In early 2027, and thus a little more than a year after Gnome, KDE also wants to remove support for X11 and fully rely on Wayland.
The Raspberry Pi project has released a new version of the Raspberry Pi Imager. Raspberry Pi OS receives gentle version maintenance.
Open-source software reduces dependencies on Big Tech – but played hardly any role at the Digital Sovereignty Summit, analyzes Christian Wölbert.
The Linux distribution Tails 7.2, designed for anonymous web surfing, brings some software updates and fixes issues.
The Linux inventor wants to treat AI tools the same as other tools – and sees no reason for special treatment regarding copyright of AI contributions.
MX Linux 25 updates its base to Debian Trixie. When downloading, interested users must decide whether they want systemd or sysVinit.
Software developers can integrate the audio interfaces into open-source software in the future. This paves the way for broader use under Linux.
The developers of the open-source router operating system OpenWRT have closed two security vulnerabilities considered highly risky.
An update for the live system irons out annoying details and updates bundled software.
Schleswig-Holstein's Digital Minister Schrödter has made a decisive contribution to Germany's digital sovereignty, comments Christian Wölbert.
In the Linux world, Amdvlk is making way for the community driver Radv, and AMD intends to support its development in the future.
The new quarterly release of the open source IDE brings the "Compare With | Clipboard" function as well as improvements for writing and debugging Java code.
The European annual conference on the ecosystem surrounding the Nix package manager demonstrated the growing maturity and commercial influence of the system.
Firefox 144 will be the last for 32-bit Linux – and when Firefox ESR 140 expires next year, older systems will be completely without the browser.
Linux Mint 22.2 refreshes the included software, removes the fingerprints of its users and gives Libadwaita programs its own look.
openSUSE Leap 16 offers 24 months of maintenance and support, now available not only to paying organizations but also to community users for the first time.
Bcachefs will probably remain in the kernel after the spat, but will not be developed further – This enables trouble-free updates as long as users do not cheat.
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka, expected in October, will also come in RISC-V version, but only for chips with RVA23 technology that are not yet available.
The OCCTET project aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure that their open source software complies with the Cyber Resilience Act.
A slimmed-down version of the StarFive Vision Five 2 with a RISC-V quad core is available from 20 US dollars net. There are still problems with the software.
The Clear Linux OS, optimized for performance and container operation, is history. It remains to be seen why Intel has suddenly discontinued the distribution.
SUSE wants to strengthen the digital sovereignty of its customers with a new support offering. Personnel and data always remain in the EU.
The new "Wayback" is intended to enable the operation of desktop environments that rely on X11 and thus replace Xorg in the medium term.
Kubuntu is also taking the next step in the technology change from Xorg to Wayland. Meanwhile, a dubious fork is trying to breathe new life into Xorg.
The Linux distribution for smartphones relies on systemd in version 25.06. 60 devices are now supported by postmarketOS.
AI has an impact on the development of open source software in many areas. It offers opportunities, but also presents the community with new challenges.
AMD also relies on open-source drivers for 3D and video acceleration, which Linux distributions have been using as standard for a long time.
A last-minute bug led to a delay, but Linus Torvalds has now released Linux kernel 6.15.
The Linux distribution Nobara 42 updates the packages from the Fedora 42 base and the default browser changes to Brave.
Version 3.0 of the search framework was released during OpenSearchCon Europe. OpenSearch indexes faster and uses data more sparingly.
The developers have improved the Raspberry Pi OS once again, the last time before switching to the Debian Trixie basis.
OpenBSD 7.7 improves the SMP capabilities of the TCP stack. In addition to current Intel network cards and AMD GPUs, Apple M1 MacBooks are also better supported.
There is a security gap in the bootloader shim, which also allows secure booting for non-Windows operating systems.
QEMU 10 delivers a lot of new features for RISC-V and ARM users. Apple systems get accelerated graphics in VMs with macOS.
With TrueNAS 25.04, iXsystems finally says goodbye to its FreeBSD roots and focuses fully on the enterprise sector.
Ubuntu Linux 25.04 has been released. As usual for the middle release between two LTS versions, there are some changes to the basic system and the desktops.
Ubuntu 25.04 was released over the Easter weekend. The upgrade of the KDE version in particular is causing problems, which is why it has now been stopped.
The Tails maintainers have released the emergency update to version 6.14.2. It closes security gaps.
Support for Ubuntu 20.04 ends in a few weeks. Ubuntu recommends an upgrade or extended support with Ubuntu Pro.
The KDE variant is moving Fedora from the back seat to the front row. The Gnome main edition has been given a new installer.