KaOS 2025.9 arrives with Plasma 6.4.5, a new Midna theme, and early support for Plasma Login Manager, along with a full Qt6-only default installation.

The OBS Studio 32.0.1 hotfix resolves scene switching bugs, audio duplication problems, and browser source resource spikes.

ByteDance engineers propose Parker, a partitioned kernel RFC that enables multiple Linux kernels to run on a single system without traditional virtualization.

Incus 6.17 adds an early IncusOS CLI, OVN tunnel support, OOM priority controls, and more cluster flexibility.

Calibre 8.11 e-book manager adds an optional “Ask AI” tab in the e-book viewer, plus bug fixes and improved news sources.

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta arrives with the first COSMIC Desktop Beta, bringing new apps, customizations, and bug fixes ahead of the final release.

PostgreSQL 18 open-source RDBMS brings 3× faster I/O, easier upgrades, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and new developer tools.

UBports releases Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 with a new upgrade tool, Rabbit R1 support, and minor fixes. 24.04-1.0 postponed over boot issues.

DuckDB 1.4 LTS, a SQL database for analytics, adds AES-256 encryption, MERGE INTO support, Iceberg writes, and performance improvements.

Archinstall 3.0.11, a guided installer for Arch Linux, improves systemd service handling, updates cryptography, and fixes F2FS parameters.

Microsoft Exchange arrives in Thunderbird 144 this October, alongside refinements to account settings, autosync, and notification features.

Krita 5.2.13, a free and open-source digital painting app, fixes Android crashes, adds 16K page size support, and improves stylus handling.

Kali Linux 2025.3 adds Nexmon Wi-Fi injection, refreshed Vagrant builds, and 10 new security tools for penetration testers.

Cloudflare backs Ladybird, a new open-source browser, and Omarchy, a Linux setup tool, to advance innovation across the modern open web.

XTX Markets open-sources TernFS, an exabyte-scale cloud-native distributed filesystem built to handle trillions of files and millions of clients.

GNU Coreutils 9.8 released with SHA3, Base58, nproc cgroup v2 support, and bug fixes across key utilities.

OBS Studio 32.0 adds a plugin manager, Hybrid MP4/MOV defaults, Apple Silicon Metal renderer, and major bug fixes.

Ubuntu-based elementary OS 8.0.2 arrives with Linux kernel 6.14, improved accessibility, Music app upgrades, and better hardware support.

The launch of Varnish Cache 8.0 has been eclipsed by heated debate over the project’s sudden rename to “Vinyl Cache.”

ProtonUp-Qt 2.14 adds Proton-EM support, drops NorthStar tool, and improves compatibility for Steam, Lutris, and Heroic users.