Linux & Open Source News

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Pandoc Celebrates 20 Years as the Universal Document Converter

OnAugust 4, 2026

The universal document converter celebrates its 20th birthday with support for dozens of input and output formats, filters, templates, citations, and more.

Uptime Kuma 2.5 Adds NTP Monitoring and Rootless Docker Support

OnAugust 4, 2026

Uptime Kuma 2.5 introduces an NTP monitor, a rootless Docker image, unlimited check intervals, new notification providers, and multiple bug fixes.

FFmpeg 9.0 Released with Animated WebP Decoding and New Hardware Acceleration

OnAugust 3, 2026

FFmpeg 9.0 arrives with animated WebP support, Vulkan acceleration for APV, ProRes RAW VideoToolbox decoding, and new GPU-powered filters.

Rhythmbox 3.5 Music Player Arrives After Nearly a Decade in the 3.4 Series

OnAugust 3, 2026

Rhythmbox 3.5 music player debuts with a new default playback backend, improved lyrics support, podcast upgrades, and a gPodder.net plugin.

NVIDIA 610.57 Linux Driver Lands with Dozens of Vulkan, Gaming, and Kernel Fixes

OnAugust 3, 2026

NVIDIA releases its 610.57 New Feature Branch driver for Linux, delivering fixes for Vulkan, kernel module builds, displays, and stability.

Google Chrome Quietly Arrives on ARM64 Linux

OnAugust 3, 2026

Google has started offering native ARM64 Linux builds of Chrome for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE through its official download page.

KDE Linux Nears Beta with New Java and DOS App Support

OnAugust 3, 2026

KDE Linux is now 83% of the way toward its Beta milestone, while adding automatic runtime installation for Java and DOS applications.

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 31, 2026 (July 27 – August 2)

OnAugust 2, 2026

Catch up on the latest Linux news: Arch Linux August ISO, COSMIC 1.5, Shotcut 26.7, Nano 9.2, Xen 4.22, Linux desktop market share surpasses 10% in North America, and more.