Full Circle Weekly News 482 20 Sep 2026 · 1 minutes

• DankMaterialShell 1.6:

• Asahi Linux now officially supports Apple M3-based devices:

• FreeBSD 14.5:

• Beta release of MiDesktop:

• yserver 1.5:

• Jellyfin 12.0:

• Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS:

• GNU Automake 1.19:

• RT-Thread 5.3:

• GTK 4.24:

• Debian 13.7:

• Brushshe 2.8.0:

• Shotwell 0.33:

Full Circle Weekly News 458 5 Apr 2026 · 1 minutes

This episode marks FIVE YEARS of Weekly News from Moss. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOSS!!

• Firefox 149 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

• DietPi 10.2 Released with Immich Support and New Software Options

• NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Released as Latest Production Branch Version

• Kali Linux 2026.1 Is Out with New Default Theme, New Tools, and BackTrack Mode

• Krita 6.0 Released With Qt6 Port & Better Wayland Support

• Thunderbird 149 Email Client Enables Exporting of Selected Address Book Cards

• FreeCAD 1.1 Released with Improved Wayland Support, New Tools, and More

• Calibre 9.6 Adds New Card-Based View of Full-Text Search Results with Book Covers

• Tails 7.6 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Automatic Tor Bridges

• Fish Shell 4.6 Brings Better Emoji Handling, Bash Compatibility

• KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed

• SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More

• After 6 Years, One of Wayland’s Most Annoying Problems is Finally Getting Fixed

Full Circle Weekly News 350 28 Jan 2024 · 1 minutes

• Release of Lutris 0.5.15:

• openSUSE Leap 16 will be built on the ALP platform using containers:

• COSMIC Custom Shell:

• VirtualBox 7.0.14 released:

• MySQL 8.3.0 DBMS:

• X.Org Server 21.1.11:

• Release of Tesseract 5.3.4:

• Release of GNU Emacs 29.2:

• Foxconn joins initiative to protect Linux from patent claims:

• Release of Wayland-Protocols 1.33:

• KDE has improved scaling support and added autosaving in Dolphin:

• Release of GNU Ocrad OCR 0.29:

• Fuchsia Workstation OS Development Program Cancelled:

Full Circle Weekly News 303 4 Mar 2023 · 1 minutes

• Release of Linux kernel 6.2:

• Release of Budgie 10.7.1:

• Fish shell is being rewritten in Rust language:

• openSUSE Leap beta release 15.5:

• Jami “Vilagfa” is available:

• A plan to promote a Linux driver, Xe for Intel GPU:

• Release of SQLite DBMS 3.41:

• Ubuntu will stop supporting Flatpak in basic delivery:

• GNOME Mutter will stop supporting old versions of OpenGL:

• The first release of the open multiplayer game engine Ambient:

• GitHub showing its Microsoft colours:

• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with updated graphical stack and Linux kernel:

• Canonical and Elektrobit introduced EB corbos Linux:

• GParted 1.5 and GParted Live 1.5:

• Release of Apache NetBeans 17:

• Release of Mesa 23.0:

Full Circle Weekly News 269 22 Jul 2022 · 1 minutes

• Wifibox 0.10 - environment for using Linux WiFi drivers in FreeBSD:

• Git 2.37 source control release:

• Release BitTorrent client Deluge 2.1:

• Thunderbird 102 mail client released:

• 23rd Ubuntu Touch Firmware Update:

• Packj - a toolkit for detecting malicious libraries in Python and JavaScript:

• Unity 7.6 Custom Shell Stable Released:

• Wayland 1.21 is available:

• WebOS Open Source Edition 2.17 Platform Released:

• Raspberry Pi Project Unveils Wi-Fi-Enabled Pico W Board:

• Release of multiplayer 3D shooter Xonotic 0.8.5:

• firewalld 1.2 released:

• WebExtension support added to Epiphany web browser (GNOME Web):

Full Circle Weekly News 261 17 May 2022 · 1 minutes

• Canonical introduces Steam Snap for easier access to games on Ubuntu:

• Unity 7.6.0 Custom Shell Release:

• fwupd 1.8.0, firmware download toolkit available:

• Release of Trinity R14.0.12 DE:

• KaOS 2022.04 distribution released:

• Microsoft has joined the work on the Open 3D Engine:

• Debugger Release GDB 12

• Oracle Publishes Solaris 10 to Solaris 11.4 Application Migration Tool

• T.A.I.L.S. 5.0 released:

• Release of SeaMonkey 2.53.12, Tor Browser 11.0.11 and Thunderbird 91.9.0: (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11011/) (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/91.9.0/releasenotes/)

• Enthusiasts have prepared a Steam OS 3 build for regular PCs:

• Microsoft Open Sources the basically obsolete 3D Movie Maker:(https://3dmm.com/)

• Cisco has released ClamAV 0.105:

• Release of Proxmox VE 7.2:

• OpenMediaVault 6 is available:

• Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 released:

• GitHub will switch to mandatory two-factor authentication:

• Kubernetes 1.24 Released:

• Nextcloud Hub 24 Collaboration Platform Available:

• Apple has published the code for the kernel and system components of macOS 12.3:

• Release of the GCC 12 compiler suite:

• The deb-get utility, offering apt-get-like functionality for third-party packages:

• China intends to transfer state institutions and state-owned enterprises to Linux:

• Release of new stable branch Tor 0.4.7

Full Circle Weekly News 258 23 Apr 2022 · 1 minutes

• New Release of Raspberry Pi OS:

• Thunderbird 100 beta release integrates Matrix protocol support:

• Custom Material Shell 42:

• MX Linux release 21.1:

• Release of OpenSSH 9.0 with transfer of scp to the SFTP protocol:

• Minimal web browser links 2.26:

• Utilities for managing SSD drives - nvme-cli 2.0:

• EndeavorOS 22.1 released:

• RHVoice 1.8.0 speech synthesizer released:

• Release of LXD 5.0:

• Qt 6.3 framework released:

• Progress in the development of open firmware for the Raspberry Pi:

• Plans for the next generation of SUSE Linux:

• Release of Turnkey Linux 17:

• CENO 1.4.0 censorship-focused web browser available:

• Fedora plans to replace DNF package manager with Microdnf:

• Release of Neovim 0.7.0, a modernized version of the Vim editor:

Full Circle Weekly News 257 15 Apr 2022 · 1 minutes

• Release of the Lutris 0.5.10 platform

• Release of Nitrux 2.1 with the NX Desktop

• Release of xfce4-terminal 1.0.0

• qutebrowser 2.5 and Min 1.24 web browsers available(https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/releases/tag/v2.5.0)

• New versions of Claws Mail 3.19.0 and 4.1.0

• Speek 1.6 messenger available, using Tor network for privacy

• Gentoo Starts Publishing Weekly Live Builds

• First alpha release of Maui Shell userspace

• FerretDB 0.1, MongoDB implementation based on PostgreSQL DBMS

• Fedora 37 intends to only support UEFI

• GNU Emacs 28.1 released

• Release of the GNU Shepherd 0.9 init system

• First release of the atomically upgradable carbonOS distribution

• Release of the SELKS 7.0, aimed at creating intrusion detection systems

• Release of gzip utility 1.12

• Release of OpenSSH 9.0 with transfer of scp to the SFTP protocol

Full Circle Weekly News 246 30 Jan 2022 · 1 minutes

• Arti 0.0.3, a Rust implementation of the Tor client

• SystemRescue 9.0.0 released

• Release of GhostBSD 01/22/12

• Release of Mumble 1.4

• Essence - an original operating system with its own kernel and graphical shell

• FFmpeg 5.0 released

• Release of GNU Radio 3.10.0

• Release of the Deepin 20.4

• ONLYOFFICE Docs 7.0 office suite

• Stable release of Wine 7.0

• Release of AlphaPlot, a scientific plotting program

• Lighttpd http server release 1.4.64

• SUSE develops its own replacement for CentOS 8

• GNU Ocrad 0.28 OCR released

• New version of Monitorix 3.14.0

• ArchLabs release 2022.01.18

Full Circle Weekly News 231 10 Oct 2021 · 1 minutes

• Canonical introduced Ubuntu Frame shell

• Release of Lakka 3.5

• Lumina Desktop 1.6.1 Release

• Nitrux 1.6.1 with NX Desktop is Released

• Release of OnlyOffice Desktop 6.4

• LLVM Compiler 13.0 Released

• Vulnerability in Apache http server 2.4.49

• IceWM 2.8 window manager released

• IPFire 2.27 firewall

• Mir Display Server 2.5 released

• Canonical introduced Ubuntu Frame shell

• Bottlerocket 1.3, an isolated container distribution released

• OpenSilver 1.0, an open source implementation of Silverlight

• Debian 11.1

• Release of Flatpak 1.12.0

• Release of ScummVM 2.5.0

Full Circle Weekly News 230 3 Oct 2021 · 1 minutes

• The first stable release of GNU wget2

• PaSh shell script parallelization system moved under the wing of Linux Foundation

• Fedora Linux 35 has entered beta testing

• OBS Studio 27.1 Released

• SuperTuxKart 1.3 released

• Firezone - create VPN servers based on WireGuard

• New version of Exim mail server

• PostgreSQL 14 released

• Free Software Foundation Introduces JShelter Browser Add-on to Restrict JavaScript API

• Crashes in OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD and Electron due to deprecation of the IdenTrust root certificate

• Google donates a million dollars to improve the security of open source software

Full Circle Weekly News 212 31 May 2021 · 1 minutes

• AV Linux 2021.05.22

• Qmmp Music Player 1.5.0 Released

• Inkscape 1.1 released

• OSGeo-Live 14.0 is out

• Release of nftables 0.9.9

• So, Glimpse died…

• Oracle Linux 8.4 Distribution Released

• AlmaLinux 8.4, continuing development of CentOS 8

• Systemd-free antiX 19.4 Release Brings Latest Debian Packages and Updates

• Screenshot And Annotation Tool Ksnip 1.9.0 Adds User-Defined Actions, Dockable Widgets And Other Improvements

• Material Shell Gets GNOME Shell 40 Support, New Overview And Gtk4 Settings

• Nitrux 1.4.1 Released with Plasma System Monitor, Heroic Games Launcher, and Pacstall

• Kali Linux team releases Kaboxer, a tool for managing applications in containers

• Virtuozzo publishes VzLinux distribution aimed at replacing CentOS 8

• The code of the HaveIBeenPwned password checker service is open

• Pacman 6.0 package manager and Archinstall 2.2.0 installer released