Noctalia 5.1 Wayland Shell Adds a Built-In Screenshot Region Editor
Noctalia 5.1 introduces a screenshot editor with annotations, alongside cellular connectivity, enterprise Wi-Fi support, and numerous fixes.
COSMIC Desktop 1.8 Improves Touchscreen Support and Steam
COSMIC Desktop 1.8 is out with major touchscreen improvements, better mouse capture, smoother Steam overlays, and hybrid GPU fixes.
KDE Gear 26.08.1 Lands With a Broad Set of Bug Fixes
KDE Gear 26.08.1 rolls out with crash fixes and stability improvements for Kdenlive, Okular, KDE Connect, Dolphin, NeoChat, and more.
Omarchy Funding Surges to $18.5M With DigitalOcean’s $3M Pledge
DigitalOcean’s $3 million Omarchy pledge is drawing criticism after reports that it recently ended a roughly $50-per-month GNOME and Flathub sponsorship.
System76 Unveils Thelio Mira AI for Local AI Workloads
The new Thelio Mira AI Linux workstation starts at $3,299, offering Ryzen 9000 CPUs, multi-GPU support, and up to 192 GB of GPU memory.
KDE Frameworks 6.30 Improves KIO, KWallet, and Image Support
KDE Frameworks 6.30 is now available, bringing file handling and performance improvements, KWallet fixes, and better support for several image formats.
NVIDIA 615.71 Linux Driver Adds Proton Support for NVIDIA Reflex
NVIDIA 615.71 is out as a new feature branch Linux driver with Proton support for NVIDIA Reflex, Wayland latency fixes, and Blackwell improvements.
MiDesktop 1.2 Beta Brings KDE 1 Revival Closer to Daily Use
MiDesktop 1.2 enters beta with a new panel, more ported KDE apps, better Firefox support, and improved desktop usability.
openSUSE Launches osdiff Package Comparison Tool
openSUSE introduces osdiff, a new tool for comparing package versions across Tumbleweed, Leap 16.1, and Leap 16.0 from a single page.
Meet LibreDB Studio, a New Open-Source Self-Hosted SQL IDE
LibreDB Studio is a new browser-based SQL IDE for managing multiple database engines through a self-hosted interface.