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XOrg Server 21.1.22 and Xwayland 24.1.10 have been released today to address a total of five security vulnerabilities. Users are urged to update their systems as soon as possible.
OpenSSL 4.0 is now available for download with support for Encrypted Client Hello, support for SNMP KDF and SRTP KDF, and other changes. Here's what's new!
Raspberry Pi OS 2026-04-13 is now available for download with a much-improved Control Center app, passwordless sudo disabled by default, Chromium enhancements, and many other changes.
openSUSE Tumbleweed get the GNOME 50 desktop environment, systemd-boot as the default bootloader for new UEFI installs, and better Full Disk Encryption.
Scribus 1.6.6 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements.
You can now install the latest and greatest Linux 7.0 kernel series on your Ubuntu 25.10 distribution. Here’s how to do it!
GNU Linux-libre 7.0 kernel is now available for download based on Linux kernel 7.0 and targeted at those seeking 100% freedom for their PCs.
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for April 12th, 2026, brings news about Linux 7.0, APT 3.2, GNU nano 9.0, KDE Frameworks 6.25, Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6.4, OpenSSL 3.6.2, PeaZip 11.0, Firefox 149.0.2, GParted Live 1.8.1-3, GStreamer 1.28.2, PipeWire 1.6.3, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8, and more.
Linux kernel 7.0 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more.
Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS distribution is now available for download with GNU Linux-libre 6.8 kernel, MATE 1.26 desktop environment, updated packages, and various improvements.
Meet Shelly, a new package management tool for Arch Linux that aims to be more intuitive and user-friendly than what’s already on the market.
KDE Frameworks 6.25 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
Calibre 9.7 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with support for grouping results by any field in the annotations browser and other changes.
PipeWire 1.6.3 audio/video server for Linux is now available for downlaod with audio mixer optimizations and various bug fixes.
GNU nano 9.0 command line text editor for Unix-like systems is now available for download as a major update introducing new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!
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