Sunday, August 27, 2023

Xandros CoreOS Alpha 1 Released


Today the Xandros Development Team is pleased to announce the release of Xandros CoreOS. Xandros CoreOS is our new version of Xandros that is built for small businesses and our education customers.

Xandros CoreOS is a complete command line focused Linux system that removes a lot of overhead that is provided by traditional desktop environments. Xandros CoreOS 2023.07 while not a desktop system can be best described as a utility OS. This makes it ideal for users who want to deploy the following services:
  • Media Server
  • File Server
  • Web Server
  • Research and Education
  • Container OS
  • Intranet Server
  • Utility System
With Xandros CoreOS 2023.07 you have two install options.  You have the normal install which does include a windowing environment, i3, and contains the following features
  • Epiphany Web Browser
  • Visual Studios Code
  • Document Viewer
  • OpenSSH Client and Server
  • Cockpit Remote administration
  • Linux Kernel 6.2
  • Htop
  • Nmon
  • Powershell 7.3.6
  • .NET 7
  • GCC
  • Clang Compiler Suite
  • GNU Midnight Commander
  • Ranger File Manager
With the minimal install it takes out all the GUI components.  With the minimal install you have:
  • Linux kernel 6.2
  • OpenSSH Server and Client
  • Cockpit Remote Administration
  • Bash and Powershell
  • .NET 7
  • GCC
  • Clang Compiler Suite
  • GNU Midnight Commander
  • Ranger file manager
As this is an early Alpha build we do not recommend that you deploy this in any kind of production environment.

Xandros CoreOS will be free to download, use and redistribute but with the finished product you will be able to add Xandros CoreOS to your support subscription.

You can download Xandros CoreOS Alpha 1 from here:

Saturday, August 5, 2023

New ISO's available

A few users had reported that they had some issues with Xandros Community Edition 2023.07 downloads.  We went ahead an updated the ISO and have tested it thoroughly and its now available here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/blacklab/CommunityEdition/

With that we did run a few updates.

  • Linux Kernel 6.2 is now available
  • GNOME Text Editor 
  • Google Chrome 115

We also applied all security updates to the system.  Xandros Enterprise Linux 2023.07 customers have new ISO's available to them as well.  New USB keys will be sent out on Monday. If a customer would rather have a digital download contact your account manager or the sales team.








Xandros CoreOS Alpha 1 Released

Today the Xandros Development Team is pleased to announce the release of Xandros CoreOS. Xandros CoreOS is our new version of Xandros that...