We are very happy to present to you the final release of siduction 2013.2 'December'. Since the release of the RC we have ironed out some nasty bugs with language packs, Unicode handling in the installer and stabilization within systemd. Version 2013.2 is shipped with 5 desktop environments: KDE, Xfce, LXDE, Razor-qt and GNOME. The released images are a snapshot of Debian unstable from 2013-12-30. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 3.12, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.14.5.

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Distribution Release: siduction 18.2.0 Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 18.2.0, a set of rolling-release distributions based on Debian's "unstable" branch and featuring the latest versions of a number of popular desktop environments: " Today we are proud to release siduction 2018.2.0 with the KDE, LXQt, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, X.Org and noX flavours. The released images are a snapshot of Debian 'unstable' from 2018-03-04. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, an installer based on Calamares and a custom-patched version of the Linux kernel 4.15.7, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.5 and systemd 237. KDE Plasma stands at version 5.12.2, while GNOME comes in at 3.26 with some packages still at 3.24. LXQt ships at 0.12.0 and Xfce at 4.12.4, while Cinnamon comes in at 3.4.6 and MATE at 1.20.0. " Here are the full release notes. Download (pkglist): siduction-18.2.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,750MB, SHA256), siduction-18.2.0-gnome-amd64.iso (2,090MB, SHA256, siduction-18.2.0-kde-amd64.iso (2,288MB, SHA256), siduction-18.2.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,603MB, SHA256), siduction-18.2.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (1,666MB, SHA256), siduction-18.2.0-mate-amd64.iso (1,868MB, SHA256), siduction-18.2.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,720MB, SHA256).

Distribution Release: siduction 18.1.0 Ferdinand Thommes has announced the availability of a new snapshot of siduction, a rolling-release distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch. " Today we are proud to release siduction 18.1.0 with the flavours KDE, LXQt, GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, X.Org and noX. The released images are a snapshot of Debian Unstable, that also goes by the name of Sid, from 2017-29-12. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, a brand new installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.14.10, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.5 and systemd 236. KDE Plasma stands at version 5.10.5, while GNOME comes in at 3.26 with some packages still at 3.24. LXQt ships at 0.12.0 and Xfce at 4.12.4, while Cinnamon comes in at 3.4.6 and MATE at 1.18.3. Sadly, right now, GNOME, MATE and LXDE are largely unmaintained. If no one steps up to keep them in a releasable state, we might have to drop these flavours with our next release. The corresponding packages will stay in the archives. " Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): siduction-18.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,314MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (2,295MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (1,175MB, SHA256), siduction-18.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,227MB, SHA256).

Distribution Release: siduction 16.1.0 Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 16.1.0, a set of distributions based on Debian's "unstable" branch. The release arrives in two batches, with the one made available today coming in LXDE, Xfce and KDE Plasma flavours, while a second batch, featuring GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt, is scheduled for release in January. " Today we present the first batch of siduction 2016.1 which consists of the noX, Xorg, LXDE, Xfce and Plasma 5 flavours. We attempt to release a second batch with the GNOME, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt flavours as soon as possible in the new year. The released images are a snapshot of Debian 'unstable' that also goes by the name of 'Sid', from 2016-12-23. They are enhanced with some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom patched version of the Linux kernel 4.9, accompanied by X.Org Server 1.19.0 and systemd 232. " Read the full release notes for more details. Download (pkglist): siduction-16.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,528MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,094MB, SHA256), siduction-16.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,130MB, SHA256).

Development Release: siduction 15.1.0 Dev Happy New Year! The first release announcement of the year 2016 is from the developers of siduction, a set of Linux distributions based on Debian's "unstable" branch, who have released an initial development build of the product's 15.1.0 version. The release includes Cinnamon, LXQt, MATE (a new addition) and Xfce flavours, with KDE Plasma, GNOME and LXQt not quite ready yet, although they should be available within a day or two. From the release notes: " We present to you today a dev-release at the last possible point in time for this year and inform you of some changes in our release model. siduction is a distribution based on Debian's unstable branch. With a heavy heart we dedicate this release to the memory of the founder of Debian, Ian Murdock, who passed away on December 28, 2015, aged 42. We will try to keep his vision alive. For 2015 we can just release this dev-release, even though we would have liked to do more. Due to the course that Debian Unstable and some desktop environments took over the course of the year, we had no chance to get a release ready with all flavours. " Download links (pkglist): siduction-15.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (1,203MB, SHA256), siduction-15.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (1,016MB, SHA256), siduction-15.1.0-mate-amd64.iso (1,143MB, SHA256), siduction-15.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (1,093MB, SHA256), siduction-15.1.0-xorg-amd64.iso (936MB, SHA256).

Distribution Release: siduction 14.1.0 Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 14.1.0, a set of Debian-based desktop Linux distributions with separate Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, LXQt and Xfce editions: " We are very happy to present the final release of siduction 2014.1 'Indian Summer'. siduction is a distribution based on Debian’s unstable branch and we try to release a few new snapshots over the course of each year. For 2014 it will be just this final release. siduction 2014.1 ships with six desktop environments - KDE SC, Xfce, LXDE, LXQt, GNOME and Cinnamon, all in 32-bit and 64-bit variants. " Read the informative release notes for further information. Download links (pkglist): siduction-14.1.0-cinnamon-amd64.iso (894MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-gnome-amd64.iso (1,238MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-kde-amd64.iso (1,167MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-lxde-amd64.iso (772MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (841MB, SHA256), siduction-14.1.0-xfce-amd64.iso (859MB, SHA256). A separate X.Org edition (with Fluxbox) and a "No X" variant are also available.

Development Release: siduction 14.1.0 Dev This week we have been hearing a lot about a new desktop environment called LXQt, the result of a merger between the LXDE and Razor-qt projects. Those willing to investigate the new desktop can now do so in a live environment - thanks to the brand-new development release of the Debian-based siduction. From the release notes: " We are very happy to present to you today, straight from the LinuxTag conference in Berlin, the first integration of the shiny new LXQt desktop environment into a distribution image. This is clearly labeled as a development release, so do not trust it, it might kill your kittens, although the developers of LXQt flagged it as being beta status. The released image which is only available for 64-bit systems for now is a snapshot of Debian's 'unstable' branch from 2014-05-08. It is enhanced with the lightweight LXQt desktop environment, some useful packages and scripts, our own installer and a custom-patched version of the Linux kernel 3.14.3. " Here is the download link: siduction-14.1.0-lxqt-amd64.iso (793MB, SHA256).