Open Source Stories

The Debian Project has released Debian 13.6, the sixth point update to its stable “Trixie” series. The release lands on July 11, 2026, less than two months after Debian 13.5....

Running large language models (LLMs) on your own computer has become much easier over the last few years. Tools like Ollama and llama.cpp allow you to download open-weight models and...

Deepin Technology has released deepin 25.2.0, a point update to the deepin 25 series. The release focuses on three areas: Treeland compositor stability, file management and search, and general desktop...

Kali Linux 2026.2 is now available as the latest update to the rolling-release penetration testing and digital forensics distribution. The release brings updated desktop environments, infrastructure improvements, faster virtual machine...

The Mageia community has announced the release of Mageia 10, nearly three years after Mageia 9. The release brings a major desktop refresh, with both KDE Plasma and GNOME moving...

Valve has released SteamOS 3.8.10. The key change in SteamOS 3.18.10 change is a desktop overhaul: KDE Plasma jumps from 6.2.5 to 6.4.3, and Wayland replaces X11 as the default...

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team has announced FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE, the second release on the stable/15 branch. Released on June 16, 2026, it brings updated wireless drivers, cloud infrastructure improvements, a...

Antergos was one of the most loved Arch-based Linux distributions — and now Antergos NeXT is bringing it back. A community-led project has revived the original distribution, restoring the Cnchi...

Linux Lite 8.0, codenamed Hematite, is the first release in Series 8 and the project’s most ambitious update in its 14-year history. Built on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon), it...

The Rhino Linux team has announced the 2026.1 snapshot release, the first of the year for this Ubuntu-based rolling-release distribution. The headline addition is Lomiri — the convergent desktop environment...

The MX Linux team has released MX Linux 25.2, the second ISO refresh in the MX 25 “Infinity” series. Coming four months after MX Linux 25.1, this update brings a...

Purism has released PureOS Crimson, the next major version of its privacy-focused Linux distribution. The release follows a development cycle that included an alpha in August 2025 and a beta...

Red Hat has released RHEL 10.2 and 9.8, the latest minor updates to its enterprise Linux platform. Both releases arrived on May 20, 2026, and deliver improvements across four areas:...

Q4OS has rolled out version 6.7 of its Andromeda series, a stable point release in the LTS branch built on top of Debian. This update brings the latest Debian Trixie...

The Debian Project has released Debian 13.5, the fifth point release of Debian 13 “Trixie”. Released on May 16, 2026, this update consolidates security patches and bug corrections accumulated since...

The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora Linux 44. This release brings GNOME 50 to the Workstation edition, a revamped KDE Plasma Desktop experience, and several under-the-hood improvements...

Canonical released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon,” on April 23, 2026, along with nine official community flavors. This is a Long-Term Support release with five years of free security...

The CachyOS team has announced its April 2026 release, the third release of the year. As detailed in the official release announcement, this update introduces a new default package manager,...