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The thirty-third installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 16th, 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 a bit slow in Linux news and releases, but we saw the launch of a new major Bodhi Linux release, Canonical finally enabled the upgrade path from Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) to Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo), and UBports released the Ubuntu Touch OTA-17 software update for Ubuntu Phones.
On top of that, NVIDIA released a new graphics driver for Linux, BSD, and Solaris systems with support for a bunch of new laptop GPUs, Canonical published the first Linux kernel security update for Ubuntu 21.04, and System76 launched their Launch mechanical and highly configurable keyboard.
Last but not least, the KDE Project published the first point release of their latest KDE Gear 21.04 software suite and released the beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.22 desktop environment series. You can enjoy these and much more on the 9to5Linux weekly roundup of Linux news and releases for May 16th, 2021, below!
Hot news of the week
- Freespire 7.5 Linux distro arrives with Xfce 4.16, based on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Bodhi Linux 6.0 is here with a fresh new look, based on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
- NVIDIA 460.80 grapics driver brings support for new laptop GPUs and various bug fixes
- Canonical finally enables upgrades from Ubuntu 20.10 to Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) gets its first kernel security patch
- Ubuntu Touch OTA-17 arrives for Ubuntu Phones with NFC support and many improvements
- KDE Gear 21.04 gets first point release with Konsole improvements and other changes
- KDE Plasma 5.22 Beta is ready for testing with a focus on stability and usability
- System76’s Launch configurable mechanical keyboard is now available for pre-order
Linux distributions released this week
- ExTiX 21.5
- KDE neon 20210513
- Deepin Linux 20.2.1
- ArcoLinuxL 21.05.9
- ArcoLinuxD 21.05.9
- ArcoLinuxS 21.05.9
- SharkLinux 5.4.0
- Bodhi Linux 6.0.0
- Bodhi Linux 6.0.0 HWE
Linux apps, drivers, desktops and kernels released this week
- youtube-dl 2021.05.16
- DBeaver 21.0.5
- systemd 248.3
- Proton 6.3-4
- Ventoy 1.0.44
- Linux kernel 5.12.4
- Linux kernel 5.11.21
- Linux kernel 5.10.37 LTS
- Linux kernel 5.4.119 LTS
- PostgreSQL 13.3
- WordPress 5.7.2
- FileZilla 3.54.0
- VueScan 9.7.54
- Opera 76.0.4017.123
- NVIDIA 460.80
- HPLIP 3.21.4
- Atom 1.57.0
- WebKitGTK 2.32.1
- VLC 3.0.14
- Chromium 90.0.4430.212
- Rust 1.52.1
- MySQL 8.0.25
- Squid 4.15
- Tor 0.4.5.8
Coming up next week
- First GNOME 40 point release
- KDE Plasma 5.22 beta test day
- … and hopefully many other exciting Linux news and releases!
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