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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