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Calculate Linux MATE Changelog

What's new in Calculate Linux MATE 20

Dec 27, 2019
  • We moved to profile Gentoo 17.1.
  • All binary packages were recompiled with GCC 9.2.
  • Calculate Linux will no longer come in 32 bits.
  • eselect replaced layman as the overlay manager and the enabled overlays moved to /var/db/repos.
  • A local overlay was added, located at /var/calculate/custom-overlay.
  • You can run ‘emerge --config’ to launch the new cl-config tool for service configuration.
  • ‘modesetting’ video driver supported.
  • CPU-X was replaced by the graphical HardInfo utility for better hardware browsing.
  • mplayer was replaced by mpv.
  • cronie replaced vixie-cron for cron job scheduling.
  • Fixed single disk autodetection for installation.
  • Fixed the bug with several applications playing ALSA audio at the same time.
  • Fixed default audio device configuration.
  • The Xfce desktop was updated to v4.14, as well the icon theme.
  • Plymouth-driven bootloader screen.
  • Fixed name reservation for network devices by excluding devices with local MAC addresses.
  • In cl-kernel, fixed the bug when switching between desktop and server kernel configuration.
  • Fixed Web browser icon on the bottom panel disappearing at update time.
  • CLDXE, the educational CL flavour was renamed to CLDXS.
  • More precise disk space calculation for installation.
  • Fixed container shutdown.
  • Fixed disk partitioning for logical sectors over 512 bytes of size.
  • Fixed single disk selection as the autopartition default.
  • emerge-like usage of the ‘–with-bdeps’ option of the update tool.
  • You can put yes/no in tool parameters, if you prefer them to on/off.
  • Fixed current video driver detection via Xorg.0.log.
  • Fixed system cleanup bug: the current kernel settings are reserved.
  • Fixed the bugged system image compilation for images with UEFI.
  • Fixed IP detection for bridge devices.
  • Fixed GUI login (lightdm used if applies).
  • No more freezing at start time, that was due to interactive operation of OpenRC.
  • The IRC client has also Spanish and Portuguese preconfiguration.
  • Added the Norwegian locale (nb_NO).

New in Calculate Linux MATE 18.12 (Jan 4, 2019)

  • Software:
  • 32 and 64 bit builds moved to kernel v4.19.9.
  • KDE Applications updated to v18.08.3.
  • KDE Plasma updated to v5.14.3.
  • Cinnamon updated to v4.0.3.
  • System installation:
  • Live CDs now use zstd compression, thus reducing time for loading the Live image, installing the system, launching applications, and finally preparing the customized system image.
  • Added support for installing Calculate on a Btrfs formatted partition with zstd compression.
  • The installed applications will be transferred to the new system at re-installation time.
  • Packages updated during the first system boot.
  • Added file system selection when auto partitioning the disk.
  • The required space is now calculated correctly when auto partitioning.
  • Calculate Directory Server:
  • Fixed certificate generation for Postfix.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • We also released a new Calculate flavour for educational purposes (Calculate Linux Desktop Xfce Education, or CLDXE for short).
  • Added support for high resolution DPI monitors in Calculate Utilities.
  • Added support for the default time used in VirtualBox for Unix systems.
  • The format of time can be configured with the cl-setup-boot-live tool.
  • Compression formats zstd and lz4 added for Live images.
  • Unused firmware files were removed from server Calculate flavours to reduce the system image size.
  • Fixed adding domain resources with Samba 4.8 or higher.
  • Status notifications in the chat window were disabled for Gajim.
  • French localization updated for Calculate Utilities
  • Packages used for assembly will not be removed when updating.
  • The number of binary packages we provide amounts to 13058.

New in Calculate Linux MATE 18 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • Installation:
  • The graphical installation interface was ported to Qt5.
  • The command line installation interface now features auto partition detection, based on the passed options.
  • It is possible to select a keyboard layout.
  • It is possible to use only one (root) position.
  • Easier installation on VPS/VDS.
  • Boot-up:
  • LiveUSB boots up faster.
  • The Nvidia driver installation log is sent to tty12 at LiveUSB boot-up time.
  • Updates:
  • Calculate provides 12,363 binary packages.
  • The index signature is checked for binary packages.
  • Network:
  • Our approach to network configuration changed:
  • Network parameters are not updated while installing network management tools.
  • By default, your network is not configured at installation time. Instead, the current configuration is applied.
  • The '--network' option was added to cl-setup-system for network configuration.
  • Appearance:
  • Qt5 applications look & feel better in CLDX, CLDM or CLDC.
  • In CLDX, a theme was added for Gtk3 applications to match the main one.
  • The CLDM theme was updated.
  • Vesa Framebuffer and Efi Framebuffer replaced uvesafb.
  • h1. Calculate Linux 17 released
  • Sound:
  • ALSA is provided as the default sound framework.
  • You can adjust the sound volume in CLDC if ALSA is used.
  • At configuration time, an audio card is called by the device name and not by the device number.
  • It is possible to select the preferred sound framework when booting from a Live USB UEFI.
  • Software:
  • We updated GCC to v7.3 and recompiled all binary packages provided by Calculate.
  • Python was updated to v3.6.
  • In Firefox, the branding features and the Screenshot extension were turned off.
  • Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Installation on a XFS partition fixed.
  • User accounts are now copied correctly when installing Calculate.
  • The notebook detection method was fixed.
  • Update notification fixed.
  • NetworkManager will not start instead of OpenRC when your first launch your freshly installed Calculate system: the network configuration issue that led to it was fixed.
  • The first boot-up graphics card configuration issue was fixed.
  • Shorewall is not preconfigured while installing it.
  • The shutdown message in French was added.
  • The multiple lock issue when closing the notebook lid was fixed.
  • The Cinnamon user accounts issue was fixed.
  • Autologin to the Cinnamon environment is available again.
  • The update index file is to be obtained normally for an assembly Calculate system.
  • GRE tunnels are supported in the kernel.
  • Zswap will not be used anymore.

New in Calculate Linux MATE 17.12.2 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • We moved to the new Gentoo 17.0 profile. All binary packages were rebuilt, in the repo as well as on Live DVDs/USBs
  • All currently available Meltdown and Spectre patches were included
  • grub.d privileges are safe now
  • Restore functionality supported for LXC containers file capabilities
  • Network interfaces can be once again renamed and saved
  • Password configuration fixed for editing Grub entries
  • IO Scheduler option removed
  • Network configuration inside containers fixed
  • File attributes updated correctly by templates
  • Kernel start fixed (warnings and errors OK)
  • Possible to use a file as swap memory

New in Calculate Linux MATE 17.12 (Dec 30, 2017)

  • Installation:
  • SoftRaid support added.
  • Fixed autopartitioning problems.
  • Third-party overlays supported.
  • Performance:
  • The Calculate Utilities server does not run on the background. Instead, it is launched by D-Bus.
  • The MuQSS patch was included to the kernel configuration for better application task scheduling.
  • The UKSM patch was included in the kernel configuration for less memory load.
  • PAE binary kernel supported for 32-bit systems.
  • All server kernel settings optimized.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • GCC completely updated to v6.4 and the kernel updated to v 4.14.
  • In CLDC, CLDM and CLDX Pidgin was replaced by Gajim. The "httpupload, "image" and "url image preview" come included.
  • The LXC/LXD container version was renamed to Calculate Container Scratch (CCS).
  • 11 493 binary packages are available.
  • Software:
  • MATE 1.18, LibreOffice 5.4.2.2, Firefox 57.0.1, Claws Mail 3.15.1, Gimp 2.8.22, Clementine 1.3.1

New in Calculate Linux MATE 15.17 (May 20, 2016)

  • Calculate Linux Desktop was updated to KDE 5.
  • Testing and stable updates now coming separately and labelled as such.
  • Multiple instances, built with different USE flags, are available in a special repository (binpkg-multi-instance).
  • The main Git mirror migrated to Github.
  • Faster XZ compression on multi-core processors.
  • The XZ algorithm will be used from now on for initramfs, the kernel and its modules.
  • File moving and renaming issues fixed for OverlayFS.
  • Defaulting to Python 3.4.
  • More efficient mirror selection for updates.
  • Mirrors were rearranged.

New in Calculate Linux MATE 15.12 (Dec 31, 2015)

  • General:
  • Chromium was replaced with the QupZilla web browser on desktop CL versions.
  • A Calculate Linux ISO image can be booted from a Live HDD volume. To do so, select the Live HDD formatting line that was added to the Grub menu. Current system settings will be default for graphics, locales and the timezone.
  • The open source AMDGPU driver is now supported.
  • Autopartition settings were modified.
  • We attended to our users’ feedback to bring back a reserved partition for a default system update when autopartitioning.
  • Eudev updated up to v3.1.5, that provides restored former udev code. The latter renames network devices if they are named similarly to the kernel.
  • The updated Calculate repository includes over 2900 binary packages, both for KDE 4 and KDE 5.
  • Working with Live USB:
  • Flash installation is possible without formatting the FAT partition, so that the main system could be updated directly on the bootable USB volume.
  • The cl-install-flash command was added, that handles installation on USB media.
  • Once your USB drive has booted, you will have writing rights on the root directory.
  • Optimization:
  • Bzip2 and gzip archives are opened much, much faster, especially on multi-core architectures, as lbzip2 and pigz implementations are now used by default. As a result, applications are also emerged faster.
  • The preload daemon on SSD and Raid systems that use 'noop' scheduler is not activated out-of-box.
  • Useless locales will be removed during installation.
  • Per-package systemd settings were removed.
  • Proprietory drivers are installed in less time at bootup, as there is no need to reach the network.
  • Portage update was optimized. Checksum verification is now optional and launches quickly.
  • We developed a better algorithm for mirror selection.
  • Git repository will be checked for availability whenever Portage is updated.
  • A new option, "--one-depth" was introduced for cl-update, cl-builder-update and cl-builder-image tools, to be used to spare the space that is usually taken up by the local copy of Portage.
  • Locales:
  • We added support for more European languages and keyword layouts.
  • The Live USB mode offers a friendlier language experience: instead of selecting your language and then your keyword, you simply pick up a locale.
  • A Ukrainian version is now available for package descriptions and the interface of Calculate Utilities.

New in Calculate Linux MATE 15 (Oct 1, 2015)

  • A New Method for Packages Update:
  • Better reliability:
  • Each mirror stores version history, thus allowing either to update from any existing mirror or to create a local mirror.
  • Updates are faster:
  • The update tool selects the fastest mirror.
  • Update configuration defaults to parallel fetching and installation.
  • Revdep-rebuild will not be called by cl-update unless enabled explicitly.
  • A higher level of testing:
  • All binaries are tested on the testing mirror before being committed to the master.
  • Less traffic consumption:
  • Portage will not be synchronized if no updates are available.
  • Common binary repos:
  • Distribution profiles were unified. You are free to choose between three brand new flavours, each with USE flags adapted to different needs. Over 2500 popular packages come as binaries.
  • New Calculate Utilities 3.4:
  • System build tools were completely rewritten:
  • Calculate Console comes with a GUI mode.
  • Overlayfs support was added for fast deployment.
  • A list of binary mirrors can from now on be used for update.
  • Binaries are fetched under a new algorithm.
  • Multiboot Flash creation is supported.
  • Both stable and testing kernels are provided.
  • Dutch support was added.