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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DistroWatch10h ago
Parrot 7.2 is available for download: https://distrowatch.com/12826
Distribution Release: Parrot 7.2 (DistroWatch.com News)

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch11h ago
Redox ports tmux and improves boot process: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20180
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch12h ago
postmarketOS is changing its boot splash screen to make it more flexible: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20179
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch1d ago
TrueNAS is adopting a longer development cycle: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20178
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch1d ago
Vivaldi Browser1d ago

By now you've all probably heard about the latest shenanigans from Google and their love for in-browser AI features (if you don't, this is the story: https://www.theverge.com/tech/924933/google-chrome-4gb-gemini-nano-ai-features).

Our team has been inspecting the Chromium code and disabling stuff from the very first version of Vivaldi (we have some posts about this in our blog, such as https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/alert-no-google-topics-in-vivaldi/ or https://vivaldi.com/blog/no-google-vivaldi-users-will-not-get-floced/).

We've also been very outspoken about our dislike of the built-in AI trend in the browser industry, but in case there's still any doubts: yes, we disable all Gemini-related features, and we've been doing it for a while.

Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

Chrome users are discovering that Google is installing a 4GB weights.bin file inside their browser directory when certain AI browser features are enabled.

The Verge
DistroWatch2d ago
Hyprland on Arch is available through Omarchy: https://distrowatch.com/12825
Distribution Release: Omarchy 3.7.0 (DistroWatch.com News)

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch3d ago
A comparison of GNU coreutils and the new Rust equivalents: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20177
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch3d ago
OmniOS, a server-focused operating system in the Unix family, has a new release: https://distrowatch.com/12824
OS Release: OmniOS r151058 (DistroWatch.com News)

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch3d ago
DistroWatch Weekly reviews Xubuntu, talks about extending memory with VRAM, covers new Linux kernel exploit, Mint's HWE builds, Canonical's plans for adding AI to Ubuntu, and Linux running on a PS5: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260504
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.

DistroWatch4d ago
Tuta4d ago

On Press Freedom Day, let's remind everyone that journalists need protection, also online. 📰 🌐

Share this & Spread the word!

#PressFreedomDay26