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After significant fanfare, Canonical released Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' to a lukewarm response from the Linux press. But while Ubuntu's latest may not be earth-shattering, its improvements provide the next step in the distro's natural order, as well as a foundation for further improvements to come.

Asmi - pronounced like "us" and "me, and is Sanskrit and Hindi that means "I am" or "I exist" - is based on Debian 13.6 "Trixie" and provides a lightweight and modern Xfce-based experience with the addition of distro-specific tools to make the Linux experience a good one.

After a day or two of false alarms, Distro of the Week finally settled on a German distro based on Debian, specifically VailuxOS 1.6.1.4. The distro, aimed specifically at Windows refugees, has much to offer the wide spectrum of Linux users choosing it, and overall it was a pleasant surprise. .

We get mail, part deux . . . a reader suggested we take this Spanish distro based on Debian Testing out for a spin. So this week's Distro of the Week is Soplos Linux Tyron, with the Xfce desktop, and in many ways it turned out to be quite the pleasant experience.

For all its positives, Brazil doesn't quite stand out as a Linux hotbed. But hand it to Brazilians for trying . . . and often succeeding. This week's Distro of the Week is Brazil's Mauna Linux 25.3, which is based on Debian and does a good job upholding the nation's reputation in the Linuxsphere.

Of all the Arch-based distros in the Linux universe, this week's Distro of the Week -- Artix Linux -- stands out as one of the few free of systemd, giving the user the option of either OpenRC and dinit in its place.

Test-driving this Polish distro based on Debian a year ago, Distro of the Week liked it overall. With a few improvements added, SparkyLinux 8.4 - code-named "Seven Sisters" to keep with their constellation motif - is both fast and versatile, two items that make it a hallmark distro.

We get mail: A reader recently suggested we take today's Distro of the Week - Fluff Linux - on a test drive, and we obliged. This American distro based on Arch Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop environment did not disappoint, and was impressive on several levels.

After about a year of improvements, the German distro Garuda knocks it out of the park with its latest release, Garuda Temeraire. Distro of the Week puts this Arch-based distro through its paces and likes what it sees.

Once you get past what can best be described as an interesting default desktop photo, Poland's Linux Q83's latest offering makes one wonder: With one this solid, why is this Debian-based distro ranking in the 90s on Distrowatch.com when it should be much higher?

The developers at MX Linux 25.2 Infinity, this week's Distro of the Week, took an already superior distro in MX Linux 23.6 Libretto and surprisingly made it even better. In addition, it is a distro aimed at everyone, from the newest of newbies to the most grizzled greybeard.

The British Linux distro Peppermint OS, based on either Debian or Devuan, offers much to users of all stripes, yet presents itself as an empty vessel for the individual user to fill with their particular needs and wants. Which, in their opinion, is as it should be.

Like how gravity works or the ending of the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” one of life’s mysteries is why the Turkish Linux distro Pardus isn’t near the top of the list of all-time greats.This week's Distro of the Week is Pardus 25.2 Xfce, which shows all of its strengths.

And the hits just keep on coming . . . Not only was last week a first for Distro of the Week, we follow up with another first: This time, it's a Spanish distro based on Devuan, complete with its lack of systemd and using XLibre as the default X server. Ladies and gentlemen -- that covers most of you -- welcome to Vendefoul Wolf Excalibur Xfce, this week's Distro of the Week.

This week's Distro of the Week is a first on two levels: First, it's the first Greek distro we've ever reviewed in our short lifetime, but way more importantly, we finally - FINALLY! - got a Slackware-based Linux distro to run. And run it did - boy, did it ever.

With the departure of Jono Bacon as the community leader at Ubuntu, names for his replacement are flying like shuttlecocks over a badminton net. Who will it be? While Larry the Free Software Guy places his bet on California LoCo leader Nathan Haines, he really thinks the next Jono will be Canonical engineering chief Alan Pope.

With more than 100 exhibitors and about 95 speakers at SCALE 11X this weekend, there's a lot to do and see. But when the sun goes down, the sessions end and the expo hall closes, the fun really begins for the attendees.

Kyle Rankin gets the nod from the SCALE staff to give the second keynote at SCALE 11X in February. Rankin joins Matthew Garrett in keynoting the 11th annual first-of-the-year Linux expo in North America next month.

With Windows 8 being released to the public Friday for a rousing $80, Larry the Free Software Guy takes the suggestion of a CrunchBang forum poster named "merelyjim" to spend his money more wisely in the FOSS realm, and urges others to think about doing the same.

In response to the TechCrunch article entitled, "Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth Tires Of Critics, Moves Key Ubuntu Developments Out Of Public Eye," Larry the Free Software Guy wonders aloud, "Was it something I said?"