Linux NewsCOSMIC Desktop 1.1 Released with New System Monitor App
COSMIC Desktop 1.1 is out with COSMIC Monitor, versioning changes, translation updates, and fixes across core desktop components.
Brave Gives Linux Users Its Stripped Down Origin Browser for Free
Brave Origin is a minimalist Brave edition that costs $59.99 on other platforms but is free for Linux users.
Cloudflare Unveils PACT to Help Websites Fight Bots Without CAPTCHA
Cloudflare, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Shopify introduce PACT, a privacy-first protocol for proving legitimate web access.
LXD 6.9 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Adds OVN Load Balancer Pools
LXD 6.9 is out now with OVN load balancer pools, new security audit events, Dell PowerStore support, and UI improvements.
KaOS Finalizes Its systemd Exit With First Stable Dinit 2026.06 ISO
KaOS Dinit 2026.06 arrives as the first stable ISO after the project’s systemd-to-Dinit transition reached its final stage.
KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Released with KWin and Desktop Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.7.1 is out as the first bugfix update to Plasma 6.7, bringing fixes for KWin, Discover, networking, and more.
Ubuntu Gets Rebootless Kernel Patching on Arm64
Canonical Livepatch now supports Arm64 systems, reducing urgent reboot needs for Ubuntu servers, cloud, and edge devices.
GNU Nano 9.1 Command-Line Text Editor Drops Old Mac File Format Support
GNU nano 9.1 removes old Mac line-ending support, fixes backup handling, and improves search viewport behavior.
Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS
The new Home Assistant OS release adds faster disk image flashing, VM image improvements, and updated Linux kernel support.
Valve’s Steam Machine Gives Linux Gaming a New Living-Room Push
Valve’s new Steam Machine runs SteamOS, bringing Linux-powered PC gaming back to the living room in a compact console-like form.
DokuWiki Is Finally Getting Built-In Markdown Support
DokuWiki’s next release is expected to add native Markdown parsing, giving users an alternative to its long-standing wiki syntax.
Xfce’s Wayland Compositor Gets Its First Preview Release
Xfce’s new Wayland compositor, xfwl4, reaches its first preview release and is now ready for wider alpha testing.
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 25, 2026 (June 15 – 21)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Plasma 6.7, Systemd 261, VirtualBox 7.2.10, Firefox 152, Fedora is building a web-based remote installer, bcachefs is no longer experimental, and more.
Miracle-WM 0.10 Wayland Compositor Released with Focus Blur
Miracle-WM 0.10 adds shader pipelines, automatic plugin loading, new Wayland protocols, and fixes ahead of the planned 1.0 milestone.
Darktable 5.6 Open Source RAW Editor Brings Optional AI Tools
Darktable 5.6 adds optional AI tools, object masks, neural denoise, image upscaling, HEIF export, and a new color harmonizer module.