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The twenty-first installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on February 21st, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s Weekly Roundup, you can check it out here.
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This week has been really interesting, but a bit slow on the news and releases. The biggest stories are the launch of the KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop environment, the return of siduction Linux, a new major NetworkManager release, the default OS for the PinePhone Linux phone, and the release of the Kodi 19 home theater software.
I top that with a hands-on article of the Ubuntu Unity 20.10 operating system on the Raspberry Pi 4 computer. You can enjoy these and many other Linux news, as well as the latest distro and software releases in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for February 21st, 2021, below!
Hot news of the week
- Debian-based Siduction Linux OS returns after three years with new major release
- GNU Linux-libre 5.11 kernel arrives for those seeking 100% freedom for their PCs
- Systemd-free Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 distro released for freedom lovers
- PinePhone’s default OS revealed as Manjaro Linux ARM with KDE Plasma Mobile UI
- Fwupd 1.5.6 firmware updater added support for System76’s keyboard and Star LabTop Mk IV laptop
- KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop environment arrived with new app launcher and many improvements
- Tiny Core Linux 12.0 launched with Linux kernel 5.10 LTS and many improvements
- Collabora continues to improve Chromebook and Windows games support in Linux kernel 5.11
- GNOME 3.38.4 point release arrived with more GNOME Shell, Mutter, and Wayland improvements
- Hands-on with Ubuntu Unity 20.10 on the Raspberry Pi 4 computer
- NetworkManager 1.30 added support for WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode and new ethtool offload features
- DXVK 1.8 added improvements for Nioh 2, Hitman 3, and F1 2020 video games
- Kodi 19 “Matrix” open-source home theater launched officially with major changes
- Collabora shares first major update to their experimental Wayland driver for Wine
- Ubuntu 21.04 is now powered by Linux kernel 5.10 LTS and Wayland by default
- MX Linux Fluxbox Respin launches officially for Raspberry Pi devices
- HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) drivers are now supported on Fedora 33 and Manjaro 20.2
- Netrunner OS 21.01 arrives with Linux kernel 5.9 and Debian GNU/Linux 10.7 base
- CoreELEC 9.2.6 brings ZRAM Support and Bluetooth improvements
Linux distributions released this week
- 4MLinux 35.2
- 4MServer 35.2
- ExTiX LXQt Mini 210220
- PCLinuxOS 2021.0215 KDE Plasma
- siduction 21.1.1 KDE Plasma
- siduction 21.1.1 Xfce
- siduction 21.1.1 Cinnamon
- siduction 21.1.1 LXQt
- siduction 21.1.1 LXDE
- siduction 21.1.1 Xorg
- Void Linux 20210218
- Void Linux 20210218 GNOME
- Void Linux 20210218 Xfce
- Void Linux 20210218 LXQt
- Void Linux 20210218 LXDE
- Void Linux 20210218 Cinnamon
- Void Linux 20210218 MATE
- Void Linux 20210218 Enlightenment
- KNOPPIX 9.1
- Endless OS 3.9.3
- Mabox Linux 21.02
- KDE neon 20210218
- Alpine Linux 3.13.2
- OpenWrt 19.07.7
- Q4OS 3.14 KDE Plasma
- Q4OS 3.14 Trinity
- Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 Desktop Live
- Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 Minimal Live
- Devuan GNU/Linux 3.1 Server
- siduction 21.1.0 NoX
- DebEX KDE Plasma 210215
Linux apps, drivers, desktops and kernels released this week
- youtube-dl 2021.02.22
- iBus 1.5.24
- ImageMagick 7.0.11-1
- FFmpeg 4.3.2
- GNU Octave 6.2.0
- Openshot 2.5.2
- Python 3.9.2
- gscan2pdf 2.11.1
- BIND 9.17.10
- Telegram Desktop 2.5.9
- Linux kernel 5.10.17 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.4.99 LTS
- Chromium 88.0.4324.182
- OpenSSL 1.1.1j
- MPD 0.22.6
- fwupd 1.5.6
- Tor 0.4.5.6
- CMake 3.19.5
Coming up next week
- Mozilla Firefox 86
- First point release of KDE Plasma 5.21
- Beta release of openSUSE Leap 15.3
- … and hopefully many other exciting news and releases!
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