Puppy Linux 9.5
This is the first Puppy based on the Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal Fossa": "The Puppy Linux team is proud to release Puppy Linux 9.5, also known as 'Fossapup64', version 9.5. This is the fourth official release of an Ubuntu-based 64-bit Puppy. Fossapup64 Puppy, is built from Ubuntu 'Focal Fossa' DEB (64 bit) packages, hence it has binary compatibility with Ubuntu and access to the Ubuntu 'Focal Fossa' repositories. Puppy Linux is small, runs in RAM, is lightning fast, very versatile and good fun. Has everything a novice will need while giving full control to the experienced user. Features include: Linux kernel 5.4.53; modular build means you can swap out the kernel, applications and firmware in seconds; a minimal barebones Puppy available by removing a single file and rebooting; Joe's Window Manager (JWM); Rox-Filer; Hexchat; Palemoon browser...."

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Linux Lite 5.2 RC1

Linux Lite is a beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu's long-term support (LTS) release and featuring the Xfce desktop. The project has published a new development snapshot, Linux Lite 5.2 RC1. The new version offers a firewall configuration tool through the settings panel, removes Adobe Flash, introduces a new battery monitor on laptops, adds a spellcheck dictionary to LibreOffice, and removes depreciated GTK2 themes.

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EndeavourOS 2020.09.20
An updated build of EndeavourOS, a rolling-release distribution based on Arch Linux and featuring the Xfce desktop, is now ready for download. Besides updated kernel and packages, version 2020.09.20 also brings an improved Welcome app: "We’re proud to present to you our latest release. The ISO image contains Linux kernel 5.8.10, MESA 20.1.8, Firefox 80.0.1, Calamares 3.2.26. The Welcome app has received major updates: received Chinese translations; new button to change display resolutions - this function is only available in the Live environment, especially for virtual machine installs; the button Update mirrors now ships with a check if reflector-simple is installed; two link buttons that each brings the user to the Arch repository page or the AUR page to browse for packages; an Arch Linux ARM button link; buttons that add our DE-specific wallpaper by default, so no more pop-ups that ask for permission any more; a new button to select one of our wallpapers...."

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IPFire is a Linux-based distribution for network appliances such as routers and firewalls. The project's latest release is IPFire 2.25 Core Update 149 which focuses on performance improvements. "IPFire is based on glibc 2.32, the standard library for all C programs, and GCC 10.2, the GNU Compiler Collection. Both bring various bug fixes and improvements. The most notable change is that we have decided to remove a mitigation Spectre 2 which caused that user space programs in IPFire were running about 50% slower due to using a microcode feature which is called "retpoline". Those "return trampolines" disable the branch prediction engine in out-of-order processors which was considered to help with mitigating leaking any information from any unaccessible kernel space. This is however not as effective as thought and massively decreases performance in the user land which mainly affects features like our Intrusion Prevention System, Web Proxy and URL filter. We still use this mechanism to avoid leaking any kernel memory into the user space."

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Manjaro Linux 20.1
"We are happy to publish another stable release of Manjaro Linux, named 'Mikah'. The Xfce edition remains our flagship offering and has received the attention it deserves. With this release we ship Xfce 4.14 and have mostly focused on polishing the user experience with the desktop and window manager. Also we have switched to a new theme called Matcha. The new Display-Profiles feature allows you to store one or more profiles for your preferred display configuration. We also have implemented auto-application of profiles when new displays are connected. Our KDE edition provides the powerful, mature and feature-rich Plasma 5.19 desktop environment with a unique look-and-feel, which we had completely re-designed."

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