Home Assistant
Home Assistant OS 18.0 is out now, here's what's new
This update to the popular home automation Linux distribution makes new installations easier to manage and better at optimizing RAM and storage.
Ubuntu
The next big Ubuntu feature will be voice dictation
Canonical has announced "Myna" which will convert your speech into text with the push of a keyboard shortcut on Ubuntu desktop.
KDE
KDE just made a debut on your TV
KDE's Bigscreen project is finally debuting as part of Plasma 6.7, out this week. It's built for use on a big-screen TV and purportedly has many compatible apps.
Distro Release
What's new in FreeBSD 15.1, out now
The update includes improvements to the find command, better choices for the kernel scheduler, and a smooth cloud installation experience.
DietPi
Here's what's new in DietPi v10.5
This DietPi update brings enhanced graphics driver and camera stacks, and it also enables some software for Raspberry Pi 2 devices.
Redox OS
Two Rust-based Linux alternatives just got big updates
Asterinas OS and Redox OS, two independent operating systems written in Rust, both gained new software ports and performance enhancements.
Distro Release
What's new in Alpine Linux 3.24, out now
The new release for includes an upgraded package, an addition of the COSMIC desktop environment, plus a new bootloader option at installation.
KDE
KDE's digiKam now works better with Pixel phone photos
digiKam 9.1.0 brings support for Pixel Motion photos, time zone metadata, and improved facial recognition.
GNOME
"Bobby" is a new GNOME Circle app for browsing databases
With GNOME Circle certification, you can expect the app to meet reliability and accessibility standards that other FOSS apps aren't held to.
Software Updates
The beta for Blender 5.2 LTS is out now. Here's what's new
New experimental physics simulations for hair and cloth are improving the capabilities of this open source 3D modelling app.
Security
Certain Home Assistant servers can be remotely hacked with this tiny $22 radio
MeshCore cards for Home Assistant dashboards allow HTML delivered by mesh nodes to be rendered, potentially allowing the delivery of malicious payloads to the host.
Software Updates
Open source video editor Shotcut is getting OpenFX, Vulkan, and more
A beta for v26.6 was released that added OpenFX and VST2 plugins, as well as Vulkan display rendering for the application.