The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The AlmaLinux OS team have announced the availability of a new beta for the 9.x series. AlmaLinux OS 9.7 beta includes a range of small improvements to enhance security and patch issues. The release announcement states: "AlmaLinux 9.7 Beta introduces performance enhancements, updated development tools, and improved security.....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the availability of a new "PuppEX" release of Exton Linux. The project's newest PuppEX is based on the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 and uses a recent 6.16 Linux kernel. "This Puppy Linux derivative is made by me. It is built from Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding-edge technology. The project's latest release is version 25.10 and the release announcement shares the new version's highlights: "We are....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix AI Linux 25_10, which features the KDE Plasma desktop. While most of the project's previous releases were derived from Debian's "Testing" branch, this one is based on Debian 13 and comes with a redesigned Welcome Screen: "We're thrilled to announce....

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Simon Long has announced the release of a major new update of Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi range os single-board computers. This is the project's first release based on Debian 13; it introduces a new theme and a new control....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The openSUSE project ha released a new version of the distribution's stable (Leap) branch. openSUSE 16.0 Leap offers support through to 2032 and fixes the year 2038 date bug. This release also include a new system installer and provide parallel package downloads: "Leap 16 as a community-supported platform....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The UBports team have announced the release of a new major version of their mobile operating system which is a continuation of Canonical's Ubuntu Touch. The project's latest release is version 24.04 which is a long-term support (LTS) release. One of the big features in this release is....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The FydeOS project has announced the release of FydeOS 21.0, a new stable release of the lightweight operating system that carries a Linux kernel, a browser platform and a container technology driver. It provides a Google Chromebook-like experience, and it is also able to run Android and Linux....

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Olivier Cochard-Labbé has announced the release of BSD Router Project (BSDRP) 2.0, a major update of the free and open-source software router distribution based on embedded FreeBSD. The new version brings support for UEFI boot and the AArch64 architecture: "BSDRP 2.0 is available. This release is based on....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. KaOS is an independent, rolling-release desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the KDE Plasma desktop environment. The project's latest snapshot is version 2025.09 which ships with Plasma 6.4.5: "For the Plasma desktop, the latest Plasma (6.4.5), KDE Gear (25.08.1), and Frameworks (6.18.0) are included. All....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. System76, a US-based manufacturer of Linux desktops, laptops and servers, has announced the availability of the beta release of Pop!_OS 24.04, the upcoming new major release that will inaugurate the project's own COSMIC desktop. "Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta includes the new COSMIC desktop environment designed and developed by....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. IceWhale Technology has published ZimaOS 1.5.0, an updated release of the company's independently-developed, Linux-based operating system for personal servers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Apart from improvements and bug fixes, this release marks the launch of the project's commercial edition called "ZimaOS Plus": "Good News. ZimaOS hits 1,000,000+....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Neptune project have announced a new release of its Debian-based distribution. The new version, Neptune 9.0, carries the codename "Maja" and ships with KDE Plasma 6.3. The distribution has also introduced a refreshed system installer and runs on version 6.12 of the Linux kernel. The release announcement....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Kali Linux team have announced the launch of Kali Linux 2025.3. The distribution, which is based on Debian's Testing branch, refreshes the Nexmon wireless firmware and drops support for armel CPUs. "Nexmon is a “patched” firmware, for certain wireless chips, to extend their functionally to allow: Monitor....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Franco Conidi has announced the release of SysLinuxOS 13, a major update of the project's Debian-based distribution designed for system integrators and network administrators: "SysLinuxOS 13 MATE released. SysLinuxOS 13 follows the release of Debian 13, code name 'Trixie', bringing with it the robustness and security of a....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The MX Linux team has announce the availability of the initial beta release of MX Linux 25. The project's upcoming major update, now based on Debian 13, is available in both "systemd" and "SysV" variants (for the Xfce and Fluxbox editions) and "systemd" only for the KDE Plasma....

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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The DietPi project, which produces a set of extremely lightweight Debian-based distributions designed primarily for single-board computers, has announced the release of DietPi 9.17. Based on Debian 13, the new version comes with a long list of enhancements: "The September 20rd, 2025 release of DietPi version 9.17 comes....