GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 30, 2026

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Distro Watch ☛ OS Release: ReactOS 0.4.16

    The ReactOS project develops an open-source operating system which is designed to be compatible with software and drivers created for Microsoft Windows. The project's latest release combines its two editions into one and introduces a new graphical system installer. [...]

  • HaikuOS ☛ Haiku R1/beta6 has been released!

    After about two years since the last beta, and only about a week after Haiku’s 25th birthday, Haiku R1/beta6 has been released! See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just download the release (or upgrade to it from an existing install.)

  • BSD

    • Vermaden ☛ Lenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM

      This is another entry that is sponsored by fme AG company. If You have multiple Lenovo ThinkServer systems to manage You may do that by hand with entering UEFI/BIOS setup and doing needed things by hand … or You can setup a Lenovo XClarity Administrator VM.

  • Fedora Family / IBM

    • QSB-118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting

      We have published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 118: Dom0 arbitrary code execution in qvm-copy-to-vm error reporting. The text of this QSB and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below, followed by a general explanation of this announcement and authentication instructions.

    • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: last week of aug 2026

      Time for another saturday weekly recap in longer form.

      Bunch more progress of various machines over the last week or two, and we are down to: [...]

  • Audiocasts/Shows

    • Document Foundation ☛ Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.8

      On August 26 we released LibreOffice 26.8. Here’s a video highlighting some of the user-facing new features and improvements, with subtitle translations in over 25 languages, thanks to our worldwide community! (Note: the video is also available on PeerTube.) Please confirm that you want to play a YouTube video.

  • Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)

    • Charalampos Kardaris ☛ GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven

      Last week I came across a post on Hacker News that encouraged application developers to stop making terminal user interfaces (a.k.a. TUIs) and instead focus on graphical user interfaces (a.k.a. GUIs). The post reached the HN front page and sparked a lively debate in the comments section.

      I think there is merit in both sides of the debate. On one hand, I understand the GUI-positive arguments of the post author. In theory, the capabilities of GUI application frameworks are a superset of the capabilities of their TUI counterparts, so they should be preferred. On the other hand, as a heavy terminal user, I also greatly appreciate all TUIs that allow me to “stay” in the terminal and fulfill all my needs.