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Distribution Release: elementary OS 8.1

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based distribution which runs the Pantheon desktop environment. The project's latest release is version 8.1 and it incorporates several small improvements and enhancements all across the desktop, package management, and display stack. Support for ARM hardware has also improved: "Today, we are proud to....
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Distribution Release: Talos 1.12.0

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Talos, a specialist Linux-based operating system for running Kubernetes, has been updated to version 1.12.0. This release introduces new network configuration documents, new user volume types, and updates to disk encryption: "Welcome to the v1.12.0 release of Talos. What's new? The Kubernetes API server in Talos has been....
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1153

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: The best open source operating systems of 2025
News: Firefox adopts AI components, Asahi Linux works to improve the install experience, Mageia team plans for version 10
Questions and answers: Is software ever truly completed?
Released last week: Emmabuntus DE6-1.00, Kicksecure 18.0.8.7, MidnightBSD 4.0, Rhino....
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Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.3.0

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Qubes project has a new stable release, Qubes OS 4.3.0, which updates the project's templates for Fedora, Debian and Whonix. The release announcement shares the key changes: "We're pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.3.0. This minor release includes a host of new features,....
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Distribution Release: EasyOS 7.1

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Barry Kauler has announced the release of EasyOS 7.1, an updated build of the project's experimental Linux distribution built from Devuan: "woofQ2-built EasyOS has version numbering starting from 7.0. It is built from Devuan 'Excalibur' (equivalent to Debian 'Trixie') binary packages, with major structural changes, including based on....
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Distribution Release: Synex 13 "Server"

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Synex distribution is based on Debian's "Stable" branch and offers a range of desktop variant along with a specialist server edition. Synex 13 "Server" offers predictable networking settings and a custom storage manager which simplifies LVM and encryption management. "ServerHub continues as the modular framework for enterprise....
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Distribution Release: Chimera Linux 20251220

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Chimera Linux is an independent distribution which uses an unusual combination of technologies behind the scenes. Chimera Linux uses BSD userland command-line tools, the Clang/LLVM compiler toolchain, Dinit for service management, and APK for package management. The project's latest snapshot introduces a text-based system installer: "This set has....
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Development Release: Linux Mint 22.3 Beta

DistroWatch.com - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 23:35
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux Mint team have announced the availability of Linux Mint 22.3 beta. The new development snapshot introduces Cinnamon 6.6 with several small improvements along with a new troubleshooting application. "Linux Mint 22.3 is a long-term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated....
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Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers

Linux.Slashdot.org - Tue, 12/23/2025 - 19:50
Phoronix's Michael Larabel writes: An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck... On Meta Servers. Meta has found that the scheduler can actually adapt and work very well on the hyperscaler's large servers. [...] The presentation at LPC 2025 by Meta engineers was in fact titled "How do we make a Steam Deck scheduler work on large servers." At Meta they have explored SCX_LAVD as a "default" fleet scheduler for their servers that works for a range of hardware and use-cases for where they don't need any specialized scheduler. They call this scheduler built atop sched_ext as "Meta's New Default Scheduler." LAVD they found to work well across the growing CPU and memory configurations of their servers, nice load balancing between CCX/LLC boundaries, and more. Those wishing to learn more about Meta's use and research into SCX-LAVD can find the Linux Plumbers Conference presentation embedded below along with the slide deck (PDF).

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