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30.07.2026 07:02 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Davide Marini has announced the release of NethSecurity, a major update of the project's OpenWRT-based firewall distribution, with MultiWAN, deep packet inspection, VPNs and threat protection features. It is designed primarily for small and medium-sized businesses: "We are pleased to announce the release of NethSecurity 8.8.0. This version....

29.07.2026 22:01 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Jacque Montague Raymer has announced the availability of a major new release of MakuluLinux, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with deeply integrated artificial intelligence features: "Every other Linux distro gives you an AI plugin. A chatbox. A sidebar widget. Something you open, use once, and close. AI-OS is....

29.07.2026 02:43 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . IceWhale Technology has released ZimaOS 1.7.0, the latest stable version of the company's independently-developed, Linux-based operating system for personal servers and network-attached storage computers. The new version includes a redesigned App Store and various other improvements: "ZimaOS 1.7.0. Added: redesigned App Store with a new UI for....

27.07.2026 22:50 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Emmabuntüs project has published an update to its Debian Edition 6 branch, which is based on Debian 13 "Trixie". The latest version focuses on accessibility improvements and is available in Core and Full editions. "This new evolution of our distribution mainly focuses on accessibility improvements, developed as....

27.07.2026 04:21 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Package Forge and Soar News: GNOME OS on smart phones, openSUSE fixes expired repository key, Ubuntu Pro users get new Enterprise Store, Debian begins Perl upgrade and votes on LLM use, FreeBSD freezes port tree Questions and answers: Games which teach Linux Released last week:....

25.07.2026 13:03 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Aiden McClelland has announced the release of a major new version of StartOS, a Debian-based Linux distribution optimised for personal servers, available for AArch64, riscv64 and x86_64 architectures: "Version 0.4.0 is a complete rewrite of StartOS. After six years of building, we believe we have arrived at the....

25.07.2026 08:12 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Saeed Badreldin has announced the release of Helwan Linux 5.0, a significant update of the project's Arch-based distribution designed primarily for developers: "We are proud to announce the launch of Helwan Linux 5.0, a version that marks a qualitative leap in our distribution philosophy and development. What's new....

25.07.2026 03:32 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The UBports project has published a new feature update, UBports 24.04-2.0, which introduces web browser updates and support for "notch" areas in output displays. "Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 is a feature update under the same Ubuntu 24.04 base as the previous release. Nonetheless, this release contains exciting updates and....

24.07.2026 22:51 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Shadowfetch Linux distribution is a Debian-based project which features the Plasma desktop. The latest release of Shadowfetch, version 2.0.0, enables automatic Btrfs snapshots prior to package changes, making rolling back to working snapshots easier. The project has also revamped its welcome screen. "Boot straight into a working....

20.07.2026 06:41 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Smaller, community-oriented, open source solutions News: Haiku ports the NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor, GNOME OS makes it easier to test experimental features, FreeBSD removes the last of the GPL code from its base Questions and answers: Installing software when the root filesystem is full Released....

17.07.2026 17:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The OPNsense project develops a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system designed for firewalls and routers. The latest version of OPNsense is 26.7 which is based on FreeBSD 15.1 and introduces a number of behind-the-scenes changes: "The first implementation of the new Interface Assignments framework....

15.07.2026 11:52 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Trace Labs has announced the release of OSINT VM 2026.5, the latest version of the project's Debian-based distribution with specialist open-source intelligence tools to help find missing persons and reunite them with their families, designed exclusively to run on virtual machines. Unlike the previous release, which were....

13.07.2026 02:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Artix 20260419 News: Google locking down Android, TUXEDO OS moving to a Debian foundation, Mint updates Cinnamon on Wayland, Redox OS gets USB gamepad support, OpenMandriva recovers from repository deletion, OSNews author compares Windows and Linux Questions and answers: Making migration to Linux easier Released....

08.07.2026 17:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The deepin project has published a new release of its Debian-based distribution. The new version, deepin 25.2.0, includes several desktop improvements and security updates: "Treeland Desktop Environment Upgrade: Treeland stability and usability have been significantly improved, with over 20 fixes for stability and high-frequency interaction issues. It also....

06.07.2026 07:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: FreeBSD 15.1 with install-time desktop News: Asahi fixes macOS boot bug, reasons to run Gentoo, Ubuntu reverts Rust-based copy command, Astral gets WINE port Questions and answers: Various tools for running admin commands Released last week: Slackel 9.0 "MATE", Mageia 10, Kali Linux 2026.2, ArchBang....