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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.

Valve Backs RADV Vulkan Driver Port to Windows

OnAugust 2, 2026

Collabora is bringing Mesa’s open-source RADV Vulkan driver to Windows, with the experimental port already capable of launching Counter-Strike 2.

Woodpecker CI 3.17 Adds AppArmor Support for Docker Pipelines

OnAugust 2, 2026

The latest Woodpecker CI release introduces custom AppArmor profiles for the Docker backend, stronger security defaults, and improved Kubernetes handling.

Popular Self-Hosted File Manager File Browser Is Shutting Down

OnAugust 2, 2026
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File Browser is ending active development, with version 2.63.22 serving as its final planned release before the repository is archived.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Adds Resizable Virtual Screens and Larger Emojis

OnAugust 1, 2026

KDE Plasma 6.8 will deliver faster external GPU performance, resizable virtual display resolutions, scalable emojis, and pixel-precise monitor positioning.

Incus 7.3 Released with Shared GPU Acceleration and 13 Security Fixes

OnAugust 1, 2026

Incus 7.3 introduces shared 3D GPU acceleration for Linux virtual machines, easier port forwarding, UEFI NVRAM management, and fixes for 13 security vulnerabilities.