https://distrowatch.com/ Latest distribution releaseshttps://distrowatch.com/images/other/dw.pnghttps://distrowatch.com/ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba ]]> openmamba GNU/Linux is a distribution for personal computers that can be used on notebooks, desktops, servers and Raspberry Pi computers. It works as an installable live DVD/USB images, offering one of two desktop environments: KDE Plasma or LXQt. The distribution uses RPM packages managed through the DNF package manager. Software can also be fetched and installed from Flatpak repositories.368cd1e3cdce17554079a0744013225c -Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:33:00 +0000https://distrowatch.com/osintvm ]]> Trace Labs OSINT VM is a Debian-based Linux distribution with specialist open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools to help find missing persons and reunite them with their families. It is provided as a set of pre-built images for VMware and Virtual Box virtual machines. The OSINT tools, which need to be downloaded separately via a helper script, include Email Search (to perform email searches via social media, breach info, and other sources), Multi Search (to perform searches over multiple sources, such as social media, domains, IPs, phone numbers), Username Search (to check username availability across multiple platforms), Social Media (to gather OSINT from popular social media platforms). Also included are Phone Numbers, Images & Video Analysis, Documentation & Capture; Geolocation & Mapping, among various other useful tools.98004af63d12d005f4b16c64f5d51878 -Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:16:00 +0000https://distrowatch.com/alt ]]> ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products. ALT Linux produces different types of distributions for various purposes. There are desktop distributions for home and office computers and for corporate servers, universal distributions that include a wide variety of development tools and documentation, certified products, distributions specialized for educational institutions, and distributions for low-powered computers. ALT Linux has its own development infrastructure and repository called Sisyphus, which provides the base for all the different editions of ALT Linux.55ce44655d3ae8ee6d1895f5c2c50aaa -Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:37:10 +0000https://distrowatch.com/magos ]]> MagOS Linux is a Russian desktop-oriented distribution based on ROSA, a distribution that was forked from Mandriva Linux in 2011. It uses the RPM package management. MagOS Linux comes with KDE Plasma desktop by default, but it also ships the lightweight LXQt desktop for older and low-specification computers. Besides the standard upstream packages from ROSA, the project also provides its own RPM package repository (with various network and NVIDIA display drivers), as well as separate modules (in XZM format) with extra hardware drivers, server tools, MATE desktop, Wine emulator, Java software and additional web browsers, including Chromium and Yandex.1b62cd5a12076bd28aaa1a60ead503f9 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:09:16 +0000https://distrowatch.com/startos ]]> StartOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution optimised for personal servers. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management and health monitoring of self-hosted software services. After installation, the distribution boots into a Firefox browser with several services pre-installed and others, including various Bitcoin, communication, data and artificial intelligence services available from the project's online marketplace. The server can be accessed locally or from anywhere in the world via Tor network's Onion service. The distribution is developed by Start9 Labs, Inc.9de22c741b1b9dea0b3515c7e971f394 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0000https://distrowatch.com/tromjaro ]]> TROMjaro is a Manjaro-based Linux distribution with a customised Xfce desktop. Compared to its parent, TROMjaro offers several user-friendly utilities, such as Layout Switcher with six different layouts or Theme Switcher with several accent colours. It also provides various enhancements, including the integration of the Chaotic-AUR repository with pre-built binary packages, a selection of custom wallpapers and icon packs, and extra configuration options in Settings Manager. The distribution comes with support for AppImage files and a heavily-tweaked Firefox browser with custom add-ons.2b0ae0906bc1cd078a6738fd404d2490 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000https://distrowatch.com/ventoy ]]> Ventoy LiveCD is a minimalist, single-purpose live CD designed to install the Ventoy application on Windows system. It is based on Porteus Kiosk and uses the Openbox window manager. It can be useful in cases where the standard installation of Ventoy on Windows fails due to Windows-specific restrictions on some low-level operations. Ventoy, an open-source application that facilitates the creation of bootable USB drives from ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x) and EFI files, is a useful utility for those who frequently install or test Linux distributions or other open-source operating systems.55b5c3f8a510787fd9df4a796c4e0124 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:06:23 +0000https://distrowatch.com/anduin ]]> AnduinOS is an Ubuntu-based distribution which provides a GNOME desktop which has been themed and styled to resemble Windows 11. The project provides a smaller ISO file than its parent with each supported language split into a separate ISO. Snap support, which is included in Ubuntu, has been removed from AnduinOS.adf6efddc9b1fcea2b756ab540fd1c69 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:09:53 +0000https://distrowatch.com/helwan ]]> Helwan Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution designed for home, education and development use. Its "Home" flavour comes with the GNOME desktop, the "Edu" variant ships with Xfce and the "Dev" edition features the Cinnamon desktop together with a range of compilers and interpreters, including PHP and Rust. The project also produces a comprehensive "Distro Building" manual with a guide to the Archiso tool (for building custom Arch-based ISO images) and the Calamares system installer.0d7534c862c134d17b2e9997e42ca630 -Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:22:43 +0000https://distrowatch.com/manjaro ]]> Manjaro Linux is a fast, user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on Arch Linux. Key features include intuitive installation process, automatic hardware detection, stable rolling-release model, ability to install multiple kernels, special Bash scripts for managing graphics drivers and extensive desktop configurability. Manjaro Linux offers Xfce as the core desktop options, as well as KDE, GNOME and a minimalist Net edition for more advanced users. Community-supported desktop flavours are also available. e79537df2a03d8a73e32958cdbcdc77b -Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:35:29 +0000https://distrowatch.com/truenas ]]> TrueNAS CORE (previously known as FreeNAS) is a free and Open Source Network-Attached Storage (NAS) operating system that supports file, block and object storage. TrueNAS CORE is FreeBSD based and is a community-supported branch of the TrueNAS project, sponsored by iXsystems. It also has a commercial branch called TrueNAS Enterprise and a free and HyperConverged storage solution called TrueNAS SCALE. The TrueNAS SCALE branch is based on the Debian Linux distribution.5ac71569576d225aa2cc4d6592688ab7 -Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:19:26 +0000https://distrowatch.com/soplos ]]> Soplos Linux is a set of desktop-oriented Linux distributions based on Debian's "Testing" featuring several popular desktop environments. It offers rolling updates, up-to-date software, a relatively lightweight and customisable desktop, compatibility with older hardware, and various speed and performance optimisation features. The distribution ships with a number of custom applications, such as Soplos Theme Manager, Soplos Plymouth Manager, Soplos Docklike (for adding and removing applications in the dock) and Soplos GRUB Editor.96ea4c84f802aa91f88bae2720d9379a -Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:59:07 +0000