Catch up on the latest Linux news: Linux Lite 8.0, KaOS 2026.06 RC, COSMIC 1.0.15, GNOME 50.2, Yay 12.6, XLibre Xserver 25.1.6, Ubuntu 26.10 to ship with GNOME 51, and more.

As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!..

HandBrake 1.11.2 has been released today as a minor update in the HandBrake 1.11 series of this free and open-source video transcoder application for converting between a multitude of video file formats, addressing a few issues and crashes.

KaOS Dinit 2026.06 RC follows months of migration work, replacing systemd as init with a Dinit-based stack.

The 295th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending June 7th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.

Last week Linux 7.1-rc6 was larger than Linus Torvalds wished for and for Linux 7.1-rc7 it has come in still heavier than typically seen this late in the cycle, but is shrinking and making Linus comfortable in hopefully releasing Linux 7.1 stable next Sunday...

Hyprland 0.55.3 backports fixes from main to the 0.55 branch, covering config reloads, rendering, monitors, XWayland, and more.

A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old "potato" hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be "a pain in the arse." This work continues advancing with a third iteration of these "flatten the pick" patches being posted...

XLibre celebrates its first anniversary with the stable 25.1 Xserver series, new features, distro adoption, and security fixes.

For those looking for open-source food nutrition software, GNU's GNUtrition has seen its first new release in 14 years...

Armbian Imager 2.0, an open-source utility for flashing the Armbian Linux operating system on single-board computers, is now available for download with a completely new design and rewritten flashing engine.

GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME...

FreeBSD 15.1 was supposed to be out at the start of June but a second release candidate pushed it back by a week and now a third needed release candidate has pushed out the stable release by an additional week...

Canonical has laid out the plans for Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray”, due out later this year on October 15th, 2026, so we know exactly what to expect from the upcoming Ubuntu release.

The still-in-development Ladybird browser ends public pull requests as it prepares for its first alpha, citing weakened trust around AI-generated code.

Shelly developer Zoey Bauer released Shelly 2.3.2.2 today as a new stable update to this open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux-based distributions, adding new features and improvements.

OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library...

The Sparrow Hawk from Retronix Technology is a single-board computer built around the Renesas R-Car V4H processor. Originally developed for automotive applications, the R-Car V4H combines Arm Cortex-A76 and Cortex-R52 CPU cores with integrated graphics and AI acceleration. Retronix cites robotics, smart manufacturing, computer vision, and industrial edge systems as example use cases. The board […]

Ardour 9.7 has been released today as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 26.2.4 with stability fixes for Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, and desktop integration.