server.

New in 4MLinux 19.0 Beta (Jul 24, 2016)

  • 4MLinux 19.0 BETA is ready for testing. Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages, including a major change in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 6.1.0. The latest stable Qt (5.7.0) has also been included.

New in 4MLinux 18.0 (Jul 1, 2016)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 18.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.0.1 and share them using DropBox 5.4.24, surf the Internet with Firefox 47.0 and Chromium 51.0.2704.79, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.1.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37852 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Xorg 1.18.3/Mesa 11.2.1 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.8, Apache 2.4.20, MariaDB 10.1.14, and PHP 5.6.22). Perl 5.22.1 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.
  • 4MLinux 18.0 is the first release offering GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP 2.8.16) as a downloadable extension. Additionally, support for the DjVu image format (via DjVuLibre and qpdfview) is now available out of the box.

New in 4MLinux 18.0 Beta (May 15, 2016)

  • Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages, including a major change in the core of the system, which now uses the GNU C Library 2.23. Additionally, the problem with logging into WiFi networks (using the CCMP encryption) has been fixed.

New in 4MLinux 17.0 (May 2, 2016)

  • Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.1.3.1 and share them using DropBox 3.18.1, surf the Internet with Firefox 46.0 and Chromium 50.0.2661.75, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37590 and VLC 2.2.2, play games with Xorg 1.18.1/Mesa 11.1.1 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.1, Apache 2.4.20, MariaDB 10.1.13, and PHP 5.6.20). Perl 5.22.1 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 17.0 Beta 2 (Mar 20, 2016)

  • This is a minor bug-fix release. The /etc/init.d/rcS script has been modified to avoid system freezing when 4MLinux is booted in VirtualBox.
  • The updated ISO image should be downloaded only by these people, who intend to run 4MLinux 17.0 in virtual machines.

New in 4MLinux 17.0 Beta (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.1.1.1 and share them using DropBox 3.14.7, surf the Internet with Firefox 44.0.2 and Chromium 50.0.2654.0, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 38.6.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.1 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37590 and VLC 2.2.2, play games with Xorg 1.18.1/Mesa 11.1.1 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.1, Apache 2.4.18, MariaDB 10.1.11, and PHP 5.6.18). Perl 5.22.1 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 16.0 (Mar 9, 2016)

  • Major change in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 5.3.0 to compile programs designed for the i686 architecture. Users can enjoy newly added network applications: uGet (download manager, a front-end to cURL), rTorrent (powerful CLI BitTorrent client), Grsync (backup utility, a front-end to rsync), and gFTP (old but still quite usable FTP client). Additionally, Chrome web browser (which was one of so called downloadable extensions in 4MLinux) has been replaced with Chromium (in March 2016 Google will drop its support for the 32-bit version of Chrome). And finally, the way in which 4MLinux handles compressed archives has been greatly improved.

New in 4MLinux 16.0 Beta (Jan 16, 2016)

  • 4MLinux 16.0 is ready for testing. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.4.2 and share them using DropBox 3.12.6, surf the Internet with Firefox 43.0.4 and Chrome 47.0.2526.106, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 38.5.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37557 and VLC 2.2.1, play games with Xorg 1.18.0/Mesa 11.1.0 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.1.13, Apache 2.4.18, MariaDB 10.1.9, and PHP 5.6.16). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 15.0 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Audacity (digital audio editor) is now available as a downloadable extension. I have built it with FFmpeg support.
  • GNU GRUB can now be installed as a boot manager. Note: if you are running 4MLinux without X (e.g. the 4MLinux Server), you can still install GRUB by executing 'update-grub' in your shell.
  • LXRandR and LXInput have been added so that you can easily configure your devices. It was a challenge for me to make them work in 4MLinux: both the utilities generate input for my script, which creates the autostart file for JWM, and the rest is done by small X tools (xmodmap, xrandr and xset).
  • Postfix package has been included in the 4MLinux LAMP Server. Its default role (in 4MLinux) is to handle emails send via PHP mail.
  • InfraRecorder is now a part of the Wine extension in 4MLinux. It's an open source CD/DVD writing program available for Microsoft Windows only. This is why 4MLinux uses Wine to run InfraRecorder.

New in 4MLinux 15.0 Beta (Nov 15, 2015)

  • 4MLinux 15.0 is ready for testing. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.3.2 and share them using DropBox 3.10.11, surf the Internet with Firefox 42.0 and Chrome 46.0.2490.80, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 38.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.6.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37544 and VLC 2.2.1, play games with Xorg 1.17.2/Mesa 11.0.2 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.1.10, Apache 2.4.17, MariaDB 10.1.8, and PHP 5.6.14). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.10 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 14.0 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 14.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Major change in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 5.2.0 to compile programs designed for the i686 architecture. Audacious (audio player), Opera (web browser), SMTube (YouTube browser) and VLC (media player) are now available as downloadable extensions. The way in which 4MLinux handles audio and video files has been greatly improved (see: the 4MLinux Blog for details).

New in 4MLinux 14.0 Beta (Sep 22, 2015)

  • Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.2.1 and share them using DropBox 3.8.8 and Transmission 2.84, surf the Internet with Firefox 40.0.3 and Chrome 45.0.2454.85, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 38.2.0 and Skype 4.3.0.37, enjoy your multimedia collection with aTunes 3.1.2 and MPlayer SVN-r37443 (directly or via its front-ends: SMPlayer SVN-r7051 and GNOME MPlayer 1.0.8), play games with Xorg 1.17.2/Mesa 10.6.5 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 3.18.21, Apache 2.4.16, MariaDB 10.0.21, and PHP 5.6.12). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.10 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 13.1 (Sep 8, 2015)

  • Four major changes in this release: the Linux 3.18 LTS kernel series is now included in the core of the system, the GTK+ 3.x series has been added, Mesa and Xorg have been totally rebuilt to ensure full 3D support for modern video cards, and so called Legacy Installer (which makes it possible to install 4MLinux on old computers) has been included in the 4MLinux installation CD.

New in 4MLinux 13.1 Beta (Jul 12, 2015)

  • Edit your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.0.2, surf the Internet with Firefox 38.0.5 and Chrome 43.0.2357.130, enjoy your music collection with Qmmp 0.8.5 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch videos with MPlayer SVN-r37401 and SMPlayer SVN-r6967, play games with Xorg 1.17.1/Mesa 10.5.7 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (with Linux 3.18.14, Apache 2.4.12, MariaDB 10.0.19, and PHP 5.6.10). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.10 are also available.

New in 4MLinux 13.0 (Jul 2, 2015)

  • Major changes in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 5.1.0 to compile programs designed for the i686 architecture. Additionally, I am very happy to announce that my long work on improving the 4MLinux Desktop has been finished. 4MLinux users can now enojoy the result of this work: an unique, highly customized mixture of JWM (Joe's Window Manager), Window Maker and PCManFM.

New in 4MLinux 13.0 Beta (May 17, 2015)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 13.0, ClamAV 0.98.7, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37386, FFmpeg Git-2015-04-04), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.17.1, Mesa 10.5.2, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.27, FLTK 1.3.3, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of many applications (such as Chrome, Firefox, Java RE, LibreOffice, Wine) is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 12.0 (May 9, 2015)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 12.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Major modifications in the core of the system, which now includes the GNU C Library 2.21. Additionally, PAE support has been enabled in the Linux kernel. The most important new applications are: Asunder (CD-ripping program), aTunes (audio player), and Chrome (web browser). The net browsing software available in 4MLinux has been significantly improved.

New in 4MLinux 12.0 Beta (Mar 28, 2015)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 12.0, ClamAV 0.98.6, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37369, FFmpeg Git-2015-02-05), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.17.1, Mesa 10.5.1, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.26, FLTK 1.3.3, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of many applications (such as Firefox 36.0.1, Java RE 8u40, LibreOffice 4.4.2) is also supported. The size of the ISO image is about 71 MB.

New in 4MLinux 11.1 (Mar 22, 2015)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 11.1 series has been changed to STABLE. The FLTK toolkit has been added to run TigerVNC and other software. Wine and FileZilla are now available as downloadable extensions (even in the basic version of 4MLinux). The MakeMKV package has been included in the drivers section of the 4MLinux LiveCD. After installing this package, it is possible to play (and rip) all kinds of DVD and Blu-ray discs.

New in 4MLinux 11.1 Beta (Feb 2, 2015)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.1, ClamAV 0.98.6, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37343, FFmpeg Git-2014-12-26), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.3, Mesa 10.4.3, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.25, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 3.0.5, Firefox 35.0.1, Java RE 8u31, LibreOffice 4.4.0, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.32, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.4.0 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 11.0 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • The status of the 4MLinux 11.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Major changes in the core of the system, which now includes GNU C Library 2.20 and GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2. The development of some of the 4MLinux editions has been dropped, but at the same time new 4MLinux spins have been announced.

New in 4MLinux 10.1 / 11.0 Beta (Dec 11, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.0, ClamAV 0.98.5), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37293, FFmpeg Git-2014-10-06), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.2, Mesa 10.3.5, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 2.10.52, Firefox 34.0, Java RE 8u25, LibreOffice 4.3.5, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.31, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.2.0 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 10.1 Beta (Oct 21, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37262, FFmpeg Git-2014-08-31), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.1, Mesa 10.3.1, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.2, Java RE 8u25, VirtualBox 4.3.18, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 10.0 Beta (Aug 31, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.0, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37241, FFmpeg Git-2014-07-20), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.0, Mesa 10.2.6, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.1, Java RE 7u67, VirtualBox 4.3.14, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 9.1 Beta (Jul 14, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37218, FFmpeg Git-2014-06-01), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.2, Mesa 10.2.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.0, Java RE 7u60, VirtualBox 4.3.12, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 9.0 Beta (May 25, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.0, ClamAV 0.98.3), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37146, FFmpeg Git-2014-04-10), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.1, Mesa 10.1.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.4, Java RE 7u55, and VirtualBox 4.3.12 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 8.2 Beta (Apr 6, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.2, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36817, FFmpeg Git-2014-02-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.1.0, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.10 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 8.1 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.1, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36573, FFmpeg Git-2014-01-11), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.0.2, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.6 is also supported.

New in 4MLinux 7.2 Beta (Nov 11, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.2 and ClamAV 0.98), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36461-4.8.1 and FFmpeg Git-2013-10-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.3, Mesa 9.2.2, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.

New in 4MLinux 7.1 Beta (Sep 24, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.1 and ClamAV 0.98), multimedia (MPlayer svn-36400-4.8.1 and FFmpeg Git-2013-08-04), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.1, Mesa 9.2.0, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported. The size of the ISO image is about 50 MB.

New in 4MLinux 7.0 Beta (Jul 22, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.0 and ClamAV 0.97.8), multimedia (MPlayer svn-36347-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-06-16), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.1, Mesa 9.1.3, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported. The size of the ISO image is about 50 MB.

New in 4MLinux 6.1 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • This version has the same features as 4MLinux 6.1 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
  • There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-6.1.iso (with a GUI which requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-6.1-installer.iso (with a TUI which requires 128MB of RAM).
  • Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
  • Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (Opera 12.15, LibreOffice 3.6.6, SMPlayer 0.8.5, and Partition Wizard 7.8) is also possible.

New in 4MLinux 6.1 Beta (May 20, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 6.1 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.8), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-36169-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-04-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
  • The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.0, Mesa 9.0.3, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49.
  • Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
  • The size of the ISO image is about 45 MB.

New in 4MLinux 6.0 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • This version has the same features as 4MLinux 6.0 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
  • There are two versions available to download, 4MLinux-6.0.iso (with a GUI which requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-6.0-installer.iso (with a TUI which requires 128MB of RAM).
  • Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
  • Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (Opera 12.14, LibreOffice 3.6.5, SMPlayer 0.8.4, and Partition Wizard 7.7) is also possible.

New in 4MLinux 6.0 Beta (Mar 22, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 6.0 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.7), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-35910-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-02-10), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
  • The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.0, Mesa 9.0.2, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.47.
  • Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
  • The size of the ISO image is about 43 MB.

New in 4MLinux 5.1 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • This version has the same features as 4MLinux 5.1 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
  • There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-5.1.iso (with a GUI that requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-5.1-installer.iso (with a TUI that requires 128MB of RAM).
  • Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
  • Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (e.g. Opera 12.13, LibreOffice 3.6.5, and Partition Wizard 7.6) is also possible.

New in 4MLinux 5.1 Beta (Jan 17, 2013)

  • The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 5.1 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.6), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r35564-4.7.0 and FFmpeg Git-2012.12.02), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
  • The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.12.0, Mesa 9.0.1, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.47.
  • Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
  • The size of the ISO image is about 42 MB.

New in 4MLinux 5.0 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • This version has the same features as 4MLinux 5.0 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
  • There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-5.0.iso (with a GUI that requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-5.0-installer.iso (with a TUI that requires 128MB of RAM).
  • Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
  • Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (e.g. Opera 12.11, LibreOffice 3.6.3, and Partition Wizard 7.6) is also possible.

New in 4MLinux 5.0 Beta (Nov 22, 2012)

  • maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 5.0 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.6), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r35233-4.7.0 and FFmpeg Git-2012.10.26), a mini-server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (meaning a collection of small Linux games).
  • The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.12.0, Mesa 8.0.4, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.46.
  • Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
  • The size of the 4MLinux 5.0 ISO image is about 41 MB.