Calculate Linux

Calculate Linux sono tre distribuzioni Linux basate su Gentoo. Calculate Directory Server (CDS) è la soluzione per server che supporta Windows e Linux tramite LDAP + SAMBA. Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) è una distribuzione per workstation disponibile  con KDE, GNOME o Xfce. Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) è un live CD che permette di costruire la propria distribuzione.

Versione 17.6

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

System installation

• Calculate gets a new flavour, “Calculate Linux Container”, to be installed on a LXC/LXD virtual machine.
• No default password is provided on a newly installed system. Instead, a user password is prompted for at installation time.
• You can manage access priveleges via Calculate Console. For instance, a user may only have access to updates if the admin chooses so.
• Kernel configuration now can be protected by a password.
• The ‘sudo’ group was added for sudo authentication.
• Autopartition is the default partition scheme when installing from a Live USB.
• A bios_boot partition is not created automatically for UEFI installations.
• If the UEFI parameters have not changed, the UEFI boot record will not be overwritten.
• Building-only dependencies are not included in the distribution.

Update procedure

• The Calculate repository now provides 8284 packages.
• Binary packages index is cached and the cache updated whenever Portage is.
• A 1 Mb index archive is supported.
• If no repositories have been updated, system settings will not be setup either.

Building a customized system based on CL

• You can build your own LXC/LXD system.
• Automatic dependencies are calculated.
• Automagic dependencies (shallow dependencies recognized at build time) are handled now.
• The @autodeps set was added, containing all skipped packages.
• The –with-bdeps option is off, so that only dependencies required for package building are fetched.
• A new option, –clean-bdeps was added, allowing to remove building-only packages from a system to be built.
• Update dependencies are not pre-calculated.

Appearance

• System appearance can be configured by editing the /etc/calculate/ini.env file .
• The cl-setup-themes tool was added for appearance configuration.
• The terminal now has a background image by default.

Fixes and minor enhancements

• The cl-passwd tool for domain users was fixed.
• Systems based on the Intel video card now start correctly.
• PXE installation fixed.
• NVMe drive detection fixed.
• A system proxy will not be used for fetching udpate files.
• Bulgarian and Kazakh input fixed.
• Domain user login fixed for systems supporting encrypted profiles.
• Network bridge interfaces are not configured.
• Basic Estonian support was added for Calculate Utilities.

Packages

• CLD (KDE desktop):
  • KDE Frameworks 5.35, KDE Plasma 5.9.5, KDE Applications 17.04.2, LibreOffice 5.2.7.2, Firefox 54.0
  • i686 – 1.8 G, x86_64 – 2.0 G
• CLDC (Cinnamon desktop):
  • Cinnamon 3.4, LibreOffice 5.2.7.2, Firefox 54.0, Evolution 3.22.6, Gimp 2.8.22, Rhythmbox 3.4.1
  • i686 – 1.6 G, x86_64 – 1.8 G
• CLDM (MATE desktop):
  • MATE 1.18, LibreOffice 5.2.7.2, Firefox 54.0, Claws Mail 3.15.0, Gimp 2.8.22, Clementine 1.3.1
  • i686 – 1.7 G, x86_64 – 1.8 G
• CLDX (Xfce desktop):
  • Xfce 4.12, LibreOffice 5.2.7.2, Firefox 54.0, Claws Mail 3.15.0, Gimp 2.8.22, Clementine 1.3.1
  • i686 – 1.5 G, x86_64 – 1.7 G
• CDS (Directory Server):
  • OpenLDAP 2.4.44, Samba 4.5.10, Postfix 3.1.6, ProFTPD 1.3.5e, Bind 9.11.0_p5
  • i686 – 682 M, x86_64 – 722 M
• CLS (Linux Scratch):
  • Xorg-server 1.19.3, Kernel 4.9.34
  • i686 – 748 M, x86_64 – 872 M
• CSS (Scratch Server):
  • Kernel 4.9.34, Calculate Utilities 3.5.5.6
  • i686 – 464 M, x86_64 – 504 M
• Timeless (New server):
  • OpenLDAP 2.4.44, Calculate Utilities 3.5.5.6
  • i686 – 489 M, x86_64 – 529 M

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• 64 bit Mate torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/17.6/cldm-17.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit Mate (1,8GB): http://mirror.yandex.ru/calculate/release/17.6/cldm-17.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit XFCE torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/17.6/cldx-17.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit XFCE (1,8GB): http://mirror.yandex.ru/calculate/release/17.6/cldx-17.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit KDE torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/17.6/cld-17.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit KDE (2GB): https://mirror.umd.edu/calculate/release/17.6/cld-17.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit Cinnamon torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/17.6/cldc-17.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit Cinnamon (1,7GB): https://mirror.umd.edu/calculate/release/17.6/cldc-17.6-x86_64.iso

Il sito web della distribuzione è: http://www.calculate-linux.org/

Screenshot

calculate linux 17

Conclusioni

Si può aggiornare dalla versione precedente seguendo le istruzioni sul sito del produttore.