New story! Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Is Slated for Release on October 15th, 2026

Canonical’s next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 26.10, has been dubbed the “Stonking Stingray,” and it now has a release schedule with a release date set in stone for October 15th, 2026.

New story! When Your Xorg Fork Is More About DEI Than Display Servers

A fork created amid claims of censorship and anti?DEI posturing is now in the news for the same reason: not how it renders pixels, but how it treats people.

New story! New Android development tool designed for robots, not humans

Google previews Android CLI as agentic development continues to snowball Google has introduced a new Android command-line interface built specifically for AI agents, claiming a 70 percent cut in token usage and three times reduction in task completion time.…

New story! Git 2.54 Released With New git history Command

Git 2.54 introduces the experimental git history command, config-based hooks, and more efficient repository maintenance by default.

New story! LXQt 2.4 Desktop Environment Released with Better Wayland Support

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Apr 20, 2026 2:10 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
LXQt 2.4 releases with improved multi-monitor Wayland behavior, refined power management, and several fixes across desktop components.

New story! Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Today, Mozilla has published the final builds of the Firefox 150 web browser ahead of its official unveiling on April 21st, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

New story! Attribution or Restriction? The OnlyOffice vs Euro-Office AGPLv3 Licensing Dispute

  • Mensch Law; By Shashank Sharma (Posted by linuxlala on Apr 20, 2026 11:07 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
The four freedoms granted by the license are supreme and paramount, and their protection must be ensured. GPLv3 was structured to prevent licensors from using additional terms as a backdoor to reintroduce restrictions that the licence was intended to eliminate.

The intent behind GPLv3, and by extension AGPLv3, is unusually well-documented. The drafting process was explicitly aimed at preventing licensors from imposing downstream restrictions that would inhibit modification, redistribution, or independent development.

New story! Banana Pi BPI-OM7 3D camera kit pairs RK3588 with Orbbec Gemini 2

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Apr 20, 2026 8:27 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Banana Pi has provided initial details about the BPI-OM7 3D camera kit, which combines the BPI-M7 single-board computer with an Orbbec Gemini 2 3D camera for computer vision, robotics, and spatial perception applications. The system is built around the Rockchip RK3588 processor, which integrates four Cortex-A76 cores clocked at up to 2.4 GHz and four […]

New story! Bcachefs 1.38 Released With Faster Mounts and Discard Fixes

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Apr 20, 2026 6:55 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Bcachefs 1.38 fixes mount stalls, improves discard handling, and speeds up snapshot-heavy systems with journal and allocator changes.

New story! New Debian Project Leader Elected For 2026

Sruthi Chandran has been elected the new Debian Project Leader "DPL" after running unopposed in this year's elections...

New story! M5Stack previews CardputerZero handheld Raspberry Pi CM0 system

M5Stack has teased the CardputerZero, a compact handheld system built around the Raspberry Pi CM0. The device integrates a display, keyboard, battery, and wireless connectivity into a credit card-sized form factor intended for portable Linux-based development and command-line tasks. The platform uses the Broadcom BCM2837 SoC, featuring a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor operating at up to […]

New story! GIMP 3.2.4 Released With A Fix For Its XCF Code That Has Existed Since 1999

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 20, 2026 2:21 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Following last month's GIMP 3.2 feature release that was followed by the GIMP 3.2.2 point release at the end of March, out now is GIMP 3.2.4 to ship more fixes to users of this open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other imaging applications...

New story! GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Apr 20, 2026 12:49 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: GNU, Linux
GIMP 3.2.4 is out now as the second maintenance update to the latest GIMP 3.2 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.

New story! Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 16, 2026 (Apr 13 – 19)

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Apr 19, 2026 11:18 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Solus 4.9, Zorin OS 18.1, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.10, Wine 11.7, Linux 7.1 merges new NTFS driver, Fedora 44 faces second release delay, and more.

New story! CachyOS Rolls Out A Super-Charged Linux 7.0 Kernel

The popular Arch Linux based CachyOS has now rolled out the Linux 7.0 kernel to its users. But beyond re-basing against the latest upstream kernel version it is also carrying some extra patches...

New story! Scribus 1.6.6 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Bug Fixes

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Apr 19, 2026 10:27 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Scribus 1.6.6 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements.

New story! GhostBSD 26.1 Now Based On FreeBSD 15.0, Switches to XLibre X Server

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 19, 2026 8:39 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 released today as a big upgrade for this desktop-focused, BSD operating system derived from FreeBSD...

New story! Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support

Shelly developer Zoey Bauer released Shelly 2.1 today as the latest stable version of this reimagined package manager for Arch Linux with support for AUR, Flatpak, and AppImage apps.

New story! GNOME's Maps, Graphs, RustConn & Other App Improvements

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 19, 2026 5:36 AM EDT)
  • Groups: GNOME; Story Type: News Story
For pairing nicely with the GNOME 50 desktop release last month, a number of GNOME-associated apps have been seeing new features and refinements...

New story! KDE Plasma 6.7 Will Add Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and Wayland Session Restore

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Apr 19, 2026 4:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE Plasma 6.7 will enhance multi-monitor workflows by allowing each screen to switch between virtual desktops independently.

New story! WireGuard For Windows Reaches v1.0

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 19, 2026 2:33 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
For those making use of the WireGuard open-source, secure VPN tunnel software, WireGuard For Windows 1.0 is finally available...

New story! KDE Gear 26.04 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Apr 19, 2026 1:02 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE, Linux
KDE Gear 26.04 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for many of your favorite KDE applications. Here’s what’s new!

New story! Linux 7.1 Lands High Resolution Timer "HRTIMER" Overhaul

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2026 11:30 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Merged this week for Linux 7.1 was a rework of the high resolution timer "HRTIMER" subsystem for reducing the overhead of frequently-armed timers, such as the HRTICK scheduler timer. The HRTICK scheduler timer is useful for enhancing system responsiveness and fairness...

New story! openSUSE Tumbleweed Lands GNOME 50, systemd-boot on New UEFI Installs

openSUSE Tumbleweed get the GNOME 50 desktop environment, systemd-boot as the default bootloader for new UEFI installs, and better Full Disk Encryption.

New story! Linux 7.1 Adds New AMD SMCA Bank Types, Presumably For Upcoming EPYC Venice

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2026 8:27 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The AMD Machine Check Exception "mce_amd" driver as part of the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem is introducing support for new SMCA bank types on AMD platforms. Given the timing these new bank types are presumably for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 / EPYC Venice hardware...

New story! Fedora 44 Faces Second Release Delay, New Target Set for April 28

Fedora 44 missed its second release target after April 21 was declared a no-go, and the distro is now officially aiming for April 28.

New story! Solus 4.9 “Serenity” Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More

Today, the Solus team released Solus 4.9 (codename Serenity) as the latest stable snapshot of this independent Linux distro featuring Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, and Xfce flavors.

New story! Glibc Lands A Big Optimization For LoongArch CPUs

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Apr 18, 2026 7:50 AM EDT)
  • Groups: GNU; Story Type: News Story
Loongson's LoongArch processors are running decent in our recent Loongson 3B6000 benchmarks but even better performance is on the way with the next GNU C Library "glibc" release...

New story! How to Install, Update, and Remove Brave on Linux

This comprehensive guide walks you through the simple steps to install Brave Browser on Linux, ensuring ad and tracker-free browsing for a safer internet experience.

New story! New/Overhauled NTFS Driver Merged For Linux 7.1

As a very exciting follow-up to the recent article around the new NTFS driver being submitted for Linux 7.1 to address the shortcomings of the current Paragon NTFS3 driver and the prior read-only NTFS kernel driver, that work has been merged!..

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