The seventy-four installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on February 27th, 2022, keeping you guys up to date with the most important things happening in the Linux world. If you missed last week’s 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup, you can check it out here.
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This week has been yet another slow week for Linux news and releases, but we got some interesting gems like the release of Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS with newer kernel and graphics stacks, a new NetworkManager release with lots of goodies, and a new release of the minimalist and portable Slax distribution (finally after so many years!).
On top of that, GNOME desktop fans can now take the beta release for a test drive, KDE Plasma fans got a new bugfix release, Star Lite Mk III laptop owners can now update their firmware, Steam Deck starts arriving in the hands of people, and I take a look at Foliate as the Flatpak app of this week.
You can enjoy this and much more in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for February 27th, 2022, below!
Hot news of the week
- OBS Studio 27.2.1 improves camera support and PipeWire capture on Linux
- Slax 11.2 arrives after more than 2 years with EFI Boot support for USB devices
- Ubuntu users get another major kernel update with up to 15 vulnerabilities patched
- GNOME 42 Beta desktop environment is now ready for public testing
- KDE Plasma 5.24.2 LTS brings more fixes for Plasma Wayland and Overview effect
- NetworkManager 1.36 is out with improved WPA3 security, 5G NR modem support
- Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS arrives with Linux kernel 5.13 and Mesa 21.2 from Ubuntu 21.10
- Fwupd 1.7.6 Linux firmware updater adds support for Star Lite Mk III laptop
- CentOS alternative AlmaLinux OS is now available for the 64-Bit PowerPC architecture
- Steam Deck Linux-powered gaming handheld launches officially
- Flatpak App of the Week: Foliate – simple and modern eBook viewer
Linux distributions released this week
- Manjaro Linux 21.2.4 Xfce
- Manjaro Linux 21.2.4 KDE Plasma
- Manjaro Linux 21.2.4 GNOME
- Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
- Ubuntu Server 20.04.4 LTS
- Kubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
- Xubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
- Lubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
- Ubuntu Studio 20.04.4 LTS
- Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.4 LTS
- Ubuntu MATE 20.04.4 LTS
- Ubuntu Kylin 20.04.4 LTS
- SmartOS 20220224
- Berry Linux 1.36
- Slax 11.2
Linux apps, drivers, desktops, and kernels released this week
- JWM 2.4.1
- MPlayer 1.5
- Calamares 3.2.52
- fwupd 1.7.6
- NetworkManager 1.36
- Rust 1.59.0
- Opera 84.0.4316.21
- Mir 2.7.0
- Juju 2.9.25
- MythTV 32.0
- Sigil 1.9.0
- Snort 3.1.24.0
- IceWM 2.9.6
- Linux kernel 5.16.11
- Linux kernel 5.15.25 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.10.102 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.4.181 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.19.231 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.14.268 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.9.303 LTS
- MAME 0.241
- AMDVLK 2022.Q1.3 (DEB)
- AMDVLK 2022.Q1.3 (RPM)
- FLAC 1.3.4
- SQLite 3.38.0
- Giada 0.20.1
- WordPress 5.9.1
- VueScan 9.7.79
- Flatpak 1.12.6
- OBS Studio 27.2.1
- ImageMagick 7.1.0-26 (GCC)
- ImageMagick 7.1.0-26 (Clang)
Coming up next week
- LMDE 5 beta
- New Arch Linux ISO release
- New KDE Gear 21.12 point release
- openSUSE Leap 15.4 beta
- …and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
