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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Lakka 6.1 News: FreeBSD Foundation publishes list of compatible laptops, Haiku makes progress on ARM64 port, Mint to extend its development cycle, Linux reaches 7.0 milestone, Debian elects new Project Leader Questions and answers: Free software distributions and source-based distributions R…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . GhostBSD is a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's latest release, version 26.1, is the first of the GhostBSD series to be based on FreeBSD 15.0. "We are excited to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2. This release marks a major milestone as GhostBSD moves to....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Solus project has published a new version, Solus 4.9 "Polaris", which introduces a few changes to service management, the installer, and its four desktop editions (Budgie, Plasma, GNOME and Xfce). "We are now making use of systemd preset files to manage which services are enabled by default.....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . IceWhale Technology has released ZimaOS 1.6.0, an updated build of the company's independently-developed, Linux-based operating system for personal servers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. It features a web-based administration interface and a multi-platform remote access client. "ZimaOS 1.6.0. New: added customizable di…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Joshua Webb has announced the release of an updated version of RakuOS, a Fedora-based immutable Linux distribution with a choice of KDE Plasma, GNOME and, newly introduced in this version, COSMIC desktops: "RakuOS Linux 2026.04.15 is a major release and our last major update for the Fedora 43....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Zorin project has published an update to Zorin OS. The latest version of the distribution, Zorin OS 18.1, introduces improved Windows application detection which allows for easy access to native Linux alternatives, the distribution provides tiling window improvements, and updates for the desktop panel. "The panel now....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Simon Long has announced the release of a new security update of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for the popular Raspberry Pi single-board computers. The new version, besides bringing the usual range of bug fixes and improvements, also disables the passwordless sudo: "Today we are....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: pearOS 2026.03 News: Arch Linux adjusts firewall packages, Linux dropping i486 support, Red Hat extends its lifecycle, Debian's APT introduces rollbacks, Redox improves CPU scheduler Questions and answers: Which distributions are adopting age verification? Released last week: deepin 25.1.0 T…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Rubén Rodríguez has announced the release of Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0, a major update of the project's "libre" distribution built for home users, small enterprises and educational centers. The new version is based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04: "We are proud to announce the release of Trisquel 12.0....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The deepin project, which develops a Debian-based Linux distribution with a custom-built Deepin Desktop Environment, has announced the release of deepin 25.1.0. The new build upgrades the Linux kernel to version 6.18 and introduces new artificial intelligence features: "As an open-source operating system that shines in the global..…