• The first public release of ANet:

• Linux From Scratch project news:

• Release of Arti 2.0.0:

• Release of Libreboot 26.01 and Canoeboot 26.01 boot firmware:

• Calibre 9:

• LibreOffice 26.2:

• Release of GCompris 26.0:

• Litebox:

• Nginx 1.29.4:

• Orbitiny:

• Ardour 9.0:

• GNOME development setback:

• Auto-cpufreq 3.0.0 and TLP 1.9.1:

• Budgie desktop changes:

• ArchBang Release 1001:

• Omarchy 3.3:

• Anthropic donates $1.5 million to Python:

• Linux Mint 22.3:

• GNU GRUB 2.14:

• Debian Libre 13.3:

• Debian on an OpenWrt One:

• GNOME 50 Alpha Release Removes X11 Support:

• KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta:

• nvtop 3.3.0:

• ChaosBSD:

This month:

• How-To : GTK4 Programming in C, Trading Up To Linux and Latex
• Graphics : Inkscape
• Review : CachyOS & Starc (Story Architect)
• Ubuntu Games - Caves of Qud

plus: News, Command and Conquer, The Daily Waddle, Q&A and more.

• Linux From Scratch 12.4 && Beyond Linux From Scratch 12.4:

• Apache Cloudberry 2.0.0:

• Release of miracle-wm 0.7:

• GDM brings back X11 support by default ahead of GNOME 49:

• openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Leap Micro support period extended to 2 years:

• Release of Linux Mint 22.2:

• Microsoft Opens BASIC Interpreter Code for M6502 CPU’s:

• LKRG 1.0.0 Released:

• GIMP 3.1.4:

• New versions of Debian 13.1 and 12.12:

• The first alpha release of the KDE Linux distribution:

• Release of uutils 0.2.0:

• Release of Armbian 25.8 && DietPi 9.16:

• Budgie Desktop Environment 10.9.3:

• FreeType font engine 2.14:

• A Linux version of the Lossless Scaling Frame Generation utility:

• Release of Parrot 6.4:

• The OpenCut project:

• PHP Moves to GPL-Compatible BSD-3 License:

• Audacious 4.5:

• Development of KDE Plasma Bigscreen has resumed:

• Release of Hyprland 0.50:

• Linux adoption on the rise:

• Cozystack 0.33 Released:

• Blender 4.5:

• Forgejo 12.0:

• Intel has stopped developing Clear Linux:

• KDE switched to rendering windows with rounded corners:

• DXVK-Sarek 1.11.0 released:

• 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:

• Kali Linux 2025.2 Released:

• Securonis Linux 3.0:

• KiCad developers criticize Wayland and recommend using X11:

• Arch Linux Moves to 64-Bit Wine Builds:

• Qt Creator 17:

• ONLYOFFICE 9.0:

• Amazon’s Open 3D Engine Released:

• Release of MODICIA OS:

• libxml2 maintainer drops special treatment for vulnerability fixes

• XLibre 25.0 Release, X.Org Server Fork:

• KDE plans to end X11 session support:

• Bill Gates, Dave Cutler and Linus Torvalds Meet:

• Linux kernel 6.15 released:

• Release of Armbian 25.5 and DietPi 9.13:

• Release of Luanti 5.12.0:

• AlmaLinux 10.0:

• Thunderbird 139.0:

• KaOS 2025.05:

• openSUSE alternative installer Agama 15:

• NVIDIA Proprietary Driver Release 575.57.08:

• Release of Alpine Linux 3.22:

• Radeon Linux Drivers:

• Release of VeraCrypt 1.26.24:

• CentOS Repositories and RHEL 10 Test Builds for RISC-V Published:

• Release of dpScreenOCR 1.5.0:

• The Linux Kernel Branch Drama:

This month:

• How-To : Learn About, Trading Up To Linux and Latex
• Graphics : Inkscape
• Review : Kubuntu 25.04 and Vivaldi browser
• [NEW!] Bodhi Corner
• Ubuntu Games - Gravity Circuit

plus: News, Command and Conquer, My Opinion, The Daily Waddle, Q&A and more.

• qBittorrent 5.1 Released:

• 4MLinux 48.0 released:

• Deluge 2.2 Released:

• The Genode Project has released OS Sculpt 25.04:

• openSUSE Leap 16 Beta Released:

• DragonFly BSD 6.4.1 Released:

• Nival interactive has published the code for Blitzkrieg:

• Redis Returns to Open Source License:

• KDE Stops Forming LTS Releases:

• Intel Opens iaprof:

• Debian Project Launches Public Vote on AI Model Openness Criteria:

• Linux Kernel Devs on Track to Remove i486 Support:

• postmarketOS adds COSMIC Desktop Environment Support:

• MX Linux 23.6 Released:

• OpenWrt 24.10.1 released:

• qutebrowser 3.5.0:

• Manjaro Linux 25.0 Released:

• Fedora Linux 42 released:

• Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8:

• Release of TrueNAS 25.04:

• Linux version of OCCT hardware stress testing tool released:

• Release of Deepin 23.1:

• Ubuntu 25.04 is available:

• LXQt 2.2.0 Desktop Environment Released:

• NTP server NTPsec 1.2.4 released:

• MySQL 9.3.0 Released:

• Update of DietPi 9.12:

• CachyOS distribution 250330 released:

• OrioleDB developers want to improve the API for alternative PostgreSQL engines:

• Phosh 0.46.0 released:

• Linux kernel 6.15 introduces major optimizations to the network subsystem and exFAT:

• view release of Pidgin 3.0:

• Betterbird 128.9.0 released:

• Fedora 43’s transition to RPM 6:

• First public version of Nelm:

• XZ Utils 5.8.1 Update with Vulnerability Fix:

• Celluloid Video Player 0.28:

• openHalo, a MySQL to PostgreSQL migration toolkit:

• Third experimental release of the Orbitiny desktop environment:

• Tails 6.14 distribution released:

• APT Package Manager 3.0.0 Released:

• Release of Coreboot 25.03:

• D language compiler release 2.111: