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Version 25.11 of the NixOS distribution has been released. "The 25.11 release was made possible due to the efforts of 2742 contributors, who authored 59430 commits since the previous release". Changes include 7,002 new packages, GNOME 49, LLVM 21, a new COSMIC desktop environment beta, firewalld support, and more; see the release notes for details.
Proxmox makes self-hosting less risky and more approachable.
Armbian 25.11 expands hardware support with new TI, Radxa, FriendlyElec, Banana Pi, and ODROID devices across all support tiers.
KaOS Linux 2025.11 independent distribution is now available for download with the latest KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment and support for the Limine bootloader. Here's what's new!
KaOS 2025.11 adds an optional Limine bootloader and ships Plasma 6.5.3, KDE Gear 25.08.3, and Frameworks 6.20 on Qt 6.10.1.
Sometimes you just need your apps from the get-go.
Armbian 25.11 Linux distribution based on Debian and designed for ARM devices is now available for download with support for new boards and various other changes. Here's what's new!
NixOS 25.11 “Xantusia” ships with GNOME 49, over 7000 new packages, and major system updates across the entire Nixpkgs ecosystem.
NixOS 25.11 independent distribution is now available for download with Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 49, and more. Here’s what’s new!
The good news is that Intel tonight posted a pull request for open-source Gaudi 3 accelerator support for the mainline Linux kernel! The bad news is that it's coming quite late in the product cycle, much later than the former excellent Habana Labs open-source track record, and their hopes of squeezing this code into the Linux 6.19 kernel may be dashed...
What is the price of freedom?
Linux 6.18 stable is now available! Linux 6.18 ushers in many new features and changes while also is expected to become this year's Long Term Support "LTS" kernel version...
Is it for real this time?
The prizrak.me blog is carrying an introduction to the Landlock security module. Landlock shines when an application has a predictable set of files or directories it needs. For example, a web server could restrict itself to accessing only /var/www/html and /tmp. Unlike SELinux or AppArmor, Landlock policies don't require administrator involvement or system-wide configuration. Developers can embed policies directly in application code, making sandboxing a natural part of the development process.
It's been an exciting weekend for Linux distribution released with new versions of Endeavour OS, CachyOS, Solus and now a new NixOS release...
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