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MythTV 36.0 Open-Source Media Center Is Out Now with Support for FFmpeg 8 9to5linux.com/mythtv-36-0-...

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MythTV 36.0 Open-Source Media Center Is Out Now with Support for FFmpeg 8 - 9to5Linux
MythTV 36.0 open-source media center software capable of recording TV, playing DVDs, and viewing photos is now available for download.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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#GNU Binutils 2.46 Adds Support for AMD Zen6 CPUs, SFrame v3, and More 9to5linux.com/gnu-binutils...

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GNU Binutils 2.46 Adds Support for AMD Zen6 CPUs, SFrame v3, and More - 9to5Linux
GNU Binutils 2.46 is now available for download with support for AMD Zen6 processors and support for generating the SFrame Version 3 format.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers 9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-li...

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GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers - 9to5Linux
GNU Linux-libre 6.19 kernel is now available for download based on Linux kernel 6.19 and targeted at those seeking 100% freedom for their PCs.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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pearOS 26.2 Released with Liquid Gel Design, Wayland Session, and More 9to5linux.com/pearos-26-2-...

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pearOS 26.2 Released with Liquid Gel Design, Wayland Session, and More - 9to5Linux
pearOS 26.2 distribution is now available for download with liquid gel design, Wayland session, new browser, new installer, and much more.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 8th, 2026 9to5linux.com/9to5linux-we...

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 8th, 2026 - 9to5Linux
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 8th, 2026, brings news about Linux 6.19, LibreOffice 26.2, Firefox AI kill switch, KDE Linux, and more.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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#Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 9to5linux.com/linux-7-0-ke...

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Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 - 9to5Linux
Linus Torvalds confirms Linux 7.0 as being the next major kernel series, expected in mid-March 2026, and on February 22nd for public testing.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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#Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is What’s New 9to5linux.com/linux-kernel...

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Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
Linux kernel 6.19 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, and much more.
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February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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"This Week in Plasma": polishing for Plasma 6.6 (due in 10 days) continues, Window List widget gets sorting and section headers, System Setting loses all inapplicable hardware pages, and the window manager remembers tiling padding per screen, and more:

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A screenshot showing before and after captures of the System Settings index and how the list of pages has been reduced to only what is available. The Window List widget now supports sorting and shows section headers in its full view mode.
February 7, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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PeaZip 10.9 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Improved User Experience 9to5linux.com/peazip-10-9-...

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PeaZip 10.9 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Improved User Experience - 9to5Linux
PeaZip 10.9 open-source archive manager is now available for download with an improved user experience and other enhancements.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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#KDE Linux Gears Up for Beta Release with Plasma Login Manager, KDE Initial Setup 9to5linux.com/kde-linux-ge...

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KDE Linux Gears Up for Beta Release with Plasma Login Manager, KDE Initial Setup - 9to5Linux
KDE Linux distribution is gearing up for a beta release with Plasma login manager, KDE initial setup, and better hardware support.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Calibre 9.2 Ebook Manager Improves the Bookshelf View, Ebook Viewer, and More 9to5linux.com/calibre-9-2-...

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Calibre 9.2 Ebook Manager Improves the Bookshelf View, Ebook Viewer, and More - 9to5Linux
Calibre 9.2 open-source ebook manager is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More 9to5linux.com/ardour-9-0-o...

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Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More - 9to5Linux
Ardour 9.0 open-source DAW (digital audio workstation) is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras 9to5linux.com/darktable-5-...

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Darktable 5.4.1 Brings Noise Profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR Cameras - 9to5Linux
Darktable 5.4.1 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with noise profiles for Canon EOS 10D and Sony ILCE-7CR cameras.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support 9to5linux.com/krita-6-beta...

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Krita 6 Beta Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support - 9to5Linux
Krita 6 open-source digital painting app is now available for public beta testing with Wayland color management support, Qt 6 port, and more.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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#KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps 9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-...

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KDE Gear 25.12.2 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, NeoChat, Kate, and Other Apps - 9to5Linux
KDE Gear 25.12.2 open-source software suite is now available with various bug fixes and small improvements for your favorite KDE applications.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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While Linux 6.17 is EOL upstream, Canonical provides security updates for it in supported Ubuntu releases. Anyway, Ubuntu LTS users will have a new major release in April (Ubuntu 26.04 LTS) with a much newer kernel 😊
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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#Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get #Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS 9to5linux.com/ubuntu-24-04...

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS - 9to5Linux
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) users are receiving the Linux 6.17 kernel and Mesa 25.2 graphics stacks from Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka).
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February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New 9to5linux.com/libreoffice-...

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LibreOffice 26.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
LibreOffice 26.2 open-source office suite is now available for download with numerous new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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System76 Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage 9to5linux.com/system76-rel...

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System76 Releases COSMIC 1.0.5 with New Option to Show Battery Percentage - 9to5Linux
COSMIC 1.0.5 desktop environment is now available with a new option to show battery percentage in the system tray applet and other changes.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Firefox’s AI Kill Switch Lands in #Firefox Nightly, Slated for Firefox 148 9to5linux.com/firefoxs-ai-...

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Firefox's AI Kill Switch Lands in Firefox Nightly, Slated for Firefox 148 - 9to5Linux
Mozilla has implemented the long-anticipated Firefox AI Kill Switch controls that strip the web browser of any AI-powered features.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Git 2.53 Released with New Features and Performance Improvements 9to5linux.com/git-2-53-rel...

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Git 2.53 Released with New Features and Performance Improvements - 9to5Linux
Git 2.53 open-source distributed version control system is now available for download with new features, new options, and other changes.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 1st, 2026 9to5linux.com/9to5linux-we...

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 1st, 2026 - 9to5Linux
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 1st, 2026, brings news about GParted 1.8, Transmission 4.1, GStreamer 1.28, OpenSSL 3.6.1, and more.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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Shotcut 26.1 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Hardware Video Decoding 9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-1...

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Shotcut 26.1 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Hardware Video Decoding - 9to5Linux
Shotcut 26.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with hardware video decoding and various other improvements.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that Plasma 6.6 lands in little over two weeks, choosing mixed skin tones for emojis gets a friendly pop-up, and you can set a global keyboard shortcut to clear the notification history, among many other marvellous things.

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The screenshot shows KDE's emoji selector overlaid with a friendly pop-up that lets you select mixed skins.
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 AM