Release of Godot 3.3

Linux kernel 5.12 released

Release of Akira 0.0.14

Finit 4.0 init system available

Fedora 34 Linux distribution released

Pale Moon 29.2 Browser Released

Budgie Desktop 10.5.3 Released

GCC Compiler Set 11 Released

Calculate Linux 21 released

OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 RC

New versions of Samba 4.14.4, 4.13.8 and 4.12.15 with vulnerability fix

Release of the GNU nano text editor 5.7

Proxmox VE 6.4 released

RotaJakiro - new Linux malware masquerading as systemd process

QEMU 6.0 emulator release

GhostBSD Release 04/21/27

The Free Software Foundation certifies ThinkPenguin TPE-R1300 Wireless Router

Postfix 3.6.0 mail server released

OpenBSD 6.9 Released

OpenIndiana 2021.04, continuing the development of OpenSolaris

The first test release of Rocky Linux

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EndeavourOS 2021.04.17

OpenSSH 8.6 Release with Vulnerability fix

Nginx 1.20.0 released

Node.js 16.0 JavaScript Server Platform Released

Tetris-OS - you guessed it

University of Minnesota Suspended from Linux Kernel Development after Submitting Questionable Patches

OpenVPN 2.5.2 and 2.4.11 update

Microsoft begins testing support for running Linux GUI applications on Windows

Ubuntu 21.04 Distribution Release

Chrome OS 90 released

OpenBSD adds initial support for RISC-V architecture

First version of InfiniTime, firmware for open PineTime smartwatches

ToaruOS 1.14

Kuroko 1.1 programming language

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OpenToonz 1.5, an open source 2D animation package

Sway 1.6 environment using Wayland released

Xen 4.15 hypervisor released

FPGA Open Source Development Initiative

NVIDIA Invests $ 1.5M in Mozilla Common Voice Project

Slackware 15 entered beta testing

Amazon Introduces OpenSearch, Forked Elasticsearch Platform

FreeBSD 13.0 released

System76 has announced the development of a custom COSMIC environment

X.Org Server 1.20.11 update with vulnerability fix

Nginx 1.19.10 released

Patches for randomizing Linux kernel stack addresses for system calls introduced

Google unveils multi-level LRU patches for Linux

Release of LXQt 0.17

Console file manager nnn 4.0 available

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Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.4 released

Haruna 0.6.0 video player available

TeX Live 2021 released

IceWM 2.3 window manager released

WebOS Open Source Edition 2.10 Release

Google wins Java and Android litigation with Oracle

KDE has taken over the maintenance of the public Qt 5.15 branch

Lyra audio codec for speech transmission with poor connection quality

Firefox decided not to remove compact mode and enable WebRender for all Linux environments

IBM to publish COBOL compiler for Linux

GnuPG 2.3.0 Released

Release of FFmpeg 4.4

PHP server hack report

Storm game engine open sourced

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DigiKam 7.2 released

4MLinux 36.0 released

Malicious changes detected in the PHP project Git repository

New version of Cygwin 3.2.0, the GNU environment for Windows

SeaMonkey 2.53.7 Released

Nitrux 1.3.9 with NX Desktop is Released

Parrot 4.11 Released with Security Checker Toolkit

Systemd 248 system manager released

GIMP 2.10.24 released

Deepin 20.2 ready for download

Installer added to Arch Linux installation images

Ubuntu 21.04 beta released

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Ubuntu Testing Week Is Here

7zip Sees its First Official Linux Port

openSUSE Virtual Conference in June

Richard Stallman Returns to the Free Software Foundation

Collabora Releases PanVk

Ubuntu Touch OTA 16 Out

Manjaro 21.0 Ornara RC1 Out

Debian 10.9 Out

Fedora 34 Beta Out

Gnome 40 Out

LibreELEC Matrix 10.0 Beta 1 Out

Firefox 87 Out

Audacity 3.0 Out

Krita 4.4.3 Out

All-AMD Pangolin Available from System76

Nvidia Graphics Driver 460.67 Out

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Canonical Chooses Flutter

Linux Mint to Make System Updates a Priority

Steam Link Now Available on Linux

ElementaryOS 6 Changing Some of the Look and Feel

Root Access and Denial of Service Flaws Found and Fixed in Kernel 5.11

Kernel 5.12 Testing Off to a Rough Start

ONLYOFFICE Docs 6.2 Out

Firefox 86.0.1 Out

KDE March Apps Update Out

Mesa 21 Out

Star Labs Announces Coreboot Support for the Mk III and Mk IV

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Ubuntu Releases 20.04.2.0 After Regression

Hirsute Hippo Feature Freeze

Thunderbird Backported to Ubuntu 20.04

Mesa Project Looking for Help

System76 Milling Their Own Open Source Keyboards

Red Hat Announces More Free RHEL

Kernel 5.11 Out

Debian 10.8 Out

Devuan 3.1 Out

Linspire 10 Out

OpenMandriva 4.2 Out

Mageia 8 Out

Kali Linux 2021.1 Out

Tails 4.16 Out

Netrunner 21.01, XOXO, Out

Firefox 86 Out

Mir 2.3.2 Out

Pop!_OS Mouse Driven Tiling Out

Proton 5.13-6 Out

Kodi 19 Out

KDE Plasma 5.21 Out

KDE Frameworks 5.79.0 Out

KDE Plasma 5.21 for Pinephone Powered by Manjaro Out

Blender 2.92 Out

0 A.D. Alpha 24 Out

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