The KDE project is addressing recent concerns that they are forcing systemd on current or future versions of its Plasma desktop environment.
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As a Linux administrator, you must periodically check which files and folders are consuming more disk space, because it is
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 15th, 2026, brings news about Mesa 26.0, Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, KDE Frameworks 6.23, GNOME 49.4, pearOS 26.2, NetworkManager 1.56, GNU Linux-libre 6.19, OpenVPN 2.7, Parrot 7.1, Tails 7.4.2, GNOME 50 beta, MythTV 36.0, GNU Binutils 2.46, Vim 9.2, GitHub Tray, and more.
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SparkyLinux is a lightweight, fast and simple Linux distribution designed for both old and new computers featuring customised Enlightenment and LXDE desktops. It has been built on the "testing" branch of Debian GNU/Linux.
The OpenMandriva distribution is a full-featured Linux desktop and server, sponsored by the OpenMandriva Association. It was based on ROSA, a Russian Linux distribution project which forked Mandriva Linux in 2012, incorporating many of Mandriva's original tools and utilities and adding in-house enhancements. The goal of OpenMandriva is to facilitate the creation, improvement, promotion and distribution of free and open-source software in general, and OpenMandriva projects in particular. OpenMandriva has traditionally been a fixed release distribution, but in 2023 the project began releasing an alternative rolling branch called ROME.
KaOS Linux 2026.02 independent distribution is now available for download as the first release to drop its unique KDE Plasma desktop for a Niri/Noctalia setup to escape systemd.
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KaOS is a desktop Linux distribution that features the latest version of the Noctalia desktop environment, the Calligra office suite, and other popular software applications that use the Qt toolkit. It was inspired by Arch Linux, but the developers build their own packages which are available from in-house repositories. KaOS employs a rolling-release development model and is built exclusively for 64-bit computer systems.
FreeBSD is a UNIX-like operating system for the i386, amd64, IA-64, arm, MIPS, powerpc, ppc64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. FreeBSD comes with over 20,000 packages (pre-compiled software that is bundled for easy installation), covering a wide range of areas: from server software, databases and web servers, to desktop software, games, web browsers and business software - all free and easy to install.
Vim 9.2 open-source and highly configurable text editor is now available for download with comprehensive completion, full Wayland support, and more. Here's what's new!
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REMnux 8 Linux distro and toolkit for malware analysis is now available for download. This is a major release that comes more than 5 years after version 7.0 to celebrate the project’s 15th anniversary.
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GNOME 49.4 is now available as the fourth point release to the GNOME 49 desktop environment series with various bug fixes and improvements.
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Ubuntu 24.04.4, the fourth point release of the current LTS was released! Ubuntu developer team announced it on Thursday:
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.
The new point release features Linux Kernel 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 backported from Ubuntu 25.10.
Thanks to Kernel 6.17, the new point release includes many new and updated hardware support! They include RX 9070 series fan speed report, AMD Zen 5 desktop processors temperature monitoring, Intel APX support, web camera support on Lunar Lake and Panther Lake laptops, and TDX support in KVM to create hardware-isolated virtual machines.
There are as well support for Apple Touch Bar display, Apple Magic Mouse 2 USB-C, Samsung Snapdragon X, ASUS Zenbook A14 and HP EliteBook Ultra G1q laptops, external DisPlayPort support in ThinkPad T14s and XPS 13 9345, Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld, ThinkEdge SE30 Watchdog, and many other hardware support!
Mesa 25.2, the open-source graphics library and driver stack, features faster AMD RDNA3 and RDNA4 ray-tracing performance, Vulkan Video support for RDNA 4 GPUs, stable support for Intel Xe3 Panther Lake graphics, initial NVIDIA Blackwell support, and many other improvements.
Besides the HWE updates, the new version also added ARL-H gpu support for those who use the original 6.8 Kernel. It updated the libinput library with more touchpad supports in Dell laptops, including 06CB:D01D, 2C2F:0034, and 2C2F:0033.
It as well fixed volume issue on Dell Pro Rugged tablet, Dell Oasis laptops, and Renegade platforms, and speaker mute and mic mute leds on HP ZBook, HP 200 G2a platforms.
Other hardware updates include:
For Ubuntu Desktop, it added Flamingo Cloud Archive support in Software Properties. And, it backported headless session persistence and fixed NVENC video streaming on blackwell GPUs for Gnome remote desktop.
GDM3, the display manager for login screen, has been updated with auto-login fix when Wayland does not work and remote session persistence backport. And, it added hardware matching rule for devices, such as Dell Gorgon Point, to prefer Wayland in the login screen.
There are as well many Mutter and Gnome Shell fixes, Server side updates including:
For more about Ubuntu 24.04.4, see the official release note.
To download the iso images for the new point release, go to Ubuntu website via the link below:
For choice, you may choose a download mirror that near to you for faster downloading speed.
If you’re already running Ubuntu 24.04.3 or earlier point releases on your computer, just launch “Software Updater” and install all the updates to update to the new 24.04.4. And, restart computer to apply changes.
Or, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal or connect to your Ubuntu server and run the commands below instead to upgrade to the new point release.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Recalbox is a dedicated operating system for running video games on emulated retro and console platforms. Recalbox can also be used to run the Kodi media centre. The distribution's interface is primarily navigated with a console game controller, though keyboard support is available for many functions.
REMnux is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with a toolkit for reverse-engineering and analysing malicious software. It provides a curated collection of free tools created by the community. Analysts can use it to investigate malware without having to find, install and configure the tools.
FunOS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution which features the JWM graphical user interface. The project is intended to be more lightweight than official Ubuntu community editions while providing the same application compatibility and hardware support.
GNOME 50 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with more new features and improvements across all components. Here's what's new!
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Synex is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, developed with the official Debian Live Build tool. It offers four separate desktop options with GNOME, LXDE, KDE Plasma and Xfce, all of which are composed of a rather frugal set of applications in its default state, without any development tools or offices suites. Some of the distribution's main features include Calamares installer with support for both BIOS and UEFI, CUPS integration for printing and network support, out-of-the box support for Flatpak applications, official NVIDIA driver installation assistant with support for both X11 and Wayland, and additional repositories containing Microsoft Edge, OnlyOffice and Zabbix.
KDE Frameworks 6.23 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop. Here’s what’s new!
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