May 2026 ISO image of Archcraft is now available to download. Changelog: updated ISO profile to archiso 88-1; latest base with new packages; update some Archcraft and all AUR packages; small improvements and bugs fixed. New Archcraft Prime ISO image is now available to download. Archcraft Prime offers every (not the one released after Prime) exclusive stuff of Archcraft in a single ISO image. It has Openbox Premium, bspwm Premium and i3wm Premium, as well as all several exclusive Wayland compositors (Sway, Wayfire, River, Hyprland and newm) pre-installed.
New users getting started with 7.3.0 will be greeted by a completely redesigned onboarding wizard that gets your server configured and ready in about three minutes. It walks you through server name, time zone, language, SSH access, theme, boot method selection, and plugin installation in a clean step-by-step interface, with a summary screen to review everything before it's applied. The boot method choice (USB/Flash Drive or Internal Boot) is built directly into the flow, so new users encounter it from day one rather than discovering it later buried in settings. Existing users switching to Internal Boot can access the same wizard under Tools, Onboarding Wizard. This release includes several security fixes. Upgrade is recommended. The 7.3 kernel patches two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities: Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) and Dirty Frag (CVE-2025-43284), the latter previously addressed in 7.2.6. Users upgrading from 7.2.5 or earlier get both fixes in one update.
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.3 is a maintenance release of the 24.04-1.x series. This release contains mostly bug fixes and small improvements. The notable ones are: improved handling of desktop apps, including allow launching X11 apps outside of Lomiri (e.g. from OpenStore/Snapz0r); fixed dangling placeholder windows and launcher entry when launching X11 apps; fixed launching applications written using GTK4; improved handling of docks with input devices such as NexDock; fixed playing back AMR voice message sent via MMS; fixed scaling factor being slightly off in certain applications (in particular apps which use Qt auto scaling or embedded webview); fixed shutdown hanging on some devices; general bug fixes and security updates.
This release presents the new Linux kernel 7.0.4 as well as the new version 148.0.7778.96-1 of the web browser Google-Chrome-Stable. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has improved the integration of the primary text editor into its system and fixed a bundle of bugs in various home-brew apps.
Parrot 7.2 released. Significant updates have also been implemented for parrot-menu, as the migration to the new Go codebase continues and new desktop entries have been added. Other core components, including parrot-themes and parrot-tools have received improvements. Specifically, parrot-core now includes a built-in check for packages installed via Flatpak, automatically handling updates for them as needed. Furthermore, we have refined the post installation logic to improve system stability during home directory synchronization from Parrot 6 'Lory'. Additionally, this release synchronizes Parrot with the latest Debian upstream updates. By aligning with the Debian project, we ensure that all core packages benefit from the most recent security fixes and stability patches. The virtual machine codebase has undergone a refactor to enhance modularity and readability, as well as to streamline builds via CI/CD. This will allow us to expand the range of Parrot editions and variants, also for the ARM architecture.
We are pleased to announce PrismLinux 2026.05.05, a substantial stable release, bringing a fully redesigned installer, a refreshed live experience, GNOME 50 support, Linux kernel 7.0, and a broad set of improvements across packages and the core system. The installer has been significantly redesigned and refined: improved navigation — steps now retain their state, allowing free movement between modules throughout the installation process; native localisation — localisation is now handled natively, replacing the previous JSON-based approach; low-end hardware support — weak hardware is detected automatically, animations and resource-intensive features are disabled accordingly; shell selection — choose your default shell during setup from Bash, Fish or Zsh; new fonts — Cascadia Code, JetBrains Mono and Maple Mono are now available as font choices; gaming section — gaming applications (Bottles, Steam) have been moved to the dedicated Extra, Gaming section.
TROMjaro 2026.05.08. The usual Manjaro 'Stable' updates, that also fix for that nasty Linux security issue. And a few changes. Linux kernel 6.18 - we moved to the new LTS kernel. If you want to do that open the Kernel app on your sytem and install it. Reboot the system. You can press Shift multiple times while rebooting to access the GRUB menu and from there select Advanced boot options and make sure you are running the 6.18 one. New default video player - we are using the Clapper video player now. Simply because it does a much better job at playing any video. It is simple and yet powerful. I recommend installing the clapper-enhancers package too. You can also play YouTube videos or videos from other sources. Overall it is a much better player than the previous one, Celluloid. And that's all. We keep it stable and working.
ZenLake OS 26.04 is now available, based on Ubuntu 26.04 'Resolute Raccoon'. ZenLake is a remix of Debian/Ubuntu LTS with GNOME desktop that is configured to be user-friendly. It is minimal and lightweight, and suitable for users who prefer a modern GNOME desktop with Wayland display server. Highlights: GNOME 50 desktop; Linux kernel 7.0. The ZenLake Settings app was updated with a better look and more features: Wallpapers - new Wallpapers tab for browsing and changing the desktop background; Change Kernels - show version numbers of available kernels for Liquorix and XanMod kernels; Remove Kernel - show free space in boot partition and size of each installed kernel; Software Support - new tab to install/remove Software Center apps like GNOME Software, Bazaar and Ubuntu Snap Store; Web Browsers - add support to install/remove Tor, Zen, LibreWolf and Thorium web browsers; System Restore - reduce number of snapshots to reduce disk usage....
This release presents the new Linux kernel 7.0.3 as well as the new versions 147.0.7727.137-1 of the web browser Google-Chrome-Stable and 1:9.6p1-3ubuntu13.16 of Openssh. In addition, among other things, Starbuntu has improved its window management.
Add streamlined Steam installer that doesn't need user input; add fully preconfigured RetroArch that no longer depends on AUR; add streamlined Bluetooth Xbox controller compatibility without needing to restart; add Lutris Launcher to Install, Gaming for running Battle.net games (Diablo, Starcraft, WoW); add Heroic Launcher to Install, Gaming for running Epic Games (sadly no Fortnite or Rocket League); add Moonlight GameStream client to Install, Gaming for remote play of PC games from Sunshine server; add Xbox Cloud Gaming web app to Install, Gaming for remote Xbox Game Pass play; add Install, Gaming, Remove for removing any of the game setups; fix obstructive SDL_VIDEODRIVER env causing problems with many Steam games.