This release adds a second edition of Parted Magic for ARM computers, six new programs and Linux kernel 7.3. Erase verifies drives much faster and clears memory cards the way IEEE 2883 asks. Parted Magic now comes in a second edition for 64-bit ARM computers. Its ISO image sits beside the PC ISO in the downloads at no extra cost - everyone who can download this release can download both. It is made for ARM servers that start with UEFI and for Snapdragon X laptops, and it starts with Secure Boot on. I tested it on an Ampere Altra server and a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6. It is not made for Macs or for boards such as the Raspberry Pi. It has Erase, VisParted, Clone, Rescue, Boot Repair and the other new programs below, with Google Chrome as its web browser. The USB Installer writes it to a USB drive. The ARM edition also has the USB Installer built in, so an ARM computer can make Parted Magic drives for PCs too.
This release presents the new Linux kernel 7.3.1 as well as the new version 156.0.8078.47-1 of the web browser Google-Chrome-Stable. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has completely rewritten its installation routine so that this program runs much more user-friendly and reports every step going to be accomplished.
The OpenIndiana Hipster 2026.10 snapshot is available, visit the Downloads page for the Live, Text and Minimal installation images, dated 30 October 2026. Existing installations can continue to update through IPS. Notable changes: UEFI framebuffer support on the Live image; the illumosfb X.Org driver is now enabled, installed in the X server's module path and included on the live image, with automatic configuration on illumos framebuffer consoles; updated browsers and mail, Firefox and Thunderbird reach version 159.0; development tools - Python 3.15.2 and Perl 5.44.0 are added, alongside Rust 1.99.0, Clang 23.1.4 and GCC 15.3.0; interpreter additions are listed separately from the many module updates below; virtualization updates - QEMU reaches 11.1.2 and VirtualBox 7.2.22; the QEMU guest agent is split into its own package; new applications - TeX Live 2026 and the Foliate 3.2.1 ebook reader join the collection, along with the zoxide shell navigation tool; other changes include OpenSSH 10.6p1, OpenSSL 3.5.9, MariaDB 12.3.3 and further SPARC build support for applications including OpenJDK 11/17, ripgrep and Claws Mail.
Marsh, Pup and Snout 2.0.0 are available for download. Series 2 is not Series 1 with newer packages. It is a rebuild on Fedora 45, and almost everything you see has moved or been redone. Never reinstall again - this is the change that changes daily life the most. From Series 2 on, CapivaraOS upgrades in place - 2.0 to 2.1, and Series 2 to Series 3 when the time comes. No formatting, no reinstalling, no copying your files to another disk first. It works through Discover, GNOME Software or dnf, like any other update, because that is exactly what it is - our repository is signed and upgrades go through the same verification as everything else. And before each upgrade Snapper takes a snapshot, so rolling back is one command. Series 1 does not have this path. If you are on it, you need to install 2.0 from scratch - this is the last time.
Slax 2026.11 is out. For a while I honestly thought there would never be another Slax release. And yet, here we go again. I wanted a Linux desktop I could take anywhere and actually enjoy using. This is the one I wanted to make. The desktop got a proper rebuild. Hold Alt and tap Tab and you can see the windows you're switching between. Hover over a taskbar icon and you get live previews of all the windows from that app. Click the one you want. Alt+F3 shows all four workspaces at once, so you can find that window you were absolutely sure you’d left right here. You can keep files and folders on the desktop, switch keyboard layouts from the taskbar, and adjust the volume by scrolling over the speaker. It finally looks like one desktop. Linux apps often look like they arrived from different decades, sometimes in the same afternoon. In Slax, apps share a consistent look. Open the file manager, an older utility and a newer app side by side. They look like they belong on the same computer. I'm ridiculously pleased about this.