There have been many Intel Linux/open-source software engineers to leave the company over the past year among other setbacks for their Linux/open-source initiatives

Fastfetch 2.56, the system information tool, enhances config loading, adds NUMA node detection, and broadens hardware and OS support.

It was a busy start of December for KDE Plasma developers in working out several hardware fixes for the current Plasma 6.5 series while also working on new Plasma 6.6 features like the per-DRM-plane color pipelines.

Oracle Linux 10.1 is now GA, delivering new kernels, post-quantum crypto defaults, upgraded toolchains, and expanded container and storage capabilities.

Pimoroni launches Badgeware line of wearable programmable displays

The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!

On top of the Rust driver core changes and other Rust code for Linux 6.19, the modules infrastructure for this new kernel version is also bringing some new code

Navidrome 0.59, a self-hosted music server and streamer, adds native scrobble history, smarter library scanning, and major UI updates.

Firefox 146 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements.

One of the most exciting merges this weekend to the Linux 6.19 kernel is establishing the infrastructure for supporting PCI Express link encryption and device authentication

Manjaro 25.1 "Anh-Linh" preview ships major upgrades but users are warned to wait due to several breaking changes requiring manual intervention.

The newest Mesa 26.0-devel code as of today has landed initial support for Qualcomm Adreno Gen 8 graphics into the Freedreno Gallium3D driver

Bcachefs 1.33 Linux filesystem introduces a new reconcile engine that unifies data and metadata handling while simplifying replication and recovery tasks.

Youyeetoo NestDesk is a tiny NAS with Intel N150 and up to four SSDs

PeerTube 8.0 decentralized video platform debuts a modern Lucide player, easier imports, and long-awaited team channel management for organizations.

Since Showtime replaced Totem as the default video player of GNOME, the desktop has lacked thumbnail capabilities for audio and video files

For the past 15 years the Smatch static analysis tool has been routinely run for uncovering countless bugs within the Linux kernel

Firefox 147 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with various new features and improvements.

KDE Plasma 6.5.4 is now available, fixes Wayland input issues, KWin rendering problems, and several Flatpak handling bugs.

The Windows compatibility layer GE-Proton 10-26 has released with a bunch of technical improvements, along with various game fixes too.

AMD previously talked of simplifying the in-box Linux support for ROCm during the second half of 2025