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KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Released With More KWin and Wayland Fixes
by George Whittaker The KDE Project has released KDE Plasma 6.8.2 , delivering another round of stability improvements for its Wayland-based Linux desktop environment. Released on October 27, 2026, the update arrives one week after Plasma 6.8.1 and two weeks after the…
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RefreshOS 3.1 Strengthens Its Debian Foundation With Independent Package Management
by George Whittaker The RefreshOS project has released RefreshOS 3.1 , bringing an updated Debian foundation, a dedicated software repository, improved 32-bit application compatibility, and several refinements to its KDE Plasma desktop experience. Released on October 27, 2026,…
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Tails 7.15.1 Blocks Compromised HTTPS Certificates in Urgent Privacy Security Fix
by George Whittaker The Tails project has released Tails 7.15.1 , an emergency security update addressing a compromised certificate authority that could allow attackers to impersonate legitimate HTTPS websites. Released on October 23, 2026, the update focuses on protecting users…
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Omarchy 4.0.5 Released With Better NVIDIA Laptop Support
by George Whittaker The Omarchy project has released Omarchy 4.0.5 , introducing a substantial collection of hardware compatibility improvements, desktop performance optimizations, security fixes, and package updates for the Arch Linux-based operating system. Released on October…
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KDE Plasma 6.8 Marks 30 Years With a Major Shift to Wayland and a More Powerful Linux Desktop
by George Whittaker The KDE Project has officially released KDE Plasma 6.8 , introducing a substantial collection of desktop improvements while celebrating three decades of open-source software development. Released on October 14, 2026 , exactly 30 years after Matthias Ettrich…
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Building a Reliable Event-Driven Payment Service With XRP Ledger
by Emma Clapp Receiving a transaction notification is only the first step. Production software still has to decide whether that event is safe to turn into application state. A WebSocket callback can arrive in milliseconds. What happens afterward is harder. The XRP Price may be…
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Linux Moves Closer to Retiring the x32 ABI After Years of Limited Adoption
by George Whittaker Linux kernel developers are renewing efforts to retire the x32 application binary interface (ABI), a little-used compatibility feature that attempted to combine the advantages of 64-bit processors with the smaller memory footprint of 32-bit applications. A…
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Google's Kage Project Rethinks Linux Kernel Security With Isolated Device Drivers
by George Whittaker Google is exploring a new approach to Linux kernel security that could significantly change how device drivers interact with the operating system. The experimental project, known as Kage , uses compiler-based sandboxing to isolate drivers inside the kernel,…
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Speech Synthesis on Linux: Adding a Voice to Scripts and Systems
by George Whittaker Linux users have long had a pragmatic relationship with text-to-speech. The classic open-source engines have been available for years, wired into accessibility tools and the occasional script, dependable but unmistakably robotic. They do the job where the job…
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Archinstall 4.5 Released with AArch64 Support, Real-Time Kernels, and Major Installer Fixes
by George Whittaker The Arch Linux project has released Archinstall 4.5 , the latest version of its guided text-based installer, bringing expanded AArch64 support, new real-time Linux kernel options, additional translations, security improvements, and numerous fixes for…