The latest installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for the week ending February 22nd, 2026, is now available, presenting the essential updates from the Linux world. If you want to catch up on last week’s events, you can find all updates from February 15th, 2026 here.
Highlights from This Week
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This week brought significant updates, including a notable release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment and a major update for PipeWire, enhancing audio and video handling. Other key software releases include updates to Ubuntu Touch, Transmission, Calibre, LibreOffice, and Lutris.
Additionally, there’s an insightful discussion on KDE Plasma‘s relationship with systemd, along with an announcement regarding Xubuntu’s wallpaper contest.
Major News This Week
- KDE reassures users that Plasma won’t mandate systemd usage
- SparkyLinux 8.2 released, now supports Linux kernel 6.19
- Lutris 0.5.20 introduces support for importing Commodore 64 ROMs
- KDE Plasma 6.6 launches with comprehensive new features
- LibreOffice 25.8.5 released with more than 60 bug fixes
- PipeWire 1.6 debuts with enhanced audio channel layout support
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.2 improves boot issues for Sony Xperia X
- Transmission 4.1.1 brings several bug fixes and improvements
- Calibre 9.3 improves support for the Hanvon N10 e-reader
- Blender 5.1 beta includes default hardware ray-tracing support for AMD GPUs
- Xubuntu 26.04 LTS launches a new wallpaper contest
- Linus Torvalds announces first Release Candidate for Linux kernel 7.0
Newly Released Linux Distributions
Upcoming Developments
Look forward to a new KDE Plasma 6.6.1 and an Arch Linux ISO release in the coming week, alongside more exciting Linux updates!
For more information on downloads and updates, visit the relevant links above. Keep an eye out for next week’s roundup to stay current with the latest in the Linux community.