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28.02.2026 23:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The developers of MocaccinoOS, a set of Gentoo-based Linux distribution with several popular desktops and a custom package manager called "Luet", have announced the release of MocaccinoOS 26.03. The new version updates the Linux kernel to the long-term supported version 6.12.74: "We're excited to announce the release of....

28.02.2026 01:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . John Raff has announced the release of BunsenLabs Linux Carbon, a new major update of the project's lightweight distribution with a customised Openbox window manager, now based on Debian 13. This release brings support for the Wayland display server: "The BunsenLabs team is happy to announce our latest....

26.02.2026 05:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Sarp Mateson has announced the release of NebiOS 10.2, an updated build of the project's Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution with a custom-built NebiOS Wayland compositor . This release brings changes to napp-runtime, the NebiOS App Runtime application format, and the distribution's software repository called Bundle Store:....

25.02.2026 19:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Daniil Baturin has announced the release of version 2026.02 of VyOS Stream, a community edition of the project's enterprise-grade, open-source networking platform for bare metal, cloud and edge, based on Debian's "Stable" branch. The new release features various feature enhancements and bug fixes: "VyOS Stream 2026.02 is available....

24.02.2026 15:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Clonezilla Live project has announced the release of a new stable version, 3.3.1-35, which is based on Debian's Unstable branch. "The underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded. This release is based on the Debian Sid repository . The Linux kernel was updated to 6.18.9-1.....

23.02.2026 06:21 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: The Guix package manager 1.5.0 News: Gentoo migrating its source mirror, Fedora considers a more informative kernel panic screen, GhostBSD testing alternative X11 software, Asahi Linux makes progress with Apple's M3, NetBSD userland ported to other operating systems, FreeBSD improves web-based system management Questions....

23.02.2026 01:31 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Tomáš Kelemen has announced the release of Lakka 6.1, a major new version of the project's LibreELEC-based Linux distribution that transforms a computer into a full-blown retro-gaming console. This release updates the RetroArch user interface to version 1.22.2 and the Linux kernel to version 6.18.7: "A long-awaited new....

22.02.2026 13:42 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The developers of OmegaLinux have announced a brand new release, version 2026.02.21. Formerly based on Lubuntu, the new version is a complete rebuild of the project's lightweight Linux distribution, now based on Arch Linux. It continues using the LXDE desktop, making it suitable for installation on low-end hardware....

20.02.2026 01:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The UBports project has announced updates for the mobile distributions 20.04 and 24.04 branches. The new updates, labeled OTA-12, improve the stability of VoLTE connections, fixes some issues with dual-SIM devices, and deleted on-line accounts no longer linger in the Calendar application. "Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.2 is a maintenance....

17.02.2026 01:31 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The NuTyX distribution has published a new version, 26.02.2, which switches the default init software from SysV to systemd. "After nearly 19 years, NuTyX slowly abandoned the SysV initialization system developed more than 40 years ago . This means concretely: Only the following packages will continue to receive....

16.02.2026 20:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The SparkyLinux project has announced the release of SparkyLinux 8.2, a snapshot update of the project's Stable branch. "There is the second update available for Sparky 8 - 8.2. This is a quarterly update of the Sparky 8 Seven Sisters stable release. Sparky 8 is based on and....

16.02.2026 03:23 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Noid Linux 20260120 and AgarimOS 2026.01.17 News: KDE Linux introduces delta updates, Redox used to develop Redox OS, Linux Mint develops own account manager, sudo project seeks sponsorship Questions and answers: Command-line tips and tricks for 2026 Released last week: Tiny Core Linux 17.0, Parrot....

15.02.2026 21:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The KaOS distribution has traditionally focused on providing one desktop , desktop tools built using one toolkit , for one CPU architecture . This mission is being adjusted with a move away from the Plasma desktop: "You will not find Plasma or Kwin on this ISO, though....

14.02.2026 12:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Lenny Zeltser has announced the release of REMnux 8, a major update of the project's Ubuntu-based Linux distribution featuring a curated collection of free reverse-engineering and malicious software analysis tools: "REMnux 8 is now available. It's a free, open-source Linux toolkit with over 200 tools for analyzing malicious....

12.02.2026 21:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Florent 'Skia' Jacquet has announced an update to Ubuntu's 24.04 LTS branch. The new version, 24.04.4, continues the latest long-term support branch of the distribution while updating hardware support and applying security patches. "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS ....