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This week we’ve received some exciting news beginning with the launch of Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 for Linux phones and tablets, the unveiling of LibreOffice 24.2 office suite. The good news also includes the release of Mesa 24.0 graphic stack and the latest version of KaOS Linux as the first distribution to feature a pure KDE Plasma 6 desktop.
We received some exciting news this week about the future releases of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 24.04 LTS, innovations in OBS Studio 30.1, updates on Tails 6.0, and more including a how-to guide on upgrading from Zorin OS 16 to Zorin OS 17. Take a look at this week’s most popular news below, and feel free to explore the new distro and package downloads that were shared this past week in our Linux weekly roundup for February 4th, 2024.
Exciting News of the Week
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) to be powered by Linux kernel 6.8
- Nautilus file manager introduces new features ahead of GNOME 46 release
- Shotcut 24.01 open-source video editor out now with several new features
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 rolling out to Linux phone users with various improvements
- Wayland driver for Wine will receive OpenGL support and other new features in 2024
- LibreOffice 24.2, the open-source office suite is now available for download
- Linux Mint 22, also known as “Wilma” will be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Tutorial: Instruction on how to upgrade from Zorin OS 16 to Zorin OS 17
- New Mesa 24.0 Linux graphics stack released with NVK and RADV driver improvements
- System76 updates its Serval WS Linux laptop with a 14th Gen Intel CPU
- OBS Studio 30.1 Beta introduces AV1 support for VA-API, PipeWire Camera source
- Immutable distro Nitrux 3.3 releases now powered by Linux kernel 6.7
- Clonezilla Live 3.1.2 rolls out with Linux kernel 6.6 LTS and Memtest86+ 7.00
- KaOS Linux 2024.01 introduced with a pure KDE Plasma 6-based environment
- Tails 6.0, the anonymous OS, launches on February 27th, based on Debian 12 Bookworm
- Kubuntu 24.04 LTS switches to the Calamares installer by default
Linux distributions released this week
- Ultimate Edition 2024.02.04
- EasyOS 5.7
- Mabox Linux 24.02
- KaOS Linux 2024.01
- Archman GNU/Linux 20240202 Xfce
- Snal Linux 1.31
- Nitrux 3.3.0
- Clonezilla Live 3.1.2-9
- Arch Linux 2024.02.01
- Bluestar Linux 6.7.2
- KDE neon 20240201
- ArcoLinuxL 24.02.04
- ArcoLinuxD 24.02.04
- ArcoLinuxS 24.02.04
- SysLinuxOS 12.3 GNOME
- Pentoo Linux 2024.0
- Tails 5.22
- Regata OS 23.0.40
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- PPSSPP 1.17.1
- Telegram Desktop 4.14.13
- PipeWire 1.0.3
- Linux kernel 6.7.3
- Linux kernel 6.6.15 LTS
- Linux kernel 6.1.76 LTS
- Mesa 24.0.0
- GNU C Library 2.39
- Docker 25.0.3
- LibreOffice 24.2
- MAME 0.262
- SABnzbd 4.2.2
- cURL 8.6.0
- Chromium 121.0.6167.139
- WordPress 6.4.3
- SQLite 3.45.1
- Rapid Photo Downloader 0.9.35
- OpenSSL 3.2.1
- CMake 3.28.2
- QEMU 8.2.1
- OpenLDAP 2.6.7
- Shotcut 24.01
Coming up next week
- New KDE Frameworks release
- New GNOME 45 point release
- New GNOME 44 point release
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
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