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QEMU 10.2 Officially Released with Live Update Support and Improvements

Coming four months after QEMU 10.1, the QEMU 10.2 release introduces live update support via a new ‘cpr-exec’ migration mode, which allows for reduced resource usage when updating virtual machines, and potential for re-using existing state/connections throughout update.

Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support

Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, the Parrot 7.0 release ships with KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment on Wayland, which was tweaked to make it as lightweight as possible, along with a classic terminal green style across the entire system.

Pinta 3.1 Open-Source Paint App Released with New Cells Effect, Axonometric Grid

Coming more than eight months after Pinta 3.0, the Pinta 3.1 release implements a new axonometric grid under View > Canvas Grid, a new Cells effect, a polygon selection mode to the Lasso Select tool, a Radius Percentage parameter to the Twist effect, and a revamped canvas widget to improve performance.

postmarketOS 25.12 Linux Mobile OS Rolls Out Based on Alpine Linux 3.23

Based on Alpine Linux 3.23, postmarketOS 25.12 comes with some components from the GNOME 49 desktop environment with out-of-the-box support for connecting to MTP devices, and KDE Plasma Mobile 6.5.3 with better Waydroid integration, a faster loading lockscreen, homescreen improvements, and the Plasma Camera app.

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MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes

posted by Marius Nestor on Oct 27, 2025,
updated Oct 29, 2025

Still shipping with the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series on the standard editions and a Liquorix-flavored Linux 6.15 kernel on the AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) editions, the Release Candidate of MX Linux 25 introduces systemd-cryptsetup on the systemd-based ISOs to fix an issue with encrypted /home partitions.

As you can see from the screenshot above, MX Linux 25 Release Candidate also introduces new Conky configurations and a default Conky configuration, allowing users to change between 12h (AM/PM) and 24h for the locale depending on the 12h/24h time display.

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MX-25 “Infinity” Release Candidate 1 (RC1) now available for testing purposes

MX-25 RC1 is now available for testing. MX-25 is built from debian 13 “trixie” and MX repositories. All releases come with systemd. For those that want them, the Xfce, Xfce-AHS, and Fluxbox releases are also available in sysvint variants. Sysvinit isos are clearly labeled such in the file name. Reasons for this change from past editions are in this blog post.

With this RC1 we are particularly interested in testing the installer, including traditional ext4 and btrfs installations.

NOTE: Existing beta 1 installs have received all upgrades besides new package installations, but the strings that identify the version will not be updated to RC1 as we still need to track iso issues. For those that ultimately keep their development & testing installations, the ID strings will be updated to reflect final after final release.

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Distro Watch ☛ Development Release: MX Linux 25 RC1

The MX Linux team has announced the availability of the first release candidate for MX Linux 25, the upcoming major release of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with user-friendly enhancements and the Xfce desktop (with Fluxbox and KDE Plasma variants also provided). Departing from its non-systemd stand in the past, MX Linux 25 now comes with the systemd service manager by default, although SysV variants are still available.

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