Ubuntu 26.10 final freeze is on the schedule for October 8, with final release-candidate builds also targeted to start today. The final release remains scheduled for October 15. The immediate deadline concerns …
An encrypted archive can sit on a shelf for years. That long life is why the ZUPT backup tool’s arrival in openSUSE Factory is interesting. OpenSUSE announced the acceptance on October 4. The tool brings compre…
Debian has fixed multiple Thunderbird security flaws in its Trixie email-client package. The October 1 advisory, DSA-6536-1, names 1:140.17.0esr-1~deb13u1 as the fixed version for Debian 13. If you use that pac…
The Manjaro October unstable update thread now lists Mesa 26.2.4 alongside Thunderbird 156.0.1. The project opened its monthly announcement on October 1, 2026. This is useful news for testers watching graphics …
The Arch Linux October ISO is available as release 2026.10.01. Published on October 1, 2026, the new installation snapshot uses Linux 7.2.7. It gives fresh installations a current starting point, while existing…
The latest openSUSE Tumbleweed update brings newer Flatpak and VirtualBox packages, alongside media and command-line changes. The release team's October 2 report covers three snapshots: 20260924, 20260929 and 2…
Ubuntu 26.10 Beta is now available. It gives testers an official preview of “Stonking Stingray” across desktop, server, WSL and cloud images. The Ubuntu Release Team announced the beta on October 1 after a shor…
The Fedora 45 installer test week is open through October 2, giving users a short window to try three notable Anaconda changes before the next release. Fedora's QA team wants reports from people who can test on…
Debian published kernel security advisory DSA-6528-1 on September 29 for its stable Trixie release. The Debian kernel security update addresses multiple flaws that could lead to privilege escalation, denial of …
openSUSE Leap 16.1 has reached the release candidate stage, and its biggest change is ready for hands-on testing. In a September 28 announcement, the project invited users to try a new Immutable Mode before the…
Arch Linux users who rely on TPM2 to unlock encrypted disks should check their setup before the next restart. The Arch project says mkinitcpio version 42-1 changes the measurements used by some systemd-based LU…
Debian published a jq regression update on September 25, 2026, after an earlier security fix disrupted some module-loading workflows. The corrected package is available for Debian 13 “Trixie.” Administrators wh…
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