Gitea 1.26 fixes three security flaws and adds major Actions, admin, and performance improvements across the self-hosted Git platform.

Bcachefs 1.38 fixes mount stalls, improves discard handling, and speeds up snapshot-heavy systems with journal and allocator changes.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Solus 4.9, Zorin OS 18.1, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.10, Wine 11.7, Linux 7.1 merges new NTFS driver, Fedora 44 faces second release delay, and more.

Debian’s leadership is changing hands as Sruthi Chandran succeeds Andreas Tille following the official 2026 vote.

LXQt 2.4 releases with improved multi-monitor Wayland behavior, refined power management, and several fixes across desktop components.

Mozilla Firefox 150 brings stronger local network privacy protections, Linux GTK emoji picker support, and new tools for reorganizing PDF pages.

GNU Coreutils 9.11 introduces up to 15x faster cat and yes commands on Linux through zero-copy I/O, along with performance improvements for wc and shuf.

Canonical has confirmed Ubuntu 26.10 will carry the Stonking Stingray codename and is scheduled to launch on October 15, 2026.

Git 2.54 introduces the experimental git history command, config-based hooks, and more efficient repository maintenance by default.

Archinstall 4.3 introduces security and partitioning bug fixes, as well as installer enhancements such as optional additional font selection.

Arch Linux has released a reproducible Docker image, providing users with a bit-for-bit identical container build, though some limitations remain.

VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux 6.19 and 7.0 host support, Wayland fixes, Windows 11 improvements, and updated Guest Additions.

QEMU 11.0 drops all 32-bit host support, adds a Diamond Rapids CPU model for x86, and brings broad changes across ARM, RISC-V, KVM, and migration.

Mozilla Thunderbird 150 email client adds custom accent colors, encrypted message search, PDF page reordering, and more.

COSMIC Desktop 1.0.11 brings fixes for Files, Settings, Terminal, and the Compositor, along with translation and dependency updates.

PipeWire 1.6.4 is now available, addressing JACK glitches, Bluetooth issues, ALSA sequencer crashes, and LADSPA plugin loading problems.

AlmaLinux will take a wait-and-see approach to California’s age verification law while legal and upstream questions remain unresolved.

The Linux kernel may drop 18 old Ethernet drivers for ISA- and PCMCIA-era hardware as maintainers question whether the aging code still has active users.

OpenVPN 2.7.2 fixes two security flaws, adds long password support in the management interface, and includes several bugfixes for Windows users.

Tails 7.7 adds alerts for outdated Secure Boot certificates before their June 2026 expiry, along with updates to Tor Browser and Thunderbird.

Ventoy 1.1.12 fixes Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS install failures, resolves VirtualBox UEFI display issues, and improves Windows and WinPE boot handling.