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Our servers and repos are temporarily down for hardware upgrades and drive replacements. We thank everyone for their patience and can't wait to see our new server speed benefit the whole community! Have a great night everyone!

Hello fellow users and supporters! We are aware of the Nightly Images uploading at 30MB file sizes. Please let me take a moment to explain what is going on...
1) Our build system is completely automated. It takes all the changes we make in real time and produces a new ISO nightly.
2) Our build system is template driven. This template describes the behavior of the build process as well as the included packages and setup of the final system.
3) When the build fails, there are two types of failures. (a) a failure that produces a bad ISO still uploads the file to sourceforge because it is an automated process, and (b) a build that fails to produce an ISO will not have anything to upload at all. So, when you see no nightly upload, this means the build failed. When you see a nightly with an odd size, this means the build failed.
4) A successful build does not guarantee a "good" image. Nightly images are not tested before uploading. They may be the most up to date, but they have the potential to be very buggy as well as receiving bug fixes in real time. ... read more

Greetings everyone! Although we aren't dropping an updated official release just yet, we are excited to announce massive development work making it's way into the repositories and into the nightly build drop tonight!

Here is the list...
* ProShield AV 2019 is in the repo's, and now installed by default in TTOS Linux
* Fixed bug in Lutris installer script (caused by SUSE changing repositories)
* Added ProShield AV Launcher support from TTOS Welcome
* Added initial async support to some launch buttons on TTOS Welcome
* Added support for Steam to install without asking the user to view a TUI license (GUI License will be available in a future release)
* Added real-time detection capabilities to ~/Documents and ~/Downloads folders as an option in ProShield AV
* fixed crash in Ultimate Gaming installer that causes systems with NVIDIA GPU to crash and hard reboot during install. ... read more

• Since Debian changed their repository data to reflect 10.4 versioning, TTOS Build system either failed or produced errors as well as update errors on current ISO's. The new 1.1.2 release fixes this.
• This release also adds stable features developed into the nightly release images and merges them into our stable image. Most notable changes will be bug fixes and added features to TTOS Welcome utility.
• We also fixed bugs in the installation process of NVIDIA Kernel Modules, and Android Studio installer. ... read more

UPDATE
Current TTPC Systems server has been restored. Current MySQL server / LDAP has been restored. PerformaSync test server has been restored. All checks for data corruption have passed. UPS Power supplies tested OK. TTOS Linux repositories are back up and Nightly Images will be generated on schedule. Thank you all for your patience and have a great night! :)

As of 3:40AM Eastern US Time, the main server lost power. The UPS Backup kept power for about another 25 minutes and the system was down. It will be restored soon, so we thank everyone for their patience and we will post when services are back online.... read more

Happy New Years!
Every year between Christmas and New Years, we release a new Pre-Release ISO of TTOS Linux. Since we are already into the first week of the new year and no new Pre-Release has been released this year, we instead chose to do a full official distribution release! This release adds many new features and improvements. Most notably in the post installation Welcome utility! Please check out our website and click to download the latest ISO!
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Much of the development work during the last couple months has been on the Internet Security platform end of things. However we are returning as usual to publish a new TTOS Linux build for the holidays. We end every year at new years by publishing an up to date ISO with new features every year. Returning to this tradition, we will be publishing our updated build complete with bug fixes and a few new additions to it. Until then, happy holidays and happy new years to all!

Latest Upload
Hi fans and users alike! We are pleased to announce that the latest upload features many improvements and enhancements. First off, we made significant enhancements to TTOS Welcome adding many more post install features, and fixing some bugs regarding non-free packages not being enabled before the NVIDIA installer runs (which is required by the installer to complete successfully). We have also made great progress on the port of TTOS Linux Studio and it is now being considered as feature complete (the command line version anyways). With these improvements comes (1) initial support for hybrid ISO creation, (2) md5 checksum creation, and (3) support for running a publish script. ... read more

As those who visit our site and check out our official blog sites know, we have been working hard on a headless TTOS Linux Server build. Part of the project is the PerformaSync services that we wish to offer to the public as a service that runs on top of TTOS Linux Enterprise Server. Since this requires some data center equipment that we simply can't afford to get started, we are asking that anyone who wants to speed up development please donate (link on our homepage https://www.ttoslinux.org ) in order to speed up the process. If you can't, we'll get there eventually, just sit tight and please bear with us. In the mean time, we will continue developing the platform under Virtual Machine to keep it up to date and tested. So here is a description of what PerformaSync is and what it's rold in TTOS Linux will be along with how it benefits you, the user and what the target audience is.... read more

As many of you may have noticed, our website was severely outdated and filled with dead links and a non functioning search bar since it's incarnation. We are pleased to inform you that our website has been overhauled today and is far more functional and updated. We also now include a new download section where the user (you) may select a version of TTOS Linux in which to download. Just remember, all other desktop environment versions other than KDE are pre-release and not yet completed. We are open to suggestions for packages to include into the base systems installed, so please email tomtravers@ttpc-systems.com in order to make a request or suggestion.

TTOS Linux Announcement

Our build system uses a modular template driven system for automation of the creation of TTOS Linux ISO images. The automated system builds them daily, and periodically test them periodically before uploading to sourceforge. Our latest uploads include a bunch of alternative desktop edition ISO's. These builds are pre-release and included package selection and artwork is subject to change before an official release is made. Please feel free to check them out! The link on sourceforge is hard to navigate if you are not familar with sourceforge UI, so here is a screenshot of where to find sub projects to download...

New ISO images for alternative desktop environments have been uploaded for download. In addition to this, we also uploaded and updated build of the standard KDE based TTOS including the past bug fixes. We are in the process of updating the artwork and theming so keep an eye out for finished builds. For those that are currently running an install of TTOS Linux, the new artwork will automatically be pushed via apt upgrade.

BUG FIX
TTOS Linux 1.1 has been based off of Debian 10 before it became stable. When Debian 10 switched from testing stage to stable stage, it caused an error in package management due to mis matched labels. In order to fix this, you have to run the folloing commands in terminal as root

root# apt-get update
root# apt-get upgrade

It will present the error and ask if you wish to update the settings to repair the error, just choose yes. Then redo the same two commands to verify that the error is gone. ... read more

UPDATE NOTICE
This release features an updated TTOS Welcome upon install. The graphical installer for NVIDIA has been revamped. An installer for Android Studio is in the works, and more to follow.

This update is a great addition to the functional installers already included! The welcome screen presents new installation users with the options to install Steam, Lutris, Network drivers, NVIDIA GPU drivers, Office Software, animated wallpaper and more!... read more

This release is just a bug fix release. Upon first install, apt and packagekit background tasks prevented TTOS Welcome from performing installation tasks until the background tasks were complete. Depending on the size of the tasks, this could take some time. This is clearly a performance issue. To speed things up, the default behavior was changed to allow TTOS Welcome to complete it's tasks right away. Feel free to download and try out the new ISO!

We are pleased to announce that TTOS Welcome will enter a closed beta phase this weekend! After this phase is completed and bugs worked out, we will push an alpha release ASAP! For those that don't follow along on T-Hub, this is what TTOS Welcome is all about...
* TTOS Welcome is a post installation utility that aids in providing resources and in completing various post install tasks.
* It includes point and click access to installing proprietary NVIDIA display kernel modules
* It includes point and click access to installing Steam and Lutris
* It gives seamless access to installing Google Chrome
* It gives once click access to web resources.
* It provides one click access to installing animated desktop package... read more

Having flashy eye candy and animated wallpaper doesn't have to be a task for seasoned developers, hackers, and geeks! Anyone can do it as easily as installing a package, and setting your wallpaper. The following link shows you just how to do that on TTOS Linux 1.1!
http://www.ttpc-systems.com/tomstech/wordpress/index.php/2018/04/06/linux-animated-wallpaper-tutorial/

Late night January 31st, we have uploaded the TTOS Linux 1.1 Boston Release!

What's new?
* Updated KDE Plasma 5 Desktop
* Updated Kernel
* New Calamares Installer (updated slide show from pre-release versions)

More desktop editions will follow after the release of the TTOS Linux Distro Studio. This will automate nightly build images as we transition from Debian based to building our own packages from git. Stay tuned for more to come!