The 289th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending April 26th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing...

EasyOS is unique, very different from any other Linux distribution. It is built from the ground up to run in RAM, immutable, with highly integrated support for containers. Version 7.3 is the latest in the Excalibur-series, a "milestone" release, significant improvements, bug fixes, new features.

Tested and proven step-by-step guide for smoothly upgrading from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon).

Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) R14.1.6 desktop environment has been released today for nostalgic KDE 3.5 users as the sixth maintenance release of the R14.1.x series, adding new features and enhancements.

In this article, you will learn what file globbing is on Linux and how to use it with various commands through practical examples.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, CachyOS April ISO, COSMIC 1.0.11, LXQt 2.4, VirtualBox 7.2.8, Mozilla Firefox quietly adds Brave’s adblock engine, and more.

Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability for public testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel series.

The Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel was just released for concluding the Linux 7.1 merge window. A lot of new features are in tow for this next kernel version that will then be out as stable in mid-June...

The development team behind the Arch Linux-based CachyOS published a new ISO snapshot for April 2026 that includes the latest package updates, new features, and improvements.

KDE developers continued to land more feature changes for the upcoming Plasma 6.7 desktop release. It's a busy spring of fixes, optimizations, and shiny new features for Plasma 6.7...

Asahi Linux moves Apple Silicon support forward with a new installer, Mac Pro support, firmware updates, and Fedora Asahi Remix 44 preparations.

Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks...

LXQt 2.4 desktop environment is now available with better Wayland support and many other changes across its core components. Here’s what’s new!

With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software...

Heltec has introduced the Mesh Node T096, a compact development board that integrates Bluetooth, LoRa, and GNSS connectivity. The platform is designed for low-power wireless applications such as mesh networking, asset tracking, and remote sensing, with support for open-source frameworks including Meshtastic and MeshCore. The design is based on the nRF52840 SoC, which incorporates a […]

Following last week's Linux 7.1 sound subsystem feature pull that added bus keeper support in working toward better Apple Silicon support along with a variety of other new audio hardware support, a secondary set of sound updates were merged as we approach the end of the Linux 7.1 merge window...

Comet Q is a compact KVM device designed to provide remote control of laptops, mini PCs, and supported mobile devices through a web browser. The system connects over USB Type-C and allows users to access and operate a target device without requiring software installation or driver configuration. Comet Q is based on a dual-core Cortex-A53 […]

Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series.

LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend...

BleachBit 6.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software that brings many new features and improvements.

System76’s Carl Richell says Colorado SB51 has gained a strong open-source exemption after passing a House committee.

The April release of DietPi v10.3 introduces support for the Orange Pi 4 LTS, adds Prometheus as a new software option, and includes a range of enhancements and bug fixes across supported platforms. This update focuses on improving system reliability and usability, with updates to core utilities, storage management features, and software installation workflows. DietPi: […]

Niri 26.04 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor adds long-awaited blur support, improved screencasting, faster rendering, and more.

Merged for the nearly-over Linux 7.1 merge window are a number of enhancements to the LoongArch architecture support for that Chinese CPU architecture inspired by MIPS and RISC-V...

The Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has officially reached end of life (EOL). For users and distributions still running this branch, it’s now time to upgrade to a newer kernel version.

Microsoft's in-house Azure Linux operating system used within Azure and for WSL and other purposes is reportedly pursuing an overhaul where it would be derived from Fedora Linux...

VirtualBox 7.2.8 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 7.0, guest time accounting, and many other Linux changes.

After being deemed not ready for debuting this week as an early release target, Fedora stakeholders have decided that Fedora 44 will be ready to officially debut next Tuesday...

WSL9x is not Microsoft WSL, but a retro Windows 95 and 98 project that makes Linux run where nobody expected it.