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Weekly review · Issue 44/2026RSS

Week 44

26.10.–1.11.2026

In week 44, 115 sources published 659 posts – 7% more than the week before. The biggest story, covered by 12 sources: “Ubuntu Immutable Core Distro Returns | Web, Development, Gaming”. 9 topics went supernova, among them Ubuntu Core, Firefox 159 and r/opensource. Plus 10 new releases that several sources covered.

Posts
659
+7 % · Previous week 618
Sources
115
Supernovas
9
Videos
65
DE · EN
212 · 447

Supernovas of the week

Topics many sources covered within a few hours.
Supernova

Firefox 159

Mozilla Firefox 159 open-source web browser is now available for download with better memory management on Linux systems with AMD GPUs, better Wayland support, and new developer features.

9to5Linux

11 posts9 sources

Supernova

r/opensource

The de facto subreddit for all things open source has not only banned AI-related projects but also users who "don't speak English."

Linux Magazine News

8 posts8 sources

Supernova

Raspberry Pi 4

It looks like a next-generation Raspberry Pi Zero is about to surface, the long-awaited Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W

Phoronix

7 posts7 sources

Supernova

KDE Plasma 6.8

KDE Plasma 6.8.2 improves desktop stability with fixes for KWin, Wayland, multi-GPU setups, wallpapers, and several interface issues.

Linuxiac

9 posts6 sources

Supernova

Ghostty 1.4

Ghostty 1.4 delivers faster terminal processing, up to 90% lower scrollback memory usage, and major Linux rendering improvements.

Linuxiac

6 posts6 sources

Supernova

TUXEDO Nano

TUXEDO Computers unveils the TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 mini PC with a fast Intel processor, a wide range of internal and external ports, and up to 128 GB of DDR5 RAM.

9to5Linux

6 posts6 sources

Also went supernova ✦ LibreOffice 26.8 5 sources✦ Kwi 4 sources

More big stories

After the cover story, the news most sources wrote about.
  1. Enlightenment 0.28 Enlightenment 0.28 Released With Many Improvements 4 sources report · so far only English sources
  2. Ubuntu 27.04 Ubuntu 27.04 "Tenacious T-Rex" Opens For Development 3 sources report · 1 German, 2 English sources

New releases

First seen on PlanetFOSS this week, covered by at least two sources.

From the sections

For each section, the post most sources picked up.

The week in numbers

Posts per day
991011191231025560
MoTuWeThFrSaSu

The busiest day was Thursday with 123 posts, the quietest Saturday with 55.

Sections

Apps led with 105 posts, followed by Distros and Security & Privacy.

Most active sources
  1. Phoronix75
  2. BleepingComputer60
  3. GamingOnLinux49
  4. Linuxiac44
  5. 9to5Linux27
  6. simon4224

Phoronix wrote the most with 75 posts. 32% of all posts came from German-language sources.

▶ Videos of the week

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Topics of the week

More topics with at least three posts.

Linux-Kernel 7.4 25 postsUbuntu 18 postsHome Assistant 13 postsSteam 11 postsRaspberry Pi 10 postsCanonical 9 postsLinux-Kernel 8 postsBlender 6 postsTUXEDO 6 postsCollabora 6 postsProxmox 6 postsGNOME 6 postsKali Linux 2026.3 6 postsWayland 5 postsTUXEDO OS 5 postsOpenAI 5 posts