Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 03 of the year 2026
To this third (03) week of the year 2026 (11/01/26 to 17/01/26) in the LinuxverseWe offer you our timely and customary weekly summary of the news contained in the various News about the release of distributions based on Linux, BSD and others. Such as, that of the Distributions “MODICIA OS, TROMjaro and EndeavourOS”, which we will highlight today during this week.
And as you know, many of these release news we bring directly from the websites of «DistroWatch, OS.Watch y FOSS Torrent». While, from the website of «Archive OSAs mentioned at the end, there are announcements regarding the recovery and distribution of ISO files of discontinued GNU/Linux distributions and other well-known operating systems. Furthermore, many of these recent versions may already be available on the website ofDistroSea» for your review and evaluation. So, without further ado, we will now address the releases of the «Linuxverse distros for Week 03 of 2026».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 02 of the year 2026
But, before starting to comment on each of the new developments related to these new releases of Distros *Linux, *BSD and others, which have happened in the «Linuxverse during this week 03 of the year 2026», we recommend you explore the previous related post from this same series of publications, at the end of it:
Exton Linux is a multi-base GNU/Linux distribution (Arch, CRUX, Debian/Ubuntu, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware) and of Swedish origin, which offers an operating system designed to be light, fast and easy to use. It also offers a preconfigured desktop environment and a set of preinstalled software packages, including web browsers, office suites, media players, and development tools. It also includes various customization options, such as the ability to change the desktop appearance and install additional software packages. Additionally, it is available in several editions, each tailored to specific use cases, such as general-purpose computing, gaming, multimedia, and server applications. About Exton Linux
The Top 3 Linuxverse Distros Updated During Week 03 of 2026
MODICIA OS 6.12.63
- Official Web site
- Official repository: SourceForge.
- Official launch announcement: January 11, 2026.
- Download Links: MODICIA OS 6.12.63.
- Featured newsThis new stable version of the MODICIA OS Project, called "MODICIA OS 6.12.63", includes interesting and useful new features (additions, fixes and improvements), among which some stand out such as mImprovements to the Linux Kernel version 6.12.63-RT-LTS used that offer a better cimproved real-time response capability and a Significantly reduced latency in audio, video, and I/O processes. Also, m operationssmoother multitasking even under heavy workloads and an rFaster response from the interface and professional applications. And of course, mimprovements in audio and multimedia production thanks to a pmore stable RT programming for JACK, PipeWire and PulseAudio, and the eElimination of audio dropouts and micro-delays during recording and complex editing tasks. Finally, among many others, some such as Improved graphics and video performance, fully integrated ATI drivers: Mesa + VAAPI, and the inclusion of applications such as LibreOffice 4:25.2.3, Rustedek 1.4.5, Paint 3.1 and Chromium (sandbox) 142.0.7444.134.
MODICIA OS is a GNU/Linux distribution currently based on the stable branch of Debian GNU/Linux and of Italian origin, which offers an operating system that focuses on providing A complete multimedia platform that allows anyone to successfully complete complex multimedia projects with professional results, regardless of whether they are a director, videographer, musician, graphic designer, or photographer. And all this, made easier thanks to the fact that, All operations necessary to complete any average multimedia task can be done without installing anything. Since, tEverything in it has been selected, installed and configured to work without interruptions and without the need to search for other programs. In addition, it is optimized to be used on a USB stick. Therefore, it is considered a professional operating system, truly complete and completely free. About MODICIA OS
TROMjaro 2026.01.13
- Official Web site
- Official repository: Own.
- Official launch announcement: January 14, 2026.
- Download Links: TROMjaro 2026.01.13.
- Featured newsThis new stable version of the TROMjaro Project, called "TROMjaro 2026.01.13", includes interesting and useful new features (additions, fixes, and improvements), among which some stand out, such as the incorporation of the Unity style on XFCE (XFCE Unity). This offers a Unity-style layout that, among many other things, allows for better management of the window's top bar. For example, the top bar of the top panel can display window buttons and options menus for each window, just like in Unity. All of this is thanks to the incorporation of a package called gtk-nocsd-git, which makes applications under Gnome applications (GTK3 and 4) emulate this effect very well. Finally, among other things, this new design also includes a HUD (head-up menu) and smart search for applications, making XFCE Unity very close to what Ubuntu Unity used to be.
TROMjaro is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Manjaro and of Spanish origin, which offers an operating system Trade-free with a highly customized XFCE desktop and a well-designed suite of intuitive utilities, such as a Layout Picker with six different layouts and a Theme Picker with various accent colors. It also offers several enhancements, including integration with the Chaotic-AUR repository with pre-compiled binary packages, a selection of custom wallpapers and icon packs, and additional configuration options in the Settings Manager. The distribution supports AppImage files and features an optimized Firefox browser with custom add-ons. About TROMjaro
EndeavorOS 2026.01.12
- Official Web site
- Official repository: GitHub.
- Official launch announcement: January 15, 2026.
- Download Links: EndeavorOS 2026.01.12.
- Featured newsThis new stable version of the EndeavourOS Project, called "EndeavourOS 2026.01.12," includes interesting and useful new features (additions, fixes, and improvements), among which the following stand out: updates to important applications such as Calamares 26.01.1.5-1, Firefox 146.0.1-1, Linux 6.18.4.arch1-1, Mesa 1:25.3.3-2, Xorg Server 21.1.21-1 (xorg), and Nvidia-utils 590.48.01-2. It also includes fixes for important bugs, such as a long-standing issue with Calamares, another related to the Nemo package preview (which was removed from the default Cinnamon and Budgie packages during installation due to its removal from the Arch repository), and another related to proprietary NVIDIA drivers, thanks to the switch to the nvidia-open package. As a result, the proprietary option is now only supported on Turing (16xx) GPUs and later. Previous NVIDIA GPUs remain compatible with the default boot option, which will use the open-source Nouveau drivers.
EndeavourOS is a rolling release GNU/Linux distribution based on Arch Linux that offers an operating system with easy setup, a lightweight base, and a pre-configured, ready-to-use desktop environment. It officially includes both offline and online installation options. Its offline installer, Calamares, uses the XFCE desktop environment by default. Meanwhile, its online installer can install optional software components, including popular desktop environments such as: XFCE, Plasma, GNOME, Mate, Cinnamon, Budgie, LxQt, LxDe, and i3-wm, and many more. About EndeavorOS
Other interesting Linuxverse distros updated during week 03 of 2026
And so as not to leave any out, it is also worth mentioning the official announcement of other well-known GNU/Linux Distros releases and from old and obsolete versions of various operating systems, during this period of time:
On DistroWatch, OS.Watch and FOSS Torrent
- Synex 13-r1 "Server": January 17.
- openKylin 2.0-SP2-20260115: January 17.
- Voyager 26.04-alpha4: January 16.
- ATZ Linux 12.13.1: January 16.
- Security Onion 2.4.201: January 15.
- Garuda 260115: January 15.
- EndeavorOS 2026.01.12: January 15.
- Tails 7.4: January 15.
- CentOS 10-20260113: January 14.
- Mabox 26.01: January 14.
- manjaro 26.0.1: January 14.
- Slimbook OS 24-r113: January 14.
- TROMjaro 2026.01.13: January 14.
- TUXEDO 20260113: January 13.
- Mint 22.3: January 13.
- Q4OS 6.5: January 13.
- BunsenLabs Carbon-rc2: January 13.
- PelandukOS 2026.01.12: January 13.
- Synex 13-u4: January 13.
- StormOS January Point 2: January 13.
- linuxfx 11.26.01: January 12.
- MX Linux 25.1-beta1: January 12.
- BrOS 13.3: January 12.
- LinuxCNC 2.10-pre1: January 12.
- WM Live 13.3: January 11.
- MODICIA 6.12.63: January 11.
- nakeDeb 1.6-202601: January 11.
On ArchiveOS
- Kamuriki: January 15.
- Burroughs MCP: January 14.
- vapor: January 12.
Summary
In short, we hope that this third post (week 03) from our useful and current series dedicated to the «News from the Linuxverse Distros for each week of the year 2026 » you liked it and found it useful, both informatively and technically. Especially regarding the latest release of the Distributions “MODICIA OS, TROMjaro and EndeavourOS”, which we have highlighted today.
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