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Joli OS was an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. It was geared towards extreme user-friendliness so that any computer user can install it with just one click. Besides the standard ISO image, the distribution was also provided as a Windows executable file which can resize an existing Windows partition and install Joli OS as an alternative operating system. Other Joli OS features include heavy orientation towards web application and services, online backup option, web-based software installation interface, inclusion of proprietary hardware drivers and non-free media codecs, and extensive social networking features.
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| 2025-03-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CachyOS 250330 |
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CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux which focuses on speed and security optimisations. The project's latest snapshot introduces a new boot loader, re-adds NVIDIA firmware, and automates configuring Samba shares. "The first major change is that we have added a new Bootloader. Limine is a great bootloader, which can be used for BIOS and UEFI. Limine also supports some theming like GRUB. We have also added direct Btrfs snapshot support, like it works with 'grub-btrfs'. This has been greatly tested from our side and works well. The snapshots will be enabled out of the box for all installations which are using Btrfs as a filesystem. We have added a package, called 'cachyos-samba-settings', which configures and sets up Samba support. This has been requested by our users. After discussions with NVIDIA, we have re-enabled the GSP Firmware for the closed-source kernel module. The GSP Firmware had a bunch of improvements in recent releases, and most drawbacks seem to be solved now." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: cachyos-desktop-linux-250330.iso (2,592MB, SHA256, signature, pkglist).
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| 2025-03-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Ubuntu 25.04 Beta |
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Paride Legovini has announced the release of a new development snapshot of Ubuntu, along with the distribution's official community editions. "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu 25.04 Desktop, Server and Cloud products. Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed 'Plucky Puffin', 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 has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server and Cloud products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity and Xubuntu flavours." Additional information is offered through the project's release announcement and the release notes. Download: ubuntu-25.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (6,046MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,444MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,472MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntucinnamon-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,888MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,710MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,576MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,396MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,376MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (6,699MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-unity-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,685MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), edubuntu-beta-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso (6,258MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist).
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| 2025-03-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Q4OS 5.8 |
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Q4OS is a Debian-based distribution which is available in KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) flavours. The project's latest update is Q4OS 5.8 which introduces fresh translations to the Calamares system installer and Flatpak support is now included in the project's Desktop Profiler tool. The project's release announcement states: "The Q4OS project is pleased to announce the eighth update of its stable edition Q4OS 5 codenamed Aquarius. The new Aquarius 5.8 series receives important security and bug fixes, the recent Debian Bookworm 12.10 updates and updated Debian stable 6.1.0-32 kernel. This release brings along a few Q4OS specific improvements, fixes and a cumulative upgrade covering all the changes since the previous stable Aquarius release. The Calamares live installer has got new translations. Desktop profiler tool now features brand new plugin for handling Flatpak applications in case Flatpak framework is enabled in the system. In addition to the new plugin the Desktop profiler capabilities have been expanded and the code has been largerly rewritten to support true multithreading." Download (MD5, pkglist): q4os-5.8-x64.r1.iso (1,472MB), q4os-5.8-x64-tde.r1.iso (1,075MB). |
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| 2025-03-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 17.3 |
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The Zorin OS project has published an update for the Ubuntu-based distribution which seeks to make former Windows users feel at home. The project's latest release, version 17.3, expands alternatives for Windows applications and changes the default web browser from Firefox to Brave. "Tailored alternatives to more Windows apps We've greatly expanded our built-in database to detect installer files for popular Windows apps. It now supports over 150 apps, recommending even more tailored alternatives to sideloading their Windows executables. For example, when you launch the Windows installer for an app like Obsidian, Zorin OS displays a dialog that directs you to the app's native Linux version in the Software store. It also suggests the closest native alternatives to other Windows-only apps, like the built-in Document Viewer instead of Adobe Acrobat Reader. To craft the most user-friendly experience for new users, we endeavor to support the widest selection of software. This update makes it easier to run the most compatible versions of your favorite apps in Zorin OS." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Zorin-OS-17.3-Core-64-bit.iso (3,488MB), Zorin-OS-17.3-Education-64-bit.iso (7,272MB), Zorin-OS-17.3-Lite-64-bit.iso (3,621MB). |
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| 2025-03-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Emmabuntüs DE5-1.04 |
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Emmabuntüs is a lightweight, Debian-based distribution. The project's latest update introduces a series of key package updates as well as a German translation of the handbook. The release announcement reports: "The Emmabuntüs Collective is pleased to announce the release on March 24, 2025, of the update of its distribution, Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 1.04 (32-bit and 64-bit), based on Debian 12.10 'Bookworm' and the XFCE and LXQt desktop environments. This new version of our distribution mainly concerns updates to the software included in it following the release of Debian 12.10, with the update of the excellent Debian beginner’s handbook which now includes a German version included in our distribution, as well as the addition as standard of the Debian reference manuals included in it for the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Emmabuntüs DE 5 1.04 includes the following new features and enhancements: based on the Debian 12.10 'Bookworm' operating system; Updates - Firefox 128.8.0esr, Thunderbird 128.7.0esr, deb-get 0.4.4, Ventoy 1.1.05, CTparental 5.1.23, Warpinator 1.8.8, Boot-Repair 4ppa2081, RadioTray-NG 0.2.9, Debian beginners handbook 12.10; accessibility feature updates - Ocrizer 1.4, Elograf 0.6.0." Download (SHA256): emmabuntus-de5-amd64-12.10-1.04.iso (4,008MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-24 |
NEW • Development Release: deepin 25 Alpha |
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Following a "Preview" release in January, the deepin project has announced the availability of the first alpha build of its upcoming major release, version 25. This version introduces Linyaps, deepin's own package management tool, and brings numerous changes to the deepin desktop environment: "deepin 25 alpha has enhanced system-level product functionality and personalized management capabilities to provide users with a complete desktop environment. This version continues design improvements and functional optimizations for the deepin Solid Operating System, UOS AI and Control Center modules (wallpaper, screensaver, power management, mouse, touchpad), now meeting daily usage and management needs while integrating features requested by user feedback. Linyaps is a software package management tool independently developed by deepin, designed to address long-standing issues in Linux software ecosystems such as dependency conflicts, fragmented distribution and high security risks. Based on mechanisms like User Namespace and CGroup, Linyaps provides a unified application runtime environment decoupled from the operating system." Read the complete release notes (available in Chinese and English) for further information and screenshots. Download: deepin-desktop-community-25-alpha-amd64.iso (5,611MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-24 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1114 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Bazzite 41
- News: Debian Project Leader election underway, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating custom images for the Raspberry Pi
- Questions and answers: Checking what processes are writing to the disk
- Released last week: elementary OS 8.0.1, Kali Linux 2025.1a, Finnix 250, Rescuezilla 2.6, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19
- Torrent corner: elementary OS, Endeavour OS, Finnix, Kali Linux, KDE neon
- Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 25.04 Beta
- Opinion poll: What kind of storage drive is in your main computer?
- New distributions: CatOS
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-03-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2025.03.19 |
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Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, a refreshed build of the Arch Linux-based distribution's "Mercury" line. The new release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.13.7 and the KDE Plasma desktop to version 6.3.3. The Calamares installer and the included NVIDIA video driver have also been brought up to their latest versions: "Our refresh release, 'Mercury Neo', is now available with updated core packages for the offline installation option and the live environment and a few bug fixes and improvements for the online installation option. 'Mercury Neo' ships with Calamares 25.02.2.1, Firefox 136.0.2, Linux kernel 6.13.7, Mesa 25.0.1, X.Org Server 21.1.16, NVIDIA 570.124.04. Bug fixes and improvements: we removed installing xwaylandvideobridge from the installation script since it is removed upstream; a bug in our install script for ranking the Arch mirrors before installation is fixed; we removed obsolete NVIDIA options from the NVIDIA boot menu; when choosing Systemd in the auto-install option, the installation process will now create a 2GB EFI partition instead of a 1GB partition, this will give the user more space and freedom to install multiple kernels and other desirable options." Here is the complete release announcement with screenshots. Download: EndeavourOS_Mercury-Neo-2025.03.19.iso (2,999MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Rescuezilla 2.6 |
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Rescuezilla is a specialist Ubuntu-based distribution designed for system rescue tasks, including backups and system restoration. The project's latest release, version 2.6, updates the base Ubuntu operating system, offers a fix for booting on machines with Windows 11, and updates the partition management tools. "Updated the UEFI Secure Boot shim package to v1.58 after a Windows 11 update revoked older shims by incrementing the minimum "SBAT generation". This fixes any 'SBAT self-check failed' errors to ensure Rescuezilla continues boot on UEFI Secure Boot enabled systems which require the latest 'SBAT generation'. This also fixes the 'revoked UEFI bootloader' message warning when creating a bootable USB stick using Rufus. Replaced Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic) and Ubuntu 22.10 (Lunar) builds with build based on Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular) for best support of new hardware. Temporarily does not include Mozilla Firefox on Oracular release until switched to new source. Image Explorer (beta) temporarily out-of-service across variants. Fixed querying drives with the Bionic 32-bit version, which broke since Rescuezilla v2.5 due to using the --merge feature introduced in util-linux v2.34." Further details are provided in the release notes. Download: rescuezilla-2.6-64bit.oracular.iso (1,361MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Finnix 250 |
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The Finnix distribution is a small, self-contained, bootable live Linux distribution for system administrators, based on Debian. The project's latest version is Finnix 250 which marks the project's 25th anniversary. The project's release announcement reports: "Today is a very special day: March 22 is the 25 year anniversary of the first public release of Finnix, the oldest live Linux distribution still in production. Finnix 0.03 was released on March 22, 2000, and to celebrate this anniversary, I'm proud to announce the 35th Finnix release, Finnix 250! Besides the continuing trend of Finnix version number inflation (the previous release was Finnix 126), Finnix 250 is simply a solid regular release, with the following notes: Linux kernel 6.12 (Debian 6.12.17-1); made automatic per-user shared ssh-agent functionality more reliable; added packages: util-linux-extra; Removed packages: reiserfsprogs, reiser4progs (ReiserFS removed from Linux kernel); boot initramfs now checks for build-specific media (will no longer load the first thing it sees which looks vaguely Finnix-like); htop display improvements (primarily better display of large numbers of CPU cores); upstream Debian package updates; many minor fixes and improvements." Download (SHA256): finnix-250.iso (528MB, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-21 |
NEW • OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.15 |
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ReactOS is an open source operating system which seeks to be binary compatible with Microsoft Windows. The project has published a new release, version 0.4.15, which includes improvements across all aspects of the operating system. One of the key improvements is with plug and play devices: "Victor Perevertkin (Extravert-ir) has accomplished major rewrites to the Plug and Play Manager in the ReactOS kernel. With these changes, ReactOS now has the ability to run more third party drivers and to boot from USB devices. This also allows ReactOS to boot on chipsets with EHCI, OHCI, and UHCI controllers. This work is a stepping stone to ReactOS being truly compatible with vendor drivers for the Windows operating system. Johannes Anderwald (janderwald) solved an issue where the USB driver would enter an infinite loop when a USB device would not enter the ready state. Fixing this infinite loop allowed ReactOS to boot on more hardware. Thanks to the work of Oleg Dubinskiy, 0.4.15 features many audio improvements. Oleg added support for more audio formats, looped playback of wave files, higher sample rates, and multiple output channels. In addition, Victor Perevertkin imported the open source AC’97 driver from the Windows Driver Kit (WDK)." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (MD5: ReactOS-0.4.15-x86-iso.zip (105MB), ReactOS-0.4.15-x86-live.zip (74MB). |
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| 2025-03-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2025.1a |
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Kali Linux is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. The project's latest release, Kali Linux 2025.1a, ships with a new theme and key desktop upgrades, including a jump to Xfce 4.20 and KDE Plasma 6. "After a long wait, we are excited to announce that Plasma 6 is finally available in Kali, specifically version 6.2. This is a major update, as the previous version included in Kali was Plasma 5.27, making the scope of changes difficult to summarize. For a more in - depth look at each release, check out the official announcements: 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2. On our end, we have updated all themes to align with the new environment, featuring refreshed window and desktop visuals. And our favorite new addition from KDE? Floating panels! Our default desktop environment, Xfce, has also had a minor software bump from 4.18 to 4.20. Two years of development has gone this, which was formally released on December 15, 2024. It is the stable series follow-up to the Xfce 4.18 release that made its debut during Christmas of 2022 (Kali 2023.1)." Additional details and screenshots can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2025.1a-installer-amd64.iso (4,233MB, torrent), kali-linux-2025.1a-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (607MB, torrent). |
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| 2025-03-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: elementary OS 8.0.1 |
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Danielle Foré has announced the release of elementary OS 8.0.1, an updated build of the project's beginner-friendly Linux distribution featuring a custom desktop called Pantheon. This is largely a bug-fix release; it is based on Ubuntu 24.04.2 and it ships with the Linux 6.11 kernel: "It has been a little over 100 days since elementary OS 8 was released and we're proud to announce another round of updates, including a fresh new download. ... We now properly use dark mode brand colors and dark mode screenshots. Plus, when developers provide screenshots for multiple desktop environments, we now prefer the ones intended for our desktop environment, Pantheon. We support the new 'Developer' AppStream tag. And we now support the contribute URL type. System Settings now allows configuring its notifications in System Settings, Notifications. You can turn off bubbles if you don't want to receive notifications about updates, for example. We'll also no longer automatically download updates when on metered connections and send a notification instead. Plus we no longer check for updates in Demo mode." Continue to the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download: elementaryos-8.0-stable.20250314rc.iso (3,111MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 42 Beta |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 42 beta. One of the big changes with this release cycle is the elevation of the KDE Plasma spin to be on par with the GNOME/Workstation edition. "KDE Plasma desktop has been promoted to edition status starting with Fedora Linux 42 beta. You can expect to continue to enjoy the same level of quality from Fedora KDE Plasma desktop that you always have. In addition, Fedora KDE Plasma desktop is now supported on Power systems (ppc64le). Also, the full KDE stack (including KDE PIM) is now available on Power and we have installable live images for OpenPOWER-based systems like the Talos Workstation from Raptor Systems. We also have a brand new Spin in Fedora Linux 42 beta - introducing the Fedora COSMIC spin. This new Rust-based desktop environment is developed by System76, makers of Pop!_OS. COSMIC has many unique features, such as hybrid per-workspace window/tiling management, window stacks with tabs to switch between windows...." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-42_Beta-1.4.x86_64.iso (2,276MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-42_Beta-1.4.x86_64.iso (2,722MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-42_Beta-1.4.iso (2,792MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2025-03-17 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1113 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: MocaccinoOS 1.8.1
- News: Murena extends its on-line installer, Garuda experiments with COSMIC, incremental improvements to Haiku, Bodhi tries out new desktop theme, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera drops RISC-V builds, Debian publishes 12.10 media
- Questions and answers: How to contribute to open source
- Released last week: FreeBSD 13.5, IPFire 2.29 Core 192, SystemRescue 12.00
- Torrent corner: Debian, Debian Edu, KDE neon, SparkyLinux
- Opinion poll: Do you own any RISC-V powered devices?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-03-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescue 12.00 |
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François Dupoux has made available a new major release of SystemRescue, an Arch-based specialist Linux distribution for repairing computer systems and rescuing data. SystemRescue 12.00 updates the Linux kernel to the latest long-term supported (LTS) branch, version 6.12.19, while the included Firefox web browser was brought to version 128.8.0, the latest extended-support release (ESR). Also, the SystemRescue live image now includes bcachefs, a Linux filesystem with support for volume management. The distribution comes with the Xfce desktop which has received an update to version 4.20.1. "Changelog: updated the kernel to the long-term supported Linux 6.12.19; support for bcachefs (kernel module + file system tools + support in GParted); applied workaround to avoid possible display issues affecting GRUB; updated disk utilities: GParted 1.7.0, nwipe 0.38, dump 0.4b49." See the project's changelog page which has the details of all the recent changes and additions. Download SystemRescue 12.00 from SourceForge: systemrescue-12.00-amd64.iso (1,019MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: IPFire 2.29 Core 192 |
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The IPFire project has announced a new update to its distribution for firewalls and routers. The project's new release, version 2.29 Core Update 192, includes an updated Linux kernel with several improvements: "This release rebases the IPFire kernel on Linux 6.12 which is the latest long-term supported version of the Linux kernel. Since the last version, IPFire is going to benefit from various improvements from the Linux kernel development community: Intel and AMD CPUs that support VAES & AVX-512 will have a 162% faster AES-GCM encryption/decryption which will massively improve IPsec throughput; memory alignment optimisation has improved TCP performance of up to 40% due to smaller structs that result in more CPU cache hits; TCP fraglist GRO support has been added, allowing chaining multiple TCP packages together which might improve throughput for PPPoE connections on systems which lack basic checksum offloading; a lot of work has been spent on scheduling which result in the system being able to respond quicker to any load spikes; For IPFire this will result in lower latency when processing packets...." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: ipfire-2.29-core192-x86_64.iso (510MB), ipfire-2.29-core192-x86_64.img.xz (431MB). |
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| 2025-03-11 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 13.5 |
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Colin Percival has announced the availability of FreeBSD 13.5, the final maintenance release of the project's legacy "stable/13" branch: "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE. This is the sixth and final release of the stable/13 branch. Since this release is occurring late in a legacy stable branch, there are few new features; rather, the focus is primarily on maintenance. As such, changes since 13.4-RELEASE consist mostly of bug fixes, driver updates, and new versions of externally-maintained software. FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, aarch64, armv6, armv7, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe and riscv64 architectures. FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the network. Some architectures also support installing from a USB memory stick. The required files can be downloaded as described below." See the release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. Download (pkglist): FreeBSD-13.5-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,089MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.5-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (899MB, SHA512), FreeBSD-13.5-RELEASE-arm64-aarch64-disc1.iso (865MB, SHA512). |
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| 2025-03-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Garuda Linux 250308 |
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Nico Jensch has announced the release of an updated version of Garuda Linux, a set of Arch-based desktop Linux distributions with a selection popular graphical desktops, including some lesser known ones, such as Sway or Hyprland. The new version, labelled as 250803, introduces Garuda Rani, a graphical settings manager: "We are excited to introduce Garuda Rani, a brand-new application designed to streamline and enhance your Garuda Linux experience. Rani, short for 'Reliable Assistant for Native Installations', is envisioned as the future of Garuda utilities, aiming to eventually replace all existing Garuda applications. Currently, Rani integrates the functionality of our popular Welcome, Gamer and Assistant apps, providing a centralized hub for essential system management and customization tasks." See the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Download (pkglist): garuda-cinnamon-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,605MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-dr460nized-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,930MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-dr460nized-gaming-linux-zen-250308.iso (4,344MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-gnome-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,613MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-hyprland-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,684MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-i3-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,576MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-kde-lite-linux-zen-250308.iso (1,765MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-mokka-linux-zen-250308.iso (3,000MB, SHA256, torrent), garuda-sway-linux-zen-250308.iso (2,615MB, SHA256, torrent), torrent), garuda-xfce-linux-lts-250308.iso (2,659MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2025-03-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-9 |
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Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-9, the latest stable version of the project's Debian-based specialist live Linux distribution designed for partitioning, backups and disk-cloning tasks. This release drops support for the i386 architecture due to Debian's decision to stop providing i386 kernel packages: "This release of Clonezilla live (3.2.1-9) includes major enhancements and bug fixes. Enhancements and changes since 3.2.0-5: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system has bee upgraded, this release is based on the Debian 'Sid' repository as of 2025-03-03; as mentioned in the Debian release mailing list, the i386 Linux kernel packages were dropped in our upstream, the Debian 'Sid' repository, so i686/i686-pae editions of Clonezilla Live will be no more, from this release on, only amd64 (x86-64) releases will be available; Linux kernel was updated to 6.12.17; the Partclone package has been updated to 0.3.33; the exio package has been updated to 2.0.15; Memtest86+ was updated to 7.20; built with updated and patched live-build 20250225; the live-boot package has been updated to new and patched version 20250225; merged lz4 and lz4mt, use 'lz4 -T0' by default...." Please see the release announcement for a complete changelog. Download: clonezilla-live-3.2.1-9-amd64.iso (454MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2025-03-05 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux From Scratch 12.3 |
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Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system from source code. The latest version of the project's handbook, version 12.3, introduces a handful of package updates and new security patches. "The LFS release includes updates to Binutils 2.44 and glibc 2.41. In total, 48 packages were updated since the last release and extensive updates to the text have been made throughout the book to improve readability. The Linux kernel has also been updated to version 6.13.4. Overall there have been over 100 commits to LFS since the previous stable version of the book. Packages that have security updates include: expat, jinja2, Python, openssl, and vim. See a complete description of security updates since the last stable release. In BLFS new packages that were added include: sysmon3/sysmond, zxing-cpp, kdsoap-ws-discovery-client and plasma-activities-stats for kio-extras, docbook-xsl-ns, libgstgtk4 in support of Snapshot, cargo-c needed for librsvg, LuaJIT to replace Lua 5.2 and glslc from shaderc needed for GTK 4." The release announcement offers additional information. The books can be downloaded from the project's download page in standard SysV init and systemd flavours: LFS (pkglist) - 12.3 (HTML), 12.3 (PDF), 12.3-systemd (HTML), 12.3-systemd (PDF), BLFS (pkglist) - 12.3 (HTML), 12.3-systemd (HTML). |
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| 2025-03-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Smoothwall Express 3.1 SP6 |
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Neal P. Murphy has announced the release of Smoothwall Express 3.1 SP6, an updated build of the project's specialist Linux distribution for firewalls and routers with a custom web-based configuration interface: "The Smoothwall Express Team announce the release of Update 12. We updated a few packages. Kernel and system notes: Linux kernel was bumped to version 4.4.302; linux-firmware was bumped to 20241210; since SWE 3.1 is now easier to build on itself, Linux v4.4.302 was built to change NR_CPUS to 32 which should be large enough for the near future - this will enable quicker system builds; the SO_REUSEPORT define was restored in the kernel headers (version 3.4.104 to maintain compatibility with libraries and programs from the original SWE 3.1 release); nftables support is included in the kernel, while the system still uses iptables, this will facilitate migration in the future; a few steps were taken to begin removing PPTP from the system, Microsoft declared it insecure many years ago; the location of netfilter timeouts in /proc changed, requiring minor changes in rc.network; the new version of dhcpcd wants/requires user 'dhcpcd' to be present; /etc/passwd was suitably changed...." Continue to the release announcement for a complete list of changes. Download (MD5): Express-3.1-SP6-x86_64.iso (219MB), Express-3.1-SP6-i586.iso (210MB). |
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| 2025-03-01 |
NEW • BSD Release: GhostBSD 25.01 |
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The GhostBSD project maintains a desktop-focused build of FreeBSD. In the past, GhostBSD was based on FreeBSD's development (STABLE) branch, but the latest version, GhostBSD 25.01, is built on FreeBSD's RELEASE branch. "What's new in 25.01-R14.2p1: MATE Desktop at 1.28.2: Upgraded to 1.28.2, with mate-panel (1.28.4), mate-notification-daemon (1.28.3), atril (1.28.1), and more, for a refined desktop feel. 2025 Visual Refresh: New wallpapers update the MATE desktop and Slick Greeter login screen. Hardware Boost: Added QEMU USB Tablet and XHCI mouse support for live sessions and installs, plus AMD Radeon R7 240 (Device ID 0x6613) compatibility. Broader Accessibility: Brazilian Portuguese translations land in Update Station and NetworkMgr. Workstation Firewall: Default firewall now set to "Workstation" for desktop-friendly security. Improvements and Features: Tuned live session memory for a snappier start. Pulled in releng/14.2 updates from FreeBSD. Simplified driver and software management with refactored package lists. Replaced automount in ghostbsd-utils with UDISKS2 in gvfs for better media handling. Fixed USB stick unmounting for Xfce users." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): GhostBSD-25.01-R14.2p1.iso (2,882MB, torrent), GhostBSD-25.01-R14.2p1-XFCE.iso (2,668MB, torrent). |
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