Ubuntu MATE Missed 26.04 LTS, But a New Team Is Keeping It Alive
Ubuntu MATE did not ship a 26.04 LTS ISO, but the desktop remains in Ubuntu’s repositories, and a new team is involved.
Let’s Encrypt Certificate Rules Now Include U.S. Sanctions Warranties
Let’s Encrypt now requires certificate subscribers to confirm they are not covered by comprehensive U.S. sanctions or restricted-party rules.
Debian 12 Bookworm Moves to LTS, Extending Security Support to 2028
Debian 12 Bookworm moves into long-term support, giving servers and desktops two more years of security coverage until mid-2028.
Alpine Linux 3.24 Brings COSMIC Desktop to Its Community Repository
Alpine Linux 3.24 ships COSMIC Desktop in community, alongside kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 50, and major toolchain updates.
RefreshOS 3.0 Is for Debian Stable Fans Who Want KDE Plasma 6
RefreshOS 3.0 combines Debian 13 (Trixie) with KDE Plasma 6, preconfigured drivers, codecs, apps, and a polished desktop experience.
AOMedia Officially Releases AV2 Codec After First 1.0 Milestone
AOMedia formally announces AV2, following its first 1.0 release, with better compression, multi-view video, and early ecosystem work.
The Document Foundation Slams Euro-Office Before Public Launch
The Document Foundation disputes Euro-Office’s “first European open-source office suite” claim and criticizes its OOXML default.
Rspamd 4.1 Spam Filtering System Improves Mail Scanning Performance
Rspamd 4.1 lands with redesigned MX checks, load-aware upstreams, dynamic composites, stronger diagnostics, and broad security hardening.
Proton Drive Native Linux Client Is Finally in Development
Proton confirms it is actively building a native Drive client for Linux, using its new SDK to bring encrypted file sync closer to desktop users.
OpenCV 5.0 Computer Vision Library Released with Rewritten DNN Engine
OpenCV 5.0 debuts a new DNN engine, broader ONNX support, VLM inference, C++17 requirements, and legacy API cleanup.