Linux NewsNixOS 25.11 “Xantusia” Ships with GNOME 49, Linux kernel 6.17
NixOS 25.11 “Xantusia” ships with GNOME 49, over 7000 new packages, and major system updates across the entire Nixpkgs ecosystem.
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