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Ubuntu GNOME (formerly Ubuntu GNOME Remix) was an official flavor of Ubuntu, featuring the GNOME desktop environment. It was intended as a mostly pure GNOME desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories. As of mid-2017, the Ubuntu GNOME project no longer releases new versions. The main Ubuntu flavour defaults to using the GNOME desktop. Older Ubuntu GNOME releases are still maintained.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2025-02-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Murena 2.8 |
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The Murena team have announced the launch of an update in the /e/OS 2.x series. The new version imrpoves the account manager and software centre while fixing bugs on multiple devices. The release announcement reads: "We're thrilled to announce the release of /e/OS 2.8, packed with exciting new features, improvements, and bug fixes to enhance your experience! This update brings notable enhancements, including a more user-friendly Account Manager, an improved App Lounge experience, and important software updates like the latest LineageOS 21 security fixes. We've also addressed several bug fixes across devices like the Fairphone 3, Google Pixel 5, OnePlus Nord, and more, along with updates to popular apps such as Browser and Maps. Want to know more? Dive into the full release notes and explore everything /e/OS 2.8 has to offer!" Additional details can be found in the project's release notes. A list of supported phones and install options for them can be found on the project's Devices page. |
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| 2025-02-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Armbian 25.2.1 |
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Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM development boards. It is usually based on one of the stable or development versions of Debian or Ubuntu and it supports a wide variety of popular ARM-based devices. The project's latest release is version 25.2.1 which introduces new hardware support. "We are thrilled to announce Armbian Release 25.2, packed with significant updates across our entire ecosystem. These updates are aimed at enhancing functionality, expanding hardware support and refining the user experience for both developers and everyday SBC users. Key highlights: new board support - Rock 2A and 2F, NanoPi R3S, Retroid Pocket RP5, RPMini, Rock 5T, GenBook, MKS-PI, SKIPR, Armsom CM5, NextThing C.H.I.P, Magicsee C400 Plus; Rockchip 3588 improvements - upgrade to latest vendor kernel 6.1.99 and mainline to 6.12, including HDMI driver updates, USB3 fixes and Bluetooth support updates; wireless enhancements - RTW88 driver additions and kernel stability fixes, added automatic wireless testing infrastructure; kernel upgrades - most of kernels were upgraded from 6.6 to 6.12, with extensive refinements in all areas." The release announcement provides more details. Download (pkglist): Armbian_25.2.1_Uefi-x86_noble_current_6.12.13_gnome_desktop.img.xz (1,858MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Armbian_25.2.1_Uefi-x86_bookworm_current_6.12.13_minimal.img.xz (731MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2025-02-24 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1110 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: iodeOS 6.0
- News: Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale
- Questions and answers: Learning to program and improve Linux
- Released last week: Ubuntu 24.04.2, Qubes OS 4.2.4, NuTyX 25.02.5
- Torrent corner: Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Qubes OS, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, Xubuntu
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 13.5-RC1
- Opinion poll: Do you know how to write software?
- Site news: Donations and sponsors
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-02-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NuTyX 25.02.5 |
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NuTyX is a French Linux distribution (with multi-language support) with a custom package manager called "cards". The distribution's latest snapshot is version 25.02.5 which introduces a major new version of the cards package manager. "Spiky and me are happy to announce the new version of NuTyX 25.02.5 and cards 3.1.0. What's new? Two separated init systems. From now on, init system are separated. One set of ISO image is available in each init system. Cards 3.0 - a year of development will have been necessary. No new runtime dependencies for cards. Packages are now signed with the ED25519 EdDSA algorithm. Hash is now via SHA512 instead of MD5. The archive name of a package is now easier to read. The /etc/cards.conf configuration file has been simplified. New commands (cards functions) are introduced: cards repo for metadata verification/generation; cards dependent for displaying a package's reverse dependencies; cards key for generating the key pair for signing packages." Additional details can be found on the distribution's news page. Download (MD5, pkglist): NuTyX_x86_64-25.02.5-GNOME.iso (1,911MB), NuTyX_x86_64-25.02.5-KDE6.iso (2,325MB), NuTyX_x86_64-25.02.5-MATE.iso (1,822MB), NuTyX_x86_64-25.02.5-OPENBOX.iso (1,579MB), NuTyX_x86_64-25.02.5-XFCE4.iso (1,603MB). |
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| 2025-02-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu 24.04.2 |
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Florent Jacquet has announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2, a minor update to the 24.04 LTS series: "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: ubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (6,049MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), edubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (6,004MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (4,318MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (3,197MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (4,051MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntucinnamon-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (5,160MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (5,229MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (4,102MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-24.04.2-dvd-amd64.iso (7,352MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-unity-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (3,402MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-24.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso (4,046MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-19 |
NEW • Development Release: SME Server 11 Alpha 1 |
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Terry Fage has announced the availability of the initial testing snapshot of SME Server 11, a major new update of the project's specialist Rocky Linux-based server distribution designed for small and medium enterprises: "The Koozali development team is pleased to announce the release of Koozali SME Server 11 alpha 1, which will be the next major release of the project's server-orientated distribution that is based on Rocky Linux 8.10. SME Server 11 still incorporates the long-used templating system that has made it a simple and robust server to manage and use. Numerous changes to the underlying system have been made, e.g. a switch to Mojolicous for management interface, Roundcube for webmail and many other updates and changes. SME Server is brought to you by the Koozali Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation that exists to provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug tracker." Read the release announcement and the detailed release notes for more information. Download: smeserver-11.alpha1-x86_64.iso (2,802MB, MD5). The final release of SME Server 11 is scheduled for May 2025. |
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| 2025-02-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.4 |
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Qubes OS, a security-oriented operating system that uses Xen-based virtualization to create and manage isolated compartments called qubes, has been updated to version 4.2.4. Besides the usual security updates and bug fixes, the new version also upgrades the included Fedora template to version 41. "We are pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.2.4. This patch release aims to consolidate all the security patches, bug fixes and other updates that have occurred since the previous stable release. Our goal is to provide a secure and convenient way for users to install (or reinstall) the latest stable Qubes release with an up-to-date ISO image. The ISO image and associated verification files are available on the downloads page. What's new in Qubes 4.2.4? All security updates to date; all bug fixes to date; included Fedora template upgraded from Fedora 40 to 41. For more information about the changes included in this version, see the Qubes OS 4.2 release notes and the full list of issues completed since the previous stable release." See the complete release announcement for further details. Download: Qubes-R4.2.4-x86_64.iso (6,929MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-15 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 13.5-BETA2 |
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The FreeBSD project has announced a new development snapshot for FreeBSD 13.5. The snapshot, which is labelled version 13.5-BETA2, introduces extended timestamps for the UFS file system, updates cloud images, and smooths out the rate limits on ICMP network requests. "The second BETA build of the 13.5-RELEASE release cycle is now available. A summary of changes since BETA1 includes: cloud images no longer ship with (out of date) copies of the FreeBSD pkg repository database; UFS1 now supports dates up to 2106; 'make delete-old' now removes obsolete clang/aarch64 files which were previously forgotten; rate limits on ICMP responses are now individually jittered; bug fixes to unifdef and sysctl string handling. A list of changes since 13.4 will be available in the releng/13.5 release notes. Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.5-RELEASE cycle progresses." Additional information is provided in FreeBSD's release announcement. This beta is available for amd64, i386, arm64, PowerPC, and RISC-V architectures. Download: FreeBSD-13.5-BETA3-amd64-disc1.iso (1.089MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.5-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso (896MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.5-BETA1-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (863MB, SHA512). |
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| 2025-02-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Chimera Linux 20250214 |
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The Chimera Linux project has announced a new snapshot of the team's independently-developed rolling-release distribution. "The images come with a fresh version of apk-tools. This version finally supports several features that we began using, particularly variable expansion and being able to migrate most of its files into a system-wide /usr location. That means you finally have a way to properly change your mirror of choice without having to mess with the repository definitions. The process of doing that is in the relevant documentation section. The repository definitions have been updated to use the new v3-style index naming, though backwards compatibility is also provided. Linux kernel 6.13 is used in the new images. That means updated hardware support and other things. Both the GNOME and Plasma images (the latter is still experimental) come with the latest versions of their respective desktop environments. Various fixes have been made to allow the live system to work better and more seamlessly on more machines." Additional details are offered in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): chimera-linux-x86_64-LIVE-20250214-gnome.iso (1,509MB), chimera-linux-x86_64-LIVE-20250214-plasma.iso (2,133MB), chimera-linux-x86_64-LIVE-20250214-base.iso (807MB). |
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| 2025-02-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2025.02.08 |
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Bryan Poerwo has announced the availability of EndeavourOS 2025.02.08, code-named "Mercury", a significant update of the project's desktop Linux distribution based on Arch Linux: "The 'Mercury' ISO image ships with the following packages for both the live environment and the offline install option: Calamares 25.02.1.4, Firefox 135.0, Linux kernel 6.13.1, Mesa 24.3.4, X.Org Server 21.1.15-1, NVIDIA 570.86.16. New features and improvements: the ISO image now has a memory test for EFI too; the issue with BIOS/Legacy installs is resolved; KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Budgie and Cinnamon use a dark theme by default; Xfce theme is now closer to the default setup; GNOME sets dark and light wallpapers on changing mode automatically; replacing empty space with the 'replace partition' option is working again; the installer showing double entries for the EFI selection dropdown is resolved; EndeavourOS branding is easier to find and use for artists and media usage; both mirror lists ranked now before installation will be copied to the target." Read the full release announcement for more information. Download: EndeavourOS_Mercury-2025.02.08.iso (3,033MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Netrunner 25 |
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The Netrunner team has announced the release of Netrunner 25, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's latest "stable" branch and featuring the KDE Plasma desktop. This version is the project's first build based on Debian 12; it ships with Linux kernel 6.1 and KDE Plasma 5.27: "The Netrunner team is happy to announce the release of Netrunner 25 'Shockworm', a 64-bit ISO image. Netrunner 25 ships with all the latest security updates provided by Debian and a beautiful new wallpaper showing this release's new code name. Netrunner ships with various tools and applications that can be used daily. It features the Linux kernel 6.1.128, KDE Plasma 5.27.5, Qt 5.15.2, Firefox 128.6.0 ESR, LibreOffice 7.4.7 and VLC 3.0.21. As always, we provide our ISO images on our download page. If you need help or want to give feedback, don't hesitate to contact us via our forums." The brief release announcement provides some details about the release and it also includes several screenshots. The Netrunner 25 ISO image is currently only available from the project's own website or via BitTorrent; here are the download (SHA256) links: netrunner-25-64-bit.iso (2,603MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.2-0 |
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Univention Corporate Server is an enterprise-class distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. The company's latest release is Univention Corproate Server (UCS) 5.2-0. Some of the highlights of the new version focus on single sign-on and block list filters: "The central interface to the local system configuration Univention Config Registry (UCR) checks and validates input values now according to the type stored. This avoids errors before they occur. The validation can also be deactivated if necessary. Single sign-on & Single logout now enable conditional authentication flows (e.g. B. by network areas) and secure on-boarding and offboarding processes through OpenID Connect & SAML. Massive time savings for IT administrators in the configuration of the Active Directory Connection with new ones Allow and Deny filters for tailor-made synchronization. Block lists for attributes in the Univention Directory Manager (UDM) prevent the entry of incorrect data such as the use of already assigned mail addresses." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download: UCS_5.2-0-amd64.iso (1,508MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Void 20250202 |
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The Void tean has published new install media for the project's rolling release distribution. The main highlight for this release is the expansion of 64-bit ARM support to new devices: "This release introduces support for several arm64 UEFI devices: Apple Silicon, Lenovo Thinkpad X13s, Pinebook Pro. Live ISOs for aarch64 and aarch64-musl should also support other arm64 devices that support UEFI and can run a mainline (standard) kernel. Additionally, this image release includes: Linux 6.12 in live ISOs; Xfce 4.20 in xfce-flavored live ISOs; Linux 6.6.69 in Raspberry Pi PLATFORMFSes and images; xgenfstab, a new script from xtools to simplify generation of /etc/fstab for chroot installs." Additional changes can be found in the project's release announcement. Void install images are available in glibc and musl C flavours. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): void-live-x86_64-20250202-xfce.iso (1,379MB), void-live-x86_64-musl-20250202-xfce.iso (1,363MB), void-live-x86_64-20250202-base.iso (1,028MB), void-live-x86_64-musl-20250202-base.iso (1,014MB). |
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| 2025-02-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Nitrux 3.9.0 |
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The Nitrux project has announced the release of a new version of their distribution. The new release is called 3.9.0 "pd" in the release announcement and the ISO files carry the identifier 19c70056. The new version includes a number of new features: "New parameters were added to the distribution when booting the kernel. These changes include the following: Mitigate spurious wake events in USB devices using the module xhci. Enable the Landlock Linux security module. Consolidate the Linux security modules (Capability, AppArmor, Yama, BPF, and Landlock) used in Nitrux in a single parameter. Enable Page Table Isolation to mitigate speculative execution attacks like Meltdown. Activate the amd_pstate module for power and performance management. Information: This module is not enabled in the kernel configuration of the Liquorix kernel, but we’re enabling it again. Enable the AMD Preferred Core functionality, ensuring tasks are scheduled on the CPU’s most performant cores. Nitrux SB Manager is a simple utility that creates machine owner keys (MOK) compatible with Secure Boot." Download (MD5): nitrux-nx-desktop-plasma-19c70056-amd64.iso (3,273MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-02-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Parrot 6.3 |
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Parrot is a Debian-based, security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy, anonymity and cryptography. The project has published an update to its 6.x series, Parrot 6.3. The release announcement reports: "What's new in ParrotOS 6.3: There are several packages in the ParrotOS system that are upgradeable to newer versions. Some examples include: airgeddon 11.40; netexec 1.3.0; Linux kernel 6.11.5; maltego 4.8.1; metasploit 6.4.43; sqlmap 1.8.12; ZAP 2.15.0; sherlock 0.15.0; Seclists 2024.4; enum4linux 1.3.4; bloodhound 1.7.2; theharvester 4.6.0; burpsuite 2024.10.1.1; wireshark 4.0.17; [New] Caido 0.44.1; [New] Seclists-lite 2024.4; ...and more! Updated parrot-core and base-files with new fixes to correct the $PATH environment variables. Also fixed an issue that prevented the proper display of the Firefox launcher. In Parrot 6.2, a bug prevented the proper functioning of virtual images in .ova format for VirtualBox. This issue has now been fixed." Download (SHA512, pkglist): Parrot-home-6.3.2_amd64.iso (2,504MB, torrent), Parrot-security-6.3.2_amd64.iso (5,375MB, torrent). |
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