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KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is now available with triple buffering for NVIDIA GPUs enabled by default, a Wayland-only session, and much more.
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IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204 hardened Linux firewall distro is now available for download with improvements to the Knot Resolver, Intrusion Prevention System, WireGuard support, and more.
The KDE project is celebrating 30 years since the first announcement of the KDE (Kool Desktop Environment) desktop environment on October 14th, 1996.
Valve released a new stable Steam Client update with many Linux improvements, as well as updates to the Big Picture Mode, Steam Input, in-game overlay, game recording, and more.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 158 open-source email client is now available for download with updated ExtensionSettings policy, improved quick filter responsiveness, and numerous bug fixes.
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TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux laptop is now available with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 Series graphics.
Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” will be the next major version of the Ubuntu-based distribution, slated for release on Christmas 2026 and based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
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Firefox 159 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with Wayland improvements, better support for importing Google Chrome bookmarks, and other changes.
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Ubuntu's Myna local speech-to-text application is now available for public testing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10.
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Canonical's next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04 "Tenacious T-Rex," has been slated for release on April 22nd, 2027, and it’s expected to come with the GNOME 52 desktop environment and Linux …
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Mozilla Firefox 158 open-source web browser is now available for download with improved PDF handling, New Tab page updates, improved form filling in the Smart Window, and more.
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 4th, 2026, brings news about COSMIC 1.10, Raspberry Pi Desktop, NVIDIA 615.78.08, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.12, Q4OS 6.10, Ventoy 1.1.18, KDE Gear 26.08.2 …
