Full Circle Weekly News 421 13 Jul 2025 · 1 minutes

• 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:

Full Circle Weekly News 351 4 Feb 2024 · 1 minutes

• Release of DietPi 9.0:

• MX Linux 23.2:

• AV Linux 23.1:

• RubyWM, a window manager written entirely in Ruby:

• Cryptsetup 2.7, with support for OPAL hardware disk encryption:

• Release of the Radix cross 1.9.367:

• Zed editor opens to support collaborative coding:

• Release of Parrot 6.0:

• Gnoppix 24:

• Release of Redcore Linux 2401:

• Final performance optimization and interface polish in KDE 6:

• Budgie Desktop Shell Roadmap in 2024:

• Release of the Slackel 7.7 with the MATE desktop:

• First release of Niri composite server using Wayland: