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Mageia 9 Support Ends September 30, Upgrade to Mageia 10

OnSeptember 25, 2026

Mageia 9 support ends September 30, 2026, with users advised to upgrade to Mageia 10 for continued updates and security fixes.

Firefox Smart Window Expands in Beta With Built-In AI Assistant

OnSeptember 24, 2026

Mozilla is expanding Firefox Smart Window, an optional AI-powered browsing mode with page summaries, research tools, tab grouping, and local memories.

COSMIC Desktop 1.9 Adds COSMIC Viewer, On-Screen Keyboard

OnSeptember 24, 2026
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COSMIC Desktop 1.9 is out with the new COSMIC Viewer, a touch- and gamepad-friendly on-screen keyboard, and a redesigned COSMIC Store.

What’s Up Docker 9.0 Released With SQLite Backend, RBAC, and API Tokens

OnSeptember 24, 2026

WUD 9.0 arrives with a new SQLite-based persistence layer, three user roles, personal API tokens, and improved OIDC support.

Fwupd 2.1.8 Adds New Hardware Support and Firmware Update Fixes

OnSeptember 24, 2026

Fwupd 2.1.8 expands hardware support while fixing crashes, memory issues, Logitech Unifying recovery, DBX updates, and more.

PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Gets Better Face Detection

OnSeptember 24, 2026

PhotoPrism’s latest release improves face detection and clustering, adds Insta360 media support, expands privacy controls, and raises the default file size limit.