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1 • Other (by Roy on 2019-11-18 00:45:43 GMT from United States)
I am content with Feren.
2 • Emmabuntus (by Glenn Condrey on 2019-11-18 00:59:07 GMT from United States)
Jesse,
Many thanks for the review.
I'm interested in your take on this distribution.
I've been searching for the best distro for me...which right now seems to be Peppermint Linux.
Great review as always sir!
3 • ChromeOS (by TuxUser on 2019-11-18 01:46:12 GMT from Canada)
Google with ChromeOS instead lost his time developing a container that supports debian 10 for install linux applications. Google should instead make the bios easier to deactivate lock. Them give the buyer of this PC the possibility to do what he wants with his pc.
4 • Emmabuntüs review (by David on 2019-11-18 02:10:56 GMT from Serbia)
Great review of Emmabuntüs. I guess that the main reason for so much preinstalled software is the fact that this distribution is primarily designed for refurbished computers given to humanitarian organizations (there is a list of organizations on their site), so if there is a problem with internet connection availability or lack of it, you have all you need preinstalled. I was using it for a while few years ago, and imho it's a very good, stable distribution.
5 • Opinion Poll (by Frank on 2019-11-18 02:32:56 GMT from Canada)
Is unofficial Debian a secondary edition or a community spin?
6 • Opnion Poll (by Leanne on 2019-11-18 03:22:52 GMT from Ireland)
I use Ubuntu Mate on my desktop which is what I spend the majority of my time on, This would be an officially supported spin / secondary release of Ubuntu. I also use Debian Buster on my laptop and a netbook which would be an official (main) release.
7 • main/spin (by wally on 2019-11-18 03:29:52 GMT from United States)
I use several OS, and rum Mate whenever possible, so some are main, some are spins.
8 • Linux Mint (Main or Spin) (by Ganesh on 2019-11-18 03:39:40 GMT from India)
The only Default edition I prefer is Linux Mint. But other than that I use Arch on daily basis.
9 • Mains & a spin (by TheTKS on 2019-11-18 04:38:07 GMT from Canada)
Voted community spin to highlight that, but would have voted "Multiple" if that were an option, which I don't think "Other" captures well: Mains: Slackware, OpenBSD, sometimes elementaryOS, occasionally Puppies, TinyCore. Community: Xubuntu (used Ubuntu 18.04 regularly for many months, just not a fan of Gnome and like Xfce.)
TKS
10 • Main or Community spins (by Wally Johnn on 2019-11-18 04:43:27 GMT from United States)
Before PCLOS Xfce was a main DE it was a Community spin, and I have been running it for years. I've run Linux Mint Mate and Cinnamon as Main DEs and Linux Mint Xfce as a Community Spin. One Secondary distro I gave up on was Linux Mint Debian Edition as it is only available in Cinnamon and now, iirc, uses systemd. The other distro I gave up on was Makalu Linux LinDoz Cinnamon, which I eventually dropped because they are too cutting edge for my taste, with each iteration having too many new features. Along with PCLOS Xfce I also run PCLOS KDE, although I did use the Main PCLOS Mate for awhile and their LxQt Community spin at one time. I try over a dozen Distros a year and always end up staying with PCLOS, and Linux Mint (because I support family members new to Linux who dropped Windows).
11 • Running community spins (by voidpin on 2019-11-18 04:52:35 GMT from Sweden)
Other. I prefer distros that offer a base-system install that you can build upon. I can then add my prefered terminal, browser, file manager, text editor, etc... and glue them all together the way I like it. Keeps bloat to minimum and I know exactly what is inside.
12 • poll - well, it depends (by Notebook on 2019-11-18 06:49:57 GMT from New Zealand)
My answer depends as I have several machines. The main rig runs Linux Mint Cinnamon (main edition) and a background server (does one simple potato task, so the OS is immaterial) runs an unmodified default MX install. However, the machine linked to my scanner is running Manjaro, but Cinnamon (a community spin), not the default xfce.
13 • Emmabuntüs and Framasoft (by Luca on 2019-11-18 07:47:43 GMT from Italy)
From the screenshot above, there is apparently a relation between Emmabuntüs and Framasoft. Framasoft is an extremely interesting project that collects and makes freely available a large (yes, overwhelming) set of open source cloud, decentralized services and social networks, with the aim of providing a free software alternative to the "big names".
14 • Main or spin? (by Roy Davies on 2019-11-18 08:23:31 GMT from United Kingdom)
Generally, I install the main edition but, occasionally I do try a community spin. Some I like, some I don't. But that's Linux.
My number one is MX-19. On other laptops I am running Xubuntu and Solus (Mate). Other favourites are Linux Lite, Linux Mint, and Peppermint, i.e. generally based on Debian and Ubuntu. I avoid those distros that need lots of unnecessary faffing about to get cloud and printers working, e.g. Manjaro and Fedora,
15 • Keybored(sic) Lament (by Someguy on 2019-11-18 08:24:41 GMT from United Kingdom)
Jesse - you are a gem! Laptops are a perpetual curse - screen and keyboard failures main issues, apart from sucking the vents out with the vacuum cleaner to alleviate overheating! Why do laptop keyboards fail prematurely when all my plug-ins, even older PS/2 types seem to last indefinitely? Even finding a replacement unit can be difficult and expensive - they are country-specific, size matters, so does layout and, most importantly, positioning of the retaining studs on their underside. Did I mention batteries?! Sometimes I muse about designed obsolescence & co.
16 • Debian Init Vote, Laptops (by He on 2019-11-18 09:24:19 GMT from Germany)
One of many who hopes debian will return to supporting inits other than System D which drives me mad by seeming like the main operating system with all pervading dependency tree instead of just starting my OS.
I have been running AntiX for about 6 months, no more hanging shutdowns or other quirks, low footprint fast running and stability like debian of old. The experience is good on both old, no really old computers up to my modern graphics monster which had delayed shutdown sound and graphics issues on debian vanilla.
I consider AntiX to be a very good exasmple of the lesser amount of crap the lesser the admin has problems.
Laptops a perpetual curse, well we use T series Lenovo, spares are easily available and reasonably priced. Just needed nearly none in last 4 years with exception being a battery pack where one cell died. I wish the pack was screwed not securely glued in to a destroy to open package. I could have replaced the dud with a selected cell.
Now I have more than enough perfect cells for torches etc. Just added a button top protection circuit. If you recycle cells pls take precautions, a burning cell is not funny. I know after my daughters Samsung Phone popped open, luckily I was home. We watched the foreworks and poisonous smoke cloud in the garden
17 • My distro isn't a distro (by Morgan Cox on 2019-11-18 10:27:13 GMT from United Kingdom)
According to KDE Neon.
18 • dead keys (by Jeff on 2019-11-18 10:58:49 GMT from United States)
Work around dead keys?
Why not just replace the keyboard?
You can find them on auction and sales sites (or computer parts sellers though they are more expensive).
You can easily find written instructions and often videos on how to replace them.
Sometimes the problem is as simple as a kinked or loose cable, or it might be lint under the key.
19 • Community spins (by silent on 2019-11-18 13:05:39 GMT from Hungary)
Is there a default edition (desktop environment) for Arch Linux? Or every user is running his own community spin?
Is it a community spin If I use Fedora with Mate DE? I mean I originally installed the Gnome version long-long time ago, and then I got fed-up (FEDora-UPgrader) for the new releases and once I installed mate and I removed gnome a couple of years later. Now I no longer get fed-up, because it is obsolete nowadays, so I used the DNF system upgrade plugin for Fedora 31.
20 • Init poll (by Canfurneiro on 2019-11-18 14:06:04 GMT from Spain)
Of course, Debian should, in as far a reasonable, always support freedom and diversity.
I am progressively migrating all my computers from Mint to MX, which is currently at the top of Distrowatch's popularity list. By far and for good reasons.
Systemd implemented a number of design choices not everyone agrees with. If Debian still wants to use it as a default init system (even if it is much more than an init system), fine, but the users should have the choice to switch to at least one script-based alternative (and a pure init system) at install time or anytime afterwards.
MX offers such possibility (along with low memory and CPU footprints, sane defaults, stability, user-friendliness, etc). Debian, with many more resources, doesn't. Why?
21 • Emmabuntus (by Artur on 2019-11-18 14:17:25 GMT from Moldova, Republic of)
Emmabuntus,
The massive amount of preinstalled software is too much for my netbook, more than 8 Gig installation and 330 MB ram with idle desktop, start a browser and Iḿ out of business. Right now while writing this my memory usage is hovering at about 500 MB with Tor, i.e. Firefox running. Close the browser to compare gives 110 MB idling Ram usage.
I started to slim Emmabuntus down then gave up. I know nothing to beat Anti x for a no functional compromise installation on older computers like the one I am using right now, rescued from trash.
It was much easier to add than to remove so much bloat.
As usual if you like a distro with as many apps as possible that is fine, just seems weird to me.
22 • Community spin (by Geo. Savage on 2019-11-18 14:44:03 GMT from Canada)
If it weren't for community teams, Mepis/MX and Puppy would not have survived.
;-)
23 • The C in CentOS (by Microlinux on 2019-11-18 14:50:10 GMT from France)
My distro for servers is a community spin of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. :o)
24 • Slackware (by bison on 2019-11-18 15:25:05 GMT from United States)
There appear to be Xfce and MATE ISOs in the same directory as the Plasma image linked above.
25 • Keybored(sic) Lament (by Someguy on 2019-11-18 08:27:29 GMT from United Kingdom)
Jesse - you are a gem! Laptops are a perpetual curse - screen and keyboard failures main issues, apart from sucking the vents out with the vacuum cleaner to alleviate overheating! Why do laptop keyboards fail prematurely when all my plug-ins, even older PS/2 types seem to last indefinitely? Even finding a replacement unit can be difficult and expensive - they are country-specific, size matters, so does layout and, most importantly, positioning of the retaining studs on their underside. Did I mention batteries?! Sometimes I muse about designed obsolescence & co.
26 • Community spin (by Ram on 2019-11-18 15:59:17 GMT from India)
I have used different distros through out my last 10yrs of adventure in Linux world (yes I'm Linux only person for the last 10yrs). My first exposure to GNU Linux was with KNOPPIX, then learned about GUI desktops & apps from Ubuntu, then tried Slackware (thanks to it's well written unbiased user manuals & installation system I learned about the real Linux/UNIX system internals), then moved on to others.
Presently, my main installed system is Gentoo (Xfce). For internet access and little bit video editing I use Ubuntu Studio (live). I also use Android for my Mobile phone as personal digital assistant.
Yesterday, I tried the Slackware (Plasma5) Live (great to see one of my first teachers is still alive). It is working fine, just one lack is there is no KDevelop & QtCreator, while it included everything of Plasma KDE + some Qt & Gtk apps.
27 • community spin (by Marti on 2019-11-18 16:38:20 GMT from United States)
I have Peppermint on my desktop, but I wish I was brilliant enough to create an Openbox only edition of LTS Ubuntu.
28 • Keyboard (by David on 2019-11-18 17:05:21 GMT from United Kingdom)
One way of altering the keyboard is to alter one of the files used to create it, like /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/latin. There you could swap the entries for and to swap the [{ and aA keys. That technique is also useful if your laptop has Backspace or Delete in a place which leads you to press it by accident: just swap it with Scroll Lock or Pause.
29 • Community Spin a ramma (by Charels Shore on 2019-11-18 18:20:53 GMT from Canada)
Jesse...how dare you program the masses with a new phrase lol
"Community Spin"
Its like you threw down a fresh bail of hay, and they all just come a runnin.
Well done sir !
30 • Poll (by Jim on 2019-11-18 19:54:19 GMT from United States)
I use Ubuntu Mate, so it is a Community edition, and an official edition, but the poll wouldn't let me vote twice. LOL
From the DistroWatch website: The project began its life as an Ubuntu "remix", but starting with version 15.04, it was formally accepted as an official member of the Ubuntu family of Linux distributions.
From the Ubuntu Mate website: A community developed, Ubuntu based operating system that beautifully integrates the MATE desktop.
31 • Ubuntu MATE (by rubbled on 2019-11-18 20:42:48 GMT from New Zealand)
@32 Jim - ah, Ubuntu MATE. I had run away from Ubuntu since 08.04 until MATE 16.04 came along and made it useful again. But then better distros exist with MATE as an option (Mint, Manjaro). Ubuntu are a lot like Debian - suppliers of a raw unfinished base. Think a plank of wood which still needs to be made into a lovely piece of useful furniture. MATE at least puts Ubuntu through finishing school.
32 • Spins (by BarneyRubble on 2019-11-18 21:18:56 GMT from United Kingdom)
I keep coming back to Mint Cinnamon 64 bit. Tried Manjaro (Cinnamon), SUSE, Ubuntu until Unity happened, Linux Lite, and various Mate (yuk) and XFCE versions.
Mint Cinnamon just works for me on an i5 laptop and an AMD Athlon II based desktop.
Can't understand why Mate is a popular desktop, It feels like I bought the cheapest thing in the shop.
33 • Poll (by Some Random User on 2019-11-18 21:20:09 GMT from United States)
I use Lubuntu, so I selected "I run a supported secondary edition:"
If that answer is not correct, I am sorry.
34 • Spins (by Cheker on 2019-11-18 23:04:35 GMT from Portugal)
My main computer has Manjaro w/ KDE, so technically not the default. If it was today though, I might've actually stuck with XFCE, I've grown to like it after using it elsewhere.
35 • Ubuntu Mate (by Jim on 2019-11-18 23:57:13 GMT from United States)
@rubbled I ran Debian stable for years, but got tired of having websites telling me my software was out of date. I tried Manjaro years ago, and at least then it did not have the software I wanted in it's repository. I have tried Mint, and while it is okay it was just not for me. I run Ubuntu Mate as my main Distro,and Parrot Mate Home Edition when I need privacy and security. I acknowledge Ubuntu has it's issues, but found Ubuntu Mate LTS works best for me. The only improvement I would like to see from Ubuntu Mate is 5 years, rather than 3 years of support on it's LTS edition.
36 • Poll (by Tim on 2019-11-19 00:39:30 GMT from United States)
I didn't know what to put for Debian running MATE. It's an option at install, but it isn't the standard.
@31
All operating systems are as you describe. They're well designed for everything the developers thought you'd be doing and unfinished elsewhere. You find what works for you and stick with it. For me that's Debian and Ubuntu, and specifically right now Debian Buster.
Frankly that's better than what's going on in the rest of the world of computing where different walled gardens are made to deliberately not work together. What OS people are running is increasingly irrelevant... It's whether your company uses Google, Microsoft, Amazon or Apple. All of whom work less well together now than they used to.
37 • Community spins (by Alan on 2019-11-19 02:04:31 GMT from United States)
An inveterate distr-hopper for over 20 years, I've settled on Manjaro i3 edition, for maybe 2 years, and have little reason to even consider moving on. Well, that needs restating: Arch has my attention, and has been my main distro for more than 4 years. So why slide down the slope to Manjaro? 2 reasons. Let me explain.
When I had sickened from the excruciating daily rhthym of updating Genoo, and Gentoo's previously incredible documentation had started to decay---perhaps 6 or 7 years ago---Arch Linux picked up the slack. The balance of pre-compiled binaries for many of the core packages together with the "ports"-like AUR (reminiscent of Gentoo's system) satisfied my desire to stay in close touch with upstream source. And while I really, really liked Arch's hardcore encouragement to learn the system the hard way, to achieve working knowledge of the system, even after dozens of such learning expeditions, I had not yet grasped the totality of the structure and function of the Linux OS.. Gradually I began experimenting with "Arch-based" systems that were easier to install. None of the ones that are reasonably stable provides a shortcut to an exactly Arch OS; but Manjaro got close enough, and at the end of the rather simple and quick installation, AUR was already on board! Not only that: development tools are standard. It is unnecessary, since this is an Arch based distro, to install a ppa everytime one wishes to install a slightly off mainstream package.
With Manjaro, I can install an Arch GNU/Linux system---as close to authentic Arch as any other "-based" distro---in a relatively short time. It might take me a couple of weeks to get it into fairly good "fighting shape," however, during this time, I am working.
This is where the hard-nosed approach of the Arch developers breaks down for me: I have completed dozens of Arch installs, to where it almost had gotten to be second nature; however, I still hadn't mastered the system! If not by now, it is almost counter productive to keep hitting my head against the wall. I don't have a single-minded interest in learning Computer maintenance. I live on the edge. Not the bleeding edge, the edge of survival. Each time I experience a breakdown, I either reinstall, or descend into the labyrinthine word of online support. This often serves well enough. This works well enough for me. It is optimal. For me.
That's pretty much the first reason, the reason I use Arch. I was satisfied with xfce4 for a long while. Somewhere along the line, I stumbled upon i3. I have tried other tiling window managers, never with any expectation to make sense of it. But this time, it was easy.
Manjaro's i3 "spin" (if that is indeed the correct term) is exceptional.
i3 itself is understated. Zero fluff. A learning curve within the limits of reason, and enough online help to enable one to get a fully functional system installed, and develop a speedy workflow. And! Fast! Even on an 8 year old laptop---albeit one with a mobile i-7 processor---I only notice lag with firefox or editing a file approaching 1GB in size on Emacs; and even then it is usually bearable.
Manaro's i3 "spin" comes with a few nice features, many of which I am not knowledgeable about. One thing that makes it super easy to learn is the conky that comes installed by default. On the root window is a help screen with keybindings. A constant tutor. I have converted it into a reminder of my OWN keybindings by editing the basic files.
My own take on i3 Manjaro community edition. Very thoughfully lain out, atop Manjaro, an expertly assembled OS. I would prefer to be pedal to the metal, with Arch itself. I don't need to repeat the detailed assembly. Besides, Arch's touted learning pathway has been gradually simplified, as certain steps have been allocated to the installation scripts.
38 • Running community spins (by Flavio on 2019-11-19 02:22:48 GMT from Brazil)
I run both main/default editions and community spins.
Slackware by AlienBOB is one of them.
39 • distro review/poll questions (by matt on 2019-11-19 04:57:15 GMT from United States)
I just tried out emmabuntus on virtualbox. It's a well put together distro from a group of people who seem to have a good cause in mind. I'm not sure that much sets it apart from other debian based distros, but it seems a good choice for old hardware. Lots of configuration options too, probably good for users new to linux.
I usually just run Debian stable, no community spins, although i tend to use xfce or mate instead the default gnome.
40 • Deban poll (by Prophet on 2019-11-19 05:37:07 GMT from Poland)
If you've read carefully Debian's CEO words, the purpose of this poll is not maintaining diversity, its purpose is to remove all other init options, and to have an excuse for that "Hey, we wanted other options, but majority voted against". And blame other init systems developers for that.
41 • Openbox on Ubuntu (by Roy Davies on 2019-11-19 08:17:41 GMT from United Kingdom)
@27 Have a look at htpps://help.ubuntu,com/community/Openbox. Alternatively, open 'Synaptic Package Manager' and search for "openbox".
42 • Spins... (by OstroL on 2019-11-19 08:45:26 GMT from Poland)
I have several distros installed in few laptops.
Arch is a spin, for that's the only way to say about it. Once installed, it stays that way. You can even forget about it for 2-3 months and come back and update/upgrade it to the present state. Answers to any questions can be found in the Wiki or in the forum, or in the 'net. If you are somewhat lazy, you can find a script to install it in the 'net and get pure Arch.
Distros based on Debian and Ubuntu are only spins, my spins. Some are being updated/upgraded since few years, from one development/testing to another and does't carry anything "default."
The only default distros are Fedora 31 with Gnome and OpenSuse Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma, installed to keep an eye on what goes on with them. Out of all distros, I find OpenSuse is the best of all in the context of user friendliness - there's nothing to beat YaST.
43 • Spins I won't be using (by akoi on 2019-11-19 11:26:40 GMT from United States)
I won't be using Solus Budgie, even to check how it works. There was a time, when it was interesting. But, it was created by a guy, who just cannot stay with any project he starts, and after a while gets angry with the community or himself and drops it, leaving the users and run away. After a while, he starts another, now something called Lispy Snake. But, he won't even mention Budgie or Solus in it. Strange!
44 • manjaro i3 community edition (by trinity on 2019-11-19 14:51:38 GMT from Moldova, Republic of)
manjaro has a great i3 distribution, and a bunch of other less traditional desktop editions
like openbox one.
as for specialized spins of some distribution like astronomy or education spin or any other domain,
i think that better to use a specialized distribution for this domain than a spin,
for example parrot/kali/blackarch for security,
tuxtrans for translation,
edubuntu for schools
than to use spins which are less polished.
45 • systemd biggest problem is ignoring posix (by ionel on 2019-11-19 15:04:14 GMT from Moldova, Republic of)
the biggest problem with systemd is that it kills diversity.
It developers insist on using linux only system calls, and even if someone will send a patch
to use posix system call, it will be ignored.
so there is no way to port systemd to freebsd for example.
Other init systems like openrc work without problem.
Debian as a project which insists from beginning that it an operating system and not a mere linux distribution.
and which insists on systemd as its only init system
it is a very strange project.
p.s: linux seems like a prodigal son, which sits on shoulders of giants.
it was built using gcc, x11, gnu utils.
but it didn't gave back anything:
wayland is linux only,
systemd is linux only,
pipewire is linux only,
46 • i3 on Arch (by Ooss on 2019-11-19 15:17:49 GMT from Netherlands)
Well, you can have i3 on Arch your way, without someone else's way, for example Manjaro way. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3
47 • Main vs Community Spin (by WolfLand on 2019-11-19 16:10:40 GMT from United States)
I don't use either the main or community spin as I make my own Ubuntu based spins.
So I voted "Other".
48 • Spins (by Erik on 2019-11-19 17:18:36 GMT from Canada)
The only community spin I've run is a version of PCLinuxOS. I've never tried any others.
49 • Main or Community? (by pengxuin on 2019-11-19 19:33:33 GMT from New Zealand)
" One of the few downsides to a community spin is it tends not to get the same attention and support as a distribution's main edition."
you probably would be better to determine Main or Community.
I understood that all Mint (Ubuntu) community editions got the same love and attention from the developers.
50 • @40 Introducing IBM System 4 (by koolaid guzzler on 2019-11-20 03:02:28 GMT from United States)
At every turn, Sam Hartman lamely attempts to hide his party's cold and obvious agenda behind feeeelings. I don't think people are appreciating what a SHTF moment this is for the entire System D debacle.
They had to wait until the Trump impeachment show had officially begun in earnest, to begin the impeachment hearings for System D over at D-D-Debian.
Also interesting that D is the 4th letter of the alphabet and the System D zit didn't truly come to a head until we reached Linux 4. Maybe we should just start referring to the whole mess as 'System 4' so it feels truly as IBMesque as it probably deserves.
51 • System 7 ?? (by koolaid guzzler on 2019-11-20 03:15:21 GMT from United States)
I forgot about Apple System 7.. so it's even more perfect because 4 and 7 go together so well. Maybe Apple can buy something to suddenly 'own' Linux overnight and we can have Apple System 47
52 • Community spins (by GreginNC on 2019-11-21 13:22:32 GMT from United States)
I currently run PcLinuxOS Trinity community spin although to be honest I use Enlightenment on it 99% of the time. I don't like "modern desktops" with their flat 2D windows and icons so alternatives are the way for me.
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| • Issue 1141 (2025-09-29): KDE Linux and GNOME OS, finding mobile flavours of Linux, Murena to offer phones with kill switches, Redox OS running on a smartphone, Artix drops GNOME |
| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
| • Issue 1120 (2025-05-05): CachyOS 250330, what it means when a distro breaks, Kali updates repository key, Trinity receives an update, UBports tests directory encryption, Gentoo faces losing key infrastructure |
| • Issue 1119 (2025-04-28): Ubuntu MATE 25.04, what is missing from Linux, CachyOS ships OCCT, Debian enters soft freeze, Fedora discusses removing X11 session from GNOME, Murena plans business services, NetBSD on a Wii |
| • Issue 1118 (2025-04-21): Fedora 42, strange characters in Vim, Nitrux introduces new package tools, Fedora extends reproducibility efforts, PINE64 updates multiple devices running Debian |
| • Issue 1117 (2025-04-14): Shebang 25.0, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, running applications from other distros on the desktop, Debian gets APT upgrade, Mint introduces OEM options for LMDE, postmarketOS packages GNOME 48 and COSMIC, Redox testing USB support |
| • Issue 1116 (2025-04-07): The Sense HAT, Android and mobile operating systems, FreeBSD improves on laptops, openSUSE publishes many new updates, Fedora appoints new Project Leader, UBports testing VoLTE |
| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
| • Issue 1110 (2025-02-24): iodeOS 6.0, learning to program, Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale |
| • Issue 1109 (2025-02-17): Rhino Linux 2025.1, MX Linux 23.5 with Xfce 4.20, replacing X.Org tools with Wayland tools, GhostBSD moving its base to FreeBSD -RELEASE, Redox stabilizes its ABI, UBports testing 24.04, Asahi changing its leadership, OBS in dispute with Fedora |
| • Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
| • Issue 1107 (2025-02-03): siduction 2024.1.0, timing tasks, Lomiri ported to postmarketOS, Alpine joins Open Collective, a new desktop for Linux called Orbitiny |
| • Issue 1106 (2025-01-27): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta 6, Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5, detecting whether a process is inside a virtual machine, drawing graphics to NetBSD terminal, Nix ported to FreeBSD, GhostBSD hosting desktop conference |
| • Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
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