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Swift Linux is a lightweight, MX Linux-based distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment. While Swift previously included forensic analysis and data recovery utilities, since version 16 the distribution has presented itself as MX Linux with alternative wallpaper.
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| 2025-06-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: MODICIA O.S. 6.12.30 |
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Marco M. Mariani has announced the release of an updated version of MODICIA O.S., a Linux multimedia distribution designed primarily for musicians, graphic designers and video makers. It is based on Debian's "stable" branch and uses the Cinnamon desktop. This version updates the Linux kernel to the latest long-term supported build, version 6.12.30: "We're thrilled to announce a significant update for MODICIA O.S. Professional 6.12.30 This release is packed with enhancements and optimizations to give you an even smoother, more secure and higher-performing user experience. This update introduces substantial under-the-hood changes and careful refinements, all designed to ensure you have the best possible experience. What's new in this update? Updated to the latest stable kernel - we've integrated the brand-new Linux kernel 6.12.30. This means improved hardware compatibility, better performance, and enhanced security for your system. We've updated key system components to guarantee maximum security and stability. Some of the most relevant updates include: ca-certificates, gir1.2-udisks-2.0, Google Chrome...." Continue to the release announcement for a complete list of changes and upgrade instructions. Download: MODICIAprofessional-community-6.12.30+bpo-amd64.iso (4,861MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2025-06-16 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1126 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: SDesk 2025.05.06 (aka 20mini)
- News: A BASIC box runs NetBSD, Ubuntu drops GNOME X11 session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holds back parts of Android source, Nitrux changes its desktop, the EFF turns 35
- Questions and answers: Could Ubuntu Touch return?
- Released last week: FreeBSD 14.3, Rocky Linux 10.0, Securonis Linux 3.0, Kali Linux 2025.2
- Torrent corner: Endless OS, Kali Linux, KDE neon, Rocky Linux
- Opinion poll: Version names and numbers
- New additions: Besgnulinux, Exton Linux, Gnuinos, MagOS, OmniOS, Security Onion, TileOS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-06-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2025.2 |
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The Kali Linux team has released a new snapshot of the project's penetration testing distribution. Kali Linux 2025.2 features GNOME 48 and KDE Plasma 6.3, but the biggest visible change is to the application menu: "We've completely reworked the Kali menu. It's now reorganized to follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework structure, which means that finding the right tool for your task should now be a lot more intuitive for red and blue teams alike. Previously the Kali menu structure followed what was in BackTrack, which followed WHAX before it. The previous structure was an in-house item, before MITRE was a thing. When our menu was first created, there wasn't as much design planning done, which we suffered for later. It meant that over time, scaling and adding new tools became difficult for us. The knock on effect was that this made it harder for you, the end users, to discover new tools as similar tools with overlapping functions were in different places or missing entries. Yes, seasoned professionals may not use the menu to start up items, using shortcuts such as super key and typing the tool name, or via a terminal window. We see the menu as a way to discover tools." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2025.2-installer-amd64.iso (4,271MB, torrent), kali-linux-2025.2-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (646MB, torrent). |
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| 2025-06-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Securonis Linux 3.0 |
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Securonis Linux is a privacy- and security-focused Linux distribution based on Debian's Testing branch. The project has published a new update which carries the version number 3.0. The release announcement reports: "Securonis Linux 3.0 is the biggest Securonis update so far. This version includes many new tools, bug fixes and theme improvements. Additionally, in this version we're saying goodbye to the GNOME desktop environment. New features: FireScorpion browser - a hardened Firefox customization for privacy and security, blocks ads and tracking; Data Destroyer - a GUI tool that securely erases data by overwriting it; System Knight - a client for malware and rootkit scanning; migrated to the more stable and faster OpenMammoth Lite edition; the password manager has been redesigned from scratch with a brand new interface; Nuke2System, Paranoia and PhysicalSec have been redesigned from scratch as a separate tool; system hardening settings now offer two new kernel settings - Performance and Extreme hardening; Speedtest - a CLI tool that measures internet speed; ColdBootDef - a tool that clears RAM during system shutdown to prevent cold boot attacks; new theme added and some icons fixed; I2P router menu - interface renewed and bugs fixed...." Download: SecuronisLinux3.0-rolling.iso (2,529MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2025-06-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rocky Linux 10.0 |
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The Rocky Linux project has published Rocky Linux 10.0, which mirrors the changes and updates from upstream's Enterprise Linux product line. Some of the key changes in version 10.0 include dropping X11 in favour of Wayland for the GNOME desktop session and introducing a RISC-V branch. "All 32-bit packages have been removed from Rocky Linux 10. This means that 32-bit applications will no longer run on this version of Rocky Linux. Please use 64-bit libraries or containers with 32-bit dependencies instead. Users will have administrative privileges by default, unless you deselect the option. The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is now the default for graphical remote access, replacing VNC. The DHCP client in RL 10 is implemented as an internal subsystem of NetworkManager. The legacy dhcp-client package is no longer supported upstream and has been removed. The ISC DHCP server is end-of-life upstream and is replaced by its successor, Kea DHCP, in RL 10. In RL 10, Wayland replaces the X.Org Server. Xwayland will support most X11 clients that have not yet been ported to Wayland. Some desktop applications and components are also replaced in RL 10." Details can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Rocky-10.0-x86_64-dvd1.iso (7,305MB, SHA256, torrent), Rocky-10.0-x86_64-minimal.iso (1,680MB, SHA256, torrent), Rocky-10.0-x86_64-boot.iso (816MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2025-06-11 |
NEW • Development Release: deepin 25 Beta |
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The project has published a new development snapshot, deepin 25 beta, which introduces a few new features and several fixes. The release announcement shares the details: "The stable release of Linyaps 1.8.1 has been officially pushed to the repository. This update primarily focuses on build toolchain optimizations, expanded multi-system support, and stability improvements. It also newly supports distributions including deepin 25, Fedora 41 and AnolisOS 8. Installer - added support for 17 global languages; App Store - integrated the Deepin App Store for ARM64 and Loong64 architectures to address application distribution issues on these platforms; UOS AI - added support for creating new chat sessions and viewing chat history and enabled online updates for local models; DDE - the Control Center update module now supports the beta channel, allowing users to join and receive beta updates; fixed an issue where the Bluetooth toggle remained clickable when Airplane Mode was enabled; fixed overlapping rounded and right-angle corners in the clipboard, notification center and launcher window when window effects were disabled; fixed incorrect scaling of the screenshot/recording and system monitor icons in the quick settings panel; fixed truncated display of output device names when excessively long...." Download: deepin-desktop-community-25-beta-amd64.iso (5,601MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-06-10 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.3 |
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Colin Percival has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.3, the project's latest point release which will be supported until 30 June, 2026. The release brings support for the 802.11ac networking standard in the iwlwifi network card driver and updates several packages, notably OpenSSH to version 9.9p2 and OpenSSL to version 3.0.16. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE. This is the fourth release of the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: 802.11ac is now supported by the iwlwifi driver for modern chipsets found in many laptops; OCI container images are now published in Docker and GitHub repositories; LLVM and associated tools have been upgraded to version 19.1.7; OpenZFS has been updated to version 2.2.7; OpenSSH has been upgraded to version 9.9p2; xz has been upgraded to version 5.8.1; expat has been upgraded to 2.7.1. FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, aarch64, armv7, powerpc, powerpc64 and riscv64 architectures." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (mirrors): FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,242MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist), FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (1,093MB, SHA512, signature), FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (1,033MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2025-06-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Emmabuntüs DE6 RC1 |
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Emmabuntüs is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution. The project has published a development snapshot which is based on Debian's upcoming version 13 "Trixie" launch. The release announcement shares the following details: "This new version of our distribution mainly concerns updates of its embedded software following the release of Debian 13 RC 1, as well as the update of the excellent Debian beginner's handbook for Trixie which now includes a German version, this language being also supported by our distribution. You will also find in this release the Debian standard reference manuals supporting the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. For this RC 1 version, the following fixes and improvements have been made: based on the Debian 13 RC 1; removed AbiWord and Gnumeric; implemented the new Debian source management format deb822; added Debian Beginners Handbook 13; improved Italian translation. Updates: Firefox 128.11.0esr, Thunderbird 128.11.0esr, Ventoy 1.1.05, CTparental 5.1.23, gSpeech 0.13, deb-get 0.4.5. Accessibility feature updates: Ocrizer 1.4, Elograf 0.6.0." Download: emmabuntus-de6-amd64-13.rc1-rc1.iso (4,146MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-06-09 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1125 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0
- News: Murena partners with phone markers, Redox developer ports X11 and GTK, GNOME testing its own distro on real hardware, Linux Mint tests fingerprint authentication
- Questions and answers: Seeking a distribution for long-term use
- Released last week: Oracle Linux 9.6, Murena 3.0, UBports 20.04 OTA-9, Rocky Linux 9.6
- Torrent corner: BigLinux, KDE neon, Rocky Linux
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 14.3, Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2
- Opinion poll: Are you concerned with your distribution's longevity?
- New additions: FydeOS, GLF OS, GNOME OS, MocaccinoOS, Oreon, RED OS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-06-04 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rocky Linux 9.6 |
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Rocky Linux 9.6 has been released. Rocky Linux is a community-driven enterprise Linux distribution and a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With this release, the project continues to focus on improving its KIWI image-building utility: "We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.6. Notable new features and changes: PHP 8.3 and 8.4, nginx 1.26, MySQL 8.4, Valgrind 3.24.0, SystemTap 5.2, elfutils 0.192, libabigail 2.6, Performance Co-pilot 6.3.2, Grafana 10.2.6, LLVM toolset 19.17, Rust toolset 1.84.1, Go toolset 1.23. With the release of Rocky Linux 9.6, the process of building and delivering our images continues to improve. KIWI, a modern image-building tool that allows for a more consistent and maintainable workflow, created most of the images for this release. A new image type is available in this release, Windows Subsystem for Linux (or WSL), compatible container archives can be downloaded and run on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 system with ease. Utilities for Oracle Cloud images have been updated to the most recent versions." See the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Here are the links to download the installation DVD images for the x86_64 and Aarch64 architectures: Rocky-9.6-x86_64-dvd.iso (12,256MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Rocky-9.6-aarch64-dvd.iso (10,255MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2025-06-04 |
NEW • Development Release: GLF OS Omnislash Beta |
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Gaming Linux France has announced the availability of a beta release of GLF OS Omnislash, a NixOS-based Linux distribution designed primarily for gamers: "The development of the new version of GLF OS is complete and the result exceeds all our expectations. Although we still qualify it as a 'beta' version due to lack of hindsight, it is fully functional. This success is the result of incredible teamwork, which together has transformed GLF OS from an ambitious project into one that is poised to deliver on its promise: to become the most accessible distribution for beginners and anyone wishing to switch from Windows to Linux. New features: new editions - Mini, Studio and Studio Pro, all also available with KDE; extended steering wheel compatibility - support for Thrustmaster, Fanatec and Logitech; improved gaming experience - added Oversteer and the MangoHud presets tool; performance and stability - transition to the GLF OS kernel (vanilla Nix with Cachy improvement); controller management - Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and 8BitDo controllers are now managed...." Read the release announcement for further information. The new release of GLF OS is available for download via BitTorrent: GLF-OS-BETA-OMNISLASH.iso (6,344MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-06-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: UBports 20.04 OTA-9 |
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The UBports team has released an update to the project's mobile operating system, 20.04 OTA-9. The new update focuses on three main improvements: "Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-9 contains only minimal changes due to our current focus on Ubuntu base OS upgrade. Still there are interesting changes: VoLTE support is updated so that it works out-of-box with more carriers (Thanksb to Nikita (@Notkit) from Volla), Please note that we've tested VoLTE on a few Volla devices only. Other ports may have VoLTE support enabled; such support is experimental and may not always function correctly. Waydroid has been updated to version 1.5.1, containing initial support for upcoming official Android 13 images, among other fixes (Thanks to Jami (@deathmist) from Volla). Font for emoji is switched from Emoji One to Noto Color Emoji, with improved support for some of newer emojis. (Thanks to Alfred (@fredldotme))." A complete list of changes along with upgrade instructions can be found in the project's release announcement. A list of supported devices and install instructions can be found on the UBports devices page. |
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