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11.02.2026 18:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Parrot team have announced the release of Parrot 7.1, an update to the project's 7.x series. The new version includes additional desktop editions along with updated tools: "All the updates released over the past few weeks following the launch of Parrot 7 have now been consolidated into....

11.02.2026 18:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Tiny Core Linux project develops one of the world's most minimalist Linux distributions, with the smallest edition requiring less than 30MB of space. The latest release of Tiny Core is version 17.0 which mostly focuses on package updates. The release announcement shares the details: "Changelog for 17.0:....

09.02.2026 05:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Tips: Sharing files on home network News: LFS to focus on systemd edition, openSUSE polishes atomic updates, NetBSD not likely to integrate Rust code, System76 publishes COSMIC desktop roadmap Questions and answers: Isolating processes on Linux Released last week: Archcraft 2026.02.02, Helwan Linux 3.0, Lilidog 26.02.06 Torrent....

09.02.2026 00:11 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The NetBSD project has announced the release of NetBSD 11.0 RC1. The new release candidate introduces 64-bit RISC-V support, firewall improvements, and a wider range of support for Linux syscalls. "New port to the RISC-V processor architecture. NetBSD 11.0 is the first stable release to include support for....

06.02.2026 22:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The developers of Lilidog, a lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Debian "Stable" and featuring a customised Openbox window manager, have announced the availability of a new release, version 26.02.06: "New release 26.02.06 for all editions. As noted in a previous thread, I'm pleased to announce that Lilidog....

03.02.2026 17:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Saeed Badreldin has announced the release of Helwan Linux 3.0 "Dev" edition, the latest release of the project's Arch-based distribution designed primarily for developers. It features the Cinnamon desktop, a long-term supported Linux kernel, a range of compilers and interpreters, including PHP and Rust, and a number of....

03.02.2026 12:01 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Aditya Shakya has announced the release of a new version of Archcraft, a lightweight, rolling-release distribution based on Arch Linux and featuring two window managers - Openbox and bspwm . Then new release of Archcraft,....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Manjaro Linux 26.0 News: A postmarketOS progress report, Xfce begins developing its own Wayland window manager, Bazzite founder interviewed Questions and answers: Fastest filesystem Released last week: DietPi 10.0, Emmabuntus DE5-1.05, FydeOS 22.0, GParted Live 1.8.0-2, AerynOS 2026.01 Torrent corner: Emmabuntus, KDE neon, Kicksecure, Linux Lite Opinion....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The developers of iDeal OS, an MX Linux-based desktop distribution with focus on privacy and security, have announced the availability of a new major release, version 2026.01.31. This release marks a merger of the project's two previously available editions into one product: "The release of iDeal OS 4.1....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 7.8, the latest update of the project's Ubuntu-based distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop. The new version includes rewrites to Linux Lite's various custom utilities: "Linux Lite 7.8 Final is now available for download. Linux Lite 7.8 comes....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The AerynOS project published a news update for the month of January which highlights changes to the distribution, its website, and infrastructure. The newsletter includes a release announcement which discusses details of the project's latest snapshot, with visible changes coming to the distribution's desktop environments. "Given System76's move....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.8.0-2, the latest stable release of the project's Debian-based specialist live CD with tools suitable for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks. The new build updates the GParted utility to version 1.8.0 and the Linux kernel to version 6.18.5:....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . OPNsense is a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system designed for firewalls and routers. The project's latest release is version 26.1. "For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, fast adoption of upstream....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The FydeOS project has announced the release of FydeOS 22.0, the latest stable release of the project's ChromeOS-based Linux distribution that delivers a Google Chromebook-like experience. The new release introduces a new quick share feature and changes the default search engine to Qwant : "We're happy to....

02.02.2026 19:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Emmabuntüs project has published an update for its DE5 branch. The new version improves volume handling, makes it easier to install WINE, and offers updated Italian language support. "The Emmabuntüs Collective is pleased to announce the release of Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 version 1.05, available in 32-bit....