This new 25.06 release comes with new features: Sleex is now the default desktop environment - sleek, smooth and crafted for AxOS; new installation kits, no more useless bloat; choose your vibe - Artist, Developer, Hacker; new SDDM theme; new AxOS packages come out of the box. Caution: AxOS (especially Sleex) is not virtual machine-friendly. Do you want to try it in a virtual machine anyway? Enable 3D acceleration or set up GPU passthrough; even then, expect some graphical hiccups and performance mood swings. Important: I need feedbacks, I can't improve AxOS without it.
The NST WUI Network Packet Capture pages have integrated ntop nDPI (Deep Packet Inspection) tools for post capture analysis. The image below: ntopng nDPI graphic and a q text as data query demonstrate example nDPI capabilities. The RGraph Charting Library is used to generate the nDPI graphic using output from the ndpiReader testing tool. The command line nDPI analysis displays packet protocols using the q - Text as Data tool in an NST Shell Console. ntopng has be refactored and now is run as a docker container. Added a new NST WUI page for network speed testing: LibreSpeed. Added a new NST WUI page for Node-RED as a docker container. This design tool is for the creation of event-driven applications by wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways. A new Environmental Science menu has been added featuring access to earth weather, space weather and earthquake seismology. An enhanced NST WUI page for viewing up to 4 simultaneous Blitzortung Lightning Signals has also been developed.
The April ISO image update brings a polished look, as well as important improvements to the default tint2 panel. The new look in the form of a thumbnail and additional functionalities have been given to the Panel Icon, which allows you to change the wallpaper and style of desktop elements. ... But the most important new feature is status indicator with a dynamic menu. In addition to the obvious functionality of notifying about available updates and performing updates, it has two additional modules: discs usage reporting, with a configurable alert level; it also allows you to browse the contents of mounted drives using a dynamic pipemenu. Directory size monitor for logs, Pacman cache, trash can, downloads.
We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.22.0, the first in the v3.22 stable series. Highlights: LLVM 20; Dovecot 2.4; nginx 1.28; Node.js (lts) 22.16; Ruby 3.4; Rust 1.87; Xen 4.20; BIRD 3.1; Crystal 1.16; Docker 28; GNOME 48; Go 1.24; KDE Plasma 6.3; LXQt 2.2; Significant changes: systemd-efistub replaces gummiboot. The secureboot-hook no longer supports gummiboot-efistub. It now defaults to systemd-efistub (stub-only, no systemd). If you haven't changed efistub_file in /etc/kernel-hooks.d/secureboot.conf, no action is needed. gummiboot-efistub has been moved to testing and is no longer maintained.
KaOS is pleased to announce the availability of the May release of a new stable ISO image. For the Plasma desktop, the latest Plasma (6.3.5), KDE Gear (25.04.1) and Frameworks (6.14.0) are included. All built on Qt 6.9.0. Among the many changes included in KDE Gear 25.04 are: Dolphin now comes with initial support for right-to-left written languages, such as Arabic or Hebrew. KRDC allows you to scale down the remote machine's desktop to fit inside KRDC's window, adds support for the domain field in the authentication process, and now works with the new version of the FreeRDP protocol. Okular, KDE's document viewer, ramps up its support for digital signing with support for PGP/GPG based signatures and Falkon can now also block websockets. Latest applications that are now ready to use Qt6 and Frameworks 6 include Frescobaldi, Krita, Kamoso and Calligraplan.
For software developers, frame pointers are critical to diagnosing and optimizing their applications. For those developers that use AlmaLinux as their base, the lack of frame pointers by default is a pain point - one that we are happy to help ease. With AlmaLinux OS 10 we are enabling frame pointers by default. This allows system-wide real-time tracing and profiling for optimizing the performance of any workload running on AlmaLinux. Within the x86-64 architecture, there are versions that represent specific CPU feature sets. With RHEL 10, Red Hat will only support x86-64-v3 and higher, which leaves numerous completely functional CPUs without support in the Enterprise Linux ecosystem. AlmaLinux OS 10 has followed Red Hat’s decision to ship x86-64-v3 optimized binaries by default, but we will also provide an additional x86-64-v2 architecture, allowing users on that older hardware to continue to receive security updates for another 10 years.
This release presents the latest upgrade of the bootloader software grub2 (version 2.12-1ubuntu7.3). In addition, the Starbuntu program for managing the installation as well as the removal of packages has been improved and some bugs in the apps launcher editor and the apps menu editor have been fixed.
Armbian v25.5 is a major update to the open-source Linux distribution for ARM-based systems, delivering enhanced performance, security, and hardware support. This release adds or improves compatibility with several devices, updates U-Boot and firmware, and fixes HDMI and audio issues for Rockchip RK3588. It also introduces Linux 6.14 on the edge branch, configurable kernel patching, and enhancements to EFI, BTRFS, and system provisioning. Additionally, it includes a streamlined app install library and improvements to Wi-Fi setup and configuration workflows, reinforcing Armbian’s role as a reliable and efficient platform for ARM developers and users.
The packaging of Mesa graphics drivers has been significantly reworked, in particular: Applications linked against different Mesa versions than installed on the system should now work correctly going forward (however, applications against older Mesa, e.g. from Nixpkgs releases before 25.05, remain broken). The global Mesa version can now be managed without a mass rebuild by setting hardware.graphics.package. Packages that used to depend on Mesa for libgbm or libdri should use libgbm or dri-pkgconfig-stub as inputs, respectively. OpenSSH has been updated from 9.9p2 to 10.0p2, dropping support for DSA keys and adding a new ssh-auth binary to handle user authentication in a different address space from unauthenticated sessions.
Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today introduced Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, the evolution of the world's leading enterprise Linux platform to help meet the dynamic demands of hybrid cloud and the transformative power of AI. More than just an iteration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 provides a strategic and intelligent backbone for enterprise IT to navigate increasing complexity, accelerate innovation and build a more secure computing foundation for the future. Recognizing the long-term security implications of quantum computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 leads the industry as the first enterprise Linux distribution to integrate Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliance for post-quantum cryptography.