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The 184th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on April 21st, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, catch up with everything GNU/Linux/Open Source here.
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This week was a bit slow as we prepare to upgrade our computers to the soon-to-be-released Fedora Linux 40 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating systems, which are expected next week. However, we got some cool news starting with the release of the Firefox 125 web browser and LXQt 2.0 desktop environment, and continuing with the Volla Tablet running Ubuntu Touch and Firefox Nightly binaries for ARM64 Linux systems.
On top of that, KDE Plasma 6 users got a new point release with more bug fixes, VirtualBox got a new release with support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 kernels, and Clonezilla Live has a new release pathed against the recent XZ backdoor. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for April 21st, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- Mozilla Firefox 125 is now available with the URL paste suggestion feature
- KDE Plasma 6.0.4 is out to improve Plasma Wayland, System Monitor, and more
- Firefox 126 enters beta testing with a revamped dialog for clearing user data
- Calamares 3.3.6 Linux installer improves support for Plymouth splash screens
- VirtualBox 7.0.16 arrives with initial support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 kernels
- Lubuntu 24.04 LTS to include Snap installation monitor for a smoother experience
- LXQt 2.0 desktop environment officially released fully ported to Qt 6
- Volla Tablet launches on Kickstarter with support for Ubuntu Touch
- Clonezilla Live is now patched against the XZ backdoor, powered by Linux 6.7
- Mozilla seeks feedback for Firefox Nightly ARM64 (AArch64) binaries on Linux
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- openSUSE Factory enabled bit-by-bit reproducible builds
- Fedora Linux 41 aims for reproducible package builds
- Gentoo Linux becomes a SPI (Software in the Public Interest) associated project
Linux distributions released this week
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- ImageMagick 7.1.1-31 (GCC)
- ImageMagick 7.1.1-31 (Clang)
- Pinta 2.1.2
- DBeaver 24.0.3
- Mozilla Thunderbird 115.10.1
- Calibre 7.9
- GTK 4.14.3
- Docker 26.0.2
- Flatpak 1.14.6
- MPV 0.38.0
- ClamAV 1.3.1
- BIND 9.18.26
- NVIDIA 550.76
- xfsprogs 6.7.0
- Linux kernel 6.8.7
- Linux kernel 6.6.28 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.87 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.15.156 LTS
- Tor Browser 13.0.14
- LLVM 18.1.4
- Chromium 124.0.6367.60
- Telegram Desktop 4.16.8
- VirtualBox 7.0.16
- Blender 4.1.1
- Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1
- Calamares 3.3.6
- Usermin 2.010
- Webmin 2.111
- FileZilla 3.67.0
- SQLite 3.45.3
Coming up next week
- Fedora Linux 40
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- GNOME 46.1
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
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