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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8, 2026 (Feb 16 – 22)

OnFebruary 22, 2026

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Sparky 8.2, KDE Plasma 6.6, COSMIC 1.0.7, Fish Shell 4.5, PipeWire 1.6, Bottles 62, open-source community launches MinIO fork, and more.

DietPi 10.1 Released with NanoPi Zero2 Support and WhoDB Integration

OnFebruary 22, 2026

DietPi 10.1 adds NanoPi Zero2 support, introduces WhoDB, unlocks RISC-V Navidrome builds, and delivers multiple enhancements and bug fixes.

Let’s Encrypt Introduces DNS-PERSIST-01 for Persistent ACME DNS Validation

OnFebruary 22, 2026
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With DNS-PERSIST-01, Let's Encrypt users can validate their domains without having to update DNS records every time they issue or renew a certificate.

What’s Up Docker 8.2 Enables Digest Watching by Default

OnFebruary 22, 2026

What’s Up Docker 8.2 enables digest watching by default and adds support for TrueForge and Codeberg registries.

Open-Source Community Launches MinIO Fork

OnFebruary 21, 2026
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A community fork revives MinIO after the official repository was archived, restoring removed features and continuing open-source development.

KDE Plasma 6.7 to Add Desktop Switching in Overview

OnFebruary 21, 2026

KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce virtual desktop switching in Overview using scroll or Page Up/Page Down keys, along with a new multi-printer print queue viewer.