Plasma 5.26 Is Here but Don’t Expect Too Much from This Release
Resizable panel widgets, animated wallpapers, and some changes to System Settings are among the significant improvements in KDE Plasma 5.26.
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Gentoo-Based Redcore Linux 2201 Released with Plasma 5.25
Linux kernel 5.15 LTS, KDE Plasma 5.25.5, and an updated package base are some new features in Redcore Linux's latest release.
Control Centre Is a New KDE Widget Inspired by macOS
The Control Centre widget for the KDE desktop lets you quickly toggle among settings such as Network, Bluetooth, Media Playback, and more.
KaOS 2022.10 Released, Dracut Replaces Mkinitcpio
KaOS 2022.10 comes with an improved Calamares installer and has moved to Dracut as the new initramfs infrastructure.
SparkyLinux 2022.10 Semi-Rolling Replaces LightDM with SDDM
A new display manager, kernel 5.19, and two new themes are some features in the just-released update to the Sparky Rolling series.
Fedora and openSUSE Are Dropping Support for Some Video Codecs
Fedora and openSUSE are removing H.264, H.265, and VC-1 VA-API video codecs support from Mesa to avoid potential patent issues.
System76’s COSMIC Desktop Ditched GTK in Favor of Iced
System76's engineers picked Iced, a Rust-based cross-platform GUI toolkit, over GTK for their in-house developed COSMIC Desktop.
Debian Decided to Include Non-Free Firmware in the Installer
In a vote held over the past two weeks, Debian's developers decided to include non-free firmware by default in the Debian installer.
TUXEDO Computers Released TUXEDO OS 1 to the Mass Public
TUXEDO Computers, a Linux-focused computer manufacturer, has made its in-house operating system, TUXEDO OS, available to all Linux users.
Mist: An AUR-Helper-Like Application for Debian and Ubuntu
Mist is a helper for MPR (makedeb Package Repository), which provides extra software for Debian and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.