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Rocky Linux 10.2 Released with Post-Quantum Cryptography Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/rocky-linux-10-2-released-with-post-quantum-cryptography-improvements

AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and 10.2 stable now available for all major platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/almalinux-os-9-8-and-10-2-stable-now-available-for-all-major-platforms/

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202 Linux Firewall Distro Released with OpenVPN 2.7:
https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-2-29-core-update-202-linux-firewall-distro-released-with-openvpn-2-7

SteamOS 3.8.6 beta adds preliminary HDMI VRR:
https://videocardz.com/newz/steamos-beta-brings-hdmi-vrr-closer-to-steam-machine

Shelly 2.3.2 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Gets Downgrade UI, Flatpak Repair:
https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-3-2-gui-package-manager-for-arch-linux-gets-downgrade-ui-flatpak-repair

Bottles 64.0 Fixes the Desktop Link Mess and Speeds Up Your Windows Apps on Linux:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bottles-640-fixes-broken-shortcuts-and-speeds-up-windows-apps-on-linux/

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-subnautica-2-war-thunder-far-cry-4-and-more/

Proton-CachyOS adds low latency layer and Discord rich presence support:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-cachyos-adds-low-latency-layer-and-discord-rich-presence-support/

Wine Staging 11.10 Released for Better Linux Gaming Compatibility:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/wine-staging-1110-released-with-threading-fixes-and-graphics-improvements/

MangoHud v0.8.4 released - should fix the Steam Overlay not working:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/mangohud-v0-8-4-released-should-fix-the-steam-overlay-not-working/

NVIDIA driver 610.43.02 arrives for Linux with Vulkan upgrades, DRM colour pipeline API support:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/nvidia-driver-610-43-02-arrives-for-linux-with-vulkan-upgrades-drm-colour-pipeline-api-support/

Fwupd 2.1.4 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Intel Arc Pro B65 and Arc Pro B70 Support:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-4-linux-firmware-updater-adds-intel-arc-pro-b65-and-arc-pro-b70-support

Mesa 26.0.8 Released To End Out The Series:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0.8-Released

GTK adds Snapping for improved fractional scaling:
https://blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2026/05/28/snapping/

Linux’s exFAT Progs 1.4 Released with Partition Table Creation Support:
https://9to5linux.com/linuxs-exfat-progs-1-4-released-with-partition-table-creation-support

AMD Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on Linux Users with Vivado Licensing Changes:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17347774/amd-vivado-bait-and-switch-on-linux-users

Rust Coreutils 0.9 released with security improvements, zero-copy I/O performance work, etc.:
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.9.0

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Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crimson Desert, Steam Overlay with EA games, Death Stranding 2:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-crimson-desert-steam-overlay-with-ea-games-death-stranding-2/

GE-Proton 10-34 brings fixes for God of War Ragnarök, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy XIV:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ge-proton-10-34-brings-fixes-for-god-of-war-ragnarok-assassins-creed-final-fantasy-xiv/

D7VK version 1.6 gets improved vertex processing and VSync handling:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/d7vk-version-1-6-gets-improved-vertex-processing-and-vsync-handling/

Pine64 teases PineTime Pro with AMOLED, GPS and ‘custom’ chip:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/pine64-tease-pinetime-pro-smartwatch

GTK3 Toolkit Winding Down To One Release Per Year:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK3-Annual-Release-Cadence

Qt 6.11 Toolkit Released With "The Same 3D Capabilities As A Game Engine":
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-6.11-Toolkit

wlroots 0.20 Released,Sway 1.12-rc1 Available For Testing With Color Management:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/wlroots-0.20-Sway-1.12-rc1

Fish 4.6 Shell Brings Support For Recent systemd Environment Variables:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fish-4.6-Released

GStreamer 1.30 to Support HDR10+ Metadata Parsing from H.265 & AV1 Bitstreams:
https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-30-to-support-hdr10-metadata-parsing-from-h-265-av1-bitstreams

Mesa 26.0 Will Make It In Time For The Fedora 44 Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26.0-For-Fedora-44

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Released as Latest Production Branch Version:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-released-as-latest-production-branch-version

Electron's Investment Into Good Wayland Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Electron-Good-Wayland-Support

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Exclusive Preview Of System76's Completely Redesigned Thelio Desktop:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-new-thelio

MSI PRO B850-P WiFi: A Special AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard For Linux / Open-Source Enthusiasts:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/msi-pro-b850p-wifi

Proton Experimental brings fixes for REDLauncher, HELLDIVERS 2, Atelier Yumia, KILLER INN and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-redlauncher-helldivers-2-atelier-yumia-killer-inn-and-more/

D7VK 1.5 Released With Direct3D 3 Now Implemented Over Vulkan:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.5-Released

NVIDIA 580.142 Production-Ready Linux Graphics Driver Released with Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-142-production-ready-linux-graphics-driver-released-with-bug-fixes

NVIDIA 595.44.03 Linux Driver Released With VK_KHR_device_address_commands:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-595.44.03-Linux

NVIDIA Adds Official Support For RHEL-Compatible Distributions Like AlmaLinux With CUDA 13.2:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Official-RHEL-Compat

Open-Source "GreenBoost" Driver Aims To Augment NVIDIA GPUs vRAM With System RAM & NVMe To Handle Larger LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Source-GreenBoost-NVIDIA

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-driver-developers-discuss-expanding-profiles-and-driver-tuning-for-specific-apps-and-games/

OpenRazer 3.12 Released With Support For Newer Razer Products On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12

Intel NPU Driver 1.30 Released For Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Driver-Linux-1.30

New Rust Driver Aims To Improve Upstream Linux On Synology NAS Devices:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Synology-Microp-Linux-Driver

Rust Coreutils 0.7 Released With Many Performance Optimizations:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-uutils-0.7

Ubuntu's AppArmor Hit By Several Security Issues - Can Yield Local Privilege Escalation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AppArmor-Security-Issues

systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-260-rc3

Fwupd 2.1.1 Linux Firmware Updater Released as a Massive Update:
https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-1-linux-firmware-updater-released-as-a-massive-update

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Linux 7.1 Will Power Off The System By Default If A Fatal ACPI Error Occurs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-ACPI-Error-Power-Off
(Why the heck is that necessary? I get ACPI error all the time when booting up the system, but it works just fine. Does it make any hardware damage or something? Or is it just a nonsensical standard? Idk tbh, I'm not a hardware guy.)

Wayland 1.25 RC1 Released With Improved Documentation, Minor Changes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.25-RC1

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Promises Wayland 1.20 Support, Beta Out Now:
https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-595-linux-graphics-driver-promises-wayland-1-20-support-beta-out-now

GTK 4.22 Released With Improved SVG Support, Reduced Motion Option:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.22-Released

TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen AI 300:
https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-linux-laptop-now-available-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300

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Valve put up a release candidate for Proton 10.0-4 with lots more Linux / SteamOS gaming fixes:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/

Wine 11.0-rc3 Released With Another Week Of Bug Fixing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc3-Released

Chrome/Chromium Add Support For Printing Via XDG Portal:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XDG-Portal-Chrome-Printing

NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux Driver Brings R590 Series To Stable:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-590.48.01-Linux

Xorgproto 2025.1 Released To Recognize Newer Keyboard Keys:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xorgproto-2025.1

Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

Mesa 26.0 NVK Driver Lands Improvement For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26-NVK-Compute-Warp-Size

Systemd 259 Released With Experimental Musl libc Support, More Features:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259

Wayland Protocols 1.47 Released With Updated Color Management Protocol:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.47

OpenZFS 2.4 Released With Faster Encryption Performance, Many Other Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.4-Released

GNU Debugger 17.1 Released With CET Shadow Stack Support, New DAP Features:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Debugger-GDB-17.1

Linux Exposing Support For Lenovo ThinkPads Being Able To Detect Hardware Damage
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Opus-1.6-Released

Rust Coreutils 0.5 Released - Inching Toward Full GNU Compatibility:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Coreutils-0.5

Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SynapseAI-Stops

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Unfortunately this section is too long this time, because I included some longer personal comments to some of the news, I'd have to split it into too many posts, so I link the Odysee post here instead:
https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/linux-foss-news-87:3

P.S.: Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄🎁

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