The 185th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup reaches you for the week ending on April 28th, 2024. It keeps you abreast with the most crucial happenings in the Linux world. To revisit the last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup and everything GNU/Linux/Open Source related, kindly click here.
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This week was brimming with incredible news, kickstarting with the launch of the eagerly awaited Fedora Linux 40 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating systems. The flow of exciting updates continues with major releases from QEMU, GNOME, Audacity, and EndeavourOS.
On top of that, Slimbook launched new Linux laptops powered by Fedora Linux 40 and I take a first look at the Ubuntu Lomiri flavor. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for April 28th, 2024.
Hot news of the week
- Audacity 3.5 arrives with cloud saving, beat detection, pitch shifting, and more
- Linux firmware updater fwupd 1.9.17 adds support for more Asus and Realtek devices
- Tails 6.2 anonymous Linux OS improves mitigation of Spectre v4 vulnerability
- Fedora Linux 40 officially released with Linux kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more
- Slimbook Fedora 2 Laptops Launch with Fedora Linux 40 Workstation
- EndeavourOS Gemini lands with the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment
- QEMU 9.0 is out with Raspberry Pi 4 support, LoongArch KVM acceleration
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ is now available for download with GNOME 46
- Here’s what’s new in the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) official flavors
- First Look: Ubuntu Lomiri – Ubuntu Touch’s Mobile Desktop Arrives on PC
- GNOME 46.1 desktop environment arrives with explicit GPU sync support
Other GNU/Linux news of interest
- Red Hat extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 support by up to 4 years
- Debian Project Leader Elections 2024: Andreas Tille named Debian Project Leader
Linux distributions released this week
- Voyager Live 24.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS
- Kubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Xubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Lubuntu 24.04 LTS
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- Linux kernel 6.8.8
- Linux kernel 6.6.29 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.88 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.15.157 LTS
- CUPS 2.4.8
- NVIDIA 550.78
- Mozilla Thunderbird 125.0
- Chromium 124.0.6367.78
- Mesa 24.0.6
- MAME 0.265
- Audacity 3.5.1
- systemd 255.5
- DNF 4.20.0
- QEMU 9.0
- nginx 1.26.0
- fwupd 1.9.18
- Ruby 3.3.1
- Nmap 7.95
- Docker 26.1.0
- Mozilla Firefox 125.0.2
Coming up next week
- New Arch Linux ISO release
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
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