Top New Distros 2025 – 02: Bluefin, Malbian and Shebang
Today, February 12, 2025, as has become customary month after month, we offer you a new publication in our current series of publications called “Top New GNU/Linux Distros”, which corresponds to the second publication (part 02) of this current year. And in it, we will address 3 more new and interesting alternatives of free and open distributions (operating systems). Which already appear in the DistroWatch waitlist for last January 2025 and these are the following: Bluefin, Malbian and Shebang. Although, we will also take the opportunity to mention other, equally interesting ones.
Let us remember that *Linux, *BSD Distros and other independent ones, addressed in this series of publications, They await their fair recognition within the DistroWatch website, to then be disseminated as modern, complete, stable and successful projects. Therefore, with this new contribution, we hope to continue promoting the knowledge (dissemination and promotion), development and use of these and other New and interesting free and open source GNU/Linux distribution projects.
But, before starting reading this publication about said new «Top New GNU/Linux Distros to be Recognized in 2025: Part 02» with Bluefin, Malbian and Shebang Distros, we recommend the previous related post with this series for later reading:
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New Distros on DistroWatch for 2025: Top Part 02
Top New Distros 2025 – Part 02: Bluefin, Malbian and Shebang
bluefin
- Official Web site
- Official repository
- Latest released versions: Bluefin 20250209.1, released on February 9, 2025.
- Base: Fedora Silverblue.
- País de origen: USA.
- Supported architectures: amd64 (64 Bits) .
- Desktops (DE/WM): GNOME Desktop.
- General description: According to its developers, it is a computer operating system that offers the best of both worlds, that is, the reliability and ease of use of the Chromebook mobile operating system, with the power of using a desktop computer through the implementation of the GNOME Desktop. In addition, it is designed to get automatic updates based on images and comes with a simple graphical application store, so you get what you want without sacrificing system stability. Finally, it offers an optional "developer mode" that transforms the operating system and computer into a powerful workstation, ideal for software developers. Finally, Bluefin is related to the Aurora, Bazzite and uCore projects.
Bluefin is also “an interpretation of the Ubuntu spirit based on Fedora technology,” which is a certain era in Ubuntu history that a significant amount of open source people grew up with, like the classic X-men. We try to bring that vibe here, we’re the reboot. Chilled out vibes. Official documentation
Malbian
- Official Web site
- Official repository
- Latest released versions: Malbian 1.1, released on February 7, 2025.
- Base: Debian 12.
- País de origen: Unknown.
- Supported architectures: x86_64.
- Desktops (DE/WM): XFCE and DWM.
- General description: According to its sole developer (0xChange), Malbian is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution intended for malware analysis and reverse engineering. It focuses on the execution of custom scripts that facilitate the display of useful information in a Tmux session. And this information goes from Internet connectivity, LAN IP address, destination IP address or domain, to VPN connection status and host connectivity status. In addition, it makes use of a lightweight and flexible desktop like XFCE, which, provides a familiar user interface, although alternatively, it also offers an ISO with the DWM window manager for greater simplicity and lightness. Y aBoth editions come with some general tools for analyzing malware samples and simple system utilities to make the system more reliable and usable.
Malbian was created as an alternative to Remnux, which is based on Ubuntu. The good thing about Malbian is that it has ISOs to run live or install to disk at any time, while Remnux has OVA files that restrict the hypervisors where you can run it..
shebang
- Official Web site
- Official repository
- Latest released versions: Unknown information.
- Base: Artix.
- País de origen: Unknown.
- Supported architectures: x86_64.
- Desktops (DE/WM): Openbox.
- General description: According to its developers, Shebang is an Artix-based GNU/Linux distribution that offers an excellent combination of a pleasant experience for both end and advanced users. In addition, it uses the agile Openbox window manager, which is highly customizable and provides a modern and complete GNU/Linux system without sacrificing the overall performance of the operating system. Finally, it is important to note that, Shebang comes with the ability to play most popular media formats including but not limited to MP3, DVD playback, and Adobe Flash. Y It comes with many popular applications installed by default, including but not limited to Iceweasel Browser (Firefox), MPV Player and Transmission BitTorrent Client app, FileZilla, and many more.
Shebang also comes with many applications specifically chosen for their hacking attributes. You can even automatically connect a VPN just by clicking on the polybar, for example. Also, ycWith the exception of a few packages, Shebang is built entirely from packages available in the Artix repositories. Therefore, use the package management tools pacman and flatpak safely. Therefore, sIf you are already familiar with Arch, you should have no problems working with Shebang.
Other new distros on the DistroWatch waiting list for the month of January 2025
And for this past January 2025, it is important to note that the only additional distribution that we have been able to find within the known Linuxverse (mainly, the DistroWatch Os.Watch and FossTorrents websites) is Melawy Linux. Which is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, but with the Calamares installer, and a custom design that includes the rEFInd bootloader, the Plymouth loading screen, the SDDM login manager, and the KDE Plasma Desktop, among many other useful and interesting additions. And whose development is stable and well active, as stated in your SourceForge website.
Summary
In short, we expect that the projects of Free and Open Distributions called Bluefin, Malbian and Shebang, have formed a new, interesting and useful «Top new GNU/Linux distros to be recognized and known» during this period of February 2025. And may this publication continue to contribute to the dissemination and popularization of the various projects that seek to make their way and achieve a worthy position in the Linuxverse. It will be in the next publications of this series that we will learn about many more new projects.
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