FOSS Weekly #26.03: Torvalds Using AI, Dash to Dock, Linux Kernel Bugs, Pacman's Rust Replacement and More

2026 is the year of vibe coding?

KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Released! New Login Manager & Custom Global Theme

For KDE users, the new plasma desktop 6.6 is now in Beta stage for testing purpose. The new version of this free open-source Linux desktop environment introduced many new features and tons of improvements. First, in Colors & Themes setting page, it now provides a “Save Current Theme” button, allowing to save current settings (e.g., […]

Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha

An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.
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Why Ditching VirtualBox for KVM and Virt‑Manager Makes Sense

Moving away from VirtualBox doesn’t have to be complicated. Jack Wallen walks you through installing virt‑manager and spinning up your first VM with KVM.
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Wine 11.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 & Higher

Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games in Linux, macOS, and BSD, released new stable 11.0 version yesterday! The new version finally fully supports the new WoW64 mode for running 32-bit Windows applications with 64-bit libraries on the host. The new WoW64 mode was initially introduced as experimental feature in Wine 9.0. […]

Distribution Release: TROMjaro 2026.01.13

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. TROMjaro, a Manjaro-based Linux distribution with a customised Xfce desktop, has been updated to version 2026.01.13. The new release returns to Unity-style layout (a layout introduced by…

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps

A fresh menu, troubleshooting tools, and other improvements arrive in this point release.

Ubuntu 26.04 Mass Rebuild Touches All Archive Packages

Ubuntu engineers are rebuilding all archive packages in Ubuntu 26.04 to ensures all hardware compatibility features are enabled – important for an LTS cycle.
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GNU Taler news: Critical analysis of digital euro published

The Springer journal “Digital Finance” has recently published “The proposed design of the digital euro: A critical analysis” by Mikolai Gütschow and Bernd Lucke. They describe serious flaws in the digital euro design as proposed by the …

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Three Small Plugins That Make Joplin Click

According to our writer, three small, easy-to-miss plugins were all it took for Joplin to live up to its Evernote-killer reputation.
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Distribution Release: Linux Mint 22.3

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux Mint project has announced the release of Linux Mint 22.3. The Ubuntu-based distribution will receive support through to 2029 and introduces a new tool to help users troublesho…

Say Goodbye to Middle-Mouse Paste

Both Gnome and Firefox have proposed getting rid of a long-time favorite Linux feature.

Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is here. Built on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, it brings a new-look app menu, Linux 6.14 kernel, and a pair of new system management tools.
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Zorin OS 18 Crosses 2 Million Downloads, Cementing Its Appeal to New Linux Users

by George Whittaker

Zorin OS has reached an important milestone. The team behind the popular Linux distribution has announced that Zorin OS 18 has surpassed two million downloads, unde…

Wine 11.0 Brings Ntsync Support, Complete WoW64 + Other Changes

Wine 11.0 improves gaming performance with kernel-level synchronisation, legacy 32-bit Windows app support and expanded Wayland integration. Full details inside.
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Exploring Dash to Dock: (Probably) The Most Downloaded GNOME Extension

Considering the vast configuration options it offers, you can guess why so many Linux users prefer Dash to Dock over others.

Simon Josefsson: Debian Libre Live 13.3.0 is released!

Following up on my initial announcement about Debian Libre Live I am happy to report on continued progress and the release of Debian Libre Live version 13.3.0.

Since both this and the previous 13.2.0 release are based on the stable Debian trixie r…

Hey Fedora! Listen to This Developer and Make Managing Shell Extensions Better For All of Us

I wonder if Extension Manager could make it into Fedora one day.

Firefox 147.0 is Out with Custom Shortcuts & XDG Directories Support

Firefox 147.0, the new monthly release of Mozilla’s web browser, is available to download. The new version is postponed by almost one week, but introduced many exciting new features. First, Firefox now support XDG based directories for Linux. Instead of ~/.mozilla, it now puts personal data (e.g., profiles) and caches in ~/.config/mozilla and ~/.cache directories, […]