14 DAY TRIAL // A new stable version of the AV Linux open-source and free GNU/Linux distribution designed for audio production has been released recently. We're referring to version 2016.8.30, which brings an updated real-time kernel and many other improvements.
Powered by the Linux 4.4.6 real-time kernel that has been patched to support 32-bit applications and VirtualBox kernel module building, AV Linux 2016.8.30 adds the Ardour 5.3.0 and Mixbus 3.6.0 digital audio workstations, replaces VLC Media Player and Audacious with MPV, and improves AAC encoding in WinFF.
The Catfish file search tool is now integrated with the Thunar file manager, which has also received a new custom action that lets users paste a copied file path from clipboard to any application with the middle mouse button or click scroll, by using the "xclip" command-line utility, along with support for running shell scripts to install various app bundles.
Transmission is now used as the default BitTorrent client
Among other improvements implemented in AV Linux 2016.8.30, we can mention better support for AMD Radeon graphics cards, a brand new system theme called Zukitre, which uses new GTK+ 3.20 elements, the Hooli desktop theme for the 32-bit edition, the addition of a new theme for the SLIM login manager, and a few wallpapers.
Lots of cleanups have been done in AV Linux 2016.8.30, and we can't help but notice that the Kdenlive and OpenShot video editor have been removed, along with the LibreOffice office suite, and old sources.list entries. Moreover, the KXStudio GCC-5 repositories have been replaced with the latest version.
"AV Linux uses the KXStudio Repositories for many of the multimedia applications, occasionally KXStudio packages may fall a bit behind being compatible with Debian Testing (the base of AV Linux). This is not something I personally can fix, the number one best way to address this issue is to send bug reports directly to the maintainer of KXStudio at this URL: https://github.com/KXStudio/Repository/issues," says the dev.
Last but not least, the manual has been updated with a new section about UEFI and GPT support, a UID/GID issue from previous versions has been addressed, and some other unnecessary files and configurations have been removed. Download AV Linux 2016.8.30 right now via our website.