Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 3 of the year 2025
To this third (#3) week of the year 2025 (12/01/25 to 18/01/25) 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 the MX Linux, Linux Mint and Mabox Linux Distributions, which we will highlight 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 3 of 2025».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 2 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 3 of the year 2025», we recommend you explore the previous related post from this same series of publications, at the end of it:
Linuxverse distros updated during Week 3 of 2025
MX Linux 23.5
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 13, 2025.
- Download Links: MX Linux 23.5
- Featured news:This new update called "MX Linux 23.5" includes interesting features among its current features for this version, such as: Adding all available updates from the Debian and MX repositories, implementing settings on the default fstab file from the installer, lUpdating the MX operating system base from the Debian “Bookworm” 12.9 repositories, the use of XFCE 4.20 as default desktop (for the XFCE ISO and the Respin Pi ISO). Lastly, and among many others, the display of XFCE XNUMX has now been inserted and allowed. additional warnings on the live system, in case of persistence on a read-only boot media; and now lThe MX Packageinstaller application includes user interface improvements and better version display for packages in third-party repositories.
MX Linux is aA GNU/Linux distro made cooperatively by the antiX and MX Linux communities. It is part of a family of operating systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance. Its graphical tools provide an easy way to perform a wide variety of tasks, while Live USB and snapshot tools inherited from antiX add impressive portability and excellent remastering capabilities. In addition, it is a project that has extensive support available through videos, documentation, a very friendly forum and a great and growing community. About MX Linux
Linux Mint 22.1
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 16, 2025.
- Download Links: Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia”
- Featured news: This new update called "Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" ", includes interesting features among its current features for this version, some like: A deep debugging (review, cleaning and optimization) of the APT system dependencies (command line utility for package management) with the aim of eliminating obsolete components, rationalizing and creating a new improved APT system and testing, for the inclusion of future package management tools and libraries. It also includes others like: The possibility of choosing a specific power mode that allows the user to balance between power saving and performance optimization. To do this, you can now choose between the following power modes: Power Saving Mode that limits performance to conserve energy, and Balanced Mode that adjusts performance according to your needs. Lastly, and among many others, now comes with the latest version of Cinnamon, which features a new default theme, native dialogs, new features, and greatly improved Wayland support.
Linux Mint is a free, open and free operating system that is very popular in the Linuxverse, in addition It is one of the most used GNU/Linux desktop distributions by millions of people around the world, due to being considered one of the best alternatives to operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple MacOS. Since it focuses on being a modern, elegant, comfortable, easy-to-use, secure and reliable operating system, which includes good multimedia support. And it is based on Debian and Ubuntu, which gives you around 30.000 packages and one of the best software managers. About Linux Mint
Mabox Linux 25.01
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 13, 2025.
- Download Links: Mabox 25.01
- Featured news: : Of this new update called «Mabox 25.01» there are still no more official details about its current features, but a quick review of the packages that comprise it clearly indicate that it brings updated packages such as: Firefox Browser 134.0-1, Linux Kernel 6.6.65-1, as well as jgmenu 4.4.1-1, mesa 1:24.2.8-1, openbox 3.6.1-11, pacman 7.0.0.r10.ga2d0293-1, pipewire 1:1.2.7-1, python 3.12.7-1, qt5-base 5.15.16+kde+r130-3, qt6-base 6.8.1-1, tint2 17.0.2-5, among many others.
Mabox Linux is a free and open source operating system based on the stable branch of Manjaro Linux, notable for using a rock-solid LTS kernel by default and employing the custom, pre-configured Openbox window manager. It is inspired by CrunchBang and uses some BunsenLabs utilities tailored for Mabox. Mabox also stands out for offering a lightweight, fast, and ready-to-use Linux desktop that runs well even on computers with few hardware resources. And because it is built on solid, stable foundations, it allows quick access to the latest software releases, making it easy for any type of user to quickly and easily adapt it to their own requirements, both in appearance and functionality. About Mabox
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 3 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
- Zero Office 5.0: January 17.
- Zenwalk 250116: January 16.
- KDE neon 20250116: January 16.
- Deepin 25 Preview: January 15.
- TUXEDO 20250115: January 15.
- RELIANOID 7.6: January 15.
- ArcLinux 25.01.05: January 14.
- gnoppix 25.1: January 14.
- CalculateLinux 20250114: January 14.
- CentOS 10-20250113: January 13.
- Starbuntu 24.04.1.14: January 13.
- Bluestar Linux 6.12.9-2: January 13.
- FunOS 24.10: January 13.
- Ultimate Edition: January 12.
- Deepin NEVER Preview: January 16.
Archive OS
- Z-DOS: January 15.
- SpeedLinux: January 10.
Summary
In short, we hope that this third post (week 3) of this series dedicated to «News from the Linuxverse Distros for each week of the year 2025 » I hope you liked it and found it useful, both informatively and technically. Especially regarding the latest releases of the MX Linux, Linux Mint and Mabox Linux distributions, which we have highlighted today.
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