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The openSUSE Project has officially released openSUSE Leap 16.1, introducing a major change to how the distribution can be installed, maintained, and deployed. Released on November 3, 2026, the update brings an integrated Immutable Mode that allows users to install a transactionally updated operating system with a read-only root filesystem, while continuing to offer the traditional Linux…

Sipeed has recently shared additional details about the MaixStation, a Linux AI workstation powered by Axera’s AX8860P processor, which combines a 16-core Arm CPU with an NPU rated at 256 TOPS FP4. The system supports up to 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, 273GB/s memory bandwidth, 10G SFP+ networking, and PCIe 5.0 expansion for local AI inference…

In the first round of benchmarking the in-development Linux 7.4 kernel there are some performance improvements -- and some small regressions -- worth noting over the current Linux 7.3 stable kernel. This first round of Linux 7.4 kernel benchmarking was on a System76 Thelio Major workstation with AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X.

Fixes are available in Ubuntu for the CVE-2026-109518 vulnerability affecting APT.

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in October – click the links to learn more… We announced LibreOffice 26.8.1, with around 40 bug fixes focused on compatibility with Microsoft Office files, along with more reliable text and CSV import across a range of character

Another possible factor is that people expect 7.4 to be the next LTS release.

Two legacy NetworkManager VPN plugins—NetworkManager-vpnc and NetworkManager-fortisslvpn—are retiring and will be obsolete, starting in Fedora Linux 45. This is part of ongoing system maintenance and security cleanup. If you use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to connect to remote workplace or enterprise networks, take note of this upcoming change in NetworkManager package availability. This…

From earlier in the year you may recall a new experimental open-source Linux driver for modern DisplayLink hardware. That "Vino" driver for DisplayLink driver was a clean-room reverse-engineered DisplayLink driver that was developed in part by AI and written in Rust. Unfortunately, that open-source driver has disappeared following legal threats by Synaptics…

Developers who use Launchpad can now use a USB FIDO2 security key to restrict API access, which makes any stolen login details useless without it. Launchpad is, as I’m sure you know, where Canonical builds Ubuntu’s package, hosts code, PPAs and many other things that end up on a users’ system. Developer tools, like lp-shell and ubuntu-archive-tools, log in with a saved token, normally kept as a…

GIMP 3.2.8 is out, the fourth maintenance update in the current stable series, which first launched in March 2026. No major new features ship, as fixes and fine-tuning are the primary focus. Major work is happening alongside maintenance, but the fruits of that will arrive in the next major series update – those do come out sooner now, so patience. GIMP 3.2.8 changes since the v3.2.6 update…

KDE Plasma 6.8 was released on KDE’s 30 year anniversary and we are proud to have it be the star of Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition 45. The Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition is well suited for many needs. It combines the reliable and trusted Fedora Linux base with the KDE Plasma Desktop environment. It…

GIMP 3.2.8 is out today as the newest stable release of this open-source image editing application that's most popular on the Linux desktop…

On my machines, the upgrade to Fedora 45 replaced gnome-keyring with oo7, and on the first one Brave came out with an almost empty password list. Nothing was actually lost: the old passwords were still on disk, and my real password store is KeePassXC anyway. On a second machine, an XFCE desktop, I upgraded carefully, with backups, and found where it goes wrong and how to fix it.

This article explains how Chromium-family browsers store passwords on Linux, what oo7 does differently, the steps that got every password back under XFCE, and two ways to save what you need before an upgrade: Brave's own password export, and a small script, browser-pwsafe.

At nearly 42 million lines, Linux 7.4 is the largest merge in the history of the kernel.

Fedora 45 is now available! 🎉 So let’s see what this new release for the Fedora Atomic Desktops variants includes for Silverblue, Kinoite, Sway Atomic, Budgie Atomic and COSMIC Atomic. Changes for all Atomic Desktops Completed the migration to the new Fedora forge Everything related to the Atomic Desktops now resides in the atomic-desktops organization.…

Full-disk encryption joins the toolkit, MATE and Xfce stay while Gershwin sits this one out

Fedora Workstation features the latest six months of meticulous polish, under-the-hood responsiveness, and security hardening for F45, based on GNOME 51. Whether you are multitasking across monitors, managng daily appointments, or organizing large sets of files, GNOME 51 brings thoughtful refinements to your daily workflow on Fedora Workstation. Silky-Smooth Responsiveness: Reworked Frame…

IONOS has been picked as a contractor, and the service would run inside data centers in Germany.

Berlin, 3 November 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2.7, the seventh maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2 branch. Building on the major feature release published on 4 February 2026, this update delivers targeted bug fixes and stability improvements contributed by a global community of

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Linux 45! Whether you use Fedora on your desktop, server, edge device, or cloud instance, Fedora Linux 45 brings polished desktop upgrades, powerful new installer features, and updated toolchains. Every Fedora release is a major community effort – thank you to everyone in our…