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The twenty-second installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is out, for the week ending on February 28th, 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.
Thank you!
Thank you again everyone for another great week! Thank you for your comments, tips, and love you showed on social media, and last but not least a huge thank you to everyone who donated so far to keep this Linux website alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’re donations are always welcome here.
This has been a great week of Linux news and releases. We saw lots of goodies, including Kali Linux’s first ISO release in 2021 with the latest Xfce 4.16 desktop environment, a new Firefox release, a new Nitrux release, Xfce’s apps update for February, and more good things from the upcoming GNOME 40 desktop environment.
If you missed this week’s most important Linux news, distro and software releases, you can catch up with what’s new in the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 28th below.
Website changes
This week I’ve decided to change the font of the website’s logo text after more than a year (the one you see on the top left corner, which you can always click to go to the front page no matter where you are in the site). I think the new font better defines 9to5Linux, but your feedback is always welcome if you have other suggestions.
I know 9to5Linux still doesn’t have a logo to visual represent the brand as I am not a graphic artist myself and I don’t have money to pay one yet. Also, I don’t think it’s all that important and we’re still at the beginning of the road, so there’s still time to create one.
Hot news of the week
- Linux Mint devs warn users to keep their installations up-to-date at all times
- openSUSE-based GeckoLinux gets new ISO release with KDE Plasma 5.21 and Xfce 4.16
- Firefox 86 browser arrives with multiple Picture-in-Picture support by default
- The GNOME Project showcases how multi-monitor support will work on GNOME 40
- Tails 4.16 anonymous OS got the Linux kernel 5.10 LTS treatment and latest Tor technologies
- Fwupd 1.5.7 firmware updater adds initial support for BlueZ Bluetooth devices
- Firefox 87 browser enters beta testing with AVIF support enabled by default
- Ardour 6.6 open-source DAW makes editing automation much faster and simpler
- KDE Plasma 5.21’s first point release improves support for Nvidia Optimus laptops
- Telegram Desktop 2.6 arrived with disappearing messages in chats, groups, and channels
- KDE’s NeoChat Matrix client gets new login page, multimodal mode, and message editing
- Kali Linux’s first release in 2021 ships with Xfce 4.16, Linux kernel 5.10 LTS, and new hacking tools
- GNOME 40 Beta arrived for public testing with many new features and improvements
- Canonical released a new Ubuntu kernel security update to fix over 20 vulnerabilities
- Xubuntu 21.04 promises to ship with the Xfce 4.16 desktop, Ayatana indicators, and new apps
- Blender 2.92 arrived with a brand-new workflow for editing meshes and new physics simulation methods
- Mageia 8 final is out with Linux kernel 5.10 LTS and better support for NVIDIA Optimus laptops
- Tor-based OnionShare 2.3 file sharing tool gets tabs, anonymous chat, and a dedicated CLI version
- Linux Lite 5.4 gets a first Release Candidate based on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
- Nitrux 1.3.8 arrived with the KDE Plasma 5.21 desktop and support for Linux kernel 5.11 and Mesa-Git
- Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) enters Feature Freeze with the Beta version expected on April 1st
- Xfce’s Apps Update for February 2021 adds improvements to the Task Manager, Thunar, and Panel profiles
Linux distributions released this week
- TheSSS 36.0
- BakAndImgCD 36.0
- Mageia 8 KDE Plasma
- Mageia 8 GNOME
- Mageia 8 Xfce
- KDE neon 20210225
- GeckoLinux NEXT 152.210223 KDE Plasma
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 KDE Plasma
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 GNOME
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 Xfce
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 LXQt
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 Budgie
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 Cinnamon
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 MATE
- GeckoLinux STATIC 152.210223 BareBones
- Alpine Linux 3.12.4
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 KDE Plasma
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 GNOME
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 Xfce
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 LXQt
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 Budgie
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 Cinnamon
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 MATE
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 Pantheon
- GeckoLinux 999.210221 BareBones
Linux apps, drivers, desktops and kernels released this week
- ImageMagick 7.0.11-2
- DBeaver 21.0.0
- IceWM 2.2.0
- LLVM 11.1.0
- Ventoy 1.0.36
- MKVToolnix 54.0.0
- Linux kernel 5.11.2
- Linux kernel 5.10.19 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.4.101 LTS
- SABnzbd 3.2.0
- OnionShare 2.3.1
- Calibre 5.12
- Privoxy 3.0.32
- FreeCAD 0.19
- NVIDIA 460.56 (adds support for GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs)
- OpenVPN 2.5.1
- Telegram Desktop 2.6.1
- GNU nano 5.6
- CMake 3.19.6
- GTK 4.1.1
- Opera 74.0.3911.160
- MAME 0.229
- phpMyAdmin 5.1.0
- Juju 2.8.9
- Tor Browser 10.0.12
- Snapcraft 4.5.3
- Node.js 15.10.0
- Calamares 3.2.37
- Mozilla Thunderbird 78.8.0
- Linux kernel 4.19.177 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.14.222 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.9.258 LTS
- Linux kernel 4.4.258 LTS
- MariaDB 10.5.9
- WordPress 5.6.2
Coming up next week
- First Release Candidate of Linux kernel 5.12
- New Arch Linux ISO for March 2021
- KDE Plasma 5.21.2 point release
- KDE Apps update for March 2021
- … and hopefully many other exciting news and releases!
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