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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Aiden McClelland has announced the release of a major new version of StartOS, a Debian-based Linux distribution optimised for personal servers, available for AArch64, riscv64 and x86_64 architectures: "Version 0.4.0 is a complete rewrite of StartOS. After six years of building, we believe we have arrived at the....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Saeed Badreldin has announced the release of Helwan Linux 5.0, a significant update of the project's Arch-based distribution designed primarily for developers: "We are proud to announce the launch of Helwan Linux 5.0, a version that marks a qualitative leap in our distribution philosophy and development. What's new....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The UBports project has published a new feature update, UBports 24.04-2.0, which introduces web browser updates and support for "notch" areas in output displays. "Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 is a feature update under the same Ubuntu 24.04 base as the previous release. Nonetheless, this release contains exciting updates and....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Shadowfetch Linux distribution is a Debian-based project which features the Plasma desktop. The latest release of Shadowfetch, version 2.0.0, enables automatic Btrfs snapshots prior to package changes, making rolling back to working snapshots easier. The project has also revamped its welcome screen. "Boot straight into a workin…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Smaller, community-oriented, open source solutions News: Haiku ports the NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor, GNOME OS makes it easier to test experimental features, FreeBSD removes the last of the GPL code from its base Questions and answers: Installing software when the root filesystem is full …

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The OPNsense project develops a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system (and a fork of pfSense) designed for firewalls and routers. The latest version of OPNsense is 26.7 which is based on FreeBSD 15.1 and introduces a number of behind-the-scenes changes: "The first implementation of the new Interface Assignments framework....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Trace Labs has announced the release of OSINT VM 2026.5, the latest version of the project's Debian-based distribution with specialist open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools to help find missing persons and reunite them with their families, designed exclusively to run on virtual machines. Unlike the previous release, which were....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Artix 20260419 News: Google locks down Android, TUXEDO OS moves to Debian foundation, Mint updates Cinnamon on Wayland, Redox OS gets USB gamepad support, OpenMandriva recovers from repository deletion, OSNews author compares Windows and Linux Questions and answers: Making migration to Linux…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The deepin project has published a new release of its Debian-based distribution. The new version, deepin 25.2.0, includes several desktop improvements and security updates: "Treeland Desktop Environment Upgrade: Treeland stability and usability have been significantly improved, with over 20 fixes for stability and high-frequency in…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: FreeBSD 15.1 with an install-time desktop News: Asahi fixes macOS boot bug, reasons to run Gentoo, Ubuntu reverts Rust-based copy command, Astral gets WINE port Questions and answers: Various tools for running admin commands Released last week: Slackel 9.0 "MATE", Mageia 10, Kali Linux 2026.…