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20.12.2024 18:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Grml is a minimal, live distribution which is based on Debian. Grml 2024.12 drops support for x86 computers while expanding support for 64-bit ARM machines. "We are proud to announce our new stable release version 2024.12, code-named Adventgrenze! This Grml release brings you fresh software packages from....

19.12.2024 20:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The IPFire project develops a minimal operating system for routers and firewalls. The project's latest release, IPFire 2.29 Core 190, provides a kernel update and begins phasing out support for RSA encryption: "We are starting the path to remove RSA from the IPFire web UI and SSH. On....

19.12.2024 20:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Murena team have announced a new version of the project's /e/OS operating system. Support for tablets has been introduced along with smoother support for QR code reading. One of the big features accompanying this release is a new on-line system installer. "We're excited to introduce our brand-new....

19.12.2024 20:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The NetBSD project has published an update to the highly portable operating system's 10.x series. NetBSD 10.1 mostly focuses on fixes and some driver enhancements. "Device drivers: acpiout : fix brightness controls on certain machines. re : add support for Realtek/Killer E2600 Ethernet. uftdi : add support for a range of....

19.12.2024 15:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . T2 SDE is an open-source system development environment . The project has published version 24.12 which supports 25 CPU architectures, introduces several fixes, and packages the COSMIC desktop. "We are pleased to announce T2 24.12 as a....

17.12.2024 02:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Kali Linux project has announced a new snapshot of the project's rolling release distribution. The latest version, 2024.4, upgrades Python to version 3.12, drops support for 32-bit x86 kernels, and offers GNOME 47. The release announcement offers a summary: "The summary of the changelog since the 2024.3....

16.12.2024 14:50 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The PorteuX developers have announced the release of PorteuX 1.8, the latest version of the project's set of minimalist and portable Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. This brand-new build updates the Xfce desktop environment to the just-released version 4.20: "This release introduces the long-awaited Xfce 4.20, along....

16.12.2024 03:40 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: GhostBSD 24.10.1 News: openSUSE provides cross-desktop GPU switching tool, GNU announces Shepherd 1.0, UBports addresses security concerns in new update, Murena unveils its first tablet, Xfce 4.20 launched Questions and answers: Sending attachments from the command line Released last week: Archman Linux 20241207, Window Maker....

13.12.2024 15:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The CentOS project has announced the availability of a new version of CentOS Stream. The new 10 series branch provides a preview of what is coming up in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Version 10 ships with Linux 6.12, Python 3.12, and version 47 of....

12.12.2024 17:10 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The Linux Mint project has published a new development snapshot for Linux Mint 22.1. The upcoming release will feature support through to 2029 and offers a number of improvements to the behind-the-scenes package management utilities. The new beta also introduces easy access to power modes to help the....

12.12.2024 00:30 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Beta, a development snapshot of the company's next major version. The beta of version 10.0 includes several key package upgrades and introduces Lightspeed, a generative AI tool: "RHEL 10 marks the debut of Red Hat Enterprise....

11.12.2024 19:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The AlmaLinux project provides a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with additional security patches. The project has published a new beta release: AlmaLinux OS 10.0 Beta 1. "AlmaLinux 10.0 Beta brings significant enhancements across core components enhancing development, security, and performance workflows. New versions of programming languages,....

11.12.2024 19:00 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . The OpenMandriva project has published a new snapshot of the distribution's ROME branch, a rolling release which is available in six desktop flavours: Plasma 6 , Plasma 6 , Plasma 5, LXQt, GNOME, and COSMIC. "Main features, and changes since ROME 24.07: KDE Plasma 6 desktop by default....

11.12.2024 07:20 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Muhterem Demiray has announced the release of Archman Linux 20241207, the latest stable build of the project's Arch-based distribution featuring a customised Xfce desktop: "Archman 2024-12 'Xfce' edition, the final stable release of the year, is ready. Archman Linux is an independent, globally-oriented Linux distribution derived from Arch....

09.12.2024 22:41 The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by . Window Maker Live is a Debian-based Linux distribution that applies the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. The project has released version 12.8 which is based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". "A selection of TeX Live packages for a decent TeX system, and auxiliary tools....