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| 2026-03-16 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1164 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: d77void GNU/Linux
- News: SUSE may be for sale, MidnightBSD responds to age verification laws, TrueNAS takes its build system private, System76 pushes back against new age declaration bills, Debian updates Trixie media
- Questions and answers: All about age verification laws and Linux
- Released last week: FreeBSD 14.4, Zentyal Server 8.1, Univention Corporate Server 5.2-5, LinuxHub Prime 2026.03.10, EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, GLF OS 25.11, SparkyLinux 2026.03
- Torrent corner: Debian, Debian Edu, EndeavourOS, GLF OS, KDE neon, SparkyLinux
- Opinion poll: Favourite parent distro
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2026-03-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: SparkyLinux 2026.03 |
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Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 2026.03, a new update of the project's set of semi-rolling distributions based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "New SparkyLinux 2026.03 'Tiamat' ISO images are available. This release is based on the Debian 'Forky'. Main changes: packages updated from Debian and SparkyLinux testing repositories as of March 14, 2026, Linux kernel 6.19.6 (7.0-rc3, 6.19.8, 6.18.18-LTS, 6.12.77-LTS in SparkyLinux repositories); Firefox 140.8.0esr (148.0.2-latest in Sparky repositories); Thunderbird 140.8.0esr, Calamares 3.4.2, GCC 15 + GCC 16-base installed; the CLI system installer 'sparky-installer' now has an option to install the 32-bit variant (ia32) of GRUB UEFI on 64-bit machines; the Calamares graphical installer now allows you to use a single-character password during installation (a strong password, minimum 8-12 characters, is recommended)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download links (pkglist): sparkylinux-2026.03-x86_64-minimalgui.iso (1,693MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-2026.03-x86_64-kde.iso (2,567MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-2026.03-x86_64-lxqt.iso (2,353MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-2026.03-x86_64-mate.iso (2,380MB, SHA512, signature), sparkylinux-2026.03-x86_64-xfce.iso (2,124MB, SHA512, signature). |
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| 2026-03-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: GLF OS 25.11 |
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Gaming Linux FR has announced the release of GLF OS 25.11, code-named "Phoenix Pulsar", the latest update of the project's NixOS-based Linux distribution designed primarily for gaming. This release updates the Linux kernel to the long-term supported 6.18 version and the NVIDIA driver to version 590.48: "What's new in GLF OS Phoenix Pulsar? The 6.18 LTS kernel optimizes gaming (latency, HDR, VRR), improves hardware compatibility (AMD/Intel/Apple), and strengthens security (TCP encryption, signed BPF), providing a stable foundation for years to come - perfect for GLF OS and its demanding users. The NVIDIA 590.48 drivers for Linux bring major optimizations for RTX 50/40/30 GPUs, with enhanced ray tracing, DLSS 3.5 support, and improved latency management. Improvements in GLF OS: for streamers - ultra-lightweight setup with preconfigured OBS and Stream Deck ready to go; new built-in apps - Thunderbird, Shotwell, digiKam, KCalc, Piper, Reaper + Calf (studio); input remapper - reconfigure keys for your keyboard, mouse, or controller; Faugus replaces Lutris; GOverlay - easily configure Mangohud with just a few clicks; Nix-Firewall-Management (developed by the GLF OS team) - manage your firewall with a dedicated GUI...." Here is the full release announcement in French and English. This release of GLF OS is available for download via BitTorrent: GLF-OS-PHOENIX-PULSAR.iso (6,966MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-12 |
NEW • Distribution Release: EndeavourOS 2026.03.06 |
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Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, code-name "Titan". EndeavourOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised KDE Plasma desktop and Calamares system installer. This new major release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.19.6 and makes improvements to the installer. "Earlier this month, the Linux kernel 6.19 was released, and that was a good excuse to refresh our ISO. And as you can read from the title, the changes for this one were big enough to turn it into a major release with a name that really covers this ISO. Named after the second-largest moon in our solar system, Titan. So, we borrowed Saturn’s largest moon to orbit around our purple Linux space for now. ... For this release, we cleaned up and streamlined the installation process and added some new big features alongside: improved mirror ranking support, including providing an optimised mirror list when the installer is offline; added hardware detection for all GPUs and VMs; we are now installing additional drivers for all GPUs, including Vulkan drivers and the needed packages for hardware-accelerated video decoding when applicable; GPU drivers are now being loaded early by default; this release also introduces a new tool, eos-hwtool." Continue to the release announcement for more information. Download: EndeavourOS_Titan-2026.03.06.iso (3,528MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: LinuxHub Prime 2026.03.10 |
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The developers of LinuxHub Prime have announced the availability of an updated version of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution featuring a custom system installer. The user-friendly program offers a one-click option to install several popular desktop environments and window managers and the live image also ships with "Prime Builder", a tool for creating a custom respin of the distribution. The changelog page summarises the recent changes and improvements: "updated error handling for Calamares installer; updated Plymouth; using version 10.9 for Budgie desktop (X11); using version 10.10 for Budgie desktop (Wayland); updated installers; installers set to environment categories; added Conky support; added script to detect virtual machine for picom/xcompmgr; improved live ISO image for ease of use; updated applications menu for all window managers; updated terminal configurations for installer; added option to change screen resolution on live ISO image; added display managers for all window manager monitor settings; updated Welcome and Config apps; updated terminals on all desktops/window managers; updated main installer screen; due to all the changes we are moving to version 3.1.5." The new release of LinuxHub Prime is available for download from SourceForge: Linuxhub-Prime-2026.03.10-v3.1.5-x86_64.iso (2,419MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Univention Corporate Server 5.2-5 |
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The Debian-based Univention Corporate Server (UCS) distribution has a new update. Version 5.2-5 introduces a few new features, including a restore option for user accounts which have been deleted. "With the latest updates for the connectors for Samba 4 and Active Directory, we have completed the planned functionality of the Recycle Bin feature of Univention Nubus on UCS. The Recycle Bin makes it possible to keep deleted objects in an intermediate storage location from which they can be restored. If a user or group is accidentally deleted, it can be fully restored from this intermediate storage. All internal technical attributes such as identifiers or password hashes are reset to their original state. The user can continue working immediately, and all connected systems retain the same technical information. With the latest errata updates, the Samba 4 Connector, which is part of the 'Active Directory-compatible Domain Controller' app, as well as the 'Active Directory Connector' for connecting to Microsoft Active Directory, have been extended with a restoration function. This can be used both with the 'tombstone' implementation that is active by default in Active Directory and with the optionally activatable Recycle Bin functionality, which serves there as intermediate storage for deleted objects." Additional information is provided in the release announcement. Download: UCS_5.2-5-amd64.iso (1,603MB, SHA512, signature, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zentyal Server 8.1 |
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The Zentyal development team has announced the release of Zentyal Server 8.1, the latest version of the project's Ubuntu-based server distribution. The new release is a significant update, now based on Ubuntu 24.04: "The Zentyal development team today announced the availability of Zentyal Server Development Edition 8.1. Zentyal Server 8.1 is based on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS and comes with the latest versions of all integrated software. This release focuses on improving overall performance, security hardening and system stability, and includes a large number of internal improvements and bug fixes across the platform. The most important highlights include: numerous bug fixes and reliability improvements across networking, mail, Samba and core system components; improved system security with expanded AppArmor protection across multiple services; better dashboard and UI, including a new license widget and usability improvements; improved network configuration reliability with better validation and cleanup of VLAN, bridge and bond configurations. Zentyal Server provides an easy-to-use Linux alternative to Windows Server." See the release announcement and the changelog for further information. Download: zentyal-8.1-development-amd64.iso (4,570MB, MD5, pkglist). |
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| 2026-03-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 44 Beta |
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The Fedora project has published a new development snapshot, Fedora 44 beta. The release introduces some key changes to the system installer and unifies the KDE Plasma experience across editions: "Goodbye Anaconda-created default network profiles - this change impacts how Anaconda populates network device profiles. Only those devices configured during installation (by boot options, kickstart or interactively in UI) become part of the final system install. This behavior change addresses some long standing issues caused by populating network profiles for all network devices. These made it difficult to correctly reconfigure devices post-install. Unified KDE Out of the Box Experience: This change introduces the post-install Plasma Setup application for all Fedora KDE variants. In the variants making use of this new setup application, the Anaconda configuration will be adjusted to disable redundant configuration stages that duplicate the functionality exposed in the setup application. KDE Plasma Login Manager: This change introduced the Plasma Login Manager (PLM) for Fedora KDE variants instead of SDDM for the default login manager." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-44_Beta-1.2.iso (2,706MB, SHA256, signature), Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-44_Beta-1.2.x86_64.iso (3,196MB, SHA256, signature). |
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| 2026-03-10 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeBSD 14.4 |
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The FreeBSD project has announced the launch of FreeBSD 14.4, the latest release of the 14.x series. The upgrade mostly updates core system packages, such as OpenSSH and ZFS, while also introducing bug fixes and the ability to share filesystems with Bhyve virtual machines. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been upgraded to version 10.0p2 and now uses the hybrid post-quantum algorithm mlkem768x25519-sha256 by default. OpenZFS has been upgraded to version 2.2.9. Significantly improved cloud-init compatibility in nuageinit. Bhyve virtual machines can now share a filesystem with the host via the new p9fs(4). Significant improvements in manual page tooling and content. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, aarch64, armv7, powerpc, powerpc64 and riscv64 architectures." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (SHA512, pkglist): FreeBSD-14.4-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (4,092MB), FreeBSD-14.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (1,234MB). |
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| 2026-03-09 |
NEW • DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1163 |
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This week in DistroWatch Weekly: - Review: Quick looks at three Linux distributions
- News: Guix System offers 64-bit Hurd option, Ubuntu and Fedora communities discuss age declaration laws, Linux Mint unveils new Cinnamon screensaver, Redox OS introduces new COSMIC features
- Questions and answers: Would one big collection of packages help?
- Released last week: Security Onion 2.4.210, Origami Linux 2026.03, RELIANOID 7.9.0, PrismLinux 2026.03.04, Linux From Scratch 13.0, iodeOS 7.3, Zenclora OS 2.0, CachyOS 260308
- Torrent corner: CachyOS, KDE neon, TUXEDO OS
- Opinion poll: Non-Linux open source kernels
- Site news: Operating systems can have multiple kernel options
- Reader comments
Read more in this week's issue of DistroWatch Weekly.... |
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| 2026-03-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: CachyOS 260308 |
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The CachyOS team have announced the release of a new version of its Arch-based Linux distribution. The new version places a focus on making the system installer more friendly, particularly when selecting which desktop environment to use. "First, the installer now shows animated GIF/WebP previews in the Desktop Selection to showcase each desktop environment. This is currently enabled for Plasma, GNOME, niri and COSMIC, giving users a much better idea of what to expect before making their choice. And also, added support for JPEG XL in the Desktop Selection to reduce image sizes. The Desktop Environment list has also been sorted from easy and accessible setups to more advanced ones like window managers. Cachy-Update is now enabled by default for GNOME and KDE installations. The microcode installation logic has been improved - it will now detect the hardware and install the proper microcode instead of installing both and then removing the unneeded one. The error message when the EFI partition is too small has also been improved." The release announcement lists additional changes and fixes for the new snapshot. Download (pkglist): cachyos-desktop-linux-260308.iso (2,898MB, SHA256, signature, torrent), cachyos-handheld-linux-260308.iso (2,440MB, SHA256, signature, torrent). |
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| 2026-03-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Zenclora OS 2.0 |
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Zenclora OS, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch with a customised GNOME desktop, has been updated to version 2.0. Code-named "Ardenweald", it now features a unified package management system called Zen Package Manager (ZPM). "This major release marks the transition to Zen Package Manager (ZPM), unifying software installation, system management and utility tools. Core changes: transitioned from 'Zenclora Commands' to the unified Zen Package Manager (ZPM); package installation, system management and utility tools are now centralized under zpm. Zen Package Manager (ZPM) expansion: added support for external packages - librewolf, mullvad-browser, signal, mullvad-vpn, rust, docker, pacstall, nvidia-driver; new bundle installs - gaming-pack, editor-pack, producer-pack, office-pack, dev-pack; new system management - optimize, mitigations, info, services, packages, logs, netfix, aptfix; integrated utility tools: formatusb, debinstaller, filemanager; added automatic NVIDIA driver installation support. System and aesthetics: full visual redesign: updated login screen, Plymouth and Debian Installer themes; significant desktop changes for better usability and a more refined appearance; improved kernel-level optimizations...." Visit the distribution's releases page for a complete changelog. Download (MD5): Zenclora-2.0-amd64.iso (2,376MB, pkglist). |
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Sonar GNU/Linux
Sonar GNU/Linux aims to be an accessible GNU/Linux distribution to people of all needs. The project's goal was to bring awareness of free accessible software to people that depend on assistive technology. It was based on Manjaro Linux.
Status: Discontinued
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