Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 29 of the year 2025
To this twenty-ninth (29) week of the year 2025 (13/07/25 to 19/07/25) 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 CachyOS, GParted Live, and SparkyLinux distributions, 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 OS» We mentioned at the end the announcements about the recovery and dissemination of ISO files of discontinued GNU/Linux Distros. In addition, many of these recent versions may already be available on the website of «DistroSea» for your review and evaluation. So, without further ado, we will now address the releases of the «Linuxverse distros for Week 29 of 2025».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 28 of the year 2025
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 29 of the year 2025», we recommend you explore the previous related post from this same series of publications, at the end of it:
Exton Linux It is a GNU/Linux distribution developed by Swedish developer Arne Exton. It is based on popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Deepin, CRUX, Puppy Linux, Slackware, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE, and Fedora, and is designed to be lightweight, fast, and easy to use. It 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 29 of 2025
CachyOS 250713
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 13, 2025.
- Download Links: CachyOS 250713.
- Featured news: This new update called "CachyOS 250713" includes interesting new features (additions, solutions and improvements), among which the following can be mentioned: The possibility of thechoose the user shell during installation, since now in the package list you can choose between
cachyos-fish-configycachyos-zsh-config, while, If none is selected, the system will use Bash by default, however, the default setting will still be Fish, as usual; the removal of the integration ofsystemd-oomdwithin the operating system, as in some cases, processes were being killed too early due to it; and the use of Wayland is supported by default for installations with the Plasma Desktop. Finally, and among many others, the software packagefwupdhas been added to the Plasma and GNOME environments; and the software packagemesa-gitanow includes “Anti-Lag 2,” which aims to improve latency for supported games, while Proton-CachyOS now also supports “Anti-Lag 2.”
CachyOS is a free, open source, Arch-based operating system from Germany, designed to deliver ultra-fast speeds and stability, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable computing experience every time you use it. It's also ideal for both experienced Linux users and those just getting started, making it an ideal choice for those looking for a powerful, customizable, and extremely fast operating system. About CachyOS
GParted Live 1.7.0-8
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 13, 2025.
- Download Links: GParted Live 1.7.0-8.
- Featured news: This new update called "GParted Live 1.7.0. 8-64" includes interesting new features (additions, fixes and improvements), among which the following can be mentioned: From now on, only AMD86 (64-bit x386) images will be available, The removal of i686 kernel packages, which have been removed from the Debian Sid repository itself, resulting in the live version of GParted for i686/i64-pae no longer being available, and from now on only the AMD86 (64-bit x1.7.0) version will be available, the update of the GParted software to version 12. 07; and the implementation of a mechanism to reduce the possibility of random ordering of block devices in GParted Live. Finally, and among many others, it is now based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2025/6.12.37/1) and includes the Linux Kernel XNUMX. XNUMX-XNUMX.
GParted Live is an American Debian-based GNU/Linux distro that provides a live (bootable) operating system for x86-based computers in order to allow users to enjoy (use) all the features of the latest versions of the GParted application. Note that, Gparted is the GNOME Partition Editor for creating, reorganizing and deleting disk partitions. In addition, this software tool allows you to change the organization of partitions on a disk device while preserving the partition contents. Therefore, with it you can create a partition table on a disk device, activate and deactivate partition "flags" such as "boot" and "hidden", and perform actions with partitions such as create, delete, resize, move, check, label, copy and paste. About GParted Live
SparkyLinux 7.8
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: July 15, 2025.
- Download Links: SparkyLinux 7.8.
- Featured news: This new update called "SparkyLinux 7.8" includes interesting new features (additions, solutions and improvements), among which the following can be mentioned: The use as a base of the stable repositories of Debian 12 "Bookworm" and Sparky as of July 14, 2025, thus incorporating all packages updated to that date; the default use of the Kernel Linux 6.1.140-LTS (6.15.6, 6.12.38-LTS, 6.6.98-LTS in sparky repositories), LibreOffice 7.4.7 (25.2.3 in the Debian backports repositories), KDE Plasma 5.27.5, LXQt 1.2.0, MATE 1.26, xfce 4.18, Openbox 3.6.1, Firefox 128.12.0esr (140.0.4 in the sparky repositories) and Thunderbird 128.12.0esr. Finally, and among many others, it includes a fix related to a Fixed issue with conflicting libraries previously installed from the debian-multimedia repositories, which blocked the installation of some packages, such as GIMP.
SparkyLinux is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution of Polish origin, which offers editions based on around 20 desktop environments and window managers. For example, it offers a The standard desktop version has all the basic applications and functions necessary for home users under a lightweight desktop environment, with the goal of achieving fwork immediately and with great effectiveness on almost any hardware, and a version minimalist or reduced (MinimalGUI) that uses the Openbox window manager by default and It only includes the minimum software needed, making it ideal for more experienced users who want a cleaner base with greater flexibility for greater customization and convenience. It also includes an edition terminal-only (MinimalCLI), a Gaming edition, a Multimedia and Devs edition, and a Rescue or Technical use edition. About SparkyLinux
Other interesting Linuxverse distros updated during week 29 of 2025
And so as not to leave any out, it is also worth mentioning the official announcement of other well-known GNU/Linux Distros releases during this period of time:
On DistroWatch, OS.Watch and FOSS Torrent
- PCLinuxOS 2025.07: July 18.
- Murmurs 4.0.0-alpha: July 18.
- Proxmox 9.0-beta1: July 18.
- Q4OS 6.0r9-alpha: July 18.
- GXDE 25.1u1: July 18.
- linuxfx 11.25.07: July 17.
- Expiration 6.0-20250717: July 17.
- Calculate 20250717: July 17.
- Mabox 25.07: 17 of July.
- MODICIA 6.12.32.3: July 17.
- Little Rescue 2.6.1: July 16.
- TUXEDO 20250716: July 16.
- ArcOS 22.1.2-1: July 16.
- Oregon 10-2507: July 16.
- Zenwalk current-250715: July 15.
- Alpine 3.22.1: July 15.
- RELIANOID 7.7.0: July 15.
- SparkyLinux 7.8: July 15.
- CentOS 10-20250715: July 15.
- LastOSLinux 2025-07-14: July 14.
- Accessible-Coconut 22.04.04: July 13.
- Tribblix 0m37: July 13.
- CachyOS 250713: July 13.
- Easy OS 6.108: July 13.
- manjaro 25.0.5: July 13.
- BigLinux 2025-07-13: July 13.
- GParted 1.7.0-8: July 13.
On ArchiveOS
- Aurora OS: July 14.
- Ubuntu Print Salon: July 16.
- ShagOS: July 18.
Summary
In short, we hope that this twenty-ninth publication (week 29) from our useful and current series dedicated to the «News from the Linuxverse Distros for each week of the year 2025 » you liked it and found it useful, both informatively and technically. Especially regarding the latest release of the “CachyOS, GParted Live, and SparkyLinux Distributions”, which we have highlighted today.
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