Top New Distros 2025 – 05: Helwan Linux + iDeal OS
Today, May 13, 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 fifth publication (part 05) of this current year. And in it, we'll cover two more new, interesting, and little-known alternatives to free and open distributions (operating systems) within the vast Linuxverse. One that only appeared in the well-known Linux platform in April. DistroWatch waitlist, and another one already registered on DistroWatch, but still little known by many, despite being a brilliant "Respin" project based on the popular "MX Linux" distro. The names of these two projects are as follows: “Helwan Linux” + “iDeal OS”.
Let us remember that many of the *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 within the same. So, if you're interested in learning about new free and open source alternatives to operating systems or other lesser-known ones, we invite you to continue reading this post.
Top New Distros 2025 – 04: CatOS and Quirinux + Vendefoul Wolf
But, before starting reading this publication about said new «Top of new GNU/Linux Distros to be recognized in 2025: Part 05 » with the Distros “Helwan Linux” + “iDeal OS”, we recommend the previous related post with this series for later reading:
Vendefoul Wolf is a fully featured GNU/Linux distribution, distributed completely free of charge, notable for offering Sysvinit, Runit, and Openrc as process startup managers, replacing Systemd. It's also ready to work right out of the box (especially at the driver level: printers, Bluetooth, USB, and more), consuming just the bare minimum required for a modern operating system. It's primarily focused on being ideal for older, low-resource hardware systems, and for users looking to migrate from Windows to Linux. Finally, it doesn't include any type of telemetry, has a user-friendly graphical environment, and offers a selection of pre-installed software, making it ideal for working right out of the box, as soon as the computer is booted. More about Vendefoul Wolf
New Distros in and out of DistroWatch for 2025: Part 05
Top New Distros 2025 – Part 05: “Helwan Linux” + “iDeal OS”
Helwan Linux
- Official Web site
- Official repository
- Latest version available: Helwan Linux 3.2, released on an unknown date in 2025.
- Base: ArchLinux.
- País de origen: Unknown, but possibly from a Middle Eastern country.
- Supported architectures: x86_64.
- Desktops (DE/WM): Cinnamon.
- General description: According to its developers, this Arch Linux-based distribution project is designed for use on modern computers with minimum requirements of 3 GB of RAM, a 64-bit processor (with at least one core), 16 GB of disk space, and at least 1 GPU (integrated graphics card). On the other hand, it offers full support for the Arabic language and a set of developer-ready libraries in C, Python, and Bash over the Cinnamon environment. In addition to being easy to customize and modify, it already has a significant and active user community that provides technical support and immediate help.
Helwan Linux isn't just another Linux distribution. It's a carefully handcrafted operating system built on top of Arch, designed to offer developers, YouTubers, and advanced computer users a fast, secure, and complete environment, ready to work as soon as it's installed. And all this, powered by the Cinnamon desktop environment, offers a perfect combination of beauty and simplicity on one hand, and power and efficiency on the other. About Helwan Linux
iDeal OS
- Official Web site
- Latest version available: iDeal OS 3.7 – 2025.03.23, released on March 23, 2025.
- Base: MX Linux.
- País de origen: Swiss.
- Supported architectures: Amd64.
- Desktops (DE/WM): KDE Plasma.
- General description: According to its developers, this Linux project of Distribution based on MX Linux offers its users 2 editions or flavors with different specific purposes or objectives. The first edition, called “Emerald,” is designed to offer the best and most widely used work applications for home, office, and study. While, heThe second edition, called "Diamond," is designed to offer the best and most widely used office and multimedia applications to turn any computer into a powerful digital workstation. It includes a wide range of professional tools for working in many fields or trades (entrepreneurs, freelancers, programmers, web designers, content creators, artists, YouTubers, among others).
iDeal OS is a desktop operating system, a customized version of the powerful MX Linux distribution, with the best privacy and security settings enabled by default. iDeal OS's primary goals are privacy and security: you can browse, shop, transact, and bank online with complete peace of mind, free from annoying ads, tracking, logs, bugs, viruses, and unwanted disclosure of personal information. About iDeal OS
Other new distros, on and off the DistroWatch Waitlist
As of today, when we write this publication (13/05/2025), it is important to highlight that, The only additional distributions that we have been able to find, inside and outside the known Linuxverse so far (mainly on the DistroWatch OS.Watch and FossTorrents websites) are "Twister OS y Calyx OS", which we will address next month.
Summary
In summary, we hope that the Free and Open Distribution projects addressed today and whose names are “Helwan Linux” + “iDeal OS”, have formed a new, interesting and useful «Top new GNU/Linux distros to be recognized and known» during this period of May of 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 other new or little-known projects.
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