Linux & Open Source News

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Plasma 6.5 Takes Shape with Improved Notifications and Theme Tweaks

OnAugust 16, 2025

KDE Plasma 6.5 progress report highlights improved notifications, sound tweaks, accessibility updates, and bug fixes across the desktop.

Wine 10.13 Improves Gaming and Windows Runtime Support on Linux

OnAugust 16, 2025

Wine 10.13 improves gaming with a new joystick panel, adds advanced crypto algorithms, and enhances Windows runtime support.

Arch Linux’s AUR Runs into Recent Service Interruptions

OnAugust 15, 2025
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Arch Linux’s AUR users have experienced downtime in recent days after a DDoS attack. Maintainers are investigating and working on restoring the service.

CachyOS Topped DistroWatch’s Rankings

OnAugust 15, 2025
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The performance-tuned CachyOS takes the crown from Linux Mint, topping DistroWatch’s ranking for the most popular Linux distribution.

LibreELEC 12.2 Media Center Debuts with Kodi Omega 21.2

OnAugust 15, 2025

LibreELEC 12.2 is out with Kodi Omega 21.2, updated kernels for better Intel and Raspberry Pi support, and the removal of the legacy Nvidia driver.

Go 1.25 Released with Experimental Garbage Collector and New JSON API

OnAugust 14, 2025

Go 1.25 lands with major toolchain and runtime enhancements, including experimental GC, encoding/json v2, and new testing/synctest support.

VirtualBox 7.2 Lands with ARM Windows Virtualization, Linux Video Acceleration

OnAugust 14, 2025
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VirtualBox 7.2 arrives with ARM Windows virtualization, Linux video acceleration, open-source NVMe controller, GUI changes, and broad host/guest fixes.