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31.08.2026 06:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: The littlest web server News: New version of COSMIC, Debian decides LLM issue, Asahi Linux makes progress, Linux turns 35 Questions and answers: What distributions do not work in virtual machines? Released last week: Vanilla OS 3, Armbian 26.8, NawaOS 2.0, Butterbian 0.4.0, Ubuntu 26.04.1,....

30.08.2026 06:11 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The ReactOS project develops an open-source operating system which is designed to be compatible with software and drivers created for Microsoft Windows. The project's latest release combines its two editions into one and introduces a new graphical system installer. "We are pleased to announce the release of ReactOS....

30.08.2026 01:41 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Abora OS is general-purpose Linux distribution based on NixOS. The project's latest release, version 2026.08.28 , is available in five desktop editions and introduces non-destructive installs onto an existing partition. "Everest ships as five editions: Cosmic, Hyprland, GNOME, KDE....

29.08.2026 20:50 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Liya Linux is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution. The project's latest snapshot, version 2026.08.29, introduces a new versioning scheme, removal of AI content and tools, and a switch from X.Org to XLibre. "AI-generated content and tools have been removed from the default Liya Linux experience. While AI can....

29.08.2026 06:32 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The openKylin project has announced the release of openKylin 3.0, a major upgrade of the project's Linux distribution for desktops and servers, with a custom desktop environment called UKUI and available for x86_64, AArch64 and Loong64 architectures: "OpenAtom openKylin version 3.0 is officially....

28.08.2026 21:52 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The EndeavourOS project has a new release, which is acting as a filler between two major releases. Endeavour OS 2026.08.15 "Titan Nova" snapshot fixes some keyboard setup issues, improves support for NVIDIA GPUs, and removes the Budgie desktop environment as an install-time option. "Keyboard Setup Fix: Fixed an....

28.08.2026 07:21 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Oliver Reiche has announced the release of Ubuntu 26.04.1, an update to the distribution's latest long-term support release. "Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The....

27.08.2026 17:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Butterbian project has announced the availability of Butterbian 0.4.0, the latest stable release of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for the Btrfs filesystem and pre-configured Timeshift that takes incremental snapshots of the installed filesystem at regular intervals. The new version of the distribution updates....

27.08.2026 12:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Ahmed Abdulla has announced the release of NawaOS 2.0, a new stable build of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution designed primarily for gamers. It includes Steam, Lutris, Wine and RetroArch pre-installed and configured. This new release comes with snapshots, a setup wizard, and various user-friendly gaming enhancements: "NawaOS....

26.08.2026 22:04 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Haiku project has released a new development snapshot of the lightweight, single-user operating system. Haiku R1 Beta 6 introduces support for multiple web browsers and features a port of the NetBSD Virtual Machine Manager , which provides hardware virtualization on x86_64 machines. "A few months after the....

26.08.2026 17:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Armbian distribution is designed for ARM development boards and a range of other machines. The project's latest release, version 26.8, introduces a few key change, including a new system installer. "Most releases are a long list of small improvements. This one had three larger pieces landing at....

24.08.2026 22:51 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Vanilla OS team has announced the release of Vanilla OS 3, the latest version of the project's immutable Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch. Code-named "Reunion", this new major release arrives with support for two processor architectures - x86_64 and AArch64: "Two years after the release....

24.08.2026 08:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . 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, DragonOS Resolute_R1, PorteuX....

24.08.2026 03:51 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . 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....

21.08.2026 22:52 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . 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 . It ships with a suite of some of the most powerful and accessible open-source SDR software. The latest version, labelled as "Resolute_R1"....