Budgie 10.10.2 desktop environment improves the Labwc Wayland bridge, enhances Icon Tasklist application matching, and refines menu behavior.

OpenWrt 25.12 open-source router firmware arrives with a major shift to the APK package manager, replacing opkg, alongside Linux kernel 6.12.

CachyOS March 2026 introduces animated desktop previews in the installer, Winboat Windows VM integration, and handheld gaming improvements.

HandBrake 1.11 video transcoder adds ProRes and DNxHR encoders, AMD AV1 hardware support, MOV output, and updated multimedia libraries.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: CachyOS, Linux From Scratch 13.0, Nitrux 6.0, NVIDIA 595 Beta Linux Driver, KDE Plasma 6.6.2, early mockups reveal Mozilla exploring a new Nova design for Firefox, and more.

PipeWire 1.6.1 multimedia framework arrives as a bugfix release addressing socket activation failures, JACK application crashes, and encoded audio playback issues in pw-cat.

The latest PhotoPrism update introduces enhanced Ollama configuration options, improved security, and multiple bug fixes related to indexing, folders, and metadata.

Ghostty 1.3 terminal emulator arrives with scrollback search, native scrollbars, command notifications, improved Unicode rendering, and more.

Kdenlive 25.12.3 arrives with workflow improvements, better shortcut handling, UI refinements, and multiple stability fixes for the open source video editor.

Fedora Linux 44 Beta introduces the Plasma Login Manager for KDE editions and Budgie 10.10 with Wayland support for Budgie users.

KDE Plasma 6.5.6 arrives as the final maintenance update for the Plasma 6.5 series, delivering multiple bug fixes across KWin, Discover, Powerdevil, and more.

KeePassXC 2.7.12 open-source password manager adds nested folder support for Bitwarden imports, a TIMEOTP Auto-Type placeholder, and more.

Hyprland 0.54.2 introduces crash fixes, layout improvements, and several stability patches backported from the main development branch.

A proposed age verification interface for Linux desktops has been closed in the freedesktop XDG specs, following strong community feedback.

NVIDIA now officially supports AlmaLinux for CUDA workloads, with driver and userspace packages available in the distro's repositories.

Kitty 0.46 GPU-accelerated terminal introduces smooth pixel scrolling, momentum scrolling on Linux, draggable tabs, and mouse-based split resizing.

According to Reuters, EQT is exploring options to sell SUSE, the enterprise Linux vendor it took private in 2023.

PeerTube 8.1 enhances podcast playback, updates image management, and introduces domain-restricted embedding.

OBS Studio 32.1 introduces a new audio mixer, WebRTC simulcast support, improved browser source security, and numerous stability fixes.

TrueNAS deprecates its public build repository on GitHub, raising questions in the community about openness and release transparency.

Fwupd 2.1.1 adds new security checks, AMD Platform Secure Boot support, and broader hardware compatibility for Linux systems.