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KDE Plasma 6.4.6 Desktop Environment Released

OnNovember 11, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.4.6 arrives as the final maintenance update in the stable 6.4 series, featuring key patches for Discover, KWin, and Plasma System Monitor.

Plasma Mobile 6.5 Brings Faster Lockscreen, Better Waydroid Integration

OnNovember 11, 2025

Plasma Mobile 6.5 enhances speed, usability, and Android app integration with Waydroid setup in Settings, along with faster lock screen loading and refined visuals.

GStreamer 1.26.8 Fixes HDR Color Issues and Improves AV1 and EAC3 Handling

OnNovember 10, 2025

GStreamer 1.26.8 multimedia framework refines HDR video playback, enhances AV1 and EAC3 parsing, and delivers performance and stability fixes.

Rust Coreutils 0.4 Boosts GNU Compatibility to 85%

OnNovember 10, 2025

Rust Coreutils 0.4 passes 544 GNU tests and cuts failures by 12, advancing toward full GNU compatibility.

GNU Coreutils 9.9 Released with Stability Fixes

OnNovember 10, 2025

The GNU Coreutils 9.9 update introduces stability and performance improvements across core tools, including cp, sort, numfmt, and tail.

Firefox 145 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

OnNovember 10, 2025

Firefox 145 open-source web browser lets users add notes to PDFs, preview tab groups, and use local, private Semantic History Search.

NetBeans 28 Delivers Gradle and Maven Enhancements for Java Developers

OnNovember 10, 2025

Apache NetBeans 28 cross-platform IDE improves Gradle 9 support, refines Maven UI handling, and expands JUnit integration.

Fish Shell 4.2 Released with Improved Autosuggestions

OnNovember 10, 2025

Fish Shell 4.2 enhances history-based autosuggestions, defaults to UTF-8 encoding, clears transient prompts correctly, and more.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 45 (Nov 3 – 9, 2025)

OnNovember 9, 2025

Catch up on the latest Linux news: MX 25, Devuan 6, IncusOS, Hyprland 0.52, Plasma 6.5.2, NPM 2.13, GNOME 50 ends the X11 era, Mint's new Cinnamon menu, and more.