 DistroWatch Weekly |
| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1164, 16 March 2026 |
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Welcome to this year's 11th issue of DistroWatch Weekly!
This past week a lot of media attention in the open source community fell on the new age verification laws which have passed (or are being considered) in the United States. Laws which require the operating system to collect and report on a person's age are likely to impact large parts of the open source community and we discuss these laws and the concerns surrounding them in our Questions and Answers column. A few projects have already responded to the laws, either pushing back against them or implementing age declaration services. We share these developments in our News section, as well as report on the TrueNAS project taking its build processes private. There were also rumours this past week that SUSE may be for sale soon and we share more on this development. Before we get into these changes, we take a look at d77void GNU/Linux, a young member of the Void family. While Void does not have many distributions based upon it, a few new projects have been created recently to explore alternative desktops and tools. We share details on what it is like to install and run d77void in our Feature Story. While Void has a smaller family tree than Debian, Fedora, and Arch, its unusual combination of technologies makes it an interesting base and a clean starting point for spins. Which is your favourite parent distribution? Let us know in this week's Opinion Poll. We wrap up this week with an overview of recent releases and a list of the torrents we are seeding. We wish you all a wonderful week and happy reading!
This week's DistroWatch Weekly is presented by TUXEDO Computers.
Content:
- Review: d77void GNU/Linux
- News: SUSE may be for sale, MidnightBSD responds to age verification laws, TrueNAS takes its build system private, System76 pushes back against new age declaration bills, Debian updates Trixie media
- Questions and answers: All about age verification laws and Linux
- Released last week: FreeBSD 14.4, Zentyal Server 8.1, Univention Corporate Server 5.2-5, LinuxHub Prime 2026.03.10, EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, GLF OS 25.11, SparkyLinux 2026.03
- Torrent corner: Debian, Debian Edu, EndeavourOS, GLF OS, KDE neon, SparkyLinux
- Opinion poll: Favourite parent distro
- Reader comments
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| Feature Story (By Jesse Smith) |
d77void GNU/Linux
d77void GNU/Linux is a Void-based Linux distribution created to demonstrate the capabilities of Void's tools, such as void-mklive and void-packages. Originally initiated as a Void respin with the Fluxbox window manager, the project has evolved to offer a wide range of window manager, Wayland compositor and desktop environment editions, including Awesome, bspwm, COSMIC, dwm, Fluxbox, herbstluftwm, Hyprland, i3wm, JWM, labwc, LeftWM, LXQt, Niri, Openbox, Qtile, River, Sway, Wayfire and Xfce.
I downloaded the COSMIC edition of d77void since I haven't run this desktop since before its first official stable release. The ISO for the COSMIC edition was 2.5GB in size. Booting from the downloaded medium brought up a boot menu which offered to launch the distribution's live environment or load the distribution into RAM and then launch the live mode. There are other options in the boot menu, but they are not visible because the text is white and it is placed over a white version of the project's logo.
Taking the default option boots the distribution to a graphical login screen. We can sign into the "anon" user account using the password "voidlinux". This launches the COSMIC desktop. The desktop places a dark panel across the top of the display which holds a clock and a system tray. At the bottom of the screen we find a dock which holds a series of icons. These icons open a runner/launcher window, show an overview of virtual workspaces, open the application menu, and launch commonly used applications.
The COSMIC desktop seemed functional and I was able to get on-line so I next turned my attention to getting the distribution installed.
Installing
I found a launcher in the application menu called "Install System", but clicking it had no effect - no window opened and no error message was shown. I opened a terminal and looked for the void-installer program, but didn't find it. I discovered, through the project's website, the installer's name has been changed to d77void-installer, which might be why the launcher fails to work. At any rate, I was able to run the text-based installer in a terminal as the root user.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- Running the system installer
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The d77void/Void installer uses text-based menus. When running d77void the text is pale blue on a bright grey background which makes it difficult to read any text which is not highlighted. I have talked about the Void installer a few times, even recently, so I won't go into details. I will just say that the installer is unusually quick to navigate, guides us through the required steps smoothly, and generally works well. The installer showed detailed progress information while it worked, quickly copied its packages to my local disk, and reported it was finished. The installer then offered to reboot the computer.
Early impressions
The freshly installed d77void distribution boots to a graphical login screen where we can sign into the COSMIC desktop. COSMIC is a Wayland-only environment and there are no alternative window managers or fallback options presented on the login screen.
The COSMIC desktop is presented the same once installed as it was in the live session. We are not greeted by any welcome window or first-run configuration utility. The dock at the bottom of the screen holds (along with the runner, application menu, and overview buttons) some application launchers. These launchers open the Brave browser, the COSMIC file manager, the Kitty terminal, the COSMIC text editing program, and the COSMIC settings panel.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- The Kitty virtual terminal
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Once I confirmed I was on-line and the desktop was working fairly well, I noticed there was a red icon in the system tray. Clicking this ghost-shaped icon opens an update manager which lists available updated packages. I fetched the waiting updates and rebooted the computer.
At this point the distribution failed to boot. Something in the update process appeared to have damaged the operating system. It not only failed to boot, but presented no error message, just a blank screen.
I then re-installed the distribution, keeping the default options as much as possible. This time, once I got the distribution installed, I signed into my account, looked around without performing any updates or adjusting any settings, and then rebooted. Once again the distribution failed to launch, showing only a blank screen. This was interesting because it meant that by simply booting the operating system, not making any changes, not using the root account for anything, and not applying any updates, the operating system still self-destructed between the first boot and the second.
While I was able to perform another install to run some tests and get some information on the system and experiment with installing new software, much of the rest of my trial was performed from within the live desktop environment.
Hardware
The distribution runs in VirtualBox without any notable problems. Audio and networking functioned and the desktop integrated nicely with the host environment. Running the distribution on my laptop revealed a few problems. For example, the shortcut keys for adjusting screen brightness worked, but the keys for adjusting the volume mixer did not. In fact, audio did not work at all as the distribution was unable to detect any audio devices on my laptop. Despite audio not working once d77void booted, the boot loader emitted a piercing, full volume beep when booting from the live media.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- The COSMIC text editor and file manager
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When running on my laptop my touchpad worked and detected taps as clicks. Networking functioned without any problems.
When installed, the d77void distribution consumes about 6.5GB of disk space. Logging into the COSMIC desktop used about 1,250MB of RAM - more than Xfce or LXQt, but less than a typical GNOME or Plasma session. While medium in its RAM consumption, COSMIC was unusually hard on my CPU. Whether running in VirtualBox or directly on my laptop's hardware, COSMIC used about 5 to 10 times more CPU resources than other mid-level desktop sessions like Xfce. The CPU gobbling process was identified as the compositor (>cosmic-comp), which would eat up an unusual amount of cycles even when the desktop was effectively idle. This caused my laptop's fan to run constantly and drastically reduced battery life.
Included software
The distribution ships with an unusual collection of software which doesn't appear to follow any guidelines in terms of desktop, toolkit, license, or style. The Brave browser is included alongside the Transmission bittorrent software, the uGet download manager, and the Geary text editor. There are a few COSMIC-specific applications such as the COSMIC file manager, text editor, and media player. But then we are also treated to the MPV media player and the PCManFM file manager as alternatives.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- Exploring the application menu
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I also counted at least four audio mixers on the system, which seemed ironic considering d77void was unable to even detect my sound card. There are also several terminal applications, including UXTerm and Kitty. The xterm terminal application was included too, which surprised me since its is part of the X.Org suite of tools and COSMIC is Wayland-only.
Digging deeper we find manual pages and the GNU command line utilities. The distribution uses the runit init software and, at the time of writing, version 6.12 of the Linux kernel.
Package management
I mentioned earlier that a red ghost icon sits in the system tray. This icon is always visible whether updates are available or not; we can see a list of new package updates by clicking the ghost. This brings up a window which lists the packages the system can update and their size.
To find, install, or remove software we have two options: the XBPS command line tools or the OctoXBPS graphical package manager. OctoXBPS is a simple package manager which lists all software in the distribution's repositories. We can use a search box to narrow down options. Next to each package entry is a box we can click to indicate whether we want to install or remove the selected item.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- An error message while installing new packages
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The first time I tried using OctoXBPS I searched for a package, found the program I wanted, and selected to install it. The package manager returned an error indicating the package couldn't be found: "This package is not available in the database." This seemed an odd error to receive for a package I had just searched for and selected from the results. I tried refreshing the database (pulling in fresh information from the repositories) and again the package failed to install with the same error. I tried another package after refreshing the database again and received the same error.
Switching to a command line interface I tried installing a package using xbps-install and encountered a new error, this one saying that before performing any package actions I would first need to update XBPS by running the command "xbps-install -u xbps". Once this command had been run I could install new software from the repositories. I then went back and checked on the functionality of OctoXBPS and discovered it had started working after the xbps package had been updated. This was a welcome improvement, but it indicated the original error message had been incorrect - the package I wanted was in the database, but the package manager was not up to date.
d77void does not provide any support for Flatpak by default, but we could install Flatpak through the repositories if we wanted it.
COSMIC
I have not used the COSMIC desktop much in the past year as the desktop was still in its beta stage of development until recently. Part of my interest in running d77void was the quick access to COSMIC and it was interesting to see how the desktop had progressed in the past year.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- The COSMIC settings panel
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The COSMIC desktop has, in my opinion, matured and become more capable over the past year. My main concern in the past was stability and COSMIC was certainly reliable during my shortened trial this week. I did not encounter any crashes from COSMIC or its applications.
The young desktop is unusually heavy on resources, particularly the CPU (both in a virtual machine and running directly on my laptop). There is clearly still some optimization to be done in order to prevent the compositor from chewing up laptop batteries like candy.
Another problem I ran into was pop-up windows were sometimes too thin, showing just the title bar and most of a line of text, but not the rest of the text or prompt. This did not happen with all pop-up windows, but I noticed it when running some of the default tools, such as OctoXBPS. On the subject of text, I couldn't find a way to adjust the size of the desktop's font. There is a tool in the settings panel to change the font style, but I didn't find a way to change the size. There is an option to scale the entire interface, but this will only help if everything on the desktop is the wrong size, not if we just want to make text larger or smaller.
d77void GNU/Linux 20260202 -- The desktop overview
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In short, I think it is fair to say COSMIC has progressed over the past year and it looks nice, in a 1980s cyberpunk fashion, but it is still missing some features and optimization before it is ready for mainstream use.
Conclusions
The experiment with d77void this week was disappointing, unusually disappointing in most aspects. While Void, the parent distribution, usually works well for me, d77void generally gave a poor experience. Some of the problems were large, like the system failing to boot more than once, even if no changes had been introduced by the user. Having the package manager not work and having the graphical front-end give the wrong error message were also nasty problems to encounter.
There were some issues I ran into which were specific to COSMIC and I tried not to hold those against the underlying distribution. The d77void project is trying to provide many desktop editions and not all desktops will have the same amount of polish or features.
There were a number of smaller issues too. Void works with my sound card, but d77void does not. Void displays a clearly readable boot menu, d77void does not, thanks to its white logo underneath white text. Void ships with a fairly conservative, yet consistent, collection of applications; d77void ships with just a few working programs and a lot of duplicates (two file managers, four sound mixers, and at least three terminal applications) with no apparent benefit from the overlap. The only advantage I think d77void offers over its parent is the wide range of desktop editions, but it comes at a price in terms of reduced C library options, fewer CPU support options, less hardware support, and less polish. This project has a long ways to go to catch up with its parent, let alone stand out as a distribution I could recommend on its own merits.
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Hardware used in this review
My physical test equipment for this review was an HP DY2048CA laptop with the following
specifications:
- Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
- Display: Intel integrated video
- Storage: Western Digital 512GB solid state drive
- Memory: 8GB of RAM
- Wireless network device: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 + BT Wireless network card
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| Miscellaneous News (by Jesse Smith) |
SUSE may be for sale, MidnightBSD responds to age verification laws, TrueNAS takes its build system private, System76 pushes back against new age declaration bills, Debian updates Trixie media
The SUSE organization may be available for purchase again in the near future. According to Reuters, EQT (the company that controls SUSE) is exploring options to sell the Linux organization. People interesting in buying the venerable enterprise Linux vendor would likely be looking at a price tag of six billion dollars. "EQT, already a majority owner of SUSE and based in Sweden, took the company private in 2023, valuing it at 2.72 billion euros ($2.96 billion). A sale at around $6 billion would roughly double that valuation in about two and a half years. The potential deal comes amid a broader selloff in software stocks, which has disrupted mergers and acquisitions activity. Investors are concerned that new artificial intelligence tools could displace many existing software products, weighing on technology valuations and making deals harder to price." SUSE has been picked up by a number of companies over the years, including Novell, Attachmate, and Micro Focus.
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The MidnightBSD project is responding to age verification laws by changing its license to (for the moment) revoke authorization for users in areas affected by the operating system level reporting. However, this is not a stance by the project against the laws, but an indication the operating system is not yet compliant. A new daemon has been introduced which will implement age reporting of the system's users. Of the new daemon, the author reports there is still work to do: "This will not comply with Brazil or the proposed law in New York (they require ID checks). This is not hooked up to the user creation flow yet at OS install time or integrated with mport package manager."
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The TrueNAS project attracted some attention this week by migrating the build system's source code for the Debian-based network attached storage platform to an internal platform. This moves the code for building TrueNAS from a public repository to internal project servers, hiding the build process. Kris Moore from the TrueNAS project responded to criticism of this move to effectively close the source for the TrueNAS build system by writing: "Bottom line is, the open source bits of TrueNAS will remain open source. (They are GPLv3 after all). The build system is another matter. It's currently changing fairly radically internally now around for a variety of reasons, some of which are related our signing infrastructure for Secure Boot, etc. Meaning we'd be stuck maintaining two separate builders potentially to assemble an ISO file, one for community builds, one for the official builds. That isn't super tenable for us in the long term."
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While much of the Linux community is discussing the new age verification laws and how distributions will be impacted, System76 (the company behind Pop!_OS) is pushing back against the new legislation. Carl Richell reports there are ongoing talks with representatives to have exceptions for open source operating systems added to the new laws. "Today, I met with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, co-author of Colorado OS Age Attestation Bill SB26-051. Sen. Ball suggested excluding open source software from the bill. This appears to be a real possibility. Amendments are expected for the CA age attestation bill. It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence excluding open source in the CA bill amendments. No illusions, it's an uphill battle, but we have an open door to advocate for the open source community."
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The Debian project has published updated media for Debian 13 "Trixie". The new media is labelled with the 13.4 version number and includes security fixes since the launch of Debian 13. "The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its stable distribution Debian 13 (codename Trixie). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories have already been published separately and are referenced where available. Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 13 but only updates some of the packages included."
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These and other news stories can be found on our Headlines page.
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| Questions and Answers (by Jesse Smith) |
All about age verification laws and Linux
Over the past week or so I've read several articles and forum threads about the new "age verification" laws which are being passed in several parts of the United States of America and in a few other countries. This topic has also resulted in a few messages and e-mails asking for opinions and clarification. This seems like a topic about which a lot of people have concerns, so let's try to address them and offer some answers.
First, let's talk about what the so-called age verification laws are. While these laws are springing up in multiple locations, the State of California was one of the first to enact their version of the law, so people tend to focus on that one. The new law is called California's Digital Age Assurance Act and, in brief, it requires that an operating system stores the age of each user and, upon request from an application (or website via a web browser), the operating system will report the user's age to the application or website.
Here is a summary of the law from the government's website:
This bill, beginning January 1, 2027, would require, among other things related to age verification with respect to software applications, an operating system provider, as defined, to provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder, as defined, to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user's age bracket to applications available in a covered application store and to provide a developer, as defined, who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface regarding whether a user is in any of several age brackets, as prescribed. The bill would require a developer to request a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched.
You might be wondering what happens if the operating system you are using does not, in fact, comply with the law and report the user's age. The bill says this will result in a fine on a per-user basis:
A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
In a practical sense this means if you are building, selling, or supporting an operating system in the State of California (or any other of the affected states or countries which are passing similar laws) then your operating system needs to store the user's age and report it to any application or website that requests it. Not doing so may result in fines. As a result, commercial operating system vendors are planning to roll out age declaration software and open source projects are discussing their legal requirements and how to respond. Most Linux distributions, at the time of writing, have not made clear statements about how they will react, but we can be fairly certain that, at the very least, any commercial distributions will need to put some form of age reporting software in place.
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You might be wondering why these laws are gaining so much attention and why people feel they are a big deal. It basically boils down to three main issues:
- Having the operating system report additional information about the user to any requesting application is one more method by which advertisers and malicious attackers can track and exploit the user. This is yet another avenue for an invasion of privacy on top of things like website cookies and browser fingerprinting which makes it easier for the "bad guys" to follow, customize advertisements, and attack you on-line.
- The laws don't make anyone safer, in fact it does the opposite. The bill is allegedly in place to make sure the operating system reports the user's age to apps and websites so that applications will not show inappropriate content to minors. However, any minor who wants to see the blocked content will likely just lie about their age.
At the same time, anyone who doesn't lie about their age suddenly makes themselves an easier target when they are on-line. If you're a 30 year old, you might not see a problem with every website knowing you age. But do you want every website your 8 year old visits to know how old they are? Do you want every forum knowing when the visitor is your 15 year old? The age declaration from an operating system puts a target on minors by broadcasting their age to anyone who asks. Older people are also likely to be targeted by age verification. Scammers already go after the elderly, hoping they will be forgetful or confused, and the new laws make it possibly for any app or website to track and target them.
- Significantly, these laws do not do anything to help the user. It's one more thing for the user to manage, to disable, to comply with, or be targeted by. It does nothing to improve the user's computing experience. If it did, then governments wouldn't need to pass a law requiring it, operating systems would already be doing it due to customer demand.
In short, these laws do nothing to help users or protect the vulnerable members of our society, but they are a boon for advertisers, scammers, and predators. This makes privacy advocates and civil rights groups upset.
Open source developers are, of course, cautious about how to best handle the situation. No one wants to pay a fine for writing free software. At the same time, open source developers don't want to cause privacy nightmares for their users or install spyware into their distributions. It's going to be a tricky balancing act for a lot of open source coders in the coming year.
As for users, what can people do about age verification on their systems if they want to disable it? This is a tricky question to answer at this point because the laws are still fairly new and it's not clear yet how (or if) developers will implement the new requirements. People who want to avoid age verification software might be able to simply uninstall a package, or they may need to spoof their age with a random number, or they may need to switch to another distribution. Time will tell how age verification is implemented and then we will have a better idea of how to respond to it.
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Next, I'd like to respond to some of the questions and statements I've received or read in our comment section. These messages usually question what people can do about the new laws, where the laws apply, and whether people really need to be concerned.
Where do age verification laws exist? To one extent or another, age verification laws exist in many countries and on most continents, though most of them are handled at the application or website level rather than the operating system level. Laws enforcing age checks at the operating system level are relatively new. California, New York, and Colorado have bills (or laws) in place. It looks like Brazil and France have similar laws in place to work at the operating system level, though my language skills for these regions makes it difficult to confirm the specifics.
What can we do to avoid age verification software? For now, wait and see where and how it is implemented. Once the software starts to roll out, it will likely be possible to either spoof it, disable it, or switch to a distribution which is assembled in a region without the associated laws. For now, the software hasn't rolled out to end users, so it's a little early to be reacting to it. This is a good time to watch, listen, and see how developers in the open source community respond to the new laws.
What is the big deal? Lots of websites and services ask for your age. Doesn't this just centralize the information? Yes, some websites and apps do ask for the user's age. The key difference here, I think, is how invasive the experience is for the user and how much the information is shared.
As an example, Valve's Steam account will ask the user for their age. The key different though is, if I don't want to share my age with Valve, I can simply not use Steam. Facebook asks for the user's age and, if I want, I can simply choose not to use Facebook. It is an order of magnitude harder to function in our society while never using any computer operating system than it is to avoid using one specific service or website or app. This makes the operating system level age verification much more invasive. It also means that any website or app can ask for and get our age directly from the operating system rather than each one prompting us for our age. Something that might have only been requested by a few apps and services when it was a manual process will likely become nearly universal once it is automated.
In short, you might not mind if your bank and tax software know how old you are, but are you really okay with every app and website you ever use knowing how old you, your grandparents, and children are? That's a lot more services knowing more about you (and your family) than they did before and more than they need to know.
Isn't having the OS store age information convenient so we don't need to manually supply our age every time? I suppose it is. However, there is almost always a trade-off between convenience and security. If something is making a small task more convenient for you then it is probably also making you less secure. Put another way, are you really so flooded with prompts about your age that you're willing to give up a degree of privacy and security just to make those prompts go away?
Concerns about this law seem to all be "slippery slope" arguments. It seems fine to me, shouldn't we wait to panic until a really bad law comes along? The "slippery slope" argument applies when something is not a problem at the moment, but if events continue along the same line, they may end up being a problem later. The current age verification laws are already, in and of themselves, a significant problem. Tracking users and sharing age data affects people, particularly the quite young and the elderly. The time to protest and push back against age verification laws was five years ago, not five years from now. This is not the top of a potentially slippery slope, we are already halfway down the mountain.
I'm not a child and don't have children and don't care if anyone knows my age. Why should I be worried about age verification? I have both a technical and a non-technical answer for this.
On the non-technical side of things, this question shows a lack of empathy, which I hope is cause for internal reflection. Just because a law or problem doesn't affect you directly doesn't make it unimportant to the population as a whole. Even if you aren't worried about this and don't have a family, you probably have friends, neighbours, and co-workers who can and will be targeted by the age verification requirements. Assuming for a moment that you're not concerned on their behalf, keep in mind that you will likely get to be old enough one day to be vulnerable to this kind of tracking. Your future self will likely be impacted by this even if your present-day self is not.
On the technical side of things, I'm often dismayed at the number of times I've encountered people who say things like "This doesn't hurt me, why should I be concerned if it is on my computer." With "it" being anything from machine specific identification numbers, to tracking cookies, to browser fingerprints, to telemetry. In my opinion, "Is it actively hurting me now?" is the wrong metric to use when evaluating new features someone else wants to install on your computer.
When it comes to having new features, IDs, or daemons which send network traffic placed in the operating system, the question shouldn't be "Will this actively hurt me now?" We should be asking, "Will this benefit me?" If the answer is "no" then the new feature or file should be rejected. Age verification software does nothing to practically help people. Therefore, whether it is currently hurting you or not, it shouldn't be included in the operating system.
This is a key difference in philosophy between commercial software and user-focused software such as community-built Linux distributions. Most Linux distributions are user-oriented, meaning they are designed to benefit the user, not the company which made the software. People who ask "Does this hurt me?" are coming from a commercial, company-benefiting point of view because they are accustomed to new features being pushed on them whether they want them or not. People who come from an open source background tend to expect their operating systems to work on their behalf and only include features the users will enjoy.
There may be people out there who see their operating system tracking and sharing their age as a convenience (see the above query), and in that case I would have no objection to them being able to install a package which provided that functionality on their computer. A few people finding a feature mildly convenient should not be reason enough to put the population at large in a less secure position, particularly children and the elderly.
The bottom line is: this feature does not benefit users, therefore it should not be included by default in the operating system. And it should raise questions throughout the population as to who is benefiting from the new laws that force the feature to be included, since it is not for the sake of the users.
Since the software just reports the age we give it without verifying, can't people just lie? Yes, people could lie or make up a random date to provide to the age tracking software. Which just goes to show how pointless the new age verification laws are. They only punish honest people while anyone who wants to work around them can do so trivially.
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Additional answers can be found in our Questions and Answers archive.
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FreeBSD 14.4
The FreeBSD project has announced the launch of FreeBSD 14.4, the latest release of the 14.x series. The upgrade mostly updates core system packages, such as OpenSSH and ZFS, while also introducing bug fixes and the ability to share filesystems with Bhyve virtual machines. "The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/14 branch. Some of the highlights: OpenSSH has been upgraded to version 10.0p2 and now uses the hybrid post-quantum algorithm mlkem768x25519-sha256 by default. OpenZFS has been upgraded to version 2.2.9. Significantly improved cloud-init compatibility in nuageinit. Bhyve virtual machines can now share a filesystem with the host via the new p9fs(4). Significant improvements in manual page tooling and content. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, aarch64, armv7, powerpc, powerpc64 and riscv64 architectures." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes.
Zentyal Server 8.1
The Zentyal development team has announced the release of Zentyal Server 8.1, the latest version of the project's Ubuntu-based server distribution. The new release is a significant update, now based on Ubuntu 24.04: "The Zentyal development team today announced the availability of Zentyal Server Development Edition 8.1. Zentyal Server 8.1 is based on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS and comes with the latest versions of all integrated software. This release focuses on improving overall performance, security hardening and system stability, and includes a large number of internal improvements and bug fixes across the platform. The most important highlights include: numerous bug fixes and reliability improvements across networking, mail, Samba and core system components; improved system security with expanded AppArmor protection across multiple services; better dashboard and UI, including a new license widget and usability improvements; improved network configuration reliability with better validation and cleanup of VLAN, bridge and bond configurations. Zentyal Server provides an easy-to-use Linux alternative to Windows Server." See the release announcement and the changelog for further information.
Univention Corporate Server 5.2-5
The Debian-based Univention Corporate Server distribution has a new update. Version 5.2-5 introduces a few new features, including a restore option for user accounts which have been deleted. "With the latest updates for the connectors for Samba 4 and Active Directory, we have completed the planned functionality of the Recycle Bin feature of Univention Nubus on UCS. The Recycle Bin makes it possible to keep deleted objects in an intermediate storage location from which they can be restored. If a user or group is accidentally deleted, it can be fully restored from this intermediate storage. All internal technical attributes such as identifiers or password hashes are reset to their original state. The user can continue working immediately, and all connected systems retain the same technical information. With the latest errata updates, the Samba 4 Connector, which is part of the 'Active Directory-compatible Domain Controller' app, as well as the 'Active Directory Connector' for connecting to Microsoft Active Directory, have been extended with a restoration function." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement.
LinuxHub Prime 2026.03.10
The developers of LinuxHub Prime have announced the availability of an updated version of the project's Arch-based Linux distribution featuring a custom system installer. The user-friendly program offers a one-click option to install several popular desktop environments and window managers and the live image also ships with "Prime Builder", a tool for creating a custom respin of the distribution. The changelog page summarises the recent changes and improvements: "updated error handling for Calamares installer; updated Plymouth; using version 10.9 for Budgie desktop (X11); using version 10.10 for Budgie desktop (Wayland); updated installers; installers set to environment categories; added Conky support; added script to detect virtual machine for picom/xcompmgr; improved live ISO image for ease of use; updated applications menu for all window managers; updated terminal configurations for installer; added option to change screen resolution on live ISO image; added display managers for all window manager monitor settings; updated Welcome and Config apps; updated terminals on all desktops/window managers; updated main installer screen; due to all the changes we are moving to version 3.1.5."
EndeavourOS 2026.03.06
Bryan Poerwo has announced the release of EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, code-name "Titan". EndeavourOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution with a customised KDE Plasma desktop and Calamares system installer. This new major release updates the Linux kernel to version 6.19.6 and makes improvements to the installer. "Earlier this month, the Linux kernel 6.19 was released, and that was a good excuse to refresh our ISO. And as you can read from the title, the changes for this one were big enough to turn it into a major release with a name that really covers this ISO. Named after the second-largest moon in our solar system, Titan. So, we borrowed Saturn's largest moon to orbit around our purple Linux space for now. ... For this release, we cleaned up and streamlined the installation process and added some new big features alongside: improved mirror ranking support, including providing an optimised mirror list when the installer is offline; added hardware detection for all GPUs and VMs; we are now installing additional drivers for all GPUs, including Vulkan drivers and the needed packages for hardware-accelerated video decoding when applicable; GPU drivers are now being loaded early by default; this release also introduces a new tool, eos-hwtool." Continue to the release announcement for more information.
EndeavourOS 2026.03.06 -- Running the KDE Plasma desktop
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GLF OS 25.11
Gaming Linux FR has announced the release of GLF OS 25.11, code-named "Phoenix Pulsar", the latest update of the project's NixOS-based Linux distribution designed primarily for gaming. This release updates the Linux kernel to the long-term supported 6.18 version and the NVIDIA driver to version 590.48: "What's new in GLF OS Phoenix Pulsar? The 6.18 LTS kernel optimizes gaming (latency, HDR, VRR), improves hardware compatibility (AMD/Intel/Apple), and strengthens security (TCP encryption, signed BPF), providing a stable foundation for years to come - perfect for GLF OS and its demanding users. The NVIDIA 590.48 drivers for Linux bring major optimizations for RTX 50/40/30 GPUs, with enhanced ray tracing, DLSS 3.5 support, and improved latency management. Improvements in GLF OS: for streamers - ultra-lightweight setup with preconfigured OBS and Stream Deck ready to go; new built-in apps - Thunderbird, Shotwell, digiKam, KCalc, Piper, Reaper + Calf (studio); input remapper - reconfigure keys for your keyboard, mouse, or controller; Faugus replaces Lutris; GOverlay - easily configure Mangohud with just a few clicks; Nix-Firewall-Management (developed by the GLF OS team) - manage your firewall with a dedicated GUI...." Here is the full release announcement in French and English.
SparkyLinux 2026.03
Paweł Pijanowski has announced the release of SparkyLinux 2026.03, a new update of the project's set of semi-rolling distributions based on Debian's "Testing" branch: "New SparkyLinux 2026.03 'Tiamat' ISO images are available. This release is based on the Debian 'Forky'. Main changes: packages updated from Debian and SparkyLinux testing repositories as of March 14, 2026, Linux kernel 6.19.6 (7.0-rc3, 6.19.8, 6.18.18-LTS, 6.12.77-LTS in SparkyLinux repositories); Firefox 140.8.0esr (148.0.2-latest in Sparky repositories); Thunderbird 140.8.0esr, Calamares 3.4.2, GCC 15 + GCC 16-base installed; the CLI system installer 'sparky-installer' now has an option to install the 32-bit variant (ia32) of GRUB UEFI on 64-bit machines; the Calamares graphical installer now allows you to use a single-character password during installation (a strong password, minimum 8-12 characters, is recommended)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details.
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Favourite parent distro
This week we began with a look at d77void, a distribution based on the Void distribution. Void does not have a large collection of distributions in its family tree, but the number of child distributions and spins is growing. Still, Void has a ways to go before it catches up with popular parent distributions, such as Debian, Fedora, Arch, and Gentoo. We'd like to hear from our readers: which is your favourite parent distribution?
You can see the results of our previous poll on running open source kernels other than Linux in our previous edition. All previous poll results can be found in our poll archives.
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| Debian/Ubuntu: | 1402 (58%) |
| Fedora/RHEL: | 162 (7%) |
| Gentoo: | 47 (2%) |
| openSUSE: | 87 (4%) |
| Slackware: | 84 (3%) |
| Void: | 85 (3%) |
| Other: | 67 (3%) |
| I do not have one: | 105 (4%) |
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| • Issue 1168 (2026-04-13): pearOS 2026.03, EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, which distros are adopting age verification, Arch adjusts its firewall packages, Linux dropping i486 support, Red Hat extends its release cycle, Debian's APT introduces rollbacks, Redox improves its scheduler |
| • Issue 1167 (2026-04-06): Origami Linux 2026.03, answering questions for Linux newcomers, Ubuntu MATE seeking new contributors, Ubuntu software centre is expanding Deb support, FreeBSD fixes forum exploit, openSUSE 15 Leap nears its end of life |
| • Issue 1166 (2026-03-30): NetBSD jails, publishing software for Linux, Ubuntu joins Rust Foundation, Canonical plans to trim GRUB features, Peppermint works on new utilities, PINE64 shows off open hardware capabilities |
| • Issue 1165 (2026-03-23): Argent Linux 1.5.3, disk space required by Linux, Manjaro team goes on strike, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA driver support and builds RISC-V packages, systemd introduces age tracking |
| • Issue 1164 (2026-03-16): d77void, age verification laws and Linux, SUSE may be for sale, TrueNAS takes its build system private, Debian publishes updated Trixie media, MidnightBSD and System76 respond to age verification laws |
| • Issue 1163 (2026-03-09): KaOS 2026.02, TinyCore 17.0, NuTyX 26.02.2, Would one big collection of packages help?, Guix offers 64-bit Hurd options, Linux communities discuss age delcaration laws, Mint unveils new screensaver for Cinnamon, Redox ports new COSMIC features |
| • Issue 1162 (2026-03-02): AerynOS 2026.01, anti-virus and firewall tools, Manjaro fixes website certificate, Ubuntu splits firmware package, jails for NetBSD, extended support for some Linux kernel releases, Murena creating a map app |
| • Issue 1161 (2026-02-23): The Guix package manager, quick Q&As, Gentoo migrating its mirrors, Fedora considers more informative kernel panic screens, GhostBSD testing alternative X11 implementation, Asahi makes progress with Apple M3, NetBSD userland ported, FreeBSD improves web-based system management |
| • Issue 1160 (2026-02-16): Noid and AgarimOS, command line tips, KDE Linux introduces delta updates, Redox OS hits development milestone, Linux Mint develops a desktop-neutral account manager, sudo developer seeks sponsorship |
| • Issue 1159 (2026-02-09): Sharing files on a network, isolating processes on Linux, LFS to focus on systemd, openSUSE polishes atomic updates, NetBSD not likely to adopt Rust code, COSMIC roadmap |
| • Issue 1158 (2026-02-02): Manjaro 26.0, fastest filesystem, postmarketOS progress report, Xfce begins developing its own Wayland window manager, Bazzite founder interviewed |
| • Issue 1157 (2026-01-26): Setting up a home server, what happened to convergence, malicious software entering the Snap store, postmarketOS automates hardware tests, KDE's login manager works with systemd only |
| • Issue 1156 (2026-01-19): Chimera Linux's new installer, using the DistroWatch Torrent Corner, new package tools for Arch, Haiku improves EFI support, Redcore streamlines branches, Synex introduces install-time ZFS options |
| • Issue 1155 (2026-01-12): MenuetOS, CDE on Sparky, iDeal OS 2025.12.07, recommended flavour of BSD, Debian seeks new Data Protection Team, Ubuntu 25.04 nears its end of life, Google limits Android source code releases, Fedora plans to replace SDDM, Budgie migrates to Wayland |
| • Issue 1154 (2026-01-05): postmarketOS 25.06/25.12, switching to Linux and educational resources, FreeBSD improving laptop support, Unix v4 available for download, new X11 server in development, CachyOS team plans server edtion |
| • Issue 1153 (2025-12-22): Best projects of 2025, is software ever truly finished?, Firefox to adopt AI components, Asahi works on improving the install experience, Mageia presents plans for version 10 |
| • Issue 1152 (2025-12-15): OpenBSD 7.8, filtering websites, Jolla working on a Linux phone, Germany saves money with Linux, Ubuntu to package AMD tools, Fedora demonstrates AI troubleshooting, Haiku packages Go language |
| • Issue 1151 (2025-12-08): FreeBSD 15.0, fun command line tricks, Canonical presents plans for Ubutnu 26.04, SparkyLinux updates CDE packages, Redox OS gets modesetting driver |
| • Issue 1150 (2025-12-01): Gnoppix 25_10, exploring if distributions matter, openSUSE updates tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans better handling of broken packages, Plasma to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1149 (2025-11-24): MX Linux 25, why are video drivers special, systemd experiments with musl, Debian Libre Live publishes new media, Xubuntu reviews website hack |
| • Issue 1148 (2025-11-17): Zorin OS 18, deleting a file with an unusual name, NetBSD experiments with sandboxing, postmarketOS unifies its documentation, OpenBSD refines upgrades, Canonical offers 15 years of support for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1147 (2025-11-10): Fedora 43, the size and stability of the Linux kernel, Debian introducing Rust to APT, Redox ports web engine, Kubuntu website off-line, Mint creates new troubleshooting tools, FreeBSD improves reproducible builds, Flatpak development resumes |
| • Issue 1146 (2025-11-03): StartOS 0.4.0, testing piped commands, Ubuntu Unity seeks help, Canonical offers Ubuntu credentials, Red Hat partners with NVIDIA, SUSE to bundle AI agent with SLE 16 |
| • Issue 1145 (2025-10-27): Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", advice for new Linux users, AlmaLinux to offer Btrfs, KDE launches Plasma 6.5, Fedora accepts contributions written by AI, Ubuntu 25.10 fails to install automatic updates |
| • Issue 1144 (2025-10-20): Kubuntu 25.10, creating and restoring encrypted backups, Fedora team debates AI, FSF plans free software for phones, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to website attack |
| • Issue 1143 (2025-10-13): openSUSE 16.0 Leap, safest source for new applications, Redox introduces performance improvements, TrueNAS Connect available for testing, Flatpaks do not work on Ubuntu 25.10, Kamarada plans to switch its base, Solus enters new epoch, Frugalware discontinued |
| • Issue 1142 (2025-10-06): Linux Kamarada 15.6, managing ZIP files with SQLite, F-Droid warns of impact of Android lockdown, Alpine moves ahead with merged /usr, Cinnamon gets a redesigned application menu |
| • Issue 1141 (2025-09-29): KDE Linux and GNOME OS, finding mobile flavours of Linux, Murena to offer phones with kill switches, Redox OS running on a smartphone, Artix drops GNOME |
| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
| • Issue 1120 (2025-05-05): CachyOS 250330, what it means when a distro breaks, Kali updates repository key, Trinity receives an update, UBports tests directory encryption, Gentoo faces losing key infrastructure |
| • Issue 1119 (2025-04-28): Ubuntu MATE 25.04, what is missing from Linux, CachyOS ships OCCT, Debian enters soft freeze, Fedora discusses removing X11 session from GNOME, Murena plans business services, NetBSD on a Wii |
| • Issue 1118 (2025-04-21): Fedora 42, strange characters in Vim, Nitrux introduces new package tools, Fedora extends reproducibility efforts, PINE64 updates multiple devices running Debian |
| • Issue 1117 (2025-04-14): Shebang 25.0, EndeavourOS 2025.03.19, running applications from other distros on the desktop, Debian gets APT upgrade, Mint introduces OEM options for LMDE, postmarketOS packages GNOME 48 and COSMIC, Redox testing USB support |
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ConnochaetOS (formerly DeLi Linux) was an Slackware-based Linux distribution for x86 computers with limited resources. ConnochaetOS ships with free (libre) software only and removes proprietary software and binary blobs from its upstream sources, including the Linux kernel. Where possible free software alternatives are provided. ConnochaetOS strives to remain backward compatible with Slackware and Salix OS.
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