Linuxverse News Week 36/2026: Grml 2026.09, Talos Linux 1.14.0 and Ubuntu 26.10-snapshot3
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 36 of 2026.
Haiku R1 Beta 6: Support for Firefox, QEMU NVMM, memory optimizations, and more
Haiku R1 Beta 6 brings native support for Firefox, virtualization with QEMU, and memory optimizations so extreme that they allow you to boot a graphical environment with only 128 MB of RAM.
September 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: September 2026.
August 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during August 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 35/2026: PorteuX 2.8, Vanilla OS 3 and Armbian 26.8
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 35 of 2026.
Armbian 26.8: What's New, New Installer and Kernel 7.1
Armbian 26.8 is here with Linux 7.1, a redesigned installer, and Armbian Imager 2.0. Learn about the technical details and the new supported hardware.
Nitrux is betting on a new desktop based on Hyprland
Meet the new Workspace Environment: an ultra-lightweight, modular ecosystem based on Hyprland and QML that says goodbye to Maui Shell and makes way for the native tools Valenz and Marina.
Omarchy 4.0 is now available and completely rewrites its graphical environment with Quickshell
Discover the new features of Omarchy 4.0 "Quattro". New unified environment in Quickshell, AI integration, and minimalist native applications.
Manjaro 26.1 "Bian-May" arrives with Kernel 7.1, Plasma 6.7, improvements and more
Learn about the features of Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May. Update to Linux 7.1, KDE Plasma 6.7, GNOME 50, XFCE 4.20 environments, and announcements regarding NVIDIA and Python.
Linuxverse News Week 33/2026: iDeal OS 2026.08.08, CachyOS 260809 and SparkyLinux 8.4
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 33 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 32/2026: AerynOS 2026.08, NetHydra 1.1.0 and Linux Whispers 2026.08
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 32 of 2026.
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August 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: August 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 31/2026: Emmabuntüs DE6-1.02, ZimaOS 1.7.0 and MakuluLinux 2026-07-28
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 31 of 2026.
July 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during July 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 30/2026: Shadowfetch Linux 2.0.0, IPFire 2.29-core203 and Boro RC4 Whispers
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 30 of 2026.
Holo Core: Collabora and Valve bring Arch Linux to ARM64
Collabora and Valve present the Holo Core project, a colossal port that overcomes the nightmare of dependencies to bring the Steam Frame hardware to life.
Linuxverse News Week 29/2026: OSINT VM 2026.5, Omarchy 3.8.0 and Clonezilla 3.3.3-15
Come and discover the latest news from Linux, BSD and independent Linux distributions that occurred during week 29 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 28/2026: Deepin 25.2.0, CalamaroOS 20260705 and ExTiX Deepin 260710
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 28 of 2026.
Deepin 25.2: Improvements to Treeland, AI-powered search, and unified screens
Deepin 25.2 is now available with an ultra-stable Treeland environment, giant monitor merging, and a search system capable of reading text within your photos (OCR).
Linuxverse News Week 27/2026: Drauger OS 7.8, AnduinOS 2.0.0 and Slackel 9.0 "MATE"
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 27 of 2026.
July 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: July 2026.
Kali Linux 2026.2: Faster VM boot times, GNOME 50, and new tools
Kali Linux 2026.2 is here with up to 3x faster boot times in virtual machines, GNOME 50 and KDE 6.6 environments, and 9 new cybersecurity tools.
SteamOS 3.8.10: Support for Steam Machines and KDE Plasma 6.4
SteamOS 3.8.10, Valve's update, reduces input latency, adds support for Steam Machines, integrates KDE Plasma 6.4, and improves HDR mode.
New features in Parrot 7.3: Support for Vagrant, Linux 7.0, and pentesting updates
Parrot OS 7.3, the security distribution, debuts optimized packages, a Go menu with one-click installation, and official support for Vagrant.
June 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during June 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 26/2026: GXDE 25.4.1, SteamOS 3.8.10 and KaOS 2026.06
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 26 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 25/2026: Hardenwing OS 3.5, EasyOS 7.4 and FreeBSD 15.1
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 25 of 2026.
Armbian 26.5: Support for Linux 7.0 and a new modular desktop
Armbian 26.5 is now available with the Linux 7.0 kernel, a completely revamped modular desktop, and support for many new devices.
Linuxverse News Week 24/2026: RefreshOS 3.0, SysLinuxOS 13.2 and Alpine Linux 3.24.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 24 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 23/2026: Linux Lite 8.0, Network Security Toolkit 44-15105 and Clonezilla Live 3.3.2-31
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 23 of 2026.
NixOS 26.05 debuts Systemd at boot and GNOME 50
Discover the new features and critical changes in NixOS 26.05. The update includes Systemd in Initrd by default, pure GNOME 50 on Wayland, and kernel 6.18.
PureOS 11 Crimson: New features, Debian 12 and improvements in Librem 5
Discover the new features of PureOS 11 Crimson. Based on Debian 12, it updates GNOME and KDE, and drastically improves the Librem 5's camera...
TDE, KatanaDE, and SonicDE: 3 interesting KDE-based desktops available in the Vendefoul Wolf distro
Vendefoul Wolf has positioned itself very well this year 2026 on DistroWatch, and much of this is due to its offering of desktops such as: TDE, KatanaDE and SonicDE.
June 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: June 2026.
TileOS 2.0 launches new editions and secure boot support
This Debian 13-based distribution improves its tiling window managers, adds support for Secure Boot, and brings new editions.
May 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during May 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 22/2026: Besgnulinux 4.0, Rhino Linux 2026.1 and MX Linux 25.2
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 22 of 2026.
RHEL 10.2 introduces AI assistant, new container features, quantum security, and more
Red Hat has just released version 10.2 of Enterprise Linux, a major update that comes with…
Linuxverse News Week 21/2026: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, AlmaLinux OS 9.6 and NixOS 25.05
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 21 of 2026.
Proxmox VE 9.2 comes with automatic load balancing, WireGuard, and Linux 7.0
Discover the new technical features of Proxmox VE 9.2. The update, based on Debian 13.5, introduces automatic load balancing, WireGuard/BGP integration, and Linux 7.0.
Fedora and SUSE remove the Deepin desktop due to serious security flaws
Fedora and openSUSE officially remove Deepin from their systems due to critical vulnerabilities, abandonment of development, and evasion of security protocols.
Linuxverse News Week 20/2026: Sparky 8.3, MX 25.2 Beta 1 and Tails 7.7.3
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 20 of 2026.
Google presents Googlebook: Laptops with Android OS and Magic Pointer
Google announces the new Googlebooks powered by Aluminum OS (Android + ChromeOS). They debut the "Magic Pointer," a Gemini-powered cursor that understands what you're looking at.
Linuxverse News Week 19/2026: Canaima GNU/Linux 8.4 Kavanayén, Omarchy 3.7.0 and PrismLinux 2026.05.05
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 19 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 18/2026: CachyOS 260426, umbrelOS 1.7.0 and Fedora 44
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 18 of 2026.
May 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: May 2026.
Fedora 44 debuts GNOME 50 and improves Windows games with NTSCyNC
Fedora 44 is now available for download. Enjoy pure GNOME 50 on Wayland, extreme game acceleration with the NTSYNC kernel, and guaranteed security with reproducible binaries. Discover all the new features.
April 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during April 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Release: Kernel 7.0, TPM encryption, and Wayland
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" is now available. It requires 6 GB of RAM, says goodbye to X11 with GNOME 50, introduces automatic TPM encryption, and runs on Linux 7.0. Learn about all the new technical features.
News from the Linuxverse Week 17/2026: AlmaLinux OS 9.8 Beta 1, Redcore Linux 2601 and Ubuntu 26.04
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 17 of 2026.
Solus 4.9 optimizes its installation and announces the end of X11
Discover the new features of Solus 4.9. The distribution improves LUKS2 encryption, increases the EFI partition to 2 GB, and prepares for the mandatory transition to Wayland.
News from the Linuxverse Week 16/2026: Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0, Zorin OS 18.1 and RakuOS 2026.04.15
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 16 of 2026.
Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 disables passwordless sudo and adopts Pipewire
Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 is now available and disables the passwordless `sudo` command by default. It also removes PulseAudio and optimizes the Chromium browser.
Deepin 25.1.0 debuts full AI control and updates to Linux kernel 6.18
Deepin 25.1.0 is officially released with intelligent DeepSeek assistance, natural command mode, extreme memory optimization, and the powerful Kernel 6.18
Linuxverse News Week 15/2026: Ventoy 1.1.11, NetBSD 11.0 RC3 and Deepin 25.1.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 15 of 2026.
KaOS Linux 2026.03 removes systemd and adopts Niri with Limine and Dracut
KaOS Linux 2026.03 removes systemd-boot and mkinitcpio. The distribution moves towards Dinit by adopting Dracut, Limine, Niri (Wayland), and Noctalia on top of Qt6.
Tails 7.6 improves automatic Tor connection and adopts GNOME Secrets
Privacy made easy. 🧅💻 Tails 7.6 is now available and includes a system for automatically obtaining Tor bridges to bypass censorship. It also switches its password manager to GNOME Secrets.
Linuxverse News Week 14/2026: 4MLinux 51.0, Elive 3.8.50 and Netrunner 26
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 14 of 2026.
April 2026: This month's news coverage of the Linuxverse
A useful summary of news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux) for the beginning of this month: April 2026.
Apertis 2026: The new Linux standard for embedded systems
The ultimate Linux distribution for the automotive and embedded systems industry gets an update. 🚗⚙️ Collabora's Apertis 2026 jumps to Debian 13, Kernel 6.18, Weston (Wayland) and offers legal protection against the GPLv3 license.
March 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting, and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from the Linuxverse during March 2026, from both inside and outside of our Linux Blog.
Ubuntu 26.04 Beta features GNOME 50 without X11, Kernel 7.0, and TPM encryption
The most resourceful raccoon is almost here. 🦝💻 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Beta) brings historic changes: GNOME 50 says goodbye to X11, debuts TPM-backed disk encryption, Kernel 7.0, and a new transparent telemetry panel.
News from the Linuxverse Week 13/2026: Exton Linux 260322 "ExLight", ML4W OS 2.12.0 and Kali Linux 2026.1
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 13 of 2026.
Kali Linux 2026.1: BackTrack mode, kernel 6.18 and advancements in NetHunter
The king of pentesting pays homage to his origins. 🐉💻 Kali Linux 2026.1 is here with the new "BackTrack Mode" (pure nostalgia!), kernel 6.18
SteamOS 3.8.0: Wayland, Plasma 6.4 and support for Legion Go 2 / ROG Ally
Discover the new features of SteamOS 3.8.0. Valve updates to KDE Plasma 6.4 (Wayland), kernel 6.16, LAVD scheduler, and adds support for third-party consoles.
Linuxverse News Week 12/2026: SparkyLinux 2026.03, Asahi Linux 43 and Parted Magic 2026_03_20
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 12 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 11/2026: CachyOS 260308, FreeBSD 14.4 and Fedora 44 Beta
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 11 of 2026.
Fedora 44 Beta arrives with GNOME 50, NTSYNC module and reproducible builds
Fedora 44 Beta Review. The distribution achieves 99% reproducible builds, debuts GNOME 50, improves Wine with NTSCyNC...
Linuxverse News Week 10/2026: Security Onion 2.4.210, Origami Linux 2026.03 and PrismLinux 2026.03.04
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 10 of 2026.
Nitrux 6.0: Extreme virtualization with VxM, CachyOS, and Rescue Mode
Discover Nitrux 6.0. The Debian-based distribution debuts the VxM hypervisor for multi-GPU setups, CachyOS 6.19.2 kernel, XFS snapshots...
March 2026: News of the month on Linuxverse news
A useful informative summary about the news in the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux), for this beginning of the month: March 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 09/2026: OmegaLinux 2026.02.21, Lakka 6.1 and Clonezilla Live 3.3.1-35
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 09 of 2026.
February 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from around the Linuxverse during February 2026, from on and off our Linux Blog.
Lakka 6.1: Perfect CRT emulation, new LibreELEC base and RetroArch 1.22.2
Discover the new features of Lakka 6.1. The new version includes LibreELEC 12.2 as its base, official support for CRT televisions on Raspberry Pi...
Linuxverse News Week 08/2026: KaOS 2026.02, SparkyLinux 8.2 and NuTyX 26.02.2
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 08 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 07/2026: Tiny Core Linux 17.0, Parrot 7.1 and Ubuntu 24.04.4
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 07 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 06/2026: Archcraft 2026.02.02, Helwan Linux 3.0 and Lilidog 26.02.06
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 06 of 2026.
GNU Guix 1.5 arrives with support for RISC-V, GNU Hurd, and more
GNU Guix 1.5 has been released with support for RISC-V and GNU Hurd, a non-root daemon by default, and GNOME 46/Plasma 6.5. Discover the new...
January 2026: The Good, the Bad, the Interesting and More Inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news from around the Linuxverse during January 2026, from on and off our From Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 05/2026: DietPi 10.0, Emmabuntüs DE5-1.05 and FydeOS 22.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 05 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 04/2026: ELEGANCE 26.0.1, MX Linux 25.1 and Deepin 25.0.10
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 04 of 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 03/2026: MODICIA OS 6.12.63, TROMjaro 2026.01.13 and EndeavourOS 2026.01.12
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 03 of 2026.
Linux Mint 22.3 Zena: Cinnamon 6.6, Kernel 6.14 and improvements to Nemo
Linux Mint 22.3 arrives with Cinnamon 6.6, pauseable transfers in Nemo, and Kernel 6.14. Solutions for VirtualBox and NVIDIA...
Linuxverse News Week 02/2026: Exton Linux 260104 "ArchEX", VailuxOS 1.6 and Omarchy 3.3.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 02 of 2026.
Manjaro 26.0 “Anh-Linh”: GNOME 49, Plasma 6.5 and Kernel 6.18
Manjaro 26.0 "Anh-Linh" with Kernel 6.18, GNOME 49 (HDR), KDE Plasma 6.5 and Xfce 4.20. Includes Wayland support by default and NVIDIA 590 drivers.
Parrot 7.0 Echo: KDE Plasma 6, RISC-V support and AI tools
Parrot 7.0 "Echo" comes with KDE Plasma 6 and Wayland by default. It includes pioneering support for RISC-V, new AI tools, and a rewrite.
Linuxverse News Week 01/2026: Canaima GNU/Linux 8.3, Drauger 7.8-beta1 and Peropesis 3.1
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 01 of 2026.
December 2025: The good, the bad, the interesting, and more inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly roundup of news about the Linuxverse during December 2025, happening both on and off our From Linux Blog.
Qubes OS 4.3.0: Xen 4.19, Fedora 41 on Dom0 and preemptive loading
Qubes OS 4.3.0 updates to Fedora 41 (Dom0) and Xen 4.19. It includes faster DispVM loading, new Qubes Windows Tools, and more.
Linuxverse News Week 52/2025: Synex 13 "Server", EasyOS 7.1 and Qubes OS 4.3.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 52 of 2025.
Linuxverse News Week 51/2025: Emmabuntüs DE6-1.00, Kicksecure 18.0.8.7 and MidnightBSD 4.0
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 51 of 2025.
GNU/Linux distributions with integrated Artificial Intelligence technology ideal to try in 2026
Artificial Intelligence is present in almost all operating systems, so we invite you to try some ideal distributions for testing it in 2026.
Linuxverse News Week 50/2025: CuerdOS 2.0, Univention Corporate Server 5.2-4 and Parrot 7.0 Beta
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 50 of 2025.
NixOS 25.11 "Xantusia": GNOME 49, Rust Init and goodbye to X11
NixOS 25.11 "Xantusia" is now available. It comes with a new boot system written in Rust, removes the X11 session in GNOME 49, and introduces...
FreeBSD 15.0 arrives with a modular system, synchronization with Linux 6.9, and says goodbye to 32-bit architecture.
FreeBSD 15.0 arrives revolutionizing its structure: management via pkgbase, graphics drivers synchronized with Linux 6.9 and the end of i386 support
Linuxverse News Week 49/2025: CachyOS 251129, NixOS 25.11 and Armbian 25.11.1
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 49 of 2025.
EndeavourOS 25.11 "Ganymede" arrives with improvements for Nvidia, Linux 6.17.8 and more
EndeavourOS 25.11 "Ganymede" arrives with Kernel 6.17, a revamped Calamares installer, and automatic Nvidia GPU detection...
Solus 4.8 arrives with the complete Usr-Merge, says goodbye to Python 2 and more
Discover the new version of Solus 4.8 with the complete Usr-Merge, kernel 6.17, and the end of Python 2 support, plus improvements in...
November 2025: The good, the bad, the interesting, and more inside the Linuxverse
Explore our monthly news roundup about the Linuxverse during November 2025, happening both on and off our From Linux Blog.
Linuxverse News Week 48/2025: Ultramarine Linux 43, AlmaLinux OS 10.1 and Tsurugi Linux 25.11
Come and find out the latest news about *Linux, *BSD and independent distros from the Linuxverse that took place during week 48 of 2025.