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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: umbrelOS 1.7.4 News: Fairphone 6 sold in USA, Bazzite updates Deck images, performance improvements in Linux 7.2, RPM fixes lock issue Questions and answers: Follow-up questions about free and open-source software Released last week: Mainstream OS 1.3.0, Garuda Linux 260819, FydeOS 23.0, Dra…

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . PorteuX is a Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. The project's latest version, PorteuX 2.8, introduces a new union filesystem and new compositing for Xfce. "This release is built around two new in-house projects: aufs-ng and xfwm4-gl. aufs-ng is our new union filesystem, written from scratch to replace....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The DragonOS project has announced the release of a major update to DragonOS, a specialist Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed for those interested in software-defined radio (SDR). It ships with a suite of some of the most powerful and accessible open-source SDR software. The latest version, labelled as "Resolute_R1"....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The FydeOS project has announced the release of FydeOS 23.0, a significant update of the project's ChromeOS-based Linux distribution that aims to bring a Google Chromebook-like experience to standard PCs. This new version upgrades the Android subsystem to Android 13: "We are delighted to announce the release of....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS . The Garuda Linux project has published a new release. The new version, 260819 "Temeraire", introduces a refined way to handle disk sectors and switches the default kernel to match CachyOS. "When creating new disk layouts, the installer will pick the biggest sector size a disk supports, and for....

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,....