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Booting Arch Linux from Google Drive:

GNOME switching font?

GDB Debugger 15:

Release of Box64 0.3.0:

Shotstars 0.2:

Debian GNU/Hurd builds 71% of Debian packages:

Multi-user code editor Zed now supports Linux:

Clonezilla Live 3.1.3:

New version of Exim mail server 4.98:

Release of firewalld 2.2.0:

FreeBSD switches to a shorter release cycle:

Thunderbird email client 128:

Release of the OBS Studio 30.2:

Release of Whonix 17.2:

Update to Qubes OS 4.2.2:

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OpenBSD removes dhclient utility in favor of a background process called dhcpleased:

Ladybird receives $1 million donation from GitHub co-founder:

MySQL 9.0.0 DBMS available:

Fedora 42 intends to implement telemetry:

Release of Apache 2.4.61:

Release of Cozystack 0.8.0:

Release of FreeRDP 3.6:

Wireguard Developer Seriously Speeds Up Getrandom() on Linux:

Release of GnuPG 2.5.0:

Fooyin 0.5 music player available:

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GNU Guile 3.0.10:

Release SKUDONET 7.1:

Release of OpenShot 3.2.0:

openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0:

Ubuntu Sway Remix 24.04:

TileOS 1.1 distribution update:

Release of PipeWire 1.2.0:

Release of video editor Shotcut 24.06:

Google announced the winners of the Open Source Peer Bonus 2024 award:

KDE resolves KWin performance issues on older hardware:

GNOME now supports Wayland-only builds and improves tablet support:

New versions of Debian 12.6 and 11.10:

Theia IDE:

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SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6:

Release of the KDE Plasma 6.1:

Pale Moon Browser 33.2.0:

Tinygo 0.32:

Release of EasyOS 6.0:

A new release of Libgcrypt 1.11.0:

Release of SysLinuxOS 12.4:

The X Window System is 40 years old:

Release of Vivaldi 6.8:

The ExectOS open OS:

Release of Darktable 4.8.0:

Amelia 5.8:

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Release of Parrot 6.1:

Perl 5.40.0 available:

Release of Winlator 7.0:

webOS Open Source Edition 2.26:

Release of systemd system manager 256 with run0 utility to replace sudo:

Release of openSUSE Leap 15.6:

SELKS 10 is available:

Releases of IPFire 2.29 Core 186:

POSIX 1003.1-2024 standard approved:

New UI Design Guidelines for KDE Applications:

Release of the IceWM 3.6.0:

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Release of MATE 1.28:

SerenityOS loses BDFL: (and Linux gains a browser)

FreeBSD 14.1 release with improved sound stack and cloud-init support:

Canonical has published Ubuntu Core 24:

Nitrux 3.5.0 with custom NX Desktop environment:

Nxs-backup 3.7.0 is available:

FFMpeg presented its own implementation of xHE-AAC decoder:

The first release of KleverNotes:

OpenSSH added built-in protection against password attacks:

Release of the GNU Taler 0.11:

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Release of Armbian 24.5:

Release of KaOS 2024.05:

Ubuntu 24.04 builds for the RISC-V board Milk-V Mars:

Release of Rhino Linux 2024.1:

The XZ project published the result of a commit audit and the first update after the backdoor was identified:

Canonical has published Real-time Ubuntu 24.04:

Major release of Solaris 11.4 SRU69:

Release of NetworkManager 1.48.0:

Fedora 41 intends to remove network-scripts and allow updating of atomic editions without a password:

Release of Rocky Linux 8.10:

Kaspersky Lab has published a free malware scanner for Linux:

LyX 2.4.0 published:

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Release of MX Linux 23.3:

Ubuntu 24.04 builds for the Nintendo Switch:

IceWM 3.5.0 released:

Release of free 2D CAD software CadZinho 0.6:

Release of Geary 46.0:

GhostBSD 24.04.1:

Release of Alpine Linux 3.20:

Qualcomm will provide support for Snapdragon X Elite chips in the Linux kernel:

Release of KDE Gear 24.05:

GCompris 4.1 update:

SANE 1.3 published with support for new scanner models:

Initial prototype of the new installer for GNOME OS:

Release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10:

The ravynOS project is developing an edition of FreeBSD aimed at compatibility with macOS:

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