In Advanced Privacy, users are now informed in real time when apps attempt to leak data, with simple controls to manage notifications. The App Lounge has also been refined: app sizes from F-Droid are now displayed, and common apps are shown based on region for a better browsing experience. For Fairphone (Gen.6) users, /e/OS 3.2 introduces customization of the side button, allowing you to assign your preferred actions. While the dedicated Moments feature from Android is not yet available, this new customization gives you more flexibility in how you use the button. A major improvement has been implemented to the Fairphone (Gen.6). Fairphone Camera app is now available on /e/OS, enjoy an even better camera experience on your phone.
umbrelOS 1.5 brings automatic encrypted backups, Rewind in Files, network drive mounts, external USB storage and formatting support on amd64 devices, GPU acceleration for apps, and several performance improvements and bug fixes. New features: backups - umbrelOS can now automatically back up all of your files, apps and data to another Umbrel or a NAS on your network, or an external USB drive; Rewind in Files - time travel through your backups to restore specific files and folders from any point in the past; network mounts in Files - mount network drives and shares, like another Umbrel or a NAS, and browse them directly within Files....
Full logout for secondary users - secondary users can now be fully logged out of the device, rather than just switching accounts. This ensures a cleaner separation of user environments and better privacy for everyone sharing the device. Also included in iodéOS 4 and later versions. Private Space and Work Profiles for secondary users - secondary users can now use Private Space and Work Profiles, allowing them to leverage apps like Shelter for better data isolation. This is ideal for families or teams who need to keep personal and work data separate, even on shared devices. Work Profiles also included in iodéOS 5. App links (deep links) let apps open specific URLs directly instead of defaulting to the browser. With iodéOS 6.9, apps can now automatically validate these links if configured, eliminating the need for manual approval and making the experience smoother and more efficient.
It is with great pleasure that the Devuan developers hereby announce the release of Devuan Excalibur 6.0 as the project's newest stable release. This is the result of lots of painstaking work by the team and extensive testing by the wider Devuan community. New in this release: a [merged-/usr]filesystem is obligatory, if you are upgrading from 'Daedalus' ensure you have complied with this requirement before upgrading; PipeWire audio - in general (with the notable exception of users requiring a screen reader for graphical login), the PipeWire media server is a superior solution to PulseAudio, in particular it has fewer latency issues; non-free firmware - all Devuan 6 installation media make non-free firmware packages available at install time, in the majority of the cases, these packages are needed (and will be installed) only if your hardware (usually WiFi adapter) requires them.
NebiOS X 10.0 is the final release following RC4 and delivering a more stable NebiDE Wayland environment, simplified OOBE, and a migration to kisak-mesa stable drivers. This version represents the maturity and balance of the NebiOS X platform. NebiOS X arrives with the most mature and stable form of NebiDE Wayland to date. This release not only introduces refined interface elements but also brings deep, structural improvements aimed at reducing complexity and improving overall performance compared to previous builds. With NebiOS X, the X11-based NebiDE legacy era has officially come to an end. In RC4, the 'Bookmarks' section would still appear on some systems even when no directories were actually bookmarked. In 10.0, this has been corrected - if no bookmarks exist, both the group and its icon are now hidden. This change eliminates the confusion between the file manager shortcut icon and the bookmarks group within the Utility Panel. The panel now shows the group only when user-defined directories exist, resulting in a cleaner and more logical layout.
Building on months of testing and feedback, this release brings major quality-of-life improvements for new and seasoned users alike. Whether you're upgrading your home lab or deploying at scale, this release brings more control, compatibility, and confidence to every system. Unraid now adapts seamlessly to any screen size. The redesigned WebGUI ensures smooth operation across desktops, tablets and mobile devices, making it easier than ever to manage your server from anywhere, with any device. You can now expand your single-vdev RAIDZ1/2/3 pools, one drive at a time. Alongside XFS, Btrfs and ZFS file systems, Unraid now supports ext2, ext3, ext4, NTFS and exFAT out of the box, making it easier to import data from external sources or legacy systems. This means you can create an array or single device pool with existing drives formatted in ext2/3/4 or NTFS, and you can format drives in ext4 or NTFS.
This release presents among other things the new Linux kernel 6.8.0-87, the latest upgrade of the web browser google-chrome-stable (version 142.0.7444.59-1) and the new Xorg X Server software (version )2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.5). In addition, Starbuntu has updated the associations of archive files with the archiver program.
The GNOME packaging team has updated our GNOME environment to 49.1. The team has also expanded the number of available GNOME packages in our repository, and we now include Showtime and GNOME-contacts in our GNOME pkgsets accordingly. For clarity, these were added in September but were not mentioned in our previous blog post. GNOME continues to work very well on AerynOS and remains as our default live installation environment. Reilly Brogan has done a fantastic job landing KDE Plasma 6.5, KDE Gear 25.08.2 and KDE Frameworks 6.19.0 into our repository over the last month. The overall KDE Plasma experience continues to improve with users providing largely very positive feedback on its performance and fluidity on AerynOS. Over the last couple of months, KDE Plasma has now also been promoted as a recommended installation option alongside GNOME.
Sculpt OS 25.10 improves performance, updates device drivers, and accepts a new human-readable configuration format. In the light of this year's roadmap focus on rigidity, clarity, performance, Sculpt OS 25.10 looks the same as the version 25.04 but might feel different as it includes countless under-the-hood improvements of the two preceding framework releases 25.05 and 25.08. User interaction on performance-starved platforms like the PinePhone has become visibly smoother thanks to our recent CPU scheduling advances. The streamlined block-storage stack combined with various refinements of the package-installation mechanism make the on-target installation of 3rd-party components a bliss. Regarding supported hardware, we steadily follow the tireless work of the Linux kernel community. All PC driver components using Linux kernel code are now consistently based on kernel version 6.12.
In this version, the base design was kept as it was, but many changes were made. Some regularly-added software has been removed from the system upon request. The ISO image file has been reduced to around 2,500 megabytes. LibreOffice, Inkscape, Games, Printer are some of the software that will not install. The installation of these software is left to the user's discretion. The ability to add items to the menu has been adapted. Users can add or remove items from the menu. A relatively modern menu has been added to the JWM menu. An image of this menu, called App Finder, can be seen below. A second menu is not required, it's simply for user preference. Another significant change is the change to the default file manager. The latest version of the PCManFM file manager, which we've been using for years, is riddled with bugs. Therefore, it has been replaced by the Nemo file manager. Nemo works well with JWM and is quite lightweight, consuming an average of 25 MB of memory. This time, the desktop is active. Spacefm is managing the desktop.