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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. A new release of CachyOS, a highly-optimised, Arch Linux-based distribution with KDE Plasma as the preferred desktop in live mode, is now available for download. The 250713 version enables users to choose a preferred shell at installation time and defaults to the Wayland display server for new Plasma....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. NethServer is a Rocky Linux-based application server specifically designed for small offices and medium enterprises. The project's latest version, 8.5, introduces worker node compatiblity checks, new Samba features, S3 backup support. "Worker node version check - A safety check has been added when a new worker node joins....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Parrot team have announced the release of Parrot 6.4, which will likely be the final release of the 6.x series. "We are proud to announce Parrot Security 6.4, the latest release of our security oriented operating system, this new version comes packed with most of the enhancements....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Arne Exton has announced the release of a new "DebEX" edition of Exton Linux, based on the upcoming release of Debian 13. It uses the KDE Plasma 6.3.5 desktop and comes with the Calamares system installer: "I have made a new extra version of DebEX KDE Plasma live....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: GLF OS Omnislash Beta
News: Alpine seeks to reduce maintenance burden for X11 desktops, Fedora drops proposal for removing 32-bit packages, AlmaLinux extends EPEL support for more CPUs, Ubuntu dropping older RISC-V processors, Rhino Linux working with UBports, PCLinuxOS experiences website outage
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The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution which offers a rolling-release upgrade approach. The project's latest snapshot introduces a rewritten package manager (RPK2) and a new KDE-based desktop environment which uses Plasma 6 packages. "2025.3 images ship with RPK2, our rewrite of Rhino PKG in Nushell, by default. We....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The MocaccinoOS development team has announced the release of MocaccinoOS 1.8.3, a minor update of the project's minimalist, Gentoo-based Linux distribution with a custom package manager called "Luet" and a choice of four popular desktops: "Today we are releasing MocaccinoOS 1.8.3. This is mostly an upgraded version that....

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Antônio Vinicius Menezes Medeiros has announced the release of Linux Kamarada 15.6, an updated version of the project's general-purpose, openSUSE-based distribution. This new build updates the GNOME desktop to version 45 and improves its integration with smartphones with the help of the GSConnect GNOME extension. "I am proud....

This security-minded Linux distribution makes it easy to browse anonymously  ZDNet

4 reasons I switched from Arch to NixOS  XDA

Intel Xe3 Panther Lake OpenGL & Vulkan Support Now Enabled By Default On Linux  Phoronix

New Linux Patches Enable Support For The Snapdragon X1 Powered Microsoft Surface Pro 11  Phoronix

9 Reasons Gaming on Linux Is Better Than Ever  How-To Geek

Linux Is No Longer Immune: Why Ransomware Gangs Are Going All-In on Linux Targets  Morphisec

Linux Veteran Kirill Shutemov Departs Intel After 14 Years  WebProNews

Mesa 25.2 NVK vs. NVIDIA R575 Linux Graphics Performance For GeForce RTX 40 Series  Phoronix

Chrome OS slated to merge with Android  Notebookcheck

NVMe Controller Data Queue "CDQ" Patches Posted For Linux  Phoronix

RADV Vulkan Video Improvements Make It Into Mesa 25.2 For AMD RDNA4 GPUs  Phoronix

LMDE 7 Will Follow Linux Mint 22.2  Phoronix