4MLinux

4MLinux is an open source and independent distribution of Linux built from scratch and designed to be used as a system rescue Live CD, for watching videos and listening to music, for deploying servers using the inetd daemon, as well as for playing Linux games.

It has been designed from the ground up to be used directly from a CD disc or USB flash drive. However, users can install the distribution to a local disk drive using the built-in installer from the live session.

Distributed as a dual-arch Live CD

This is the main and first edition of the 4MLinux (four M - Maintenance, Multimedia, Miniserver and Mystery). It's distributed as a single Live CD ISO image of approximately 50MB in size. Supported architectures includes 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64).

Boot options

Two boot modes are available, with default display settings or using the VESA framebuffer. We recommend using only the first one, but if your graphics card is not supported, then you really need to use the second option.

Unfortunately, the Live CD does not boot directly into the graphical environment, as it will first ask users to set up a password for the root (system administrator) account, which will be used to log into the live session.

From the shell prompt, you will need to type the "startx" command in order to enter the graphical desktop, which is comprised of a taskbar located on the bottom edge of the screen, a dock (application launcher) on the upper side of the screen, and a system monitoring widget on the desktop.

Default applications

Default applications include the QupZilla web browser, PathFinder file browser, SMPlayer and MPlayer video players, SMTube YouTube browser, XPaint digital painting software, Clam AntiVirus virus scanner, GParted disk partitioning tool, as well as a handful of board games.

Another interesting feature is the ability to install the LibreOffice office suite, Oracle Virtualbox virtualization software, and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

What is new in this release:

• This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.14.55. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.33, MariaDB 10.3.8, and PHP 7.2.7.

What is new in version 23.2 / 24.0 Beta:

• This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 4.9.75. The 4MLinux Server now includes Apache 2.4.29, MariaDB 10.2.11, and PHP 7.0.26 (see this post for more details). Additionally, some popular programs (Audacity, Chromium, VLC) have been updated, too. 4MLinux 23.2 includes bugfixes for VLC (which now plays the "https" network streams correctly) and Chromium (restored good sound quality).

What is new in version 23.0 / 24.0 Beta:

• The status of the 4MLinux 23.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your own images with GIMP 2.8.22, edit your documents with LibreOffice 5.4.3.1 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.2 with Gnumeric 1.12.35), share your files using DropBox 37.4.29, surf the Internet with Firefox 56.0 and Chromium 61.0.3163.100, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 5.5.0.1 and Thunderbird 52.4.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.9, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37931 and VLC 2.2.6, play games powered by Mesa 17.0.4 and Wine 2.19. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.9.52, Apache 2.4.28, MariaDB 10.2.9, PHP 5.6.31 and PHP 7.0.24). Perl 5.24.1 and Python 2.7.13 are also available.
• 4MLinux 23.0 comes with much improved support for FAAC, GIF, JPEG 2000, Monkey's Audio and Musepack file formats. GNOME Office (AbiWord with Gnumeric) has been added as a downloadable extension. Full support for SCSI, RAID and LVM devices is now available out of the box. And finally, the biggest change is related to the installation script, which now makes it possible to install 4MLinux on ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS, Btrfs, and NILFS2 partitions.

What is new in version 22.3 / 23.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 22.2 / 23.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 22.0 / 23.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 22.0:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 21.3 / 22.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.70. Additionally, some popular programs (e.g., GNU GRUB, SMTube, VLC) have been updated, too. As a response to user requests, an RDP client (rdesktop 1.8.3) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 21.1 / 22.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.56. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacity, Chromium, Firefox, SMTube) have been updated, too. 4MLinux 21.1 includes the updated apulse package (backported from 4MLinux 22.0) to fix the problem with sound in the Firefox 52 series.

What is new in version 21.0 / 22.0 Beta:

• Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages,

What is new in version 21.0:

• The status of the 4MLinux 21.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.3.0.3 and GIMP 2.8.20, share them using DropBox 19.4.13, surf the Internet with Firefox 51.0.1 and Chromium 56.0.2924.76, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.7.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37889 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 13.0.4/Wine 2.2 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.44, Apache 2.4.25, MariaDB 10.1.21, PHP 5.6.30 and PHP 7.0.15). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
• 4MLinux now supports Windows shares (CIFS is available out of the box, while Samba client can be found on the 4MLinux installation CD). The proprietary drivers set is wider than ever and it includes: AMD (Crimson and FirePro), NVIDIA (both mainline and legacy), and Broadcom (WiFi driver). The new (easy to notice) programs in user space are: LXTerminal (terminal emulator with full UTF support), Xpad (sticky notes application), and AlsaPlayer (music player). And finally, PHP7 has been added to the 4MLinux LAMP Server.

What is new in version 20.3 / 21.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.44. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacious, Dropbox, FileZilla, Firefox, Java RE, LibreOffice, PeaZip, Thunderbird, WinSCP) have been updated, too.

What is new in version 20.2 / 21.0 Beta:

• The release ships with the Linux kernel 4.4.39. Additionally, some popular programs (Audacious, Chromium, Dropbox, Firefox, LibreOffice, MuCommander, Opera, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Wine) have been updated, too. This is the first 4MLinux live CD that includes the Broadcom proprietary WiFi driver (aka "wl driver").

What is new in version 20.0 / 21.0 Beta:

• The status of the 4MLinux 20.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.3.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 12.4.22, surf the Internet with Firefox 49.0.2 and Chromium 53.0.2785.143, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.4.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37881 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 12.0.1/Wine 1.9.20 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.27, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.18, and PHP 5.6.27). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
• 4MLinux now supports all possible boot options: BIOS with 32-bit CPU, BIOS with 64-bit CPU, UEFI with 32-bit firmware, and UEFI with 64-bit firmware.
• Exceptionally, the STABLE version ships with a newer kernel (4.4.27) than the one, which was included in BETA (4.4.17). This is to fix the Dirty COW bug.

What is new in version 20.0:

• The status of the 4MLinux 20.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.3.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 12.4.22, surf the Internet with Firefox 49.0.2 and Chromium 53.0.2785.143, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.4.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.8 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37881 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 12.0.1/Wine 1.9.20 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.27, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.18, and PHP 5.6.27). Perl 5.24.0 and Python 2.7.12 are also available.
• 4MLinux now supports all possible boot options: BIOS with 32-bit CPU, BIOS with 64-bit CPU, UEFI with 32-bit firmware, and UEFI with 64-bit firmware.
• Exceptionally, the STABLE version ships with a newer kernel (4.4.27) than the one, which was included in BETA (4.4.17). This is to fix the Dirty COW bug.

What is new in version 19.0 / 20.0 Beta:

• Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.1.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 7.4.30, surf the Internet with Firefox 48.0.2 and Chromium 52.0.2743.116, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37870 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 11.2.2/Wine 1.9.16 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.14, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.16, and PHP 5.6.25). Perl 5.22.2 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.
• Fuse (ZX Spectrum emulator) is now available out of the box, while Double Commander is offered as a downloadable extension. 4MLinux 19.0 includes the improved support for the MP2 format (via TwoLAME and SoX). Additionally, users have now more options to control the X.Org Server.

What is new in version 19.0:

• Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.1.2 and GIMP 2.8.18, share them using DropBox 7.4.30, surf the Internet with Firefox 48.0.2 and Chromium 52.0.2743.116, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37870 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Mesa 11.2.2/Wine 1.9.16 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.14, Apache 2.4.23, MariaDB 10.1.16, and PHP 5.6.25). Perl 5.22.2 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.
• Fuse (ZX Spectrum emulator) is now available out of the box, while Double Commander is offered as a downloadable extension. 4MLinux 19.0 includes the improved support for the MP2 format (via TwoLAME and SoX). Additionally, users have now more options to control the X.Org Server.

What is new in version 18.0 / 19.0 Beta:

• 4MLinux 19.0 BETA is ready for testing. Basically, at this stage of development, 4MLinux BETA has the same features as 4MLinux STABLE, but it provides a huge number of updated packages, including a major change in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 6.1.0. The latest stable Qt (5.7.0) has also been included.

What is new in version 18.0:

• The status of the 4MLinux 18.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.2.0.1 and share them using DropBox 5.4.24, surf the Internet with Firefox 47.0 and Chromium 51.0.2704.79, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 45.1.1, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.7.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37852 and VLC 2.2.4, play games with Xorg 1.18.3/Mesa 11.2.1 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.4.8, Apache 2.4.20, MariaDB 10.1.14, and PHP 5.6.22). Perl 5.22.1 and Python 2.7.11 are also available.
• 4MLinux 18.0 is the first release offering GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP 2.8.16) as a downloadable extension. Additionally, support for the DjVu image format (via DjVuLibre and qpdfview) is now available out of the box.

What is new in version 17.0 / 18.0 Beta:

What is new in version 16.0:

• Major change in the core of the system, which now uses GNU Compiler Collection 5.3.0 to compile programs designed for the i686 architecture. Users can enjoy newly added network applications: uGet (download manager, a front-end to cURL), rTorrent (powerful CLI BitTorrent client), Grsync (backup utility, a front-end to rsync), and gFTP (old but still quite usable FTP client). Additionally, Chrome web browser (which was one of so called downloadable extensions in 4MLinux) has been replaced with Chromium (in March 2016 Google will drop its support for the 32-bit version of Chrome). And finally, the way in which 4MLinux handles compressed archives has been greatly improved.

What is new in version 14.0 / 15.0 Beta:

• 4MLinux 15.0 is ready for testing. Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.3.2 and share them using DropBox 3.10.11, surf the Internet with Firefox 42.0 and Chrome 46.0.2490.80, stay in touch with your friends via Skype 4.3.0.37 and Thunderbird 38.3.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 3.6.2 and aTunes 3.1.2, watch your favorite videos with MPlayer SVN-r37544 and VLC 2.2.1, play games with Xorg 1.17.2/Mesa 11.0.2 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 4.1.10, Apache 2.4.17, MariaDB 10.1.8, and PHP 5.6.14). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.10 are also available.

What is new in version 13.1 / 14.0 Beta:

• Create your documents with LibreOffice 5.0.2.1 and share them using DropBox 3.8.8 and Transmission 2.84, surf the Internet with Firefox 40.0.3 and Chrome 45.0.2454.85, stay in touch with your friends via Thunderbird 38.2.0 and Skype 4.3.0.37, enjoy your multimedia collection with aTunes 3.1.2 and MPlayer SVN-r37443 (directly or via its front-ends: SMPlayer SVN-r7051 and GNOME MPlayer 1.0.8), play games with Xorg 1.17.2/Mesa 10.6.5 support enabled. You can also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 3.18.21, Apache 2.4.16, MariaDB 10.0.21, and PHP 5.6.12). Perl 5.22.0 and Python 2.7.10 are also available.

What is new in version 12.0 / 13.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 13.0, ClamAV 0.98.7, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37386, FFmpeg Git-2015-04-04), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.17.1, Mesa 10.5.2, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.27, FLTK 1.3.3, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of many applications (such as Chrome, Firefox, Java RE, LibreOffice, Wine) is also supported.

What is new in version 12.0:

• The status of the 4MLinux 12.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Major modifications in the core of the system, which now includes the GNU C Library 2.21. Additionally, PAE support has been enabled in the Linux kernel. The most important new applications are: Asunder (CD-ripping program), aTunes (audio player), and Chrome (web browser). The net browsing software available in 4MLinux has been significantly improved.

What is new in version 11.0 / 11.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.1, ClamAV 0.98.6, MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37343, FFmpeg Git-2014-12-26), mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.3, Mesa 10.4.3, JWM 2.2.2, GTK+ 2.24.25, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 3.0.5, Firefox 35.0.1, Java RE 8u31, LibreOffice 4.4.0, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.32, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.4.0 is also supported.

What is new in version 11.0:

• The status of the 4MLinux 11.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Major changes in the core of the system, which now includes GNU C Library 2.20 and GNU Compiler Collection 4.9.2. The development of some of the 4MLinux editions has been dropped, but at the same time new 4MLinux spins have been announced.

What is new in version 10.1 / 11.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 11.0, ClamAV 0.98.5), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37293, FFmpeg Git-2014-10-06), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.2, Mesa 10.3.5, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of Dropbox 2.10.52, Firefox 34.0, Java RE 8u25, LibreOffice 4.3.5, VirtualBox 4.3.20, SeaMonkey 2.31, Skype 4.3.0.37, and Thunderbird 31.2.0 is also supported.

What is new in version 10.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, data recovery and wiping, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37262, FFmpeg Git-2014-08-31), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH with SFTP, Telnet), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.1, Mesa 10.3.1, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.2, Java RE 8u25, VirtualBox 4.3.18, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

What is new in version 10.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 10.0, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37241, FFmpeg Git-2014-07-20), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.16.0, Mesa 10.2.6, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.1, Java RE 7u67, VirtualBox 4.3.14, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

What is new in version 9.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.1, ClamAV 0.98.4), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37218, FFmpeg Git-2014-06-01), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.2, Mesa 10.2.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.50. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.3.0, Java RE 7u60, VirtualBox 4.3.12, and Skype 4.3.0.37 is also supported.

What is new in version 9.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 9.0, ClamAV 0.98.3), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r37146, FFmpeg Git-2014-04-10), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.1, Mesa 10.1.3, JWM 2.2.2, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.4, Java RE 7u55, and VirtualBox 4.3.12 is also supported.

What is new in version 8.2 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.2, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36817, FFmpeg Git-2014-02-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.1.0, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.10 is also supported.

What is new in version 8.1:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (MBR and GPT partitioning software, 4MLinux Backup Scripts 8.1, ClamAV 0.98.1), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36573, FFmpeg Git-2014-01-11), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP), and mystery (a set of small games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.15.0, Mesa 10.0.2, JWM 2.2.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Fully automatic installation of the "vanilla" versions of LibreOffice 4.2.0, Java RE 7u51, and VirtualBox 4.3.6 is also supported.

What is new in version 7.2 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.2 and ClamAV 0.98), multimedia (MPlayer svn-r36461-4.8.1 and FFmpeg Git-2013-10-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.3, Mesa 9.2.2, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.

What is new in version 7.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.1 and ClamAV 0.98), multimedia (MPlayer svn-36400-4.8.1 and FFmpeg Git-2013-08-04), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.1, Mesa 9.2.0, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported. The size of the ISO image is about 50 MB.

What is new in version 7.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 7.0 and ClamAV 0.97.8), multimedia (MPlayer svn-36347-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-06-16), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games). The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.1, Mesa 9.1.3, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49. Basic support for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Slackware packages is enabled out of the box. Ethernet, WiFi (including WPA/WPA2), and dial-up (including fast USB modems) networking are supported. The size of the ISO image is about 50 MB.

What is new in version 6.1:

• This version has the same features as 4MLinux 6.1 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
• There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-6.1.iso (with a GUI which requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-6.1-installer.iso (with a TUI which requires 128MB of RAM).
• Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
• Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (Opera 12.15, LibreOffice 3.6.6, SMPlayer 0.8.5, and Partition Wizard 7.8) is also possible.

What is new in version 6.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 6.1 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.8), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-36169-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-04-09), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
• The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.0, Mesa 9.0.3, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.49.
• Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
• The size of the ISO image is about 45 MB.

What is new in version 6.0:

• This version has the same features as 4MLinux 6.0 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
• There are two versions available to download, 4MLinux-6.0.iso (with a GUI which requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-6.0-installer.iso (with a TUI which requires 128MB of RAM).
• Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
• Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (Opera 12.14, LibreOffice 3.6.5, SMPlayer 0.8.4, and Partition Wizard 7.7) is also possible.

What is new in version 6.0 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 6.0 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.7), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-35910-4.7.2 and FFmpeg Git-2013-02-10), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
• The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.14.0, Mesa 9.0.2, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.47.
• Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
• The size of the ISO image is about 43 MB.

What is new in version 5.1:

• This version has the same features as 4MLinux 5.1 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
• There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-5.1.iso (with a GUI that requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-5.1-installer.iso (with a TUI that requires 128MB of RAM).
• Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
• Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (e.g. Opera 12.13, LibreOffice 3.6.5, and Partition Wizard 7.6) is also possible.

What is new in version 5.1 Beta:

• The main features in this release are maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 5.1 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.6), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r35564-4.7.0 and FFmpeg Git-2012.12.02), a mini server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (a collection of small Linux games).
• The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.12.0, Mesa 9.0.1, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.47.
• Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
• The size of the ISO image is about 42 MB.

What is new in version 5.0:

• This version has the same features as 4MLinux 5.0 BETA with the additional possibility of a fully automatic upgrade to 4MLinux Allinone Edition.
• There are two versions available to download: 4MLinux-5.0.iso (with a GUI that requires 256MB of RAM) and 4MLinux-5.0-installer.iso (with a TUI that requires 128MB of RAM).
• Both versions can be installed to a hard disk (and later updated to 4MLinux Allinone Edition, if desired).
• Automatic downloading and installing of some additional components (e.g. Opera 12.11, LibreOffice 3.6.3, and Partition Wizard 7.6) is also possible.

What is new in version 5.0 Beta:

• maintenance (4MLinux Backup Scripts 5.0 and Clam AntiVirus 0.97.6), multimedia (MPlayer SVN-r35233-4.7.0 and FFmpeg Git-2012.10.26), a mini-server (FTP, HTTP, SSH, SFTP, and Telnet), and mystery (meaning a collection of small Linux games).
• The X Window System is based on X.Org Server 1.12.0, Mesa 8.0.4, JWM 2.1.0, and the FOX toolkit 1.6.46.
• Both Ethernet (including WiFi) and dialup (including fast USB modems) networking are supported.
• The size of the 4MLinux 5.0 ISO image is about 41 MB.