Happy New Year Steemians! The first distro-announcement of the year 2019 comes curtesy of Septor, a new distribution in the DistroWatch database.
It is part of the growing number of projects that focus on preserving the anonymity and privacy of the user while browsing the Internet. Septor is based on Debian's "Testing" branch and it uses KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment. The latest release, version 2019, was announced yesterday (here is the release announcement in Serbian, with screenshots); it comes with Linux kernel 4.19.12, KDE Plasma 5.14.3, LibreOffice 6.1.3, GIMP 2.10.8, VLC 3.0.5, as well as several privacy-enhancing software applications, such as a launcher for downloading the latest Tor Browser, OnionShare 1.3.2 (an anonymous file sharing utility) and Ricochet 1.1.4 (an instant messaging client developed by the Invisible.im group). Thunderbird 60.3.1, HexChat 2.14.2 and QuiteRSS 0.18.12 are all pre-configured to connect to the Internet via the Tor network. The distribution can be used in "live" mode or it can be installed to hard disk via the standard Debian installer.
Please visit the project's home page for further information. Septor 2019 is available for download from SourceForge: Septor-2019-amd64.iso (1,932MB, MD5, signature, pkglist).
About
Septor is a Linux distribution which provides users with a pre-configured computing environment for surfing the Internet anonymously. It is based on Debian's "Testing" branch and it uses Privoxy, a privacy-enhancing proxy, together with the Tor anonymity network to modify web page data and HTTP headers before the page is rendered by the browser. The distribution uses KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop environment and it also includes a launcher for downloading the latest Tor Browser, OnionShare for anonymous file sharing, and Ricochet for anonymous instant messaging.
- OS Type: Linux
- Based on: [Debian (Testing)](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?basedon=Debian (Testing)#simple)
- Origin: Serbia
- Architecture: x86_64
- Desktop: [KDE Plasma](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?desktop=KDE Plasma#simple)
- Category: Desktop, Live Medium, Privacy
- Status: Active
- Popularity: Not ranked
Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 0 (0), 6 months: 0 (0), 3 months: 0 (0), 4 weeks: 0 (0), 1 week: 0 (0)
Average visitor rating : 8 /10 from 2 review(s).
Useful links
| Distribution | Septor |
|---|---|
| Home Page | https://septor.sourceforge.io |
| Screenshots | https://septor.sourceforge.io/#portfolio • DistroWatch Gallery |
| Download Mirrors | https://sourceforge.net/projects/septor/files/ |
| Where To Buy | OSDisc.com (sponsored link) |
Video (old Septor 2018.3)
Feedback
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Skol!
Den Ivanov aka @sxiii from oooooslooooo city