KDE Plasma 6.5 has officially landed in Arch Linux’s stable repositories, making it the first distribution to ship the new desktop.

Bottles 51.25, a compatibility layer for running Windows apps on Linux, adds support for the st terminal and improves Steam configuration handling.

Starting November 3, all new Firefox extensions must declare whether they collect or share user data, ensuring greater transparency for users.

Fedora developers propose enforcing RPM signature checks by default in Fedora 44, pending FESCo review and approval.

Linux kernel 6.17 merges essential Asahi patches, improving reboot handling, GPU support, and device compatibility for Apple Macs.

The open-source Pangolin tunneled reverse proxy adopts dual licensing, adding a paid Enterprise tier with premium support and features.

DietPi 9.18 adds support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and M5, plus a redesigned dashboard with better security and TLS enabled by default.

The Fedora Council greenlights the use of AI in open-source projects but keeps contributors fully responsible for the results.

Valkey 9.0 in-memory data store debuts atomic slot migrations, cluster-wide databases, and major throughput boosts for modern workloads.

The Fedora-based Ultramarine Linux 42 lands with WSL GPU support, while the Terra repo gets faster builds and improved performance.

The upcoming AlmaLinux 10.1 will introduce native Btrfs support, bringing snapshotting, compression, and advanced data protection features.

MinIO sparks new controversy by ending binary releases for its Community Edition, leaving users to build from source.

Clonezilla Live 3.3 updates to Linux kernel 6.16, adds ocs-blkdev-sorter, improves device handling, and fixes key bugs from previous releases.

VirtualBox 7.2.4 adds initial Linux kernel 6.18 support, fixes NAT port forwarding issues, and resolves GUI crashes when resuming from sleep.

KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop is out now, adds automatic light-dark theme switching, rounded window corners, pinned clipboard items with permanent access, and more.

A new NTFSPlus driver has been proposed to replace NTFS3, aiming for faster, cleaner, and more stable NTFS support in Linux.

Major Uptime Kuma 2.0 update adds MariaDB, rootless Docker, and a refreshed UI for smoother, faster self-hosted monitoring.

Jellyfin 10.11 open-source media server introduces a massive backend overhaul, EF Core database migration, and major speed improvements.

Catch up on the latest Linux news: LMDE 7, Zorin OS 18, Mobian 13, Alacritty 0.16, GNOME 49.1, Firefox 144, a possible malware incident on Xubuntu, GIMP’s new official Snap package, and more.

A Reddit user reports that Xubuntu.org may have been compromised, serving a ZIP file containing a Trojan instead of the real installer.