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A ZDNET columnist argues that Fedora is the best distribution to try after using Debian-based systems like Ubuntu, citing improvements in hardware support, out-of-the-box Nvidia drivers, and modern boot processes. The piece highlights Fedora's dedicated desktop spins, including KDE Plasma, Xfce, Cinnamon, and COSMIC, among others.
A solo developer has released ZacOS 9, a free and open-source Linux distribution that recreates the Mac OS 8/9 Platinum interface from scratch, including a custom window manager, file browser and menu bar. It runs standard Debian and Flathub apps within that retro look, includes a SheepShaver emulator for running classic Mac OS with a user-supplied ROM, and supports AppleTalk/AFP file sharing with old Macs. It can be tried live from USB or installed afterward.
Raspberry Pi Desktop, a Debian-based Linux distribution carrying the familiar Raspberry Pi OS interface, is now available again for conventional PCs and Intel-based Macs after a four-year absence. It can be booted from a USB drive without altering an existing installation, or installed directly onto a computer's internal storage, and is offered free of charge.
A tester given preview access to GPT-5.6-Cyber challenged the AI agent to escape a QEMU/KVM virtual machine on a Debian Linux host. The model succeeded three separate times, first using recently disclosed kernel bugs, then unpatched vulnerabilities not yet flagged as security issues, and finally by discovering its own zero-day exploits after the system was rebuilt from the latest source code.