Calculate Linux 17.6 VM Images Available for VirtualBox and VMware

Calculate Linux project announced the latest version of their operating system based on Gentoo ‘Calculate Linux 17.6’: “We are happy to announce the release of Calculate Linux 17.6, marking the 10th anniversary of the project. This new version features installation in LXC/LXD containers, theme customization, more stability with automatic dependency support, better security as editing the kernel parameters now requires a password and system update can be only performed by users authorized to do so. Main changes: 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 privileges via Calculate Console; 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….” You can read complete release announcement here.

We are providing you virtual images for latest version of Calculate Linux 17.6 for VirtualBox and VMware.

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