DistroWatch
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DistroWatch is a news, learning, and reviews website dedicated to open source operating systems, such as Linux and the BSDs.
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With thanks to one of our kind readers our Polish website translation has been updated and improved.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With thanks to one of our kind readers our Polish website translation has been updated and improved.
There is a new version of AV Linux available for all your AV needs: https://distrowatch.com/12647
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
There is a new version of AV Linux available for all your AV needs: https://distrowatch.com/12647
Pardus 25.0 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12646
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pardus 25.0 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12646
KDE plans to drop X11 sessions for Plasma 6.8: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20101
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
KDE plans to drop X11 sessions for Plasma 6.8: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20101
Fedora proposes new plan for dealing with stability and communicating issues: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20100
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fedora proposes new plan for dealing with stability and communicating issues: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20100
Rocky Linux 10.1 has been released: https://distrowatch.com/12645
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Rocky Linux 10.1 has been released: https://distrowatch.com/12645
openSUSE Tumbleweed is getting a boot loader update: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20099
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
openSUSE Tumbleweed is getting a boot loader update: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20099
ROSA 13.1 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12644
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ROSA 13.1 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12644
This might be the saddest and most happy a comic has made me: https://xkcd.com/3172
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This might be the saddest and most happy a comic has made me: https://xkcd.com/3172
Tsurugi Linux 25.11, an Ubuntu-based distro, is now ready for download: https://distrowatch.com/12643
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tsurugi Linux 25.11, an Ubuntu-based distro, is now ready for download: https://distrowatch.com/12643
AlmaLinux OS 10.1 with Btrfs support is now available for download. (Warning, the links on the project's download page are broken): https://distrowatch.com/12642
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
AlmaLinux OS 10.1 with Btrfs support is now available for download. (Warning, the links on the project's download page are broken): https://distrowatch.com/12642
Ultramarine Linux 43 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12641
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ultramarine Linux 43 is now available: https://distrowatch.com/12641
DistroWatch Weekly talks about MX Linux, video drivers, the Xubuntu website hack, systemd experimenting with musl compatibility, and a release from Debian Libre Live: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251124
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
DistroWatch Weekly talks about MX Linux, video drivers, the Xubuntu website hack, systemd experimenting with musl compatibility, and a release from Debian Libre Live: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251124
We had a brute force attack happen last night against our torrent seed server. It has been blocked and things are running smoothly now, but traffic may have been a bit slow in recent hours. Thanks for bearing with us.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We had a brute force attack happen last night against our torrent seed server. It has been blocked and things are running smoothly now, but traffic may have been a bit slow in recent hours. Thanks for bearing with us.
The yt-dlp program (used for fetching video and audio streams from websites) now has an optional dependency. This soft dependency helps work around blocks put in place by Google to prevent access to YouTube:
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
Yt-dlp：现需外部 JavaScript 运行时环境以实现完整的 YouTube 支持
Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support (github.com)
11-12 ↑ 143 HN Points
github.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The yt-dlp program (used for fetching video and audio streams from websites) now has an optional dependency. This soft dependency helps work around blocks put in place by Google to prevent access to YouTube:
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012
Proxmox has updated its Virtual Environment branch: https://distrowatch.com/12639
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Proxmox has updated its Virtual Environment branch: https://distrowatch.com/12639
About to remotely upgrade my Raspberry Pi 2 running Bookworm to Trixie. Let's see what happens....
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
About to remotely upgrade my Raspberry Pi 2 running Bookworm to Trixie. Let's see what happens....
Xuubntu posts a summary about the attack on its website: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20098
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Xuubntu posts a summary about the attack on its website: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20098
I love how easy it is to expand ZFS storage pools. Hot plug disk, run "zpool add zroot device-name" and the disk is immediately part of the pool. No formatting, no changes to fstab, no resizing the filesystem. Been using ZFS for over 15 years and it still feels like magic.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I love how easy it is to expand ZFS storage pools. Hot plug disk, run "zpool add zroot device-name" and the disk is immediately part of the pool. No formatting, no changes to fstab, no resizing the filesystem. Been using ZFS for over 15 years and it still feels like magic.
Aurora 43 is an immutable distro, based on Fedora: https://distrowatch.com/12638
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Aurora 43 is an immutable distro, based on Fedora: https://distrowatch.com/12638
Debian for people who want a free software only experience: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20097
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Debian for people who want a free software only experience: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20097
We will soon see the arrival of FreeBSD 15. I'm looking forward to trying out the pkgbase and pre-configured desktop. It's evolutionary steps forward, but an important shift for FreeBSD: https://distrowatch.com/12637
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We will soon see the arrival of FreeBSD 15. I'm looking forward to trying out the pkgbase and pre-configured desktop. It's evolutionary steps forward, but an important shift for FreeBSD: https://distrowatch.com/12637
systemd is experimenting with musl libc support: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20096
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
systemd is experimenting with musl libc support: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20096
New release of Finnix, a small, sysadmin distro based on Debian: https://distrowatch.com/12636
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New release of Finnix, a small, sysadmin distro based on Debian: https://distrowatch.com/12636
Pretty cool story about replacing a failing drive on ZFS: https://tacticalbsd.substack.com/p/zfs-horror-story
ZFS Horror Story
The error logs tell you nothing, but you know something's wrong
tacticalbsd.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Pretty cool story about replacing a failing drive on ZFS: https://tacticalbsd.substack.com/p/zfs-horror-story