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 20.6

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

Main changes

• By default, Zram is used instead of the physical Swap partition;
• Zstd compression for the kernel, the modules, and initramfs;
• Kernel modules installed as packages come as Zstd archives too;
• PulseAudio is used by default, but you can choose ALSA if you like;
• Chromium comes with the pre-configured uBlock Origin plug-in;
• The Passman and FreedomMarks can be also added to your Web browser at the moment of creating your user account, so that you could use Nextcloud (please check https://wiki.calculate-linux.org/en/nextcloud_plugins 11);
• Deluge was replaced with qBittorrent;
• When you close your laptop cover, the default action is suspend;
• Better Wi-Fi support;
• Better handling of orphan dependencies removal;
• For multiboot Live USBs, the preferred image will be always the one at the end of the list;
• Different versions are available for six binary kernels, including those with the futex-wait-multiple patch for smoother running of Steam;
• Сcache was pre-configured to be used by emerge as well as by cl-kernel.

Fixes

• The suspend and hibernate modes now running correctly in XFCE;
• The touchpad behavior after the suspend call was fixed;
• Images are no longer disabled when using memory cache (docache) for them;
• Local overlay configuration fixed;
• MATE log-in fixed.

Calculate Utilities

• You can now break the compilation process if the templates provide a wrong patch;
• PXE launching and installation were fixed;.
• A package can be configured and installed to the system at the same time: fixed;
• The FEATURES=“userpriv” can be used at compilation time;
• Detection of a running emerge with cl-update fixed;
• Pre-build image configuration fixed;
• Removal of .old файлов from /boot was added at packing time;
• Eix-diff supported while creating an image;
• The lpadmin group now comes as a default one;
• Sys-apps/portage can now handle CU without installing Python v2.7;
• Pyopenssl fixed;
• Video card detection fixed;
• VESA is available as a video card choice;
• Installing x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers at boot time fixed;
• Image creation with x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers fixed;
• Cl-console-gui fixed;
• User directory initialization fixed for encrypted profiles;
• You can add custom parameters for kernel boot while creating an image;
• –skip-revdep-rebuild was replaced with –revdep-rebuild;
• The world() function was fixed for templates.

Featured software

• CLD (KDE desktop): KDE Frameworks 5.70.0, KDE Plasma 5.18.5, KDE Applications 19.12.3, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106 – 2.73 G
• CLDC (Cinnamon desktop): Cinnamon 4.4, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106, Evolution 3.34.4, Gimp 2.10.18, Rhythmbox 3.4.4 – 2.48 G
• CLDL (LXQt desktop): LXQt 0.14.1, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106, Claws Mail 3.17.5, Gimp 2.10.18, Clementine 1.4.0 RC1 – 2.49 G
• CLDM (MATE desktop): MATE 1.24, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106, Claws Mail 3.17.5, Gimp 2.10.18, Clementine 1.4.0 RC1 – 2.60 G
• CLDX (Xfce desktop): Xfce 4.14, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106, Claws Mail 3.17.5, Gimp 2.10.18, Clementine 1.4.0 RC1 – 2.43 G
• CLDXS (Xfce Scientific desktop): Xfce 4.14, Eclipse 4.13.0, Inkscape 1.0, LibreOffice 6.4.3.2, Chromium 83.0.4103.106, Claws Mail 3.17.5, Gimp 2.10.18 – 2.79 G
• CDS (Directory Server): OpenLDAP 2.4.50, Samba 4.11.8, Postfix 3.5.1, ProFTPD 1.3.7 RC3, Bind 9.14.8 – 763 M
• CLS (Linux Scratch): Xorg-server 1.20.8, Kernel 5.4.45 – 1.27 G
• CSS (Scratch Server): Kernel 5.4.45, Calculate Utilities 3.6.7.42 – 562 M

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• 64 bit Mate torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cldm-20.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit Mate (2,2GB): http://mirror.yandex.ru/calculate/release/20.6/cldm-20.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit XFCE torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cldx-20.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit XFCE (2,1GB): https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cldx-20.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit KDE torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cld-20.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit KDE (2,5GB): https://mirror.umd.edu/calculate/release/20.6/cld-20.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit Cinnamon torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cldc-20.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit Cinnamon (2,5GB): http://miroir.linuxtricks.fr/calculate/release/20.6/cldc-20.6-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit LXQT torrent: https://mirror.calculate-linux.org/release/20.6/cldl-20.6-x86_64.iso.torrent
• 64 bit LXQT (2,1GB): https://mirror-hk.koddos.net/calculate-linux/release/20.6/cldl-20.6-x86_64.iso

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

Screenshot

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Conclusioni

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