This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Debian's Challenge When Its Developers Quietly Drift Away:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Developers-Quiet-Away

Debian's CI Data No Longer Publicly Browseable Due To LLM Scrapers / Bot Traffic:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-CI-LLM-Restrictions

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04-lts-users-get-linux-6-17-and-mesa-25-2-ahead-of-ubuntu-24-04-4-lts

Ubuntu To Support The SpacemiT K3 As One Of The First RISC-V RVA23 SoCs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-SpacemiT-K3

Dank Fedora MiracleWM & Other Fedora 44 Changes Approved:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Dank-MiracleWM

KDE Linux To Provide Better Hardware Support & Better Performance:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-Performance-Hardware

openSUSE Tumbleweed brings transactional-update 6.0.6 and Ruby 4.0 updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/opensuse-tumbleweed-brings-transactional-update-6-0-6-and-ruby-4-0-updates/

Linux Lite 7.8 releases 12 rewritten apps and expands software selection:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/linux-lite-7-8-releases-12-rewritten-apps-and-expands-software-selection/

Linux From Scratch Abandoning SysVinit Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LFS-Dropping-SysVinit

TrueNAS 26 Looks Toward OpenZFS 2.4, Linux 6.18 LTS & LXC Container Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Plans

GNOME Shell & Mutter 50 Beta Releases Bring Stable VRR, Improved Frame Scheduling:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-50-Beta

GNOME's Glycin 2.1 Beta Enables JPEG 2000 Support By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Glycin-2.1-Beta-JPEG-2000

Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/papers-gnome-app-annotations-signature

KDE Plasma 6.6 Fixing Significant Issues With Fingerprint Authentication:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.6-Fingerprint-Fixes

KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-12-2-brings-improvements-to-dolphin-neochat-kate-and-other-apps

System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/system76-cosmic-vulkan-hdr-linux-gaming/

Steam Survey Results For January 2026:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-January-2026

(more Linux and FOSS news in comment)

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Miracle-WM 0.8 il tiling window manager Wayland basato su Mir include miglioramenti nell'accessibilità, animazioni più fluide e maggiore stabilità. #MiracleWM #Linux #Wayland

https://www.linuxeasy.org/miracle-wm-0-8-un-passo-avanti-per-i-tiling-window-manager-su-wayland/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Miracle-WM 0.6 veröffentlicht!

Was ist Miracle-WM?
Miracle-WM ist ein tiling (kachelnder) Wayland-Fenstermanager, der auf dem Mir-Display-Server basiert. Es wurde von Matthew Kosarek, einem Entwickler bei Canonical, entwickelt. Miracle-WM ist darauf ausgelegt, Fenster automatisch in Kacheln anzuordnen, ähnlich wie andere tiling Window Manager wie SwayWM, und richtet sich vor allem an Nutzer, die viel mit der Kommandozeile arbeiten und eine effiziente Fensterverwaltung bevorzugen.

https://github.com/miracle-wm-org/miracle-wm/releases/tag/v0.6.0

#miraclewm #linux #Opensource #foss #Freiheit #KeinMicrosoft #KeinGoogle

MiracleWM 0.5 is now live

The MiracleWM developers have released the fifth major version (the 0.x series) of the window manager, called MiracleWM 0.5. To celebrate the release, they’ve released a video of the release demo showcasing new features below:

https://youtu.be/KwOp8J09Zdw

This version of Miracle WM introduces support for drag and drop containers and movement for floating containers with your mouse. For i3 window manager fans, Miracle WM now supports i3’s command criteria, minus the X11-specific bits that don’t work with Wayland.

Animations transform your desktop experience and make it more vibrant. To cater to this requirement, Miracle WM 0.5 adds window closing animations and the ability to fade windows in and out with the default behavior being enabled.

To make the release more stable, Miracle WM 0.5 has a lot of bug fixes and general improvements, such as full-screen windows that now appear on the correct layer, as well as X11 application flickering that should be nonexistent.

To get this version of Miracle WM, follow one of the guides to get started:

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MiracleWM 0.5 is out now for Linux computers!

#Linux #Computers #Wayland #MiracleWM #TechNews #TechUpdates #WindowManagers

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/miraclewm-0-5-is-now-live/

Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) a aprobat cel mai nou Spin pentru Fedora Desktop ISO: Fedora Miracle.

https://rootlinux.ro/fedora-miracle-spin-a-fost-aprobat/

#fedora #fedora41 #fedoramiracle #miraclewm

Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) a aprobat cel mai nou Spin pentru Fedora Desktop ISO: Fedora Miracle.

A nu se confunda cu numele de cod Beef Miracle al Fedora de acum câțiva ani, Fedora Miracle este un spin care livrează în mod implicit managerul de ferestre Miracle.

Fedora Miracle a fost propus ca spin în luna aprilie […]

https://rootlinux.ro/fedora-miracle-spin-a-fost-aprobat/

Nu trebuie confundat cu „Beefy Miracle” care a avut loc cu un deceniu în urmă, în timpul zilelor de divertisment cu nume de cod, dar a fost propusă o versiune nouă a Fedora Miracle pentru ciclul de dezvoltare Fedora 41.

Propunerea pentru Fedora Miracle ca o nouă versiune se referă la trimiterea unui Spin Fedora care include managerul de ferestre / […]

https://rootlinux.ro/fedora-miracle-a-fost-propus-ca-o-noua-versiune/