4MLinux 47.0 STABLE released
The status of the 4MLinux 47.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 24.8 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5, GIMP 2.10.38, Gnumeric 1.12.57), surf the Internet with Firefox 133.0 and Chrome 131.0, send emails via Thunderbird 128.5, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 4.4.2, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.21 and SMPlayer 24.5.0, play games powered by Mesa 24.1.5 and Wine 9.21. You can also setup a very lightweight HTTP/FTP server (based on BusyBox 1.36.1). Perl 5.38.2, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.12.5, and Ruby 3.3.4 are also available.
As always, the new major release has some new features. Gnome CD Master (GUI frontend for cdrdao), Dia (program for drawing diagrams), GLiv (OpenGL image viewer), XRoar (Dragon and Tandy 8-bit computer emulator) as well as many command line MOD/MIDI players are now available out of the box. Gnubik (famous puzzle game) and GNU Backgammon have been added to the 4MLinux GamePack package (downloadable extension). Support for hundreds of old image formats is now provided by RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library with its GIMP plugin). And finally, it is now possible to install 4MLinux on virtual KVM block devices (/dev/vda1, /dev/vda2, and so on).
4MLinux 47.0 has been released, providing a range of features including LibreOffice, GNOME Office, Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, Audacious, VLC, SMPlayer, Mesa, Wine, Perl, Python, and Ruby. The release incorporates additional features such as Gnome CD Master, Dia, GLiv, XRoar, MOD/MIDI players, Gnubik, GNU Backgammon, RECOIL, and virtual KVM block devices. The package additionally provides support for legacy image formats and facilitates the installation of 4MLinux on virtual KVM block devices.
