California’s AB 1856 amendment adds an open-source carve-out to OS-level age verification rules, likely excluding most Linux distributions.

AlmaLinux 10.2 ships with Linux kernel 6.12, i686 userspace packages, Btrfs boot support, GNOME 49, Linux 6.12, and expanded hardware support.

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202 open-source firewall distro ships Linux 6.18.32, fixing Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, and other security issues.

NVIDIA 610.43 for Linux adds new Vulkan extensions, Wayland EGL support, DRM color pipeline support, and game performance fixes.

COSMIC Desktop 1.0.14 brings DDC/CI brightness support, text previews in COSMIC Files, VPN fixes, and better X11 game handling.

The Document Foundation details its plan for LibreOffice on the web and mobile, with WebAssembly, mobile GUI work, and collaboration tests.

PeerTube 8.2 introduces channel ownership transfers, live stream catch-up support, Studio editing improvements, and admin updates.

Krita 6.0.2 digital painting app arrives with Qt 6 changes, while Krita 5.3.2 remains the recommended build for production work.

Zen Browser 1.20 introduces Boosts, letting users customize website colors, fonts, styles, page elements, and dark mode.

Canonical’s Workshop lets developers define Ubuntu dev environments in YAML and reproduce them across machines with a single command.

Calibre 9.9 adds accurate page counts for fixed-layout EPUBs, keeps searches across Virtual libraries, and fixes SSL loading on Fedora 44.

IBM and Red Hat announce Project Lightwell, a $5 billion effort to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted engineering.

Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1 adds unattended host installation workflows, centralized subscriptions, and expanded guest management.

Woodpecker CI 3.15 introduces optional depends_on support, cron timezone handling, configurable pipeline paths, and UI log improvements.

Rocky Linux 9.8 is now available as the latest update to the 9.x series, bringing refreshed security, development, and system tools.

Rust 1.96 lands with new core range types, stabilized assert matching macros, WebAssembly linker changes, and Cargo security fixes.

The flaw affects the boundary between the Linux CIFS client and cifs-utils, allowing local root access on some systems.

QEMU is considering limited acceptance of AI-assisted patches, covering tests, documentation, mechanical changes, and small bug fixes.

Fwupd 2.1.4 Linux firmware updater expands hardware support with Intel Arc Pro B65/B70, Lenovo docks, Pixart touchpads, and more SPI chips.

Flathub now says apps with AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content are not allowed.

Rocky Linux 10.2 is now available, bringing the latest RHEL-compatible enterprise Linux updates to the community, powered by Linux kernel 6.12.