Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS Brings the Linux 7.0 Kernel to Noble Numbat Users
The fifth point release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ships with a Linux 7.0 HWE kernel and Mesa 26.2 — bringing newer hardware support to Noble Numbat without requiring an upgrade to 26.04. »
COSMIC Desktop 1.8 Arrives with a Rewritten Compositor, Tablet Emulation, and Greeter Fixes
COSMIC Epoch 1.8.0 tagged on September 9, bringing a rewritten compositor with tablet emulation and libei pasteboard support, alongside greeter improvements and audio fixes for System76's Rust-built desktop. »
Arch Linux September 2026 ISO Arrives with Linux Kernel 7.2.2
Arch Linux's monthly snapshot for September 2026 ships a 1.5 GB ISO powered by Linux kernel 7.2.2 — the first Arch release to default to the newly minted 7.2 branch, with improved hardware detection across the board. »
DankMaterialShell 1.6 'Marble Tabby' Lands with 5× Faster IPC and a Dynamic Island Bar
The popular Wayland desktop shell overhauls its performance across the board — 5.2× faster IPC, 8.6× faster screenshots, 76 MB lower idle memory — and introduces a new floating island-style bar. »
CERN Is Ditching Red Hat After 30 Years — and Betting Its Particle Accelerators on Debian
Europe's physics giant is migrating 2,200+ accelerator control machines from RHEL to Debian 13, citing forced CPU obsolescence and a CHF 5.4 million cost estimate as the last straw. »