Debian developers confirm that Rust will become a hard dependency for APT starting May 2026, aligning with modern development practices.

Wine 10.18 introduces Vulkan-based OpenGL memory mapping and fixes 30 bugs for better Windows app and game performance on Linux.

Pacman 7.1 package manager for Arch Linux enforces signature verification by default, improving package security and sandbox reliability.

AerynOS maintainer confirms that founder Ikey Doherty hasn’t been in contact for six months but assures the project remains stable and on track.

Archinstall 3.0.12, a guided installer for Arch Linux, introduces a new -S flag for arch-chroot, enhanced Btrfs support, and adds Uzbek language support.

Shotcut 25.10 video editor adds text-to-speech, screen recording, HTML video creation tools, and an FFmpeg 8 upgrade for smoother editing.

Kodi 21.3, an open-source media player, refines HDR playback, resolves Blu-ray issues on Linux, and improves audio and subtitle handling.

Void Linux users can now manage runit services the easy way with Runkit — a fast, simple, and powerful new GUI tool.

AerynOS rolls out its 2025.10 ISO, bringing GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5.1, COSMIC Beta, and fresh system updates.

Immich 2.2 self-hosted photo and video management platform adds OCR text search, a faster WASM-based layout engine, and smoother mobile user interactions.

Gitea 1.25 self-hosted Git service debuts 3D model previews, CI/CD email notifications, and major performance improvements for large projects.

Unraid 7.2 self-hosted NAS adds a fully responsive WebGUI, RAIDZ pool expansion, and extends compatibility to ext4, NTFS, and exFAT drives.

LibreOffice 25.2.7 open-source office suite wraps up the 25.2 branch with stability, crash, and compatibility fixes across Writer, Calc, and Impress.

TypeScript now ranks #1 on GitHub, while Python and JavaScript continue to grow strongly across AI and web projects.

Dovecot 2.4.2 open-source secure IMAP server adds experimental IMAP4rev2 support, OAuth2 improvements, and a new libpcre2 regex backend.

System76 CEO Carl Richell has revealed the COSMIC desktop will debut on December 11, 2025, bringing a fresh vision to the Linux desktop world.

Exim 4.99 open-source MTA brings DKIM, DMARC, and TLS fixes, drops obsolete TCP-Wrappers, and strengthens overall mail authenticity verification.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 debuts with the Rust-based Agama installer, SELinux enabled by default, and 16 years of enterprise support.

TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” open-source NAS is out with NVMe over Fabric, 400GbE, open GPU driver support, major ZFS improvements, and more.

Brotli 1.2 arrives after two years, improving speed, binary size, and Python security for Google’s open-source compression library.