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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Linux Lite 7.8, DietPi 10, VirtualBox 7.2.6, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.4, Plasma 6.6 Beta 2, Transmission 4.1, Xfce begins work on a Wayland compositor, what happens if Linus Torvalds steps away, and more.
Samsung Smart TV owners can now use Jellyfin natively, as the open-source media server is now available on the Tizen platform.
Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman has received the top prize at the 2026 European Open Source Awards in Brussels.
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 release will add a global keyboard shortcut to quickly clear users' notification history.
Shotcut 26.1 video editor introduces hardware video decoding, lowering CPU usage and improving preview performance across Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Budgie Desktop 10.10.1 released as the first maintenance update in the 10.10 series, with stability improvements, bug fixes, and better Wayland behavior.
NotepadNext 0.13, a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++, adds autosave sessions, workspace support, and new editing controls.
Ubuntu-based Linux Lite 7.8 is now available, featuring 12 rewritten applications as the project moves toward Python and GTK4 in Series 8.
LastSignal is a self-hosted dead man’s switch that encrypts messages in the browser and releases them only after missed activity checks.
AerynOS publishes its January 2026 Alpha ISO, featuring the Linux kernel 6.18 and a refreshed package stack across multiple desktop environments.
A new Rust-based tool called cpx offers a modern alternative to the traditional cp command on Linux, adding parallel copying, progress bars, resume support, and configurable defaults.
Jeff Mahoney, VP of Engineering at SUSE, has published a non-binding governance proposal for openSUSE to address decision deadlocks.
Calibre 9.0 introduces a new Bookshelf view, improved e-book editing from the viewer, smoother Linux scrolling, and more.
Lennart Poettering has been named Chief Engineer at Amutable, marking his first publicly announced role since leaving Microsoft.
Vivaldi 7.8 introduces drag-and-drop Tab Tiling, smarter pinned tabs, and smoother multitasking for everyday browsing.
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