Version:next-20260630 (linux-next)
Released:2026-06-30
Parrot (formerly Parrot Security OS) is a Debian-based, security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy, anonymity and cryptography. The product, developed by Frozenbox, comes with MATE as the default desktop environment.
Kiro is a desktop Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It pairs a curated Arch Linux base with the nemesis_repo (a repository of pre-built packages), the Calamares system installer, and ArchLinux Tweak Tool for post-install configuration. At the live system's login screen, Kiro offers a choice between the Xfce desktop environment and ohmychadwm window manager (Kiro's own tiling window manager, a fork of dwm). Once installed, it provides support for a number of popular desktop environments and window managers, all installable from ArchLinux Tweak Tool. Kiro follows Arch's rolling-release model and targets 64-bit (x86_64) systems.
Lisp-like languages have historically led the world in metaprogramming and
flexibility. While many modern languages have adopted the idea of macros,
Lisp-like languages such as
Racket have continued pushing the envelope,
attempting to make macros as easy as possible to incorporate into everyday
programs. On the other hand, Lisp's minimal, parenthesis-based syntax can be hard
to adapt to — to the point that Lisp is sometimes said to stand
for "Lots of Irritating Silly Parentheses".
Rhombus is a new programming
language that aims to have the best of both worlds, marrying Racket's
metaprogramming capabilities to a simple Python-like syntax and reasonable
standard-library defaults.
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (git-lfs, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, python3.12-urllib3, and runc), Debian (sogo), Fedora (perl-DBI and perl-Socket), Oracle (firefox, freerdp, git-lfs, libsoup, libxml2, mod_md, mysql, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, python, python3.12-urllib3, rsync, thunderbird, tomcat, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (389-ds, 7zip, alsa, amazon-ecs-init, amazon-ssm-agent, ansible-core, apache2, atril, avahi, bind, bitcoin, capnproto, chromedriver, chromium, cosign, distribution, dnsdist, docker, dovecot24, dracut, firefox, firewalld, freeipmi, freerdp, giflib, gimp, gleam, glib-networking, glibc, glycin-loaders, golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, google-cloud-sap-agent, google-guest-agent, graphite2, gsasl, hamlib, helm, himmelblau, ignition, imagemagick, istioctl, jackson-databind, jq, jupyter-jupyterlab-templates, keylime, krb5, ldns, libaom, libcaca, libgcrypt, libheif, libinput, libjxl, libnfs, libslirp-devel, libsolv, libzypp, zypper, libssh2_org, libvncserver, libyang, lldpd, logback, loupe, mbedtls, mbedtls-2, mcphost, mozjs128, mutt, nano, nginx, ocaml, ofono, openCryptoki, opencryptoki, opensc, openssh, openssl-3, papers, perl-compress-raw-zlib, perl-config-inifiles, perl-cpanel-json-xs, perl-crypt-passwdmd5, perl-DBI, perl-dbi, perl-html-parser, perl-http-daemon, perl-libwww-perl, perl-protocol-http2, postfix, postgresql14, postgresql15, postgresql16, python-aiohttp, python-biopython, python-click, python-ecdsa, python-idna, python-markdown, python-joblib,, python-paramiko, python-pdm, python-pip, python-py7zr, python-pydata-sphinx-theme, python-pyjwt, python-python-multipart, python-starlette, python-tornado6, python311-jupyter-ydoc, rpcbind, sed, sg3_utils, sqlite3, strongswan, tar, thunderbird, tomcat, tomcat10, tomcat11, trivy, unbound, util-linux, warewulf4, webkit2gtk3, xar, xwayland, yt-dlp, and zypper, libzypp, libsolv), and Ubuntu (libheif, nss, qemu, roundcube, and sqlite3).
Parrot (formerly Parrot Security OS) is a Debian-based, security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing, computer forensics, reverse engineering, hacking, privacy, anonymity and cryptography. The product, developed by Frozenbox, comes with MATE as the default desktop environment.
PantherX OS is a Linux distribution based on Guix System, a Linux-based operating system built around the GNU Guix package manager. It boots into a text-mode Guix Install program which guides the user through the installation process. The installer offers a choice of several desktop environments and window managers, including GNOME, Xfce, KDE Plasma, MATE, IceWM, Openbox, Awesome, i3 and Ratpoison. It also offers a built-in safety feature that can restore a previous system state in case of a problem. The distribution's goal is to provide a reliable, rolling-release and flexible platform for general computing work and entertainment.
Git maintainer Junio Hamano has announced
Git 2.55.0, which has non-merge commits from 100 people; 33 of
those are first-time contributors to the project. LWN recently covered some of
the noteworthy changes in 2.55, including new features for the
experimental "git history" command, addition of the Git fsmonitor
daemon for Linux systems, and more.
Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack) is a Debian-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. It features timely security updates, support for the ARM architecture, a choice of four popular desktop environments, and seamless upgrades to newer versions.
Linus Torvalds released
7.2-rc1
and closed the 7.2 merge window on June 28; by that time, 13,412
non-merge commits had found their way into the mainline. That makes this
the busiest merge window since the 6.7 development cycle in 2024 (15,418
commits, including 2,800 for the entire bcachefs development history).
Just under half of those commits arrived after
LWN's summary of the first half of the merge
window was written. As usual, the commits in the latter part of the
merge window were more heavily focused on fixes, but there were still a lot
of new features and significant changes merged as well.
Version:next-20260629 (linux-next)
Released:2026-06-29
The xsnow
application, which generates an animated snowfall effect (and other
pleasant diversions) for X11 desktops, does not seem like an obvious
channel for political statements. Nevertheless, xsnow's maintainer
seems to have included a political protest in the program: an
Easter egg that is triggered when the program's language is set to Russia
("ru"). One user has complained that this functionality should be
removed from the Debian xsnow
package, but Debian does not seem to have any rules that forbid
such a feature outright.
The Kubernetes project has published a blog
post explaining its AI
policy:
The main problem is that AI has made generating code fast but there
has been very little improvement in maintaining code bases. In this
post, we will highlight the ways the Kubernetes community is adapting
to the world of AI assisted coding.
The first step of this journey was to develop an AI policy. This
seems mundane and bureaucratic but there were many PRs that derailed
into discussions around AI usage. The AI policy helps steer the
conversation around the project's stance on AI and provides a clear
signal to contributors on how to use these tools responsibly.
Of note, the project requires disclosure when AI tools have been
used to assist in the creation of a contribution but forbids the use
of listing AI as a co-author or including "assisted-by" or
"co-developed" trailers to attribute work to an LLM tool.
Mageia 10 has been
released with the 6.18 Linux kernel, DNF 5.4.0, RPM 4.20.1,
and an increase in hardware requirements for x86 32-bit systems; users now
need a CPU with SSE2 features. See the release
notes for a full list of updates, and the errata page
for known problems.
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (containernetworking-plugins, golang, kernel, libpng, libpng15, nginx, opencryptoki, perl-IO-Compress, thunderbird, and tigervnc), Debian (chromium, gdcm, incus, libhtml-parser-perl, lxd, openvpn, tor, and xorg-server), Fedora (chromium, docker-buildkit, docker-buildx, dotnet10.0, dotnet8.0, dotnet9.0, krita, ldns, libssh2, liferea, lighttpd, mariadb10.11, mariadb11.8, moby-engine, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli, nginx-mod-fancyindex, nginx-mod-headers-more, nginx-mod-js-challenge, nginx-mod-modsecurity, nginx-mod-naxsi, nginx-mod-vts, openbao, pacemaker, pgadmin4, podman-tui, prometheus-podman-exporter, python-jupyter-server, python-mistune, python-postorius, python-pydantic-settings, python3-docs, python3.14, thunderbird, tigervnc, tinyproxy, and util-linux), Mageia (krb5), Oracle (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, bind, dracut, fence-agents, firefox, frr, frr10, glib2, glibc, gnutls, golang, kernel, libpng, libpng15, libreoffice, libxml2, libxslt, mod_http2, mysql:8.4, nginx:1.26, openssl, php:8.3, podman, postgresql-jdbc, python3.14, redis, rsync, thunderbird, tomcat, valkey, and vim), Red Hat (osbuild-composer), and SUSE (agama-web-ui, asn1c, assimp, assimp-devel, aws-iam-authenticator, calibre, clamav, corepack24, dovecot22, exiv2, frr, giflib, glances-common, google-osconfig-agent, GraphicsMagick, gvim, haproxy, hydra, ImageMagick, jupyter-nbclassic, kernel, libsoup, libsoup2, libssh2-1, nano, NetworkManager-applet-openvpn, nodejs22, openbabel, opensc, openssl-3, pacemaker, python, python-base, python-doc, python311-pdm, python311-py7zr, python311-pypdf, python36, tar, trivy, util-linux, xen, and xtrabackup).
HackerOS is a live Linux distribution based on Debian's "Testing" branch and designed for regular users, gamers and cybersecurity enthusiasts. Some of its features include an optimised XanMod Linux kernel for faster boot times and reduced resource usage, out-of-the-box support for NVIDIA graphics cards, and a collection of cybersecurity tools, such as enhanced firewalls and intrusion detection software. The distribution uses the KDE Plasma desktop.
Bluestar Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that is based on Arch Linux. The Bluestar distribution features up to date packages, a full range of desktop and multimedia software in the default installation and a live desktop DVD.
Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, Mageia is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.
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.
Slackel is a Linux distribution and live CD based on Slackware Linux and Salix. It is fully compatible with both. It uses the current version of Slackware and the latest version of the KDE desktop. The Slackel disc images are offered in two different forms - installation and live.
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