Distributions

Following two unannounced alpha releases, the first beta of MX Linux 23 has been officially released. It is based on the upcoming Debian 12 and features Xfce 4.18, KDE Plasma 5.27 and Fluxbox 1.3.7. "MX Linux 23 beta 1 is now available for testing. MX Linux 23 is....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: rlxos GNU/LinuxNews: An overview of Void's features, how to use awk, Microsoft publishes a Linux distroQuestions and answers: Finding colours in the output of some commandsReleased last week: Oracle Linux 9.2Torrent corner: Manjaro LinuxUpcoming releases: FreeBSD 14.0-BETA2Opinion poll: Colour in terminal commandsSite....

Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9 Update 2, the stable version of Oracle's distribution built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 source code but optionally using a custom-compiled "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK)": "The latest releases of Oracle Linux enhance the user experience....

Yves Brungard has announced that the second beta build of Mageia 9 is now available for download and testing. The new development snapshot upgrades the Linux kernel to version 6.3.3 and KDE Plasma desktop to version 5.27.4. "We are proud to announce the second beta of Mageia 9.....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: UBports 20.04 on PinePhoneNews: Debian prepares for the launch of Bookworm, 20 years of running GentooQuestions and answers: Finding another machine's IP address and finding distributions with a recent kernelReleased last week: Tails 5.13, Rocky Linux 9.2Torrent corner: KDE neon, Manjaro Linux,....

The developers of deepin, a desktop Linux distribution featuring the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), have announced the availability of the beta release of deepin 23: "deepin 23 beta is one of the phased versions of version 23. It is an upgrade from the 23 alpha version, but it....

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The project's latest update is Rocky Linux 9.2 which includes a number of fixes and improvements. The release announcement mentions an upgrade issue with Python along with a....

The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live DVD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project has added a few new tools to the distribution in Tails 5.13, including the cURL downloading program which will run over the Tor network....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Rhino Linux (Beta)News: NethServer reborn in a few form, a detailed comparison of pfSense and OPNsense, System76 improves application responsiveness, Fedora 36 nears the end of its supported lifeQuestions and answers: Checking on which applications depend on a low-level packageReleased last week:....

The EuroLinux team have announced the availability of EuroLinux 9.2, a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 which includes a number of key package updates. "On May 11, 2023, we released version 9.2 of the EuroLinux operating system. It maintains compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.....

Jack Aboutboul has announced the release of AlmaLinux OS 9.2, the latest stable version of the project's Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone: "The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is proud to announce the general availability of AlmaLinux OS 9.2, code-named 'Turquoise Kodkod'. AlmaLinux 9.2 provides enhancements and features to the....

Red Hat, Inc. has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2: "Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and the forthcoming availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8. These new....

Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. The project's latest release is Alpine Linux 3.18.0 which offers version 6.1 of the Linux kernel with signed binaries, musl libc 1.2.4 which features TCP fallback for DNS, and Python....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Fedora 38 WorkstationNews: Fedora plans new immutable flavour, Linux Mint works to correct issue with Secure Boot, Voyager Live demonstrating ChatGPT clientQuestions and answers: Finding relevant manual pages and merging audio filesReleased last week: Br OS 23.04Torrent corner: KDE neon, ParrotOpinion poll:....

Anderson Marques has announced the release of Br OS 23.04. Br OS, developed in Brazil, is an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the KDE Plasma desktop and a set of applications designed for web content creation. This release marks the project's third anniversary. An interesting new feature of the release....

Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre is a distribution created from scratch with the intention of providing a stable, multi-platform and multi-purpose operating system. It is built upon 100% free software. The project has published its second beta release for version 3.0 (the previous beta was published about three years ago) which....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Xubuntu 23.04News: Debian team elects its Project Leader, Guix System building almost entirely from source code, systemd to allow userland-only restartsQuestions and answers: Where package managers install filesReleased last week: Peropesis 2.1, Photon OS 5.0Torrent corner: ArcoLinux, KDE neonOpinion poll: Do you....

Photon OS, a security-hardened and enterprise-grade appliance operating system that is purpose-built for cloud and edge applications, has reached version 5.0. The new release brings a large number of improvements and new features: "Photon OS 5.0 provides enhancements in Network Configuration Manager, PMD-nextgen, container runtime security, Linux real-time....

Peropesis (personal operating system) is a small-scale, minimalist, command-line-based Linux operating system. The project's latest release, Peropesis 2.1, introduces a number of new software development tools (including automake and autoconf), the Perl interpreted scripting language, and two new compression utilities. "Peropesis 2.1 Linux OS is released. In the....

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Qubes OS 4.1.2News: Ubuntu improves Snap performance, Solus plans to resume development, Manjaro fixes installer bugs, FreeBSD publishes status report, KaOS celebrates its tenth anniversaryQuestions and answers: Tracking bandwidth usageReleased last week: Fedora 38, Ubuntu 23.04, deepin 20.9Torrent corner: Fedora, KDE neon,....