This release presents the new version 151.0.7922.75-1 of the web browser Google-Chrome-Stable. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has added an 'Open With' list of adequare mime type specific applications as well as improved its command entry software and also added a routine for writing an ISO image to a storage medium.
The day has finally arrived. Soplos Linux 2026.08 is now available as a stable version. After months of betas and release candidates, the project takes the final leap. The three variants of the distribution, 'Tyron', 'Tyson' and 'Boro', are published at the same time. Not one has been left behind. Likewise, the core of the system advances in the three ISO images. The custom Soplos kernel goes up to version 7.1.5. Consequently, mesa-vulkan-drivers is also added in version 26.1.5, improving the standard Vulkan graphical support. Likewise, openssh-common is added, reinforcing the network tools available from the first boot. However, the most striking change in this version is something else. Soplos Linux 2026.08 completely removes the proprietary NVIDIA drivers from the ISO image.
2026.08.08 - iDeal OS 4.4. The release of iDeal OS 4.4 is a major upgrade on the footsteps of MX Linux 25.2 and Debian 13.6. We are pleased to introduce the new official iDeal OS repository. The entire operating system and all custom applications are now maintained as native .deb packages via APT, offering clear benefits. Automatic updates - simply run sudo apt upgrade to get the latest features and bug fixes; clean system - everything integrates perfectly with the traditional APT package manager; verified security - all packages are cryptographically signed by the iDeal OS RD team; future-ready - apps and system bug fixes, configuration files, wallpapers, themes, icons will be published through the same repository over time. The new Liquorix kernel offers improved responsiveness for interactive systems, enabling low-latency computing for audio/video production and reducing frame-time deviation in games. Waterfox is the new default web browser, a fork of Firefox with enhanced privacy features.
Fairphone 6 is now available on AOSP 16 Backup & Restore (beta) - /e/OS can now automatically back up your apps and their data to your Murena Workspace and restore them on a new device or after a reset. Backups run automatically when your device is idle, and can be limited to Wi-Fi only, paused when the battery is low, and retried automatically if an upload fails. You can see your last backup time and status at a glance, with clear per-app information showing exactly what is backed up and what can be restored. /e/OS Passwords, a brand-new built-in password manager - save, automatically generate and autofill your passwords across apps and websites. An off-line cache lets you retrieve your passwords even without a connection, and your vault can be securely backed up and synced. Voice to Text (off-line) - Murena Voice to Text can now run entirely on your device, so you can dictate without an internet connection. The language model is downloaded on demand. Now available to all users, no premium account required.
A year ago, Debian dropped support for 32-bit live/install ISO images, so SparkyLinux dropped it as well. This decision has been reassessed, as it turns out there are still a significant number of people in the world who own “really old,” still functional computers with 32-bit processors. That's why SparkyLinux 8.4 restores support for 32-bit machines, offering, in addition to x86_64 and Aarch64 editions, also i686-pae live/install images as a ultra-light Openbox and CLI editions for self-configuration as you wish. Main changes: all packages updated from the stable Debian and SparkyLinux repositories as of August 9, 2026; PC 64-bit Linux kernel 6.12.101-LTS (7.1.8, 6.18.43-LTS, 6.12.102-LTS in SparkyLinux repositories); Arm64 Linux kernel 6.18.39; PC 32-bit Linux kernel 6.12.102-LTS; LibreOffice 25.2.3 (26.2.4 in Debian backports repository); KDE Plasma 6.3.6....
CachyOS Welcome got a DNS rework, so the speed-test based server ranking now correctly picks the fastest DNS server. In chwd, improved handheld detection via particular board name matching, and added Bulgarian localization. The kernel-manager backend was rewritten from C++ to Rust and integrated directly into chwd-kernel. Cachy-Update was rebased onto Arch-Update v4.x, with its systray applet rewritten in Rust. New --check --enable option turns on automated update checks and starts the systray in one step, tray now has configurable pagination via TrayUpdatesPerPage, and default check interval was raised to 6 hours. Shelly, our default GUI package manager, was rewritten from C# to Zig for its major release, dropping the managed runtime for native binaries with lower memory use and faster startup. The desktop app got a new first-run welcome screen, list and grid package browsing, AUR PKGBUILD previews with build output, and a Utilities page for database sync, cache cleanup and orphan removal.
Today is a truly special day for the entire team and for those who have closely followed every build, every proof of concept, and every tweak to our system images. We are proud to announce the general availability of TitalcruiseOS 5.4 (build 20260806), a cumulative update that not only redefines our operating system's capabilities but also marks the official conclusion and pinnacle of the Fifth Generation (Gen 5). What began as a quest for an agile, low-latency desktop experience has evolved, with version 5.4, into a full-fledged software engineering workstation. What makes TitalcruiseOS 5.4 the most ambitious release of Gen 5? This 7.0 GB release is no mere patch; it represents a major architectural leap designed to deliver security and compatibility with the most demanding hardware on the market. We are moving beyond the limitations of the previous version to adopt the new Debian 14 'Forky' base.
From a development story arc perspective, AerynOS has been deliberately kept under a very tight leash over the last year, as we have focused on strengthening our core tooling and infrastructure code bases. Whilst we are nowhere near “done” with our vision for our tooling, now that our ability to seamlessly deliver updates to our on-disk repository and file formats has been secured, you will see AerynOS deliberately transitioning into a more open and collaborative space for those of you who want to get involved with the project and work on areas that you find fun, interesting and engaging. This shift in approach has already been evident over the last couple of months, as engagement around the project continues to grow through all of our social media platforms and particularly in our Zulip server. Reilly has worked on adding OpenZFS data drive support in AerynOS. This means that we now support Btrfs, bcachefs and OpenZFS drives for user-managed data drives. Reilly has tested OpenZFS on one of his drives; however we need help from you all, our community of early adopters, to test OpenZFS on your drives and provide feedback that we can then use to iterate.
In this update we decide to make MATE as the default desktop for NetHydra (for SONAR it would still be using Xfce), classic and technical feel. As with every NetHydra release, this update also introduces several new tools and package additions to complement and expand the scope of NetHydra: Fluxion - a security auditing and social-engineering research tool; ligolo-ng - an advanced, yet simple, tunneling/pivoting tool that uses a TUN interface; chisel - fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH with a single executable; Evilginx2 - standalone man-in-the-middle attack framework used for phishing. Also, we've added some old tools into NetHydra ISO image, including cisco-auditing-tool (CAT), cisco-global-exploiter, cisco-torch, 0trace, unix-privesc-check and smtp-user-enum.
This release presents the new Linux kernel 7.1.5 as well as the new version 150.0.7871.186-1 of the web browser Google-Chrome-Stable. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has improved its upgrade software.