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| 2025-10-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AerynOS 2025.10 |
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AerynOS is an independently-developed, rolling-release Linux distribution designed for general desktop use. The project has published a new snapshot, version 2025.10, which updates its three desktop environments (GNOME, COSMIC and Plasma). This snapshot also reverts the C++ library from LLVM to the GNU implementation. "The GNOME packaging team has updated our GNOME environment to 49.1. The team has also expanded the number of available GNOME packages in our repository, and we now include Showtime and GNOME-contacts in our GNOME pkgsets accordingly. For clarity, these were added in September but were not mentioned in our previous blog post. GNOME continues to work very well on AerynOS and remains as our default live installation environment. Reilly Brogan has done a fantastic job landing KDE Plasma 6.5, KDE Gear 25.08.2 and KDE Frameworks 6.19.0 into our repository over the last month. The overall KDE Plasma experience continues to improve with users providing largely very positive feedback on its performance and fluidity on AerynOS. Over the last couple of months, KDE Plasma has now also been promoted as a recommended installation option alongside GNOME." Additional details can be found in this blog post. Download: AerynOS-2025.10-GNOME-live-x86_64.iso (2,247MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Sculpt OS 25-10 |
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Norman Feske has announced the release of Sculpt OS 25-10, the latest version of the project's independently-developed open-source operating system that combines a microkernel architecture, capability-based security, sandboxed device drivers, and virtual machines in a novel operating system for commodity PC hardware and the PinePhone: "Sculpt OS 25.10 improves performance, updates device drivers, and accepts a new human-readable configuration format. In the light of this year's roadmap focus on rigidity, clarity, performance, Sculpt OS 25.10 looks the same as the version 25.04 but might feel different as it includes countless under-the-hood improvements of the two preceding framework releases 25.05 and 25.08. User interaction on performance-starved platforms like the PinePhone has become visibly smoother thanks to our recent CPU scheduling advances. The streamlined block-storage stack combined with various refinements of the package-installation mechanism make the on-target installation of 3rd-party components a bliss. Regarding supported hardware, we steadily follow the tireless work of the Linux kernel community. All PC driver components using Linux kernel code are now consistently based on kernel version 6.12." Here is the brief release announcement. Sculpt OS 25-10 is available for download as an IMG file: sculpt-25-10.img (34.9MB, signature). |
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| 2025-10-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Besgnulinux 3-1 |
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An updated build of Besgnulinux, a lightweight Debian-based distribution featuring the JWM window manager, has been released. The 3-1 version comes with a new and modern desktop menu, and a smaller set of software packages in its default state: "In this version, the base design was kept as it was, but many changes were made. Some regularly-added software has been removed from the system upon request. The ISO image file has been reduced to around 2,500 megabytes. LibreOffice, Inkscape, Games, Printer are some of the software that will not install. The installation of these software is left to the user's discretion. The ability to add items to the menu has been adapted. Users can add or remove items from the menu. A relatively modern menu has been added to the JWM menu. An image of this menu, called App Finder, can be seen below. A second menu is not required, it's simply for user preference. Another significant change is the change to the default file manager. The latest version of the PCManFM file manager, which we've been using for years, is riddled with bugs. Therefore, it has been replaced by the Nemo file manager. Nemo works well with JWM and is quite lightweight, consuming an average of 25 MB of memory. This time, the desktop is active. Spacefm is managing the desktop." See the rest of the release announcement for further details and screenshots. Download (MD5): besgnulinux-jwm-3-1-amd64.iso (2,377MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Unraid OS 7.2.0 |
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Unraid OS 7.2.0 has been released. Unraid OS is a Linux-based commercial operating system designed to provide an easy-to-use and flexible platform for building and managing a Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The new version delivers a fully responsive web interface and expanded filesystem support: "Building on months of testing and feedback, this release brings major quality-of-life improvements for new and seasoned users alike. Whether you're upgrading your home lab or deploying at scale, this release brings more control, compatibility, and confidence to every system. Unraid now adapts seamlessly to any screen size. The redesigned WebGUI ensures smooth operation across desktops, tablets and mobile devices, making it easier than ever to manage your server from anywhere, with any device. You can now expand your single-vdev RAIDZ1/2/3 pools, one drive at a time. Alongside XFS, Btrfs and ZFS file systems, Unraid now supports ext2, ext3, ext4, NTFS and exFAT out of the box, making it easier to import data from external sources or legacy systems. This means you can create an array or single device pool with existing drives formatted in ext2/3/4 or NTFS, and you can format drives in ext4 or NTFS." Continue to the release announcement for further details and screenshots. A trial edition of the product is available for download (MD5) from here: unRAIDServer-7.2.0-x86_64.zip (868MB). |
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| 2025-10-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Bazzite 43 |
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Kyle Gospodnetich has announced the release of Bazzite 43, a major update of the project's Fedora-based immutable distribution designed for gamers, with a choice of GNOME or KDE Plasma desktops. This release adds support for several new handheld gaming devices, including Xbox Ally, Xbox Ally X, Legion Go 2, OneXPlayer X1 Air and SuiPlay0X1: "Today's update brings Bazzite up to Fedora 43, with new device support and under-the-hood fixes from our team. This update adds full support for the Xbox Ally, mirroring the one we have for the original Ally and Ally X units (RGB, fan curves, back buttons). For this to happen, we had to coordinate with AMD to fix sleep (as it uses the same chip as the Steam Deck), tweak the amplifier driver to drive these new amazing speakers, and fix some RGB quirks caused by the dynamic lighting feature in Windows. This support extends to the new Ally X unit as well. However, this unit features an even more powerful dual amplifier speaker setup, and we find some of you have clipping at above 80% volume. We are waiting a reply from the Texas Instruments (the company that made the amplifier) maintainers about this, so until then, exercise some restraint and stay at around 80% volume." Read the full release announcement for further details. Here are the download links to installation images on standard 64-bit desktop computers (pkglist): bazzite-stable-amd64.iso (7,541MB, SHA256), bazzite-gnome-stable-amd64.iso (6,712MB, SHA256). |
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| 2025-10-29 |
NEW • OS Release: OpenIndiana 2025.10 |
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OpenIndiana is a community-run continuation of the open source OpenSolaris operating system. The project has published a new snapshot, OpenIndiana 2025.10, which introduces new Rust-based tools, fixes for OpenSSH, and updated web browsers. "In the last half year the following notable changes have been made: introduction of several Rust-based utilities directly from crates.io; utilities like lsd, mergiraf, ripgrep, fd and other fancy tools; Helix editor and IDE; multiple Prolog interpreters and VMs; SunRay maintenance work and improvements; CVE fixes for OpenSSH and OpenSSL; a huge number of automated Python and Perl package updates; availability of Python 3.14, 3.13, 3.12 and 3.9; availability of distributed storage offerings, Seaweedfs, garage and minio; SPARC support for Zabbix-server; LibreWolf 144, Firefox 144, Thunderbird 144, Fish 4.0 LibreOffice 25.8.2; LibreCAD 2.2. Bug fixes: fix rpm2cpio dependencies; fix pgagent build; fix foomatic-db build. SDL3: update to 3.2.22; static library is really needed...." A complete list of changes and fixes can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): OI-hipster-gui-20251026.iso (2,242MB, SHA256), OI-hipster-gui-20251026.usb (2,730MB, SHA256), OI-hipster-text-20251026.iso (1,031MB, SHA256), OI-hipster-text-20251026.usb (1,277MB, SHA256).
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| 2025-10-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: TrueNAS 25.10.0 |
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TrueNAS 25.10.0, a specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution designed for NAS (network-attached storage) computers, has been released. This major new version introduces the NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) protocol and OpenZFS 2.3.4 performance improvements: "Building on the success of TrueNAS 25.04 'Fangtooth', we’re proud to release TrueNAS 25.10 'Goldeye' to deliver a powerful and user-friendly experience, cutting-edge features for enhanced performance, and simplified operations. TrueNAS 25.10 breaks free from the limitations of traditional storage protocols with NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) support. NVMe-oF enables direct, high-speed access to data stored on remote arrays, effectively letting you treat storage on your TrueNAS 25.10 system as if it was a locally attached NVMe device. By removing the protocol overhead inherent in older block protocols like iSCSI and Fibre Channel, you can unlock unprecedented levels of I/O performance and significantly reduce latency. TrueNAS 25.10 integrates the latest fixes available in the OpenZFS filesystem, with a suite of substantial enhancements crucial for optimizing data management and system performance." See the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Download: TrueNAS-SCALE-25.10.0.iso (2,020MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2025-10-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 43 |
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Jef Spaleta has announced the launch of Fedora 43. The key highlights of the new release are a new system installer which was tested in the Workstation edition of Fedora 42 and is now available for all spins, and Wayland-only sessions on the Workstation edition. "There are, however, a few notable user visible changes in this release. For those of you installing fresh Fedora Linux 43 Spins, you may be greeted with the new Anaconda WebUI. This was the default installer interface for Fedora Workstation 42, and now it's the default installer UI for the Spins as well. If you are a GNOME desktop user, you'll also notice that the GNOME is now Wayland-only in Fedora Linux 43. GNOME upstream has deprecated X11 support, and has disabled it as a compile time default in GNOME 49. Upstream GNOME plans to fully remove X11 support in GNOME 50. Beyond the user-visible changes, there are a couple of significant bits of plumbing that should go unnoticed for most users but are a big deal, nonetheless. Fedora Linux 43 will be the first release with RPM 6.0." Additional information is presented in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-43-1.6.x86_64.iso (2,615MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-43-1.6.x86_64.iso (3,114MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-43-1.6.iso (3,323MB, SHA256, torrent)
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| 2025-10-26 |
NEW • Development Release: MX Linux 25 RC1 |
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The MX Linux team has announced the availability of the first release candidate for MX Linux 25, the upcoming major release of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with user-friendly enhancements and the Xfce desktop (with Fluxbox and KDE Plasma variants also provided). Departing from its non-systemd stand in the past, MX Linux 25 now comes with the systemd service manager by default, although SysV variants are still available. "MX Linux 25 RC1 is now available for testing. MX Linux 25 is built from Debian 13 'Trixie' and MX Linux repositories. All releases come with systemd. For those that want them, the Xfce, Xfce-AHS, and Fluxbox releases are also available in SysV variants. SysV ISO images are clearly labeled as such in the file name. The reasons for this change from past versions are in this blog post. With this RC1, we are particularly interested in testing the installer, including traditional ext4 and Btrfs installations. Major changes since beta 1 include: inclusion of systemd-cryptsetup on systemd ISO images (fixes an issue with encrypted /home); work-around for GRUB display issue on older Intel graphics hardware...." Read the release announcement for more details. Download (pkglist): MX-25_Xfce_RC1_x64.iso (2,665MB, SHA256, signature), MX-25_Xfce_sysvinit_RC1_x64.iso (2,633MB, SHA256, signature), MX-25_KDE_RC1_x64.iso (3,140MB, SHA256, signature), MX-25_fluxbox_RC1_x64.iso (2,150MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2025-10-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Planeta Tecno OS 7 |
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Pablo Arreche has announced the release of a brand-new version of Planeta Tecno OS, a Uruguayan Linux distribution based on Debian 12, with MATE as the default desktop and a variety of artificial intelligence tools integrated into the desktop. "Today we officially present an improved version of Planeta Tecno OS 7. It brings many updates to performance, interface, tools (including a brand-new launch). These new features are based on the various tests I've conducted and also on the contributions made by the community through comments, reviews, information and queries via this website, the YouTube channel and our social media accounts. Therefore, this is a version that, more than ever, is based on user requests and needs. Below I'll discuss the main changes and their motivations. The first thing you notice when you log in is the new environment. For the first time, we're leaving Xfce and switching to MATE, which is, of course, quite customized. The reason for the change? There are several factors, but we can summarize them as follows: performance - the overall system speed and responsiveness are noticeable; lightness - lower RAM usage in idle mode and also when under heavy workload...." Read the detailed release announcement (in Spanish) for further information. Download: planetatecno_os-7.iso (4,519MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vinari OS 5.0.0 |
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Javier Vintimlla has announced the release of Vinari OS 5.0.0, the latest version of the project's a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch and featuring a customised GNOME desktop. Code-named "Krypton", Vinari OS 5.0.0 is the first release that is based on Debian 13. The changelog provides a list of important changes since version 4.0.0: "Debian base is 13.1 'Trixie' now; the Linux kernel has been updated to version 6.12.48; the libwayland-client0 package has been updated to version 1.23.1; the libwayland-server0 package has been updated to version 1.23.1; the PipeWire package has been updated to version 1.4.2; the WirePlumber package has been updated to version 0.5.8; the GNOME desktop environment has been updated to version 48.4; vinari-os-cli-coreutils has been updated to version 5.0.0; Firefox has been updated to version 144.0; Drawing has been updated to version 1.0.2; Geary has been updated to version 46.0; LibreOffice has been updated to version 25.8.2; Eye of GNOME has been deprecated; Loupe has been installed (version 48.1); Ruby has been updated to version 3.3.8; Python has been updated to version 3.13.5; GCC has been updated to version 14.2.0; Dos2Unix has been updated to version 7.5.2...." Vinari OS 5.0.0 is available for download from SourceForge: Vinari-OS-5.0.0-KRYPTON-amd64.iso (2,457MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: HydraPWK GNU/Linux 2025.03 |
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HydraPWK 2025.03 has been released. HydraPWK GNU/Linux, based on Debian's "Testing" branch, is a live distribution designed primarily for penetration testing and security auditing. It contains a collection of penetration testing tools, including tools for information gathering, scanning, stress testing, exploitation, cracking, reversing engineering and forensics. "Today HydraPWK released a new version of HydraPWK, say hello to HydraPWK 2025.03 'Apes'. The best things is, now HydraPWK is defensive too. In other words, the focus isn't just on penetration testing, HydraPWK is now a security auditing toolkit. HydraPWK still the same one-task-one-tool philosophy and all the tools on HydraPWK are curated tools. All the tools we choose are based on real-world use cases. What's new? Updated logo; new tools - Arkime, Elasticsearch; new Polkitd rules; desktop changes; update recommended minimal hardware requirements; tools documentation page; update HydraPWK using a fresh ISO image or APT." Read the release announcement for more information. Download (MD5): hydrapwk-2025.03.251004164-apes-amd64.iso (4,653MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-22 |
NEW • BSD Release: OpenBSD 7.8 |
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Theo de Raadt has announced the release of OpenBSD 7.8, the latest of the regular biannual updates of the project's free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. This version adds support for Raspberry Pi 5, among many other changes: "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.8. This is our 59th release. We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of thirty years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 7.8 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system: added support for Raspberry Pi 5 (with console on serial port); implement acpicpu(4) for arm64; on Apple variants, enter DDB when exuart(4) detects a BREAK; on arm64 and riscv64, avoid multiple threads of a process continuously faulting on a single page when pmap_enter(9) is asked to enter a mapping that already exists; make apm and hw.cpuspeed work on Snapdragon X Elite machines; fix processing of GPIO events for pin numbers less than 256 with an _EVT method, fixes power button on various ThinkPads with AMD CPUs...." Continue to the release announcement for a full list of changes and improvements. Download (mirrors, pkglist): amd64/install78.iso (774MB, SHA256, signature), arm64/install78.iso (597MB, SHA256, signature), i386/install78.iso (470MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2025-10-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ultramarine Linux 42 |
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The developers of Ultramarine Linux, a set Fedora-based distributions with a choice of Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce desktops, have announced the release of Ultramarine Linux 42. The new version, based on Fedora 42, brings improvements to the Taidan input method editor and hardware acceleration for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): "We've put a lot of time into Taidan, our out-of-the-box experience, in Ultramarine 42. It's really matured into a polished and useful tool. We hope to land some more features in Ultramarine 44 this year, so stay tuned to that. Windows Subsystem for Linux users now have hardware acceleration. This means you can run apps inside Ultramarine inside Windows using the GPU from your real device. Hope you have fun with this one. Due to maintenance burden and conflicts, collaboration between Terra and Repology has ended starting in Terra 42. Specifically, Repology requires all Terra sources to be fully accessible via a predictable URL format." Read the full release announcement for more information and for the project's upcoming plans. Download links (pkglist): ultramarine-flagship-42-live-anaconda-x86_64.iso (3,340MB, SHA256), ultramarine-gnome-42-live-anaconda-x86_64.iso (3,144MB, SHA256), ultramarine-plasma-42-live-anaconda-x86_64.iso (3,673MB, SHA256), ultramarine-xfce-42-live-anaconda-x86_64.iso (3,294MB, SHA256). |
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| 2025-10-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 |
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Clonezilla Live is a Debian-based distribution for duplicating and restoring disk images and partitions. The distribution has published an update to its Stable branch which includes a new kernel with new hardware support and updates to its key utilities. "The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/Oct/17). The Linux kernel was updated to 6.16.12-1. Partclone was updated to 0.3.38, which includes a fix for a btrfs-related issue. Added a new program, ocs-blkdev-sorter, which allows udev to create Clonezilla alias block devices in /dev/ocs-disks/. This is used by the udev rule 99-ocs-sorted-disks.rules. Added the "-uoab" option to ocs-sr and ocs-live-feed-img to support selecting Clonezilla alias block device names in the TUI. This experimental feature addresses the random ordering of kernel block devices and can currently only be enabled via a command-line parameter. Improved the performance of ocs-get-dev-info. Improved ocs-blk-dev-info to ensure 'jq' works correctly in some cases and to increase efficiency. Added ocs-cmd-screen-sample, which can be used with the "run again" script. It works with screen, tmux, and the console." Additional details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (MD5): clonezilla-live-3.3.0-33-amd64.iso (476MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-20 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1144 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Kubuntu 25.10
- News: Fedora community debates inclusion of AI, Free Software Foundation plans to bring free software drivers to select mobile devices, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to attack
- Tips and tricks: Creating and restoring encrypted backups
- Released last week: Peppermint OS 2025-10-12, FunOS 25.10, Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", Zorin OS 18, Mobian 13.0, AnduinOS 1.4.0
- Torrent corner: AnduinOS, KDE neon, Linux Mint, Tails
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA3
- Opinion poll: Encrypted backups
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-10-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: AnduinOS 1.4.0 |
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The AnduinOS team has announced the release of AnduinOS 1.4.0, the latest version of the project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that offers a familiar and easy-to-use experience for anyone moving to Linux. The new version is based on Ubuntu 25.10 and uses GNOME 49 as the preferred desktop. "AnduinOS has always been built on Ubuntu and one of our core commitments is to keep pace with Ubuntu's release cycle. Whenever a new version of Ubuntu is released, we synchronously roll out a new version of AnduinOS. Now, just over a month after the release of Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing', this version brings a massive number of user experience improvements, such as the complete removal of X11, the new Pytxis terminal, GNOME 49, Linux 6.17, and sudo-rs, among others. These exciting changes significantly enhance the user experience and now, they have fully landed in AnduinOS. Therefore, we are extremely proud to announce the official release of AnduinOS 1.4. This version is built on the latest compilation of Ubuntu 25.10 and is designed to catch up with the latest upstream changes." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and upgrade instructions. The project provides separate ISO images localised into each of the 22 supported languages; here is a quick link to download the "en_US" variant: AnduinOS-1.4.0-en_US.iso (2,045MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Mobian 13.0 |
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The Mobian team has announced the release of Mobian 13.0, a major update of the project's port of the Debian distribution, running the mainline Linux kernel, to smartphones and tablets. It comes in two user interface variants (Phosh and Plasma Mobile) and is available for various popular devices as well as standard 64-bit computers. "Over two years in the making, and with a small delay following the Debian release, we're proud to finally announce that Mobian 'Trixie' has just been released and is therefore our new stable. This release offers images based on Phosh 46.0 and Plasma Mobile 6.3, running a 6.12 kernel for almost all supported devices (the Librem 5 is still using a 6.6 kernel), the list of which is growing as we now provide stable images for the following phones and tablets: PINE64 PinePhone, PinePhone Pro and PineTab, Purism Librem 5, Google Pixel 3a and 3a XL, OnePlus 6 and 6T, Xiaomi Pocophone F1. 'Trixie' images are also available for the following devices, although important hardware features (such as e.g. WiFi or audio) are not working: Fairphone 4 and 5, PINE64 PineTab 2, SHIFT6mq." Read the release announcement and the installation instructions for more information. Here are the download links for the x86_64 architecture (pkglist): mobian-amd64-phosh-13.0.img.xz (2,022MB, SHA256, signature), mobian-amd64-plasma-mobile-13.0.img.xz (2,137MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2025-10-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zorin OS 18 |
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The Zorin OS distribution has a new update and a new look. Zorin OS 18 features new themes, new layouts, OneDrive integration, and includes a Web Apps tool to integrate web-based software into the desktop. It also includes a new, improved way to tile application windows: "Multitasking just got a whole lot better. Zorin OS 18 introduces a powerful new default window tiling manager that helps you work more efficiently, while being simple to use. Simply drag a window to the top of the screen, and a pop-up will appear where you can drop it on one of the predefined layouts to arrange your windows. It’s that easy, no need to memorise complex keyboard shortcuts. Create your own tiling layouts. Customise tiling behaviour from Zorin Appearance, Windows, Advanced Window Tiling. Enable optional auto tiling and smart window suggestions. Use powerful key bindings and set custom keyboard shortcuts. This feature makes advanced window tiling intuitive for both newcomers and power users, boosting productivity for everyone." Additional information and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): Zorin-OS-18-Core-64-bit.iso (3,608MB), Zorin-OS-18-Education-64-bit.iso (7,655MB). |
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| 2025-10-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 7 "LMDE" |
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The Linux Mint project has announced the release of Linux Mint Debian Edition 7, codename "Gigi". The new release is based on Debian 13 "Trixie" and includes the same Cinnamon desktop and applications as the regular, Ubuntu-based Linux Mint edition. "The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 7 'Gigi'. LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for 'Linux Mint Debian Edition'. Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu was ever to disappear. LMDE is also one of our development targets, to guarantee the software we develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu. LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is provided by Debian instead. Important info: the release notes provide important information about known issues, as well as explanations, workarounds and solutions. Linux Mint 7 comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable." Additional information and a link to upgrade instructions for LMDE 6 users can be found in the release announcement. Download: lmde-7-cinnamon-64bit.iso (2,823MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: FunOS 25.10 |
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A new version of FunOS, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring the lightweight JWM window manager, is now available. FunOS 25.10 is based on Ubuntu 25.10 and it brings Linux kernel 6.17, new wallpapers and splash screen, and Rust-based system components: "FunOS 25.10 is the latest release of the FunOS GNU/Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka'. This release brings performance improvements, modern system components, and new Rust-based implementations of core system tools for improved security and stability - all while maintaining the lightweight, fast, and elegant experience FunOS is known for. What's new? FunOS 25.10 inherits the stability, updated packages and core improvements from Ubuntu 25.10, with refinements for speed and simplicity; this release ships with the Linux 6.17 kernel, offering enhanced hardware support, improved power efficiency, and performance optimizations for modern processors and GPUs; the latest Firefox Extended-Support Release (ESR) provides a stable and secure web browsing experience, ideal for users who value long-term support and reliability; FunOS 25.10 introduces 5 new wallpapers sourced from Adobe Stock, giving your desktop a fresh and elegant visual style...." Continue to the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): funos-25.10-stable.20251014.iso (1,958MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 2025-10-12 |
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The developers of Peppermint OS, a minimalist, Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop, have announced the release of a new Peppermint OS build, now based on Debian 13: "We are very happy to announce the release of Peppermint OS 'Flagship' based on Debian 'Trixie'. The flagship Peppermint OS is an Xfce desktop that lets you choose the applications you need. This keeps your system efficient and uncluttered. It is 64-bit, featuring the familiar Peppermint experience with only the essentials pre-installed. Changes: added icon recognition in pftech, it display the icon theme name; removed the transition message from fetching to pfetch; upgraded Calamares to use Qt 6 and well as QML 6; the 'Suggested Packages' GUI was adjusted to use switch toggles to install applications, no more terminal interaction; the community requested to have the Brave browser added, as an option in the Browsers category for install in 'Suggested Packages'; the base operating system is now Debian 'Trixie', all of those updates and changes have been applied; the new feature introduced in hBlock version 3.5.1 is the addition of the ability to retry multiple times when running; this is controlled via the new options -n or --retry which allow hBlock to attempt its operation multiple times in case of failure or interruption." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download: PeppermintOS-amd64.iso (1,902MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-13 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1143 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: openSUSE 16.0 Leap
- News: Redox introduces performance improvements, TrueNAS Connect available for testing, Flatpaks do not work on Ubuntu 25.10, Kamarada plans to switch its base, Solus enters new epoch, Frugalware discontinued
- Questions and answers: Safest source for acquiring new applications
- Released last week: Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10, T2 SDE 25.10, Exton Linux 251008 "PuppEX", Ubuntu 25.10, Voyager Live 25.10, Asmi Linux 25.10
- Torrent corner: Kicksecure, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu
- Upcoming releases: Zorin OS 18, FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2
- Opinion poll: Preferred Ubuntu edition?
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2025-10-12 |
NEW • Development Release: FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1 |
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Colin Percival has announced the availability of the first beta build of the upcoming FreeBSD 15.0. In this major release, the FreeBSD installer, bsdinstall, now supports downloading and installing firmware packages after the FreeBSD base system installation is complete. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 15.0-BETA1. Images for 15.0-BETA1 aarch64 GENERIC did not build for reasons which have already been diagnosed. If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing system, use the 'stable/15' branch. A summary of changes since ALPHA5 includes: OpenZFS upgraded to 2.4.0rc2; various fixes to 'no-root' release building; various fixes to the process for building OCI container images; various fixes to the process for building VM and cloud images; a performance fix for TCP LRO on some network interfaces; a build fix for the published pkgbase-repo.tar files; ahci no longer fails to attach if MSI-X BARs cannot be allocated." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (mirrors): FreeBSD-15.0-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso (1,290MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2025-10-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Asmi Linux 25.10 |
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Tony George has announced the release of Asmi Linux 25.10, the latest version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution that uses a highly customised Xfce desktop with a plethora of user-friendly touches. "Asmi Linux 25.10 is now available, based on Ubuntu 25.10. Highlights: based on Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka'; Xfce 4.20 desktop; Linux kernel 6.17. Note: Ubuntu 25.10 will reach end of life (EOL) in July 2026. If you are doing a new installation, it is recommended to use Asmi 24.04 as it is more mature and stable." The release announcement also highlights changes, improvements and known issues in the release: "You can now save and load your own desktop layouts using the Asmi Settings app; Thunar's toolbar and titlebar was updated for a better look. The titlebar uses CSD to save vertical space while still keeping the menu bar. Known issues: Flatpaks are broken on Ubuntu 25.10 due an issue with AppArmor profiles; SSH-Agent does not display a GUI password prompt; setting the wallpaper does not work sometimes in Thunar and Ristretto, you can use one of the commands below to set the wallpaper manually. As a workaround, a context menu entry was added to Thunar that you can use to set the wallpaper." Asmi Linux 25.10 is available for download from GitHub: asmi-linux-25.10-amd64.iso (1,994MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Voyager Live 25.10 |
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Rodolphe Bachelart has announced the release of Voyager Live 25.10. This is the project's Ubuntu-based variant and is based on the just-released Ubuntu 25.10. According to the release announcement (in French), it is a version with the new GNOME 49 desktop, light, fast, modern, fluid, secure and performant in a hybrid environment for PCs and tablets. It is based on the Linux kernel 6.17 and the Ubuntu "Questing Quokka" distribution with all its updates. The release integrates the ChatGPT AI chatbot with the terminal without the need of an API key, the ChatGPT4o mini GNOME extension, and an option to suppress the AI terminal. It is an interim release, with nine months of updates, on the way to a future LTS release with 5 - 10 years of updates. New options have been integrated into the Voyager Box, with new layouts and a new theme, "Miami Beach". It now includes dark style and night mode options, new parental control Conky Control, GNOME Shell Effects, Repair, Switch Debian, Backup, Wine and Gaming GNOME extensions, numerous themes, wallpapers and essential software. The distribution also includes the GNOME Software tool to manage DEB, Flatpak and snap packages in one place. The Firefox web browser is a DEB variant and the latest version of LibreOffice is also installed. Voyager 25.10 is available for download (MD5) from SourceForge: Voyager-13-debian-amd64.iso (4,212MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10 |
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Joshua Peisach has announced the release of Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.10, the latest release from the project that integrates the popular Cinnamon desktop with Ubuntu's core system. The new version uses the 6.4.12 version of Cinnamon and updates the default desktop theme: "I am proud to announce the latest release of Ubuntu Cinnamon, 25.10 'Questing Quokka'. Whether you are setting up a new, fresh installation, or you are upgrading from 25.04 (updates will be enabled in a few days), this release comes with the latest features. This release stays on the latest Cinnamon 6.4x line of releases: Cinnamon 6.4.12, Cinnamon Control Center 6.4.1, Cinnamon Screensaver 6.4.0, Cinnamon Session 6.4.1, CJS 128, mozjs 128, Cinnamon Settings Daemon 6.4.3, Muffin 6.4.1, Nemo 6.4.5, XDG Desktop Portal (XApp) 1.1.2. Other software: GNOME Calculator 48.0.2, GNOME Calendar 48.1, GNOME Screenshot 41, Evince 48.0, gedit 48.1, gThumb 3.12.7, Rhythmbox 3.4.8, Deja Dup 49, File Roller 44.5, LibreOffice 25.8.1, Simple Scan 48.1. The Yaru-Cinnamon theme has been updated." Continue to the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download: ubuntucinnamon-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (4,731MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Edubuntu 25.10 |
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Celebrating 20 years of the project, Amy Eickmeyer announced the availability of Edubuntu 25.10 earlier today. As an official Ubuntu flavour, Edubuntu brings the freedom of the Linux desktop and the vast library of open-source education software into the classroom. "We are happy and proud to release the 25.10 version of Edubuntu for your continued enjoyment and learning. This release includes GNOME 49. Geary has been replaced with Thunderbird which is used in Ubuntu as a feature-complete email, calendar, and contacts suite. The disadvantage is that it doesn't integrate well with the GNOME desktop via GNOME Online Accounts; however, during testing, we ran into problems with the latest versions of Geary and Evolution when it came to Microsoft 365 accounts, which are in use in a great deal of schools. GNOME Music has been replaced with Rhythmbox. This is because GNOME Music has ceased development. This release includes some additional educational games. We worked with Jonny Eickmeyer, our lead student advisor, to research games that already existed within our repository, and added them to the default installation! You may even notice gm-assistant has been added. This is an application to assist, for example, 'Dungeons & Dragons' dungeon masters with facilitating a game." Continue to the release announcement for more information and known issues. Download: edubuntu-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (6,451MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Studio 25.10 |
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The Ubuntu Studio team has announced the release of Ubuntu Studio 25.10. The release, which offers nine months of security updates, also introduces a few new applications and updated PipeWire support: "This release contains PipeWire 1.4.7. PipeWire's JACK compatibility is configured to use out-of-the-box and is zero-latency internally. System latency is configurable via Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration and can now be configured on a per-user basis instead of globally. Speaking of Audio Configuration, we have added a number of options for configuring the PipeWire JACK compatibility, as can be seen in the image below. Additionally, buffer size can now be configured from within any JACK application that supports it, such as Patchance, Carla, Ardour, and more! Ardour 8.12 - This is, as of this writing, the latest release of Ardour, packed with the latest bugfixes. To help support Ardour’s funding, you may obtain later versions directly from ardour.org. To do so, please one-time purchase or subscribe to Ardour from their website. If you wish to get later versions of Ardour from us, you will have to wait until the next release of Ubuntu Studio, due in April 2026." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download: ubuntustudio-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (7,453MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kubuntu 25.10 |
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The Kubuntu project has announced the availability of Kubuntu 25.10. The new release runs Plasma 6.4, uses a Wayland session by default, and introduces Rust-based core utilities. "Here are three standout enhancements that Kubuntu 25.10 brings to your desktop, designed to make your workflow faster, more secure, and visually stunning: KDE Plasma 6.4, a refined and responsive desktop dive into the fifth feature release of Plasma 6, complete with Qt 6.8 and Frameworks 6.17.0. This update refines the desktop with smoother animations, improved widget customization, and better multi-monitor handling. It's a big win for productivity, letting you tailor your environment like never before while enjoying the stability of Ubuntu's core. Plasma Wayland as default session, say goodbye to legacy X11 limitations - Wayland is now the go-to session for superior graphics rendering, reduced latency, and enhanced security. With hardware-accelerated compositing baked in, you'll notice snappier video playback and app responsiveness. (X11 fans, no worries: it's still available via a simple package install.) This shift future-proofs your setup for the next era of Linux desktops. Rust-powered sudo-rs for safer system management leveraging Ubuntu's new memory-safe implementations, Kubuntu defaults to sudo-rs, a Rust-based re-implementation of sudo. " Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download: kubuntu-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (4,713MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lubuntu 25.10 |
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The Lubuntu team have announced the release of Lubuntu 25.10, which is a community edition of Ubuntu featuring the LXQt desktop. The new release provides nine months of security updates and runs the LXQt 2.2 desktop. "LXQt 2.2 is now shipped by default. More information on its release can be found here. Starting in Ubuntu 25.10, Ubuntu now uses the uutils Rust implementation of Coreutils in place of the standard GNU Coreutils. uutils is intended to be fully GNU-compatible, but reimplements the entire suite of OS components in Rust, providing better memory safety and (hopefully) more robust code where the OS needs it most. As with any major change, this is not entirely without risk, and it is possible that users could see core system tools behave differently than they used to. If you notice a core system utility break or behave differently than expected, please file a bug report against rust-coreutils. Note that findutils and diffutils have not been replaced with their Rust equivalents from uutils yet. The find, xargs and diff commands are still the original GNU variants, written in C." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download: lubuntu-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,297MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Xubuntu 25.10 |
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The Xubuntu team has published version 25.10 of their distribution. The new release offers nine months of support and runs the Xfce 4.20 desktop, along with components from other desktop environments. "The Xubuntu team is happy to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 25.10. Xubuntu 25.10, code-named 'Questing Quokka', is a regular release and will be supported for 9 months, until July 2026. Xubuntu 25.10 features the latest Xfce 4.20 and GNOME 49 updates. Xfce 4.20 updates feature stability improvements and enhanced Wayland support, for those adventurous enough to use it. GNOME 49 apps have received further polish and are well-suited for Xubuntu. MATE 1.26 apps are still included to round out Xubuntu's office suite. Known issues: some missing icons mean that libadwaita apps (modern GNOME style) have graphical glitches, notably the window close icons are blank and Document Scanner is missing an icon for the scanner options; the graphical SSH agent is unavailable due to a change in the GNOME Keyring Daemon; Flatpak packages will refuse to install due to a conflict between AppArmor and libfuse, a fix is in progress." Additional changes and a list of known issues can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): xubuntu-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (4,502MB, torrent), xubuntu-25.10-minimal-amd64.iso (2,979MB, torrent). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Kylin 25.10 |
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Ubuntu Kylin is a Chinese language variant of Ubuntu. The project's 25.10 release provides nine months of security updates and supports new hardware through version 6.17 of the Linux kernel. "On October 10, 2025, the Kylin Team officially released Ubuntu Kylin 25.10, which will be supported for 9 months. Based on the Linux 6.17 kernel, Ubuntu Kylin 25.10 introduces significant upgrades to fundamental libraries, subsystems, and core software, enhancing system stability and compatibility. Additionally, a brand-new software store has been launched, delivering a smoother and more reliable user experience! Ubuntu Kylin 25.10 includes the new 6.17 Linux kernel that brings many new features." The release announcement (Chinese, English) also highlights the project's new software centre: "The revamped software store, with its upgraded UI and restructured functionality, offers a cleaner and more intuitive user interface. It improves page space utilization, making application management more straightforward. Users can now download applications more easily, and the app management features have been optimized for greater convenience." Download (MD5): ubuntukylin-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (4,580MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Budgie 25.10 |
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The Ubuntu Budgie team has announced version 25.10 of their distribution is now available. The latest release offers nine months of support and take a step forward in Wayland support. "The key focus for the team for this cycle has been the conversion of our distribution to a Wayland-based distribution. We have been working closely with our fellow Buddies Of Budgie maintainers. Excellent progress has been made towards this huge effort. We have been testing via a PPA for both 25.04 and 25.10 during this cycle. We will be continuing this for the early part of 26.04 until all the new packages have been integrated in the repository. Note that we intend to ship version 10.10 of Budgie Desktop as a stable release for 26.04; this will be Wayland only. For 25.10 Budgie Desktop is X.Org Server-based and this PPA will give 25.10 and 26.04 users an easy way to try and give feedback, help fix issues. More information soon on how you can help with this testing effort. We have uplifted to a new version of Budgie Desktop, version 10.9.3 which is compatible with GNOME 49." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): ubuntu-budgie-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,464MB, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu 25.10 |
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Utkarsh Gupta has announced the release of Ubuntu 25.10, code-named "Questing Quokka". The latest release of the popular distribution introduces GNOME 49 and Linux 6.17: "Ubuntu 25.10, codenamed 'Questing Quokka', is here. Ubuntu 25.10 introduces GNOME 49 with media and power controls on the lock screen, HDR brightness settings, and enhanced accessibility features in line with the European Accessibility Act. New apps include Loupe, a modern image viewer, and Ptyxis, a lightweight terminal emulator. Built on the Linux 6.17 kernel, this release brings nested virtualization on Arm, early Intel TDX host support for confidential computing, and enhanced support for TPM-backed full disk encryption with passphrase support, recovery key management and better integration with firmware updates. Network Time Security (NTS) is enabled by default for more secure time synchronization. Developer experience advances with updated toolchains for Python 3.13.7 and availability of 3.14 RC3, GCC 15, Rust 1.85, Go 1.25, OpenJDK 25, and previews of .NET 10 and Zig. Ubuntu 25.10 also debuts Rust-based implementations of sudo and coreutils for improved memory safety, and adopts the new RVA23 profile as the baseline for RISC-V, paving the way to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (SHA256, signature, pkglist): ubuntu-25.10-desktop-amd64.iso (5,438MB, torrent), ubuntu-25.10-live-server-amd64.iso (2,178MB, torrent). |
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| 2025-10-08 |
NEW • Development Release: AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Beta |
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The AlmaLinux OS team have announced the availability of a new beta for the 9.x series. AlmaLinux OS 9.7 beta includes a range of small improvements to enhance security and patch issues. The release announcement states: "AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta introduces performance enhancements, updated development tools, and improved security. This release delivers new compiler toolsets and updated module streams, along with improvements to debugging and networking tools. Container and virtualization support is enhanced with the latest versions of Podman and Buildah. Security is improved with updated SELinux policies, OpenSSL, and SSSD, keeping your system safe and reliable. You can read the full release notes for this version on the wiki: AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Beta Release Notes. Your input into testing and feedback is crucial and essential for successful production releases. Please, report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker. Also, join us in the AlmaLinux Community Chat and ~testing Channel, post a question on our 9.7 Beta Forum, on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit or catch us on X. Enjoy this Beta release, let us know what you think and stay tuned." Install media are offered for aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, and x86_64 processors. Download (pkglist): AlmaLinux-9.7-beta-1-x86_64-dvd.iso (12,447MB, SHA256), AlmaLinux-9.7-beta-1-x86_64-minimal.iso (2,503MB, SHA256), AlmaLinux-9.7-beta-1-x86_64-boot.iso (1,318MB, SHA256). |
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| 2025-10-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Exton Linux 251008 "PuppEX" |
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Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new "PuppEX" release of Exton Linux. The project's newest PuppEX is based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 and uses a recent 6.16 Linux kernel. "This Puppy Linux derivative is made by me. It is built from Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel, 6.16.9. This is possibly one of the best PuppEX builds I've ever made. Everything just works. I could run the system very well on all of my six different computers. Among them on a really old Acer Aspire 5102WLMi from 2006. Note: Ubuntu 24.04 will be supported until April 2029. Note also that you can use the apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Ubuntu packages in PuppEX Noble64. I've installed NVIDIA's proprietary driver 580.82.09. That's because I could not get X.Org to work on one of my computers with the new RTX 4060 NVIDIA card in any other way. The driver will be used if you have a relatively new NVIDIA card. If the card isn't automatically recognized after boot, you should run the 'xorgwizard' command. When choosing a card you should go for 'Auto'. After that restart X.Org and you will hopefully enter the desktop as root." Here is the full release announcement. Download: puppex-noble64-uefi-nvidia-1960mb-251008.iso (2,013MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: T2 SDE 25.10 |
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T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding-edge technology. The project's latest release is version 25.10 and the release announcement shares the new version's highlights: "We are pleased to announce the T2 Linux SDE 25.10 release, with over 7000 package updates and more exotic and vintage hardware better supported! This includes major fixes for SPARC64 memory corruption, Altivec-less NXP E5000/E6000 PowerPC support. While still shipping a i486 build, a new i786 build variant with SSE2 optimization was added to better support this later, higher performance 32-bit CPUs. Firefox was fixed to work on big-endian RISC systems again! The installer was improved and more architcutre ISOs ship with a full Wayland desktop. A total of 36 pre-compiled installer ISOs for various Glibc and Musl combinations are available for 36 CPU ISAs: Alpha, Arc, ARM(64), HPPA(64), IA64, Loongarch64, M68k, Microblaze, MIPS(64), Nios2, OpenRISC, PowerPC(64), RISCV(64), s390x, SPARC(64), SuperH, i486, i686, i786, x86-64 and x32. On most architectures the release still boots with less than 128MB of RAM. The release contains over 6500 changesets, over 7600 package updates, 717 fixed issues, 527 packages or features added and 138 removed." Download (pkglist): t2-25.10-x86-64-base-wayland-glibc-gcc-nocona.iso (2,129MB, SHA256). |
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| 2025-10-06 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10 |
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Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10, which features the KDE Plasma desktop. While most of the project's previous releases were derived from Debian's "Testing" branch, this one is based on Debian 13 and comes with a redesigned Welcome Screen: "We're thrilled to announce the stable release of Gnoppix KDE 25.10, built atop Debian 'Trixie'. This release focuses heavily on performance and privacy, while also introducing a major overhaul to the user experience and new community features. We've tackled the issue of needing manual tweaks for optimal performance head-on. We've incorporated system and performance patches directly into the operating system. You no longer need to manually install or apply these critical fixes they are now included by default. Enhanced gaming experience - this change significantly impacts gaming. With Steam and Lutris, many Windows games now run exceptionally well, with some titles even performing faster than they do on Windows. The Welcome Screen has been completely redesigned with a modern look and feel, transforming it into a central Control and Command Center." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (MD5): gnoppix25_10-kde.iso (5,360MB, pkglist). |
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| 2025-10-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2025-10-01 |
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Simon Long has announced the release of a major new update of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi range os single-board computers. This is the project's first release based on Debian 13; it introduces a new theme and a new control centre applications: "We’ve made some changes of our own in the 'Trixie' release. The most obvious is that we have updated the theme for the desktop - we have a completely new set of icons, a new font, new desktop backgrounds, and some other small tweaks to refresh the appearance of the system. This should be apparent as soon as you launch it. Another change we have made to tidy things up is to replace all the old preferences applications - Raspberry Pi Configuration, Appearance Settings, Mouse and Keyboard Settings, Screen Configuration, Printer - with a single new Control Centre application. All the settings that were in the preferences applications listed above can now be found in Control Centre." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and screenshots. Here are the download links to the "standard", "full" and "lite" editions for the arm64 architecture (pkglist): 2025-10-01-raspios-trixie-arm64.img.xz (1,270MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), 2025-10-01-raspios-trixie-arm64-full.img.xz (1,943MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), 2025-10-01-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img.xz (476MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2025-10-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: openSUSE 16.0 |
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The openSUSE project ha released a new version of the distribution's stable (Leap) branch. openSUSE 16.0 Leap offers support through to 2032 and fixes the year 2038 date bug. This release also include a new system installer and provide parallel package downloads: "Leap 16 as a community-supported platform will shape open-source development breakthroughs and real-world solutions in the years ahead. The release is 2038 safe and comes with 32-bit (ia32) support disabled by default. It gives users the option to enable it manually and enjoy gaming with Steam, which still relies on 32-bit libraries. The hardware requirements have changed. Leap 16 now requires x86-64-v2 as a minimum CPU architecture level, which generally means CPUs bought in 2008 or later. Users with older hardware can migrate to Slowroll or Tumbleweed. Leap 16 channels community and enterprise distribution code by building on the foundation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), bringing source and binary identicality with it. Users have the option to seamlessly migrate from openSUSE Leap 16 to SLES 16. Developers can use openSUSE Leap to create, test and run workloads for later deployment on SLES. Leap 16 ships with the new Agama installer, which offers a more modern setup experience over the deprecated YaST-based installer." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Leap-16.0-offline-installer-x86_64.install.iso (4,262MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), Leap-16.0-online-installer-x86_64.install.iso (652MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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