Canonical Livepatch now supports Arm64 systems, reducing urgent reboot needs for Ubuntu servers, cloud, and edge devices.

KDE Plasma 6.7.1 is out as the first bugfix update to Plasma 6.7, bringing fixes for KWin, Discover, networking, and more.

KaOS Dinit 2026.06 arrives as the first stable ISO after the project’s systemd-to-Dinit transition reached its final stage.

LXD 6.9 is out now with OVN load balancer pools, new security audit events, Dell PowerStore support, and UI improvements.

Cloudflare, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Shopify introduce PACT, a privacy-first protocol for proving legitimate web access.

Brave Origin is a minimalist Brave edition that costs $59.99 on other platforms but is free for Linux users.

COSMIC Desktop 1.1 is out with COSMIC Monitor, versioning changes, translation updates, and fixes across core desktop components.

Steam’s latest client update adds a 100 Mbit/s Remote Play option, Steam Deck fixes, and several controller-related improvements.

Software Freedom Conservancy says AI-assisted FOSS contributions should be reviewed, understood, and disclosed by humans.

ProtonUp-Qt 2.15.1 improves GE-Proton architecture detection, updates Luxtorpeda sources, and enables Proton-CachyOS for Lutris.

Fish 4.8 command-line shell is out now with fixes for history search, completions, vi mode, and cd behavior.

Ventoy 1.1.14 updates its Secure Boot shim file to address the UEFI CA 2023 issue, alongside VentoyPlugson changes.

Podman 6.0 drops CNI, cgroups v1, iptables, slirp4netns, Windows 10, and Intel Mac support while adding new machine and Quadlet features.

Fooyin 0.11 music player adds remote stream playback, a new Radio Browser plugin, spectrum visualization, and playlist improvements.

GIMP 0.54.1, the 1996 build used to create the original Tux mascot, has been revived as a Flatpak for modern Linux systems.

The first QSOE release delivers a QNX-inspired open-source OS with shared userspace across two microkernel variants for 64-bit RISC-V hardware.

Purism’s latest Linux laptop focuses on privacy and security, with PureOS, coreboot, kill switches, and a $2,899 base price.

DXVK 3.0 introduces a new shader compiler, lower memory use in some games, D3D9 improvements, and requires Vulkan 1.4-ready drivers.

The popular open-source e-book manager gets a revamped Content Server interface, Progressive Web App support, improved image compression, and a security fix.

Fastfetch 2.65 adds better hardware reporting, broader Wayland HDR detection, KDE Plasma 6.7 fixes, and new package manager support.

After DirtyFrag, DirtyClone exposes another Linux kernel flaw that may let local attackers gain root access on vulnerable systems.