Linux & Open Source News

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Ultramarine Linux 44 Released with Fedora 44 Base and Desktop Updates

OnJuly 3, 2026

The Fedora-based Ultramarine Linux 44 adds a Wayland-based Budgie experience, Plasma 6.7, Taidan installer improvements, and more.

Calibre 9.11 E-Book Manager Adds HTML Export for E-book Annotations

OnJuly 3, 2026

Calibre 9.11 introduces standalone HTML annotation exports with light/dark themes, search support, and filtering by highlight style.

Immich 3.0 Released with Big Upgrades for Self-Hosted Photo Libraries

OnJuly 2, 2026

Immich 3.0 has been released with a broad set of improvements across mobile, web, backups, automation, and library management.

OpenVPN 2.7.5 Released with Seven CVE Fixes

OnJuly 2, 2026

The new OpenVPN update patches seven security vulnerabilities affecting DNS handling, TLS-Crypt-v2, NTLMv2 proxy responses, and more.

WSL Gets Its Own Linux Container Runtime with Docker-Like Commands

OnJuly 2, 2026

Microsoft’s new WSL Containers feature brings a familiar Docker-like CLI and a native Windows API for running Linux containers through WSL.

KDE Gear 26.04.3 Apps Collection Lands with More App Stability Improvements

OnJuly 2, 2026

KDE Gear 26.04.3 delivers another round of maintenance fixes for KDE’s application suite, covering video editing, file transfers, audio output, and more.