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LibreELEC 12.2.1 Media Center Arrives with Kodi 21.3 Omega

OnNovember 3, 2025

LibreELEC 12.2.1 open-source media center brings Kodi 21.3 Omega and Linux kernel 6.16, dropping old NVIDIA 340.xx driver support.

Kitty Terminal 0.44 Released with Unicode 17 Support

OnNovember 3, 2025

Kitty 0.44 GPU-accelerated terminal adds Unicode 17 support, macOS optimizations, and fixes flickering, CPU issues, and Wayland scrolling bugs.

Bottles 52.0 Brings Stability Boost, Sandbox Support

OnNovember 2, 2025

Bottles 52.0, a Wine prefix manager for running Windows apps on Linux, adds Sandbox support and a smoother user experience with refined libadwaita integration.

Linux Hits 3% Usage on Valve’s Steam Gaming Platform

OnNovember 2, 2025

Linux now powers 3% of Steam gamers, representing a 1% increase from the previous year. Arch is still the Linux gamers' choice distro.

Incus 6.18 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

OnNovember 2, 2025

Incus 6.18 adds macOS agent support, VirtIO sound for VMs, BPF token delegation, and new systemd credential options.

Wine 10.18 Released with Vulkan-Based OpenGL Mapping

OnNovember 1, 2025

Wine 10.18 introduces Vulkan-based OpenGL memory mapping and fixes 30 bugs for better Windows app and game performance on Linux.

Arch’s Pacman 7.1 Package Manager Brings Stronger Signature Enforcement

OnNovember 1, 2025

Pacman 7.1 package manager for Arch Linux enforces signature verification by default, improving package security and sandbox reliability.

Archinstall 3.0.12 Brings Improved Bootloader Handling

OnNovember 1, 2025

Archinstall 3.0.12, a guided installer for Arch Linux, introduces a new -S flag for arch-chroot, enhanced Btrfs support, and adds Uzbek language support.