Microsoft employee behind AnduinOS releases more updates, here's how to upgrade

A small Linux distribution created by a Microsoft employee drew quite a bit of attention in recent months with its attempts to ease users into Linux by looking just like Windows. This week, AnduinOS was upgraded to a new batch of point releases, including 1.3.3, 1.2.6, and 1.1.6.

These point releases do not bring too many changes, and all the changes that are introduced are identical across all three versions. Here are the release notes this time:

• Fixed an accessibility issue that caused the screen reader unable to read the text.
• Added librime-plugin-lua for ibus-rime users to support Lua scripts. This only affects zh_CN by default.
• Added policykit-desktop-privileges to the default app list to allow no-password prompts for mount, simple updates, etc.

As a new Linux distribution on the scene, updating it is not as straightforward as opening a software store and tapping the upgrade button. For now, upgrades rely on a script. To update your computer using this script, open up a terminal window and type do_anduinos_upgrade. Running this command will bring you up to the latest point release for your respective major version, even if you’re not on the latest point release right now.

In the future, Anduin Xue, the Microsoft employee who develops AnduinOS, wants to allow you to grab new versions via sudo apt upgrade. For the time being, users will need to stick to running the script to ensure their device is up to date.

Last month, it was announced that AnduinOS 1.4 will be based on Ubuntu 25.10 and will drop in late October, while Anduin OS 1.5 will be based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and arrive in late April 2026. Hopefully, we will see more maturation with those updates, such as upgrading the system with an apt command instead of a script.

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