Back within the end of 2019, the 4MLinux Beta version was released. Following the event roadmap, a replacement stable version 4MLinux 32.0 is finally out. After two minor updates in 31 series, v32.0 is here with major updates and new features.
4MLinux may be a small and independent Linux variant to serve the overall purpose activities. This distribution features the applications mainly for the upkeep , multimedia, mini server, and classic games.
4MLinux may be a small, independent, general-purpose Linux distribution with a robust specialise in the subsequent four "M" of computing :-
The status of the 4MLinux 32.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 6.4.2.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.4, GIMP 2.10.18, Gnumeric 1.12.46), share your files using Drobox 91.4.548, surf the web with Firefox 73.0.1 and Chromium 79.0.3945.130, send emails via Thunderbird 68.5.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.10.1, watch your favourite videos with VLC 3.0.8 and mpv 0.30.0, play games powered by Mesa 19.3.0 and Wine 5.2.
You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 5.4.17, Apache 2.4.41, MariaDB 10.4.12, PHP 5.6.40 and PHP 7.3.14). Perl 5.30.1, Python 2.7.17, and Python 3.7.5 also are available.
As always, the new major release has some new features. Better support for Intel video cards (via Mesa 3D drivers with VDPAU emulation). PCManFM in 4MLinux can now create video thumbnails (using FFmpeg) also as PS/PDF thumbnails (using ImageMagick). AV1 video decoding is finally available out of the box (via FFmpeg with the dav1d library).
The minimum requirements for 4MLinux (64-bit) are:
The minimum requirements for 4MServer (64-bit) are:
If you’re a software developer, 4MLinux brings new source code editors like SciTE and command-line GNU nano. Moreover, you can also download the Vim editor as an extension.
Along with code writing, you can find out the LAMP server for web development with updated software. Here are some applications with their new version:
Among the general-purpose applications, you can edit, share and email your documents using LibreOffice 6.4.2.1, Drobox 91.4.548 and Thunderbird 68.5.0.
Serving the Linux gamers, 4MLinux 32.0 enhances the classic gaming experience with the newest tools like Mesa 19.3.0 and Wine 5.2. With NVIDIA supported video interface VDPAU and Mesa 3D drivers, it further improves Intel video card support.
Since 4MLinux may be a miniature distribution, it can run on a minimum of 128MB RAM to 1024MB counting on the installation media.
To download the ISO, you would like to go over www.sf.net and look for "4MLinux".