330: Arch, Bazzite, elementary, Mint, Kali, Parrot OS, Qubes OS, & more 2026 Linux news

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:55 Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New Release
02:59 Universal Blue Year in Review
03:39 Bazzite End of Year Update
04:49 Aurora Year in Review
05:46 Project Bluefin Year in Review
07:57 elementary OS 8.1 Released
10:03 Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
11:37 Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released
13:42 Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro
16:08 pearOS Is Back and Now Based on Arch Linux
19:37 Qubes OS 4.3.0 released
22:11 Kali Linux 2025.4 Released
24:49 Parrot OS 7.0 Released
27:36 Outro

Links:

• Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New Release
  • https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/releases/tag/3.0.15
  • https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Archinstall-3.0.15
• Universal Blue Year in Review
  • https://universal-blue.org/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-GMTq2T7s
• Bazzite End of Year Update
  • https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-spring-cleaning-in-december-update/11408
• Aurora Year in Review
  • https://docs.getaurora.dev/blog/aurora-2025/
• Project Bluefin Year in Review
  • https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-2025
• elementary OS 8.1 Released
  • https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/
• Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security
  • https://thisweekinlinux.com/sandfly
• Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released
  • https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4973
  • https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released
  • https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-22.3-Beta
  • https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/linux-mint-22-3-gets-a-beta-release-with-lots-of-new-features/
• Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro
  • https://github.com/vojtapolasek/vojtux
  • https://www.freelists.org/post/orca/Announcing-Vojtux-Accessible-Linux-distro-which-is-almost-pure-Fedora
  • https://lwn.net/Articles/1050539/
• pearOS Is Back and Now Based on Arch Linux
  • https://pearos.xyz/
  • https://pearos.xyz/install
  • https://9to5linux.com/pearos-is-back-now-based-on-arch-linux-and-featuring-the-kde-plasma-desktop
  • https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/pearos/
• Qubes OS 4.3.0 released
  • https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/12/21/qubes-os-4-3-0-has-been-released/
  • https://lwn.net/Articles/1051650/
• Kali Linux 2025.4 Released
  • https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-4-release/
  • https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-4-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-6-5-gnome-49
• Parrot OS 7.0 Released
  • https://parrotsec.org/blog/2025-12-24-parrot-7.0-release-notes/
  • https://9to5linux.com/parrot-7-0-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-risc-v-support
  • https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Parrot-OS-Switches-to-KDE-Plasma-Desktop
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