The 268th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on November 30th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

Linux 6.18 stable is now available! Linux 6.18 ushers in many new features and changes while also is expected to become this year's Long Term Support "LTS" kernel version...

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS outlines its roadmap with GNOME 50, new default apps, improved Wayland performance, and desktop refinements arriving in April 2026.

With the Linux 6.18 kernel likely being released later today, here is a look at some of the features on the table for the next kernel cycle, Linux 6.19. The list is based on changes queued in various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window. There's always the possibility of last minute change of plans or objections raised by Linus Torvalds, but this should provide an early look at some of the features more than likely to be merged for Linux 6.19...

Today, 4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced the release and general availability of 4MLinux 50.0 as the latest stable version of this minimalist and independent Linux distro featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.

With the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle there are yet more Rust kernel bindings being introduced and other additions to make it possible to write more Linux kernel drivers within the Rust programming language. Among the new Rust additions expected for Linux 6.19 are making it possible to write Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus drivers in Rust...

EndeavourOS Ganymede ships with refreshed ISOs, Linux kernel 6.17, and fully automatic NVIDIA driver detection for nvidia and nvidia-open GPUs.

The reComputer Mini J501 is Seeed Studio’s upcoming carrier board for NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin module. Its 110mm × 110mm design offers a compact platform for robotics while retaining the connectivity needed for perception and control. The board supports the Jetson AGX Orin module, which integrates an Arm-based CPU cluster, Ampere GPU architecture, and dedicated […]

In addition to the releases today of updated Endeavour OS and CachyOS, Solus 4.8 is out as the latest version of another desktop Linux distribution popular with enthusiasts...

KDE Plasma 6.6 will add new media-seeking controls, improved widgets, smoother menus, and early UI refinements ahead of the upcoming release.

Niri 25.11 is now available as the latest feature release for this Rust-written, scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor...

Wine 10.20 upgrades vkd3d to 1.18, expands reparse point support, and fixes 31 issues affecting apps and games.

Archinstall 3.0.14 has been released today as the latest stable version of Arch Linux’s menu-based installer, adding a couple of new features and fixing various bugs and other issues.

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2025 issue.

Arch-based CachyOS's November 2025 update brings Orca, systemd hook support, COSMIC Greeter, and Proton-CachyOS gaming improvements.

The development team behind the Solus distribution announced today the release and general availability of Solus 4.8 as the latest ISO snapshot of this independent rolling-release distro featuring Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, and Xfce editions.

In this article, you will learn different ways to list all the available shells in your Linux system, including shells associated with specific users, your own default login shell, and many more.

The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability of EndeavourOS Ganymede as the latest stable snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Learn multiple ways to install the stable and latest version of VLC Media Player on your Ubuntu desktop and server systems.

While there have been a number of Intel Linux engineers laid off over roughly the past year, other Linux kernel engineers opting to pursue employment opportunities elsewhere amid the ongoing challenges and restructuring at the company, and shifts in their open-source strategy, there's some good news as we work toward the 2025 holidays. Intel is currently hiring for two more experienced Linux kernel software engineers...