Category: Distro
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Participate in Shaping Kubuntu’s Future and Stand a Chance to Win Incredible Prizes
The Kubuntu and Kubuntu Focus teams have unveiled the Kubuntu Graphic Design Contest, inviting talented graphic designers to contribute their creative input towards the future design of the KDE-focused distribution and stand a chance to win incredible prizes. Coordinated by the Linux hardware supplier, Kubuntu Focus, and the developers behind Kubuntu Linux, the Kubuntu Graphic…
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IPFire Hardened Linux Firewall Now Runs on Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS
Michael Tremer announced today the release and general availability of IPFire 2.29 Core Update 183, a new major release for this hardened open-source Linux distro that primarily performs as a router or firewall. IPFire 2.29 Core Update 183 comes with some major changes, including a kernel bump to the latest LTS (Long Term Support) series,…
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UBports Adopts Fixed-Release Model for Ubuntu Touch OTA Updates
The UBports Foundation announced its plan to transition to a fixed-release model for future OTA (Over-the-Air) updates of their Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system. Almost a year prior, the UBports Foundation unveiled the first Ubuntu Touch OTA update based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, after dedicated years of work to shift from the Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial…
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Debian 12.5 “Bookworm”: The Latest Release with 68 Bug Fixes and 42 Security Enhancements
The Debian Project has officially launched Debian 12.5, marking the fourth ISO update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” series. This version, supported by a more recent kernel in the Linux 6.1 LTS series, debuts two months after the release of Debian 12.4. The Debian 12.3 version never officially launched due to an EXT4…
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Introducing Fedora Atomic Desktops: The Latest Immutable Spins from Fedora Project
The Fedora Project announced today a new family of Fedora Linux spins called Fedora Atomic Desktops, which serves as an umbrella for all the current and future Fedora Linux spins that offer an immutable file system, based on rpm-ostree. Announced nearly ten years ago, Project Atomic consists of a set of packages from an OS…
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Kubuntu 24.04 LTS Makes the Leap to Calamares Installer as Default
Today, the Kubuntu development team announced some of their plans for the upcoming Kubuntu 24.04 LTS release and beyond. As you may know, Canonical will launch its 10th Ubuntu LTS release this year, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS a.k.a. the Noble Numbat, and most of the official Ubuntu flavors will follow suit and also offer an LTS…
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Announcement: Tails 6.0 Anonymous OS, Based on Debian 12 Bookworm, Officially Launching on February 27th
The team responsible for the Tails security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution which is Debian-based aim to maintain internet privacy and anonymity. They’ve made a call for testing Tails 6.0, the upcoming major release which is based on Debian Bookworm. The extant Tails 5 series runs on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”, it was about time for the upgrade…
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KaOS Linux 2024.01 Unveiled: Embracing a Pure KDE Plasma 6-Based Environment
The independent development team behind KaOS Linux distribution has initiated 2024 with a new ISO release that unveils the first purely Plasma 6-based environment for a pre-launch experience of the much-anticipated KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment set to be released later this month. “What you will see on this ISO is a pure Plasma 6…
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Release of EndeavourOS Galileo Neo with Linux Kernel 6.7 and Upgraded Installer
Bryan Poerwo of EndeavourOS announced today the release of the Galileo Neo update to the EndeavourOS Galileo release bringing a new kernel for better hardware support and some bug fixes. EndeavourOS Galileo Neo comes a little over two months after EndeavourOS Galileo to provide users with an up-to-date installation media that’s powered by the Linux…
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End of Life for Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”: It’s Time to Upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” reaches its end-of-life today, January 25th, 2024, therefore it will no longer receive any software and security updates. Ubuntu 23.04 was initially released on April 20th, 2023. As an interim Ubuntu release, its support lasted for only nine months with software and security updates. The release featured GNOME 44 desktop environment…