https://os.watch OS.watch is exploring the world of Operating Systems http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen https://os.watch/static/images/favicon.png https://os.watch 48 48 en Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:14:02 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss port to Debian 13 'Trixie' ram-wipe - Wipe RAM on shutdown and reboot; install USBGuard by default; port to Wayland; port to LXQt; bring back Btrfs support in ISO installer; port to privleap; no longe port to Debian 13 'Trixie' ram-wipe - Wipe RAM on shutdown and reboot; install USBGuard by default; port to Wayland; port to LXQt; bring back Btrfs support in ISO installer; port to privleap; no longer install xpdf by default (due to port to Wayland); investigated VirtualBox; switch to using deb822 sources; backlight-tool-dist - new privleap, LXQt compatible backlight adjustment tool; keyboard layout new tools - set-system-keymap, set-console-keymap, set-labwc-keymap, set-grub-keymap; disable clipboard sharing by default for VM images (broken by Wayland); VirtualBox Guest Additions - clipboard sharing, shared folder; KVM clipboard sharing; Qubes - unaffected, no changes; GRUB boot menu now has a keyboard selection menu (this is documented in chapter Temporary Kernel Boot Parameter Change); boot performance and RAM savings improvements; consistent naming of meta packages; VirtualBox / KVM - fix auto adjustment of window size in Wayland using wlr-resize-watcher (in vm-config-dist package). https://os.watch/kicksecure/18.0.8.7 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss Removed libdispatch from base. rc.subr(8) now honors ${name}_env in all rc(8) scripts. init(8), service(8), and cron(8) will now adopt user/class environment variables by default (excluding PATH). Not Removed libdispatch from base. rc.subr(8) now honors ${name}_env in all rc(8) scripts. init(8), service(8), and cron(8) will now adopt user/class environment variables by default (excluding PATH). Notably, environment variables for all cron jobs and rc(8) services can now be set via login.conf(5). The default config for newsyslog(8) will now only include files from the /etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ and /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/ directories if the filename ends with ".conf" and does not begin with a "." character. The kernel now supports enforcing a W^X memory mapping policy for user processes. The policy is not enforced by default but can be enabled by setting the kern.elf32.allow_wx and kern.elf64.allow_wx sysctls to 0. Individual binaries can be exempted from the policy by elfctl(1) via the wxneeded feature. https://os.watch/midnightbsd/4.0 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss RELIANOID 7.8.0 Community Edition represents a significant milestone, bringing a modern operating system base, enhanced upgrade capabilities, and first-class cloud automation features to the open-sour RELIANOID 7.8.0 Community Edition represents a significant milestone, bringing a modern operating system base, enhanced upgrade capabilities, and first-class cloud automation features to the open-source community. This release focuses on simplifying lifecycle management, improving usability, and enabling seamless deployments across on-premise and cloud environments. The platform is now based on Debian 12.12 'Bookworm', providing a more secure, stable, and up-to-date foundation. This upgrade ensures long-term support, improved performance, and access to the latest system and networking components. In addition, RELIANOID CE 7.8.0 introduces major version upgrade capabilities, allowing users to perform smoother transitions between releases while reducing operational risk and downtime. As part of this process, automated system cleanup routines are now executed before upgrades to ensure a clean and reliable upgrade path. https://os.watch/relianoid/7.8.0 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss This release presents among other things the latest upgrade of the web browser google-chrome-stable (version 143.0.7499.169-1) and due to a severe bug in gnome-text-editor a new text editor (i. e. mou This release presents among other things the latest upgrade of the web browser google-chrome-stable (version 143.0.7499.169-1) and due to a severe bug in gnome-text-editor a new text editor (i. e. mousepad version 0.6.1-1build2 from xfce). In addition, Starbuntu has fixed a little bug in its wallpaper management as well as thoroughly revised its software overview. https://os.watch/starbuntu/24.04.3.19 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss ServerHub continues as the modular framework for enterprise application deployment, now with complete CLI interface complementing its TUI. Available with 7 production-ready modules (LAMP, Docker, Ngin ServerHub continues as the modular framework for enterprise application deployment, now with complete CLI interface complementing its TUI. Available with 7 production-ready modules (LAMP, Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager, Zabbix, Nextcloud, GLPI, Odoo), it enables full automation through scripts, CI/CD integration, and remote administration without manual intervention. Storage management is simplified through synex-lvm-manager, an interactive command-line tool designed specifically for Synex/Debian. It reduces the complexity of working with LVM and LUKS2 encryption without sacrificing technical control: allows creating and managing physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes in an assisted manner, preparing disks with LUKS2 encryption and integrating them into LVM, reviewing states and available space before applying changes, and automatically updating system configuration. https://os.watch/synex/13 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss woofQ2-built EasyOS has version numbering starting from 7.0. It is built from Devuan 'Excalibur' (equivalent to Debian 'Trixie') binary packages, with major structural changes, including based on Debi woofQ2-built EasyOS has version numbering starting from 7.0. It is built from Devuan 'Excalibur' (equivalent to Debian 'Trixie') binary packages, with major structural changes, including based on Debian's APT package management and enhanced Easy Containers. It should be noted that version 7.0+ implies improvements and less bugs compared with earlier releases; however, this series is a complete redesign, from the ground-up, and likely there are some brand-new issues. We hope that nothing serious emerges, and anyway, updating is very simple, via the "update" button on the desktop. The latest version is becoming mature, though Easy is an experimental distribution and some parts are under development and are still considered as beta-quality. However, you will find this distro to be a very pleasant surprise, or so we hope.So many 7.0.x releases since 7.0, resolving issues and many enhancements, finally reaching the rock-solid 7.1. Changes since 7.0.34: MSCW restore defaults; SeaMonkey Composer via right-click menu; fix screen brightness in EasySetup; LibreOffice Draw not in menu; Linux kernel 6.12.62; Chromium 143.0.7499.109. https://os.watch/easyos/7.1 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss This set has been overdue for a while so it mainly comes as an update with new versions. This set is based on kernel 6.18 and comes with latest versions of desktop environments and most other software This set has been overdue for a while so it mainly comes as an update with new versions. This set is based on kernel 6.18 and comes with latest versions of desktop environments and most other software. Newly, the live images will not automatically import LVMs and ZFS pools, as that was found to be unintuitive and sometimes system-breaking (with ZFS-on-root setups). Additionally, the images now come with an experimental TUI installer. It can be invoked as chimera-installer from the command line. The installer supports the following: Local and remote installs, APK mirror setup, with up to date mirror list fetched from the repo, basic setup (hostname, timezone, root password, user account), installing extra packages, kernel version selection, bootloader setup (GRUB and systemd-boot, including BIOS/EFI/OF). https://os.watch/chimera/20251220 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss We're pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.3.0. This minor release includes a host of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The ISO and associated verification files are available We're pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.3.0. This minor release includes a host of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The ISO and associated verification files are available on the downloads page. What's new in Qubes 4.3? Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 41. Xen upgraded to version 4.19. Default Fedora template upgraded to Fedora 42 (older versions not supported). Default Debian template upgraded to Debian 13 (versions older than 12 not supported). Default Whonix templates upgraded to Whonix 18 (older versions not supported). Preloaded disposables. Device 'self-identity oriented' assignment (a.k.a. New Devices API). Qubes Windows Tools reintroduced with improved features. These are just a few highlights from the many changes included in this release. For a more comprehensive list of changes, see the Qubes OS 4.3 release notes. Templates restored in 4.3.0 from a pre-4.3 backup may continue to target their original Qubes OS release repositories. After restoring such templates in 4.3.0, you must perform the following additional steps. This will automatically choose the templates that need to be updated. https://os.watch/qubesos/4.3.0 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss Welcome to the v1.12.0 release of Talos. What's new? The Kubernetes API server in Talos has been updated to use a more secure set of TLS cipher suites by default. This is in line with a set of best pr Welcome to the v1.12.0 release of Talos. What's new? The Kubernetes API server in Talos has been updated to use a more secure set of TLS cipher suites by default. This is in line with a set of best practices documented in CIS 1.12 benchmark. New field in UserVolumeConfig - volumeType that defaults to partition, but can be set to directory. When set to directory, provisioning and filesystem operations are skipped and a directory is created under /var/mnt/'name'. The directory type enables lightweight storage volumes backed by a host directory, instead of requiring a full block device partition. Talos versions prior to v1.12 used the state of PCR 7 and signed policies locked to PCR 11 for TPM based disk encryption. Talos now supports configuring which PCRs states are to be used for TPM based disk encryption via the options.pcrs field in the tpm section of the disk encryption configuration. Component updates Linux kernel 6.18.1, Kubernetes 1.35.0, CNI Plugins 1.9.0, cryptsetup 2.8.1, LVM2 2_03_37, systemd-udevd: 257.8.... https://os.watch/talos/1.12.0 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://os.watch/releases.rss For the first time we now also offer ARM64 builds for devices that boot with UEFI. This means you’ll be able to run OS 8.1 on M-series Apple Silicon and devices where you can load UEFI-supporting firm For the first time we now also offer ARM64 builds for devices that boot with UEFI. This means you’ll be able to run OS 8.1 on M-series Apple Silicon and devices where you can load UEFI-supporting firmware like Raspberry Pi. This version of Linux also supports certain Qualcomm and Rockchip processors, for example. Many notebooks and tablets now ship with displays that aren’t quite HiDPI, but are more pixel dense than traditional displays. In OS 8, we only supported integer display scaling which left these devices in an awkward position with an interface that is either too large or too small. In OS 8.1, we now support fractional display scaling in the Secure Session. https://os.watch/elementaryos/8.1 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000