Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta is the second release on Linux Mint 18, which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, so it will be supported until the year 2021. Linux Mint has the following desktop environments, Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE and KDE. Cinnamon and MATE has been released on the 1st of December and XFCE on the 20th of December.
It has the Linux Kernel 4.4.0-51-generic and the systems idle at about 300MB - 400MB of Ram.
Website: linuxmint.com
A look at Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - Cinnamon
Download Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - Cinnamon 64bit: http://mint-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/isos/testing/linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso
Download Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - Cinnamon 32bit: http://mint-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/isos/testing/linuxmint-18.1-cinnamon-32bit-beta.iso
A look at Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - MATE
Download Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - MATE 64bit: http://mirror.team-cymru.org/mint/testing/linuxmint-18.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso
Download Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - MATE 32bit: http://mirror.team-cymru.org/mint/testing/linuxmint-18.1-mate-32bit-beta.iso
A look at Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta -XFCE
Download Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - XFCE 64bit: http://mint-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/isos/testing/linuxmint-18.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso
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Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Beta - XFCE 32bit:http://mint-mirror.gwendallebihan.net/isos/testing/linuxmint-18.1-xfce-32bit-beta.iso
Devuan 1.0.0 beta 2 was released on the 30th of November. Devuan 1.0.0 beta 2 is an independent Linux system, but original forked from Debian. This release is only the Xfce environment, 4.10 to be precise but it also come in the following desktop environments: Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce. Devuan 1.0.0 beta 2 has 64bit and 32bit versions. Linux Kernel 3.16.0-4 is used in Devuan 1.0.0 beta 2. When the system was in idle, it ran at about 324 MB of ram.
Peppermint 7 Respin was released on the 29th of November. Peppermint 7 Respin is based on Ubuntu 16.04.1 and uses the XFCE Desktop Environment 4.12.0. It has a 64bit and 32bit version. Peppermint 7 Respin is based in the USA. Linux Kernel 4.4.0-51-generic is used in Peppermint 7 Respin.
When the system was in idle, it ran at about 300 MB of ram.
Maui Linux 2.1 was released on the 26th of November. Maui Linux 2.1 is based on Debian and KDE Neon and it has the KDE Plasma 5.8.3 desktop environment and KDE apps version 16.08.2. It has only a 64bit version. Maui is based in Germany. Linux Kernel 4.4.0-47-generic are used in Maui Linux 2.1.
When the system was in idle, it ran at about 550 MB of ram.
Website: mauilinux.org
Download Maui Linux 2.1: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mauilinux/maui-2.1-64bit.iso
Since my last progress check, 1.12 not much has changed, but it feels more rounded off especially the bots, In all the previous releases since the bots have been added, a person adds them, but nothing happens until you add them a second time, then it worked. In this release, the bots work as they should.
Video calling feels basically still the same works well between Skype For Linux Alpha clients but not yet across platforms. At my first effort of making a video, the video or voice calling did not work, but it did on the second try.
It is written that smsing is working now, but as I do not have money on my account, I could not test it out and other general improvements.
That is about that about this release. hope you found it helpful!
Download Skype For Linux Alpha 1.13 (deb package):
https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading-web/?type=weblinux-deb
Download Skype For Linux Alpha 1.13 (rpm package):
https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading-web/?type=weblinux-rpm
This is a quick look at Metamorphose 8.5.7. As I started to run through my tutorial, I thought wow! I want to spend more time in this distro, but the deeper I went into the operating system, I found some bugs, as shown in the video. But it is all minors and it is a beautiful system, and it might be because I ran it in a VM, but in general thumbs up for the great looking release!
Metamorphose 8.5.7 was released on the 25th of November. Metamorphose 8.5.7 is based on KDE Plasma 5.8.2 and Debian Testing. Metamorphose 8.5.7 origin in Brazil and the default language in Portuguese. This release has only a 64bit version. Linux Kernel 4.8.7-metaporphose are used in Metamorphose 8.5.7. When the system was in idle, it ran at about 590 MB of ram.
