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| 2026-04-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: iDeal OS 2026.04.03 |
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iDeal OS is a Linux distribution based on MX Linux and featuring the KDE Plasma desktop. The project has published fresh media which brings the distribution up to date with packages from MX Linux 25.1 and Debian 13.4. The project's news page provides a release announcement that shares a list of changes and improvements since the release of iDeal OS version 2026.01.31 at the end of January: "The release of iDeal OS 4.2 is a maintenance update following MX Linux 25.1 and Debian 13.4. Features: AppArmor provides a new containerized environment for the default browser and email client, enhancing online security without sacrificing functionality; OnlyOffice Desktop Editors is the new default office suite; all packages and applications have been updated; Linux kernel updated to version 6.12.74; general system optimization; new activation tool for iDeal OS Diamond edition; anyone who supports our project with a small donation will receive an activation key to unlock all the features of the Diamond edition; there is no need to download or reinstall anything; previously released activation keys will work with the new version of iDeal OS Diamond edition." iDeal OS 2026.04.03 is available for download from SourceForge: 2026.04.03_iDeal_OS_ED_x64.iso (6,580MB, SHA512, pkglist). |
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| 2026-04-03 |
NEW • Mobile OS Release: Murena 3.6 |
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The Murena project has published an update to its /e/OS mobile platform. The project's latest version includes improvements to the software centre and search capabilities: "App Lounge - You can now sign in with your microG account directly from App Lounge, no need to configure it separately. This will help with third party app compatibility for apps using Play Integrity. The search screen has been redesigned with separate tabs for Apps (previous Common apps), Open-Source apps, and Web Apps (previous PWAs) for a cleaner browsing experience. "Common apps" has been renamed to "Apps" across the entire app for clarity. Camera - Cleaned up the settings screen by removing redundant entries, making it easier to navigate. Fairphone 6 - The Switch entry has been moved to the Buttons section under System settings for better discoverability. Setup Wizard - Devices can now be provisioned directly from the First Time Setup Wizard (FTSW), simplifying enterprise enrollment." Additional information can be found on the project's releases page. A list of supported devices and install options can be found in the devices documentation. |
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| 2026-04-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Artix Linux 20260402 |
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The Artix development team has announced the release of a new version of Artix Linux, a set of Arch-based, rolling-release distributions with a choice of four init systems (Dinit, OpenRC, runit and s6) and six desktops (Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce). Artix Linux 20260402 switches the X window system from X.Org to XLibre and the audio server from PulseAudio to PipeWire: "We are pleased to announce the first official release for 2026. The first official release for 2026 comes with kernel 6.19.10 and the latest versions of software at the time of release. As usual, we provide a wide range of installation desktops and init systems, suited to all levels of Linux experience - from base profiles installable from command-line to the fully-equipped community editions which offer a complete desktop setup. All settings have been updated to the newest releases of their respective DEs and applications. The default X server now is XLibre; X.Org is still packaged and available for installation. The default audio system is no longer PulseAudio; we bundle PipeWire in the ISO images." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more details. Download (SHA256, pkglist): artix-cinnamon-dinit-20260402-x86_64.iso (2,148MB), artix-lxde-openrc-20260402-x86_64.iso (1,990MB), artix-lxqt-runit-20260402-x86_64.iso (2,017MB), artix-mate-s6-20260402-x86_64.iso (2,151MB), artix-plasma-openrc-20260402-x86_64.iso (2,184MB), artix-xfce-runit-20260402-x86_64.iso (2,026MB). |
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| 2026-04-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Netrunner 26 |
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The Netrunner project has published a new version of its Debian-based distribution. Netrunner 26 is based on Debian 13 and ships with improved security hardening, the /tmp directory is now stored in RAM, and the distribution runs the XLibre X11 implementation. "The Netrunner team is happy to announce the release of Netrunner 26 'Twilight – 64-bit ISO image. Netrunner 26 is based on Debian 13 'Trixie' and ships with all the latest security updates and updated stable software. ... New features in Netrunner release include: Linux Kernel 6.16.12 (Trixie's default is 6.12); XLibre Xserver; Plasma 6.3.6 and KDE Frameworks 6.13.0; Plasma X11 will use XLibre; Pipewire and Wireplumber; Unified Netrunner packages that make it easier to handle upgrades; Updated Netrunner-specific components - Samba-mounter (rewritten for Qt 6 and PolicyKit), Artwork (new SDDM theme, updated Global theme and Plasma theme for Plasma 6), About-extended KCM (fully compatible with Qt 6 and KF6); Stacher7, a graphical interface for yt-dlp; improved hardware support for recent AMD and Intel GPUs, sound and wireless chips; translations for Firefox and LibreOffice (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Turkish and Chinese (simplified and traditional); power-profiles-daemon for dynamic performance selection." Additional information is available in the release announcement. Download (SHA256): netrunner-26-64-bit.iso (3,224MB, pkglist). |
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| 2026-04-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CuerdOS 2.1 |
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CuerdOS is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution with focus on stability, efficiency and performance. The project's 2.1 release focuses on small fixes and quality of life improvements. "New CuerdOS repository, hosted by us; UFW enabled by default. CuerdTools updated with some performance and new functions; catalog reductions to prioritize quality and better support of the project; Linux kernel updated to 6.18.9 version; better CPU overhead management and network buffer control; rollback to X11 due to XLibre issues with Nvidia GPU's and services like VNC or RDP; removed X11 session from KDE; cleaning of redundant programs on KDE; Olive accent colour defined on KDE by default to follow website aesthetics; OnlyOffice as default on KDE; new custom splash on KDE; optimized KWin in order to not to create issues with Vivaldi; replace non-KDE programs with those included in the KDE Suite; XFWM4 compositor replaced by Fastcompmgr; SnapWay preinstalled on Sway to record screen and do screenshots; Swaylock-fancy replaced by GtkLock; SwayOSD added to Sway; Waybar updated to a new and modern design; LabWC replaces LXQt." A complete list of changes can be found in the project's changelog. Download (pkglist): CuerdOS-2.1-Plasma.iso (3,682MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.1-Xfce.iso (3,131MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.1-Sway.iso (3,245MB, MD5), CuerdOS-2.1-LabWC.iso (3,183MB, MD5). |
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| 2026-03-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Elive 3.8.50 |
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The Elive project has pubished a new stable release of its Debian-based distribution featuring the Englightenment desktop. The new version uses Debian 12 (Old Stable) as a base and offers both versions 16 and 27 of the Enlightenment interface. "Unique features on this release: OpenRC: Included optional init system available during installation for users who prefer a SystemD alternative that adheres closely to the UNIX philosophy. Synthwave Player: An impressive new music player developed for months by Elive is now showing to the world and included by default. Voice Control: An extremely-light application for hands-free interaction (no-AI), always optional. Desktop Clock: A simple, lightweight desktop clock that we made for the E16 desktop. Enlightenment 27: A preview of the last Enlightenment E27 with a few Elive features included is included by default to use and play. Debian 12 base: This will be the last build of Elive including the very solid Debian 12 + Backports with all the stability reached during this time in an extremely polished system, a perfect LTS snapshot of Elive Stable." Note to clarify the release announcement: Elive 3.8.50 runs systemd by default, but users can optionally run SysV init instead with the selection made during the install process. When SysV init is selected, OpenRC runs as the service manager on top of SysV init. OpenRC-init is not used as the init process. Download (MD5): elive_3.8.50_stable_hybrid_amd64.iso (4,117MB, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: 4MLinux 51.0 |
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The 4MLinux project has published an update for its lightweight distribution. 4MLinux 51.0 includes a few key changes, including new media playing options. "The status of the 4MLinux 51.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 26.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.7, GIMP 3.0.8, Gnumeric 1.12.60), surf the Internet with Firefox 149.0 and Chrome 146.0, and send emails via Thunderbird 140.9. ... As always, the new major release introduces several new features, including improved support for ZX Spectrum and Atari music via the AY/YM emulation library. Midori (web browser) and cmus (ncurses-based music player) have been added as downloadable extensions. 4MLinux now features a comprehensive suite of drivers: Mesa 25.3.1 (with VAAPI and Vulkan for modern GPUs), Mesa 21.3.9 (providing VAAPI and VDPAU for legacy adapters), Intel VAAPI (both i965 and iHD), and the latest firmware for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA accelerators. Additionally, the system now intelligently identifies your hardware and applies the optimal settings for your machine." A summary of changes and package updates can be found in the release announcement. Download (MD5): 4MLinux-51.0-64bit.iso (2,111MB, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SystemRescue 13.00 |
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François Dupoux has released SystemRescue 13.00, a significant update of the project's Arch-based specialist Linux distribution designed primarily to repair installed systems and to rescue data from damaged drives. This is the distribution's first release that features Linux kernel 6.18, the latest long-term supported kernel branch, and it also synchronises the included packages with upstream repositories. The included web browser is updated to Firefox 140.9.0 ESR. "SystemRescue 13.00 - 2026-03-28. Updated the Linux kernel to the long-term-supported Linux 6.18.20; updated bcachefs tools and kernel module to version 1.37.3; updated yay-prepare script to fix errors causing the script to fail; use default font from the kernel to avoid tiny font on HiDPI screens; script to change the scaling factor on HiDPI screens depending on configuration; added yq command-line utility for processing YAML, XML, TOML; replace Python version of iotop with iotop-c; added various packages - fatsort, nss-mdns; updated GParted to version 1.8.1." Visit the project's changelog page for details of all the recent changes and updates. This new version of SystemRescue is available for download from SourceForge: systemrescue-13.00-amd64.iso (1,258MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plop Linux 26.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 26.1, an updated build of the project's independently-developed Linux distribution for desktops and servers, designed for advanced Linux users. It is available for the i486, x86_64 and armv6l architectures. The distribution's changelog page provides details about all the recent updates. "Version 26.1, release date 2026-03-27. Updates: group and user IDs updated, affected files - /etc/group,passwd,shadow. Pipewire: ~/.bash_profile set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR; start PipeWrite in ~/xfce4, ~/fluxbox, ~/mate. DBUS: ~/.xinitrc start DBUS with 'export $(dbus-launch)'. Thunar: movie thumbnails enabled. GCC: default to -fPIE instead of -fPIC. Sysklogd: pdated from 1.5.1 to 2.7.2, /etc/syslog.conf updated. BIND (named): configuration in /var/named updated. Replaced: cron replaced with Fcron, NTP replaced with NTPsec, ISC DHCP client/daemon replaced with dhcpcd, tftp-hpa replaced with atftp, wol replaced with wakeonlan. 303 packages updated. Added: Bluez, PipeWire, GoCryptFS. Alternatives added to prepare removing GTK 2 in the future: Simple Scan for XSane, FileZilla for gFTP. Two new scripts for updating Plop Linux desktop, location /usr/share/plop/: update-etc - update the /etc directory, set the 'keep' variable to keep your own files and directories...." Download (MD5, pkglist): ploplinux-26.1-x86_64.iso (4,779MB), ploplinux-26.1-i486.iso (4,514MB). |
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| 2026-03-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Edubuntu 26.04 Beta |
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The Edubuntu team, along with other members of the Ubuntu official editions, published a development snapshot for the projects' upcoming 26.04 release. The new beta previews technologies which will appear in the upcoming long-term support (LTS) release. The Edubuntu release announcement shares highlights for the community edition: "This release includes GNOME 50. Edubuntu Installer completely rewritten from the ground up in Python with dual GTK 4 and Qt 6 UI backends. The application automatically detects your desktop environment and launches the appropriate interface. It also includes a new Cockpit module for web-based remote administration of Edubuntu’s age-group configuration. Translations are available for 21 languages including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Estonian, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian." Additional information is provided in the Ubuntu release notes. Download: kubuntu-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,906MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,809MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntucinnamon-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (5,242MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,072MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (5,023MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (7,142MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-unity-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,973MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), edubuntu-beta-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (7,326MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Kali Linux 2026.1 |
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The Kali Linux team has published a new version of its distribution with the launch of Kali Linux 2026.1. The new version includes a classic theme which makes the desktop resemble the project's first release, which happened 20 years ago. There are also several new tools included in the 2026.1 release. "New year, new release - Kali 2026.1 is here. There is everything from a fresh coat of paint to a nod to our roots, with normal ongoing improvements. Building on from December's 2025.4, the summary of the changelog: 2026 theme refresh - our yearly theme refresh; BackTrack mode for Kali-Undercover - a new mode celebrating BackTrack's 20th anniversary; Kali’s 13th birthday event - a little community event; new tools - 8 new programs. 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of BackTrack Linux, the predecessor to Kali. To celebrate this milestone, we wanted to bring back some nostalgia for longtime users of this legendary cybersecurity distribution by adding a 'BackTrack mode' to kali-undercover. This mode transforms the desktop to recreate the look and feel of BackTrack 5, with the same wallpaper, colors and window themes. You can run it directly from the menu or by running kali-undercover --backtrack in the terminal." Additional details and screenshots can be found in the release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): kali-linux-2026.1-installer-amd64.iso (4,509MB, torrent), kali-linux-2026.1-installer-netinst-amd64.iso (712MB, torrent). |
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