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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Kodi 22 “Piers” Gets HEIF/HEIC and FFmpeg 8 Support, Alpha 2 Out Now

   As part of today’s Kodi 21.3 release, the Kodi Foundation also published the alpha 2 version of the upcoming Kodi 22 (codename Piers) release, a major update that promises major changes.

2. Kodi 21.3 Improves Blu-Ray Playback on Linux, Adds HDR Support on Xbox One

   Kodi 21.3 has been released today as the latest stable version for this free, open-source, and cross-platform media center and home theater software for Linux, Android, macOS, Windows, and other platforms.

3. AerynOS 2025.10 Released with GNOME 49.1, KDE Plasma 6.5, and GNU libstdc++

   AerynOS 2025.10 Linux distribution is now available for download with the latest GNOME 49 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.16, and more.

4. TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements

   TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” open-source NAS is out with NVMe over Fabric, 400GbE, open GPU driver support

5. SLES 16.0 Launches with Agama Installer, SELinux, and 16 Years of Support

   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 debuts with the Rust-based Agama installer, SELinux enabled by default

6. System76 CEO Carl Richell Reveals COSMIC Desktop Launch Date

   System76 CEO Carl Richell has revealed the COSMIC desktop will debut on December 11, 2025

7. d77void – respin of Void Linux with window managers

   d77void is a respin of Void Linux

8. Sakura Pi RK3308B SBC offers RGB LCD interface, supports mainline Linux

   You’ll find a GitHub account with a few repositories (OpenWrt, buildroot, Armbian build script) for the board

9. 6 Best Free and Open Source Haskell Linter Tools

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10. This self-hosted dashboard is perfect for monitoring your Linux servers

    Linux, no matter which flavor you choose, is so great for running services on because of its robustness

11. 5 lightweight Linux distros that breathe life into old Windows 10 laptops

    If your old Windows 10 laptop is starting to feel sluggish

12. MATE 1.28 Finally Coming to Ubuntu 26.04 & Debian Forky

    For MATE users, Debian and Ubuntu are finally migrating this desktop environment to version 1.28 for Debian Testing (Forky) and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

13. Arkane Linux – immutable, atomic Arch-based distribution

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14. Alien-OS – Debian-based Linux distribution

    Alien-OS is a German Linux distribution based on Debian

15. Free and Open Source Software

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16. Adding Customizable Frame Contrast to KDE Plasma

    For a while now, probably two years, I wanted to have support for high-contrast colorschemes in KDE Plasma

17. DietPi October 2025 Update Adds Support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and Reworked Dashboard

    The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers

18. Zorin 0S 18: 100,000+ Windows 10 Users Can’t Be Wrong

    With performance boosts and seamless cloud connections, Zorin OS 18 is quickly becoming the top gateway for Windows refugees

19. Stable kernels: Linux 6.17.6, Linux 6.12.56, Linux 6.6.115, Linux 6.1.158, Linux 5.15.196, Linux 5.10.246, and Linux 5.4.301

    I'm announcing the release of the 6.17.6 kernel

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