Latest releases

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). T... Read more

The panel configuration menu was recently enhanced to allow for quick configuration of the taskbar’s behavior. The menu is available by right-clicking the Mabox icon in the panel or by using the keyboard shortcut W-A-p (Super/Windows + Alt + p). Update notifier/status icon: Now shows the number of u... Read more

SparkyLinux 2025.12, codenamed “Tiamat,” is a new semi-rolling release based on Debian testing “Forky,” featuring updated packages as of December 14, 2025, the Linux 6.17.11 kernel (with additional kernels available in the repositories), and refreshed core components such as Firefox 140.5.0 ESR, Thu... Read more

This new version of our distribution mainly focuses on accessibility improvements, developed as part of our collaboration with our friends at A.S.I. YOVOTOGO and the 'Togolese Federation of Associations of Persons with Disabilities' (FETAPH). The goal is to soon equip specialized centers for people ... Read more

Now that GNOME has moved to only supporting Wayland, and KDE in Kali has already used it by default for a few years (since Kali Linux 2023.1), we wanted to ensure that the transition and experience were seamless. The only thing that we felt was missing was support for VM guest tools, like clipboard ... Read more

We are proud to announce our new stable release, version 2025.12, code-named 'Postwurfsendung'. Like the previous release, version 2025.08, live ISO images are available for 64-bit x86 (amd64) and 64-bit ARM (arm64) CPUs. For this release, a number of internal changes to our build-tool grml-live wer... Read more

This release presents among other things the new Linux kernel 6.14.0-37 and due to the increasing number of bugs in gedit a new text editor (i. e. gnome-text-editor version 48.2-1). In addition, Starbuntu has improved its embedding in the EFI system by now offering its live medium bootable both in l... Read more

Tails 7.3.1 was released on December 11, 2025, replacing the planned 7.3 release to include a last-minute security fix in a bundled library. This update refreshes key components, including Tor Browser 15.0.3, the Tor client 0.4.8.21, and Thunderbird 140.5.0, and is available through automatic or man... Read more

If you're ambitious enough, or maybe just crazy enough, there eventually comes a time when you realize you've reached the limits of current potential, and must create something completely new if you're to go further. This year, System76 turned twenty. For twenty years we have shipped Linux computers... Read more

As always, the new release contains numerous updates and smaller improvements. A selection: Synchronization of the 'locked' status of user accounts across Nubus, Active Directory and Samba 4 has been unified. This ensures that, for example, a lock set in Active Directory after too many failed login ... Read more