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The developers behind HandyLinux, a beginner friendly distribution, have announced the availability of HandyLinux 1.9. The new release is based on Debian Wheezy and mostly focuses on minor improvements and bug fixes over the 1.8 release. The 486 and 686 builds have been merged, removing the necessity of selecting the correct ISO image for one's 32-bit architecture. Installing the Skype VoIP client should now be easier. Plus an upgrade path from HandyLinux 1.8 to 1.9 has been introduced and most users should be able to upgrade using a simple graphical utility. The new release also features a new tool for changing the desktop interface.

elementary is proud to announce the stable release of elementary OS Freya. After a year and a half of development, over a thousand bugfixes, and countless lines of code, we can finally say it’s here.

Freya is the latest version of elementary OS, a design-oriented and open source Linux-based operating system for desktops and laptops. It succeeds Luna which was released in August of 2013.

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is a very exciting distribution, targeted at experienced users, which provides the same environment as Linux Mint but uses Debian as its package base, instead of Ubuntu. LMDE is less mainstream than Linux Mint, it has a much smaller user base, it is not compatible with PPAs, and it lacks a few features.

Slackel 6.0.3 "Live Openbox" has been released. Slackel is based on Slackware and Salix, and includes the latest 3.14.33 kernel and latest updates from Slackware's 'Current' tree.

This release is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures with both fitting comfortably within the size of a single CD. Iso images are isohybrid. The 64-bit iso supports booting on UEFI systems. SecureBoot is however not supported. The 32-bit flavor is also the first live release that supports both i686 PAE SMP and i486, non-PAE capable systems.

Bella OS is a beautiful and user friendly 64bit Linux desktop operating system.

Launch release version 2.2 is now live!

- fully functional Live-CD/ISO, or install to hard drive/VM - comes complete with a curated suite of high-quality web, office and entertainment applications - takes design queues from several modern operating systems - declutters and beautifies the desktop - built from Xubuntu LTS/Debian Linux - large community support and software compatibility

Every revolution starts with a small step. Semplice 7 is ours. Since our first release 5 years ago, our goal was to create an innovative and lightweight operating system, and not being a "me-too" Openbox-based distribution like many are showing up lately. Admittedly, we have been good at being an Openbox-based distribution. Semplice 6 was our own peak and I'm truly proud of it. But it's time to move on.

It's my pleasure to announce the release of Semplice 7, codenamed "Comfortably Numb".

With pleasure SalentOS Team announces the release of SalentOS 14.04.2. The Full version is complete with all the software available so can be used right now to surf the web, enjoy multimedia content and work. The live ISO weighs around 850MB, it is installable and can be burned to DVD or used to create a bootable USB device.

Nanolinux 1.3 has been released. This version features an improved windowmanager, mouse wheel support, a web server, a file transfer utility, a screenshot utility, a new version of the PIM program FLTDJ, antialiased fonts, improved international keyboard support, and several small changes and fixes in many areas.

The next incremental update of LXLE has been released, ticking it up to 14.04.2 along with the last 32bit version of LXLE ever, which is based on 12.04.5. The 32bit closely mirrors the changes to the latest 64bit edition of the OS.

MakuluLinux unity Desktop, it is Rock Solid Stable, Fast, Secure, Safe and Simply Beautiful and offers some unique features. Now sporting a unique 3 panel system that allows the user complete control of his system without even needing to minimize a window. This release is 64bit with EFI support and offers the Constructor tool to re-spin your own custom ISO. There are so many more features that simply make this Edition stand out ! It is not just unity, it is Makulu Unity.

PoliArch 15.04 has been released.

SystemRescueCd 4.5.2 has been released. Changes include:

Standard kernels: Long-Term-Supported linux-3.14.35 (rescue32 + rescue64) Alternative kernels: updated to stable linux-3.18.10 (altker32 + altker64) Updated GParted to 0.22.0 (support for unpartitioned whole disk drives) Updated Xorg environment and drivers to x11-base/xorg-server-1.16.4 Updated Network-Manager packages to 1.0.0

With the release of Linux Lite 2.4 Final, we continue to evolve into a fully featured, light weight free operating system. Major announcement - there is now an upgrade path on Linux Lite from within the LTS series for each release, update your current install from now until April 2016 with one click, see below for details on this. There are enhancements to Lite Software, Install Updates, Lite Tweaks and Network Share Settings. Bountysource has been a major factor in our ability to enhance our software. By paying developers to help improve our software, we improve the quality and usability of our applications. Disk Encryption and LVM is now supported - see below for details. There is added support for exFAT, Android MTPFS, VPN connections and NTP to name a few. You get the latest Whisker Menu, there's a new default Terminal theme, and the Windows (Super) key now opens the Menu.

Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 1.3.2, is out.

This release fixes numerous security issues and all users must upgrade as soon as possible. There are numerous other changes that may not be apparent in the daily operation of a typical user. Technical details of all the changes are listed in the Changelog.

Zentyal Development Team is proud to announce Zentyal Server 4.1, a new release of the Zentyal Open Source Linux small business server with native Microsoft Exchange protocol implementation and Active Directory interoperability.

The new Voyager release offers the Xfce 4.12 desktop and an updated Linux kernel (version 3.16). The new version of Voyager also offers performance improvements and support for more hardware.

Today we are pleased to announce the release of Black Lab Linux 6.5. With this release we continue to enhance and improve Black Lab Linux for public consumption. While the base is the same, the Open Distribution Release comes in 4 flavors. GNOME, MATE, XFCE and KDE.

Ubuntu MATE 14.04.2 is available for download. This release fixes a few issues that were present in 14.04.1, adds some new features and updates some packages.

We're proud to announce the addition of a Linux Screencasts forum at LQ. The intention of these screencasts are to show the boot process and default desktop environment of a wide variety of Linux distributions. In some cases we will also post an additional installation video.

The polls are closed and the results for the 2014 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards are in. KDE, Eclipse, Steam, Firefox and Linux Mint/Slackware/Ubuntu are among the winners.