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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.

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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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“Just use Linux” isn’t helpful advice anymore

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 17, 2025

Quoting: “Just use Linux” isn’t helpful advice anymore —

Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:

As a Linux enthusiast, there's something deeply satisfying about the moment when someone complains about Windows, and your first reaction is "I told you so." I've been recommending people switch to Linux for years now. No bloatware, telemetry tracking, forced updates, and invasive software tracking everything you do.

I ditched Linux for Windows after years of juggling two operating systems. "Just use Linux" isn't helpful advice anymore, and it's certainly not the kind of blanket advice you can hand out to anyone facing problems with Windows and macOS.

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