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Weekly review · Issue 42/2026RSS

Week 42

12.10.–18.10.2026

In week 42, 121 sources published 601 posts – 65% more than the week before. The biggest story, covered by 14 sources: “Ubuntu 26.10”. 3 topics went supernova, among them Ubuntu 26.10, Linux Mint 27 and Microsoft Defender. Plus 12 new releases that several sources covered.

Posts
601
+65 % · Previous week 365
Sources
121
Supernovas
3
Videos
61
DE · EN
206 · 395

Cover story14 sources reportSupernova · Ubuntu 26.10

Ubuntu 26.10

PhoronixIntel Core Ultra 9 Arrow Lake On Star Labs StarFighter Shows Nice Gains On Ubuntu 26.10

For those running a Star Labs StarFighter Ultra or other Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake laptop, the recent Ubuntu 26.10 release is providing some nice performance gains over the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS …

How others covered it

All 14 sources on this story →

Supernovas of the week

Topics many sources covered within a few hours.
Supernova

Linux Mint 27

Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” is scheduled for Christmas 2026, marking a shift to annual releases and the end of traditional point updates.

Linuxiac

7 posts7 sources

Supernova

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft's newest software release for Linux is... Microsoft Defender for the Linux desktop. Microsoft Defender has been ported to Linux to "secure Linux desktops" with Microsoft acknowledging …

Phoronix

7 posts7 sources

More big stories

After the cover story, the news most sources wrote about.
  1. KDE Plasma 6.8 KDE Plasma 6.8 Released to Celebrate Its 30th Anniversary 14 sources report · 6 German, 8 English sources
  2. Epic introduces an improved version of anti-cheat for Linux — strict TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot rules spark open-source pushback, but finally allow Linux gamers to play Fortnite Are all these requirements worth it just to play a few competitive titles? 7 sources report · 2 German, 5 English sources
  3. Firefox 158 Firefox 158.0 is Available with Official JPEG-XL Support 7 sources report · 2 German, 5 English sources
  4. GNOME 51 GNOME OS Preview Announced In Road Toward A Stable Release 5 sources report · 1 German, 4 English sources
  5. TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux Laptop Unveiled with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux laptop is now available with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 Series graphics. 5 sources report · 3 German, 2 English sources
  6. Ubuntu release tech preview of Myna, its AI tool for voice dictation Canonical announce that Myna, its AI-powered speech-to-text tool for Ubuntu desktop, is available to install as a technology preview. 5 sources report · so far only English sources
  7. FLUX 3 Image Klein in ComfyUI: 5.6B Open Weights 5.6B parameters — base and distilled open weights — bounding boxes and multi-reference editing — FLUX 3 Image Klein runs natively in ComfyUI. 4 sources report · 2 German, 2 English sources
  8. Thunderbird 158 Mozilla Thunderbird 158 Released with Faster Email Filtering and Numerous Fixes 4 sources report · 2 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
86961021081066142
MoTuWeThFrSaSu

The busiest day was Thursday with 108 posts, the quietest Sunday with 42.

Sections

Distros led with 84 posts, followed by Apps and Hardware.

Most active sources
  1. Phoronix68
  2. GamingOnLinux50
  3. Linuxiac37
  4. 9to5Linux25
  5. Linux-Magazin19
  6. BleepingComputer18

Phoronix wrote the most with 68 posts. 34% 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.

KDE Plasma 6.8 24 postsSteam 14 postsRaspberry Pi 10 postsLinux-Kernel 10 postsGNOME 10 postsLinus Torvalds 10 postsFirefox 158 9 postsFortnite 9 postsUbuntu 7 postsCachyOS 7 postsGNOME 51 6 postsEpic Games 6 postsFirefox 6 postsSpark 5 postsNextcloud 5 postsTUXEDO 5 posts