Patrick Verner is kicking off 2018 with a new release of his commercial GNU/Linux distribution Parted Magic, which brings up-to-date components and the most recent security fixes.
Coming four months after version 2017_09_05, which was the most successful release to date, Parted Magic 2018_01_08 ships with Linux kernel 4.14.11, a version that includes patches for the newly discovered Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, as well as better support for newer graphics cards.
“The 2017_09_05 release was our most successful release to date with very little complaints. Instead of changing a bunch of stuff for the sake of changing a bunch of stuff, we basically kept it the way it was,” says developer Patrick Verner in the release announcement. “We only addressed the little issues and updated relevant software.”
Here’s what’s new in Parted Magic 2018_01_08
Among the updated packages included in the Part… (read more)
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