Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 4 of the year 2025
To this fourth (#4) week of the year 2025 (19/01/25 to 25/01/25) 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 Rhino Linux Distributions, BSD Router Project and AV Linux, 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 4 of 2025».
Distros of the Linuxverse: News of Week 3 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 4 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 4 of 2025
Rhino Linux 2025.1
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 19, 2025.
- Download Links: Rhino Linux 2025.1
- Featured news:This new update called "Rhino Linux 2025.1" includes interesting current features, among which are some such as: Lthe inclusion of a new application called Hello Rhino, which is written in Rust and using IcedTK, and aims to provide useful links to the Rhino Project's homepage, blog, Discord community, and official documentation. Additionally, it will automatically start after installation to help jumpstart your journey around Rhino.. Also, his Unicorn (proprietary) desktop (modified XFCE) finally has dynamic workspaces, bringing greater efficiency and flexibility to the desktop. Finally, it now has a new own custom GRUB theme and updating Pacstall to the latest stable version and using Kernel 6.12.3.
Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution that offers a rolling release upgrade approach, on a stable desktop environment, based on a custom XFCE desktop, which the project refers to as Unicorn Desktop, among many other details. Therefore, Unlike many other Ubuntu-based distros, Rhino Linux is not derived from any LTS or interim release, but instead uses the Ubuntu development branch to provide a continuous experience. And in that same direction, it also stands out for the use of Pacstall, which is a kind of AUR for Ubuntu, which helps to provide the most up-to-date software, even that which is not available in the standard repositories. For this reason, it is considered the core of the distribution, along with other utilities specific to Rhino Linux. About Rhino Linux
BSD Router Project 1.994
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 22, 2025.
- Download Links: BSD Router Project 1.994
- Featured news: This new update, called «BSD Router Project 1.994», includes some interesting current features, among which are some like: The fact that, starting with this version, it requires a disk of at least 4 GB, since, if it is installed on a 2 GB disk, the update will not be possible. However, if it was installed on a 4 GB disk or larger, you can resize the system partition using the following command: system resize-system-slice 3921924. Another new feature is that this new version takes the first steps for the future migration to the poudriere-image framework to replace the current NanoBSD. And finally, it includes many new updated packages, such as dns/dnsmasq (replaced from isc-dhcp44/dhcprelya) and python 3.11. While others were removed, such as bird 2.16.1, frr 10.2.1, iperf 2.2.1, iperf3 to 3.18, among many others.
BSD Router Project is a CLI Distro based on FreeBSD (12-STABLE using NanoBSD) focused on being a Dsuitable distribution for routers, that is, a free and open operating system that allows and facilitates nor having to purchase and deploy a physical router. In addition, it integrates very well with FRRouting (BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSFP v3 (IPv6), ISIS) and Bird (BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSFP v3 (IPv6)). About BSD Router Project
AV Linux MXE 23.5
- Official Web site
- Official launch announcement: January 20, 2025.
- Download Links: AV Linux MXE 23.5
- Featured news:This new update called "AV Linux MXE 23.5" includes interesting current features, among which are some such as: Being designed to offer a ISO with a simplified “basic” version of AV Linux, so the same, pIt provides a smaller and simpler download for people who don't want all the existing multimedia applications, easier and more basic use thanks to DE Enlightenment, and serves as a base for development and testing of future versions (25.X). Finally, among many others, it includes better management settings for Systemd, both for The live session as-built installations include a revamped CPU frequency management utility to configure and change the CPU governor for a desktop session. And a choice of three Conky Desktop configurations with a small and simple editor interface.
AV Linux MX Edition (AVL-MXe) is a distribution based on MX Linux that currently comes with a Kernel Liquorix high performance along withThe beautiful and efficient EEnlightenment Desktop Environment. It also includes a wealth of useful tools, including the venerable “MX-Tools” combined with the convenience of custom and specialized utilities. This operating system is factory-tuned for fast, low-latency audio performance, seamless integration with PipeWire, and optional support for Windows audio and plugin applications via Wine-Staging and yabridge. About AV Linux
Other interesting Distros from the Linuxverse updated in week 4 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
- KDE neon 20250123: January 23.
- FreeELEC 12.0.2: January 22.
- ExTix 25.1: January 22.
- Kumander 2.0-rc2: January 22.
- Bluestar 6.12.10: January 21.
- IPFire 2.29-core191: January 21.
- Starbuntu 24.04.1.15: January 20.
- MakuluLinux 2025-01-19: January 19.
- Arch Bang 1901: January 19.
Archive OS
Summary
In short, we hope that this fourth post (week 4) 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 Rhino Linux, BSD Router Project and AV Linux distributions, which we have highlighted today.
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