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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Utkarsh Gupta has announced an update to the Ubuntu 24.04 long-term support (LTS) branch of Canonical's operating system. The new update, version 24.04.5, introduces fixes and improvements: "Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, code-named 'Noble Numbat', is here. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, together with the....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Spaced Linux 9.26 has been released. Spaced Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Devuan's "Unstable" branch and featuring the MATE desktop environment with the Compiz compositing window manager. "Spaced Linux 9.26 is a major production release focused on upgrade reliability, graphics-driver recovery, desktop startup resilience, signed....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The FreeBSD project has published an update to FreeBSD's 14.x series. The new version, 14.5, provides several fixes and introduces some changes to the userland utilities. "The rc.firewall script now supports reading IP addresses or subnets from on-disk files for the firewall_allowservices and firewall_trusted list variables. Elements that....

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The NetBSD project has announced the fifth and final update to the NetBSD 9.x series. The NetBSD 9 series will no longer receive security updates. "Announcing NetBSD 9.5. Note: this will be the final release from the netbsd-9 stable branch and also marks the end-of-support for this branch.....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Zenwalk GNU Linux is a Slackware-based desktop distribution. The project's latest snapshot integrates Flatpak support and includes version 7.1.7 of the Linux kernel. "One of the improvements in this milestone is the integration of native Flatpak support directly into the Zenwalk desktop. Flatpak is installed and configured out....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Talos Linux, an independently-developed Linux distribution designed specifically for running Kubernetes (an engine for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerised applications), has been updated to version 1.14.0. The news release enables support for DNS over TLS and HTTPS, and adds Btrfs as a new filesystem option: "Welcome....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Grml is a Debian-based live system focusing on the needs of system administrators. The project's latest version is Grml 2026.09 which is based on Debian's Testing branch, known at the time of writing as Forky. "The 2026.09 release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing/forky. As usual it....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux From Scratch (LFS) project has announced the release of Linux From Scratch 13.1, a document which will assist people in building their own distribution from source code. This version of LFS includes Linux kernel 7.1.8, glibc 2.44 and GCC 16.2.0. "The Linux From Scratch community announces....

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Review: The littlest web server
News: New version of COSMIC, Debian decides LLM issue, Asahi Linux makes progress, Linux turns 35
Questions and answers: What distributions do not work in virtual machines?
Released last week: Vanilla OS 3, Armbian 26.8, NawaOS 2.0, Butterbian 0.4.0, Ubuntu 26.04.1,....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The ReactOS project develops an open-source operating system which is designed to be compatible with software and drivers created for Microsoft Windows. The project's latest release combines its two editions into one and introduces a new graphical system installer. "We are pleased to announce the release of ReactOS....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Abora OS is general-purpose Linux distribution based on NixOS. The project's latest release, version 2026.08.28 (also tagged as version 4.0.0 and carrying the codename "Everest"), is available in five desktop editions and introduces non-destructive installs onto an existing partition. "Everest ships as five editions: Cosmic, Hyprland, GNOME, KDE....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Liya Linux is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution. The project's latest snapshot, version 2026.08.29, introduces a new versioning scheme, removal of AI content and tools, and a switch from X.Org to XLibre. "AI-generated content and tools have been removed from the default Liya Linux experience. While AI can....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The openKylin project has announced the release of openKylin 3.0, a major upgrade of the project's Linux distribution for desktops and servers, with a custom desktop environment called UKUI and available for x86_64, AArch64 and Loong64 architectures: "OpenAtom openKylin (hereafter referred to as "openKylin") version 3.0 is officially....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The EndeavourOS project has a new release, which is acting as a filler between two major releases. EndeavourOS 2026.08.15 "Titan Nova" fixes some keyboard setup issues, improves support for NVIDIA GPUs, and removes the Budgie desktop environment as an install-time option. "Titan Nova's live environment and offline installer....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Oliver Reiche has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.04.1, an update to the distribution's latest long-term support release. "Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, code-named 'Resolute Raccoon', is here. This release continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Butterbian project has announced the availability of Butterbian 0.4.0, the latest stable release of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for the Btrfs filesystem and pre-configured Timeshift that takes incremental snapshots of the installed filesystem at regular intervals. The new version of the distribution updates....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Ahmed Abdulla has announced the release of NawaOS 2.0, a new stable build of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution designed primarily for gamers. It includes Steam, Lutris, Wine and RetroArch pre-installed and configured. This new release comes with snapshots, a setup wizard, and various user-friendly gaming enhancements: "NawaOS....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Haiku project has released a new development snapshot of the lightweight, single-user operating system. Haiku R1 Beta 6 introduces support for multiple web browsers and features a port of the NetBSD Virtual Machine Manager (NVMM), which provides hardware virtualization on x86_64 machines. "A few months after the....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Armbian distribution is designed for ARM development boards and a range of other machines. The project's latest release, version 26.8.3, introduces a few key change, including a new system installer. "Most releases are a long list of small improvements. This one had three larger pieces landing at....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Vanilla OS team has announced the release of Vanilla OS 3, a brand-new version of the project's immutable Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch. Code-named "Reunion", this major release arrives with support for two processor architectures - x86_64 and AArch64: "Two years after the release of....

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Questions and answers: Follow-up questions about free and open-source software
Released last week: Mainstream OS 1.3.0, Garuda Linux 260819, FydeOS 23.0, DragonOS Resolute_R1, PorteuX....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. The project's latest version, PorteuX 2.8, introduces a new union filesystem and new compositing for Xfce. "This release is built around two new in-house projects: aufs-ng and xfwm4-gl. aufs-ng is our new union filesystem, written from scratch to replace....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The DragonOS project has announced the release of a major update to DragonOS, a specialist Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed for those interested in software-defined radio (SDR). It ships with a suite of some of the most powerful and accessible open-source SDR software. The latest version, labelled as "Resolute_R1"....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The FydeOS project has announced the release of FydeOS 23.0, a significant update of the project's ChromeOS-based Linux distribution that aims to bring a Google Chromebook-like experience to standard PCs. This new version upgrades the Android subsystem to Android 13: "We are delighted to announce the release of....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Garuda Linux project has published a new release. The new version, 260819 "Temeraire", introduces a refined way to handle disk sectors and switches the default kernel to match CachyOS. "When creating new disk layouts, the installer will pick the biggest sector size a disk supports, and for....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Mainstream OS, an Arch-based, user-friendly Linux distribution with a highly customised desktop that uses the Quickshell toolkit on top of the Hyprland compositor, has been updated to version 1.3.0. The project's changelog provides details about the latest round of desktop interface improvements and bug fixes: "Put the dock....

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. TUXEDO Computers, a German-based manufacturer of Linux desktop and laptop computers, has announced the release of the initial public beta build of its Debian-based TUXEDO OS. While the past releases of the distribution were based on Ubuntu, the project has recently decided to switch to Debian's "Testing" branch....