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KDE developers continue polishing Plasma 6.8 with smoother visual effects, a fixed multi-screen crash, and UI refinements.

Ubuntu temporarily switched cp back to GNU Coreutils after a Rust Coreutils compatibility issue caused livecd-rootfs builds to fail.

Fedora's top governance body says the Community Initiatives framework no longer provides an effective path for major project goals.

Woodpecker CI 3.16.0 lands with workflow concurrency limits, Unix socket support, Prometheus metrics, Kubernetes improvements, and security hardening.

The Guix team urges users to upgrade after vulnerabilities were found in its substitute handling and channel update mechanisms.

Greg Kroah-Hartman says Linux leads CVE counts for the first half of 2026, arguing the numbers reflect responsible reporting, not poor security.

Apple's Swift-powered container tool for macOS hits 1.0 with persistent Linux machines, host integration, and broader workflow improvements.

ClamAV 1.5.3 open-source antivirus engine released with fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities affecting file parsing, archive scanning, and executable unpacking.

The Fedora-based Ultramarine Linux 44 adds a Wayland-based Budgie experience, Plasma 6.7, Taidan installer improvements, and more.

Calibre 9.11 introduces standalone HTML annotation exports with light/dark themes, search support, and filtering by highlight style.