Distro Monday 55: Blend-ing TAILS & KaOS, plus a Bonus

DM 55.1 – blendOS Has Reached a 2.0 Version
Seems like I just talked about blendOS a few weeks ago, and ran the previous version for about a month prior to that. So that you won’t have to go dig up that video, here’s the link for it (https://rumble.com/v2ftnx0-distro-monday-52-newbie-day-mint-vs-ubuntu.html?mref=2jfr3&mc=anr3y). In short, this is an Arch based, immutable distro with support for running Fedora and Ubuntu baked in. Perhaps it is more stable and performant in this version, but alas I do not have the time to test it for you guys.
What’s new in this release? Let’s take a look, shall we?
· Out of the box Android app support via WayDroid
· PWA support
· AUR support
o Chaotic-AUR
· Podman based container system for greater flexibility and prioritization capabilities
· GNOME
· KDE Plasma
· NVIDIA drivers by default
· New installer
· Remixing tool (so you can customize your system then have that to install, like in some Deb based distros)
Good stuff, from where I sit. Hopefully, it will be clearer how to do things and might stay more performant, long-term.

https://9to5linux.com/blendos-2-is-already-here-and-supports-android-apps-out-of-the-box
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DM 55.2 – TAILS 5.12 Out Now
Another monthly release for TAILS, but that doesn’t mean that it is entirely lackluster, so let’s see what made the cut for this month’s update, shall we? We have a couple of new features for the persistent storage tools: the ability to manually delete data when turning the feature off, and strong password generation for the persistent storage, so that your saved data on TAILS is as secure as possible. They’ve also made the whole persistent storage system more reliable. They’ve added a new progress meter for things, so that you can tell that something is happening and are able to gauge how long it might take to complete a given process. It is based on the latest LTS 61 kernel, and of course, ships with the latest from Tor.
https://9to5linux.com/tails-5-12-anonymous-os-launches-with-new-persistent-storage-features-bug-fixes
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DM 55.3 – KaOS is 10 Years Old Now?
Yes, yes it is. Wow. This distro is independent, and prides itself on running at the bleeding edge of KDE Plasma, so this version ships with a preview of KDE 6, but runs 5.27.4, which is the latest stable release. The preview is only available in the Live environment, as KDE 6 is not anywhere near ready to use, but you can take a look at the latest work done, as of last Friday. Other than that, what is actually installable, is the latest stable releases from the KDE team. Other than that, it runs atop the latest Linux 62 kernel, and has had the rest of its core packages updated as well.
https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-celebrates-10-years-with-new-iso-release-featuring-kde-plasma-6
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DM 55 Bonus – Solus Linux Shakeup
Ever heard of Solus Linux? You might have, if you pay attention to Linux news the way I do, but if not, it is one of only a handful of truly indie distros out there, like Gentoo or Alpine, where all packages are specific to it, rather than being based on something else, like Debian, Arch, or Red Hat. For that, I have made respect. On the other hand, it has been known as being rather unstable, both in terms of the team behind it and the distro itself, which has been sad to watch. The latest shakeup has it being more or less merged with SerpentOS, which is headed by the many of the original team members from Solus, by the way. Solus had been struggling to keep the lights on, and did not have the tools to make the jump to immutability, atomization, and containerization (like blendOS, VanillaOS, or even EndlessOS), where serpentOS does. Long story short, Solus will remain Solus, but will come under the serpentOS team, to a certain extent.

https://news.itsfoss.com/solus-revival/
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