Release of DietPi 9.0:

MX Linux 23.2:

AV Linux 23.1:

RubyWM, a window manager written entirely in Ruby:

Cryptsetup 2.7, with support for OPAL hardware disk encryption:

Release of the Radix cross 1.9.367:

Zed editor opens to support collaborative coding:

Release of Parrot 6.0:

Gnoppix 24:

Release of Redcore Linux 2401:

Final performance optimization and interface polish in KDE 6:

Budgie Desktop Shell Roadmap in 2024:

Release of the Slackel 7.7 with the MATE desktop:

First release of Niri composite server using Wayland:

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Release of Lutris 0.5.15:

openSUSE Leap 16 will be built on the ALP platform using containers:

COSMIC Custom Shell:

VirtualBox 7.0.14 released:

MySQL 8.3.0 DBMS:

X.Org Server 21.1.11:

Release of Tesseract 5.3.4:

Release of GNU Emacs 29.2:

Foxconn joins initiative to protect Linux from patent claims:

Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.33:

KDE has improved scaling support and added autosaving in Dolphin:

Release of GNU Ocrad OCR 0.29:

Fuchsia Workstation OS Development Program Cancelled:

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Linux kernel 6.7 release:

KDE Plasma desktop in OpenBSD:

Release of Solus 4.5:

Chrome OS 120 released:

Arch Linux switched to using dbus-broker:

Arti 1.1.12, an implementation of Tor in Rust:

-The GodotOS project toy:

End of support for LTS Linux kernel 4.14:

First release candidate for KDE 6:

The OpenSSH Project plan to deprecate DSA support:

Release of Linux Mint 21.3:

Release of Firebird 5.0 DBMS:

PulseAudio 17.0 sound server available:

The Linux 6.8 kernel to speed up TCP:

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Update to Nodeverse:

Release of Gnuplot 6.0:

Release of Scribus 1.6.0:

Release of Snoop 1.4.0:

Release of Vim 9.1:

Release of IPFire 2.27 Core 182:

Maestro core, written in Rust and partially compatible with Linux:

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Release of LibreELEC 11.0.4:

Release of Nobara 39:

Exim 4.97.1 update:

Gentoo has announced the availability of binary packages:

Release of GNU inetutils 2.5:

NetSurf browser 3.11:

MX Linux for Raspberry Pi:

Release of wattOS 13:

Release of ScummVM 2.8.0:

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The Linux 6.8 kernel is scheduled to include the first network driver in Rust:

The radv Mesa-driver supports Vulkan extensions for h.265 video encoding:

Release of Qubes 4.2.0 OS:

I-mail exchange platform Zulip 8:

DietPi 8.25:

Using SSH over a UNIX socket instead of sudo to get rid of suid files:

Release of the anonymous I2P 2.4.0:

Release of the QEMU 8.2:

Release of Zorin OS 17:

Release of Rhino Linux 2023.4:

Release of Tails 5.21:

Release Lazarus 3.0 IDE:

Release of labwc 0.7, composite server for Wayland:

Release of Enlightenment 0.26:

Release of Darktable 4.6:

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Debian 12.4 update:

Linux kernel 6.6.6 update:

Release of FreeRDP 3.0:

Canonical has transferred the LXD project to the AGPLv3 license:

Not so free Ardour 8.2:

The openSUSE logo debacle:

Manjaro Linux 23.1 released:

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Release of Godot 4.2:

Release of Alpine Linux 3.19:

Release of Endless OS 5.1:

Release of Minetest 5.8.0:

Author GnuPG founded LibrePGP:

Debian 12.3 release delayed due to a problem causing damage to Ext4 FS:

Lubuntu will switch to Qt 6 and Wayland:

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