Cassowary project

Release of OS Qubes 4.1

GNOME Commander 1.14 released

Kasper, a speculative code execution problem scanner

Absolute Linux 15.0 released

Release of OpenMandriva Lx 4.3

Postfix 3.7.0 mail server

Alpha-Omega initiative for open source projects

Inkscape 1.1.2 release and the start of testing of Inkscape 1.2

KDE Plasma 5.24 Desktop Release

Tails 4.27 released

Release of GNU Binutils 2.38

MariaDB 10.7 stable release

PostgreSQL update

Remote vulnerability in the Linux kernel via the TIPC protocol

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SUSE releases Rancher Desktop 1.0

rqlite 7.0, a distributed fault-tolerant DBMS

Release of Nitrux 2.0

Minetest 5.5.0, an open source clone of MineCraft

Falkon 3.2.0 browser developed by the KDE project

Release of Tiny Core Linux 13

Trisquel 10.0 Free Linux Distribution Available

GNU screen 4.9.0 console window manager released

Weston Composite Server 10.0 Released

LibreOffice 7.3 office suite released

Slackware 15.0 distribution released

Igalia introduced Wolvic, a web browser for virtual reality devices

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Framework Computer has opened its firmware code for laptops

Sway 1.7 release using Wayland

JingOS 1.2, Tablet PC Distribution Released

Release of SANE 1.1 with support for new scanner models

Vulkan 1.3 graphics standard published

RetroArch 1.10.0 released

Release of Scribus 1.5.8

SDL media library moves to use Wayland by default

BIND DNS Server 9.18.0 released with DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS support

Release of OPNsense 22.1

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Arti 0.0.3, a Rust implementation of the Tor client

SystemRescue 9.0.0 released

Release of GhostBSD 01/22/12

Release of Mumble 1.4

Essence - an original operating system with its own kernel and graphical shell

FFmpeg 5.0 released

Release of GNU Radio 3.10.0

Release of the Deepin 20.4

ONLYOFFICE Docs 7.0 office suite

Stable release of Wine 7.0

Release of AlphaPlot, a scientific plotting program

Lighttpd http server release 1.4.64

SUSE develops its own replacement for CentOS 8

GNU Ocrad 0.28 OCR released

New version of Monitorix 3.14.0

ArchLabs release 2022.01.18

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Canonical Announces Snapcraft Toolkit Rework

Messor, a decentralized intrusion detection system released

Release of EasyOS 3.2

Clonezilla Live 2.8.1 released

A completely free version of the Linux-libre 5.16 kernel is available

SDL 2.0.20 Media Library Release

Third release candidate for Slackware Linux 15.0

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Slackel 7.5 distribution released

Pinta 2.0 graphics editor released

Solus project drama

Speed up building the Linux kernel by 50-80%

KDE plans to achieve parity between Wayland and X11 sessions in 2022

UbuntuDDE 21.10 Release

Remnants of the Precursors game released

Release of Lazarus 2.2.0

Twenty-first firmware update for Ubuntu Touch

QBittorrent 4.4 released with BitTorrent v2 support

New versions of GeckoLinux

Release of Linux Mint 20.3

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Release of Siduction 2021.3

Release of Rescuezilla 2.3 backup distribution

KiCad 6.0 CAD released

Nitrux 1.8.0 Distribution Release with NX Deskto

Lumina Desktop 1.6.2 Released

Enlightenment 0.25 Released

Release of BusyBox 1.35

Sound Open Firmware 2.0 is available

Second edition of Linux for Yourself

Release of the LKRG 0.9.2 module to protect against exploitation of vulnerabilities in the Linux kerne

Release of OpenRGB 0.7

The first stable release of the Linux Remote Desktop project

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Debian offers fnt font manager

Ubuntu 22.04 theme switched to orange

Debian 11.2 Update

Mongoose OS 2.20, an IoT device platform released

Release of the GNU library libmicrohttpd 0.9.74

Release of helloSystem 0.7 using FreeBSD and similar to macOS

Release of the distribution kit Elementary OS 6.1

Release of the graphics editor GIMP 2.10.30

80% of the 100 most popular games on Steam are running on Linux

Search Engine DuckDuckGo Desktop Web Browser

Release of service manager s6-rc 0.5.3.0 and init system s6-linux-init 1.0.7

Manjaro Linux 21.2 Release

SuperTux 0.6.3 Free Game Release

Release of Krita 5.0

Jami “Taranis” released

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