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GNOME 50 released, this is what’s new:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/gnome-50-released

KDE Plasma 6.6.3 Makes KWin’s Screencasting Feature More Robust for PipeWire 1.6:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-6-3-makes-kwins-screencasting-feature-more-robust-for-pipewire-1-6

KDE Plasma 6.7's KWin Lands Support For 3D LUTs To Help With Modern GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.7-KWin-Does-3D-LUTs

KDE Linux Adds Apple APFS File-System Support, Workaround For Frustrating AMDGPU Issue:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Linux-Adds-APFS

Ubuntu 26.04 has a new boot animation (blink and you’ll miss it):
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-boot-spinner

Ubuntu’s new folder icons are here – and you’re going to have opinions:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons

Canonical brings Microsoft Defender to Ubuntu to tighten Linux security:
https://betanews.com/article/canonical-brings-microsoft-defender-to-ubuntu-to-tighten-linux-security/
(Well done, traitors, after introducing Amazon spyware earlier, now you introduce Microsoft spyware)

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.6:
https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-43-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-6

Systemd-Free antiX 26 Linux Distro Is Here Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”:
https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-antix-26-linux-distro-is-here-based-on-debian-13-trixie

SparkyLinux 2026.03 Rolling Ships with Linux 6.19, Latest Calamares Installer:
https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-2026-03-rolling-ships-with-linux-6-19-latest-calamares-installer

Mageia 10 Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Mesa 26.0:
https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-enters-public-beta-testing-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-and-mesa-26-0

AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Begins Supporting RISC-V:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-Adds-RISC-V

Ubuntu's Snap Affected By Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Snapd-High-Vulnerability

Canonical Collecting Wish List Ideas For Improving Mir:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Mir-Wish-List-2026

Manjaro Linux looks like it's in trouble with the release of the "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto":
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/manjaro-linux-looks-like-its-in-trouble-with-the-release-of-the-manjaro-2-0-manifesto/

(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GNOME #KDE #KDEPlasma #KDELinux #Ubuntu #FedoraAsahiRemix #antiX #SparkyLinux #Mageia #AlmaLinux #Snap #Mir #Manjaro #Distro #Distribution #DesktopEnvironment #DistroRelease #DistributionRelease #DesktopLinux #LinuxDesktop #SystemdFree #Ubuntu2604 #FosseryTech

GNOME 50 released, this is what's new - OMG! Ubuntu

GNOME 50 is out today, bringing a new set of features to the open-source desktop environment that Ubuntu uses. The latest release, codenamed "Tokyo",

OMG! Ubuntu

Systemd-Free antiX 26 Linux Distro Is Here Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-antix-26-linux-distro-is-here-based-on-debian-13-trixie

Personally I don't use systemd because I'm more familiar with Slackware's traditional init, and not for any bullshit political reasons. That said, if I wanna use systemd-free Debian forks, should I go with:

Devuan, which is non-political but has a userbase of anti-woke losers,
or antiX, which is proudly anti-fascist but isn't quite as suitabe for a general-purpose desktop?

#Debian #Devuan #antiX #systemd #systemdfree

Devuan 6.0 “Excalibur” — the latest stable release — builds on Debian 13 while keeping systemd out.

Learn what’s new and why it matters 👇

https://www.opensourcefeed.org/devuan-6-excalibur-released/

#Linux #Devuan #Debian #FOSS #SystemdFree

QuasarLinux: когда хочется свободы и удобства

OpenRC + AUR + Wine с DXVK/VKD3D + модульный TUI-установщик. Всё это — QuasarLinux, основанный на Artix, но независимый от него.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/956796/

#QuasarLinux #Artix #OpenRC #systemdfree #linux_desktop #systemdrc #fastchroot #QuasarInstall #Linux_distro #lfs

QuasarLinux: когда хочется свободы и удобства

QuasarLinux - это дистрибутив основанный на Artix с OpenRC, предназначен для опытных пользователей и энтузиастов. QuasarLinux Plasma Введение Основные проблемы, которые меня привели к такому решению:...

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Since I find my laptop to be fit for the job, compared to my stupid potato desktop computer, I'm highly tempted to install Arch in the latter, and leaving my laptop as the Windows driver.

The issue is, I'm also tempted to try whether a systemd-less distro would contribute to my lean-and-mean needs.

Arch Linux? I've been using it since October, from what it looks like. It's probably the only trustworthy, genuinely stable distro I have ever had in my hands, and the only I'll ever have the pleasure of having met ― the only thing that makes me ever consider Linux as tolerable. After years and years of reinstalling my OS again and again in the past due to Debian-based systems having their fragile-as-glass package system shatter pathetically, and a few seconds of inconvenience with Fedora, for which I've taken distance from, without further motivation to continue putting up with it.

Knowing all of this… am I daring to give Gentoo a shot?

Can someone give me a second opinion?

#Linux #Arch #systemdfree