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KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Released with Wayland, KWin, and Spectacle Fixes

OnApril 7, 2026
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KDE Plasma 6.6.4 desktop environment fixes Wayland scaling, Spectacle crashes, KWin bugs, and several Plasma Desktop regressions.

Alacritty 0.17 Terminal Emulator Released with Wayland Resize Improvements

OnApril 7, 2026

Alacritty 0.17, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, adds TOML 1.1 support, Wayland resize increments, mouse wheel bindings, and more.

PacHub Is a Sleek GTK4 Frontend for Arch’s Pacman and AUR

OnApril 6, 2026
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PacHub gives Arch Linux users a sleek GTK4 app for browsing, installing, and managing packages from official repos and the AUR.

Red Hat Launches RHEL Extended Life Cycle Premium With 14-Year Support

OnApril 6, 2026
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Red Hat has launched RHEL Extended Life Cycle Premium, a stand-alone subscription that extends major-version support to 14 years.

PeaZip 11.0 Released With Faster Archive Browsing

OnApril 6, 2026

PeaZip 11.0 archive manager improves archive browsing speed, updates 7z/p7zip to 26.0, adds batch archive testing, and refines the file manager.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 14, 2026 (Mar 24 – Apr 5)

OnApril 5, 2026
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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Netrunner 26, AerynOS, OpenSSH 10.3, Archinstall 4.0, Wine 11.6, Linux hits 5% on Steam, Debian addresses age verification, and more.