 DistroWatch Weekly |
| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1170, 27 April 2026 |
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Welcome to this year's 17th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!
This past week we saw the launch of one of Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) releases. Version 26.04 of Ubuntu will be supported for five years, free of charge, with the option to purchase extended support for an additional five years. We share details and highlights of the new release below, along with a summary of its community releases. One community flavour not included in the 26.04 release was Ubuntu MATE, the popular edition which continued on with the GNOME 2/MATE desktop when Ubuntu switched to its in-house Unity desktop. The Ubuntu MATE project is currently seeking a new project leader and we link to further details in our News section. While Ubuntu is a popular first distribution for Linux users, many people eventually explore the wider Linux community to find alternatives. In our Questions and Answers section we talk about what a good "second" distribution could be. Hopping from one distribution to another is a popular experience in the Linux community and, in our Opinion Poll this week, we ask how long our readers typically keep one distribution before moving on to the next. Also in the news last week, the AlmaLinux project announced it would be expanding its CPU architecture support for packages. FreeBSD has shared development news too, including updates to a tool which will convert a FreeBSD system from using classic distribution files to modern packages. Not to be overlooked, we begin this week with a review of ENux, a distribution which is built upon the Bedrock Linux meta-distribution. ENux seeks to make Bedrock's capabilities more accessible, via a ready-made desktop distributions and Jesse smith shares thoughts on this project in our Feature Story. We wrap up this issue with our warm thanks to the readers who donated to us this past month, we appreciate you all. We wish everyone a wonderful week and happy reading!
This week's DistroWatch Weekly is presented by TUXEDO Computers.
Content:
- Review: ENux 5.2.1
- News: AlmaLinux expands CPU architecture support, FreeBSD publishes Status Report, Ubuntu MATE skips the 26.04 launch
- Questions and answers: Picking a second distribution
- Released last week: Redcore Linux 2601, Ubuntu 26.04, CachyOS 260426
- Torrent corner: CachyOS, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, TUXEDO OS, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin
- Upcoming releases: FreeBSD 15.1-BETA1
- Opinion poll: How long do you usually stick with a distro?
- Site news: Donations and sponsors
- Reader comments
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| Feature Story (By Jesse Smith) |
ENux 5.2.1
ENux is the first operating system I've encountered which is based on Bedrock Linux. Bedrock is a meta-distribution which allows multiple distributions to work together on the same filesystem. The ENux website describes its child distribution as follows:
The minimal, Linux distribution with 12 package managers and Bedrock Linux pre-installed.
This does not give us a lot of details, but the website shares some highlights toward the bottom of the page:
Support from the Start: You can try out Bedrock Linux, and the package managers on the live environment.
Endless Packages: Uses 12 package managers so you can download anything from everywhere.
No Need to Distro-Hop: You can use 12 package managers from a single OS.
The above two blocks of text are the only pieces of information the website is sharing about the distribution. I decided to download ENux and see what else I could learn.
There are three mirror options for downloading ENux's ISO file, which is 1.2GB in size. The main mirror is run by the ENux project and there are two others, one provided by SourceForge and another by GitHub. I tried the main ENux mirror first and the provided URL gave a "403 - Forbidden" error when I tried to download the ISO. The GitHub mirror did work and I was able to download version 5.2.1 of ENux and, using the SourceForge meta-data, confirmed the downloaded file's checksum.
As far as I could tell, ENux provides download media for x86_64 machines only and there is just one edition of the operating system.
The live desktop
The ENux live media boots automatically into the Xfce desktop. During the boot process I saw, briefly, a screen which showed a Bedrock menu which allows the user to select an init implementation. There was just one option in the menu, systemd, which was picked automatically.
When the Xfce desktop loads it places a panel across the top of the screen and a dock at the bottom with icons for launching applications. On the desktop we find a few more icons. Two for launching the system installer (in TUI and CLI modes) and a few icons for opening the Thunar file manager. The desktop uses a vanilla theme which is light, grey, and bland.
ENux 5.2.1 -- Exploring the Xfce application menu
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Installing
I decided to try launching the TUI (text interface) installer first. Clicking the installer's icon brings up a warning, letting us know the launcher will open an executable file. Accepting this warning then brings up a second pop-up asking us for the administrator's password. This password doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere on the ENux website. The password isn't blank or "live" or "root" or "toor". My fifth guess, "enux", was successful. I've said it before and I'll likely mention it again: distributions really should not require passwords to navigate the live desktop and, if they do, those passwords should be clearly published. There isn't much benefit to password protecting a live demo and hiding the password.
At various points I tried both system installer launchers. Both provide the exact same experience, with one exception. The TUI launcher prompts for a password using a pop-up window on the desktop and then opens a terminal window to run the installer. The CLI launcher opens the terminal window and prompts for the admin password from within the terminal. Otherwise the experiences are identical.
The installer appears to be a simple script which prompts us for information and we can type our responses. First, we are asked which drive the distribution should take over and the system's first drive is provided as a default. The installer then launched cfdisk to help us partition the drive we selected.
Once we have partitioned the hard drive we are asked which partition should be used for the root filesystem. The largest filesystem on my disk was displayed as the default. We are then asked if we want to make a swap partition and we are again asked which partition to use. My existing swap partition was not picked and I supplied its device name manually.
At this point in my experiment the system installer window closed with no warning or error message; I was simply returned to the desktop. I confirmed nothing had been written to my fresh root partition and then ran the installer again. Again, the installer asked me to divide the disk, select partitions for root and swap, and then closed the window. I tried both the TUI and CLI launchers for the installer and both acted in the same manner.
Next, I tried opening a terminal window and running the install script manually. A little experimenting with this determined the installer was failing when trying to run the mkfs.ext4 command, which is used to format a partition. This command was failing because no valid partition name was being passed to the program and, upon this error happening, the install script would immediately terminate.
Eventually, I figured out the problem. When the installer asks us which disk we want to use, it selects a default for us and displays the name of the disk. Pressing Enter to accept the suggestion then launches the cfdisk partition manager to work on the selected disk, as expected. Later, when we are asked which partition should be used for the root filesystem the installer picks a default choice and displays it. However, pressing Enter to accept this default offering does not work and mkfs.ext4 gets run with no partition set as the target. To fix this we need to manually type the full name of the root partition, such as /dev/sda2, or the script will fail without any error or warning.
ENux 5.2.1 -- The installer installing packages
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Once I had worked out this solution the installer was able to format my partitions and then install its packages to my disk. This took several minutes and then the installer fetched some packages from the Internet. It looks as though the kernel package is fetched from a remote software repository and then installed, though the need for a network connection isn't mentioned anywhere on the website or during the install process. Luckily, I had connected to the Internet earlier to test Firefox, and the installer successfully fetched the kernel package.
The install script then did two (new) weird things. First, the installer reported it had successfully finished. Then it reported it was unable to install GNOME's network manager, the firmware-linux package, the realtek firmware package, and the iwlwifi package, due to missing packages or dependencies. Then installer then stopped, returning me once more to a shell prompt.
I checked the root partition I had used for ENux and discovered that it was not only missing the firmware bundles, the installer also had not got around to installing a boot loader. In short, the operating system could not be booted.
Included software
At this point I had to give up installing the operating system and spend the rest of my trial using the live media since the installer was broken in multiple sections. I was curious as to what ENux was using as a base and, looking at the available software, it is running Debian 13 under the hood. The files in /etc identify the distribution as Debian and the distribution uses the APT package manager.
Browsing through the file system we find the distribution runs version 4.20 of the Xfce desktop. The application menu includes popular items such as Firefox, the Thunar file manager, the Xfburn disc burning software, and a task manager. There are two terminal programs, a text editor, and a simple image viewer.
ENux ships with manual pages, the GNU command line utilities and the systemd suite. Unlike its parent, Debian, ENux ships with an ultra-modern kernel, using a release candidate of the 7.0 kernel at the time of writing.
Bedrock tools and package managers
The ENux website says there are 12 package managers included by default, in fact it makes this point three times. This may be true, if a person can get the operating system installed, but the live media offers just the APT suite of package management tools from Debian. There are no other package managers or layers (Bedrock Linux calls them "strata") available in the live demo.
While there are no extra operating system layers included in the ISO, the Bedrock tools, such as brl for managing strata and strat for accessing tools in a specific layer, are included. I have talked about Bedrock Linux in the past and what it is like to use this unusual meta distribution, so I will not go into details on the included tools in this review. People interested in Bedrock's unique design can read my earlier review of the project.
ENux includes just one stratum on the live media, the Debian one, which is called "enux" by the brl utility. Additional distribution layers need to be installed in order to access additional package managers and the software repositories of other distributions.
ENux 5.2.1 -- Testing brl commands
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I was not certain the Bedrock tools would work when run from live media, but I gave it a try. I was pleasantly surprised that brl was able to fetch and install the Alpine Linux distribution into its own stratum. This meant I could run Debian programs and Alpine programs and install packages from both distributions from within the same session and the same filesystem.
ENux 5.2.1 -- Installing a new Alpine layer
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Once a minimal Alpine layer was installed I was able to use its apk package manager to install new tools and run them. We can then use the strat command to work within a specific layer or run commands from a specific layer if there is overlap between program names across strata.
Conclusions
When I first heard about ENux I was excited by the concept. I greatly enjoy Bedrock Linux and what the project does - merging multiple distributions into one, easily managed form. Bedrock is essentially solving the same problem as containers (like Distrobox) with less work to set up and maintain it. However, it can take a while to get accustomed to Bedrock and how to set it up, so having a distribution which ships with Bedrock baked into the operating system from the beginning sounded like a great idea.
I read the ENux website and discovered it had almost no useful information about what the operating system does or how it works, which was a bit worrying. I tried looking up information on ENux and discovered every article or "review" I could find of the distribution either had no more information than the website or was clearly written by a LLM spewing out review-like phrases and hype with no idea of what ENux was or how the operating system worked.
ENux 5.2.1 -- Entering the Alpine stratum
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Despite these warning signs, I still went into my trial with ENux with a sense of hope. It was hope which was soon deflated by the malfunctioning system installer and crushed by the broken dependencies in the install process. ENux is a good concept, but one which appears to have received zero testing to see if it actually works in a clean environment.
I like the idea of a seamless meta distribution, one which can unify the various Linux distributions (and package sources) without requiring extra partitions, virtual machines, or containers. Bedrock is beautifully smooth in its execution. ENux provides a minimal live demo of what Bedrock can do when paired with a desktop environment, but it is still in its very early stages and needs a lot more testing and polish before it will be ready for most people to use.
For now, most users will probably be better served by setting up Bedrock Linux on their existing distributions or running commonly used container tools such as Distrobox and BoxBuddy for accessing utilities from alternative distributions.
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| Miscellaneous News (by Jesse Smith) |
AlmaLinux expands CPU architecture support, FreeBSD publishes Status Report, Ubuntu MATE skips the 26.04 launch
The AlmaLinux project has been expanding its support for less commonly used CPU architectures, including i686 and RISC-V. The distribution's newsletter for April talks about packages for these architectures along with improving firewalld performance: "We have added i686 support to AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 - package repositories and official container images for 32-bit x86. Learn more in this blog post. We are excited to announce that AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 is now available for the RISC-V architecture! Learn more in this blog post.
Call for Testing - firewalld ipset Performance Fix for AlmaLinux 8: For years, firewalld users across multiple Linux distributions have been hitting a painful performance issue: reloading the firewall with large ipsets (10,000+ entries) and the nftables backend takes minutes instead of seconds, often causing network disruption. Last month, we called for help with testing our new patch to fix this issue. Help us out and learn more here."
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The FreeBSD project has published a quarterly Status Report which discusses work which has gone into the FreeBSD operating system in the first three months of 2026. The report covers security work, efforts sponsored by the FreeBSD Foundation, and port updates. One highlight of the report is the improvement of the pkgbasify utility, which converts existing classic FreeBSD systems to the new pkgbase package system. "The pkgbasify script is used to convert non-pkgbase FreeBSD systems to pkgbase systems. In the last quarter, I landed several improvements in upstream pkg, allowing pkgbasify to become both simpler and more robust. At the same time, the dependency of pkgbasify on the etcupdate database in /var/db/etcupdate/current can be now be eliminated, making pkgbasify much more flexible. These improvements will be available to end users after the pkg 2.7 release." Additional information on the development work happening in the FreeBSD community can be found in the quarterly newsletter.
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While Canonical released its flagship Ubuntu operating system and its community editions quickly followed, one popular community flavour was missing: Ubuntu MATE. Following a report the Ubuntu MATE project was seeking new leadership, it seems the distribution has elected to sit out the 26.04 release cycle. A list of Ubuntu's official community flavours with 26.04 releases can be found in the project's release notes.
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These and other news stories can be found on our Headlines page.
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| Questions and Answers (by Jesse Smith) |
Picking a second distribution
Moving-on asks: I've been an Ubuntu user for a couple of years. It was my first Linux distro, but now that I've got to set up a new machine I'm wondering what should I use next? What's a good second distro for someone who wants to explore?
DistroWatch answers: This is a tricky question to answer without knowing what you liked and disliked about running Ubuntu. Since you have been using the same distribution for a few years, my guess would be that you mostly enjoyed the experience? Assuming that is the case, then I would probably stick fairly close to Ubuntu in terms of its approach and technologies.
I think your best next step would be to make a list of things you enjoyed about Ubuntu and things you didn't, and then search for distributions which match your preferences. Some broad categories/questions which I think will help guide you are:
- Do you like the Ubuntu release cycle with new releases every six months and support lasting for up to five years? Do you want something that updates faster or slower?
- Did you like the GNOME desktop or would you like to try something different? GNOME tends to be heavy and streamlined, so perhaps you want to explore something lighter or easier to customize?
- Ubuntu is considered fairly mainstream. Did you like having a large community with well tested technologies, or did you crave something more experimental?
- Ubuntu is intended for beginners and tries to provide guidance and automation for common tasks. Do you want a distribution that helps do a lot of the work of maintaining the system for you or do you want to explore more tasks manually?
- Are you using fairly modern equipment or is your computer older?
- Ubuntu is backed by a company, Canonical, and some other distributions are too. Does having a central point of direction and support appeal to you, or do you like the idea of a community-run organization.
Once you can answer these questions then I'd invite you to check out our Major Distributions page which talks about some of the more commonly run distributions and the various distribution families. Browsing the descriptions of those key members of the Linux community will probably cause you to relate to one more than others. From there, you can visit our search page and find distributions related to the one that called to you. You can refine the search a bit to select a specific desktop, category, or release cycle to help narrow the options.
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Additional answers can be found in our Questions and Answers archive.
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| Released Last Week |
Redcore Linux 2601
The Redcore project has published a new version of its Gentoo-based distribution. Redcore Linux 2601 carries the code name 'Vulpecula' and introduces a number of changes behind the scenes, in particular to how the project handles third-party packages. The release announcement reports: "Fully synced with the Gentoo Linux testing tree as of 2026-04-19. Kernel - Linux kernel 6.19.13 is now the default. For those requiring older versions, 6.18, 6.15, 6.12, 6.6, 6.1 and 5.15 LTS remain available in the repositories. Toolchain - updated to glibc 2.42, GCC 15.2.1, Binutils 2.42, Clang/LLVM 21 and Rust 1.93.1. Graphics - features the latest Mesa, X.Org, XWayland and Wayland implementation. Multimedia - FFmpeg 8 is now the default, replacing older versions. Desktop - while Gentoo has removed native Qt5 application integration from KDE Plasma 6, we have implemented a qt5ct-based integration by default to maintain UI consistency. Superpose - streamlines the installation of out-of-tree packages from 3rd party repositories. Warning - please use this feature responsibly. Installing 3rd-party packages can lead to system instability or breakage."
Ubuntu 26.04
Canonical has released Ubuntu 26.04 which is a long-term support release. This mean the distribution will receive five years of free support and an optional additional five years of paid support. Many of the key changes in the 26.04 release involve the GNOME desktop, with one significant change being to the system monitor: "The Resources app now replaces the System Monitor app and the Power Statistics app in the GNOME environment. Resources enable you to monitor the utilization of your system resources, including the CPU, memory, GPU, network and storage and power usage. Compared to System Monitor, it comes with the following enhancements: It groups processes into apps. It tracks GPU usage, including video encoder and decoder usage. It tracks Neural Processing Unit (NPU) usage. It tracks hardware statistics like CPU, GPU and memory clock frequency. It features a modern and accessible interface based on GTK 4 and libadwaita. The app is written in the Rust programming language. Added a GNOME Shell search provider for snap applications: The GNOME Shell global search gained the ability to search for the available snap applications that match the search criteria. This feature can be disabled in the Search panel of the Settings app." Additional information is provided in the company's release notes.
Ubuntu 26.04 -- Running the GNOME desktop
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Lubuntu 26.04
The Lubuntu project has announced the launch of Lubuntu 26.04. The new long-term support release will receive security updates for three years. Lubuntu 26.04 ships with LXQt 2.3 and migrates some of its low-level program to Rust. "What's new since 24.04 LTS? LXQt 2.3 is now shipped by default. More information on its release can be found here: 2.3.0. 2048-qt is somewhat broken in Ubuntu 26.04 and therefore was removed from Lubuntu. See the Resolute Beta release notes for details. Many of the GNU coreutils were replaced by Rust equivalents in Ubuntu 25.10. The traditional sudo system was similarly replaced with a Rust rewrite. Ubuntu 26.04 is the first LTS release to ship with Rust-based coreutils and sudo. See the 25.10 release notes for details. Lubuntu 26.04 is the first LTS release of Lubuntu to ship with a primarily Qt 6-based environment. Qt 6 applications should now be themed nicely, instead of looking somewhat drab like they once did. Recent versions of LXQt also come with a much improved application menu, Fancy Menu, which we have switched to. We also use Kvantum as our theming engine instead of Breeze." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement.
Ubuntu Budgie 26.04
The Ubuntu Budgie project has published version 26.04 of its Ubuntu community flavour. Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 offers three years of support and makes the leap to a Wayland-only version of the Budgie desktop environment. "Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is a Long Term Support release, supported for three years by the Ubuntu Budgie team. This release ships with Budgie Desktop 10.10.2 and marks a full transition to Wayland. Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 is Wayland-only and uses labwc as the default compositor. No Xorg session is provided. Note - we will be shipping a wayfire supported session through our backports PPA - more info on that in due course. These release notes highlight the key user-visible changes since Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS, and document important behaviour changes introduced as part of the Wayland transition. What's New in 26.04: Wayland-only desktop: Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 is a Wayland-only release using Budgie Desktop 10.10.2. What this means for users: Screen sharing, screenshots, and related integration use modern Wayland portals; display configuration follows wlroots tooling; some X11-era workflows behave differently or are no longer available; for managing displays, wdisplays is the recommended configuration tool." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement.
Ubuntu Budgie 26.04 -- Running the Budgie desktop
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Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04
The Ubuntu Cinnamon project has announced the launch of Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 which ships with version 6.4.13 of the Cinnamon desktop and will receive three years of security updates. The release announcement shares the highlights: "I am proud to announce our latest release: Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 Resolute Raccoon! Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 comes with Cinnamon 6.4.13 and will be supported until 2029, as it is a LTS (long-term service) release. This means it will continue getting updates and bug fixes for longer than a non-LTS release. The previous LTS release, 24.04 Noble Numbat, will be supported for about another year to give time for users to upgrade. Soon, upgrades will be enabled. If you are on the 25.10 release (Questing Quokka), you are encouraged to upgrade, as support will be ending in July. Users of the 24.04 series are also encouraged to upgrade. This release stays on the Cinnamon 6.4x line of releases, but with a few 6.6x components: Cinnamon 6.4.13, Cinnamon Control Center 6.4.2, CJS 128.1, mozjs 128, Cinnamon Menus 6.6.0, Cinnamon Screensaver 6.4.1, Cinnamon Session 6.4.2, Cinnamon Settings Daemon 6.4.3, Muffin 6.4.1, Nemo 6.4.5, XDG Desktop Portal (Xapp) 1.1.3."" Additional information on what is new in version 26.04 can be found in the release notes.
Ubuntu Studio 26.04
The Ubuntu Studio team have announced a new version of their media-focused flavour of the Ubuntu family. The new version, 26.04, offers three years of support and continues the evolution path of the previous two long-term support releases: You can trace a clear through-line across recent LTS cycles: 20.04 LTS was the last Xfce-based LTS and set up the desktop transition, 22.04 LTS stabilized the Plasma era, and 24.04 LTS introduced the new Subiquity/Flutter installer generation and PipeWire 1.0 maturity. Ubuntu Studio 26.04 LTS builds on that foundation with practical workflow improvements instead of a single marquee feature: three selectable desktop layouts, fully rewritten Installer and Audio Configuration tools (Python with GTK4 and Qt6 frontends), and broader translation coverage. It also brings forward ideas that were future-looking in earlier cycles, especially minimal-install flexibility and easier post-install workflow selection, while adding production-focused updates like FFADO support, easier PipeWire tuning, and new default additions such as Loopino and Plasma PipeWire Settings. As with prior Ubuntu Studio LTS releases, this cycle carries a three-year support window, through April 2029." A list of changes can be found in the project's release announcement.
Kubuntu 26.04
The Kubuntu team have announced the release of Kubuntu 26.04 which features the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop and version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. The project's release announcement shares details: "Building on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base released today by Canonical, Kubuntu 26.04 introduces Plasma 6.6 as the flagship desktop environment, alongside Qt 6.10.2, KDE Frameworks 6.24.0, and the latest KDE Gear 25.12.3 application suite. We've also upgraded to Linux kernel 7.0 for enhanced hardware support and performance. Whether you're a developer, creator, or everyday user, this release emphasises Wayland maturity, modern security, and seamless integration with the open source world. Kubuntu 26.04 LTS will receive security updates and critical fixes through April 2029, making it an excellent choice for home users, schools, businesses, and anyone who values a dependable, beautiful desktop." The announcement mentions users who are upgrading from previous versions should backup and clean their ~/.config directory to avoid breaking changes to Plasma's configuration.
Kubuntu 26.04 -- Running the KDE Plasma desktop
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Ubuntu Kylin 26.04
The Ubuntu Kylin project has announced the release of version 26.04 of its community edition of Ubuntu which is configured for Chinese speaking users. An English version of the project's release announcement states: "On April 23, 2026, the Kylin Team officially released Ubuntu Kylin 26.04, which will be supported for 3 years. Based on the Linux 7.0 kernel, Ubuntu Kylin 26.04 brings major upgrades to core libraries, subsystems, and essential software, improving overall stability and compatibility. The desktop environment has also been upgraded to UKUI 4.20, delivering a smoother and more reliable user experience! New features: Ubuntu Kylin 26.04 includes Linux kernel 7.0 with a series of enhancements: Rust language support is no longer marked as experimental; improved support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors; optimized support for Intel Xe3 integrated graphics and integrated NPU; cgroupfs now mounts with nsdelegate, memory_recursiveprot, and memory_hugetlb_accounting enabled; integrated the IgH EtherCAT Master module and Generic driver; the real-time Linux kernel is now available in the main archive for all users; Kernel Livepatch now supports the ARM64 architecture; ZFS has been updated to 2.4.1." Additional details are provided in the release announcement (Chinese, English).
Xubuntu 26.04
Xubuntu, an Ubuntu variant featuring the Xfce desktop and many popular GNOME and MATE applications, has been updated to version 26.04: "The Xubuntu team is happy to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 26.04. Xubuntu 26.04, code-named 'Resolute Raccoon', is a long-term support (LTS) release and will be supported for three years, until April 2029. It 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 1.28 apps are still included to round out Xubuntu's office suite. Highlights: Xfce 4.20 components have received several stability improvements, including updates to Thunar, xfce4-panel, xfce4-session, Whisker Menu and the PulseAudio plugin; GIMP 3.2.2 - a significant update in the recently-stable GIMP 3.x series with new features and fixes; LibreOffice 26.2 - a full new release cycle with the latest features and compatibility improvements; Mousepad 0.7.0 - a notable feature release of Xubuntu's text editor; PipeWire 1.6.2 and GStreamer 1.28.2 - major updates to the audio and multimedia stack...." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information.
Xubuntu 26.04 -- Running the Xfce desktop
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Edubuntu 26.04
Edubuntu is a community flavour of Ubuntu designed for classroom use. The project's latest version, 26.04, includes entirely new administrative tools. The distribution's release announcement shares: "The Edubuntu Installer and Menu Administration tools have been completely rewritten from the ground up in Python, replacing the previous shell-based implementation. This brings significant improvements: Dual UI Backends: Automatically detects your desktop environment and launches the appropriate interface (GTK4 or Qt6). Cockpit Integration: Web-based remote administration module for configuring age-group settings across your network. Default and per-user setup control: Administrators can apply age-group defaults system-wide or override them for individual non-administrator users. Multilingual Support: Now available in 21 languages including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Estonian, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian (including full installer slideshow localization). Enhanced Menu Administration: Ability to disable terminal keyboard shortcuts for non-admin users, providing better control in classroom environments. Application-menu controls: Menu Administration can hide Ptyxis by default for non-admin users and keeps per-user application lists aligned with the global application list. Improved account handling: Non-user/system accounts are filtered out so only real student and staff accounts appear in the administrative interface. Improved UI Polish: Refined GTK and Qt layouts, improved spacing, and launch fixes for better day-to-day usability."
Ubuntu Unity 26.04
The Ubuntu Unity project has published a new release, Ubuntu Unity 26.04. Unlike other members of the Ubuntu community editions, which made 26.04 a long-term support release, Ubuntu Unity is treating this version as a regular release. "Ubuntu Unity 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon' is out! Even though it is not LTS officially we will support it like it is LTS release. You can download it from here. This is our first release during the absence of Rudra and Maik. As such Ubuntu Unity 26.04 continues to use Unity 7.7, which has undergone maintenance. Our primary focus for this release has been to fix issues and bugs, so we can keep unity 7 going, while we work on an successor. This includes long standing bugs and moving away from unmaintained packages towards supported alternatives." The release announcement goes on to highlight some known issues: "There are few known issues which we were not able to fix in time for release date: Sometimes cursor after login does not appear but highlights things as you moved it around the screen: Workaround 1: Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch to virtual console, log-in and type sudo systemctl restart lightdm, Workaround 2: Press CTRL+ALT+T, type sudo systemctl restart lightdm. Shutdown/logout menu not working after cancelling: switch to virtual console and type sudo poweroff to shut down the system. Sometimes cursor stops responding (moves around but does not click anything)...."
Ubuntu Unity 26.04 -- Running the Unity 7 desktop
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Asmi Linux 26.04
Tony George has announced the release of Asmi Linux 26.04, an update version of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop and a custom application called "Asmi Settings": "Asmi Linux 26.04 is now available. Highlights: based on Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon'; Xfce 4.20 desktop; Linux kernel 7.0; redesigned Asmi Settings app; Xfdashboard integration (hot corner for switching windows); Thunar improvements (disk viewer, compare folders, CSD titlebar, toolbar actions). The Asmi Settings app was updated with a better look and more features: Wallpapers - new Wallpapers tab for browsing and changing the desktop background; Change Kernels - show version numbers of available kernels for Liquorix and Xanmod kernels; Remove Kernel - show free space in boot partition and size of each installed kernel; Software Support - new tab to install/remove Software Center apps like GNOME Software, Bazaar and Ubuntu Snap Store; Web Browsers - add support to install/remove Tor, Zen, LibreWolf and Thorium web browsers; System Restore - reduce number of snapshots to reduce disk usage, 10 snapshots will be kept (5 daily + 5 hourly); System Tweaks - new tab for changing some system settings; Software Updates - new tab for managing software updates...." See the release announcement and the release notes for more details.
Voyager Live 26.04
Voyager Live is an Ubuntu-based distribution for French speakers which includes large language model (LLM) tools. An English translation of the project's release announcement state:s "We are presenting Voyager 26.04 LTS based on Ubuntu 'Resolute Raccoon'. Two standard versions are offered: one based on the Ubuntu Snap and Deb packages, and the second on Flatpak - the universal GNOME packages, with Deb. LTS (Long-Term Support) will last 5 years, and 10+ years for the Pro version. This version will be fully structured like the latest Ubuntu releases, with its environment and security layer (Snap , Dracut, Rust), and the lighter and easier-to-use Ubiquity installer based on Deb. Finally, a third, fully standard version with the larger Subiquity installer based on Snap is also available. The packages consist of GNOME 50, a lightweight, fast, modern, fluid, secure, and high-performing hybrid environment for PCs and tablets. This version of Voyager is based on the Linux 7 kernel. ChatGPT, an AI chatbot in the terminal, has been integrated without requiring a dual API key, using a GNOME extension, plus there is an option to remove AI from the interface using the Voyager AI Kill Switch."
CachyOS 260426
The CachyOS project has published a new snapshot of its Arch-based distribution. The new release puts a lot of work into iproving the initial install and configuration process: "First, the installer now ships Shelly as the GUI package manager, replacing Octopi. A clean snapshot is now created immediately after the installation has finished and is retained permanently, providing users with a reliable baseline restore point. GRUB os-prober is now enabled by default to detect other operating systems on the same machine. The UKUI desktop has been dropped from the selection, and the GNOME package selection has been cleaned up and modernised. For AMD GPUs, a different Plymouth theme is now used, as the amdgpu driver was unable to render the previous theme reliably on laptops with a secondary monitor attached. Last but not least, a new option was introduced in the installer that sets up MangoWM with DMS shell. CachyOS-Welcome supports DNS over HTTPS for better privacy. The redesigned DNS page lets you test connection speeds, auto-select the fastest server, or add custom ones. We also added a VRAM Management toggle to optimize graphics memory on AMD and Intel GPUs, full keyboard navigation, and sharper, dark-mode-friendly icons." Additional information is offered through the project's release announcement.
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| a month to six months: | 108 (6%) |
| between six months and a year: | 129 (7%) |
| one to three years: | 393 (22%) |
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| • Issue 1172 (2026-05-11): Fedora 44, dealing with extra fonts, Fedora plans to provide AI tools, problems with Ubuntu's new coreutils, TrueNAS extends its development cycle, postmarktetOS improves the boot splash screen, Redox ports tmux |
| • Issue 1171 (2026-05-04): Xubuntu 26.04, extending memory with VRAM, Ubuntu plans AI features, Devuan developer forks GTK2, Mint introduces hardware enablement builds, Linux running on a PlayStation 5, local kernel exploit found in Linux |
| • Issue 1170 (2026-04-27): ENux 5.2.1, picking a second distro, AlmaLinux expands CPU support, FreeBSD publishes Status Report, Ubuntu MATE skips 26.04 release |
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| • 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 |
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| • 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 |
| • 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 |
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GNU/Linux Kinneret was an operating system and a variety of applications supplied in a single package that was easy to operate and use (CD). The system does not mandate installation and/or complicated setup, and includes automatic hardware recognition, a wizard that facilitates easy connection to the Internet, as well as a rich and high-quality range of applications with maximum Hebrew support (with more languages to be supported later on).
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