Valve has released SteamOS 3.9 to the Main channel as a preview build, bringing KDE Plasma 6.7 to the desktop environment alongside a significant Linux kernel rebase to version 7.2. The update introduces preliminary hibernation support, switches the default WiFi backend to wpa_supplicant for broader connectivity, and includes bootloader improvements for third-party hardware. While these changes mature the OS for expanding device support, the preview status is already generating reports of Bluetooth failures on the ROG Ally X and input method bugs in the Steam client. Users can opt in via Settings > System > System Update Channel, though stable channel owners should likely wait for further testing before risking potential instability.
GE-Proton11-6 has been released, delivering a massive 58-patch Wine-Wayland rewrite that finally enables native cross-process window rendering and a fully functional Steam overlay on Wayland. The update brings complete DualSense audio and haptic routing to Linux, establishing a solid foundation for Death Stranding 2 while optimizing PlayStation controller support for titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Sekiro. Anti-cheat syscall fixes now clear launch failures for Marvel Rivals, and a comprehensive video pipeline rework restores playback in games like Atomic Heart and Girls' Frontline 2. Players can install the build directly through Steam, Heroic Games Launcher, or Lutris, though testing individual titles is advised given its bleeding-edge dependency chain.
D7VK 2.2 shipped today, rebasing on DXVK 3.1 and hardening Direct3D 3 support to officially complete the project's immediate-mode DDraw-era coverage. The update fixes device refcounting, optimizes color key math, and refactors draw paths for D3D5 and D6, finally giving long-neglected late-90s titles like Frogger (1997) a reliable Vulkan translation layer on Linux. Maintained by WinterSnowfall and @CkNoSFeRaTU, the project stays separate from upstream DXVK due to architectural differences, but delivers a massive performance leap that now matches desktop GPU benchmarks on battery-powered laptops. With a stable release now live on GitHub, legacy Windows gamers finally have a working path to run their preserved Win95 and Win98 3D titles without wrestling with decades-old DirectX bottlenecks.
DXVK 3.1 shipped today, delivering targeted bug fixes and infrastructure updates to the Vulkan translation layer that powers most Windows gaming on Linux. The release resolves long-standing rendering regressions in Battlefield 3 and The Witcher 1 while loading Intel-specific extensions to prepare Valve's Proton stack for discrete Intel GPUs. It acts as a pragmatic follow-up to the massive v3.0 architectural overhaul, smoothing out rough edges from the new dxbc-spirv shader compiler without forcing users to chase driver updates. You can grab the latest binaries and changelogs directly from the official GitHub repository.
Audacity 4.0 Beta 4 launched today, skipping Beta 3 entirely after 689 commits reshaped 300 files in a rapid development push. The build cements the migration from wxWidgets to Qt6 by reusing the framework from MuseScore Studio 4, delivering a major UI overhaul, native ARM64 support, and offline build capabilities. New inclusions include Windows ASIO support, FFmpeg 9 for expanded codec compatibility, a restored Bass and Treble EQ, and crash-safe plugin detection that stops broken extensions from taking down the host. Muse Group's overhaul retains backward compatibility with Audacity 3 projects via clip-based workflows and Audio.com cloud saving, though the skip of a beta cycle suggests the team is racing toward a stable release with untested edge cases still pending.
Valve has released SteamOS 3.8.26 Beta for users on the Beta and Preview channels, targeting performance regressions and expanding compatibility for third-party handhelds. The update resolves a critical composition bug that tanked frame rates when FSR was enabled, alongside fixes for Firefox fullscreen freezes and unstable Bluetooth connections with the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Developers also patched hardware-specific quirks on the MSI Claw A1M and Lenovo Legion Go, including WiFi regressions and battery display errors, signaling a push to treat SteamOS as a universal handheld operating system. You can opt into the new build immediately through Settings > System > System Update Channel, though the patches will take a few more weeks before rolling out to the Stable channel.
Froxlor 2.3.13 shipped today, delivering targeted bugfixes to the open-source hosting control panel. Lead developer Michael Kaufmann addressed a regression in the getWebroot() function that broke document-root paths for Apache and Nginx virtual hosts, alongside a change that hides Let's Encrypt private key paths from the UI and API. The update arrives after a security-heavy period for the 2.x branch, capped by version 2.3.11 which patched over 20 vulnerabilities including authentication bypasses and CRLF injection flaws.
AMD shipped ROCm 10.0, marking the tenth anniversary of its open-source GPU compute stack and introducing a release branded "Built for the Age of Agentic AI." The update centers on ROCm.AI, which bundles a unified CLI, AMD Skills for AI coding assistants, and Hyperloom, an agentic system that automates end-to-end inference optimization. AMD has consolidated its backend with the production-ready TheRock build pipeline and unified Windows and Linux SDKs under the new ROCm Core SDK to address historical fragmentation. The release also delivers vLLM v0.2x support, advances RCCL to NCCL 2.30.4 with GPU-initiated networking, and expands Roofline analysis to RDNA 3 hardware.
Flatpak released version 1.18.2, delivering eight targeted fixes for security vulnerabilities and system stability. The update introduces GVariant validation to block malicious metadata processing, alongside a critical patch preventing the system helper from crashing during parallel package installations. International users benefit from corrected error message output that no longer corrupts non-ASCII characters in logs and terminals. Additional improvements include hardened sandbox file descriptor remapping and restored build compatibility for older GLib versions on legacy distributions.
ML4W OS has shipped version 2.15.1, rolling out granular Sidebar controls for the status bar, dock autohide, and the hypridle screen locker. The patch introduces a new per-monitor workspace splitter designed to smooth out multi-display Hyprland setups, alongside a structural shift that strips AUR dependencies to improve compatibility with Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This update rounds out the v2.15 Quickshell migration by giving users native UI access to configuration options that previously required manual file editing.
Ungoogled Chromium 152.0.7977.64-1 has been released today, delivering a routine upstream update to Chromium 152 across all supported platforms. The release carries a -1 revision tag, meaning it applies the project's standard patch set without introducing new privacy features or code changes. By stripping Google Safe Browsing and substituting service domains at runtime, the browser prioritizes offline privacy over automatic threat detection, requiring users to manage security manually.
MangoWM 0.16.2, a Wayland compositor fork of dwl, dropped today, serving as a stabilization patch following a rapid 16-day release cadence. The update brings native ICC profile support for color-accurate workflows and expands the mmsg IPC system with device watch notifications and new dispatch commands. Maintainer @DreamMaoMao addressed two regressions from the preceding 0.16.1 release by fixing global input leaks into device rules and untrapping keyboards bound via devicerule from exiting the overview tab switcher. You can grab the patch via Arch Linux (yay -S mangowm-git) or pull packages for Fedora, Gentoo, NixOS, and other supported distributions.
Darktable has released version 5.6.1, a maintenance update focused on patching stability issues and security flaws discovered since the 5.6.0 stable launch. The build brings practical improvements including AI model downloads that resume after interruptions, workflow metadata preservation during AI operations, and critical out-of-bounds read/write fixes. Users will see enhanced AMD OpenCL support on Windows, native Wayland AppImage defaults, and a fix for camera tethering in non-English UIs, while several compression formats like ProRAW remain unsupported. Built on GNU GPL-3.0 with optional hardware-accelerated AI inference.
PCManFM-Qt 2.4.1 delivering a targeted stability update for LXQt users running Qt 6.11.2 under Wayland. The release explicitly locks in the desktop screen setting to counter a geometry regression introduced in the upstream Qt build, while also restoring middle-click tab closure for daily drivers. A new wlroots workaround addresses unexpected window placement on Sway and Hyprland, and routine CMake cleanup keeps the build chain lean. Maintainer tsujan continues steady progress toward full Wayland compatibility as the project navigates Qt's rapid release cycle.
Godot 4.8 Dev 4 is live, shipping 224 fixes from 86 contributors with features that push past the stability narrative. Rendering gets a major lift with multi-bounce ambient occlusion, specular lightmaps, and decal support for the compatibility renderer, alongside a highly requested native Trail3D node. Editor improvements include dock-based main screens, a hierarchical script outline, auto-scaling text labels, and an automated Android SDK manager. Object property access is now 1.6× faster, and you can grab the standard and .NET builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows from the downloads page today.
Seafoam Labs released Shelly ALPM v3.1.1. The v3.1.0 builder parses PKGBUILDs directly using integrity hashing, Landlock sandboxing, and atomic builds rather than blindly sourcing shell code like makepkg. The follow-up v3.1.1 patch adds makesrcinfo generation for CI workflows, standard proxy environment variable support, and a fix for the Flatpak backend's missing search results state. Built in Zig 0.16.0 and Vala, the GTK4-based manager is available via CachyOS packages, the AUR, or a manual source build.
Node.js released coordinated updates today with Node.js 26.8.0 for the Current line and Node.js 24.20.0 "Krypton" for LTS. The project made a rare same-day follow-up with Node.js 26.8.1 to fix a metadata bug that incorrectly reported an alpha designation in node --version. Key additions include native Zip support in zlib, RAII-style resource management for SQLite, SIV cipher modes, and AsyncLocalStorage using scopes for structured resource handling in LTS. The releases also introduce a permission.drop API, runtime package maps, JSPI for WebAssembly, and ship alongside active security advisories.
Bottles 66.9 has been released as a focused hotfix that bundles xz and dconf into the experimental cpak containerized runtime while fixing regressions in custom bottle folders and game process termination. The update caps an aggressive 15-day sprint that saw the team ship ten versions, building directly on the feature-heavy 66.0 release which introduced native UMU integration and Adaptive Launch. By making the new containerized runtime self-contained and smoothing out long-standing Wine friction points, the 66.x cycle aims to finally make running Windows software on Linux a seamless desktop experience.
LibreOffice 26.8 has arrived with zero AI features, prioritizing typographic quality, complex writing system support, and document exchange fidelity. The release adds automatic bidirectional text handling, named functions for N'Ko and Adlam scripts in Math, and preserves definitions for newer OOXML chart types during round-trips. Notable improvements include a paragraph composer for balanced word spacing, native OpenType variable font support, calculated fields in Calc pivot tables, and multiple page sizes within Impress presentations.
Visual Studio Code 1.135 launches the Agent Host Protocol, an open standard that transforms the editor into a universal runtime for AI agents and allows coding sessions to move seamlessly between applications. The release introduces "Rubber Duck," an experimental feature where complementary models review each other's work, closing 74.7% of the performance gap to flagship models on SWE-Bench Pro. External Agent Sessions now let developers resume work started in other tools, though continuing these sessions typically requires a Copilot subscription. Microsoft has also rolled back the sandboxing rollout for local agents to zero percent as it shifts engineering focus to the new host infrastructure and a new single-pane default layout.
