ClearOS 7.7.0 Community Release Information
Released: 15 Oct 2019
ClearFoundation and ClearCenter are proud to announce the community release of ClearOS 7.7.0 This is a minor release of ClearOS and focuses on important security updates as well as new applications in the ClearCenter Marketplace.
New Features Included in 7.7.0 Release and Since 7.6.0
- Storage Manager updates
- App-Sia
- Network Bridge Support
- 2 unannounced apps to coincide with Business Release
- Merge kernel with upstream (QoS changes previously release allow for QoS on systems without modified kernel)
- Merge of upstream Samba (Domain functions now properly supported upstream)
- DNSMasq merged with upstream (previously branched)
- Various security and bug fixes.
New Upstream Features and improvements Include
- Kernel live patching
- ipset rebased to newer version
ClearOS 7 features a Community, Home, and Business version. All versions of ClearOS will install from the same install image. You will be required to select your version during the initial setup wizard on the first boot after ClearOS is installed.
Change Log
The full change logs can be found here:
Number of bugs closed since last release: 130+
Roadmap
Roadmap Tracker and Open Bugs
Feedback
Please post your feedback in the ClearOS 7.7 Community Discussion Forum.
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ISO Images
The ISO image will be available after the full release of ClearOS 7.5.0 when it can support Home and Business versions in addition to Community.
Virtual Machine and Cloud Images
Virtual Machine and Cloud Images are not yet available for this release.
Platform | Image | Proceedure |
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Amazon EC2 | clearos-7.2.0 - ami-8fb03898 | Install and run updates to 7.5 |
Upgrade from Earlier ClearOS Community 6.x Releases
There is no supported method yet from upgrading from ClearOS 6 to ClearOS 7.
Make a copy of your configuration data. Backup your user data as well or retire your ClearOS 6 disk. ClearOS 7 now supports the import of your configuration data but not your user data.
Upgrade from Earlier ClearOS Community 7.x Releases
Upgrades from 7.1.0 on properly running systems will happen automatically. To manually upgrade from ClearOS 7.1.0 or to validate that you are at the latest version run:
yum update