And the hits just keep on coming . . . Not only was last week a first for Distro of the Week, we follow up with another first: This time, it's a Spanish distro based on Devuan, complete with its lack of systemd and using XLibre as the default X server. Ladies and gentlemen -- that covers most of you -- welcome to Vendefoul Wolf Excalibur Xfce, this week's Distro of the Week.

Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today with more improvements for Linux, Steam Input, Remote Play, Steam Controller firmware, SteamVR, In-Game Overlay, and Steam Workshop.

Following the release of Mozilla Firefox 153 ESR, the Mozilla Thunderbird 153 open-source email client is now available for download with various new features, improvements, and numerous bug fixes.

Mozilla Thunderbird 153 is out with built-in Thundermail services, OAuth login through the default browser, and numerous stability fixes.

Linux's cryptsetup for configuring and managing encrypted storage devices is ready with a new version as the developers work to deal with the recent deprecation of the Linux AF_ALG interface...

Canonical today disclosed three new Snap security vulnerabilities affecting snapd. Two are rated high impact vulnerabilities while the third is considered medium but covers all Ubuntu releases of the past decade going back to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS...

OBS Studio 32.2 has been released today as the second update to the latest OBS Studio 32 series of this powerful, open-source, cross-platform, and free video recording and live streaming software.

Jellyfin is undergoing a major leadership transition as its project leader, a core team member, and another co-founder leave within days of each other.

InputPlumber is out with its newest feature release. As a reminder, InputPlumber is the open-source input router and remapper daemon for combining various input devices from gamepads to mice and keyboards as well as the ability to emulate them...

Firefox 153 introduces a native Containers preview for separating accounts, cookies, site data, and different areas of users’ online activity.

Geniatech’s XPI-3576-CM5 is a 55 × 40mm compute module built around Rockchip’s RK3576 processor and designed for use with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 carrier boards. It combines an octa-core CPU, a 6-TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 memory, optional Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, and commercial- or industrial-temperature configurations. The RK3576 integrates four Arm Cortex-A72 cores running at up […]

Following recent Linux kernel patches enabling the Snapdragon X2 Elite powered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 and HP EliteBook X G2q X2 Elite laptops to boot outside of Windows 11 on ARM, Qualcomm engineers have now posted a new patch series for getting the X2 Elite Extreme powered ASUS Zenbook A16 working on Linux...

Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today the general availability of Enterprise Store as a new way to manage software behind firewalls and in air-gapped environments.

My testing of the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel continues in the lab. One of the latest promising findings from this kernel that will be released as stable in August is faster Intel Xe3 graphics performance on Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware.

The final MPEG-4 Part 2 patent has expired, removing licensing concerns from legacy DivX and Xvid video, but not from H.264 or modern MP4 files.

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved the latest batch of features for the upcoming Fedora 45 release...

we’re back, building Ollama — the easiest way for developers to get up and running with open models. Beyond our wildest dreams, Ollama has quickly become the leading platform to access open models, serving 8.9 million developers who, just like us, believe that AI should be yours to build, run, and make your own.

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.14 today as the seventh maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series of their open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.

Mozilla has uploaded the Firefox 153.0 release binaries today for the newest monthly update to this cross-platform web browser. Making Firefox 153 exciting is that it's the newest Extended Support Release "ESR" as well as introducing Vulkan Video decode support...

NetworkManager 1.58 introduces CLAT through BPF, GENEVE interfaces, Wi-Fi 6 GHz selection, and several networking improvements.

NetworkManager 1.58 is out today with the latest feature enhancements for bettering wired and wireless network management on Linux...

Mozilla has published today the final builds of the Firefox 153 ESR open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on July 21st, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.

One of the patch series going through nearly a dozen revisions now is for introducing a cold reset recovery method for the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) drivers with an initial focus on the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver...

‘Half a Second’ chronicles the XZ Utils backdoor attempt—from a patient impostor maintainer to the half-second latency that exposed the plot.

NetworkManager 1.58 has been released today as a major update of this open-source network connection manager for Linux-based operating systems that introduces many new features and improvements.

While AMD ROCm 7.14 released last week as the first production release built off TheRock, there is already more to look forward to moving into the future with the AMD ROCm stack... In particular, SPIR-V with ROCm becoming a reality for unified binaries that can work across graphics architectures/targets, better portability across GPU hardware, and other improvements to the experience in targeting a unified IR...

GNOME will shorten its vulnerability disclosure deadline to 30 days starting August 1, citing the growing number of AI-generated security reports.

Garuda Linux advantages which are are provided by btrfs. Automated Snapshots : Creates system snapshots automatically before every update. Uses grub-btrfs for this setup. Allows booting into old snapshots from boot menu. Fixes broken updates easily without using live USBs. . . . .

Mozilla Firefox 153 is now available with Windows HDR video support, experimental JPEG XL support, improved PDF handling, and new address bar quick actions.

The 301st installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending July 19th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.