The developers of Linux AV, a distribution focused on multimedia creation, has launched a new version celebrating its 50th anniversary and adding several improvements to this operating system.
AVLinux 2018.6.25 It is the latest version of this multimedia distribution, it brings with it many improvements and new features, especially for systems with AMD video cards and UEFI machines.
UEFI support was introduced in this distribution last April 2018 with version 2018.4.12, although adding it brought a slow startup problem, which has already been fixed in this new release.
"I personally don't have a UEFI (or AMD) computer to test and we have only tested with Virtual Box for these tests and thanks to the reports from different users and the many fixes made by the forum user 'korakios', I think most of the UEFI machine bugs have been fixed successfully,”Mentions the AV Linux developer in the release notes.
AV Linux 2018.6.25 using Linux Kernel 4.16 with support for AMD cards
AV Linux 2018.6.25 is powered by Linux Kernel 4.16 which is characterized by having full RT Preempt and support for AMD graphics cards. This release adds the LV2 audio plugin to the Cinelerra 5.1 video editing software, updates the LSP plugins to version 1.1.2, as well as the AV Linux user manual to include relevant information on what's new.
UEFI and UNetbootin boot will not fail anymore Because of the FAT32 ASCII modules and the guest addition in VirtualBox they will be removed automatically when there is an installation outside of VirtualBox.
Among other things, AV Linux 2018.6.25 removes the wrong entry from ZynAddSubFX. You may download AV Linux 2018.6.25 from the Official SiteIf you have a previous version, you can update using the update system within the distribution itself.