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Mozilla Thunderbird 158 open-source email client is now available for download with updated ExtensionSettings policy, improved quick filter responsiveness, and numerous bug fixes.
TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux laptop is now available with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 Series graphics.
Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” will be the next major version of the Ubuntu-based distribution, slated for release on Christmas 2026 and based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Firefox 159 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with Wayland improvements, better support for importing Google Chrome bookmarks, and other changes.
Ubuntu's Myna local speech-to-text application is now available for public testing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10.
Canonical's next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04 "Tenacious T-Rex," has been slated for release on April 22nd, 2027, and it’s expected to come with the GNOME 52 desktop environment and Linux kernel 7.6.
Mozilla Firefox 158 open-source web browser is now available for download with improved PDF handling, New Tab page updates, improved form filling in the Smart Window, and more.
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 4th, 2026, brings news about COSMIC 1.10, Raspberry Pi Desktop, NVIDIA 615.78.08, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.12, Q4OS 6.10, Ventoy 1.1.18, KDE Gear 26.08.2, OpenVPN 2.7.8, Raspberry Pi OS, Calibre 9.16, GStreamer 1.28.8, GNOME 52 release date, KDE Frameworks 6.31, Ubuntu Summit 26.10, Blender 5.3 beta, Debian 14 artwork, and more.
KDE Frameworks 6.31 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements to System Settings and other KDE apps and core components.
Canonical announces official Ubuntu Desktop images for RISC-V hardware, along with unofficial Xubuntu Minimal images for the Ubuntu 26.10 release.
Ventoy 1.1.18 open-source bootable USB solution is now available for download with experimental support for SteamOS recovery images, improved Linux remount feature, and more.
Calibre 9.16 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with support for high-quality Kokoro voices, support for reading images in the AVIF format, and many other changes.
Q4OS 6.10 distribution is now available for download based on Debian 13.7 "Trixie" and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments.
GStreamer 1.28.8 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with improvements to the AMD AMF AV1 video encoder, support for reading AAF AIFF-AIFC audio in the MXF demuxer, and more.
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.12 flashing tool for Raspberry Pi devices is now available for download with a wide-ranging set of improvements across networking, write reliability, security, and the embedded installer experience.
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