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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Super Lite Linux 24.6 News: Redox OS introduces performance improvements, NetBSD includes new text editor, Canonical resumes work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, Mint reintroduces hibernation, Linux patches exFAT flaw Questions and answers: Running untrusted applications Released last week: Kali Lin…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Bryan Lunduke has announced the availability of the first stable release of LCOS (Lunduke Computer Operating System), a privacy-focused, minimalist desktop Linux distribution based on Devuan. It promises to provide a traditional operating system with no ID or age verification, no built-in artificial intelligence features and no sof…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. The project offers several desktop editions, with the 2.9 version focusing on improved stability. "This release is mostly about stability. All of our runtime code (initrd, rc scripts, porteux-scripts and installer) went through an in-depth review, fixing many bugs....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 8.2, an updated build of the project's user-friendly, Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring the Xfce desktop. The new release updates the Linux kernel to the very latest version 7.3: "Linux Lite 8.2 final is now available for download. This is....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Genode has announced the release of Sculpt OS 26-10, the latest version of the project's minimalist, general-purpose, open-source operating system based on Genode's own microkernel: "Sculpt OS release 26.10. Sculpt OS 26.10 uses Genode's custom microkernel by default, drops XML, hosts virtual machines in VirtualBox 7, and turns....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Yusuf Miraç Üzümcüler has announced the release of CarotOS 1.3, the latest version of the project's specialist Debian-based Linux distribution designed primarily for cybersecurity education in a classroom. It includes a number of security tools, covering network scanning, traffic analysis, web and password testing, and firewall con…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix Linux 26_11, an updated build of the project's privacy-hardened Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and featuring the Xfce desktop: "We are excited to announce the release of Gnoppix 26.11. This release brings significant updates across network management, priva…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . SweetPotatOs 2026.11 has been released. SweetPotatOs is a lightweight, Arch-based Linux distribution featuring the Swirl Wayland compositor (a fork of Sway), designed specifically for older computers. The project's changelog page provides a complete list of updates and bug fixes since the 2026.10 release: "Overview (Mod+Tab) no lon…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Lucia Lunadottir has announced the release of a new version of Equestria OS, a beginner-friendly, Arch-based Linux distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop. Equestria's main feature is a collection of custom graphical utilities for effortless computer management. The new release, labelled as version 2026.10.28, adds se…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Eric Turgeon has announced the release of GhostBSD 26.2, the latest version of the project's desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, featuring the MATE and Xfce desktops. This release updates the base system to FreeBSD 15.1: "I am happy to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6. This release....