Welcome to Week 7 of Linuxiac’s 2026 Weekly Roundup, your source for Linux and open-source news. Below are the key Linux and FOSS highlights from February 9 to 15.
Linux Distributions
This week brought four updates in the Linux world, and I’ve covered each one in the articles below.
- KaOS 2026.02 Debuts Niri Wayland Desktop While Exploring Life Beyond Systemd
- Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Released with Bug Fixes and Security Updates
- Parrot OS 7.1 Released with Linux kernel 6.17
- Tails 7.4.2 Released with Emergency Kernel Fix
Software Updates
In addition, here is a summary of the latest open-source software updates featured this week.
- Linux Kernel 6.19 Released, This Is What’s New
- COSMIC Desktop 1.0.6 Released With Clipboard, File Manager, and Applet Fixes
- GNOME 49.4 Released with Shell, Mutter, and Files Bug Fixes
- GNOME 48.9 Released as Stable Bugfix Update for GNOME 48
- KDE Frameworks 6.23 Brings Broad Fixes Across Core Libraries
- Mesa 26.0 Released With RADV Ray Tracing Performance Gains
- Vim 9.2 Debuts Full Wayland and XDG Base Directory Support
- NetworkManager 1.56 Released with WireGuard Peer Management in nmcli
- OpenVPN 2.7 Released with Multi-Socket Server Support
- GNU Binutils 2.46 Released With AMD Zen 6 and Arm v9.7 Support
- Redis 8.6 Improves Throughput by More Than Five Times Over Redis 7.2
- Go 1.26 Introduces new Expression Support and Runtime Updates
- Podman 5.8 Introduces Quadlet Multi-File Install and SQLite Migration
- Uptime Kuma 2.1 Adds Globalping Support, Expanded Notification Integrations
- Dozzle 10.0 Real‑Time Docker Log Viewer Introduces Webhooks
- Ntfy 2.17 Released With Priority Templating and UI Enhancements
- 7-Zip 26.0 File Archiver Improves ZIP and RAR Handling
- Kdenlive 25.12.2 Delivers Monitor Fixes and Dragging Refactor
- FocusWriter 1.9 Simple Word Processor Adds Heading Shortcuts
Must-Reads You Can’t Miss
The Linux and FOSS community also saw several notable developments this week. Key highlights include:
- Is Ubuntu Treating Its Users as If They Can’t Be Trusted?
- Linux Mint January 2026 Report Highlights Record Donations
- MOS Is a New Open-Source Server OS Aimed at Homelabs and Self-Hosting
- Take Control of systemd with This Rust-Based TUI Tool
- XFS Could Gain a Self-Healing Feature in Linux Kernel 7.0
- Decman Is a Declarative Package and Configuration Manager for Arch Linux
- Plasma 6.7 Set to Bring KWin Performance Fixes and UI Refinements
- IPFire Introduces Community-Driven DBL for Domain Blocking
That’s all for this week. If you missed our previous wrap-up from Week 6 of 2026 (Jan 2 – 8), you can catch up here, where you’ll find COSMIC Desktop 1.0.5, Wine 11.2, Fish Shell 4.4, LibreOffice 26.2, Calibre 9.2, Ardour 9.0, Do You Use Non-Free Software?, GNU/Linux or Just Linux?, System76 Lays Out Major COSMIC Desktop Changes, and more.
Be sure to keep an eye on Linuxiac for the latest updates from the Linux and open-source world.
Have a great week ahead!
