Open Source Stories

Audacity, the free and open-source audio editor used by millions of podcasters, musicians, and voice-over artists, has released version 4.0. This is the most significant update to the application in...

The ReactOS Team has announced the release of ReactOS 0.4.16, arriving after about 18 months of active development. This release closes 381 open issues, includes 2,808 commits, and resolves a...

The Mauna Linux team has announced the release of Mauna Linux 25.3. This is a minor point release in the Mauna 25 “Polaris” series. Existing Mauna 25 users do not...

EndeavourOS has released Titan Nova, a mid-cycle update to the Titan series. The release serves as a bridge while the team works toward the next major release, Triton. Titan Nova...

The Vanilla OS team has released Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion”, a major update to the Debian-based immutable Linux distribution. The release arrives roughly two years after Vanilla OS 2 Orchid,...

Tails Linux has a reputation as the go-to operating system for people who take privacy seriously. Journalists, whistleblowers, and activists have used it for years. Edward Snowden recommended it. The...

The Manjaro team has released Manjaro 26.1, codenamed “Bian-May”. This update follows Manjaro 26.0 Anh-Linh from January 2026 and brings fresh desktop environments, kernel updates, and display improvements across all...

The GNOME Shell design team has published a detailed look at the features it wants to bring to the desktop in the coming cycles. These are not shipping today —...

SparkyLinux 8.4 is out — the fourth quarterly update to the Sparky 8 “Seven Sisters” stable series, based on Debian 13 “Trixie”. The headline change is the return of 32-bit...

The CachyOS team has published its August 2026 release, the fifth ISO of the year. This update is headlined by a full rewrite of Shelly, the default GUI package manager,...

The 4MLinux team has changed the status of the 4MLinux 52.0 series to STABLE. This lightweight, independently developed Linux distribution continues its tradition of packing a full software suite into...

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...