Fedora Asahi Remix is developed in close collaboration with the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project. This release incorporates all of the exciting improvements brought by Fedora Linux 45. Like previous releases, Fedora Asahi Remix 45 supports Apple M1 and M2 systems. In addition, this release includes out of the box initial support for Apple M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max. Asahi Linux upstream now officially supports these new systems. The GPU drivers enabling performant 3D acceleration on the M3 systems are not included at this point. They will be available via a Mesa update in the future. Fedora Asahi Remix offers KDE Plasma 6.8 as our flagship desktop experience. All of the new and exciting features brought by Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop 45 are included. A GNOME variant is also available, featuring GNOME 51, with both desktop variants matching what Fedora Linux offers. Fedora Asahi Remix also provides a Fedora Server variant for server workloads and other types of headless deployments. Finally, we offer a Minimal image for users that wish to build their own experience from the ground up.
We have a lot of excellent content under the hood in this release. Below is only a snapshot of them. Take a spin through our change set page for individual changes, and details on each change. One of the biggest highlights in Fedora Linux 45 is integrated support for Stratis storage right inside the Anaconda installer. Stratis brings modern enterprise storage features to local storage while wrapping device-mapper, XFS, and LUKS in an easy-to-use interface. These features include thin provisioning (over-provisioning), storage pooling, dynamic filesystem sizing, snapshots, and encryption. GUI Installs (Web UI & Cockpit Storage): When performing custom partitioning during installation, you can launch the Cockpit storage module directly from Anaconda. From there, you can build Stratis pools across one or more physical drives and create dynamic / and /home filesystems on demand. Automated Installs (Kickstart): For system administrators and automated deployments, Anaconda now supports -type=stratis with autopart, alongside dedicated stratispool and stratisfs kickstart commands.
This is the first Ludora release based on Fedora 45 and probably the biggest yet. Instead of building on top of the CachyOS kernel, Ludora now ships its own independent kernel built on the official kernel.org source. It still has the BORE scheduler and POC idle-CPU selector, but they are now taken directly from their author, firelzrd. Tuning settings from CachyOS have been carried over and are built into the kernel. Ludora now installs and runs with Secure Boot enabled. The live ISO image boots Fedora's signed kernel, so it works with Secure Boot on. If Secure Boot is on and you choose the Ludora kernel during installation, it is signed on your machine, and on first boot you enroll the key once in MokManager (password: ludora). This means users don't need to turn off Secure Boot, neither when installing nor using Ludora. Ludora uses packages from different sources, including single developers and small projects. To minimize the risk of malicious code, a code review for malicious code has been performed on all packages supplied by such developers.
The 20261103 set of images is now published. This is an incremental refresh. It wasn't originally planned to take a year refreshing the images but here is finally a new version. There isn't anything particularly special about the images themselves but this comes with a full set of updates around the system that happened in this year. The most notable change that affects live usage is that the base image now comes with NetworkManager, replacing iwd. That should make networks easier to configure even for base systems without GUI (wireless configuration and so on) while being ready for removal of AF_ALG. This set is based on kernel 7.3, GNOME 51 and Plasma 6.8. Newly, none of them come with the X.Org server. The next set hopefully won't take a year again...
This release is mostly about stability. All of our runtime code (initrd, rc scripts, porteux-scripts and installer) went through an in-depth review, fixing many bugs and making things safer. The kernel also got some performance work: faster zstd decompression, page cache reads without locking, and a lighter file open path. These help with module loading and general disk access. New in Xfce: you can now drag files from a window in the background straight into another one, without changing focus, just like on Windows. Fixed Chrome and LibreWolf crashing; fixed cheatcodes not working when porteux.cfg was edited on Windows; fixed modules activated through a symlink not releasing their loop device; fixed modules showing twice in the Others section of PorteuX Modules application; fixed leftover processes at shutdown not being killed before unmounting; fixed virtual machines not booting from virtio storage....
Immutable Mode with transactionally updating a system with a read-only root filesystem is a big change for this release. Users who know Leap Micro will recognize it right away, because it is the same approach, now integrated directly into Leap. Leap 16.1 in Immutable Mode replaces Leap Micro, and there will be no Leap Micro 6.3 or 7.0. Users simply boot the regular Leap 16.1 install image and select Immutable Mode in Agama. Each update with transactional-update creates a new snapshot, and a single command rolls the system back if something goes wrong. Additional software can be consumed through containers with Podman or Distrobox or through Flatpak on the desktop. Leap Micro users will still feel at home. The familiar preconfigured appliances are available in the alternative downloads section at get.opensuse.org. These include a self-install image recommended for USB installations, images for KVM/Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Harvester and cloud environments, and a fully encrypted raw disk image.
Overview (Mod+Tab) no longer shows workspace numbers or names - only the desktop stripes; Laniakea ships on the update channel and the next ISO image - a generative flow-field wallpaper app (live draw, shape masks, apply to the desktop), open it from the app menu, or see it on the Projects and Showroom pages, installed systems pick it up with sudo sweetpotatos-update; GRUB no longer lists every firmware boot entry as (EFI BootNext), that showed up after a menu regenerate under grub 2.16, it is turned off now, reboot once after sudo sweetpotatos-update; logging out no longer flashes compositor and tray text on the login screen, log out and back in after sudo sweetpotatos-update so the next session starts with the quiet wrapper; Smart Brightness shows the same brightness bar as the keys when it raises or restores the backlight; logging out or powering off no longer flashes a list of red swirlbar/tray errors on the login screen....
CarotOS 1.3 'Eggshell'. Five new applications - Carotene (ClamAV-based antivirus), CarotPot (honeypot for the local network), Filenor (file and media converter), CarotOS Former (animated guide to the security tools) and CarotOS GSD (a 161-term bilingual glossary); System Health now runs 23 checks (up from 20) and adds optional detailed scans with debsums and rkhunter; USB Check gained an on-demand ClamAV scan that only reports and never touches files; the welcome wizard has 21 pages; the CarotOS Store catalogue grew from 51 to 153 applications in ten categories.
I am happy to announce the release of GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6. This release is based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE and brings a new installer, full disk encryption in the installer, a smaller ISO image, and many fixes across GhostBSD tools. Key highlights: GhostBSD is now based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE; a new installer - Install Station installs the system, then Setup Station configures the network and creates users on first boot; Install Station has a new ZFS page and network page, and is translated into all supported languages; full disk encryption with GELI in the installer; hidden boot menu, revealed with a keypress, and a new menu option to unmute boot logs; Backup Station is now BE Station and can create a boot environment from the selected one; Update Station now installs minor and release upgrades in a boot environment; NetworkMgr now drives Wi-Fi through wpa_cli and only saves networks once they connect; Software Station adds a case-sensitive search option....
We are excited to announce the release of Gnoppix 26.11. This release brings significant updates across network management, privacy services, local AI execution capabilities, and infrastructure security, alongside routine updates across the entire system. Network and privacy tooling updates: new gnoppixCTL - updated to support independent bridge points from specific countries; disposable email service (disposable.gnoppix.me) - a new addition to the Gnoppix Mail ecosystem, get instant, temporary email addresses with no registration required to protect your privacy and shield your inbox; Gnoppix post-quantum messenger - our migration to PQ-only encryption is nearly complete, this release introduces version 0.4.6 Tor messaging support with peer-to-peer communication over Tor SOCKS5 proxies; development status - estimated 4 to 6 months of CLI development remain before work officially begins on the GUI interface. We have upgraded our Real-time Blackhole List (RBL) to a universal format.