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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The NetHydra project has published a new update of the Debian-based distribution. The latest version includes a handful of new tools and enables running as the root user by default. "In this update we decide to make MATE as the default desktop for NetHydra (for SONAR it would....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Mageia 10 News: FreeBSD to get Dockerbox, Haiku can redistribute Firefox port, Garuda revamps FireDragon, Ubuntu plans virtualization upgrades Questions and answers: Multiple questions from Linux beginners Released last week: Emmabuntüs DE6-1.02, ZimaOS 1.7.0, MakuluLinux 2026-07-28, NethSec…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The AerynOS team have published an update to the experimental distribution. Snapshot 2026.08 includes improved filesystem support, including providing OpenZFS for data pools: "From a development story arc perspective, AerynOS has been deliberately kept under a very tight leash over the last year, as we have focused on....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The NetBSD project has announced the release of NetBSD 11.0, the 19th major release of the highly portable operating system. The new version includes a port to the RISC-V architecture, better Linux compatibility, and a virt68k port. "New port to the RISC-V processor architecture. NetBSD 11.0 is the....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Aditya Shakya has announced the release of Archcraft 2026.08.01, the latest stable release of the project's Arch-based lightweight and fast Linux distribution. This release adds the Sway Wayland compositor as the new desktop choice in live mode (beside the Openbox and bspwm window managers): "August 2026 ISO image....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The 4MLinux minimal distribution has published a new release, version 52.0. The new version includes several key package updates, simplified wireless network configuration, better support for legacy graphics cards, and a new game. The release announcement states: "The status of the 4MLinux 52.0 series has been changed to....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Davide Marini has announced the release of NethSecurity, a major update of the project's OpenWRT-based firewall distribution, with MultiWAN, deep packet inspection, VPNs and threat protection features. It is designed primarily for small and medium-sized businesses: "We are pleased to announce the release of NethSecurity 8.8.0. This…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Jacque Montague Raymer has announced the availability of a major new release of MakuluLinux, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with deeply integrated artificial intelligence features: "Every other Linux distro gives you an AI plugin. A chatbox. A sidebar widget. Something you open, use once, and close. AI-OS is....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . IceWhale Technology has released ZimaOS 1.7.0, the latest stable version of the company's independently-developed, Linux-based operating system for personal servers and network-attached storage (NAS) computers. The new version includes a redesigned App Store and various other improvements: "ZimaOS 1.7.0. Added: redesigned App Store…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Emmabuntüs project has published an update to its Debian Edition 6 branch, which is based on Debian 13 "Trixie". The latest version focuses on accessibility improvements and is available in Core and Full editions. "This new evolution of our distribution mainly focuses on accessibility improvements, developed as....