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1 • Themes (by Friar Tux on 2022-07-18 02:20:00 GMT from Canada)
I voted "i change a lot". My usual rant is my hatred for that horrible dark grey (#xyxyxy). And I cannot use the bright white background due to eye issues. I've tried many a theme, but nothing seemed to fit. UNTIL I started redoing the theme's CSS files internally. I now have the perfect theme and I can take it to any Cinnamon desktop distro I want simply by putting it in the appropriate system folder.
What do I like about a theme? First, it has to have as dark a background as possible. Black is nice. As is dark teal (#001111 - #003333). The font is bright teal (#00ffff). Secondly, I prefer borders around the various elements - buttons, boxes, windows... usually in #00cccc. I DO have other coloured themes, but this one is what I always come back to.
Now having said that, if you don't mind dark grey, check out the work by "nestort" on pling (dot) com, or "Aravisian" on GitHub. Both are rather well done. (Note:- these are all GTK3 and GTK4.) You should be able to save the theme folder of choice to and external drive, copy it to the new distro of choice, and it should work. (Copy to usr/share/themes in Mint/Cinnamon.)
2 • EasyOS and Theme-changing (by Andy Prough on 2022-07-18 02:26:39 GMT from United States)
What a great review of EasyOS by Jeff! I'm going to try it out right away. I had a ton of fun with TinyCore last year, EasyOS sounds incredible. One thing I love about the Puppies is how they can do such amazing things without systemd, and it looks to me like EasyOS is no different.
As far as changing themes - I make light changes when I use XFCE or Lumina, but normally I'm using DWM and I don't do any theming or ricing with DWM. My reason for using DWM is to be as minimal as possible and get out of the way. I've tried ricing it in the past, but these days I just go with the default look.
3 • Customized desktop theme (by Cor on 2022-07-18 03:35:10 GMT from United States)
I use KDE Plasma for the very reason I can customize just about everything.
4 • Desktop Themes (by penguinx86 on 2022-07-18 04:26:42 GMT from United States)
I customize the desktop first thing after installing any Linux distro. I like to start with Xfce, change the default background, switch to Clearlooks Theme and Tango Icon Theme. I increase the Panel width to 32. Then I add my own custom Start Menu Icon. To me, this is what I consider a 'normal' default desktop should look like.
5 • Review of EasyOS. Tweaking the op-system interface. (by Greg Zeng on 2022-07-18 06:09:18 GMT from Australia)
Very interesting review of this Australian oddity, based on the Puppy Linux systems. The review was extremely unusual, in being compared with common operating systems, such as Windows 10, and other Linux systems.
As usual with most operating systems, I expect that it will not run most of my business utilities. Slimjet web browser, Gkrellm, gdmap, qbittorrent, FreeFileSync, and very powerful file managers, such as Dolphin? So only mainstream Linux systems do this, such as the Ubuntu-based systems.
6 • @5 - EasyOS (by nobody-home on 2022-07-18 06:27:21 GMT from Australia)
No-one is forcing you to use EasyOS... not quite sure why you think it's an oddity.
I think Barry has showcased previously with Puppy Linux that Linux distros can be left-of-centre and still be useful. His distros may not work for you but they serve a purpose.
I've used Puppy on older hardware to test them out and also to extract things from the hard-drives. In fact I had an old desktop that I'd put away a few years ago in the garage and while doing a clean-out a few months back I fired it up without knowing what was on it.. Didn't realise it had a Puppy Linux CD in the drive and was very happy to see it come up and still working perfectly!
I haven't tried EasyOS yet but may download it and give it a spin to see what Bazza's been up to of late!
7 • Themes (by shep on 2022-07-18 06:31:00 GMT from United States)
I run a highly scripted desktop based on Openbox (rc.xml), Tint2 (tint2rc) and jgmenu (jgmenurc) . Many of my apps, like mutt and ncmpc also have configuration (muttrc/ncmpc) files. I use yad for custom applications. one of which pulls aviation weather (TAF/METARS) from my local airport and runs animated gifs of regional weather radar.
The downside is that it is a major task to setup initially. The upside is that it is extremely portable. I've run it on everything from OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Debian, Arch, Slackware and Crux - my workflow has remained consistent for the last 10 years.
8 • Customized Desktop (by Dan on 2022-07-18 08:25:08 GMT from United States)
The only thing I change is the background. Everything else, I leave alone. Never have to mess with config files and do lots of other work. Keep it simple.
9 • Theming (by Guido on 2022-07-18 08:29:27 GMT from Philippines)
I have three PCs with the same distribution and not only made three different desktops but also all three completely different designs. Even though it's the same Linux, they look really different. In general, I don't keep the intended theme. Even simple window managers can still be customized. However, this is very difficult with the current Gnome, there is only one default theme.
10 • Desktop themes (by David on 2022-07-18 09:41:50 GMT from United Kingdom)
I hate the currently fashionable themes and always install Clearlooks-phenix: a modern descendant of the classic Red Hat Bluecurve. It's cheerful and legible, unlike so much current stuff.
11 • Transferring a desktop theme to another distribution (by Leon on 2022-07-18 09:54:16 GMT from France)
"Taking-my-desktop-with-me asks: The version of Xfce which comes with Zorin is beautiful and looks familiar to my family."
When I read this question, I got feeling that it wasn't about the simple theme-change, but about the appearance-change.
Zorin 16.1 Xfce doesn't look familiar (== Windows-like) because of its terrible theme; too bright and with very bad contrast -- but it does look familiar because of the 'zorinmenulite' menu.
https://ibb.co/9qS6mBZ
https://ibb.co/VC6bRqh
https://ibb.co/mqSbz2R
Adding a PPA, one could install it on Mint, but that's not really worth the hassle, as there is basically no difference between using Mint or Zorin -- they are both the same Ubuntu, and both come with the same broken Xfce.
12 • customizing themes (by always-courious-about-foss on 2022-07-18 10:06:52 GMT from Germany)
In XFCE 4.16 there is a choise between a light and a dark theme. If you are starting the actually firefox after installing there is also a choise between a light and a dark theme.
So why Linux Mint don't give the choise between a light and a dark theme when installing it ??
P.S i am a dedicated in customizing my desktop including conky and creating .desktop files and looking for the right icons for them. And the Panel and the Menu and and and......
13 • Themes (by harbl on 2022-07-18 10:36:43 GMT from Philippines)
Voted "Yes - I change a lot".
Interesting topic this week. I had to sit for a while to look back to how I got to where I'm at right now. One of the reasons I prefer the Cinnamon DE is because I wanted the least amount of tinkering with the defaults to get the thing where I want it. Unfortunately, I still ended up having to change a lot.
Theming wise, I'd say things have gotten better. I used to change the default window button theme if it used the same icon for maximized and unmaximized windows, but not too long ago, the mint-y theme got an update that addressed the issue I mentioned above. I also used to modify a text file somewhere just to change the default scrollbar size, but Cinnamon also implemented a slider for that at some point.
Besides those, I have to configure the system clock so that it displays the date in yyyy/mm/dd, plus I add a newline between the time and date so that it doesn't occupy too much horizontal space. On Cinnamon, I also have to add some extensions to organize/hide the less frequently used icons on the system tray because I don't think it has that functionality natively yet.
That's a lot of things said, but I still think it's the least amount of tinkering out of all the DE options I've tried. Xfce and Mate don't always default to the layout that I'm used to. Budgie and DDE can look stunning out of the box, but I'd have to acquaint myself to the layout. KDE is too worrying on a rolling-release because so many things can potentially break with every new update. Gnome is not my cup of tea, while also having the same issue that I have with KDE on rolling-releases.
14 • Internet Explorer (by Some Random User on 2022-07-18 11:08:35 GMT from United States)
Expect for websites that require Internet Explorer because they use ActiveX. For Ex my DVR/PVR.
15 • EasyOS (by Morton.F on 2022-07-18 11:35:52 GMT from Poland)
I'm using EasyOS USB since version 3.4 on different old and new notebooks and desktops. Really a Swiss Army Knife live OS in various situations. There are small rough edges understandable while the OS is dynamically changes from version to version. Unlike in review I hadn't problem with GIMP in previous version.
16 • Desktop themes (by Deutschchen on 2022-07-18 12:04:51 GMT from United States)
I’ve been using Linux exclusively at home since ‘04 and I almost always change themes somewhat. My favorite desktop for the past year, though, is EndeavorOS’s i3. I’ve seen no need to change anything about it. The look, feel, and function of it is just what I want.
17 • Theming (by Otis on 2022-07-18 12:45:23 GMT from United States)
This poll question is right at the center of something that I've noticed about not just Linux distros but computing in general: One can make any OS look like anything they want it to look like, no matter the window manager or theme choices or whatever. No matter KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Budgie, etc and on. I know because I have a default of my own that I work on first thing after installing a distro, and often before installing and just running the live DVD.
The work to do the tweaks is different from one WM and of course from one OS to another. In Gnome I have to head to the Gnome Extensions page and retrieve and install six or seven of those just to begin Then there's the choices in the native theming areas. In KDE it's about widgets and getting rid of a lot of junk in the taskbar etc.
The notion of migrating a theme from one distro to another seems like another alternative, but I've gotten to know the various environments so well now that doing so is not needed (and seems like a lot less fun).
18 • Theme (by Orazio on 2022-07-18 15:15:26 GMT from Italy)
I am convinced that Linux distributions should always adopt 'vanilla' desktops. I usually do not change anything.
19 • Sense of humor? (by Brad on 2022-07-18 15:50:02 GMT from United States)
I like the Rocky Linux declaration on their webiste:
"Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% *bug-for-bug* compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux."
Sense of humor?
20 • @19 • Sense of humor? No. (by Brad) (by Leon on 2022-07-18 16:12:40 GMT from France)
No. THE main FEATURE OF a CLONE.
21 • Using desktop themes for learning and health (by K.U. on 2022-07-18 16:28:36 GMT from Finland)
The most useful thing to change in the desktop theme is the background image. One may, for example, use backround images to show useful information or something one wants to learn. Currently, I have a background image which contains mathematical equations.
Other reasons why one could want to change one's theme are the physiological and health effects in the human body. I tend to favor themes themes which give me peaceful emotions to avoid the harmful effects which high blood pressure and stress hormones might cause to health and wellbeing.
In addition, colors may have an impact in human melatonin production. (Melatonin is known as sleep hormone but it also an antioxdant.)
22 • themes (by Jay on 2022-07-18 16:40:44 GMT from Ireland)
I'm happiest under a minimal tiling environment and I've a well-trimmed no-gap i3 (which is in the Goldilocks zone for me), but I'll tolerate *box and LX* DEs because they don't get in my way.
This setup is a Manjaro-based OpenBox, but I'll make sure it runs a proper tiler once I've fully settled in. This OB distro offers a number of themes, some of which display a lot of custom tools and ricing, but workflow matters more to me than anything else.
I'm in the process of tweaking things rather than themes; I'm not a ricer by nature, but I'll be altering this one to cut back on some of the visual noise (I like zero icons, one bar) and adapt my personal Conky to it.
Once those are dealt with, I'll adapt the font sizes and background on my chosen theme, and then this thing's ready to add in the WMs and tools I need.
It's not a lot of effort, but it's it's a low bar by design. Most of my effort goes towards environmental personalization (tiler, zsh, etc) because that's where the most value is for me.
23 • @1 (by MrSparkleWonder on 2022-07-18 18:02:20 GMT from Mexico)
Themes. We don't care how you theme your desktop. If you want upvotes for your audacious theme, go to /r/unixporn and try to impress the sheep.
24 • Desktop themes - PRO-dark-XFCE-4.14 (by Jan on 2022-07-18 18:26:12 GMT from Poland)
Last week I had to reorder things on my laptop's disks, so I decided to give MX-21 KDE a try. Compared to my previous MX xfce version, it definitely looked more modern, but no so snappy as advertised (meaning quick, not snapless). And after 3 days it proved too vulnerable to mal- and mistreatment from my eager fingers, incessantly installing and removing new versions of unnecessary bloat and installing and compiling the latest and greatest kernels and applications. Well, you just can't fool with another man's distro.
So back to XFCE, my friends, but its looks seemed to be too much out of fashion, misaligned colors and ureadable toolbars, any of the preinstalled themes looking like we were in the 1970-ties.
I had no choice but to open xfce-look.org and there it was -
PRO-dark-XFCE-4.14 theme created by PAULXFCE in 2017,
works perfectly with the latest xfce (currently in MX-21 ahs), you can download it from
https://www.xfce-look.org/s/XFCE/p/1207818/
it really looks modern, all details match, the fonts are mostly black and white (choose Arial as your main font) - you can really read them. I do urge you to try this theme if you are an xfce fan, you would not be disappointed.
Dont't worry, be happy guys and gals!
25 • desktop themes (by Rincewind III on 2022-07-18 22:37:54 GMT from New Zealand)
Plasma defaults work for me,
I just change the cursor from "Breeze" to "wonderland" and change the desktop layout from "folder view" to "desktop".
no eye fatigue after 8 hours use. (brightness @ 100%)
26 • themes (by dave on 2022-07-18 22:43:59 GMT from United States)
I used to do pretty heavy desktop customization. That's what attracted me to linux in the first place. But for the last several years, I've just been lightly customizing whatever dark theme xfce provides. Right now I'm just using a slightly tweaked 'greybird-dark-mx' from mx linux.. I hardly ever mess with themes anymore.
27 • Package management (by mikef90000 on 2022-07-18 23:59:39 GMT from United States)
I wish that a little time had been spent showing the ease of package management (or lack thereof) for EasyOS. I never considered Puppy Linux seriously due to its chaotic documentation especially PM, and the trend continues.
28 • Fond Memories EasyOS - Puppy Linux (by Mulya_Yiri on 2022-07-19 00:07:32 GMT from Australia)
I have a very sentimental attachment to this OS. About 10 years ago I worked at a place that used a Linux server to run Windows 10 virtual machines to lock down the computers so staff couldn't spend time doing stuff they shouldn't. I had my own office and genuinely needed to have access to the web and my personal email. Puppy Linux saved my butt. It worked just so well from the Live USB. I got access to all I needed through this absolutely wonderful little distro. Thank you Bazza....
29 • I Use Gnome Desktop So... (by MattE on 2022-07-19 02:07:30 GMT from United States)
I'm trapped in a warm fuzzy blanket with no distractions.
30 • @,23, Themes (by Dr. Hu on 2022-07-19 06:08:58 GMT from Philippines)
"We don't care how you theme your desktop." Where does the 'We" come from. Either you are royalty, have a split personality, or just took ownership of the website. Otherwise, speak for yourself.
31 • @30 (by Dr. Hu) (by Leon on 2022-07-19 09:07:33 GMT from France)
Honestly, I have a feeling that some chat-bots are tested here sometimes.
In such case, "We bots don't care how you people theme..." makes sense.
But, it could also be only due to someones poor English-speaking abilities.
Some statements come completely out of the blue, like @14 for example.
Yes, it is related to IT, but in every other way, it is totally misplaced here.
32 • Desktop Themes (by Dr.J on 2022-07-19 12:46:44 GMT from Germany)
in general, I don't like it when computing means: dealing with themes, wallpapers, fonts, panels etc. A waste of time. On the other hand, distributions (and thus themes) are nothing more than some people's ideas of what Linux should look like, which in my eyes is firstly my job and secondly not a good idea anyway (because far too many people do that: Apple, Google, Microsoft etc.).
That's why I use Archlinux. Here, only a basic system is delivered without any Desktop Environment, which also contains such superfluous things as systemd, display manager, etc. So down with it. Runit installed, Openbox. That's it. Openbox on the other hand "invites" you to install a few additional things, such as Conky or nitrogen (for a really black background) or a panel, idesk for a few quick starts via icon. Then I like a dropdown terminal (guake) and that's it. Is that "changing a lot"? That's what I voted.
33 • Customizing themes (by Will on 2022-07-19 15:34:56 GMT from United States)
I don't usually change much. If I want a different theme, I usually go get a different theme. Having seen hundreds of custom themes gone awry, I think the theme designers usually have a better handle on colors and shades that work well together (or at least they have more time to figure it out than I do). I wish bright white weren't such a thing, though!
34 • themes (by Tad Strange on 2022-07-19 16:00:43 GMT from Canada)
I only really change wallpaper, or play with the light vs dark stuff. Otherwise it's mostly just quality of life system settings for me. It's the mark of a mature desktop environment when the developers can find a visual style that most people could live with, and make it simple to change for those who can not.
One issue I have is with the Mate desktop. There is a Mate Tweak tool and one distribution has a style called "Redmond", which I like for the main menu layout. I've tried to locate information on how to pack this up and install on another system that does not have this style, but I've never found a method that works.
Though I always end up in KDE anyway, which is not terribly difficult to change the things that I want to change
35 • Upvotes??? (by Friar Tux on 2022-07-19 16:08:01 GMT from Canada)
@23 (MrSparkleWonder) You've got my curious... what is are upvotes? (I'm assuming it's plural with that "s" at the end.) I think, maybe some sort of e-money? At my age (70) it's hard to keep up with all the new stuff, online. Anyway, I was just giving a small example for my choice of vote. A very small example. If I had done a full "report" it would have been quite lengthy as I change EVERYTHING. (I DO use the blue version of the default icon theme as I like it best - even better than any found online)
@32 (Dr.J) I tend to change everything as once it's changed and saved, you never have to touch it again and your distro will be to your liking. Since I will be on my computer almost daily, I want to decorate it more to my liking - similarly to when I bought my house. If I'm going to living in my house over an extended period of time I would prefer the colours, curtains, floors, and furniture to be the colours and patterns I like best.
Having said all that, The Wife, bless her heart, will install a distro and use it "as is" right out of box.
36 • individuality in desktops (by Trihexagonal on 2022-07-19 16:46:47 GMT from United States)
I use Fluxbox on all my machines and make all my own wallpapers on Gimp but I prefer a dark background with white text in the terminal. I tweak fonts across apps and the terminal emulator to match as much as possible and have many different skins for gkrellm and audacious for color balance.
The one I'm using now is a reworked negative image from the album cover of The Magicians Birthday by Uriah Heep. Poppy and Grimes are a never ending source if inspiration for me and I have screenshots almost everywhere.
I wrote earlier today to ask permission if I could submit wallpapers for consideration of inclusion in future releases of Kali Linux with some samples of my work. Someone in another forum forum said I could get a job in Hollywood making hacker desktops for movies.
Call me... Better yet, have Poppy call me...
37 • EasyOS (by goodeasy on 2022-07-20 04:36:51 GMT from Australia)
I used, liked and installed to a hard drive EasyOS 3.2.1 but I found the constant changes, even in interface, to be a bit much for me (at least one of the updates was also broken) and don't use it any more either on USB or hard drive.
I appreciate what Bazza's doing with it and that it is experimental - but would be nice if there was a more stable version.
@34 I think that Tweak tool is a great selling point for Ubuntu MATE, my favourite distro, and one that, funnily enough I don't tweak at all - I stick with the default layout and only ever change the wallpaper and the clock settings (to show date, seconds and 12-hour time).
38 • Customizing themes (by Matheus B on 2022-07-20 20:23:12 GMT from Brazil)
Yes, a lot. Aways XFCE and like Windows 95.
Is it wrong to use "proprietary" look on my (only) machine? I think it is not.
https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
39 • Themes (by Gary W on 2022-07-21 01:01:16 GMT from Australia)
I always mess around with the themes on a new install... I hate, hate white window backgrounds and I'm not exactly fond of black, dark grey or light grey either. Like 99% of existing themes. Just about everyone has colour devices, no? The one I liked the most was called "Camo-something" but it never made the transition from GTK2 to GTK3...
40 • Camo-theme (by Friar Tux on 2022-07-21 04:06:04 GMT from Canada)
@39 (Gary W) Gary, the quickest and easiest way is to go to pling(dot)com, pick up NESTORT's theme called "E17 revolved". Once downloaded navigate to the "gtk.css" file in the GTK-3.0 folder and simply change the colour values to the first 150 entries. (It took my 10 minutes, though I already knew what colours I wanted.) I've made four different-coloured themes with no bright white, black, or any shade of grey, and they all came out beautiful.
41 • Transferring a desktop theme to another distribution (by Could-not-take-my-desktop-with on 2022-07-21 13:37:17 GMT from Brazil)
Could-not-take-my-desktop-with-me asks: I'm currently using MX19.4 Xfce, and its Appearance application unfortunately doesn't show an “ADD” button, so I tried to install a new desktop theme by dumping it into the directory /usr/share/themes, and also ~/.themes. But it didn't work... What stupid thing am I doing? And why MX Linux didn't include an “ADD” button in the Appearance application?
42 • themes (by Дмітро on 2022-07-21 14:16:59 GMT from Moldova)
I usually don't change themes at all, cause I prefer to use distros with good themes in the first place.
So i always use Manjaro, Ubuntu & Mint.
And they all have good themes, so I switch to dark theme, if distro is using a light theme by default.
IMHO Manjaro Dark is ideal theme.
43 • Themes on MX Linux (by Jesse on 2022-07-21 14:30:40 GMT from Canada)
@41: " I'm currently using MX19.4 Xfce, and its Appearance application unfortunately doesn't show an “ADD” button"
The screenshot I included in the Q&A article was taken from MX Linux (version 21). It may just be that your version of Xfce is older and therefore doesn't have the Add button.
44 • @41 (by Could-not-take-my-desktop-with) (by Leon on 2022-07-22 12:31:43 GMT from France)
Y'know, if you'd at least be able to ask your question properly, I bet you'd have an answer in a couple of hours, but so ...
How about telling us the exact name (with a web link) of the theme you are trying to install, as well as are you really using MX-19.4 Xfce, or eventually KDE?
And if you don't know the name of the theme, nor where it comes from, you could still, at least make a couple of screenshots and even upload what you have to https://gofile.io.
None of us here car read your minds ...
45 • themes and stuff (by Studebaker on 2022-07-22 14:48:54 GMT from United States)
@44 who said, "None of us here car read your minds ... "
I thought I was the only mind-reading car around here, with plural minds as well. Good to see others trying. And I'm not even from France.
46 • Themes on MX Linux (by Could-not-take-my-desktop-with on 2022-07-22 23:55:19 GMT from United States)
@43 (Jesse Smith)
Yes, that's it. I will upgrade to MX 21.1. But not before finding a way to install new desktop themes in MX 18.3 and 19.4.
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@44 (Leon)
Well, Leon, let me try to explain the situation in more detail:
In the present edition of DistroWatch Weekly (look at the following link), Jesse Smith showed how to install a desktop theme in Xfce using the ADD button of the Appearance application. I understood it perfectly.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20220718#qa
The problem is... THERE IS NO “ADD” BUTTON IN THE APPEARANCE APPLICATION OF MX 19.4 and I don't know how to install a theme without using that freaking button...
Excuse my ignorance (I'm a stupid newbie), and the lack of clarity in my previous post. I hope I had been clearer this time. By the way, it doesn't matter the specific theme I want to install (which name is “Neutronium”), since I don't know HOW TO DO IT.
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| • Issue 1165 (2026-03-23): Argent Linux 1.5.3, disk space required by Linux, Manjaro team goes on strike, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA driver support and builds RISC-V packages, systemd introduces age tracking |
| • Issue 1164 (2026-03-16): d77void, age verification laws and Linux, SUSE may be for sale, TrueNAS takes its build system private, Debian publishes updated Trixie media, MidnightBSD and System76 respond to age verification laws |
| • Issue 1163 (2026-03-09): KaOS 2026.02, TinyCore 17.0, NuTyX 26.02.2, Would one big collection of packages help?, Guix offers 64-bit Hurd options, Linux communities discuss age delcaration laws, Mint unveils new screensaver for Cinnamon, Redox ports new COSMIC features |
| • Issue 1162 (2026-03-02): AerynOS 2026.01, anti-virus and firewall tools, Manjaro fixes website certificate, Ubuntu splits firmware package, jails for NetBSD, extended support for some Linux kernel releases, Murena creating a map app |
| • Issue 1161 (2026-02-23): The Guix package manager, quick Q&As, Gentoo migrating its mirrors, Fedora considers more informative kernel panic screens, GhostBSD testing alternative X11 implementation, Asahi makes progress with Apple M3, NetBSD userland ported, FreeBSD improves web-based system management |
| • Issue 1160 (2026-02-16): Noid and AgarimOS, command line tips, KDE Linux introduces delta updates, Redox OS hits development milestone, Linux Mint develops a desktop-neutral account manager, sudo developer seeks sponsorship |
| • Issue 1159 (2026-02-09): Sharing files on a network, isolating processes on Linux, LFS to focus on systemd, openSUSE polishes atomic updates, NetBSD not likely to adopt Rust code, COSMIC roadmap |
| • Issue 1158 (2026-02-02): Manjaro 26.0, fastest filesystem, postmarketOS progress report, Xfce begins developing its own Wayland window manager, Bazzite founder interviewed |
| • Issue 1157 (2026-01-26): Setting up a home server, what happened to convergence, malicious software entering the Snap store, postmarketOS automates hardware tests, KDE's login manager works with systemd only |
| • Issue 1156 (2026-01-19): Chimera Linux's new installer, using the DistroWatch Torrent Corner, new package tools for Arch, Haiku improves EFI support, Redcore streamlines branches, Synex introduces install-time ZFS options |
| • Issue 1155 (2026-01-12): MenuetOS, CDE on Sparky, iDeal OS 2025.12.07, recommended flavour of BSD, Debian seeks new Data Protection Team, Ubuntu 25.04 nears its end of life, Google limits Android source code releases, Fedora plans to replace SDDM, Budgie migrates to Wayland |
| • Issue 1154 (2026-01-05): postmarketOS 25.06/25.12, switching to Linux and educational resources, FreeBSD improving laptop support, Unix v4 available for download, new X11 server in development, CachyOS team plans server edtion |
| • Issue 1153 (2025-12-22): Best projects of 2025, is software ever truly finished?, Firefox to adopt AI components, Asahi works on improving the install experience, Mageia presents plans for version 10 |
| • Issue 1152 (2025-12-15): OpenBSD 7.8, filtering websites, Jolla working on a Linux phone, Germany saves money with Linux, Ubuntu to package AMD tools, Fedora demonstrates AI troubleshooting, Haiku packages Go language |
| • Issue 1151 (2025-12-08): FreeBSD 15.0, fun command line tricks, Canonical presents plans for Ubutnu 26.04, SparkyLinux updates CDE packages, Redox OS gets modesetting driver |
| • Issue 1150 (2025-12-01): Gnoppix 25_10, exploring if distributions matter, openSUSE updates tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans better handling of broken packages, Plasma to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1149 (2025-11-24): MX Linux 25, why are video drivers special, systemd experiments with musl, Debian Libre Live publishes new media, Xubuntu reviews website hack |
| • Issue 1148 (2025-11-17): Zorin OS 18, deleting a file with an unusual name, NetBSD experiments with sandboxing, postmarketOS unifies its documentation, OpenBSD refines upgrades, Canonical offers 15 years of support for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1147 (2025-11-10): Fedora 43, the size and stability of the Linux kernel, Debian introducing Rust to APT, Redox ports web engine, Kubuntu website off-line, Mint creates new troubleshooting tools, FreeBSD improves reproducible builds, Flatpak development resumes |
| • Issue 1146 (2025-11-03): StartOS 0.4.0, testing piped commands, Ubuntu Unity seeks help, Canonical offers Ubuntu credentials, Red Hat partners with NVIDIA, SUSE to bundle AI agent with SLE 16 |
| • Issue 1145 (2025-10-27): Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", advice for new Linux users, AlmaLinux to offer Btrfs, KDE launches Plasma 6.5, Fedora accepts contributions written by AI, Ubuntu 25.10 fails to install automatic updates |
| • Issue 1144 (2025-10-20): Kubuntu 25.10, creating and restoring encrypted backups, Fedora team debates AI, FSF plans free software for phones, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to website attack |
| • Issue 1143 (2025-10-13): openSUSE 16.0 Leap, safest source for new applications, 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 |
| • Issue 1142 (2025-10-06): Linux Kamarada 15.6, managing ZIP files with SQLite, F-Droid warns of impact of Android lockdown, Alpine moves ahead with merged /usr, Cinnamon gets a redesigned application menu |
| • 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 |
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