RefreshOS 3.0 combines Debian 13 (Trixie) with KDE Plasma 6, preconfigured drivers, codecs, apps, and a polished desktop experience.

Alpine Linux 3.24 ships COSMIC Desktop in community, alongside kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 50, and major toolchain updates.

Debian 12 Bookworm moves into long-term support, giving servers and desktops two more years of security coverage until mid-2028.

Let’s Encrypt now requires certificate subscribers to confirm they are not covered by comprehensive U.S. sanctions or restricted-party rules.

Ubuntu MATE did not ship a 26.04 LTS ISO, but the desktop remains in Ubuntu’s repositories, and a new team is involved.

Fwupd 2.1.5 allows updating the Windows-specific UEFI CA on dual-boot machines and adds support for Elan touchscreens.

Asahi Linux warns users not to install macOS 27 Golden Gate beta after boot picker changes make existing Linux installations no longer appear.

COSMIC Desktop 1.0.16 adds Bluetooth keyboard passkey dialogs and improves the Open With dialog in COSMIC Files.

TrueNAS is now OpenShift certified, bringing enterprise Kubernetes storage support through its new official CSI driver.

Fedora is reviewing suspicious account activity after an alleged compromise led to AI-like bug actions and reverted Anaconda patches.

Audacity 3.7.8 lands with Linux HiDPI UI improvements, multichannel FLAC import fixes, and several editing, scripting, and macro bug fixes.

Juno Tab 4 LTE is a 10.5-inch Linux tablet with an Intel Celeron N300, LTE, 12 GB RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and Debian or Ubuntu options.

Cine is a new MPV-based video player for Linux, offering a clean GTK/libadwaita interface with subtitle, audio, and video controls.

Arch contributors are cleaning up a malware incident in the AUR after suspicious updates appeared across several user-maintained packages.

KDE Frameworks 6.27 arrives as the latest monthly update to KDE’s core libraries, improving file handling, UI components, and app support.

PeppermintOS releases a new systemd-free build based on Devuan Excalibur, offering SysVinit, OpenRC, and runit as installer options.

GStreamer 1.28.4 delivers security updates, playback fixes, better debug logging, audio fixes, and improved stability across platforms.

DavMail 6.8 improves Microsoft 365 access with active Graph support, better calendar handling, and several Linux packaging fixes.

Wine 11.11 replaces TomCrypt with bundled SymCrypt, adds layered windows in the Wayland driver, and fixes 25 bugs.

Yserver is a new X11 server written in Rust, with working support for MATE, Xfce, Cinnamon, and classic window managers.

OpenZFS 2.4.3 is now available with storage fixes, improved Linux mount option handling, and compatibility with Linux kernels up to 7.0.