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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Mainstream OS, an Arch-based, user-friendly Linux distribution with a highly customised desktop that uses the Quickshell toolkit on top of the Hyprland compositor, has been updated to version 1.3.0. The project's changelog provides details about the latest round of desktop interface improvements and bug fixes: "Put the dock....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Helwan Linux 5.0 News: Mint develops new kernel manager, NetBSD gets updated Enlightenment port, Redox OS updates system installer, KDE Plasma 6.6 to gain long-term support Questions and answers: Why distributions mostly use Bash Released last week: CachyOS 260809, SparkyLinux 8.4, Manjaro L…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . TUXEDO Computers, a German-based manufacturer of Linux desktop and laptop computers, has announced the release of the initial public beta build of its Debian-based TUXEDO OS. While the past releases of the distribution were based on Ubuntu, the project has recently decided to switch to Debian's "Testing" branch....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . PrismLinux, an Arch-based Linux distribution with a custom system installer and support for Cinnamon, GNOME and KDE Plasma desktops, as well as the niri Wayland compositor, has been updated to version 2026.08.15: "After more than two months without a release, PrismLinux Reborn 1.0 is finally here. This release....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . David Heinemeier Hansson has announced the release of Omarchy 4.0.0, a major update of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution featuring the Hyprland Wayland compositor: "Omarchy 4 aka 'Quattro' is the biggest release since the project started. The entire desktop shell has been reimagined in Quickshell - the bar,....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . Philip Müller has announced the release of Manjaro Linux 26, the new stable build of the project's set of rolling-release distributions with a choice of GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce desktops. This release updates the GNOME desktop to version 50 and KDE Plasma to version 6.7: "Manjaro 26.1....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . SparkyLinux is a Debian-based distribution with a variety of desktop editions. The project's latest version, SparkyLinux 8.4, reintroduces 32-bit support for x86 machines. "A year ago, Debian dropped support for 32-bit Live/Install ISO images, so Sparky dropped it as well. This decision has been reassessed, as it turns....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The CachyOS project has published a new snapshot. The distribution's August release features improvements to the system installers, the welcome window, and handheld device detection. "CachyOS Welcome got a DNS rework, so the speed-test based server ranking now correctly picks the fastest DNS server. In chwd, improved handheld....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Battle of the Children of Void News: Commits to the AUR paused, Mageia highlights useful applications, Proxmox introduces ARM support Questions and answers: Why is Linux free of charge? Released last week: NetHydra 1.1.0, Soplos Linux 2026.08, Murena 4.1.1, TitalcruiseOS 5.4 Torrent corner: …

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . iDeal OS, an MX Linux-based desktop distribution with focus on privacy and security, has been updated to version 2026.08.08. This release replaces Firefox with Waterfox as the new default web browser: "2026.08.08 - iDeal OS 4.4. The release of iDeal OS 4.4 is a major upgrade on the....