A Linux version of the Lossless Scaling Frame Generation utility:

Release of Parrot 6.4:

The OpenCut project:

PHP Moves to GPL-Compatible BSD-3 License:

Audacious 4.5:

Development of KDE Plasma Bigscreen has resumed:

Release of Hyprland 0.50:

Linux adoption on the rise:

Cozystack 0.33 Released:

Blender 4.5:

Forgejo 12.0:

Intel has stopped developing Clear Linux:

KDE switched to rendering windows with rounded corners:

DXVK-Sarek 1.11.0 released:

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Wayland 1.24 is available:

Windows Server update breaking Samba compatibility:

Release of OBS Studio 31.1:

Ardour moving to a fork of YTK:

Amarok 3.3 Released:

Release of miracle-wm 0.6:

Suricata 8.0 now available:

KWin developer declares alternative X Servers undesirable in KDE:

Apache http server 2.4.64 releases:

Alt Linux Virtualization 11.0 distribution:

Alt Linux Virtualization 11.0 distribution:

Release of labwc 0.9.0:

KDE improves day/night theme switching settings:

NixOS maintainers have dropped support for XLibre:

DRI2 support removed from Mesa:

NethServer 8.5:

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Cryptsetup 2.8:

Ubuntu to ship intel-compute-runtime without Spectre protection that reduces performance by 20%:

Third preview release of Pidgin 3.0 messenger:

Steam Client for Linux Updated:

Release of boot firmware CoreBoot 25.06, Libreboot 25.06 and Canoeboot 25.06:

GNOME 49 changes:

Perl 5.42 is available:

Work on the Copyleft-next license has resumed:

Angie 1.10.0 released:

Multipass 1.16 Released:

Release of 7-Zip 25.00:

Bash 5.3 Shell Released:

Release of Brushshe 2.0.0:

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IceWM 3.8.0 Released:

Release of GIMP 3.1.2:

Fedora to Drop 32-Bit x86 Support:

New version nginx 1.29.0:

OpenWrt 24.10.2:

PNG v3 format has been published:

SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7:

Release of mmc-utils 1.0:

Canonical made money:

Cosmoe GUI library using Wayland and BeOS style API:

Linus Torvalds to Remove Bcachefs from Linux Kernel 6.17:

KDE Features:

Wayback, a Wayland composite server for running X11-based desktops:

Artix Linux has started shipping builds with XLibre:

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Kali Linux 2025.2 Released:

Securonis Linux 3.0:

KiCad developers criticize Wayland and recommend using X11:

Arch Linux Moves to 64-Bit Wine Builds:

Qt Creator 17:

ONLYOFFICE 9.0:

Amazon’s Open 3D Engine Released:

Release of MODICIA OS:

libxml2 maintainer drops special treatment for vulnerability fixes

XLibre 25.0 Release, X.Org Server Fork:

KDE plans to end X11 session support:

Bill Gates, Dave Cutler and Linus Torvalds Meet:

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Sway User Environment 1.11:

New LTS branch of MariaDB 11.8:

FreeBSD 14.3 Released:

Ubuntu Drops X11 Session Support in GNOME:

GNOME to Increase Dependence on systemd:

ROSA Fresh Server 13.0:

Rocky Linux 10.0 Released:

Warzone 2100 in your browser:

Wayland-Protocols 1.45:

Development of jemalloc has been discontinued:

KDE has added support for xdg-pip:

Nitrux Project moves to Hyprland:

Danish government plans move to open source:

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Release of pfSense CE 2.8.0:

GNOME OS distribution enters testing on real hardware:

Oracle Linux 9.6 Released:

Release of RawTherapee 5.12:

IGL 1.1 Graphics Library Released:

Release of /e/OS 3.0:

Ubuntu Touch OTA-9 Focal:

PeerTube 7.2 has been released:

Rocky Linux 9.6 released:

SeaMonkey 2.53.21:

Canonical to End Bazaar Support on Launchpad:

Release of wxWidgets 3.3.0:

Redox OS Adds Support for X11, GTK 3, and Mesa3D EGL:

Flowblade Video Editor 2.22:

Linux Foundation Develops FAIR:

Hyprland removed from Debian:

Network Security Toolkit 42:

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Linux kernel 6.15 released:

Release of Armbian 25.5 and DietPi 9.13:

Release of Luanti 5.12.0:

AlmaLinux 10.0:

Thunderbird 139.0:

KaOS 2025.05:

openSUSE alternative installer Agama 15:

NVIDIA Proprietary Driver Release 575.57.08:

Release of Alpine Linux 3.22:

Radeon Linux Drivers:

Release of VeraCrypt 1.26.24:

CentOS Repositories and RHEL 10 Test Builds for RISC-V Published:

Release of dpScreenOCR 1.5.0:

The Linux Kernel Branch Drama:

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