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Firefox to Test a Two-Week Release Cycle Starting in September

OnJuly 15, 2026
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Mozilla plans to release Firefox Desktop and Android every two weeks in an experiment beginning with Firefox 155 on September 1.

FreeRDP 3.29 Is Out With Extensive Security Fixes

OnJuly 15, 2026

The open-source Remote Desktop Protocol implementation FreeRDP rolls out 22 security advisories, stronger runtime protections, and multiple client fixes.

COSMIC Desktop 1.3 Shines with Its New Frosted Glass Design

OnJuly 14, 2026

COSMIC Desktop 1.3 introduces its long-awaited frosted glass appearance, improved GPU monitoring, AVIF wallpapers, and numerous fixes.

Blender 5.2 LTS Released with Node-Based Physics and Online Asset Libraries

OnJuly 14, 2026

Blender 5.2 LTS introduces experimental cloth and hair physics in Geometry Nodes, remotely hosted asset libraries, and major rendering improvements.

KDE Plasma 6.7.3 Restores Triple Buffering for NVIDIA GPUs

OnJuly 14, 2026

KDE Plasma 6.7.3 is now available with restored NVIDIA triple buffering, display wake-up fixes, and numerous KWin improvements.

Visor Is a New Graphical UEFI Boot Manager for Linux

OnJuly 14, 2026
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Visor is a new open-source UEFI boot manager for Linux, designed to launch kernels, UKIs, Windows, and other EFI applications.

Apprise 1.12 Notification Tool Adds Nine Services, Now Supports More Than 150

OnJuly 13, 2026

Apprise 1.12 adds nine notification integrations, built-in HTML-to-Markdown conversion, Discord templates, Teams mentions, and SMTP security improvements.